1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 696

The first Shanghai International Film Festival has come to a successful conclusion. As China's first international film festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival has been held with unprecedented success.

167 films were registered, 24 films were selected for the main competition unit, and 4 award-winning works came from different countries and regions all over the world, fully reflecting the internationality, inclusiveness and diversity of the Shanghai International Film Festival.

During the film festival, nearly a thousand domestic and foreign filmmakers attended the event, including Sophia Loren, Robert Bernini, Deborah Ruffin, Gong Li and other international film stars.

During the 8-day film festival, 8 film screening venues including Shanghai Film City, Daguangming Cinema, and Hengshan Cinema dedicated 574 films to the people of Shanghai, attracting more than 22 audiences.

In terms of the most critical copyright signing amount of the film festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival has broken through the barriers of new film festivals. Many international production companies have contributed a total of 1.4 million yuan to the film festival.

In the few days before and after the end of the film festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival has always been the focus of the domestic media, especially the media around Shanghai.

The Shanghai International Film Festival in the report is full of flowers, harmonious, triumphant and grand.

But few people know about the unknown side of the film festival. After the end of the Shanghai International Film Festival, Lin Weimin's "notoriety" once again spread throughout the Chinese film circle.

It is said that because people persuaded him to give the award to foreigners, he pointed at the noses of the leading cadres of the organizing committee and scolded them at the meeting. .

This kind of gossip spreads the fastest. After the news spread, many people in the cultural circle were full of contempt for Lin Weimin's crude and narrow values.

How can such a narrow-minded writer with no international vision deserve his international reputation?
It's a good thing he wasn't made the director of the film bureau, otherwise he wouldn't be able to make a bunch of model plays in the future?

But more people have a positive attitude towards Lin Weimin after hearing these gossips. Interested people took out the list of winners of the film festival and studied it, and it was easy to match the rumors.

"Sunny Day" should be the movie that Lin Weimin supported, right?

Good guy, if it weren't for Lin Weimin's support, our own people would not have won a prize at the film festival held in China.

If the quality of the movie is bad, no one can tell the fault, after all, we can't do things that make people poke the spine.

But "Sunny Day" just won the Silver Bear Award at the Venice Film Festival. Although you also have the word "international" at the Shanghai International Film Festival, there is always a gap between the standard and others, right?
Give "Sunny Day" a best picture award, and no one can fault it.

After understanding the twists and turns of the film festival, many people sighed in their hearts. Internationalism and artistic exchanges are all nonsense. If you hold a film festival on your own territory, if your own people can’t even win an award, How is that different from a colony?
Thanks to Lin Weimin!
After returning to Yanjing, Lin Weimin ignored the outside news and public opinion.

The vacation lasted for three months, he went to Yangcheng for a month, and went to Shanghai for half a month. Half of the vacation was gone, but he didn't even finish half of the novel.

During the week when he returned to Yanjing from Shanghai, Lin Weimin kept his writing in retreat, not letting anyone disturb him.

Unfortunately, sometimes things often backfire.

The more he wanted to write quietly, the more things came to him.

On the night at the end of the month, a phone call from the United States tossed Lin Weimin out of his study.

The caller was Roger Strauss from FSG Publishing.

After Richard Yates passed away last year, Lin Weimin once talked with Roger Strauss about publishing a collection of essays for Richard Yates.

The works of Richard Yates have always been unpopular in the American book market, and publishing an anthology is likely to lose money, but when Lin Weimin asked, Roger Strauss agreed.

He first contacted Richard Yates' daughters to obtain their authorization, and after more than half a year of editing and review, and nearly a year of preparation, "Richard Yates Anthology" is finally about to be released.

Roger Strauss set the release date of "Richard Yates Anthology" on November 11 this year, which happens to be the first anniversary of Richard Yates' death.

The publication of the anthology on this day is naturally for publicity.

Including making this call to Lin Weimin. When Roger Strauss communicated with Lin Weimin about the promotion strategy of "Richard Yates Anthology", he mentioned that he hoped to play the "emotional card".

Now that Roger Strauss has completed the anthology as promised, it is up to Lin Weimin to cooperate.

Roger Strauss published "The Collected Works of Richard Yates" in response to Lin Weimin's request for help. Now that it's time for publicity, if he doesn't go, it really can't be justified.

In addition to the promotion of "Richard Yates Anthology", Roger Strauss invited Lin Weimin to the United States to hold a signing event.

"Spirited Away" has been published in the United States for nearly a year. Three to four months before its release, sales and influence have been tepid, with sales of [-] to [-] copies per month.

