1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 473 Actions of "The Phantom of the Opera"
Just after the Spring Festival in 1988, a sensational news spread in the small county of Ruian.

The great writer Lin Weimin, who is well-known all over the country and the world, became the son-in-law of Rui'an. When he came to Rui'an for the New Year, even the county magistrate visited him in person.

It took only two days for the news to spread throughout the county, and then quickly spread to surrounding counties and cities.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the leaders of the WZ City Cultural Association, who got the news, traveled hundreds of kilometers to Tao Huimin's house after inquiring all the way, but they were all in vain.

After inquiring, I found out that he left yesterday.

It was only a day away, and I didn't meet with Lin Weimin, which made the leader of the Municipal Cultural Association feel regretful and slap his thigh.

Wenzhou's local cultural background is weak, and a great writer finally came and has not been retained.

"Uncle, aunt!" The leader regretted for a moment, and then turned his mind on Father Tao and Mother Tao.

"Your family has raised a good daughter, which is the pride of us Wenzhou people!"

Father Tao and Mother Tao were overwhelmed by flattery. This educated person speaks nicely, but it's just that the title is a bit inappropriate, and everyone is of the same generation.

The leader Rainbow farted for a long time, and then asked: "I wonder when Teacher Tao and Teacher Lin will come back next time?"

Mother Tao said: "They are too busy with work, it takes four or five days to go back and forth, and they can only come back once during the Chinese New Year."

The leader was full of regrets, and this miss lasted for a year, "Then we will visit again next time we have a chance! If you call later, remember to mention it to Mr. Lin."

The leader bid farewell politely and left. Father Tao and Mother Tao looked at the gifts left behind and didn't know what to do.

At this time, another curious neighbor came to the door, "Old Tao, which leader is this?"

"It's from the WZ City Cultural Association."

"From the Literature Association? No wonder, your future son-in-law is a great writer, and he's the right counterpart to the Literature Association. They don't have to curry favor!"

Tao's father and Tao's mother shook their heads helplessly. The daughter came back with Lin Weimin in the past few days, and the family has never stopped.

After chatting with the neighbors for a while, after they left, Mother Tao put away the gifts from the Cultural Association.

"You want to call Huimin and the others when they arrive at the place and ask them what to do with this thing." Father Tao urged.

"understood."

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Lin Weimin and Tao Huimin returned to Yanjing, called home to report that they were safe, and heard that the WZ City Cultural Association had sent a gift, and Lin Weimin asked Tao's mother to keep it at ease.

After a night's rest, Tao Huimin resumed filming. This year she has a lot of outdoor scenes, and she may have to run outside for half a year.

And Lin Weimin's three-month suspension for self-reflection is approaching. Teacher Lin feels extremely melancholy these days, good times are always so short.

But before going to work, Lin Weimin got a piece of good news.

Just last month, "The Phantom of the Opera" officially landed at the King's Theater on Broadway.

"The Phantom of the Opera" premiered in London's West End in September 86. It has won the love and praise of countless musical theater audiences for a year and a half. To sum up the development momentum of "The Phantom of the Opera" over the past year, I can only use one sentence words to describe.

Encore, encore, encore!

The 80s was the golden age of London's West End. Although it can't be compared with the thriving Broadway, there are still countless audiences flocking here.

"The Phantom of the Opera" has a huge investment. In order to restore the background of the Paris Opera House, the crew spent a lot of money to create a gorgeous, exquisite and complicated stage and interior.

The more than 200 sets of clothes worn by the actors are all hand-sewn, and even the lamps used for the lighting are specially ordered.

All these efforts are worthwhile. During the performance period of more than ten months, "Phantom of the Opera" has performed 516 performances in total, breaking the record of the fastest performance of 500 performances in the West End of London.

At the same time, the box office of the performance has also achieved brilliant results. The highest box office of a single performance reached 26 meters. This record is unbroken in the West End of London, even the classic musical "Evita" and "Cats" can't be shaken either.

Now the only advantage of these two equally classic musicals over "The Phantom of the Opera" is probably the total box office record. The two films have been in public for many years, and the cumulative box office has already reached hundreds of millions.

However, it is just around the corner that the cumulative box office will be broken. In a year and a half, the cumulative box office of "Phantom of the Opera" has successfully exceeded [-] million, which is three months faster than the original "Evita" and "Cats".

The great success of "The Phantom of the Opera" in London's West End gave Andrew and Cameron confidence. Six months ago, the two decided to move "The Phantom of the Opera" to the Broadway stage.

Although a Broadway remake of "The Phantom of the Opera" still requires a considerable investment, even more expensive than the investment in London's West End, both men think it is worth it, and the proceeds of "The Phantom of the Opera" are enough to support them ambition.

Facts proved that the decision of the two was right. On January 88, 1, "The Phantom of the Opera" was officially performed at the King's Theater on Broadway. This theater has more than 26 seats and is one of the largest theaters on Broadway.

