Back to 80: My Literary Life

On the evening of January 4, Fang Minghua drove with Song Tangtang to the Bell Tower Cinema. In addition to the crew members such as the leading actors Jiang Wen and Gong Li, Zhang Yimou and other former disciples of Wu Tianmin also came to attend the premiere, and well-known figures in the film and television industry also came to support.

Some people jokingly said that the premiere of Wu Tianmin's film shocked half of the domestic entertainment industry.

Although the premiere was grand and the media gave a high evaluation of the film, the box office was not very good when it was actually released, far less than the "Big Shot" shot by Feng Xiaogang that was released earlier.

The comedy film starring Ge You and Guan Zhilin tells the story of You You, a laid-off worker in the photography department of a film studio, who organized the funeral for Hollywood big-name director Taylor.

The total box office of the film released in the mainland was nearly 40 million yuan.

However, including Wu Tianmin, a group of people were mentally prepared, so they did not feel much loss.

The domestic film market is like this now, basically dominated by commercial films, or even comedies.

The Spring Festival in 2002 was later than last year. February 11 was the New Year's Eve. My daughter Fang Rui had returned to San Francisco to study half a month ago, leaving only my wife and son at home.

This year, Fang Minghua made an exception and did not watch the Spring Festival Gala at home with his wife and children, because Song Tangtang took his son to participate in the Spring Festival Gala!

In the 2002 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the director team was ingenious. In addition to the live broadcast in the CCTV lobby, they also set up an open-air branch venue in Shenzhen's "Window of the World", and used outdoor scenes from Shanghai, Shenyang, and Xijing'an.

Inviting audiences to participate in the event on the spot. As the boss of Shengshi Film and Television, Song Tangtang was honored to receive the invitation and led his family to participate in the venue in Xijing to have fun with the people.

However, the performance venue was on the city wall of Xijing!

It was a cold day, and watching the performance outdoors at minus ten degrees was a sour taste.

Thinking of this, Fang Minghua decisively refused because he had a headache and a cold today.

"Minghua, then you stay at home. We are leaving." Song Tangtang dressed up carefully and went to the performance venue with her son happily.

"Goodbye, Dad!"

"Goodbye!"

Fang Minghua watched the two leave and just prayed that they would not catch a cold tomorrow.

To be fair, although the 2002 Spring Festival Gala was fancy, the program was really average.

From the opening song and dance, the host's dialogue was high-decibel, and the skit actors were even higher, making jokes and asking for applause;

The dancers on the Yanjing and Shenzhen stages came and went, and the fans in Shenyang, the fireworks in Shanghai, and the dragon lanterns and lions in Xijing were around;

The almost professional applause and cheers were endless.

The only highlight was Zhao Benshan's skit "Selling Cars", but like last year's "Selling Crutch", it discriminated against the disabled.

The Spring Festival Gala, like Chinese literature, music and football, began to degenerate hopelessly.

Fang Minghua's worry really happened. After his wife came back with his son in the middle of the night, she began to sneeze constantly.

The next morning, the son was in good health and had no serious problems, but his wife caught a cold and lay in bed groaning.

So, Fang Minghua spent this year's Spring Festival busying around his wife.

After the Spring Festival, Song Tangtang recovered from her illness and was full of energy again. He took a group of people on a business trip to Huacheng to discuss the acquisition of a cinema.

Alas, the Spring Festival was lonely.

But spring is here, so go out more.

Since completing the novel "A Woman's Life" last year, Fang Minghua has basically not started writing. She reads books, surfs the Internet, and practices calligraphy at home. When the weather is good, she goes fishing. When she is interested, she plays mahjong. It's quite leisurely.

Today the weather is good and the sun is warm. Fang Minghua originally planned to go fishing, but when he called Bai Miao and others, they said that they were all busy at work and he was the only one who was idle for the day.

Indeed, among the several chairmen and vice chairmen of the Qin Province Writers Association, Chairman Chen Zhongshi is responsible for all work.

Vice Chairman Lu Yao is responsible for the work of the novel committee.

Vice Chairman Jia Pingwa is responsible for the work of the prose committee and is also fully responsible for the work of the Xijing Writers Association.

Vice Chairman Bai Miao is responsible for the work of the short and medium-length novel committee

Vice Chairman Fang Minghua is responsible for literary training.

In fact, literary training is mainly implemented by the Qin Provincial Academy of Literature, which is a department-level institution.

The main responsibilities are to guide, coordinate, and promote literary creation, research, and commentary; organize professional writers and contracted writers to actively engage in literary creation; train members of writers associations at all levels, literary workers, and enthusiasts; host the "Novel Review" magazine and be responsible for the training, training, and daily management of writers in the Hundred Excellent Plan

But the Academy of Literature has a dean, the magazine has a president, and Fang Minghua is a hands-off boss.

So he likes this division of labor very much.

Hearing that no one wanted to go, Fang Minghua also felt that it was meaningless. He drove alone in Xijing City and suddenly saw the bookstore opened by Lei Xuecheng when he walked to the vicinity of Bianjia Village.

I haven't been in for a long time, so I plan to go in and sit.

The car stopped at the side of the street and Fang Minghua walked in.

Fang Minghua and Lei Xuecheng have known each other for nearly 20 years and are old friends for many years. However, they don't usually interact much. They just come to his bookstore occasionally to chat about literature. They can be regarded as a gentleman's friendship.

Lei Xuecheng's bookstore has been open for a full ten years and has become the largest private bookstore in Xijing. In addition to Bianjia Village, it has opened two branches on Xianning West Road and Chang'an South Road. These places are where colleges and universities are concentrated and there are more readers.

Fang Minghua went in and immediately saw that the space was very large. The original backyard was also renovated by Lei Xuecheng and became part of the bookstore.

However, there were not many people reading and buying books today.

The staff in the store naturally knew Fang Minghua, and when they saw him coming in, they hurried up to greet him.

"Chairman Fang, our boss Lei is resting in the back, please follow me."

Fang Minghua followed the employees to a lounge in the back, knocked on the door and went in, and saw Lei Xuecheng drinking tea leisurely alone.

"Hey, Minghua, long time no see." Lei Xuecheng immediately stood up and greeted: "Come, try my new Longjing this year."

"Longjing? It's not time to go on the market yet, right?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised.

"From the greenhouse."

After the tea was brewed, Fang Minghua tasted it. It was indeed Longjing, but the taste was much lighter than that of naturally grown ones. It was probably just a taste of something new.

The two chatted while drinking tea.

"Minghua, I haven't seen you for almost two years. What are you busy with?" Lei Xuecheng said.

"Oh, I went to the United States two years ago and didn't come back until August last year. Then there were some messy things, so I didn't come here." Fang Minghua told the truth.

"Oh, I went to the United States." Lei Xuecheng seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly asked again: "Have you visited American bookstores in the United States? How is their business?"