1980 My literary era

To this day, given Lin Weimin's status and reputation in the domestic literary world, the form of a work seminar has no meaning for him.

Therefore, in recent years, Lin Weimin's works have never done this kind of thing.

But for most writers, holding work seminars is still necessary, at least to increase the visibility and influence of their works.

It has been four or five months since the first half of "The Last Hun" was released, and now a symposium on the work has finally been held, which can be regarded as a completion of Gao Jianqun's worries.

In the period since its publication, the reputation of "The Last Huns" has gradually grown, and it has triggered great discussions among domestic literary circles and readers. It has been hailed by many as "after "The Ordinary World" and "White Deer Plain" , another masterpiece exported by Shaanxi literary world to the contemporary literary world."

With a good reputation and no particularly controversial points, the seminar on "The Last Hun" was full of flowers, unity and harmony.

It is customary to have a reception at the end of the seminar.

There are many writers from Shaanxi coming today. In addition to Gao Jianqun's reputation, another big factor is the Chinese Literature Society.

Recently, Jia Pingwa's "Abandoned Capital" was selected into the Buhu Book Series and has become a big hit in the domestic book market. This is a living example.

Everyone still remembers that the Chinese Literature Society held a novel writing seminar last year, and Lin Weimin confirmed his invitation to Jia Pingwa. As a result, her works sold well this year.

This thing is a bit evil!

Jia Pingwa happened to be present at today's seminar, which attracted a lot of people's attention and almost stole the limelight from Gao Jianqun.

In addition to attending a seminar on Gao Jianqun's works, his main purpose of coming to Yanjing this time was for a book signing.

The first three novels in the Buhu Book series have been on the market for one month, and the sales have been amazing. Taking advantage of such a hot momentum, the Chinese Literature Society will naturally continue to work hard.

The autograph session was immediately scheduled this month, and it wasn’t just in the city of Yanjing.

You have to walk around Shanghai, Jinmen, Yangcheng and Pengcheng.

At the banquet in the evening, Lin Weimin asked Han Xiaohui with a smile: "Reporter Han, how did you feel about participating in the seminar on "The Last Huns" today?"

Han Xiaohui laughed and praised "The Last Huns" and its author Gao Jianqun, who was carried in a sedan chair.

Lin Weimin took advantage of the situation and said: "Then you should do more publicity for us, the 'Tiger Generals' of the Eastern Expedition, in the Shaanxi literary world."

He Zhenbang laughed and said: "For the people, you care so much about these writers in Shaanxi!"

Han Xiaohui said: "Editor-in-chief Lin should be Aiwujiwu. I remember that Lu Yao's "The Ordinary World" and Cheng Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" were published when you were hosting "Contemporary", right?"

Being tickled to the point of satisfaction by Han Xiaohui, Lin Weimin was happy in his heart and calm on his face.

"It's all a coincidence. Speaking of which, my relationship with Shaanxi writers is really quite close."

He sighed and counted in detail: "Lu Yao, Cheng Zhongshi, Jia Pingwa, Gao Jianqun, oh, if I count them all, they are almost catching up with the Five Tiger Generals."

He Qizhi continued: "Including Jingfu's "Eight Miles of Love", aren't they the Five Tiger Generals?"

Lin Weimin waved his hand and said: ""Eight Miles of Love" hasn't been released yet, so it can't be counted."

"The quality of "Eight Miles of Love" is of good quality, so there is absolutely no problem in putting it here."

The two sang together, which immediately aroused the interest of everyone present.

Everyone could tell that the two people were obviously discussing the quality and influence of their works. The first four works they mentioned have all been published or published.

In particular, the three published works "The Ordinary World", "White Deer Plain" and "The Abandoned City" are among the best in China's contemporary literary world in terms of sales and influence.

The first and second parts of "The Last Huns" have now been published, and the quality is equally good. If Jingfu's "Bali Love and Enmity" is really as Lin Weimin and He Qizhi talked about, it may really be a good story in the Chinese literary world.

"Hahaha! 'Shaanxi Literary Circle's Five Tiger Generals' is a good idea. Shaanxi is really full of talents!" He Zhenbang said loudly.

Han Xiaohui also followed up and said: "We have a title for the article we returned, and it is called "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition"."

Lin Weimin raised a glass of wine cheerfully, "Reporter Han's title is a good one, it should come to light!"

