1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 856 Winning Less?

Meeting netizens was a very fashionable term in this time period in 97, and it was an experience that only a few new people with the ability to surf the Internet would have.

Not to mention that one of Lin Weimin and Lei Jun is a well-known writer and the other is the CEO of a well-known software company. The two met online through BBS forums and met and gathered offline. No matter how you look at it, this is news material with excellent topicality.

Lin Weimin was overwhelmed by the reporters' enthusiasm. After chatting for a while, he couldn't bear to answer, so he pushed Lei Jun in front of the reporters.

The reporters were originally somewhat reluctant to let go of Lin Weimin's position, but when it came to Lei Jun, they suddenly became more aggressive and asked questions one after another. Lei Jun used his Hubei flavor to Er's Mandarin was stumbling.

After struggling for almost an hour, Lei Jun finally wiped the sweat from his forehead and sent the reporters away.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Lei Jun said, "Teacher Lin, let me treat you to a meal."

Lin Weimin readily agreed.

The Yanjing Home Computer and Software Exhibition was held at the China International Trade Center. In order to show his sincerity, Lei Jun specially chose the China World Hotel next door.

At the exhibition just now, Lei Jun did not have an in-depth conversation with Lin Weimin. The environment in the restaurant was quiet now, and the two chatted while eating.

Through chatting with Lin Weimin, Lei Jun finally confirmed that the great writer in front of him was the great god "Ye" on Shuguang BBS.

The meal was almost done, and Lin Weimin was in a happy mood after experiencing a 90s meeting with netizens.

Lei Jun invited him to go to the exhibition in the afternoon. He waved his hand and said, "I have to go to the work in the afternoon, so I won't go shopping."

Lei Jun felt a little regretful. During the chat between the two, he could clearly feel Lin Weimin's profound insights into the field of Internet and computer software. It would be nice if they could chat for a while longer.

"If you have any questions, please communicate online." Lin Weimin said.

"it is good."

"That's right. Your company's software is good, and our company happens to need it. Later, you can ask people from your company to go to the company to connect it." Lin Weimin said to Lei Jun.

Lei Jun didn't expect that a netizen would give the company an order. The regret in his heart disappeared in a flash, and he said happily: "No problem, I will send someone over tomorrow to calculate the demand of your company. Thank you, Teacher Lin."

Lin Weimin nodded, and before leaving, he did not forget to tease Lei Jun, "Don't call me Teacher Lin. If you have more birth certificates, just call me Uncle."

Lei Jun smiled bitterly.

The two talked about their ages while chatting. Lin Weimin was born in 60 and Lei Jun was born in 69, only 9 years apart.

Moreover, Lin Weimin looks young, and the two of them look almost the same age.

But in terms of temperament, Lei Jun really can't compare with Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin, 37 years old, is in the golden age of a man's life. He has a strong body, a tall posture, and sharp eyebrows. He has been in a high position for many years, and his extraordinary demeanor is full of bookishness. This makes Lei Jun a 28-nine-year-old. Young people aged [-] to [-] are jealous looking at it.

Looking at Lin Weimin's leaving figure, Lei Jun smiled.

He thought again of the scene where Lin Weimin asked him to call him "Uncle", and he unconsciously looked up less and felt more close to him.

After coming out of the China World Hotel, Lin Weimin drove back to the Chinese Literature Society.

"Yu Dong came to see you this morning." Zhao Xin reminded.

"what's up?"

"He didn't say anything. He said he wanted me to notify him when you came back."

Lin Weimin guessed what Yu Dong was doing after a moment's thought, "Let him come over."

"Okay." Zhao Xin responded.

After about 10 minutes, Yu Dongfeng walked into Lin Wei's Republic of China Literary Society in a hurry.

"Haha, President, I'm so happy!"

Before entering, Lin Weimin heard Yu Dong's hearty laughter.

Lin Weimin, who was approving documents, raised his head, with a relaxed smile on his face, and asked: "Has the box office of "Hero" been released?"

"You have a clever plan!" Yu Dong flattered him generously and said, "It just came out this morning. Guess how much our box office was in the first week?"

Normally Yu Dong would never dare to ask his leader to guess a number, but this time it was different. The record set by "Hero" was too shocking. He must surprise Lin Weimin.

"5000 million?" Lin Weimin said casually.

