1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 449 The Big Winner

This morning, Lin Weimin was at work when he received a call from Han Zhuangzhuang from the hospital.

Yin Geli successfully gave birth to a child in the hospital, a big fat girl who weighs about half a pound.

In the afternoon, he left a little earlier, and when he arrived at the hospital, Han Zhuangzhuang was in the corridor of the hospital, frowning.

"What's the matter? Why aren't you happy?" Lin Weimin asked.

Han Zhuangzhuang said worriedly: "Uncle, do you think this girl will grow up to look like me? She's too fat!"

I'm afraid that you don't look like me, and I'm even more afraid that you look like me!

This contradictory mentality made Han Zhuangzhuang feel distressed.

"Ge Li is a foreigner, and your daughter is a Chinese-Austrian mixed race, understand? Generally, mixed races are beautiful. Look at Fei Xiang in the Spring Festival Gala last year, how beautiful!"

Han Zhuangzhuang thought for a while, last year his wife almost moaned watching TV, she really looks good.

Lin Weimin's words comforted Han Zhuangzhuang a little. He was about to say thank you, but Lin Weimin said again: "Besides, everyone in our old Lin family is handsome. You belong to a genetic mutation. When it comes to your daughter's generation, you must correct it." .It's okay, don't worry!"

thank you!

After Lin Weimin's "comfort", Han Zhuangzhuang was completely cured. He looked at Lin Weimin and asked, "Old man, did you come here empty-handed?"

Lin Weimin wanted to give him a kick, but he held back because he was already a father after all.

Without Han Zhuangzhuang, who was obsessed with financial management, Lin Weimin entered the ward, and immediately saw the little girl who was being put on the hospital bed.

It may be because of the mixed race, the skin looks very white, lying there fat and fat, eyes are not open, drowsy, it seems that he is sleeping.

"Gorley has worked hard!"

Lin Weimin said something to Yin Geli.

Yin Geli had a normal delivery, and she suffered a lot when she gave birth, but after giving birth, she looked like a normal person, except that her complexion was not very good. Right now, she is drinking happily with red dates, millet porridge and eggs, without the slightest weakness of a pregnant woman.

Lin Weimin shook his head, his words were a bit redundant.

Then, under Han Zhuangzhuang's gaze, he took out a small golden lock from his pocket and placed it beside the child's bed.

Han Zhuangzhuang immediately smiled, "Oh, old uncle, look at you, just come, and bring..."

Before finishing the second half of the sentence, Lin Weimin stared back.

From the moment he entered the door, Han Dingbang's eyes never left his sleeping granddaughter, and he couldn't even close his mouth when he smiled.

Lin Weimin said to Han Dingbang: "Brother-in-law, congratulations! Becoming a grandfather!"

"For the sake of the people, you have to spend money."

The golden lock that Lin Weimin took out looked small, only about the size of a child's fist, with an exquisite shape.Calculated by the density of gold, at least two to three hundred grams, such a gold lock is enough for the average person to earn after 20 years of work.

"I'm also an uncle and grandfather, how can it be considered a waste?" Lin Weimin laughed.

As he spoke, he took out another jade bracelet from his pocket, which was round and shiny like suet.

When Han Zhuangzhuang saw it, he immediately ran over to take it in his hand, then snatched the rice bowl from his wife's hand, and brought it to her.

"Tsk tsk tsk, uncle, is this Hetian jade?"

Lin Weimin looked at Han Zhuangzhuang in surprise, "Okay, can you still recognize it as Hetian jade?"

"That's it." Han Zhuangzhuang looked proud.

In fact, he didn't know if it was Hetian jade. Speaking of jade, he only knew about Hetian jade, and he just said it casually.

"This is suet white from Hetian Baiyu, and Dudu collected it for me." Lin Weimin explained.

Han Zhuangzhuang snuggled up and asked, "This thing is quite valuable, right?"

Lin Weimin glanced at him, and said speechlessly: "Keep it well, and I can give it to your daughter as a family heirloom in the future."

Lin Weimin's words did not fool Han Zhuangzhuang. This bracelet is made of small seed material, the best jade material in suet white. After decades, one gram is worth 300 to [-] yuan. Such a small bracelet is worth [-] to [-] million yuan.