Everyone raised their glasses together.

Two days later, an article titled "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" was published as the headline on the second page of "Guangming Daily".

"In 1988, Lu Yao shocked the Chinese literary world with three volumes of "The Ordinary World" with one million words. In 1990, Cheng Zhongshi spent six years sharpening his sword and brought a "White Deer Plain" to the Chinese literary world.

Three years later, I don’t know whether it was a coincidence or some reason, but at this time in the spring of 1993, the works of several powerful writers in Shaanxi literary circles gathered in Yanjing.

Jia Pingwa's "Abandoned Capital", Gao Jianqun's "The Last Huns", Jing Fu's "Eight Miles of Love and Enmity". It is said that each of these three novels is more important than the other, and they all have the ambition to win the Yanbing Literary Award, China's highest award for novel creation.

Coincidentally, these five works were all published by National Literature Publishing House.

This time, the masterpieces of three Shaanxi writers landed in Yanjing, which shocked the literary world in Yanjing and were called the "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" by critics in the capital.

Lu Yao, Cheng Zhongshi, Jia Pingwa, Gao Jianqun, Jing Fu and other five people are therefore known as the ‘Five Tiger Generals of Shaanxi Literary Circle’…”

The article "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" is not long, with less than 2,000 words. It first introduces the two concepts of "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" and "Shaanxi Literary Five Tiger Generals", and then focuses on introducing The novels "Abandoned Capital", "The Last Huns" and "Eight Miles of Love" and the inside stories of their creation.

Because it was published in Guangming Daily, a national media, and was the headline on the second page, "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" immediately aroused huge repercussions in the Yanjing literary circle after its publication.

Immediately afterwards, a few days later, "Literary News" also followed up and made relevant reports.

Then local media from all over the country successively reported on it, especially many newspapers in SX Province, which spared no effort to report on the frenzy of public opinion caused by their own people in Yanjing.

In the spring of 1993, with the hot sales of "Desolated Capital", the cultural concept of "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" appeared in the Chinese literary world for the first time.

In less than half a month, the two concepts of "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" and "Shaanxi Literary Five Tiger Generals" not only resounded in the Chinese literary world, but also became a hot topic among countless domestic literary lovers.

Amid this wave of large-scale media coverage, Guowen Publishing House took advantage of the situation and published "The Last Huns" by Gao Jianqun. The first printing of 100,000 copies sold out in less than a week.

"Eight Miles of Love" published in the fifth issue of "Contemporary" has also attracted the attention of readers because of this wave of craze. The quality of the novel itself is not good, and it has received a great reputation after its publication, which also ushered in this issue of "Contemporary". The first sales peak this year, successfully exceeded 2 million copies.

As the reputation of the "Five Tiger Generals" continues to spread, many readers are also full of curiosity about Jingfu's "Eight Miles of Love and Enmity". Many people wrote letters urging the Chinese Literature Society to publish it as soon as possible, prompting "Eight Miles of Love and Enmity" to be published just after it was published. Less than half a month later, publication was put on the agenda.

Lin Weimin, who facilitated all this, has reached the peak of his reputation in Shaanxi literary circles recently.

Starting from Lu Yao's "The Ordinary World" to Jingfu's "Eight Miles of Love", several powerful writers in Shaanxi have been able to shock the country again and again over the years, and it is inseparable from Lin Weimin, the driving force behind the scenes.

After Gao Jianqun, Jia Pingwa and others returned to Xi'an, they told others over and over again that Lin Weimin spared no effort in promoting and supporting Shaanxi writers, and regarded them as their mentors.

By mid-May, the publicity, review, and publication of the Buhuhu series were gradually on track, and Lin Weimin's work was finally a little easier.

After getting off work that evening, he took sixteen members of the editorial team out for a meal before returning home.

After returning home and playing with Xiao Beanbao for a while, the phone at home rang.

Lin Weimin picked up and listened to what the other person said, with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations! You have created history for Chinese cinema!"

After saying a few words, he put down the phone.

Tao Huimin held the little bean bag and asked: "Whose phone number is it?"

"Cheng Kaige came back from Cannes. Farewell My Concubine won the Palme d'Or."

Tao Huimin said in surprise: "Ah! Palme d'Or!"

She looked at her husband with strange eyes, "Why didn't you react at all?"