Until May, the sales of novels increased month by month, 5, 10, 20, 30...

As of October, the monthly sales volume of "Spirited Away" has reached nearly 10 copies, and the cumulative sales volume has exceeded 40 million copies.

It took nearly a year to reach sales of 160 million copies, which is a proper bestseller in the US book market.

But what is even more frightening is the potential shown by "Spirited Away". Since May, its sales have maintained a high-speed growth, and it has increased month-on-month. At least for now, it has not stopped.

If this momentum can last for a year, Roger Strauss even feels that "Spirited Away" may be the first to achieve the feat of selling tens of millions of copies in the United States than "Farewell My Concubine".

In the past, he always envied Random House for getting the most profitable "Farewell My Concubine" among Lin Weimin's works. Now that he has "Spirited Away", he no longer has to envy Random House.

Roger Strauss was very grateful that he was able to pull Lin Weimin from Random House. He founded FSG Publishing House for more than 40 years, and "Spirited Away" is the first book of FSG that is expected to sell tens of millions of copies .

This is definitely a milestone good news for FSG Press.

Not only that, "Spirited Away" will also bring strong cash flow to FSG Publishing House and himself.

In particular, children's literature still has the characteristic of longevity. Roger Strauss sometimes even imagined that after decades, even if he passed away, "Spirited Away" would still be published by FSG Publishing House. Bring a steady stream of profits.

He knew that these were not his delusions, but facts that were very likely to come true.

But the fact that this is possible is based on one premise, which is to maintain a good relationship with Lin Weimin.

About how to maintain a good relationship with Lin Weimin, Roger Strauss already had some ideas in his mind.

"Are you going out again?"

Before going to bed at night, Tao Huimin was somewhat resistant when she heard Lin Weimin say that she might go to the United States soon.

"No way, it's all about agreeing to good people."

"It's only been a three-month vacation in total, one month in Yangcheng, half a month in Shanghai, and now you're going to the United States. You haven't stayed at home for a few days in total!"

After Lin Weimin hugged her and coaxed her for a few words, Tao Huimin's face turned bright.

"By the way, don't you have enough vacation?" Tao Huimin asked suddenly.

"It's definitely not enough. Richard's anthology press conference is scheduled for November 11th, and we have to promote it after that."

"What should I do?"

"Please take a vacation!"

"Please?"

"Before, I was passively on vacation, but this time I took the initiative to take vacation, which is different." Lin Weimin said with a guilty conscience.

The next day, Lin Weimin held up the phone receiver, and Lao Cheng's roar was coming from inside.

"How many months? How many months? Still asking for leave?"

"I stopped for three months, do you know how I lived these three months?"

"Still going to the United States? Do you know that you are suspended now? Why don't you go to heaven?"

"Yangcheng is not enough for you to run, Shanghai is not enough for you to run, and you still have to go to the United States? Suspended for three months, so you don't go for so much time, but you have to go to work soon, you go to the United States?

What do you mean?Ah, what do you mean? "

……

President Cheng chattered endlessly on the phone, fully expressing his support and affirmation for Editor-in-Chief Lin’s request for leave, and Editor-in-Chief Lin also verbally expressed his understanding and thanks to President Cheng, and the phone hung up during the harmonious and pleasant communication.

Lin Weimin shook his head, why don't we just ask for a leave of absence, he is not forgiving, it makes me feel like I have done something outrageous and grievous.

After leaving the United States for a few days, Lin Weimin simply put aside his work on the novel, concentrated on playing with his wife and children for two days, and then got together with his friends again.

By the beginning of November, he boarded a plane to the United States.

This is Lin Weimin's third visit to New York City. Roger Strauss personally picked Lin Weimin up at the airport.

This time, because he was invited by Roger Strauss, Lin Weimin did not have the treatment of the Dakota Apartment, but was arranged by Roger Strauss at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the Upper West Side.

After a night of rest, the next day Roger Strauss led his staff to communicate with Lin Weimin about his itinerary in the United States during the next period.

When Lin Weimin came to the United States this time, he had two tasks. One was to stand up for the press conference of "Richard Yates Anthology", and the other was for the signing event of "Spirited Away".

His first trip in the United States was to accept an exclusive interview with The New York Times.

Lin Weimin's last exclusive interview with The New York Times was arranged by Random House, and this time it was arranged by FSG Publishing House. The focus of the two interviews is also different.

Last time the publicity was focused on him, but this time, it is to highlight the friendship between Lin Weimin and Richard Yates, two Chinese and American writers.

(End of this chapter)