1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 691 Killing the People's Society

After a few days, Yu Hua came to Lin Weimin's place and asked Lin Weimin's opinion on the novel.

"Want to hear me praise you?" Lin Weimin asked.

Yu Hua smiled embarrassingly, and Lin Weimin said at this time: "Your novel is full of life experience and natural, and at the same time, the appropriate exaggeration of artistic processing is also in place, not lacking, not exceeding, just right."

At this point, he concluded: "The writing is very good, I think it can be included in the Buhuo series."

Yu Hua had a surprised expression on his face, "You're not kidding me?"

"What's the advantage of joking with you? Your novel combines literariness and popularity very well, and it's not a violation to put it in the Buhuo series. Recently, some people have responded that the style of the Buhuo series is too popular. Reading your novel can set a benchmark."

Yu Hua was overjoyed by Lin Weimin's high praise.

The Cloth Tiger series has been launched for more than half a year, and has a great reputation. Almost every work has been enthusiastically sought after by the book market and reader groups, with sales of 30 to [-] copies per month.

His "Alive" has been published for two years now, and the cumulative sales volume is only more than 40 copies, which is not as good as the sales volume of others in two months.

"Alive" was adapted by Zhang Yimou, his son was born, and the new novel "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" was selected into the Buhuo series. Yu Hua felt that he seemed to be taken care of by the god of luck a little bit recently, and he couldn't close his mouth happily.

Roughly counting, as of September alone, the book sales volume of Guowen Society this year has reached an exaggerated 9 million copies.

Even Lin Weimin, the author of the original work, could not have expected such wild results after the novel was published.

It's just that compared with the high sales and high reputation of "Spirited Away", the polarization of word-of-mouth in "Abandoned City" is too obvious.

When the plane arrived in Shanghai, people from the film festival organizing committee came to pick it up, and first took Lin Weimin to the preparatory office of the Shanghai Film Festival.

The first is "Spirited Away", which was published in January at the beginning of the year. It sold 1 copies a week, breaking one million copies in half a month. In just eight months, this children's literature work has sold more than 50 million copies. But until now, the momentum is still rapid, and the sales volume has not slowed down in the slightest.

Lao Cheng is an ambitious leader. After taking office, what he has been thinking about is how to get rid of the People's Association in the same building.

While eating, Yu Hua talked about the recent situation of Tongwen Society.

"Red Sorghum" took home the Golden Bear Award in Berlin, and "A Lawsuit Against Qiu Ju" took home the Golden Lion Award in Venice, the top three in Europe, and Zhang Yimou is short of the Palme d'Or in Cannes.

The inhuman achievements of "Spirited Away" not only broke the records of the Guowen Society since its establishment, but also broke the records in the history of the Chinese publishing industry.

If the sales of many publications such as "Contemporary", "New Literary Historical Materials", "Literary Story News", "Chinese Prose" and so on are included, the total sales volume of Guowenshe's books and periodicals is at least 5000 million copies.

Including reprinted books and reprinted books over the years, such as Lin Weimin's "Farewell My Concubine". Because of the popularity of the movie, this novel has sprouted new shoots in the two months since the movie was released, and sold 120 million yuan. Thousands of volumes.

Although the level of monsters has not yet reached the perverted level of "Spirited Away", but the achievement of 350 million copies in half a year can be called "Spirited Away" is invincible. Book.

The sales volume has been infinitely close to 800 million copies, and it is estimated that within two years, it will become another book among Lin Weimin's works with a domestic sales volume of over [-] million.

In terms of hardware, thanks to the support of the Shanghai listed government, the Shanghai Film Festival has set up eight sub-venues including Shanghai Film City, Da Guangming Cinema, Hengshan Cinema, Starlight Cinema, etc., and each sub-venue has a There are multiple screening halls, among which there are as many as five screening halls in the main venue of Shanghai Film City.

The opening date of the first Shanghai International Film Festival was set on October 10. After spending two days with his family, Lin Weimin boarded the plane to Shanghai.

"However, there is no way for Tongwen News Agency to compare with the news agency this year!" Yu Hua exclaimed while eating.

"Mr. Lin, I'm really sorry. The opening is approaching, and I'm too busy. I should have picked you up in person, so I've neglected you!" Jiang Ping shook hands with Lin Weimin, expressing his apology.

These two works alone have created a book sales volume of 1150 million for the Guowen Society in the past six months. Let alone the sales of the two books combined, even if you take out the sales of a book at random, It has beaten many publishing houses in the market.

Among the new books of the Guowen Society this year, there are books such as "The Last Hun" and "Bali Love and Enmity" that sell 20 million copies in a single month and a million copies in half a year.

In terms of software, Xie Jin served as the chairman of the jury, and the judges included Alain Resnais from France, Nagisa Oshima from Nihong, Oliver Stone from the United States, Paul Cox from Australia, Xu Ke from Xiangjiang, and Lin Weimin.

The idea of ​​the Shanghai Film Festival was mentioned by director Wu Yigong when he went to Yanjing for a meeting in 1987. At that time, he received the support of Teng Jinxian, director of the Film Bureau, and the affirmation of his superiors.

The preparatory office of the film festival squeezed two offices in the Shanghai listed government, and the conditions were simple.

But because the conditions were not sufficient in 87, Shanghai waited until last year to formally apply to host the Shanghai Film Festival.

Yu Hua lamented the astonishing explosion of the Guowen Society this year, but what Lin Weimin thought of was the conversation he had with Lao Cheng two years ago.

In the 90s, there were more holidays on October [-] than before. In recent years, every major scenic spot in Yanjing has been crowded with people.