What should be the response when something is expected, "I'm neither a director, nor a screenwriter, nor an actor, so what's there to be happy about?"

Tao Huimin was stunned for a moment, and it seemed to make sense.

Lin Weimin snickered at this time, "But you should also be happy! If you win the award, the movie will definitely sell well and you can make a lot of money."

Knowing that he was teasing her again, Tao Huimin punched him twice angrily.

The next day, the news that "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival unsurprisingly made the front pages of many domestic media.

As the second director after Zhang Yimou to win the highest honor at Europe's three major international film festivals, Cheng Kaige's name has been successfully written into the history of Chinese film.

"Farewell My Concubine", a film adapted from Lin Weimin's novel, has also attracted the attention of countless people.

The novel has already sold millions of copies in China and has a strong readership base. The film adapted this time won the highest award at the International Film Festival, and its reputation has reached a higher level.

For Lin Weimin, the most intuitive benefit of winning the film is that the sales of the novel "Farewell My Concubine" have followed the upward curve of "Little Indian Spring".

Renyi has also specially brought out the drama "Farewell My Concubine" which has been under the radar for several years. It is now re-arranged and strives to be performed in July.

A few days later, Cheng Kaige and his team returned home with great honors, and were very busy participating in various interviews and activities.

Since 1987, he would rather break his promise to Berlin and attend the Cannes Film Festival, which shows how deeply Cheng Kaige has attached himself to the Cannes Film Festival. This time he successfully won the Palme d'Or, and Cheng Kaige is very proud and high-spirited.

"Director Cheng is a little too arrogant!"

At the celebration banquet, Han Zhuangzhuang drank a glass of champagne and said to Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin glanced at him and said, "Do you care whether someone is happy or not? If you play your part well, even if you say bad things about the director behind his back, I can't protect you!"

"Uncle, you are really good at joking. There are still directors in our country who you can't protect."

"How old are you, and you still use me to cover you? You finally went to Cannes, and you don't even want to come back with a Best Actor Award!"

Han Zhuangzhuang shouted dissatisfied: "You are just playing house when you become the best actor. You can take it if you want? We signed up for two male leads and the votes were too divided!"

Lin Weimin's eyes were playful, "Then how many votes did you get from the judges?"

Han Zhuangzhuang's eyes were erratic, "I don't know. How the judges evaluate is a secret."

Of course, the jury has inside information, but that is only for the audience who do not know the truth. For this group of people attending the film festival, they can get the most out of it if they inquire carefully about the inside story.

For example, Lin Weimin knew that Zhang Guorong missed out on the Best Actor Award at Cannes by just one vote.

There are rumors in later generations that a certain female judge was too involved in the drama and always believed that Zhang Guorong should participate in the best actress competition, so she did not hesitate to cast her vote for the "best actress" Zhang Guorong.

This kind of statement is very popular in later generations. After all, it adds to the legend of "Farewell My Concubine" and Zhang Guorong.

But if you think about it carefully, it’s quite ridiculous. You already like Zhang Guorong and "Farewell My Concubine" so much. You don’t vote for him and let him win the Best Actor, but you want to become a "Best Actress" who is destined to not win?

The truth of the matter is that "Farewell My Concubine" had already won the Palme d'Or, the highest honor at the time, and the jury directed this good show based on the idea of ​​dividing the pork.

Just look at the results of that year’s awards. Except for the Best Director and Best Actor, which went to the same movie “Naked,” the rest of the awards were equally distributed.

The most ridiculous thing is that the Best Director was neither awarded to Cheng Kaige, the director of the Palme d'Or film "Farewell My Concubine", nor to Vin Wenders, the director of the Jury Prize film "So Far". Hou Hsiao-hsien, the director of "Dream Life".

While the uncle and nephew were talking, Xu Feng came over with a glass of champagne in his hand. Lin Weimin stood up and laughed, saying some happy words to each other. Xu Feng said: "Mr. Lin, this time the film won the Palme d'Or without your efforts. Help. But now it’s released..."

Xu Feng stopped mid-sentence, but Lin Weimin immediately understood what she meant.

Previously, "Farewell My Concubine" was not qualified to be screened due to the plot involving buzz. However, under the coordination of Lin Weimin, it obtained the consent of the Director of the Film Bureau, Teng Jinxian, to participate in the Cannes Film Festival.

What does it mean? You want me to help with the screening procedures?

Madam, that's another price!