1980 My Literary Era

Chapter 84
After staying at Shi Tiesheng's house until evening, Lin Weimin returned to the Guowen Society.

When I entered the corridor on the third floor of the back building, I heard a burst of shouting. It is estimated that the elder brothers next door had drunk again.

It seems that there are not many literati these days who do not drink alcohol.

Even people who don't drink can't help but have a few sips in such an atmosphere.

For example, Lin Weimin is often dragged by these people to have a drink together.

If it is placed among ordinary people, this is probably regarded as a friend of wine and meat.

But when it comes to literati, it is congenial.

Lin Weimin didn't plan to fool around with these people today, he was going to write some manuscripts.

During this period of time, he was buying a courtyard house and doing renovations. He was spending money like water. If he didn't get some money, this year would not be easy.

Write what?

Lin Weimin scratched his head a little.

In fact, it's not that I don't know what to write, but that I've been posting a lot of works recently, and with a little reputation, Writer Lin is a little bit burdened.

But don't smash your own signboard.

He was thinking about his new work when someone knocked on the door of the dormitory.

"Weimin, I had your call from the front building in the morning, but you weren't there at that time."

"understood."

It's late now, and I can't answer the call, so let's talk about it tomorrow.

the next morning.

Lin Weimin came to the office in the front building. The daily calls in the agency were registered. The person who called Lin Weimin was the Liaodong People's Broadcasting Station. He couldn't help but wonder, what could the radio station do for him?

After calling back, the phone was connected. There was a male voice on the other end of the phone, and his tone sounded a little excited.

"Mr. Lin, I have contacted you. I am Liu Baoxiang from Liaodong People's Broadcasting Station."

After chatting for a few words, Lin Weimin understood the general situation.

Liu Baoxiang is the program editor of Liaodong People's Broadcasting Station. He is in charge of the novel broadcasting program. A few days ago, he accidentally saw "The Cliff" published on the "Contemporary" album.

He immediately applied to the station, hoping to broadcast the novel "The Cliff" on the radio.

The form of novel broadcasting and telling programs emerged in the United States in the 30s, and the earliest form of radio storytelling appeared in China in the 40s.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, since the 50s, there have been popular novel broadcast programs such as "Fiction Series".

The leader of the radio station quickly agreed to Liu Baoxiang's application, and he wanted to contact the author as soon as possible. He read the novel "Cliff" on "Contemporary", and it was too late to contact the editorial department to write a letter.

He inquired about it and knew that the book "The Cliff" had already been published, and it was published by the National Literature Publishing House, so he chose to call the Guowen Press directly.

After listening to Liu Baoxiang's introduction, Lin Weimin just wanted to say that someone gave him a pillow when he really dozed off.

Asked about the manuscript fee, Liu Baoxiang stuttered. It was the first time he met a writer who talked about money when he came up.

"The current standard in our station is 50 yuan for broadcasting a long story." Liu Baoxiang said.

this price...

Lin Weimin didn't even have the desire to talk, "Ms. Liu, your standard for writing fees is too low."

Liu Baoxiang's distorted smile came from the other end of the phone, "Mr. Lin, our radio station is not like your magazines and publishing houses that can sell works for money. We rely on state funding. The total funding for a program is not much. Can't afford the high price of a magazine."

It was only when Liu Baoxiang said this that Lin Weimin remembered that it seemed to be true.

Not just radio, but TV as well.

These days, there is no advertising to generate income, and radio and television stations rely entirely on state funding.

The Guowen Society also has state funding. Compared with these units, the biggest advantage is that people really love to buy and read books these days, so the Guowen Society is living extremely well these days.

"Is that so..."

Lin Weimin pondered for a moment, thinking about how to get greater benefits for himself, "Then do you plan to broadcast it on only one of your stations, or do you plan to broadcast it on other stations as well?"

Liu Baoxiang felt that he couldn't keep up with Lin Weimin's thinking, "Our programs are all produced and broadcast by our own radio station, but there are also brothers who introduced them."

Lin Weimin said: "The novel can be broadcast by you, but it can only be used on your radio station, and cannot be broadcast by other units."

Liu Baoxiang was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Lin Weimin meant.

"Mr. Lin, this is not good, is it?"

"The other radio station introduced, can you give me the manuscript fee?"

Facing Lin Weimin's questioning, Liu Baoxiang was silent for a moment, and then said: "I have to report this matter to the leader."

"it is good."

This is the first time Liu Baoxiang has seen such a philistine writer. The buzz has just ended in the past few years. He went to talk to the writers about novel broadcasting, and they didn't even ask for a manuscript fee.

It's a good thing now, people's hearts are not old!

Liu Baoxiang put down the phone, shook his head and sighed, and went to the leader of the station to ask Lin Weimin. The leader said: "What's the matter, we record the program for our own use in the station, you can agree to him."

Liu Baoxiang contacted Lin Weimin after receiving the reply from the leader, "Mr. Lin, the leader of the station agreed to your request."

"Okay, thank you Teacher Liu."

A smile appeared on Lin Weimin's face, and it seemed that his devious strategy had succeeded.

These days the radio broadcasts novels, and the manuscript fees are pitifully low. Lin Weimin has no intention of selling the fruits of his labor cheaply.

But it is impossible for the radio station to suddenly give him a high price, so Lin Weimin came up with the idea of ​​limiting the scope.

There is no copyright awareness in China these days, but there is still copyright awareness that should be there.It will not be until the end of the 80s to the 90s that domestic copyright awareness will be completely overwhelmed due to the large-scale proliferation of piracy.

Lin Weimin didn't want Liaodong Radio Station to obtain the broadcasting rights of his novel at a low price, and then hand it over to a brother unit at an extremely low price after the novel became popular.

The probability of this kind of thing happening in the 90s is too high. It happened in "Harbin Under the Night" published in 82.

Instead of that, it is better to be the middleman yourself.

Lin Weimin didn't dare to be sure that "The Cliff" would become a big hit when it was broadcast on the radio. This idea was purely a precautionary measure, so as to avoid such a situation when it really happened, he regretted it and wanted to hit the wall.

It is also a pity that the novel "The Cliff" is a one-off sale, and no matter how high the sales volume is, it has nothing to do with Lin Weimin.

Otherwise, Lin Weimin might be able to send it to the radio station for free. If nothing else, he just wants to increase his popularity. When the sales of the novel increase, he will not suffer.

Thinking of this, Lin Weimin can only lament that the current domestic opening up is still not enough!

　Two shifts today, one day off, and three shifts tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)