1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 200
"Farewell My Concubine", which has been published for more than a year, has been published continuously in foreign markets, which puts Lin Weimin in a good mood.

Compared with honors, it is still a real fragrance of foreign exchange certificates.

This year's National Day coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lin Weimin originally planned to visit Mr. Wan's house to give some gifts to the teacher, but it happened that Mr. Wan had not returned from a foreign visit.

On the day after the eleventh day, Lin Weimin came to Muxidi carrying his things.

"Teacher, teacher's wife, teacher's sister!"

"It's over now, why are you still carrying things here?" Wan Fang asked, pointing at things.

"The teacher wasn't there when I came a few days ago. Isn't this a make-up?"

Wan Fang teased, "Is there still such a supplement?"

After the joke, Wan Fang said to Mr. Wan: "Dad, didn't you just talk about the publication of Weimin's "Farewell My Concubine" in the United States?"

Mr. Wan went to the study with a smile, and when he came back, he still had two things in his hand.

"Look what this is?" Mr. Wan handed Lin Weimin a book.

"'Farewell My Concubine', the English version of 'Farewell My Concubine'." Lin Weimin said with a smile.

Seeing his expression, Wan Fang was not surprised at all, and asked in surprise, "Do you have this book?"

"No." Transoceanic mail is too troublesome these days. When Random House wanted to send him a sample booklet, he rejected it. Except for the text written in Chinese, works translated into other languages. To Lin Weimin, this is like being raised by a stepmother. child.

Lin Weimin told Mr. Wan's father and daughter about his experience of meeting Tuao book fans by the West Lake on his last business trip to Hangzhou.

"Isn't this too fateful?" Wan Fang smiled and said to Mr. Wan, "Dad, Wei Min's luck, I really don't need you to think about it for him."

She said to Lin Weimin, "My dad searched for a few bookstores in the United States to find your English version of "Farewell My Concubine."

The teacher, who is in his 70s, wanted to find his books published abroad in the midst of his busy schedule visiting abroad, which moved Lin Weimin a lot.

"Teacher, why are you doing this? It's not something you have to buy."

Mr. Wan showed a benevolent smile, "Anyway, I'm idle when I'm idle, just treat it as shopping. Did you buy your book just because you thought I was me?"

Lin Weimin knew that Mr. Wan didn't want to be hypocritical, so he joked, "Can you afford to buy so many books?"

"Can't I find someone if I can't carry it?"

Mr. Wan handed the other box to Lin Weimin, and Wan Fang said jealously: "Montblanc Taipan 149, the gifts my dad bought me are not so expensive!"

Of course, Lin Weimin knew the name Montblanc. Although the company has developed into a diversified high-end brand covering high-end stationery, watches, high-quality leather goods, men's high-end linings and other products in later generations, it is most praised for its fountain pens.

The Meisterstück 149 is the most classic of all Montblanc fountain pen series, and the price is definitely not cheap.

When Lin Weimin asked about the price, Mr. Wan laughed and said, "There is a subsidy for going abroad, and it didn't cost much."

"This pen is for your writing, so don't relax." Mr. Wan urged.

Lin Weimin nodded, and solemnly put away the gift.

Wan Fang said: "Weimin is earning rice knives now. I heard that "Farewell My Concubine" will be reprinted in the United States again."

Lin Weimin was a little surprised, "Senior sister, are you well informed?"

Wan Fang's face was somewhat smug, "That is."

"But you have to correct this news. Not only will it be reprinted in the United States, but it will also be published soon."

Mr. Wan's face showed surprise, and Wan Fang's eyes widened, full of astonishment.

"Is it still being published? What's going on? Tell me about it in detail." Wan Fang asked curiously.

Lin Weimin said: "It's just that the publishing house over there at Nibo saw that this novel was selling well in the United States, and wanted to try it out in the Nibo market."

He didn't mention little Kuri Yoko, the more he talked, the more he needed to explain, so he didn't say anything at all.

Mr. Wan said: "It seems that the work "Farewell My Concubine" is still very universal."

"It should be said that it has poked at Lao Mi's interest point, and all the elements in it are of Lao Mi's interest."

After receiving the news that "Farewell My Concubine" was about to launch on Nibo, Mr. Wan was naturally happy for Lin Weimin, and what Wan Fang was most interested in was his royalties.

In front of Mr. Wan, Lin Weimin told the truth, "6 meters knife."

"Sixty thousand!" Wan Fang exclaimed, and then she thought of what Lin Weimin said, "Is this still the manuscript fee for one additional printing?"

Lin Weimin nodded.

Wan Fang watched Lin Weimin stagnate for a while, and then said to Mr. Wan, "Dad, one publication of Weimin's book is more than you can earn in your entire life."

Mr. Wan couldn't laugh or cry, Lin Weimin's huge manuscript fee really irritated Wan Fang.

Of course, her behavior like this was more due to her acquaintance with Lin Weimin.

After a few jokes, they chatted about Mr. Wan's trip to the United States again.

Since Mr. Wan resumed his identity, he has a lot of titles, some real and some false, but regardless of the true and false, he always has to deal with some affairs, leaving him with little time for himself.

