1980 My literary era

The establishment of the China Youth Education and Development Foundation involves many departments. There are naturally reasons for this. For example, in terms of publicity, how can we do it without the help of others?

The news broadcast by "Xinwen Lianbo" on TV is just the appetizer, and the overwhelming newspaper reports the next day are the main course.

The next day, major domestic media reported on the detailed process of the establishment of the China Youth Education Development Foundation. The report also disclosed some important information that was not reported on TV news, which surprised many people who cared about this matter.

"Xinwen Lianbo" only mentioned that Lin Weimin was the founder of the foundation and advocated the implementation of Project Hope, but it did not mention that this matter was directly approved by the leader.

Not only that, of the huge donation of 75 million yuan raised by the foundation in the early stage, more than 37 million yuan was donated by Lin Weimin alone.

For a national foundation, nearly half of the huge sum of 75 million yuan was donated by one person. Can you believe it?

Many people who read the newspaper and saw this didn't do the calculation at first, but then put down the newspaper and started counting carefully with their fingers.

37 million yuan, what is this concept?

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the average disposable income of urban residents in my country was 1,119 yuan in 1988, and the average disposable income of farmers in my country was 545 yuan. Everyone knows how inaccurate this data is.

In fact, the wage income level of most urban working-class people is between 50 and 80 yuan. 37 million yuan is equivalent to the annual income of 60,000 to 70,000 ordinary people. If you move to rural areas, this number will be even greater.

If converted purely in terms of food, this number is even more terrifying, enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people for a whole year.

This figure revealed in newspaper reports has left countless people speechless and amazed.

In the past, many Chinese people knew that Lin Weimin was a great writer. His works not only frequently won awards overseas and brought glory to the country, but also sold very well. It was said that he was Lin Wanwan or Lin Wanwan, one of the richest people in the domestic literary world. people.

But no one could imagine that he could donate more than 37 million in one go.

For Chinese people in the 1980s, this was an astronomical figure!

A question has arisen in many people's minds: Lin Weimin has donated so much money, how much money does he have?

No one can answer this question in an era of limited information, but a small group of people can find out.

Lin Weimin is an employee of the Chinese Literature Society, and most of his colleagues in the society have heard of it.

This time, the news reported Lin Weimin's shocking donation, which knocked the pen holders off the desks of many employees of the Chinese Literature Society, leaving everyone in shock and disbelief.

Out of curiosity, gossip, envy, and jealousy, some young people got together and began to study Lin Weimin's income.

They divided Lin Weimin's income into domestic and foreign parts.

For the domestic part, starting from the 1980s, Lin Weimin has published a total of 11 works in China, all of which were published through Chinese Literature Society publications or in the Chinese Literature Society. The publishing fees are easy to calculate. Everyone knows the standards of the Chinese Literature Society. Even if it is high, it can only take up a fraction of Lin Weimin's income, which is 100,000 yuan.

In terms of publishing, the total sales volume of Lin Weimin's published works has exceeded 32 million copies. Based on the basic publishing royalties and the royalties for the number of print runs, he has earned at least 1.4 million yuan.

As for the adaptation of works, most of Lin Weimin's works have been moved to the drama stage of Renyi. There are 180 performances every year, and the income from box office sharing is very small. Plus the royalties from the broadcast of the novel, it is estimated to be about 200,000.

The total domestic income in these years is about 1.7 million yuan.

If we look at this income, Lin Weimin would have to make a huge donation of 37 million yuan, which would break his teeth and not even make a fraction.

But the real bulk of his income comes from abroad.

Since "Farewell My Concubine" began to be published in Japan and the United States in 1982, Lin Weimin's works have been published in many overseas countries over the years, and the cumulative sales of his works have exceeded 11 million copies.

Everyone knows that Lin Weimin gets royalties abroad, and he is among the top ones.

Based on the selling prices of overseas books, it is conservatively estimated that Lin Weimin has made 1,200 yuan in revenue from novel publishing in recent years.

In addition to the income from novels, Lin Weimin earns even more from drama.

Even though several of his plays could only get a pitiful box office share in the People's Art Show, but abroad, his net worth has increased sharply, and it is said that he earns hundreds of thousands of dollars every quarter.

It has been three or four years since everyone first heard that his play was going to be performed in the United States, and everyone estimated a figure of 5 million US dollars.

There are also film and television adaptations. Except for the original spy trilogy, Lin Weimin's novels have not been adapted in any domestic films and televisions, but they have become very popular overseas. It is said that the scripts of "Lover" and "The Last Emperor" cost six In terms of digits, I recently heard that the Americans bought the copyright of "The Intouchables", which is estimated to be worth at least 1 million dollars in total.

If all are calculated in terms of knives, over the past few years, Lin Weimin's various incomes at home and abroad have totaled nearly 20 million knives.

This time Lin Weimin donated 37 million yuan to the China Youth Education and Development Foundation. According to this year's exchange rate of RMB to rice, it is exactly 10 million yuan, which is almost half of Lin Weimin's income.

After everyone calculated this number, they couldn't help but marveled again.

