1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 883 It’s all in the wine

Just one week after the 70th Academy Awards ceremony, "Titanic", a ship that has been rampaging around the world, finally sailed to China.

On April 4, "Titanic" was officially released in China.

On the day this commercial blockbuster was released, many audiences flooded into the ticket halls of many movie theaters in Yanjing, and long queues soon formed.

The scheduled screenings were overcrowded, and many viewers who queued to buy tickets waited for a long time without getting tickets, and finally left sadly.

This situation lasted for two days. From 9 a.m. to 10:50 p.m., the theater played almost in a loop all day, and the occupancy rate of all "Titanic" shows reached 100%.

The popularity of "Titanic" has caused this Hollywood blockbuster to occupy almost all the movie schedules in theaters. The recently released domestic movie did not even make a splash and was immediately killed.

But even in the face of almost 100% movie schedules in theaters, most of the "Titanic" screenings on the cinema notice board are followed by the word "full", which means that these screenings of movies Tickets are sold out.

What’s even more frightening is that the current average movie ticket price in domestic cinemas is about 15 yuan, but the ticket price of "Titanic" is as high as 30 yuan. But even in the face of such high ticket prices, there are countless audiences who are interested in this movie. Rushing like a duck.

Hot!

It's so hot!

In just a few days, "Titanic" was like a storm. Not only the movie theaters in Yanjing, but also the film market across the country were wiped out by this movie.

Wherever the ship passed, not a blade of grass grew.

This situation continued until April 4, when the People's Daily published a news picture about the Titanic, which read:

"The US$6000 million movie "Titanic" has been screened across my country and has become a hot spot for viewing."

Even a serious national media such as "People's Daily" published news related to this film for the first time, which shows how popular the film is.

The box office dominance and appeal shown by this film are even better than last year's "Hero".

Last year, "Hero" was released, which gave a boost to domestic film producers.

The release of "Titanic" once again shattered the morale that had finally been built up.

Many people in the film industry are worried about the current situation in the film market and are calling out: We should face up to the gap with Hollywood.

This time, no one mentioned the "blockbuster monopoly on box office" thing.

When the big ship was raging, Lin Weimin received a call from the sea. The content of the call was not long, but the content was extremely sensitive. Lin Weimin only responded with a few words of yes throughout the whole process, and then put down the phone.

He sat there and thought for a long time, then called Lao Cheng and Lao Zhou to the office.

"We have to prepare a restructuring plan!"

Lin Weimin only said one sentence, which shocked Lao Cheng and Lao Zhou, and then made them happy again.

"Has the superiors agreed to the restructuring?" Lao Cheng asked.

Lin Weimin did not answer his question immediately, but said hesitantly: "Now we just need to come up with a plan to review, and if it is feasible, we can continue to promote it."

Lao Zhou said: "I'm afraid this matter cannot be accomplished in a short time."

"That's for sure. Restructuring is a big deal, not to mention that we are a public institution. If we take this step, our Chinese Literature Society will be on the cusp of the storm!"

Lao Cheng and Lao Zhou looked at each other and understood what Lin Weimin meant.

Since the reform and opening up, the restructuring of state-owned enterprises has lasted for more than ten years, but the restructuring of public institutions has not yet begun. If Guowenshe really takes the lead in implementing the reform of public institutions and enterprises nationwide, it will undoubtedly become the most prominent trend in domestic reform and opening up. Eye-catching waves.

In later generations, this reform should have been launched around 2010, but due to Lin Weimin's long-term plan for the Chinese Literature Society, he took the initiative to recommend himself to the superior leaders, and now it is possible to start it earlier.

Lin Weimin and the three of them held a small meeting in the office for half an hour and decided to temporarily set up a restructuring preparatory group. The restructuring is still in the confidentiality stage and cannot be known to too many people. The most important thing for them during this period is to improve the restructuring plan. .

As early as last year when he proposed the idea of ​​restructuring to the leadership, Lin Weimin had been making preparations in this regard. He had already prepared a lot of information, but now that he was submitting it to the superiors, he still had to be cautious and consider it carefully.

A week later, Lin Weimin came to the Publishing Department on behalf of the Chinese Literature Society and submitted a preliminary restructuring plan to the leaders of the department.

This restructuring plan will undergo a preliminary review here, and then be handed over to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Finance and other units for further analysis and judgment.

