1980 My literary era

The Internet is really a good thing. With it, the myth of a thousand miles has become concrete.

Lin Weimin opened his email inbox, and sure enough, there were several emails lying quietly inside.

Two of them were work emails sent by employees he hired in the United States. The content was mainly about reporting on recent work situations. Lin Weimin took a look at them, but they were not nutritious, and simply replied with a few sentences.

Another one was sent by Roger Strauss. The old man is now a serious fan of E-girls and seldom calls. Unless it is something urgent, he will always communicate by email.

Roger Strauss' email was sent the day before yesterday. In the email, he told Lin Weimin that "Don't Knock Tomorrow Again" will be officially launched in major bookstores in the United States tomorrow.

The English version of "Don't Knock Tomorrow Again" came out more than a month later than in China, but it was published earlier.

In the email, Roger Strauss seemed confident. The novel had an initial printing of 500,000 copies, and he was full of blind confidence in Lin Weimin.

After answering an email to Roger Strauss, Lin Weimin wrote several more emails.

The manuscript of his novel was sent to many overseas publishing houses with cooperation almost at the same time. Now that FSG Publishing House has released the version, there is no movement from others.

This is not efficient and needs supervision and supervision.

After finishing writing for several publishing houses, Lin Weimin felt light and relaxed, so he stood up and stretched his muscles.

Watering the flowers and feeding the fish, more than an hour passed before I knew it.

In the evening, Tao Huimin returned home with small bean bags. The mother and daughter were full of large and small bags, and they seemed to have gained a lot.

The two of them entered the house and collapsed on the sofa.

Women are amazing animals. They can go shopping for a whole day despite high fever and menstruation, but they can also run out of power instantly after returning home.

"I bought you some clothes, you can try them on," Tao Huimin said.

"There are so many clothes, I can't even put them through."

Lin Weimin said this, but his actions were very cooperative. He changed his clothes one by one and showed them to his wife and daughter.

"Dad is so handsome!"

Xiaodoubao is young and has bright eyes. Teacher Lin is deeply pleased.

"What a good girl for daddy!"

Lin Weimin brought the little bean bag over and slapped it on her forehead.

Xiaodou Bao hugged his neck, her round eyes full of expectation, and asked: "Dad, when will my roller skating rink be built?"

"It's coming soon. It will be built by the time summer is about to pass."

"summer?"

Xiaodoubao looked slightly cute and said seriously: "It is spring now, and after spring there will be summer, and summer will pass..."

After counting to this point, she became happy, "That's great! Doubao's roller skating rink will be built soon."

Xiaodou Bao happily hugged Lin Weimin's neck and kissed him, making Lin Weimin beautiful.

Tao Huimin looked at the worthless smile on her husband's face with some disgust. This man was really eaten to death by his daughter.

While Lin Weimin was playing with his daughter, dinner was ready and the family had dinner.

At 7:30 p.m., the news broadcast ended.

At this time, TV programs no longer appealed to Xiaodou Bao, so she went to play with toys with her nanny, Sister Qin.

Lin Weimin and Tao Huimin sat on the sofa and watched TV series, enjoying the rare time they had together.

"Jiang Wenli's performance is not bad." Tao Huimin commented while looking at the characters in the TV series.

"Her image and temperament are most suitable for playing Qing Yi. This kind of role is certainly suitable for her." Lin Weimin said.

Three days ago, the TV series "Hand in Hand" produced by Wencheng Film and Television was officially launched on CCTV.

The director of this TV series, Yang Yang, was recommended to Lin Weimin by Wan Fang. Yang Yang spent almost a year after Lin Weimin hired him at Wencheng Film and Television to polish this TV series.

Now that the TV series has been released, although it has only been aired for a few days, the first broadcast ratings are good, starting from 8%. For Yang Yang, a director who has not experienced the beating of a long-form TV series, such results are already fantastic. Start.

In recent years, CCTV's ratings cannot be compared with before. They have been steadily declining at almost a level every six months.

Except for the broadcast of a few key dramas that may create relatively high ratings during the year, the ratings are falling for most of the rest of the year.

Today's New Year's Day broadcast of "My College Time" once exceeded 30% in ratings. However, after this TV series was broadcast, CCTV's ratings entered a period of rapid decline. Three consecutive TV series were broadcast with ratings of 10%. None were achieved.

"Hand in Hand" was broadcast during the May Day holiday, which finally stabilized CCTV's ratings and made CCTV feel more and more dependent on Wencheng Film and Television.

"Hand in Hand" does not have any spectacular plot. The main plot revolves around the marriage life of Zhong Rui, played by Wu Ruofu, and Xia Xiaoxue, played by Jiang Wenli.

Yang Yang is a female director, and her handling of the plot and characters is delicate and moving. After the TV series was aired, it gained a good reputation.

In addition to being the annual ratings champion of CCTV, this TV series is most praised for contributing the beauty Yu Feihong to domestic entertainment.

During the May Day period, in addition to TV series broadcast by Wencheng Film and Television, movies invested by Wenhua Film and Television were also released.

"Tell Your Secret" is the ninth film directed by Huang Jianxin. Since he started his directing career in the mid-1980s, Huang Jianxin has successively contributed to the Chinese film industry with "The Black Cannon Incident", "Stand Up Straight, Don't Lie Down" and "The Five Leaders" He is a director with a very good reputation in the industry and among movie lovers.

