1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 670 This is another price!

Today, with Lin Weimin's status and reputation in the domestic literary world, the form of seminars on works does not make any sense to him.

Therefore, in recent years, Lin Weimin's works have never engaged in such things.

But for most writers, it is still necessary to hold seminars on their works, at least it can increase the popularity and influence of their works to a certain extent.

It has been four or five months since the first half of "The Last Hun" was published, and now the work seminar has finally been held, which can be regarded as the completion of Gao Jianqun's heart.

During the period after its publication, the word-of-mouth of "The Last Hun" gradually fermented, and it has aroused great discussions among domestic literary circles and readers. , another masterpiece exported from the Shaanxi literary world to the contemporary literary world".

With a good reputation and no major controversy, the work seminar of "The Last Hun" was full of flowers, unity and harmony.

It is customary to have a reception at the end of the seminar.

Quite a few writers from Shaanxi came here today. Apart from Gao Jianqun's face, another big factor is the Guowen Society.

Recently, Jia Pingwa's "Abandoned Capital" has become a big hit in the domestic book market because it was selected into the Buhuo series. This is a living example.

Everyone still remembers that last year when the Guowen Society held a seminar on novel writing, Lin Weimin sent out an invitation to Jia Pingwa with certainty. As a result, this year's works were sold well.

This thing is kind of weird!

Jia Pingwa happened to be present at today's seminar, which attracted many people's attention and almost stole Gao Jianqun's limelight.

Apart from attending the seminar on Gao Jianqun's works, his main purpose of coming to Yanjing this time was for the autograph session.

The first batch of three novels of the Buhuo series have been on the market for a month, and the sales volume is astonishing. Taking advantage of such a hot momentum, the Guowen Society will naturally make persistent efforts.

The signing will be arranged immediately this month, and it's not just the city of Yanjing.

Shanghai, Jinmen, Yangcheng, and Pengcheng all have to walk around.

At the banquet in the evening, Lin Weimin smiled and asked Han Xiaohui: "Reporter Han, how do you feel about participating in the "The Last Hun" seminar today?"

Han Xiaohui laughed and praised "The Last Hun" and the author Gao Jianqun, everyone carried the bridal sedan chair.

Lin Weimin took advantage of the situation and said: "Then you can do more publicity for us "Tiger Generals in the Eastern Expedition" in Shaanxi literary circles."

He Zhenbang laughed and said, "Weimin, you have shown great care and love for these Shaanxi writers!"

Han Xiaohui said: "Editor-in-chief Lin should be Aiwujiwu. I remember that Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" and Cheng Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" were published when you hosted "Contemporary", right?"

Being scratched to the point of pride by Han Xiaohui, Lin Weimin was happy in his heart, and his face was calm.

"It's all a coincidence. Speaking of it, my fate with Shaanxi writers is really not shallow."

He sighed, and counted in detail: "Lu Yao, Cheng Zhongshi, Jia Pingwa, Gao Jianqun, oops, counting them, they are almost catching up with the five tiger generals."

He Qizhi went on to say: "Counting Jingfu's "Bali Love and Enmity", isn't it the Five Tigers?"

Lin Weimin waved his hand and said, ""Bali Love and Enmity" hasn't been released yet, so it can't be counted."

"The quality of "Love and Enmity in Eight Miles" is not bad, so it is absolutely no problem to put it here."

The two sang together, which immediately aroused the interest of everyone present.

Everyone can hear that what the two are discussing is obviously the quality and influence of the works. The first four works they mentioned have all been published or published.

In particular, the three published works of "Ordinary World", "White Deer Plain" and "Abandoned Capital" are all outstanding in the contemporary Chinese literary world in terms of sales volume and influence.

The upper and lower parts of "The Last Hun" have now been published, and the quality is equally good. If Jingfu's "Bali Love and Enmity" is really what Lin Weimin and He Qizhi talked about, it may really be a good story in the Chinese literary world.

"Hahaha! 'Shaanxi Literary World's Eastern Expedition Five Tiger Generals' is a good formulation, Shaanxi is really full of talents!" He Zhenbang said loudly.

Han Xiaohui also followed up and said: "The title of the article I'm going back is now called "The Eastern Expedition of the Shaanxi Army."

