1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 672

Teng Jinxian hesitated for a moment, but still said: "It's the first time the Shanghai Film Festival is held, and the face is not big enough, so everyone can only cast the net. You are the best screenwriter at the Oscars and Cannes, and it is more than enough to be a judge at the film festival."

He asked, "How is it? Is it okay to be a judge?"

Lao Teng had just finished helping him, and he had rejected the other person's kindness before, so it would be too shameful for him to refuse this time, and it would be difficult for him to be friends.

"No problem." Lin Weimin said, he thought about it again, helped people to the end, and sent the Buddha to the west, he asked: "Who did the judges invite? Do you still need someone?"

Teng Jinxian's eyes lit up when he heard the words, "Who do you want to invite?"

"How about Alain Resnais? I'll ask first, but I don't necessarily guarantee that he will come."

As soon as Teng Jinxian clapped his hands, that was great.

He asked again: "Bertolucci, can you still get in touch? Can you invite him to come too?"

"Last time I went back to Italy to accept the award. I just happened to invite him. The movie he is working on now is not very friendly to China."

Personal friendship is personal friendship, and the last work of the "Oriental Trilogy" that Bertolucci is tinkering with is a bit crooked.

Lin Weimin couldn't stop him from making a movie, but it was also impossible for him to have the cheek to invite him to the Shanghai Film Festival.

Teng Jinxian didn't know the inside story of the movie, so he was a little surprised by Lin Weimin's words.

"I heard that Ying Ruocheng is still working with him for the second time?"

Teng Jinxian smelled gossip, and his eyes lit up.

"Hey! What are you afraid of!"

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After the two chatted, Lin Weimin contacted Alan Resnais after returning.

In 87, Lin Weimin went to France to receive the Goncourt Prize for Literature, and met Alain Resnais, and the relationship has not been broken in recent years.

Alain Resnais is now 71 years old, but he still hasn't quit the film industry, but he has focused more on stage plays in recent years.

Last year, he directed the feature film "Smoking/No Smoking" based on a stage play. He just participated in this year's Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear Award. Now he just has nothing to do.

After receiving Lin Weimin's invitation, Alan Reinai readily agreed, and Lin Weimin wrote back to Teng Jinxian, which was considered a little favor.

The next day Lin Weimin received a call from Shanghai. The caller was Wu Yigong, director of the Shanghai Film Bureau, who specifically expressed his gratitude to Lin Weimin.

There are two things to worry about when organizing a film festival, one is the judges, and the other is the source of the film, and the two complement each other.

For a new film festival, the influence and connections of the judges largely determine the quality and quantity of the films participating in the festival.

Alain Resnais is the standard-bearer of French New Wave films, a representative of Left Bank directors, and a master of modernist films. His status in European film history is no less than that of Jean-Luc Godard.

The famous American film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum even called him "the greatest French filmmaker", greater than Jean-Luc Godard.

Lin Weimin's inclusion of Alan Resnais in the jury of the Shanghai Film Festival undoubtedly greatly enhanced the international publicity hotspot of the first Shanghai International Film Festival.

Wu Yigong talked about another question on the phone. Originally, the chairman of the jury of the film festival had already confirmed Xie Jin, but now Alan Resnais came.

Given his historical status in the world film industry, being able to come to the Shanghai Film Festival is definitely a way of saving face. If he condescends to be a judge, it would be a bit too neglectful of others.

After hearing Wu Yigong's worry, Lin Weimin said with a smile: "It's okay. I told him about it long ago. You guys just treat yourself as old men who are here to travel. Don't think it's so complicated."

With Lin Weimin's words, Wu Yigong felt relieved, expressed his thanks again, and hung up the phone.

"Old Mou, keep talking about yourself." Lin Weimin put down the phone and said to Mou Chunzhi who came to report on his work.

Mou Chunzhi went on to say: "Hangcheng Printing Factory is the first large-scale state-owned printing factory in Zhijiang Province, and it is also one of the largest printing factories in China. They are also very happy to cooperate with us this time. The decline, their factory was expanding blindly before, and it happened to be overcapacity.