Of course, Lin Weimin's income is definitely not that expensive now, but it's not cheap either. Jade has been popular since ancient times, and it has never been cheap.

The small suet white seed bracelet that Ma Dudu helped Lin Weimin collected was from the Republic of China, and it cost as little as 1000 yuan.

Han Zhuangzhuang immediately beamed with joy, "Old uncle, you are the best to me, Niuniu has a good uncle!"

"Virtue!"

After chatting for a while, Lin Weimin said goodbye and left.

Two days later, the weather got hotter and hotter.

Lin Weimin received an overseas call from Arthur Miller. On the phone, Comrade Mi told Lin Weimin good news.

The 40th Tony Awards Ceremony was just held in Radio Music City, New York yesterday. "The Kite Runner" won Best Drama, Best Drama Director, Best Drama Actor, and Best Drama Costume at the awards ceremony Design four awards.

Together with the musical "Les Miserables", it became the biggest winner of this year's Tony Award.

The two won the most awards in musicals and dramas respectively. The award record of "Les Miserables" is even more exaggerated, almost wrapping up the awards in musicals.

"The Kite Runner" has been receiving rave reviews since its performance on Broadway in September last year, and it even reached a sold-out state in the first few months. It is also one of the most popular plays for the Tony Awards this year.

Therefore, it is not surprising to achieve such results.

Lin Weimin and Arthur Miller congratulated each other on the phone, and Arthur Miller once again regretted that Lin Weimin did not go to the United States this year.

Compared with the previous "Untouchable" which only won the actor award, "The Kite Runner" can be said to have won the Tony Awards this year, whether it is the drama award, actor award or technical award.

Such an award-winning result has a very powerful blessing effect for Lin Weimin, the author of the original work. If Lin Weimin can come to the United States to show his face at this time, it will definitely be a huge boost to his popularity in the American theater circle, including the audience.

Of course, because of the popularity of "Untouchable" and "The Kite Runner" in the American theater circle, Lin Weimin's reputation has already resounded throughout the American theater circle. That's it, the impact is not big.

Lin Weimin also understands this truth very well, so he has no regrets.

Compared with the audience's perception of him, industry reputation is more important.

Two days after talking to Arthur Miller, Cheng Zaochun suddenly called Lin Weimin to his office.

There are two people in Chinese tunic suits sitting in the office, who can be seen as comrades in the system.

Cheng Zaochun introduced: "These two comrades from the WS department came to ask you to understand the situation."

Lin Weimin was not surprised. After a brief chat, it was almost as he thought, and it was because of "The Kite Runner".

Different from the light rain in news reports when "Untouchable" won the award last time, "The Kite Runner" became one of the biggest winners of the Tony Awards this time, and became the hot news of major TV programs, newspapers, and magazines in the United States.

It is hard not to attract people's attention with the continuous news swiping the screen. This wave of news reports also attracted the attention of the leaders of the Chinese Consulate General in New York, USA.

Upon hearing that the adaptation of the play by a Chinese playwright had won so many awards, the New York Consulate General immediately contacted China.

So there was a situation where people from the WS department approached Lin Weimin.

The comrades in the WS department confirmed the truth, and then they said a few words to Lin Weimin and left.

Cheng Zaochun heaved a sigh of relief, "Just now when these two people came in, I was taken aback. I thought you were stabbing something outside again!"

Lin Weimin said dissatisfiedly, "Leader, you have misunderstood me a little bit!"

Cheng Zaochun glanced at Lin Weimin, you really have no idea about your own strength!
If it is not conducive to unity, the leader will definitely not say it.

He just smiled at Lin Weimin, "Hehe!"

After the comrades from the WS department came to the Guowen News Agency, several heavyweight media such as CCTV, "People's Daily", and "Guangming Daily" followed. This is what the colleagues from the WS department have already explained before they left.

Since the situation has been verified to be true, it is natural to publicize it well.

At the beginning of the year, Zhang Yimou created the history of Chinese film with a Golden Bear Award. The topic has been discussed for a whole month, making countless Chinese people proud of it.

This time, Lin Weimin's play won the Tony Award, the highest award in the American theater industry, and won four awards overwhelmingly. It is also a matter of creating history and winning glory for the country.

How could it not be advertised?
After dealing with reporters from several units, a day has passed.