"I made 20 million yuan, donated 10 million yuan, are you willing to leave it alone?" Someone asked this question.

Colleagues looked at each other, and most of them shook their heads hesitantly, "It's too much. If it's tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, I might donate it."

This is the mentality of most people.

There was a young man who was unconventional and said, "If it were me, I would donate, not to mention 10 million, I would donate all 15 million. After donating 15 million, I would still have 5 million yuan left in my hand. It would be enough for ten lifetimes. What is there to be reluctant to part with?" "

A colleague on the side took money into his pocket, and he quickly covered it, "What are you doing?"

"Don't you want to donate? Come on, donate half of this month's salary to the foundation."

The young man's hand covering his pocket stopped. When his colleague reached in again, he couldn't help but cover it again.

"What's wrong? Can't bear to leave?" a colleague joked.

The others also laughed when they saw this.

The lessons in this class were so lively that anyone could talk the talk, but when it came time to put the words into practice, not everyone had the courage to donate so much money.

Seeing the others laughing exaggeratedly, the young man muttered: "You are laughing so happily, even if it were you, you wouldn't be willing to donate."

"That's right. As the old saying goes, the richer you are, the more you are stingy. For ordinary people like us, no one can donate tens of millions of dollars at a time."

When colleagues said this, the admiration on their faces was beyond words.

A simple experiment allowed everyone to see clearly how ordinary people react in the face of money. Everyone present asked themselves that if they were allowed to live in a different place with the young people, they would not be much better off.

Therefore, Lin Weimin's donation this time really made everyone see what it is like to regard money as dirt.

That’s 37 million!

"Hey, for the people!"

Lin Weimin and Tong Zhonggui were delivering manuscripts, but were stopped by Liu Yin.

"What's going on?" Lin Weimin knew there was nothing good going on when he looked at Liu Yin's gossipy expression.

Sure enough, Liu Yin asked: "The guys in the front building said you made 20 million yuan, is it that much?"

Others in the office also pricked up their ears curiously.

Lin Weimin asked curiously: "How did they calculate it?"

"It's an estimate!"

Under Lin Weimin's questioning, Liu Yin told him in detail the estimation methods of his colleagues.

Lin Weimin shook his head, "No."

Liu Yin said clearly: "I'm just saying that these guys are so stupid that they cost 20 million yuan. How much does that cost?"

When she said this, she looked at Lin Weimin with a look of admiration in her eyes, "Isn't your kid just donating his wife this time?"

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "It's not that exaggerated. Anyway, the remaining money is definitely enough for me to spend."

Liu Yin nodded, "That's true. Even a fraction of the money you earn is enough to last a lifetime, not to mention you can still earn it!"

After chatting with Liu Yin for a few words, Lin Weimin left the office with a smile on his face.

Just now Liu Yin asked him about his income. He didn't lie when he said it was wrong. It was indeed wrong.

Everyone only hears about his various incomes and has only a partial understanding of them. The actual calculation is definitely inaccurate. Most of them are small, and some of them are not known at all.

The bulk of his income comes from overseas publishing and a share of Broadway show box office sales.

In the past few years, the overseas publication of his novel has brought him 13 million US dollars in income, and the box office revenue of the two drama performances "The Intouchables" and "The Kite Runner" has also reached 16 million US dollars.

In terms of movies, "Lover" cost HKD 200,000, "The Last Emperor" cost HKD 10m, "The Intouchables" cost HKD 30m, and "No matter what, life is beautiful" cost HKD 800,000, which adds up to more than 1.3 million HKD. .

Domestic income is estimated to be about the same, around 2 million yuan.

All this money is added together, and the amount is more than 31 million knives, which is a lot more than everyone estimated.

But in fact, colleagues did not know that he had two other incomes.

One item is the box office share of "Phantom of the Opera" performed in London's West End for more than a year, which is more than 18 million US dollars.

The other was the appreciation of the yen that started in 1985. He made a net profit of nearly 12 million dollars just by holding the yen at the most basic level.

Therefore, when Liu Yin asked him about his income, Lin Weimin did not lie. His colleagues' calculations were indeed wrong.

It's not that it's too much, it's that it's too little.

His cumulative income over the years has exceeded 61 million US dollars.

He bought antique calligraphy and paintings, cars, and houses. He spent a lot of money in the past few years and only spent 3 million yuan.

The remaining tens of millions of dollars were quietly lying in the bank's foreign exchange account, and even the leaders of the Bank of China were upset when they saw it.

There is so much foreign exchange that you can only look at but cannot move. There is still such a shortage of foreign exchange. Who is not greedy?

In fact, Lin Weimin himself was a little upset when he saw it. Now he finally realized why some big guys in later generations often "spoke wildly" and became the target of many netizens' crusade.

Fortunately, this time, he finally spent 10 million yuan by donating to the foundation.

Seeing that the leading number in the bank's foreign exchange account dropped from "5" to "4", Lin Weimin didn't know why.

When you are in a bad mood, spending money is indeed the best way to heal.

Thank you for your concern. Some of you even gave me rewards for my old waist. Thank you!