1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 276 Reprint Request
After some "painstaking persuasion" by Lin Weimin, the eldest nephew finally understood the painstaking efforts of the old uncle, and agreed to ask someone to help Lin Weimin contact the Tuanjiehu apartment.

Han Zhuangzhuang rubbed his buttocks and said, "Uncle, don't you say that the houses there are too expensive? Why don't you buy a few courtyard houses with that money?"

"It's expensive for you, is it expensive for the old uncle?"

Teacher Lin's question hit the depths of the nephew's soul.

Is it expensive?

Expensive fart!
The renminbi and foreign exchange certificates that my uncle has in the bank are almost growing hairy!
Writing novels is really making money!
Han Zhuangzhuang thought through gritted teeth.

A few days later, Lin Weimin, led by Xia Gang, arrived near Tuanjie Lake.

According to the geographical location, Tuanjie Lake is on the edge of the Third Ring Road in later generations. According to the standards of later generations, this should be regarded as a good location in Yanjing.

It's a pity that the area outside the second ring road is considered a suburb these days, and even the Ritan embassy area is considered an eastern suburb, let alone the third ring road. In the [-]s, this place was properly a suburb within a suburb.

As soon as you hear the name of Tuanjie Lake, you know that this place has no historical background.

It was not a lake at first, but a kiln pit, which was the site of the kiln where earth was dug and bricks were fired for the construction of Yanjing City.

There are many such places in the suburbs of Yanjing. For example, Panjiayuan is actually Panjiayao, as well as Heiyao Factory, Liujiayao, etc., as long as they have kiln characters.

After the founding of New China, Lao Mi threw bacterial bombs during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which caused a plague in Northeast China, and the whole country was forced to launch a patriotic health campaign.Yanjing began large-scale remediation of the urban area and surrounding ditches, water puddles and other easily polluted areas, and then focused on the transformation of the "four major lakes", Tuanjie Lake, Qingnian Lake, Rending Lake, and Taiping Lake.

Lin Weimin chatted with Xia Gang about the situation around Tuanjie Lake all the way, and got a simple understanding of this place.

"This elder relative of our family belongs to the Ministry of Light Industry, and he bought this house after emptying his savings in response to the call from above.

But I regretted living here, the distance is too far, and it is inconvenient to go anywhere. "

Xia Gang's family is in Renyi, Bi Zhuang is a few years older, and the two have a good relationship.

He is the son of Xia Chun, a director who has made great achievements in arts and crafts. When it comes to Xia Chun, many people are confused. "Tea House" was directed by him and Mr. Jiao Juyin.

Xia Gang can also be regarded as a second-generation director. In 78, he was admitted to the Yanying Director Department. Lin Weimin also met him when he went to Yanying before, but he didn't say a few words.

This year, he was assigned to be a director at Yanjing Film Studio, to be precise, he was a reserve director. It was impossible for them to be directors at their age and qualifications.

Lin Weimin has seen the films directed by Xia Gang in later generations. He has dabbled in both movies and TV dramas. For TV dramas, there are "A Woman's Epic", "The First Building in the World", and "Police Story". It's Sea Water", "Big Sabbath".

Not as good as the fifth generation of great directors, but they can be regarded as diligent and capable directors.

"They bought this house at the end of the 80s, and it took a while to renovate it. They lived in it in the spring of 81. The house is well maintained."

While introducing, Xia Gang led Lin Weimin into the unit door of Building No. [-], Tuanhe Hunan [-]st Road, and went up to the second floor to knock on the door.

"This is my sixth uncle, this is Lin Weimin, Teacher Lin."

The man who opened the door for them looked to be in his 60s or [-]s, with graying hair.

Before coming here, Xia Gang introduced that his family name was Cha, and his father changed his name to participate in the G-Ming. Uncle Cha Liu is now working in a ministry, he is a cousin, and now he is a doctor, and then he is a servant.

"I know, I know!" Cha Qiangfeng said with a smile.

Several people greeted each other and entered the house to look at the house.

The decoration of the home is much more upscale than the ordinary tube buildings at this time, the walls are scraped with white ash, and the floor is covered with wooden floors.

One advantage of this era is that the decoration is mainly made of wood, and all of them are solid wood. The layout is three bedrooms, two living rooms and one bathroom.

Before coming, Xia Gang had told a lot about this house.

Just one central heating in winter is enough to make Lin Weimin's heart beat.

It is good to live in a courtyard house anywhere, but heating in winter is a terrible thing.

Even though the boiler in Lin Weimin's yard had already killed 99% of the people in Yanjing City, he still felt bored after living in it for a long time.

With this house, I don’t like to burn coal for heating in winter anymore. Wouldn’t it be nice to come here and cat for a few days?

