1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 465 For the people, you prodigal!
After winning the Goncourt Literature Prize, the activities were scheduled for three days. These three days of activities were arranged by the Academy of Goncourt. After winning the award, we must give the organizer a face!

During the three days, Lin Weimin had almost no rest time except at night.

While he was busy participating in activities and accepting interviews in France, the interview materials of Xinhua News Agency had been sent back to Yanjing by the reporter's human flesh express.

The edited video material was broadcast on CCTV's "News Network" on the same day, and lasted for a full minute.

The news that Lin Weimin won this year's Goncourt Literature Prize for his novel "The Lover" immediately spread throughout the country.

On the second day after the broadcast of "News Network", many authoritative media such as "People's Daily" and "Reference News" followed up and reported the news. Interview with Lin Weimin at the award-winning site.

It is rare for a long article of thousands of words and a personal interview to be published on the front page of the People's Daily.

The reason why the "People's Daily" made such a big move is naturally the strong influence of the Goncourt Literature Prize.

Lin Weimin felt that it was an exaggeration for Ms. Edmond Charles Roux to say that he had become a world-class writer after winning the Goncourt Prize. From the perspective of the difficulty of winning the award, it seemed to be true. After all, one world per year The gold content of senior writers is indeed a little low.

But he didn't take into account the domestic people's filter addition to Western countries and literary awards in this era.

Previously, Lin Weimin had also won many foreign awards, but relatively speaking, his popularity in China was not high.

For example, for the best screenwriter at the Cannes Film Festival, ordinary people rarely receive information from foreign film festivals these days, and he won another screenwriting award.

For example, the Tony Awards in the United States are not even in the field of film, but awards in the field of drama. The common people still don't pay that much attention. Although the official publicity is vigorous, the sensational effect is always a little bit worse.

The National Book Critics Association Award in the United States is a literary award. The audience is enough, but the problem is that it is not well-known in China, let alone ordinary people. Even many literature lovers have never heard of the name of this award, even if you are from the United States. What about the major literary awards?
However, the Goncourt Literary Prize is completely different from the above awards. It can be said that it gathers all the points of interest in media communication and public attention.

First, it is one of the most prestigious literary awards in France, one of the great Western democracies, with a long history.We must know that before the 60s, the status of French literature in world literature has always been the big brother, and no one disagrees with it.

Well, Mao Zi may have some opinions.

Secondly, the lineup of previous judges is scary. Flaubert, Daudet... Such a lineup of judges is destined to have a high gold content.

Furthermore, the world influence of the award is huge, not only in foreign countries, as long as there is a literary youth who is even slightly interested in literature these days, there is no one who does not know the name of the Goncourt Literature Award.

In the hearts of domestic literary youths in this era, the Goncourt Prize for Literature is a world-class award second only to the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Combining the above three elements, from the official to the literary world to the private sector, the reaction to Lin Weimin's award is even more exaggerated than the last time Zhang Yimou won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

The domestic film industry in the 80s was indeed very hot, but it was nothing compared to literature. This was the era of literature.

As soon as the news came out that a domestic writer had won the Goncourt Prize for Literature, the domestic public opinion was completely ignited within a day, and the momentum was so huge that it went straight to the scene where the domestic Olympic delegation participated in the Los Angeles Olympics and won gold in 84.

The issue of "national self-confidence" mentioned in Lin Weimin's exclusive interview published by "People's Daily" has also aroused widespread attention from people of insight in China.

Over the past few years, the trend of worshiping foreign countries has been prevalent in China. Everyone says that Western countries are good, and they all go to Western countries. Then who will build the motherland?

Many people admire Lin Weimin's calm and confident attitude, which is neither humble nor overbearing, in the interview. Intellectuals with far-sightedness like him are indeed rare.

Interestingly, just ten days ago, Lin Weimin was criticized by many media and the public because of the problem of "Hunting".

A few days ago, Lin Weimin published an article in the "Literary News" announcing that "Hunting" would not be published or published within ten years. Many people rejoiced because of this, thinking that their pressure had achieved results.

Then news of Lin Weimin's suspension came out, and this group of people celebrated with each other even more, as if they had defeated the heinous criminals.

Just a few days later, the news came that Lin Weimin had won the Goncourt Literature Prize. While the whole country was cheering, such a small group of people fell into a strange silence.

Not to mention the reactions of these people, the news of Lin Weimin's winning of the Goncourt Literary Prize spread all over the streets and alleys in a short period of time due to the support of many authoritative media such as "News Network", "People's Daily", and "Reference News".

Suddenly, more readers came to buy Lin Weimin's works in the bookstore. The panic buying caused by "Hunting" just entered a stable stage a few days ago, and a new wave of panic buying came again.

These readers are not jealous of meat and vegetables, not only newly published works, but also works that have been published for a long time, such as "Latent" and "The Cliff". As long as they are Lin Weimin's works, they are all swept away.