Of course, these are all tasks under the table.

For the Chinese Literature Society and Lin Weimin, their work has come to an end for the time being, and the next thing to do is to wait patiently.

While Lin Weimin was busy working on the restructuring plan, the Yan Bing Literature Award jury finally informed the outside world of the results of the fourth Yan Bing Literature Award through the Literary News.

The evaluation scope of the fourth Yanbing Literature Award was works published between 1989 and 1995, but the results were delayed until the first half of 98. Such a long-span awarding process naturally made the literature The industry has raised many doubts about the process and results of this award.

Especially at the beginning of last year, it was rumored that the list of winners had been released, but the jury remained silent. During this period, publishing agencies and cultural units from various places were also asked to add additional works to the submissions, which inevitably caused confusion in the literary and publishing circles. Many people are suspicious.

Suddenly, rumors about this Yanbing Literature Award were flying everywhere.

One of the most widely circulated rumors is that the works published and published by the Chinese Literature Society this time are too strong and have completely occupied this time’s award list. After the selection results were released, many judges felt that this situation of dominance by one company was to a certain extent. This damages the inclusivity of the award, which is why other units are temporarily asked to submit additional works.

Guowenshe is the highest palace in the domestic literary circle. It has always been the dominant player in the selection process of the Yanbing Literary Award. Among the winning works of the first three Yanbing Literary Awards, more than half of the winning works were published by Guowenshe. .

Therefore, the emergence and spread of such rumors are not unreasonable.

In addition, Lin Weimin had a very unpleasant quarrel with the jury and the Literary Association in the last year because of the award selection. Now he is the top leader of the Chinese Literature Society, adding more talk and suspense to the selection of this year's Yanbing Literature Award.

The list of winners of the [-]th Yanbing Literature Award is released:

Cheng Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" (revised version), Wang Huo's "War and People" (trilogy), Liu Yumin's "The Turbulent Autumn", Alai's "The Dust Has Settled", Liu Simen's "White Gate Willow" (Part One and Two) department).

Among the five award-winning works of this year's Yanbing Literature Award, the Chinese Literature Society holds four of them.

"White Deer Plain", "War and People", "Tumultuous Autumn" and "The Dust Settled" were all the earliest works published by the Chinese Literature Society. Only one "White Gate Willow" was published by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Press.

In this Yanbing Literature Award, the Chinese Literature Society once again won a great victory.After the list of winners came out, it quickly aroused heated discussion in the domestic literary and publishing circles.

Taking up four out of five, there is no doubt that Chinese Literature Society’s strength in the Yanbing Literary Award.

But this is also in line with the actual situation. After all, China Literature Society has been the biggest winner since the first Yanbing Literature Award.

Now everyone can see that the jury is actually trying to avoid this situation.

Seeing this result, many people think of this time last year.

At that time, it was rumored that the list of winners had been determined and included four works.

Now a year later, the list of winning films has changed from four to five. Coupled with the news that the jury requested additional works, everyone immediately started to make rich associations.

Everyone is speculating that the only award-winning work not published by the Chinese Literature Society is probably the result of the supplement.

The jury worked very hard for this award result.

Now that the award results are out, there are different opinions from the outside world, but this does not prevent the Yanbing Literature Award from being awarded.

On April 4, the 20th Yan Bing Literature Award was officially held at the People’s Hall.

Hundreds of people gathered at the venue, including leaders of the Association for Literary and Art Circles and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, many writers, critics and editors, as well as leaders of some publishing houses and literary units. The atmosphere at the award ceremony was as lively as in previous years.

Lin Weimin was sitting in the front row, his face calm and calm.

An award ceremony was being held on the stage. Four of the five writers were acquaintances of the Chinese Literature Society. He was very satisfied with the situation.

The jury can influence the results of the awards, but it cannot affect the strong position of the Chinese Literature Society in the Yanbing Literature Award.

This is strength!This is accumulation!

At the end of the lively awards ceremony, Lin Weimin exchanged greetings with acquaintances and said to Cheng Zhongshi, the award-winning author: "You still have to be interviewed now, so I won't disturb you. I'll have a car pick you up in the evening. Celebrate your success at the hotel."

After a few people responded, Lin Weimin left.

In the evening, cars took today's award-winning writers to private rooms at the Yanjing Hotel.

"welcome!"