Especially after 80 years, the old man visited the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France and other countries one after another, and this time he went to the United States.

Traveling across the ocean at the age of 70 is indeed a hard job.But because it involves diplomatic relations between the two countries and exchanges with overseas Chinese, some foreign countries warmly and friendly invite him, but he is hard to refuse.

This visit to the United States is a lecture visit at the invitation of the Inter-Milan Academic Exchange Committee and the Mi-China Art Exchange Center. It is worth mentioning that Fairbank and Yang Zhenning are both members of the Mi Middle School Academic Exchange Committee.

The first stop of Mr. Wan's visit was Xincun. This time it was a real non-governmental exchange. Most of the reception staff were Chinese, so the reception atmosphere was very warm.

The most important arrangement in Xincun is to watch the performances of "Yanjing People" and "Sunrise". The English version of the script was translated by a Xiangjiang student studying in the United States. Within the scope of acceptance, this play has also received wide acclaim when it was staged in the United States.

American playwright Arthur Miller is an old friend of Mr. Wan. He specially came to watch the play with Mr. Wan this time. He spoke highly of this play, calling it "a touching and fascinating tragedy".

Also after watching the play this time, Mr. Wan sent an invitation to Arthur Miller, hoping that he could visit and communicate in China in his spare time. The main purpose of Mr. Wan is to introduce plays to Yanjing Renyi, and Exchange of experience.

Although Renyi has had Lin Weimin as a stable and high-quality source of scripts in the past two years, Yanjing Renyi is the leader in the domestic drama industry after all, and the requirements for script creation and collection are more than a little higher than those of ordinary provincial drama theaters. The script is still one of the problems that Renyi faces.

Mr. Arthur Miller is a famous playwright in the United States. One of the goals of Mr. Wan's visit to Rice is to introduce a batch of high-quality plays from abroad. The goal of this goal lies in Arthur Miller.

"Did Mr. Arthur Miller agree?" Lin Weimin asked.

Mr. Wan said: "How can it be so easy, he is also a busy man. But he promised me that he will deal with the work in hand first, and communicate with me when the time of visit can be determined."

He said to Lin Weimin: "When the time comes, Mr. Miller will come, so you can interpret for him."

Lin Weimin immediately understood what Mr. Wan meant, and it was also a rare learning opportunity to work as an interpreter next to Mr. Arthur Miller.

While the teacher's eager anticipation made him feel pressured, it also gathered some fighting spirit.

Mr. Wan was getting old and his energy was low, so Lin Weimin stayed at the upper floors of Muxidi until around eight o'clock and then left.

Go to work the next day.

The news about "Farewell My Concubine" being reprinted in the United States and about to be published in Nihong has spread all over the Guowen Society. Lin Weimin laughed when he heard it. Even Wan Fang, who works in the opera house, knows it. It is not surprising that the news spread in the society. .

In the morning, Lin Weimin received a call from Yu Zhaohuai from Zhongshan magazine, sincerely inviting him to participate in this year's "Taihu PEN Fair".

The Taihu PEN Fair was organized by "Zhong Shan" magazine after the 1979th Wendai Conference at the end of [-], which was jointly organized by "Zhong Shan" and "Yilin".

More than 60 well-known writers and translators from all over the country were invited to the first Taihu PEN Club, which can be said to have created a precedent for a large-scale PEN Club in China with a complete lineup.

This move can be said to have attracted the attention of the literary and art circles across the country and seized the opportunity for the survival and development of "Zhong Shan" and "Yilin".

Of course, relying on the influence of the two publications alone, it is impossible to hold such a large-scale PEN fair. Thanks to the help from the superior unit at the time, Suzhou Publishing House.

Benefiting from the magnificent scene when it was held for the first time, Taihu PEN Club has naturally become one of the most influential PEN clubs among domestic literary periodicals.

"Zhong Shan" is now one of the four famous actors in the field of pure literature in China. This year's Taihu PEN Fair is also quite large, inviting Cheng Cun, Xue Haixiang, Huang Anyi, Cheng Naishan, Jiang Pu and a group of young writers who have risen to fame.

"Thank you for your kindness. But I'm really busy with work and don't have time."

Lin Weimin declined Yu Zhaohuai's invitation on the phone, not because he didn't want to go, but because his goal is too big now.

Yu Zhaohuai's call was just to try. He knew Lin Weimin's current state, and it was impossible for him to come out to participate in this kind of activity in a leisurely manner.

After chatting for a few words, the two hung up the phone.

Qin Chaoyang smiled and said, "You don't know yet, do you? The club is also planning to hold a large-scale pen fair?"

Lin Weimin realized that this must be because his words in Laomeng had an effect, but unfortunately, it was held in the club.

"are you sure?"

"It's not far off. This year is a bit late. During this period of time, there are endless PEN fairs in various places. The club is planning to set it up next year."

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Then we must choose a good place!"

"It should be Yantai, East Shandong."

"Yantai! Great place."

It is better to have a PEN meeting than not to have one, and it is better to have a pen meeting in a club than not to do it at all.

Lin Weimin could only comfort himself in this way.

　I have a terrible headache. Today I guarantee a minimum of [-] words, and tomorrow I will recover more than [-] words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)