For us here, cooperating with them can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need.And another advantage is that Hangzhou is located in East China, which can cover many southern provinces in terms of logistics and transportation, which also saves our transportation costs in disguise.

In addition, the expansion of the Huangcun Printing Factory will take about three months to complete. The president has already raised enough foreign exchange reserves. The computer printing equipment launched in the newly expanded factory will have a production capacity of more than 2 million sheets, which will greatly meet the needs of the community. printing needs. "

After Lin Weimin finished listening, he nodded in satisfaction, "Good job. The printing crisis in the first half of the year was finally over. Your hard work is repaid!"

Mou Chunzhi hurriedly said: "This is all my job. You charge in the front and the president escorts you in the rear. This is all thanks to you and the president."

Mu Chunzhi's words were suspected of flattery, but most of them were sincere.

It's almost June now, and half of 93 has passed.

At the beginning of the year, major newspapers and magazines were revised one after another, ushering in the so-called "reform tide".

It's a pity that there was a lot of thunder and little rain, and the swarm of "reforms" did not bear any fruitful results. The so-called reforms of most newspapers and magazines were just for self-entertainment.

On the contrary, the Guowen Society never mentioned any reforms in silence, but the incidents they did were all innovative moves.

In April, the second volume of Chinese literature in the "World Literary Masterpieces Library" was officially launched. It was still limited to 3000 volumes per month, and it was sold out in less than half a month.

There are 3000 volumes of books, 40 volumes in each volume. The content of the Chinese literature volume is more than that of the French literature volume. The price of a single book has not changed, but the price of a single volume is naturally more expensive.

A series of books is priced as high as 516 yuan. Such a high price can be sold out in half a month. There is no doubt that "World Literature Classics Library" has formed its own strong brand power, and has a group of pious and numerous readers. Gold fans.

Coupled with the volume of French literature that has been selling well since October last year, the two volumes of "World Literary Masterpieces Library" now regularly create nearly 270 million yards for the Guowen Society every month.

Now Mou Chunzhi has gradually realized the beauty of the "hunger marketing" mentioned by the editor-in-chief, and he has really figured out people's hearts.

This is not only a sales strategy, but also a powerful means of publicity. Now when Mou Chunzhi occasionally has dinner with friends in the publishing and cultural circles, they always talk about the "World Literary Classics Library" set by Guowenshe.

Even though some people have already bought the book, they still can't help talking about being glad to be able to collect it. They still don't forget to say hello to Mou Chunzhi and ask Mou Chunzhi to reserve a few volumes for them when the next volume comes out.

That posture inevitably reminded Mou Chunzhi of when the Guowen Society published "New Engraved Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua" a few years ago, all kinds of gods begged grandpa to sue grandma, just to buy a set at a high price.

From the start of the project at the beginning of last year to the present one and a half years, the "World Literary Masterpieces Library", the most authoritative library product in the history of Chinese publishing, has completely established a strong reputation and brand effect among the cultural circles, publishing circles, and readers. .

In addition to the "World Literary Classics Library", the Buhu series led by Lin Weimin has also achieved amazing results in just a few months.

The first batch of three works "Abandoned City", "Bitter World" and "Flower Season and Rainy Season" have been published for more than two months. "Bitter World" sold 45 copies, and "Flower Season and Rainy Season" sold 75 copies. An exaggeration, the sales volume of "Spirited Away", which has already sold like crazy, has reached an astonishing 190 million copies.

Cloth Tiger Series, a battle to rectify the name!
It made the eyes of countless colleagues in the domestic publishing industry turn red with envy and jealousy.

Such exaggerated achievements also made the name of "Cloth Tiger Series" resound throughout the country, becoming another powerful book brand of Guowen Society after "World Literature Masterpiece Library".

Right now, the second batch of books selected for the Buhu series has been confirmed.

