1980 My literary era

Lin Weimin's new novel spans half a century and covers almost all major events since the founding of New China.

The first part of the novel ends in 1997. In this year, the old man passed away, Hong Kong returned, and the protagonist Li Jianguo was laid off. The life that had improved once again fell into a trough, leaving readers with a suspense.

The second part of the novel will tell the story of the second half of the protagonist Li Jianguo's life in a large space. However, Lin Weimin does not intend to make prophetic predictions. All events in the novel serve the story and characters, and the content still follows the line of realism.

The processing method in the lower part, which is completely divorced from the real timeline, mainly relies on the foreshadowing and filling of details, allowing readers to truly feel the torrent of the times, the changes in world affairs, and the vicissitudes of life.

This is much more difficult than being a magician, because big events can be said to be deductions, but if you can even say certain details about what will happen twenty years later, aren't you waiting to be dissected?

To put it simply, it's like a scumbag copying a Chinese language paper written by a top student. You have to get good grades while not letting the marking teacher see that he is copying.

Lin Weimin handed the manuscript of the first part of the novel to He Qizhi and was not in a hurry to continue writing the second part.

He wrote 470,000 words in two months, a speed comparable to his peak that year.

Fortunately, he is typing on a keyboard now, otherwise his shoulders and wrists would be disabled. It is not too late to rest for a while before writing. As for how long to rest, it depends on Teacher Lin's mood.

In the past two days, Zhang Chunru, who was far away in the United States, happily told Lin Weimin the news. The ambassador to the United States, Kunihiko Saito, who had slandered her at the press conference in the first half of the year, finally could not withstand the pressure from the Chinese Ministry of Justice and the American people and agreed. Participated in TV media interviews to discuss issues related to mud bombing during World War II.

On the first anniversary of its release, Zhang Chunru's "Jinling Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II" has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the United States, of which more than 100,000 copies were contributed by Lin Weimin.

In the summer, Lin Weimin said he would donate this book to American universities for free. He did what he said. Not only universities, but also high schools, libraries, etc., this book can be seen in various public service facilities in the United States. shadow.

When a reader buys a book in a bookstore, it only affects one person. But if this book is placed in some public places, it will definitely have a much greater impact.

Facts have proved that Lin Weimin's money was not in vain. In the past six months, American society has occasionally aroused news discussions about the invasion of Asian countries by mud bombs during World War II.

Although it did not reach the level of breaking news, compared with later generations, more Americans did understand things that they did not originally understand.

Under such a background, it is normal for Saito Kunihiko to be unable to sit still. After all, it took the little devil almost half a century to dress himself up as a harmless eunuch in his master's place.

Lin Weimin was in China and could not witness Zhang Chunru's verbal battle with Saito Kunihiko on TV, but he still helped a little.

It turns out that the TV debate between Chun Ru and Saito Kunihiko was to be held on PBS's "Jim Lehr News" program. The full name of PBS is American Public Television. It is a public television organization and consists of 354 franchised television stations. It mainly produces Broadcast educational and children's programs.

PBS has limited influence in the American television industry, and "Jim Lehrer News" has even less influence as a news program.

Lin Weimin directly used the golden method to sponsor a vacation mansion in Hawaii for "NBC Nightly News" producer Jason Eric, and placed the TV debate between Zhang Chunru and Saito Kunihiko on "NBC Nightly News" a week in advance. Then a notice was released to prevent this old boy from running away.

NBC is one of the five major television stations in the United States, with huge influence. "NBC Nightly News" is also NBC's leading news program. Its ratings have always ranked first among American news programs, with tens of millions of viewers.

On December 18, Zhang Chunru and Saito Kunihiko appeared on "NBC Nightly News" together.

Regardless of the outcome of the debate, this is already a victory for Zhang Chunru, because she finally let more Americans know about the crimes committed by the Nihong people in China.