Only a small number of these people are loyal readers of Lin Weimin, and most of them buy because of Lin Weimin's winning this time.

For several years, the sales volume of Lin Weimin's works has remained high, starting at one million copies at every turn.

But compared with the real stock readers in China, such sales are insignificant.

The bombardment of public opinion this time has greatly expanded the audience of Lin Weimin's works, not only limited to literary youths, but spread to ordinary people more widely.

It's not that these people don't read books, they just read relatively few mainstream literary works.

"Popular Movies", "Story Club", "Wulin" and other entertainment publications or popular literature publications can easily sell millions of copies, and this time the frenzy of public opinion stirred up precisely this group of readers.

In the past two days, the phone of the Guowen Society has been ringing non-stop, and the staff have been unable to pick it up. Even if they miss it, it doesn’t matter. The content can be guessed. It is nothing more than urging the Guowen Society to print or republish Lin Weimin’s works.

Except for the newly published works in the past one or two years, Lin Weimin's other works have basically entered the stage of long-tail sales. The total stock of each novel in the sales channels across the country is between 30 and 50 copies.

As soon as the news of the Goncourt Prize came, the number of readers who came to buy Lin Weimin's works suddenly increased, and the inventory that could have been sold for a few months or half a year was quickly consumed in a short period of time.

If you don't reprint, there will be no books to sell in bookstores and post offices!

Compared with the anxiety of bookstores and post offices, the Guowen Society is even more anxious.

Although the society learned that Lin Weimin might win the Goncourt Prize earlier than all the people in the country, everyone didn't take it to heart.

After all, when Lin Weimin won awards in the past, the sales of his works only had a short burst and then quickly returned to normal, and the channel's inventory could fully cope.

The Guowen Society did not expect that this time when the news of the Goncourt Literary Prize came, the readers' enthusiasm for buying it would be so fast and enthusiastic.

Cheng Zaochun was so regretful that he nearly bald his hair. He was so busy arguing with Lin Weimin a few days ago that he didn't even think about the business.

The rush to buy came and went quickly, and if he lost hundreds of thousands or millions of books because of the delay of these few days, he would have the heart to buy a piece of tofu and kill him.

It's all money!

Subscription information from all over the country came so suddenly that these bookstores and post offices don't even write letters now, and contact them directly by phone.

Every few hours, the number of book orders will explode.

Cheng Zaochun contacted the printing house, and all unimportant printing tasks in the agency were stopped, and Lin Weimin's works were printed with all their strength.

The panic-buying wave lasted for such a period of time, and printing one more book would be a waste of money for the Guowen Society, but this golden opportunity must not be missed.

The bonus and benefits at the end of this year depend on Lin Weimin!
During the meeting, Cheng Zaochun chaired the meeting and was discussing the issue of rewarding Lin Weimin. After all, he won an international literary award. Awards can't be so shameless.

Suddenly someone came up with an idea—to publish a collection of essays for Lin Weimin.

Hearing this suggestion, there was a brief silence in the office.

It’s okay to publish an anthology, which great writer doesn’t publish an anthology!

This is a symbol of status in the literary world!

But the problem is...

This guy is only 27!
Not to mention him, Lin Weimin, you pa la pa la pa la Lu Guo Mao Ba Lao Wan, these big names in the literary world, didn't have this kind of treatment when they were 27 years old!

"Zhang Ailing said that you need to be famous as early as possible, which is probably the advantage of being famous early!" The person who made the suggestion said weakly in the face of everyone's doubts.

The National Literature Publishing House reprinted Zhang Ailing's collection of novels "Legend" in 1986, and the person speaking was the editor in charge.

It is indeed very reasonable to say that you should be famous as early as possible. In fact, Lu Guo, Mao, Ba, and Lao Wan were not very old when they became famous in the literary world, but they all had a flaw in that there were not enough works at that time. Anthology, hardware conditions are not enough.

Lin Weimin is different. From the age of 20 to 27, he kept writing, producing works every year, sometimes even two a year.

Over the past few years, there have been more than a dozen novels, with millions of words in Huanghuang. It is a bit exaggerated to say that the works are equal, but it is true with the high-yielding competition sow, and it is more than enough to produce a collection of essays.

After listening to his words, everyone in the conference room looked at each other in blank dismay, speechless, and then turned their attention to Cheng Zaochun, the president and editor-in-chief.

"This one……"

Cheng Zaochun hesitated for a long time, then said: "Let's discuss this matter later when Weimin returns to China. Compiling an anthology is not something that will happen in a short period of time. Besides, he is still in the ascendant period of creation. When he comes back, he will first consult about it." Tell him what he thinks."

Cheng Zaochun's speech was the final word, and the others didn't worry about this issue any more.

After the meeting, everyone dispersed, not forgetting to whisper.

Everyone unanimously mentioned "Hunting", which Lin Weimin announced would not be published within ten years. If it were published, how many copies would it take to catch up with this wave?

For the people, you prodigal!
(End of this chapter)