Yu Dong's eyes widened, "Amazing! How did you know?"

Lin Weimin showed an expression of wisdom, "So my guess is pretty accurate?"

"It's almost the same." Yu Dong smiled, "5960 million!"

The smile on Lin Weimin's face disappeared, and his eyes were dissatisfied. Are you kidding me?

Are 5000 million and 5960 million similar?
Yu Dong smiled guiltily and said, "Hey, it's all 5000 million!"

In view of the record-breaking box office performance of "Hero", Lin Weimin was too lazy to scold him and his expression returned to normal.

Yu Dong continued: "This time our "Hero" can be regarded as a big star. According to this trend, [-] million box office is not a problem. Maybe it can touch the threshold of [-] million."

"Don't be blindly optimistic. The lessons of the Opium War lie ahead."

"I'm not being blindly optimistic. Even if the box office drops next week, it will be no problem for "Hero" to sell 8000 to [-] million. Have you forgotten what Tabe promised you?" Yu Dong blinked at Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin scolded: "Look at your potential! Do you expect to book a box office of [-] million yuan?"

After being scolded, Yu Dong was a little depressed.

You are a leader, you are noble, you are great, isn’t the box office of a reserved theater just money?

After feeling depressed, he approached Lin Weimin again and asked mysteriously in a low voice: "President, I heard that the senior leader watched "Heroes" on the night of July [-]st?"

The leaders used the film bureau's copy to watch "Hero" and did not inform Wenhua Film and Television.

"Stop asking about these things."

Yu Dong didn't say anything anymore, and the president didn't deny it, so that was it.

"Where did you hear that?" Lin Weimin asked.

"It has spread in the circle, everyone is spreading the word, saying that the big boss not only watched "Hero", but also spoke highly of "Hero". President, I estimate that this time we can earn at least 5000 more box office by booking the venue. "

Lin Weimin was speechless. They all said that the Chinese Literature Society had no airtight walls, and it seemed that the sea was not that strong.

"Don't always think about the domestic box office, and pay more attention to overseas releases."

Lin Weimin's words made Yu Dong's pride and pride settle down. Indeed, compared with the domestic box office, the box office of overseas distribution is the largest, but the premise is that the distribution is smooth. "This week "Hero" will be released in Xiangjiang. Ms. Xu has been busy with this matter recently. The Bay Island side is in trouble this time, and our funds are taking up too much..."

Lin Weimin waved his hand, "It's a small town, don't spend too much thought on them."

"Yes. After Hong Kong, the United States will follow. Columbia Pictures is coordinating the schedule. They want to give us the schedule after mid-August."

Lao Mi is the most realistic in what he does. Although Colombia also invested in the movie "Hero", after all, the share was too small and it was not worth giving them a good schedule.

After mid-August, it is the end of the summer season in the American film market. The audience's enthusiasm for watching movies is not as strong as it was at the beginning of the summer, but overall it is quite satisfactory and acceptable. Lin Weimin cannot expect Colombia to treat "Heroes" as a film. Treat it like your own son.

The release performance in the United States is the benchmark for overseas distribution. If "Hero" can achieve good results in the United States, there will not be much hindrance to its release in many countries such as Europe, Asia, and the Americas. However, for such a film based on the goal of moving towards For international blockbusters, overseas release is bound to be a long and arduous process.

"I will fly to the United States next week to communicate with Colombia about the specific publicity strategy and strive to achieve good results."

"You have worked hard during this period. After this period of time, I will celebrate your success!" Lin Weimin said.

"I have to eat those three swords and one axe!" Yu Dong said with a smile.

Yu Dong's so-called three knives and an ax are actually some of the most expensive places to eat in Yanjing City. Using knives and axes as metaphors, if you go to eat there, you will be slaughtered and you will have to spend a lot of money. It is simply a knife. The knife shows blood, the ax reveals the bones, and eating a meal is like cutting flesh on the body.

After chatting with Yu Dong in the office for more than half an hour, after he left, Lin Weimin explained to Zhao Xin the purchase of Kingsoft's software.

When he got home from get off work in the evening, Lin Weimin was waiting for dinner. Qu Xiaowei drove his BMW and brought his wife and children to have dinner.

As soon as he met Qu Xiaowei, he shouted, "Wei Min, hey, yesterday our family of three went to see you filming "Hero", it was so exciting!"

