1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 655
At the beginning of September, Zhang Yimou, Han Zhuangzhuang, and Gong Li went to the Venice Film Festival with "A Lawsuit Against Qiu Ju". Without surprise, they took home the Golden Lion Award, adding another worldwide honor to the Chinese film industry and making Zhang Yimou's personal director career even better. Create another glories.

Numerous domestic and foreign media sang praises for him, and some media even aggressively declared that "the birth of a master".

Counting Zhang Yimou's achievements in recent years, one golden bear, one silver lion, and one golden lion, it is not an exaggeration to say "quasi-master", but unfortunately he is a Chinese.

He was born with the "lower class" gene. No matter how many honors he has won abroad, even if foreign celebrities in the film industry are convinced of him, even if foreign audiences pay homage to him, in some people's mouth, he is just "" The father of seven gourd babies".

After returning to China, Han Zhuangzhuang seamlessly joined the crew of "Farewell My Concubine".

Right now, "Farewell My Concubine" has just been launched for more than a month, and it is in the middle of hot filming. Han Zhuangzhuang plays Duan Xiaolou, and the role is very heavy. He has no time to come to Lin Weimin's house, so only Han Dingbang and Yin Geli came with their little daughters.

After dinner, when she was about to go home, the little girl dragged the baby carriage made of small bean bags and refused to leave, crying.

Tao Huimin said, "Why don't you sleep with us tonight."

Han Dingbang insisted on going home, and left Yin Geli to stay with Xiaonannan at Lin's house for one night. The little girl jumped up and down happily, wandering around Xiaodoubao all night.

He kept yelling "Little Chihiro", and now he had to brag about going to kindergarten tomorrow.

My aunt is Lin Qianxun!
After the beginning of winter, the weather became colder and colder every day. Since Xiaonannan came, Xiaodoubao had a fever, which was probably contagious.

Lin Weimin looked at his daughter's face that was flushed red, and lost the lively smile she used to have. He was so distressed that he wished he could replace it, and he didn't even think about going to work.

Fortunately, it wasn't a serious illness, just a common seasonal cold, and the little bean buns healed within a few days.

Facts have proved that the heroine of the novel is also a mortal body.

More than a month has passed since the novel creation seminar. Gao Jianqun completed the first half of "The Last Hun", and asked someone to bring the manuscript to the Guowen Society.

The title of the book "The Last Hun" sounds very confusing. Those who didn't know it thought it was telling an ancient historical story.

In fact, this novel tells the story of three generations of the protagonist's family, carrying the burden of history and multiplying, struggling to survive on the Loess Plateau.

They have witnessed the rough fate of the people on the Loess Plateau, and also witnessed the history of the red revolution being preserved here and forming a prairie fire.

After reviewing the manuscript by several editors, everyone agreed that the quality of the finished book is good, and it has an epic temperament.

Although it cannot be compared with "White Deer Plain" and "Ordinary World", it is still a rare masterpiece in recent years.

Another masterpiece in Shaanxi literary circles!

Many editors couldn't help sighing, and everyone thought of the writers they met at the novel writing seminar more than a month ago.

The success rate of this generation of Shaanxi writers is really too high. Who would have thought that so many talented people would be brewed on the barren Loess Plateau.

The first half of "The Last Hun" will be published in this year's No.12 issue of "Contemporary" as the finale of this year.

Gao Jianqun was elated when he heard the news, and he knew that it was right to hand over the manuscript to the Guowen Society.

The "Four Famous Danes" of pure literature, "Harvest", "Flower City", "Contemporary" and "October", in the 80s, everyone chased each other, evenly matched, but in the 90s, the gap between the four major publications has been obvious to all.

During the peak period, the sales volume of "Harvest" has been around one million copies, but now the sales volume has dropped to 70 million copies per issue, and its influence is not as good as before.

"Flower City" and "October" belong to the same echelon, and the sales volume has already fallen below 50 copies per issue.

Only "Contemporary", the current sales volume of each issue is still stable at more than 150 million copies, and almost one or two blockbuster works will appear every year, and its influence has already surpassed that of "Harvest". Still, the influence is unmatched.

It is an honor for Gao Jianqun that "The Last Hun" can be published in "Contemporary".

What's more, Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" and Cheng Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" were both published in "Contemporary".

In the Shaanxi literary world, who would not want to replicate the impressive achievements of the two?
With Gao Jianqun's "The Last Hun", Lin Weimin missed Jia Pingwa again.

Just planning to contact him, Jia Pingwa unexpectedly called herself.

After talking in detail, Lin Weimin found out that Jia Pingwa had just divorced.

The protracted quarrels and mutual harm not only exhausted Jia Pingwa physically and mentally, but also delayed her creation.

Now divorced and alone, Jia Pingwa decided to take this opportunity to write the work that took more than a year to conceive.

Originally, he planned to find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters where no one would bother him to retreat and create, but then he remembered that when he came to Yanjing to participate in the seminar, it was a rare and comfortable day for him in the past two years, and Lin Weimin also kindly sent out invitation.

Therefore, Jia Pingwa decided to change the retreat location to Yanjing.

After answering Jia Pingwa's call, Lin Weimin felt very comfortable.

As the editor-in-chief for the past two years, Teacher Lin's small black room has not been closed for a long time.

This time a newcomer finally came again, and the little black room was finally ready to be used again.