In order to reproduce the success in London's West End, the crew of "The Phantom of the Opera" negotiated with the King's Theater to redecorate the theater, plus various expenses such as stage layout, the investment was higher than the initial investment of "The Phantom of the Opera".

Of course, the results are worthy of such a huge investment. The premiere was an unprecedented success, the subsequent performances were sold out, tickets were hard to find, and the box office of a single performance broke records one after another. All these made Andrew and Cameron ecstatic .

Andrew specially sent Lin Weimin a lot of "Phantom of the Opera" performance materials and reports this time, to share the joy together.

In the letter, Andrew also mentioned the Tony Award. "The Phantom of the Opera" has landed on Broadway, and they are determined to win this year's Tony Award.

The only pity is that due to nationality, I may not be able to achieve the feat of sweeping the three drama awards.

Among the three major drama awards in the United States, only the Tony Award does not require the nationality of the creator, and the remaining Pulitzer and New York drama critics require the creator to be of American nationality.

Lin Weimin was equally happy after reading what Andrew sent.

For more than a year, he has successively received the box office share of "The Phantom of the Opera" in London's West End, with a total of more than 1800 million dollars.

Now that "The Phantom of the Opera" is being staged simultaneously in Britain and the United States, the future box office potential is limitless, and Mr. Lin is making money lying down.

With the good mood of the Broadway performance of "The Phantom of the Opera", Lin Weimin returned to work at the Guowen Society after a three-month absence.

"Comrades, I miss you to death!"

Teacher Lin's enthusiasm was met with a perfunctory response. This guy has been unrestrained for three months, and the big guy is exhausted. It's no wonder he has a good temper.

"Mr. Lin, you are finally back!" Tong Zhonggui was delighted.

Lin Weimin nodded in relief, still being sensible as he brought it out by hand.

After saying hello to his colleagues in the editorial department, Lin Weimin went to the president's office to report.

Cheng Zaochun reminded: "When you come back this time, you can work with peace of mind and don't make trouble all day long!"

Just as Lin Weimin was about to speak, he interrupted him, "I know what you're going to say, don't make excuses, don't be silly, just work hard!"

Lin Weimin said helplessly: "Leader, don't block the people's way of speaking!"

Cheng Zaochun asked, "Are you a crowd?"

Lin Weimin opened his mouth and didn't speak again.

After a year, the level of leadership has improved again.

Just after returning to work, Lin Weimin spent a day lazily touching fish, showing a tendency to develop into an old salted fish.

When he got off work, he went to the editorial department to say hello to the evening dinner, and the office burst into cheers, and Director Lin's prestige returned again.

The old place, Donglaishun.

The smell of meat is overflowing, and the voices of people are noisy.

Not long after the new year, there are not a few people who go out to eat and party.

In the past three months, Lin Weimin has hardly appeared in the Guowen Society, but the work of the editorial department of "Contemporary" is proceeding in an orderly manner.

If this was in later generations, the boss would have fired him long ago if he found out that he was the same without him.

It's still the public rice bowl holding the incense, Lin Weimin sighed in his heart.

At this time, I heard several colleagues talking about the latest prices, and everyone complained.

The bonus was just paid out a year ago, and I thought it would be a good year, but just after the new year, gossip spread everywhere, saying that prices should be completely liberalized.

Before the official refute the rumors, the prices of many daily necessities have gone up.

Throughout the ten years of the 80s, prices have changed every year, and there will be a wave of panic buying from time to time.

In 83, the state decided to reduce the price of chemical fiber fabrics and increase the price of cotton textiles appropriately.

On the day the notice was delivered, long queues formed in front of the counters of cotton textiles in department stores across the country, and the counters of towels and children's clothing were also full of customers, and the queues continued until late at night.

Also in this year, at the end of the year, the Ministry of Commerce issued a notice that the whole country temporarily exempted the cloth ticket and wadding ticket, and opened the supply of cotton cloth and wadding cotton. Out of fear, there was another large-scale panic buying of textiles in China.

In the past few years, from daily necessities to furniture and home appliances, there is nothing that is not snapped up.

In the final analysis, it is nothing more than the lack of supplies all year round, coupled with the relatively large increase in prices, which makes the common people feel insecure, which leads to wave after wave of panic buying.

It has been 88 years now, and the biggest wave of panic buying in the history of reform and opening up will happen this year.

Lin Weimin is well aware of the development trajectory of history, but there is nothing he can do about it. This is the throes of national development.

A few days after this dinner, news came from Shanghai.

Since March 3, Shanghai has adjusted the retail prices of 1 commodities, most of which are small commodities or daily necessities, with price increases of 280% to 20%.

As soon as the news came out, it aroused heated discussions among the people of Yanjing City.The skyrocketing price has directly affected the living standards of the common people. There is no news that attracts the common people's attention more than this.

Shanghai is an important economic center in China, and it is also one of the vanguards of reform.

Although there is no "price breakthrough" on the surface, the actual actions have been verified.

This year, ordinary people have a hard time!

(End of this chapter)