Excluding several great fifth-generation directors who have become famous by participating in film festivals, he is considered a rare Mesozoic director in China.

During the May Day period, there were no imported blockbusters released in domestic theaters. The nearest blockbuster was "The Opium War" which was released on June 9. This is also a gift film to celebrate the return of Hong Kong. The director is Xie Jin and it looks very good. There is a selling point.

During this period, there were only a bunch of small and medium-sized domestic films released in theaters. "Tell Me Your Secret" was directed by Huang Jianxin and starred by Wang Zhiwen and Jiang Shan. It actually looked the best among them.

This kind of presentation has been reflected in the market, and the feedback has been extremely clear and accurate. "Tell Your Secret" had a box office of 2.6 million in its first week. Don't worry about whether the investment can be recouped. It seems to be another profitable movie.

Before May Day turned into Golden Week, this was just an ordinary schedule. Among a bunch of domestic movies, "Tell Me Your Secret" actually showed the momentum of a "mid-D little bully", with a lot of punches and kicks. Kick, the second week took another 3.5 million yuan.

The investment in this movie was less than 2 million yuan, and the cumulative box office in the two weeks after its release was 6.1 million yuan. It was declared profitable, and the subsequent box office is expected to exceed 10 million yuan.

Compared with "Tell Your Secret", which was so successful in the market, "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog", which was also invested by Mandarin Film and Television, was not so lucky.

The investment for this movie was not large, but the hard work took a long time. It took almost two years to make, and the filming of "Tell Me Your Secret" was completed more than half a year later.

At the internal screening after the film was completed, everyone spoke highly of the film. However, at the screening for the distribution company, the film was rejected by this group of people.

Nowadays, the domestic film market is affected by imported blockbusters, and the audience's movie-watching tastes are gradually impetuous. "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is a typical literary and artistic film, and its style is also different from previous literary and artistic films that reflect rural China or old-era China. It is very Little fresh.

If it had been born 20 years later, this movie might have gained a group of niche but staunch fans, but at this time, it would be difficult for it to capture the public.

At the screening organized by Wenhua Film and Television, almost no distribution companies and theaters showed interest in the film.

Yu Dong had also predicted before that "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" might not be popular, but he never expected that it would be stuck directly between the distribution company and theaters.

He invited the managers of several distribution companies to dinner alone and had a heart-to-heart chat with them in private.

The reality is very cruel. Nowadays, distribution companies and theater chains are all about money. Even if a theatrical film like "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is not sold at all, the theater chain will lose money on the copy, so everyone just doesn't touch it. Don't touch.

In fact, Wenhua Film and Television has already decided on the distribution concept of "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog". It has no intention of releasing it domestically first. Instead, it wants to participate in film festivals abroad, then screen it overseas, and finally get it to be screened domestically.

This was decided when Lin Weimin decided to invest in Huo Jianqi and his work. The reason why Yu Dong held the screening was actually to test the current attitude of distribution companies towards literary films.

If Wenhua Film and Television wants to be a leading company in the Chinese film industry, it must walk on two legs. Commercial films that can win box office and artistic films that can win awards are indispensable. However, judging from the current attitude of distribution companies and theaters, investing in literary films in the future will be indispensable. Just be more cautious.

In the middle of the month, Yu Dong came to the Chinese Literature Society.

Zhang Yimou called him yesterday. After more than two months of intense production, most of the post-production of "Hero" has been completed, and it is expected to be completed in early June.

The release date of "Hero" was determined at the beginning of the project. It will be July 1, 1997. It is a gift film!

There is still a month and a half left before the movie is released, and the promotion work has to start.

Arriving at Lin Weimin's office, Yu Dong first reported to Lin Weimin on Wenhua's recent developments.

In addition to investment projects, Wenhua has been recruiting graduates of Yanying Film and Chinese Theater in the past year, not actors, but screenwriters.

This group of new screenwriters have joined the job, and apart from going to the studio, their daily job is to draw films and write scripts.

Tong Zhonggui, the literary director, finally no longer has Mo Yan alone. However, Mo Yan is more miserable. He has the name of chief screenwriter, and he is surrounded by a group of freshmen who have not graduated from college for a long time. His Mediterranean hairstyle is getting more and more... highlighted.

"Just asking these guys to pull out films and write scripts every day is still a matter of paper talk. After "Hero" is released, you organize an internal script selection. The top two winning scripts can be put into the movie, and the cost is controlled within 3 million."

Yu Dong asked: "We have a script, but it may not be easy to find a director."

“We have money and a script, but are we still afraid that we can’t find a director?

It has been three years since Wenhua Film and Television was established, and its foundation has been laid firmly. By investing in "Hero" this time, we want to give a resounding slap in the face to those domestic filmmakers who are still immersed in small farmer consciousness and workshop mentality.

The film industry has changed a long time ago, but they are still immersed in the dreams of the past.

The industrialization of film is an inevitable move, and it is also a general trend for commercial films to take over the mainstream. We at Wenhua Film and Television must follow the trend and our stance must be firm! "

Lin Weimin said in a calm and determined tone.

"Yes!" Yu Dong replied solemnly.