Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 656 Interview in the Writer's Village

"After I came back from Xijiang, I originally planned to stay in Fengcheng. Pippi gave birth to a child, and we planned to give the child a better environment. Later, by chance, when the writer's village had just opened, I was invited over Visit. I fell in love with this place as soon as I came here. It is quiet and comfortable, but the facilities are also very complete. I discussed it with Pippi and decided to stay here.”

"There is nothing to worry about children's education. There are kindergartens and primary schools of Goodfarmer Group near here, and junior and senior high schools will be built in the future. My children plan to enroll in Kindergarten of Goodfarmer Group next year. Goodfarmer Group's kindergartens are free of charge. It is said that in the future, junior and senior high schools The same is true. This is all thanks to He Ping."

"He Ping? How should I put it, I don't admire many people in my life, but he must be one, he is a character."

"The reputation is not obvious? No, I remember that when the writer's village was opened, some reporters came, and many magazines we cooperated with also promoted it when they went back. At that time, Wang Meng also came. Maybe it's because we are targeting the literary circle. Well, there is still a certain distance from the public, don’t journalists like you know where we are?”

Wu Tongzhi was surprised that Wang Meng had been here before. In terms of literary achievements, Wang Meng was not the top in this era when the masters had not completely withered, but he is now a senior official of the Ministry of Culture, and this alone killed 90.00% of his peers.

While talking, Ma Yuan led Wu Tongzhi to the front of the dormitory building.

He took Wu Tongzhi into the dormitory, made him a cup of tea, and Wu Tongzhi looked at the decorations in the room curiously.

This is a two-bedroom apartment of more than 90 square meters. The decoration is exquisite and elegant, which is in line with the life style of Chinese people in his mind.

"This is your dormitory?" Wu Tongzhi asked.

"It's a dormitory, but it's actually a home. Our family of three lives here, which is much better than when we lived in Xijiang."

Wu Tongzhi said with a smile: "It's definitely better than Xijiang. I don't think there are many better houses in Shanghai. Is this house rented or bought?"

"It's rented, and the rent is 24 yuan a year."

"So cheap?" Wu Tongzhi was a little surprised. He felt that 24 yuan a year was not worthy of the size and decoration of the house. Income has risen a lot, and expenses have naturally risen as well.

Ma Yuan explained: "This is a benefit that He Ping gave to everyone. In fact, we are not bad, we have written it, and our annual income is higher than that of ordinary working-class people. There are still many young writers in the writer's village who have not written. People, their income is still low, and some even have problems publishing articles. If the rent is too expensive, how can they afford it.”

"That's it!"

Ma Yuan went on to say: "In fact, not only in terms of rent, we creators spend relatively little in the Writer's Village. Although the canteen is not free, it will give us free meal coupons every month, which is similar to free. Writer's Village All the facilities are also free and open, if you simply don’t have any idea of ​​pleasure, it is basically equivalent to zero expenses.”

"So your daily expenses are basically settled by the writer's village?"

"Yes."

"How much does it cost for so many people?" Wu Tongzhi exclaimed.

Ma Yuandao: "He Ping invested tens of millions of dollars in the construction of the Writers' Village. I heard from the management staff of the park that the Writers' Village will probably lose 2 to [-] yuan a month for its operation."

Wu Tongzhi frowned and asked, "If you keep losing money like this, no amount of money will be enough, right? Can the Writers' Village last for a long time?"

"It's okay, the situation this year has been better than before. Now the book city's business situation is getting better and better. In addition to maintaining its own business, it can also give blood to the writer's village. In addition, He Ping has a publishing house. All of us I also know that it is not easy for He Ping to maintain the operation of such a large park, so everyone has new works to be published, and his publishing house is the first choice, which can also create a lot of benefits.

In fact, the most expensive part of the Writers' Village is the activities jointly organized by many domestic newspapers and magazines. The Writers' Village is usually responsible for most of the expenses. We have also suggested to He Ping that this kind of activities will let the other party take the big money. Or just don't do it.The people who came here have improved their creations and enjoyed good treatment at the same time, but they are not our authors.

But he disagreed. He said that the purpose of the birth of the Writers' Village was to create a Noah's Ark-like home for the domestic literary world.The editorial offices are all Qingshui yamen, once we distribute the funds to each editorial office, everyone will be under a lot of pressure.Moreover, He Ping judges that in the next few years, the domestic publishing market will be severely impacted by piracy and cause large-scale shrinkage.At the same time, affected by the coercion of the economy, many people don't think that reading is so important.At that time, not only the book market, but also those newspapers and magazines will be read by a lot less people, and everyone's life will be even more difficult.

This money may be a lot to us, but it is really a drop in the bucket for him, and what he values ​​is the future impact of the Writers Village on the Chinese literary world.Not only to send more fresh blood to our mainstream literary world, but also to contribute to the flourishing of domestic literary circles.

He Ping always sees problems from a much higher angle than ours. "

Wu Tongzhi nodded after listening, "He Ping really did a great thing for our domestic literary circle."

Ma Yuan joked: "Didn't all your newspapers report it? His dividends from Good Farm Group alone are more than 6000 million a year. How can we worry about whether he will lose money or not?"

Wu Tongzhi also laughed, "Indeed. I just came from the Guandong Film and Television City for an interview, and I heard that He Ping's property is also there. He is not only talented in writing, but also talented in business."

Ma Yuan sighed: "Some people really know it from birth, and they can't learn or compare. Sitting with him will feel a lot of pressure. People in our writer's village will occasionally discuss He Ping when we sit together. Not only in Ping County, but also in other places, the business is too big. Last year, there was a news that Global Investment donated to build a teaching building, do you remember?"

"I remember. When I went to Hantun for an interview, I heard that it was actually donated by He Ping."

Ma Yuan nodded and said, "That's right, Global Investment is He Ping's industry. The teaching buildings of dozens of primary and secondary schools cost tens of millions at once."

Wu Tongzhi exclaimed: "It's not just rich, but also a sense of responsibility, empathy, and compassion."

Of course Ma Yuan knew that Wu Tongzhi was talking about He Ping, and he nodded in agreement, "Yes, who can't be convinced by what he did to him? Many young people in our writer's village don't like He Ping anymore. It's just an idol to worship."

Wu Tongzhi smiled and said, "If it were me, I would worship it too."

(End of this chapter)