In the program, Kunihiko Saito changed his attitude of accusing Zhang Chunru of arrogance at the press conference and adopted a humble attitude. However, he still adopted the usual vague strategy regarding the attitude of the Japanese government towards the war of aggression against China. Therefore, from left to right, he said "The Nibong government has repeatedly apologized for the brutal atrocities it committed."

Zhang Chunru pointed out on the spot that the Nihong people have been trying to use vague words to get past the situation, which is the fundamental reason why the Chinese people are angry about this. The Nihong government and Nihong people have never made a serious apology or repentance for the Jinling Massacre. In the past few decades, the Nihong government has been covering up, distorting and downplaying the Jinling Massacre in textbooks.

Being on the right side, Zhang Chunru opened up his firepower and tore through Kunihiko Saito's mask of hypocrisy, making the veteran politician unable to control his emotions. He turned black on the spot and refused to communicate.

The result of the debate ended with Zhang Chunru's overall victory, which was also presented to audiences across the United States and aroused considerable repercussions.

A week after the show aired, Saito Kunihiko was urgently recalled to the country, and his future was uncertain.

Zhang Chunru specially called Lin Weimin to express her gratitude to him. Zhang Chunru's activities in the United States have always been strongly supported by Lin Weimin. This time she succeeded in overthrowing the ambassador to the United States. This is a symbolic event that makes Zhang Chunru full of pride.

A few days later, Feng Xiaogang's movie "A Sigh" was released. This is the fourth year that his movie has occupied this slot.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, these three words "Feng Xiaogang" have already established their own reputation during the Lunar New Year.

But this year's Lunar New Year is not a quiet time, because Cheng Kaige's costume blockbuster "Butterfly Dance", which took two years to create, is officially released at this time.

This film was inspired by "Heroes" by Director Cheng. It was previously called "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms: Lu Bu and Diao Chan". I heard that the superiors raised objections during the review and finally changed the name to this film.

"A Sigh" will be released on December 24, and "Butterfly Dance" will be released on December 27, three days apart. This year's Lunar New Year movie is full of excitement from the beginning.

"A Sigh" was released three days early, and the box office performance was not ideal. According to box office statistics from various theaters, the box office in the three days of release was only 7 million yuan.

Based on this efficiency calculation, "A Sigh" grossed 15 million at the box office in its first week, which is a bit worse than Feng Xiaogang's previous movies.

And now the audience generally reflects that the cola index of this movie is obviously lower than that of Feng Xiaogang's previous works. It is all about trivial life matters. It is not unsightly, but the early publicity was all focused on the concept of "Feng Xiaogang's New Year movie", which made the audience think Due to misplaced expectations, it is estimated that the subsequent box office will not be too optimistic.

Seeing this situation, many people in the industry lamented for Feng Xiaogang. It is estimated that "A Sigh" will be massacred this time. After all, "Butterfly Dances in the World" was invested by the great director Cheng Kaige with 130 million yuan, which cost 130 million yuan. It took two years to prepare and create a huge costume masterpiece.

"Butterflies in the World" was officially released on the 27th. Director Cheng's aesthetic is still online. There is no "Lu Bu with a nose ring" in the movie. "Butterflies in the World" looks like a blockbuster at first glance.

It grossed 12 million at the box office on the first day of release. It had a domineering momentum and almost strangled "A Sigh" in its cradle just a few days after its release.

If this box office trend can really last for three days, maybe "A Sigh" will really be a success.

But Director Cheng is Director Cheng, and he has never convinced anyone of his whimsical ideas.

The entire movie "Butterfly Dances at the End of the World" is a historical drama. It is an excerpt from real history. It is based on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", coupled with Director Cheng's whimsical ideas to produce a film about The touching love story of Lu Bu and Diao Chan.

That's right, "Butterfly Dances at the End of the World" is actually a love story wrapped in a costume blockbuster.

In the entire film, the war scenes last no more than 5 minutes, and the fighting scenes are also very few. The rest of the time is all about Lu Bu and Diao Chan romance.