The two apartment buildings in Tuanhe Hunan 4 were said to be for public sale at the time, but ordinary people did not dare to think about it. The price of a set of [-] to [-] yuan is enough to discourage most ordinary people.

In the 4s, households with [-] yuan had to wear big red flowers, and they spent [-] to [-] yuan to buy a house, what kind of family!

So after the film went on sale that year, more people from government departments responded to the call to buy it.

The government has more people, which has two advantages. One is that the living facilities are relatively complete, and the other is that the security is good. When you go out, you can meet a minister or a servant.

After looking at the house, the next step is to negotiate the price.

At this time, ordinary people do not have the concept that buying a house must increase in value.

Sixth Uncle Zha Qiangfeng finally met someone who was willing to buy a house, and tentatively called out "[-]".

Cha Qiangfeng's house is the largest of the two buildings, with an area of ​​more than 90 square meters.

In this era, there is no such thing as the shared area, but the real area of ​​the apartment. Converted to the calculation of later generations, at least you have to start with 120 square meters.

The figure that Zha Qiangfeng yelled was exactly the price when he bought the house, not including the 2000 yuan spent on decoration.

It is not easy to meet someone who can spend 4 to [-] yuan to buy a house, so if you can sell it, sell it quickly.

Mr. Lin has always been open-minded when buying things. He also knew about the house price when it was on sale at Tuanjiehu before, and he agreed to the price without hesitation, which made Zha Qiangfeng overjoyed.

It took two days to complete the formalities, and Lin Weimin got another house under his name.

Han Zhuangzhuang helped Lin Weimin put the letters from readers from Shichahai in the empty bedroom, and then wandered around the room.

He regretted it a little, how nice this apartment building is!

After going out for a meal, Han Zhuangzhuang took out several tickets from his pocket, which were tickets for the performance of "The Man on Horse" in a few days.

The next day.

"Contemporary" editorial department.

Lin Weimin had an invoice for his desk, even Tong Zhonggui had it.

Tong Zhonggui held two tickets and said, "Mr. Lin, I don't need it."

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "It's okay, take it! Ask a female classmate to watch it."

Tong Zhonggui showed a bit of shyness on his face, and Liu Yin joked, "Little Tong, don't be polite to Editor-in-Chief Lin, this is the exclusive benefit of our editorial department."

While talking, Tan Chaoyang poked his head in and said, "For the people, there is an outside line calling for you."

Lin Weimin went out to Tan Chaoyang's office, Qin Chaoyang said, "Go to the front building."

"The front building? How much outside line is this?"

"I don't know, I'll just send a message."

Lin Weimin came to Yan Wenjing's office in the front building, "Sit down for a while, they will call later."

"Where's the phone number?"

Lin Weimin was curious. Ordinary outside calls can be received in the back building, and calling himself to Lao Yan is definitely not an ordinary call.

"Call from Xiangjiang."

No wonder.

These days, domestic and Xiangjiang calls also belong to international long-distance calls.

Last year, Pengcheng and Yangcheng just solved the problem of direct phone calls with Xiangjiang. If Xiangjiang wants to call Yanjing, they need to call Pengcheng or Yangcheng first, and first explain the situation of the person they are looking for, and then send them Make a record of what the two want to say, and then the long-distance station will register. After the registration is completed, the phone will be picked up and wait there for the long-distance station to call you, which is very troublesome.

And this kind of international long-distance call is usually heard by a third person, don't ask why.

Lin Weimin waited for more than ten minutes, the phone rang again, and Lin Weimin took the initiative to answer the phone.

"Hi, hello, is this Mr. Lin?" On the other end of the phone, the switched voice was distorted, with a broad accent, and it sounded like a middle-aged man.

"Hi, I'm Lin Weimin."

"Mr. Lin, hello, I am Gu Cangwu from the "Bafang" series."

Lin Weimin had already guessed the answer while waiting. After all, the only connection between him and Xiangjiang was probably "Bafang".

"Do you have anything to do with me?"

"That's right. Your novel "Lover" published in our "Bafang" has been welcomed by many Xiangjiang readers since it was published.

Because the circulation of our "Bafang" is relatively small, some newspaper colleagues have contacted me these days, saying that some readers hope that they can publish your novel.

I said I need to ask your opinion to see if you agree to their reprint request. "

The voice on the phone became smaller and smaller. Lin Weimin changed several places, and barely stood on the table before he could barely hear the content of the other party's conversation.

After listening to Gu Cangwu's statement, Lin Weimin was surprised that a newspaper in Xiangjiang asked to reprint "Lover"?
How popular is this novel?
It's not that Lin Weimin has no confidence in the quality of his work, but he thinks that he should have no reputation in Xiangjiang, and "Lover" has just been published not long ago, so it sounds a bit unreal when a newspaper comes to ask for a reprint.