The fact that Lin Weimin's play won the Tony Award in the United States has long been known in the Guowen Society.

This is not surprising to everyone, and it is not the first time this award has been won.

It's just that I heard that I won a lot of awards this time, which is still very impressive.

At around [-]:[-] p.m. that night, the footage of Lin Weimin being interviewed by a CCTV reporter appeared in the "News Network".

The screen is silent, with a narration: "At the just-past 40th Tony Awards in the United States, the play "The Kite Runner," adapted from the works of Chinese dramatist Lin Weimin, won awards including Best Play, Best Play Director, Best Play, and Best Play. The leading actor in the best drama and the best costume design of the drama became the biggest winners on the day of the awards ceremony.

The full name of the Tony Award is the Anthony Perry Award. It was established in 1947 by the American Theater Association in memory of Ms. Anthony Perry, one of the founders of the association. It has always been regarded as the highest award for American drama and musicals. .

This is not the first time that Lin Weimin's work has won the award. As early as 1984, Lin Weimin's work "Untouchable" won the Tony Award for Best Actor and Supporting Actor in a Drama..."

The news about Lin Weimin's award took up more than [-] seconds on "News Network", which is the same treatment as the last time Amou won the Jinxiong Award.

Among them, calling Lin Weimin a "playwright" is also the first official recognition of Lin Weimin's status in the drama world.

Tao Huimin, who was watching the news in front of the TV, was excited for a long time. Lin Weimin this time was much longer than before, and he lasted almost a minute.

As soon as the screen on the TV finished playing, she couldn't wait to pick up the phone.

After waiting for a long time, the call was finally connected. Tao Huimin asked excitedly: "Mom, have you seen it? Have you seen it?"

"I see, I see!" Mother Tao on the other end of the phone was very happy.

Tao Huimin and Lin Weimin's relationship was confessed to her parents as early as the year Tao Huimin participated in the Spring Festival Gala. After all, she went back that year and brought thousands of dollars of New Year's goods.

It is true that Tao Huimin is young, but he has learned opera since he was a child, and he is far away from his parents. He is very independent. He earns wages and subsidies just like adults when he was a teenager, and his parents are very relieved of him.

I heard that she was in a relationship, but I didn't have any opinions. I just told her that she must stick to the bottom line in the relationship between men and women.

It's a pity that the parents didn't know that the daughter had already become a big girl.

In the past few years, Tao Huimin and Lin Weimin's relationship has been stable, and they will send a bunch of New Year's goods every year. Tao's father and Tao's mother have long since acquiesced in their relationship.

Today, when Tao Huimin learned that Lin Weimin was going to be on "News Network", her first reaction was to call her parents and tell them to remember to watch the news.

At this moment, "News Network" was over, and I started calling again to confirm, as if a teacher was checking a primary school student's homework.

The mother and daughter chatted for a long time, and Mother Tao asked about Tao Huimin's graduation.

Tao Huimin attended the Zhijiang Provincial Art School, which lasted five years. She entered school in 82 and graduated this year.

It's just that in the past two or three years, my daughter has been busy filming outside, and even filmed the heroine of "Dream of Red Mansions", making the parents feel like they are in a dream.

"I'm definitely going back. I'll ask the crew for a few days off. It's not a big problem." Tao Huimin told her mother.

At this time, Mother Tao seemed to have said something on the phone again. Tao Huimin's expression was a little shy, she glanced at Lin Weimin, and then whispered: "I will definitely go back during the Chinese New Year. He will be with me. A few years ago because of I haven't graduated yet, so pay attention to the impact."

"Well, okay, I see."

After Tao Huimin finished speaking and hung up the phone, Lin Weimin, who was watching TV on the other end, joked, "Is the future mother-in-law anxious to see me?"

Tao Huimin gave him a blank look, "My mother just asked casually, and I told her that we will go back together this year!"

It was Lin Weimin's initiative to go to Wenzhou to meet Tao Huimin's parents during the Chinese New Year this year.

He had been in love with Tao Huimin for several years. Tao Huimin hadn't graduated before, which was inconvenient. He finally graduated this year, and it was time to meet their family.

"I'll go shopping with you this weekend and bring it with you when you go home," Lin Weimin said.

Tao Huimin smiled and nodded.

(End of this chapter)