Three days after the conversation, Jia Pingwa came to the Guowen Society lightly dressed and was warmly welcomed by Lin Weimin.

The last novel creation seminar was a group of writers from Shaanxi. Lin Weimin's warm hospitality was due, but this time he came to Beijing alone and received good treatment, which made Jia Pingwa flattered.

"The guest house of our Guowen Society has average conditions, but it has a strong creative atmosphere. Most of the people living here are our young editors and fellow writers who come to revise manuscripts from other places.

Living here, you can not only write with peace of mind, but also communicate with your peers anytime, anywhere. The editors of our editorial department also welcome you to communicate at any time.

And it's quite quiet here…”

Lin Weimin personally arranged Jia Pingwa to the guest house on the third floor of the back building, and found him a room with good conditions. He was introducing the convenience of the guest house, when a few young people shouted in the corridor outside.

That face slapped!
Teacher Lin's expression was slightly awkward, and he explained: "A few young people who came to revise manuscripts from other places are full of energy and can't sit still all day long."

After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Jia Pingwa's reaction, and walked out the door with a gloomy face. The young people who were still in the corridor immediately restrained themselves when they saw him.

"Hello, editor-in-chief!"

Lin Weimin said in a deep voice: "What's going on in the corridor? Don't you know that someone else is creating? You know how to play all day long. Has the manuscript been corrected?"

Several young people were trained to lean against the wall, trembling and afraid to say a word.

What they faced was not only the editor-in-chief of the Guowen Society, but also a great writer who was well-known at home and abroad. Their seniors, with several halos, made them dare not breathe when facing Lin Weimin.

"Everyone go back to the house and write manuscripts!"

Lin Weimin waved his hand, and several people ran away with their heads in their arms, afraid of being scolded again.

"I'll show you a joke!" Lin Weimin said to Jia Pingwa.

"Understood, I also came here from this time."

After settling down in the guest house of the Guowen Society, Jia Pingwa sorted out her thoughts, and it didn't take long for her to start writing the novel a few days later.

Jia Pingwa, who came to retreat and write in the guest house, did not cause any waves in the Guowen Society.

Only a few old editors of "Contemporary" lamented in their hearts that Lin Weimin's heart is not dead when he becomes the editor-in-chief.

A few days later, Lin Weimin received a call from Roger Strauss from the United States.

"Not One Less" was just published in October, with an initial print of 10 copies. Roger Strauss' FSG Publishing House made a big splash to promote this novel, sending out drafts in major literary magazines and newspapers.

They have successfully created the image of Lin Weimin as a "philanthropy writer". Not only that, but under their packaging, the Hope Project has become the largest donation and education activity in the world, and many Americans even want to donate.

After listening to Roger Strauss talking about the promotional effect of "Not One Less", Lin Weimin couldn't help laughing: "Roger, it seems that I have to thank you for your contribution to the Hope Project. I will let the Foundation Send you a pennant."

Of course Roger Strauss, the stalker of the pennant, couldn’t understand it, but in order to promote the novel, he brought the reputation of Project Hope in the United States by the way, which made Roger Strauss very proud.

Roger Stroust compiled a list of celebrities in American publishing, literature and journalism who wanted to donate to Project Hope.

In the 90s, Lao Mi was in full swing, full of self-confidence, and did not regard China as an opponent at all, so he was still very generous in charity.

"Not only these people, but also many ordinary people are also very interested in your Hope Project. Lin, this is a good opportunity to raise funds. You should let the foundation set up an office in the United States.

As long as you get the procedures from the United States, you can legally raise donations. Rice knives are much more valuable than RMB! "

Roger Strauss finally joked.

Save people to the end, send Buddha to the west.

Roger Strauss' suggestion made Lin Weimin sincerely thank him. With Lin Weimin's words, Roger Strauss was also very happy. Of course, he was not selfless in helping Lin Weimin and the Hope Project. Lin Weimin's friendship is more important to him.

"Not One Less" was published for a month. Because of the strong publicity campaign in the early stage, coupled with the word-of-mouth accumulated by Lin Weimin in the United States for many years, more than half of the first printing of [-] copies has been sold.

According to this momentum, it may be another super bestseller with a sales volume of over 200 million.

How could Roger Strauss not do his best for Lin Weimin?
In addition to the already published "Not One Less", the manuscript of "Spirited Away" is also under editing and review, and it is expected to be published in the second half of this month.

Roger Strauss had already read the translation of this novel and thought it was just an ordinary fairy tale, but he couldn't put it down after reading it.

This novel gave him a better impression than many of Lin Weimin's other novels. After all, many of Lin Weimin's novels are set in contemporary China, and Americans always seem to lack a sense of substitution.

But the difference in "Spirited Away" is that the appearance of a fairy tale dilutes its humanistic background.

On the contrary, it is precisely because of the fairy tale background that it is much easier for Americans to accept the many oriental elements in it.

People unconsciously immerse themselves in the author's incomparably magnificent fantasy world, and deeply feel the innocence and childishness like the breeze blowing on the face.

"Lin, your novel is so good! I even feel that you are resigned if you don't write fairy tales!"

Roger Strauss talked to Lin Weimin about his views on the promotion of "Spirited Away". The better the novel sells, the more Roger Strauss earns.

In this regard, he has never been stingy.

(End of this chapter)