Several leaders of the Chinese Literature Society, including Lin Weimin and Lao Cheng, stood up to welcome the writers and gave them full courtesy.

Today, in addition to several leaders of the Chinese Literature Society, award-winning writers, and their respective editors, it is an internal celebration.

At a gathering of more than a dozen people, everyone was relatively familiar with each other and the atmosphere was harmonious.

For Cheng Zhongshi, Wang Huo, Liu Yumin, and Alai, today is undoubtedly the highlight of their lives. They won awards in the morning, were interviewed in the afternoon, and will have symposiums and interviews tomorrow, and then various other events. Activities accompanying the Yanbing Literature Prize.

In short, until the craze for the Yanbing Literature Award passes, they will continue to be busy and active in the public eye. This kind of activity will always be a very small amount of time for writers, so it is particularly precious.

Everyone chatted for a while about their psychological feelings and changes before and after winning the award. Cheng Wanchun said: "This Yanbing Literature Award is not easy to hold. It has been delayed for eight years, which can be regarded as a record."

After he finished speaking, everyone had subtle expressions, but Lin Weimin said with a smile: "All good things take a long time. This time it took a little longer, but for our Chinese Literature Society, it is indeed a perfect result. If the victory process is too smooth, , the fruit is a bit bland."

Lin Weimin had a relaxed smile on his face, but his words revealed a domineering air.

Everyone is very aware of the twists and turns in the selection process of this Yanbing Literature Award, but there is no point in explaining this kind of thing. On the contrary, everyone appreciates Lin Weimin's attitude very much.

What’s wrong with the Chinese Literature Society being the only one?
A single family relies on its true strength!
Everyone was chatting and laughing, and before they knew it, several bottles of Maotai were already empty on the table, and everyone present was also a bit drunk.

Cheng Zhongshi was drunk and hazy, and pulled Lin Weimin, "Weimin, have you forgotten what you promised me back then?"

Lin Weimin, who was a little drunk, thought about what Cheng Zhongshi was talking about.

In early 1990, Cheng Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" was published. Critics gave this novel extremely high praise. The novel also received enthusiastic praise from readers. It sold 70 copies within a short period of time after its publication.

But the good times did not last long, and "White Deer Plain" was quickly criticized by some officials and critics.

In order to calm the situation at that time, the Chinese Literature Society persuaded Cheng Zhongshi to delete some contents of the novel, and finally the novel was able to continue to be published. It was also because of this that he had the opportunity to win this Yanbing Literature Award.

Lin Weimin looked at Cheng Wuchun and said, "Old Cheng, you have to give Old Cheng an explanation for this matter!"

The two old Chengs laughed out loud when they heard this. Cheng Wuchun said to Cheng Zhongshi: "When I asked you to delete and revise the novel, you didn't hate me less, right?"

Cheng Zhongshi waved his hands quickly, "Nothing. I know in my heart that you are all doing this for my own good. "White Deer Plain" has had such a huge impact that if someone really seizes the opportunity to cause trouble, I will be the most affected. I am……"

When he said this, his face turned gloomy and he took a sip of wine.

"I just felt awkward today when I listened to someone reading it, 'Revised Edition of "White Deer Plain"', hey, damn, this is probably the first time someone has won an award like this, right?"

From Cheng Zhongshi's tone and demeanor, everyone could feel the aggrievedness in his heart.

It is understandable that a work that a writer has worked so hard to write must be deleted before it can continue to be published. Even the suffix when awarding an award has to be "revised edition". Who would feel better if it was left alone?
Lin Weimin patted Cheng Zhongshi's arm with a hint of apology on his face.

"This thing has wronged you!"

Cheng Zhongshi waved his hand, "I understand you. If nothing else, without this 'revised version', I'm afraid I wouldn't have a share in this Yanbing Literature Award."

Lin Weimin said to Cheng Wanchun: "Old Cheng, I have won the prize this time. I think the full version of "White Deer Plain" must be released, right?"

"We didn't want to make a big deal out of it at the beginning, but now that times have changed, it's time for it to face the world with its complete image."

Hearing this, Cheng Zhongshi held Cheng Wuchun's hand and was so excited that he could not speak.

He picked up a glass of wine, gestured towards Cheng Wuchun, and drank it in one gulp.

Don’t say anything anymore, it’s all in the wine!
(End of this chapter)