Lin Weimin raised a glass of wine readily, "Reporter Han's title is well written, and it should be clear!"

Everyone raised their glasses together.

Two days later, an article titled "The Eastern Expedition of the Shaanxi Army" was published on the headline of the second page of "Guangming Daily".

"In 1988, Lu Yao shocked the Chinese literary world with three volumes of "The Ordinary World" with a million words. In 1990, Cheng Zhongshi worked hard for six years and brought a "White Deer Plain" to the Chinese literary world.

Three years later, whether it was a coincidence or some reason, the works of several powerful writers in the Shaanxi literary world gathered in Yanjing at this time in the spring of 1993.

"Abandoned Capital" by Jia Pingwa, "The Last Hun" by Gao Jianqun, and "Love and Enmity in Bali" by Jingfu.It is said that one of these three novels is heavier than the other, and they all have the ambition to win the Yanbing Literature Award, the highest award for Chinese novel creation.

Coincidentally, these five works were published and published in the National Literature Publishing House.

This time, the masterpieces of three Shaanxi writers landed in Yanjing, shaking the literary world of Yanjing, and were called "the Eastern Expedition of the Shaanxi Army" by the capital critics.

Lu Yao, Cheng Zhongshi, Jia Pingwa, Gao Jianqun, and Jingfu are also called the "Five Tiger Generals of Shaanxi Literary World"..."

The article "The Eastern Expedition of the Shaanxi Army" is not long, with only less than [-] words. "Abandoned Capital", "The Last Hun" and "Bali Love and Enmity" and the inside story of their creation.

Because it was published in Guangming Daily, a state-level media, and it was also the headline on the second page, after the publication of "The Eastern Expedition of the Shaanxi Army", it immediately aroused huge repercussions in the literary circles of Yenching.

Immediately afterwards, a few days later, "Literary News" also followed up and made related reports.

Then, local media from all over the country reported one after another, especially many newspapers in SX province spared no effort to report on the frenzy of public opinion caused by their own people in Yanjing.

In the spring of 1993, with the hot sale of "Abandoned Capital", the cultural concept of "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" appeared for the first time in the Chinese literary world.

In less than half a month, the two concepts of "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" and "Five Tiger Generals of Shaanxi Literary World" not only resounded in the Chinese literary world, but also became topics that countless domestic literature lovers talked about.

In the midst of this wave of large-scale media reports, Guowen Press took advantage of the trend and published Gao Jianqun's "The Last Hun". The first print of [-] copies sold out in less than a week.

"Bali Love and Enmity" published in the fifth issue of "Contemporary" also gained the attention of readers because of this wave of upsurge. For the first time since this year, the sales peak has successfully exceeded 200 million copies.

Also because of the continuous spread of the reputation of "Five Tiger Generals", many readers are also full of curiosity about Jingfu's "Bali Love and Enmity". Less than half a month later, publication was put on the agenda.

Lin Weimin, who contributed to all this, has recently reached the peak of his reputation in Shaanxi literary circles.

Starting from Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" to Jingfu's "Bali Love and Enmity", several powerful writers from Shaanxi over the years have been able to shock the country time and time again, and it is inseparable from Lin Weimin, the driving force behind the scenes.

After Gao Jianqun, Jia Pingwa and others returned to Xi'an, they told others over and over again that Lin Weimin spared no effort to promote and support Shaanxi writers, treating them as mentors.

By the middle of May, the publicity, manuscript review and publication of Buhuhu Series had gradually come on the right track, and Lin Weimin's work was finally a little easier.

After get off work that evening, he took sixteen members of the editorial team out for a meal before returning home.

Back home, playing with Xiaodoubao for a while, the phone rang at home.

Lin Weimin picked it up and heard a few words from the other side, with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations! You have made history for Chinese films!"

After saying a few words, he put down the phone.

Tao Huimin hugged Xiaodoubao and asked, "Whose phone is it?"

"Cheng Kaige, back from Cannes, "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or."

Tao Huimin said in surprise: "Ah! Palme d'Or!"

She looked at her husband strangely, "Why didn't you react at all?"