It's not quite accurate to say that. There are also some scenes where Lu Bu is in love and killing Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao and others, but unfortunately they are all brushed off.

If "A Sigh" was unfavorable at the box office because the audience's expectations were misplaced, then "Butterfly Dances" is completely due to the director's fraud.

The pre-publicity of this film was comparable to that of "Hero", both in terms of investment scale and the main creative lineup.

As a result, when we entered the theater, the audience asked: Are you just going to show me this?

It is a matter of proper management and control whether to bury them or not.

The audience's anger at being deceived turned out to be that "Butterfly Dance" made 23 million yuan at the box office in the two days it was released, and only made 36 million yuan in the first seven days, which means that it only made 13 million yuan in the next five days. The total box office is a little more than the box office on the first day.

If this result is compared to ordinary movies, it would be a big hit, but "Butterflies in the World" invested 130 million yuan, and the box office on the first day was 12 million!

Hemorrhage!

Facing the box office collapse and negative reviews from the audience, Director Cheng said in an interview with CCTV Movie Channel: ""Butterflies in the World" is a movie about the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature. The war and fighting scenes are not what I thought. The content expressed is not what literary and artistic works should promote.”

No matter how Director Cheng tries to make amends, it is a sure thing that "Butterfly Dances" is not right. The audience voted with their feet. In the second week of the film's release, the box office was only 24 million yuan. With the proliferation of pirated DVDs, this The ending of this big-budget movie with an investment of 130 million yuan can already be predicted.

It grossed 36 million yuan in the first week, 24 million yuan in the second week, and a total of 60 million yuan. Based on the box office trend of "Butterflies in the World", it is almost impossible to break 100 million yuan. Even if it can get 100 million yuan in box office, the producer will split 4,000 yuan About 10,000 yuan, and after deducting taxes, the net loss is nearly 100 million, and the investors will lose their pants.

After the crash of "Butterflies in the World", the happiest people are undoubtedly Feng Xiaogang and Wenhua Film and Television.

Originally, "Butterflies in the World" had a box office of 12 million on the first day, and Feng Xiaogang was disappointed. He thought that this was another movie of the level of "Hero", and he could only admit that he was unlucky when it was scheduled to be on the same schedule as this behemoth.

It is estimated that "A Sigh" may end up with a box office of 15 million, which is good. Fortunately, the film investment is not large and it cannot lose money.

But he never expected that the box office of "Butterfly Dance" would collapse so quickly, faster than most people imagined.

In three days, only three days, the cut schedule of "A Sigh" was miraculously restored.

11.5 million in the first week. Under the heavy pressure of "Butterfly Dance", the box office of "A Sigh" did not fall but rose in the next week, earning 18.6 million at the box office.

30 million box office in two weeks. Although this result cannot be compared with previous works, it is an achievement achieved in a head-on confrontation with blockbusters such as "Butterfly Dance", which is enough to make Feng Xiaogang proud.

But while he was happy, Feng Xiaogang was also a little aggrieved.

"A Sigh" is indeed not as good as some of his previous works. That is because he did not shoot this movie as a comedy movie. He really wanted to make a movie that tells a serious story. Unfortunately, the audience and the market did not Acknowledge his ideas.

At the same time, he was also stimulated by Cheng Kaige and "Butterfly Dance". It was obviously a bad movie, but it could still easily earn tens of millions at the box office just because of the large investment. This was despite the rapid collapse of reputation. Down.

Under the dual stimulation from inside and outside, Feng Xiaogang grew a sense of ambition in his heart.

He came to Wenhua Film and Television after New Year's Day, intending to chat with Yu Dong about his creative direction in the next few years.

But when he arrived at Wenhua, the buildings were empty.

Feng Xiao just managed to catch Xiao Gong, who was at the end, and asked, "What happened?"

"There's a meeting in the club!"