But after all, it was the manuscript fee delivered to the door, and Lin Weimin had no reason to refuse it.

Asked about the manuscript fee standard given by the other party, Gu Cangwu replied: "Ten Hong Kong dollars for a thousand words."

Lin Weimin felt a little disappointed, "The price is too low, please tell them I disagree with Mr. Gu."

It’s all in the 80s, so it doesn’t compare to Ni Kuang’s top price of two to three thousand yuan per thousand characters, but at least one thousand characters is 200 yuan, right?

Is this treating yourself as a bumpkin who has never seen the world?
Gu Cangwu's voice on the phone was somewhat unexpected, "Mr. Lin, this price is actually not bad."

"Mr. Gu, "Lover" can be published on "Bafang", you should thank Mr. Luo Fu for his face, and the standard of five cents per word is also for his face."

There was a bit of impatience in Lin Weimin's tone, but to Gu Cangwu's ears, he felt that this man was surprisingly loud.

He didn't know much about Lin Weimin. "The Lover" was published by "Bafang" because Luo Fu was in the middle. He only knew that Lin Weimin was a well-known young writer in the Mainland.

But in the mainland, the per capita salary in this era is only tens of yuan a month, and he knows the standard of manuscript fees, which is only a few yuan per thousand characters. Impossible to compare with the starter.

"Mr. Lin, think again." Gu Cangwu continued to persuade Lin Weimin before he realized Lin Weimin's displeasure.

"No need, let's do it if there's nothing else to do." Lin Weimin hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

"Hello, Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin..."

Xiangjiang, Kowloon, No. 41 Man Yue Street, inside the editorial office of "Bafang" in Kaixuan Industrial and Commercial Center.

Gu Cangwu held the phone receiver in his hand, and hadn't recovered from the accident of being hung up suddenly.

"How is it? What's the situation?" Cheng Yiqiu asked beside him.

Gu Cangwu put down the phone receiver, smiled wryly and said: "I didn't agree, hang up."

"Dislike the price is too low?"

Cheng Yiqiu heard most of the call just now, but he didn't understand why he hung up suddenly at the end.

Gu Cangwu nodded, "Mr. Lin, you have a bit of a temper!"

Cheng Yiqiu said: "Ten Hong Kong dollars for a thousand characters, not too low!"

Gu Cangwu said unhappily: "Of course it's not cheap in the Mainland. They must know about the market for manuscript fees in Xiangjiang, that's why they hung up the phone so decisively after listening to me."

"This man is too greedy!" Cheng Yiqiu shook his head.

Gu Cangwu shook his head helplessly, this old friend, since he became the deputy editor-in-chief of "Sing Tao Evening News", has been a little crazy, and he can't see the temper of a literati at all.

"Sing Tao Evening News" is a supplement of "Sing Tao Daily". "Sing Tao Daily" was founded in Hong Kong in 1938, and "Sing Tao Evening News" was added in the same year. "Sing Tao Daily" became one of the major newspapers in Hong Kong within a few years of its publication.

By the 60s, "Sing Tao Evening News" had also developed into one of the most popular evening papers for readers, and many office workers almost had a copy of it when they were off work.

At that time, there was no undersea tunnel in the transportation of Xiangjiang, and the ferry was needed to cross the sea. Reading newspapers became the best choice to pass the time on the ferry.

In those years, many Xiangjiang writers were proud to publish their works in "Sing Tao Evening News". Xia Yi's "New Evening News" can be said to have been bright for a while.

Moreover, compared with the "New Evening News", the style of the supplement "Sing Tao Evening News" is more open.

The novel "Heart Lock" written by Guo Lianghui, a famous beauty writer in Wandao, was listed as a banned book by Wandao at that time because of its extremely explicit description of the relationship between the sexes.

However, "Sing Tao Evening News" opened the gates and sent out all the photos. It is precisely because of the boldness of "Heart Lock" in describing the relationship between men and women that it caused a sensation in Xiangjiang after it was published. "Sing Tao Evening News" sold out in a short period of time. multiply.

In the 80s, the Hong Kong newspaper industry was in its heyday. There were so many newspapers and magazines that the competition was bound to be more intense than before. In order to maintain market share and readers, major newspapers naturally tried their best, and "Sing Tao Evening News" was no exception.

Gu Cangwu told Lin Weimin that the request for reprinting was at the request of readers, but that was not the case.

In fact, Cheng Yiqiu, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Sing Tao Evening News", had an idea after seeing "Lover" on "Bafang" a few days ago.

(End of this chapter)