What should be the expected reaction, "I'm neither a director, nor a screenwriter, nor an actor, what's there to be happy about?"

Tao Huimin was stunned for a moment, and seemed to make sense.

Lin Weimin snickered at this time, "But you should be happy too! If you win an award, the movie will definitely sell well and you can make a lot of money."

Knowing that he was teasing herself again, Tao Huimin reproached him twice.

The next day, the news that "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival made the headlines of many domestic media as no surprise.

As the second director after Zhang Yimou to win the highest honor in the three major European international film festivals, Cheng Kaige's name has been successfully written into the history of Chinese film.

"Farewell My Concubine", a film adapted from Lin Weimin's novel, has also attracted the attention of countless people.

Originally, the novel has sold millions of copies in China, and has a strong readership base. This time, the film adaptation won the highest award at the International Film Festival, and its reputation has risen to a higher level.

For Lin Weimin, the most intuitive benefit of the film's award is that the sales volume of the novel "Farewell My Concubine" has followed a "Xiaoyangchun" upward curve.

Renyi also specially brought out the drama "Farewell My Concubine", which has been under the box for several years, and is now rehearsing, striving to have a public performance in July.

A few days later, Cheng Kaige and his party returned to China with great honor, participating in various interviews and activities, and they were very busy.

In 87, he would rather break the contract with Berlin than participate in the Cannes Film Festival, which is enough to show Cheng Kaige's deep love for the Cannes Film Festival. This time he successfully won the Palme d'Or, Cheng Kaige was full of ambition and high spirits.

"Director Cheng is a little drifting!"

At the celebration banquet, Han Zhuangzhuang said to Lin Weimin while drinking a glass of champagne.

Lin Weimin glanced at him, "Do you care if he is floating or not? I can't even cover you if you act well and speak ill of the director behind your back!"

"Uncle, you really know how to joke, there are still directors in our country that you can't cover."

"How old are you, and you still use me as a cover? You finally went to Cannes, and you didn't even mention bringing back a movie star!"

Han Zhuangzhuang yelled in dissatisfaction: "You are playing the role of actor, so you can take it if you want? We signed up for two male leads, it's too much!"

Lin Weimin looked playfully, "Then how many votes did you get from the judges?"

Han Zhuangzhuang's eyes were erratic, "I don't know, what the judges say is a secret."

Of course the judging committee has inside stories, but that's for audiences who don't know the truth.

For example, Lin Weimin knew that Zhang Guorong missed the Cannes Best Actor by only one vote.

There are rumors in later generations that a certain female judge was too involved in the film and always believed that Zhang Guorong should participate in the competition for the best actress, so she voted for the "actress" Zhang Guorong without hesitation.

This kind of statement is very popular in later generations, after all, it adds to the legend of "Farewell My Concubine" and Zhang Guorong.

But when you think about it, it's ridiculous, you like "Farewell My Concubine" and Zhang Guorong so much, why don't you vote for him and let him win the best actor, but you want to make a "Queen of Best Actress" who is destined to never get it?
The truth of this matter is that "Farewell My Concubine" had already won the Palme d'Or, the highest honor at that time, and the jury directed this good show based on the idea of ​​dividing pork.

Just look at the results of that year's awards, except that the best director and best actor belong to the same film "Naked", the rest of the awards are really equal.

The most ridiculous thing is that the best director was neither awarded to Cheng Kaige, the director of the Palme d'Or work "Farewell My Concubine", nor to Wen Wenders, the director of the jury award for "So Far Away". Hou Hsiao-hsien, the director of "Dream Life".

When the uncle and nephew were talking, Xu Feng came over with a glass of champagne in hand. Lin Weimin stood up and laughed, and said a few happy words to each other. Xu Feng said: "Mr. Help. But now it's released..."

Xu Feng stopped in the middle of speaking, but Lin Weimin immediately understood what she meant.

Previously, "Farewell My Concubine" was not eligible to be screened because of the buzz involved in the plot. It was only allowed to participate in the Cannes Film Festival under the coordination of Lin Weimin and Teng Jinxian, director of the Film Bureau.

What do you mean?And let me help with the screening procedures?
That's a different price, ladies!
(End of this chapter)