Thinking about how Jia Pingwa earned 200 million in less than half a year with "Abandoned City", Yu Hua couldn't help yearning for it.

"It's okay, my family doesn't need to be so polite."

"By the way, Mr. Lin, Yimou bought the copyright of my "To Live"." Yu Hua said.

From the day of its preparation, the Shanghai Film Festival has been pursuing the goal of an international A-category film festival. For this reason, it has specially applied to the International Producers Association to hope that it can become an A-category film festival for the first time.

In addition, 22 filmmakers decided to set up a platform at the film festival. Except for the 9 major domestic film studios, the remaining 13 filmmakers are from all over the world.

It is a pity that it was not recognized by the association. The secretary-general of the association, Belesong, hoped that after the first session of the Shanghai side had accumulated experience, the International Producers Association would evaluate whether it could be recognized as an international category A film festival.

This year Cheng Kaige won the first Palme d'Or in the history of the Chinese film industry with "Farewell My Concubine". Zhang Yimou didn't say anything, but he was holding back his energy.

There are a total of seven judges, and four of them are from all over the world. They all enjoy high reputations in the film circles of various countries, and their international reputation is not low.

In fact, Zhang Yimou fell in love with Yu Hua's other novella "The Mistake by the River" at the beginning, but after finishing "To Live", he threw "The Mistake by the River" aside.

People are willing to spend money on tourism and consumption, which proves the effectiveness of economic reform.

In terms of publications, after two years of development, the sales volume of "Kyushu Heroes" has gradually stabilized between 450 million and 500 million copies. It seems that this should be the sales ceiling of domestic martial arts publications, unless there is another big explosion in the future work.

This time he adapted "To Live" just to hit the Palme d'Or in Cannes.

Also because Alain Resnais appeared in the jury list, the Shanghai International Film Festival has gained a lot of attention from the international film industry.

Lin Weimin took his family outside to play for two days, and he didn't play much in the scenic spots, so he patronized the counting of heads.

Books selling tens of millions of copies a year is a rare occasion even in a big country like China, but what is amazing is that following "Spirited Away", Guowen Society published another book "Spirited Away". Abandoned City".

It seems that before the end of the year, this novel will complete the achievement of breaking tens of millions of copies, creating a record that has never been seen before, and I am afraid that there will be no one in the future.

In June of the same year, the preparations for the film festival officially started.

It's time for the president, Lao Cheng, to abdicate!

And the romance literature magazine "Red Bean", which was only launched in late July, has just published three issues, and the third issue has just been released, and there is no sign of it. It’s a big increase, exceeding 40 copies, which looks like huge potential.

Jiang Ping gave Lin Weimin a brief introduction of the current preparations for the film festival.

Lin Weimin did the calculations in his mind, even if the sales volume of Tongwenshe was not counted, it seemed that it would not be a big problem to kill the People's Society this year!
I can be regarded as realizing the awesomeness I have boasted about, right?

"I heard him say it during the first meal."

After screening, more than 30 films from more than 100 countries or regions applied for this year's film festival. After selection by the film selection committee, 24 films were finally selected to participate in the awards.

For a new film festival held in a developing country, the number of entries is already quite impressive.

In the past few years, the Guowen Society could not reach this sales volume for a whole year. You must know that there are still more than three months before the end of the year.

In addition to the judges, the most important part of the film festival is of course the participating films.

When Lin Weimin arrived at the preparatory office of the film festival, the crowded and cramped office was busy. Jiang Ping, director of the film festival office, was in charge of receiving Lin Weimin.

Therefore, the current Shanghai International Film Festival is not an international category A film festival.

The sales of other series of books in the Buhuo series are not bad, and the sales volume of almost every book is between one million and hundreds of thousands.

Everyone is a brother unit of the system, but since the establishment of the society, the Guowen Society has been firmly suppressed by the big brother, the People's Society.

Benefiting from the continuous expansion of the popular literature market, the book circulation of Tongwen Press has been rising steadily this year. The book circulation in half a year has exceeded 1500 million copies. Even if the inventory of some channels is removed, it will break through last year's 2350 million by the end of the year. There is no problem with the sales of [-] copies of the book.

The Chinese hold their own film festival, and of course all Chinese are members of the same family. Lin Weimin's words made Jiang Ping feel warm in his heart.

The annual circulation of the People's Society exceeds 5000 million copies, and even 6000 million copies in many years, while the number of books and periodicals issued by the Guowen Society in the previous years was only 500 million copies.

In particular, Alain Resnais, whose status and reputation in the Western film world is not inferior to Godard at all, was invited to agree to be a judge of this new film festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival. He is not even the chairman of the jury. Without Lin Weimin's help.

The best-selling of "Alive" in later generations is actually after the film adaptation.

In the building at No. 166 Chaonei Street, there are not only the Chinese Language Society, but also the People’s Society.

The projection equipment of the eight theaters has also been fully upgraded this year, fully meeting the screening needs of the film festival.

Since the beginning of this year, the book distribution of Guowen Society has ushered in a big explosion.

"We also invited Italian actress Sophia Loren, American actress Deborah Ruffin and mud bomber actress Kaoru Momoi, and several other internationally renowned movie stars to attend..."

Sophia Loren is the heroine of "Cassandra Bridge", Deborah Ruffin is the heroine of "Love is Deeper", Kaoru Momoi is the heroine of "Happy Yellow Handkerchief".

Except for Sophia Loren, these actresses are not famous internationally, but they are not big stars. If you really want to talk about it, they may not be as good as Gong Li.

The Shanghai International Film Festival really doesn't have a reputation for inviting celebrities. There is nothing to do about it. After all, it is a new film festival.

(End of this chapter)