Back to 80: My Literary Life

When Fang Minghua returned home from Stanford University, he called Song Tangtang from his company. Song Tangtang was very happy after hearing this and felt full of pride.

It feels really good to be the mother of a son who is a top student!

She said: "Minghua, I will prepare the relevant information and send it to you. You go and handle it. When Lele comes back at the weekend, I will tell him the good news!"

"No, don't tell him." Fang Minghua immediately dissuaded him: "Let him take the college entrance examination and let me see how much he weighs!"

A week later, Song Tangtang sent the relevant information to Fang Minghua by international express. He found James with the information, and James took him to the school's admissions committee, filled out some application forms, and submitted the information to the other party for review.

Three days later, he received a call from the Stanford University Admissions Committee. The other party told him that Fang Le's conditions met the school's admissions requirements. The admission letter will be sent out around July, so please pay attention to check it.

At this time, Fang Minghua was completely relieved. Of course, he would not forget to tell Li Li and Song Tangtang the good news, but he would just hide it from his son.

Time soon arrived in early May, and Fang Minghua was preparing to return to China.

During this period, DreamWorks' David Geffen also called him and told him about acquiring the movie rights to Marvel hero characters.

What makes Fang Minghua regretful is that he only acquired the character of Iron Man, but he still took the lead in Marvel movies, reached a deal with New Line Cinema, and acquired it for US$10 million.

Iron Man, just Iron Man.

This is also one of the most popular heroes in the Marvel Universe. There have been three movies in total, all of which made a lot of money.

Fang Minghua told David Geffen to find an excellent screenwriter to adapt the script into a script based on the classic story in "Magic Comics" and start filming at the right time. It would be best to make it into a series.

David Geffen said yes.

Li Li was a little reluctant to leave Fang Minghua, but she was used to this kind of life, and his parents were also planning to come to San Francisco to live permanently.

Being accompanied by Li Li's parents made Fang Minghua feel more at ease.

It was already the afternoon of the second day when I returned to Xijing. I arrived home with my suitcase. When I opened the door, the nanny was hanging clothes in the yard. When she saw him coming back, she hurried up to greet him.

There was also a chubby puppy, Doumiao, who came up to him and sniffed, then waggled his tail around him.

"Oh, the bean sprouts have grown so big." Fang Minghua smiled and squatted down to touch the little puppy's head. Suddenly he heard a "meow" sound coming from the flowers and took a closer look.

A cute little tabby cat was chasing a butterfly. When it saw him, it barked at him.

"Whose kitten is this? Where's the bean sprouts?" Fang Minghua asked curiously.

"Bean sprouts died last winter. Sister Song got up in the morning and found them in the cat's nest on the first floor. Sister Song bought them again, and they were also called bean sprouts." The nanny hurriedly explained.

Why.

Fang Minghua sighed, suddenly feeling sad.

Thinking of the civet cat at home, it can be said that he is the most free-spirited among the family members. He is often not seen for several days, occasionally showing up at home, and then he is free again.

But in the end, he came back and died at home.

"Brother Fang, let me carry it for you. You go take a bath and have a rest." The nanny's words made Fang Minghua wake up from his memories. He nodded and walked into the house.

After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, I went to bed again to overcome the jet lag. By the time it was time for dinner, Song Tangtang came back from work.

All smiles.

"What? Are you happy to see me back?" Fang Minghua joked.

"Bah, bah, you're an old married couple, you still talk about this." Song Tangtang replied: "But there is indeed a happy event about you."

"What happy event?" Fang Minghua asked curiously.

"Come on, go upstairs and watch online."

The two went upstairs and entered the study. Song Tangtang turned on the computer and then opened a Sina website. There was a column on the homepage titled "Top Ten Cultural Idols of the 20th Century" and a voting column below.

"Minghua, you have successfully entered the top ten in the voting!"

Song Tangtang said, clicking on that column immediately brought up a voting web page with a list of people voted by netizens.

There are dozens of candidates on the list.

60 people including Lu Xun, Lao She, Jin Yong, Li Ao, Sanmao, Li Ka-shing, Jet Li, Qian Xuesen, Leslie Cheung, Faye Wong, Stephen Chow, Luo Dayou, Hou Baolin, Yang Zhenning, Li Ning, Bruce Lee, the names of Fang Minghua and Jia Pingwa from Qin Province are among them .

"Look at the current number of votes, 265,478, which puts us in sixth place!" Song Tangtang said.

"Hey, what did I think?" Fang Minghua looked at it and said, "This thing is just a public opinion survey, or called a public opinion poll, don't take it too seriously."

"But some people say that they are indeed the cultural elite of China in the 20th century and have influenced China's national spirit for hundreds of years."

It seems that Song Tangtang attaches great importance to this matter.

"Lu Xun and others can count, but I can't count going downstairs to eat."

Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!

After saying that, Fang Minghua walked out of the study.

Fang Minghua didn't care about this matter, but he hyped it up in the media. By the end of May, the voting ended, and more than a dozen media outlets including Sina announced the selection results.

Ten people including Lu Xun, Jin Yong, Qian Zhongshu, Ba Jin, Lao She, Qian Xuesen, Leslie Cheung and Faye Wong received this honor, with Fang Minghua ranked eighth.

"Minghua, treat me!"

Jia Pingwa said to Fang Minghua on the phone.

"What the hell!" Fang Minghua replied angrily: "Do you believe this? Just those 30,000 votes are representative? Besides, how can I be on par with literary masters like Lu Xun and Qian Zhongshu?!"

"I don't care, the media says so anyway, you are the only one from our Qin Province who was selected." Jia Pingwa was a bit dishonest on the other end of the phone.

"Okay, you said treat me, right? I went to the United States and helped you sell two pieces of calligraphy, and made more than one million, right? Don't you want to show your appreciation by treating me to a meal?!" Fang Minghua immediately fought back.

"This. You should treat me." Jia Pingwa said honestly.

"Okay, then, treat me quickly, it's better to do it today than to wait for a day, tonight!"

This matter has been hyped up for a long time by various media, especially on the Internet. There were also media reporters who wanted to interview Fang Minghua, but he politely refused.

It's okay for others to joke around, but if you accept the interview yourself, you really take it seriously.

Fang Minghua also went to Xuecheng Bookstore. Although he had been in the United States for more than half a year, the reading salon here was still going on, although intermittently.

It was early June, the college entrance examination was over, and the results were announced soon. Fang Le won the third place in Qin Province Polytechnic with a total score of 710 points. The first place was a girl named Guo Lu, with 715 points, also from the Affiliated High School of Xi'an Polytechnic University.

Fang Rui and Liu Yifei were also successfully admitted to Yanjing Film Academy, but the two girls did not plan to return to China immediately, saying that they wanted to go to Canada for a tour. The son also went to Qinghai Lake with his classmates.

Everything was beautiful.

The two children did not come back during the holidays, and the family seemed particularly idle. Fang Minghua read books under the eaves in the afternoon, waiting for his wife to come home for dinner.

Song Tangtang was also particularly happy to come back today: "Minghua, I have good news to tell you. Shengshi Film and Television is ready to go public."