"Then you should book a venue and contribute more to the box office!" Lin Weimin joked.

"How much money can you share with me if I reserve the place? It would be more economical to treat you to dinner with this money." Qu Xiaowei said shamelessly.

He was talking about treating guests, but what he was doing was paying for the meal. Lin Weimin was too lazy to pay attention to him, and turned to ask Qu Xiangnan, who was already in junior high school.

"Is it summer vacation?"

"Let it go."

"Have you attended the remedial class?" Lin Weimin continued to ask with a smile.

Qu Xiangnan felt scared when he looked at Uncle Lin's smiling expression. The shadow left by his childhood was too profound.

"It's on, it's on." He said hurriedly.

Lin Weimin nodded happily, "It's good to go to junior high school. Junior high school is very important."

Liu Haiyan rolled her eyes at him, "You should still care about your daughter!"

"What's wrong with my daughter? She's so sensible!"

Lin Weimin followed Liu Haiyan's line of sight and saw Xiaodou Bao's whole body hugging the trunk of the jujube tree in the yard and rubbing upwards, like a caterpillar, it had climbed almost one meter high.

"Get down here!" Lin Weimin shouted.

Xiaodoubao was crawling hard and turned a deaf ear to his old father's shouting.

Lin Weimin did not stop his daughter with this voice, but called Tao Huimin out. When she saw that her daughter was acting like a monster again, she quickly walked forward and picked the little bean buns from the tree.

Before Xiaodou Bao could react, she stood still. Tao Huimin raised the knife and hit her daughter's little buttocks hard with several spanks.

The little girl still wanted to struggle and run away, but unfortunately her little arms couldn't twist her thighs and she couldn't run away at all.

"I'll let you be naughty! Let you climb a tree!" Tao Huimin gritted her teeth, "Look at you, do you still look like a girl?"

After being spanked several times by her mother, Xiaodoubao had painful tears in her eyes. She did not cry, but said to Tao Huimin: "Mom, don't be angry, I will never climb a tree again."

This move was indeed effective against Tao Huimin. She stopped her hand and said, "Can you believe your words? Tell me, how many times has this happened?"

"Mom, believe me, I will never dare again!"

Acting coquettishly and cutely has long been a necessary skill for Xiaodoubao to survive in this family.

"Hmph!" Tao Huimin knew that this little girl was just perfunctory, but she still couldn't help pinching her chubby little face, "If you let me catch you climbing into a tree again, I'll beat you worse than this, you know. ?"

"I know, Mom!" Xiaodou Bao replied seriously.

"Go and change your clothes. Look at you. Another piece of clothing is wasted."

"Mom, please change it for me."

The mother and daughter went into the house to change clothes. Qu Xiaowei joked: "Your little ancestor is more naughty than my son when he was a child."

"The more naughty you are, the more promising you will be when you grow up."

Qu Xiaowei couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, this daughter slave!

By the time Tao Huimin and her daughter finished changing their clothes and came out of the room, the food was almost ready and everyone was on the table to eat.

"I think the popularity of "Hero" is a bit scary, the box office is very high, right?" Qu Xiaowei asked Lin Weimin.

"The box office was 5960 million in the first week." Lin Weimin said casually.

The chopsticks that Qu Xiaowei was picking up stopped in mid-air, with shock written all over his face.

"Duo Shao?"

Liu Haiyan was also shocked and said: "Dear me, it's almost 6000 million in a week!"

After the shock, Qu Xiaowei couldn't help but asked curiously: "6000 million a week, how about more than [-] million a month?"

"It depends on the box office trend in the second week. If it's healthy, [-] million won't be a big problem."

After hearing his answer, Qu Xiaowei said: "Conservative, absolutely conservative. I think [-] million is possible."

Lin Weimin looked at him and said, "No matter how high the box office is, it has nothing to do with you. What's wrong? Do you also want to engage in film and television?"

Qu Xiaowei smiled and said, "What kind of film and television project should I do? The investment in that thing is too big, I can't do it."

In the past few years, Qu Xiaowei has earned millions by opening an Internet cafe, but he can only be regarded as a small boss in Yanjing City.

After hearing his words, Lin Weimin didn't take it seriously and was about to continue eating.

Unexpectedly, Qu Xiaowei said again: "Hey, for the people, what do you think I build a website?"

(End of this chapter)