Liang Xiaosheng's "Annihilation", Zhao Mei's "Lang Yuan", Cui Jingsheng's "Paper Necklace"...a total of five works will be released to the market in mid-June.

In the past six months, Wei Fengjun, who is in charge of the publishing business, has been proud of his spring breeze, and has already become a guest of the Xinhua Bookstore system and secondary channel booksellers in various places.

Now that the second batch of works in the Buhuo series will be released soon, the people in the Xinhua Bookstore system are restrained anyway, and at most they treat guests to a meal. All means have been used.

They couldn't win over the Big Three in the agency, and Wei Fengjun, the distribution manager, was naturally their key target.

Mou Chunzhi can hear gossip about Wei Fengjun from time to time, and he always feels envious in his heart. Although he is in charge of the printing business of the Guowen Society, it has been very good for the past two years, but the printing business is hard work after all, far less than Wei Fengjun. moisturizing.

But while envious, Mou Chunzhi is also very rational, he knows very well that Wei Fengjun's current situation is actually not optimistic.

Even the things I have heard, are even more rumored in the club. Maybe the big leaders in the club and even the leaders of the department don't know about it?

You never know when something will happen!
"Old Mou!"

Mou Chunzhi shook his head, and only realized when he heard Lin Weimin calling him.

"Chief editor, I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Lin Weimin waved his hand and continued: "At present, the sales volume of "The Last Hun" and "Bali Love and Enmity" is good. It should not be difficult to break one million copies within a year. In addition, the upcoming release of the You must pay close attention to the printing factory for the second batch of works of the Tiger series. Especially the Hangzhou printing factory, this year is the first cooperation, and the two sides are still in the running-in period, so don’t be careless.”

"I remember what you said, and I will strictly implement it."

After Mou Chunzhi left, Lin Weimin packed his things and left for get off work.

As soon as he got home, Xu Feng called.

The national release date of "Farewell My Concubine" has been officially confirmed and is scheduled for June 6.

Different from the release of "Farewell My Concubine" in later generations, this time "Farewell My Concubine" was released. With the help of Teng Jinxian and Tian Congming, Lin Weimin and Xu Feng discussed and decided to reciprocate and support the new measures of film reform.

"Farewell My Concubine" is no longer handed over to China Film Group for distribution like many domestic feature films, but it is assigned the name of Yan Film Factory and handed over to provincial distribution companies for distribution.

At this time, although the No. 3 document has been issued for more than 4 months, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television and local governments are still wrestling. Nearly two-thirds of the provincial-level distribution and projection companies in the country express their rejection of the reform. of.

The novel "Farewell My Concubine" has a solid readership base in China, the investment in the film is large, there are many stars, and it has just won the Palme d'Or, the highest honor at the Cannes Film Festival. Putting so many attention-getting elements together, it is said that copying "Shaolin Temple" The box office miracles of "The Wrangler" and "Love on Lushan Mountain" are not exaggerated.

After Xu Feng contacted two or three provincial distribution companies, the distribution companies all over the country rang Xu Feng's phone calls.

It's all money!

Of course, not all distribution companies are greedy for the benefits that "Farewell My Concubine" can bring. After the news spread, many provincial distribution companies are still waiting and watching. Lin Weimin and Xu Feng discussed it, and it was very simple.

If the provincial-level distribution company does not do it, it will be handed over to the municipal-level distribution company.

This suddenly made those stubborn provincial distribution companies anxious. The younger brothers at the bottom were all pointing at him to eat. Now that the younger brother has a new job, how can they be the big brother?
After only persisting for a few days, these provincial-level distribution companies, which were still stubbornly resisting, couldn't bear it anymore.

After all, it's all money that can be put in your pocket with your hands. Seeing it all flow into the pocket of the younger brother, if you can't make any money, this is not only self-injury, but also an increase of [-] enemies.

From it!
What can we do?

We haven't struggled either!
　There is something at home, and there will be two changes in the past few days.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)