1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 295
The next day, Lin Weimin made a long-distance call to Tao Huimin from the public welfare and private use unit. Before he could talk about the job transfer, Tao Huimin told him the news first.

"Changying Studio asked you to make a movie?" Lin Weimin's voice was slightly surprised.

"Well, it was recommended by director Zhang Junsheng of "Five Girls Blessing Their Birthdays."

The movie version of "Five Girls Blessing Birthday" that Tao Huimin mentioned, she spent more than half of last year filming "Five Girls Blessing Birthday" at Changying Film Studio, and Changying Film Factory used this movie as a gift film for the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"What's the name of the movie?"

""The Beautiful Prisoner", a movie directed by Yu Zhongxiao and Lu Jianhua, is an anti-Japanese movie."

Lin Weimin didn't have the slightest impression in his memory, so it seems that there should be no splashes.

"Do you want to act?" Lin Weimin asked.

Tao Huimin hesitated, and after a while said, "I want to go!"

"Why? I wanted to recommend you to the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions" for an interview, but you were a little reluctant." Lin Weimin asked puzzled.

Tao Huimin said: "Before, I didn't think clearly before. After I came back from Yanjing, I thought about it. There is no Yue opera troupe in Yanjing. If I want to sing Yue opera, I'm afraid it will be difficult to transfer to Yanjing. If I change careers to act If it's a movie or a TV series, it's easy to mobilize."

During Tao Huimin's trip to Yanjing years ago, the taboo between the two of them was broken. The girl matured at a rapid speed and began to think about the future of the two of them.

She never considered changing Lin Weimin in the past, but chose to accommodate him.

"That's fine. Today I communicated with the leader of Renyi, and I can transfer you to Renyi or the Peking Opera Theater."

After thinking about it, Tao Huimin said, "Let's talk about it after I finish acting in this movie, so that I have qualifications."

"Okay, listen to you!"

The girlfriend looks like a harmless little white flower to humans and animals, but in fact she has the right idea in her heart!
Then the two chatted about some intimate topics before hanging up the phone reluctantly.

Back at the office, in the afternoon, someone from the front building asked Lin Weimin to contact Er Yuehe, also known as Leng Jiefang, and the agency planned to publish his "Emperor Kangxi Seizing the Palace and the First Politics".

Lin Weimin felt that writing the letter was too slow, so he went directly to make a phone call.

Er Yuehe works in the NY city government, so it is very convenient to get in touch.

After making the call, I waited for a long time before I received a call back from Er Yuehe.

Lin Weimin told him on the phone that the Guowen Society was going to publish "Emperor Kangxi Seizing the Palace and the First Politics", and Er Yuehe was ecstatic.

"is this real?"

"Of course it's true! The agency asked me to ask for your opinion. Is there any problem with you?"

"No problem, no problem, so no problem!" Er Yuehe was a little incoherent with excitement.

After waiting for a while, Er Yuehe hesitated and asked another question, "Mr. Lin, the manuscript fee..."

Lin Weimin couldn't understand what he meant, and said: "Publishing is the fee for publishing, and publishing is for publishing, so it's not worth it. Moreover, the fee for publishing is the basic remuneration plus the remuneration for the number of copies, which should be higher than your published fee. , The specific number is hard to say, it depends on the order quantity to determine."

Er Yuehe was overjoyed again and had a good meal on the phone to thank him.

"That's all right, all right, it's your own novel that is good, and it has nothing to do with me. By the way, how is the second novel?"

Mr. Lin is always dedicated to his work.

Calling the author and not urging the manuscript is not dereliction of duty?
"Still sorting out the materials, I just wrote the first [-] words!"

Lin Weimin pondered, and said: "This efficiency is a bit slow! Liberation, readers are waiting for your novel, you can't let the readers down!"

Lin Weimin's earnest words made Er Yuehe feel a heavy responsibility, "I understand, Mr. Lin, don't worry, I will write the novel as soon as possible."

"Well, good, I believe you!"

Tan Chaoyang shook his head, he really couldn't figure out, how did Lin Weimin discover so many excellent writers with his deceitful style?

"Leader, I have nothing to do, I'm going back to the office."

Lin Weimin didn't take Tan Chaoyang's weird look into his heart, and the old man was wondering what to do for himself.

Back in the office, there was a registered letter on the table, it was sent by Lu Yao, and colleagues helped to collect it.

Although there is a telephone, if it is not an important matter, the two people still mainly write letters, which is also the normal state of communication for most people in this era.

Opening Lu Yao's letter, apart from the routine greetings, Lu Yao's main theme was still to discuss with Lin Weimin the novel he was conceiving.

Regarding the title of the book, Lu Yao wrote two long articles, which seemed rather tangled.

He initially set the title of this novel as "Loess·Black Gold·Big City". As a result, a friend visited him some time ago, and he heard his friend talk about a novel that the other party was writing, and felt that the one in his novel The name is more in line with his novel temperament.

It's called "Towards the Big World".

"That's how I told him, 'Don't use this title', 'Your novel is immature, and the possibility of success is not high, please let me use this title, because this title is suitable for my situation. The gist of the novel '...'

Lin Weimin could feel Lu Yao's cunning and complacency through the paper.

Near Zhu Zhechi, near the ink is black.

After hanging out with Mr. Lin for a long time, Lu Yao has unknowingly mastered KTV Dafa skillfully.

After all, we become what we hate!

After reading the letter, Lin Weimin spread out the letter paper and replied.

It's called "Towards the Big World", the name is so low, it's called "Ordinary World", Teacher Lin said.

Then Teacher Lin couldn't help but give Lu Yao a hard time.

I haven't written a few words in the novel yet, and I've thought of a lot of names, is it useful?
After answering the letter, Lin Weimin suddenly received a notice from the agency that people from the foreign affairs department would accompany people from Random House to find him tomorrow.

Lin Weimin was puzzled, why can't I make an international call, and have to fly across the Pacific Ocean?

The next morning, Lin Weimin met his old friend in the office in the front building of the Guowen Society.

"Mr. Williams, long time no see!"

Lin Weimin and Qiao Sen hugged and greeted each other like old friends.

Johnson called him good news. Last year's "Farewell My Concubine" was sold out, and Random House plans to print it again.

"Lin, "Farewell My Concubine" is gradually becoming a bestseller. This is a successful attempt."

While Qiao Sen was talking, he couldn't help showing a bit of complacency on his face. It was his decision to introduce "Farewell My Concubine". Now the novel's sales have achieved good results, which shows that his work has achieved results.

"It's all thanks to you." Lin Weimin said politely.

"Thank you!" Qiao Sen unceremoniously accepted Lin Weimin's compliment.

Damn, American guys, always feel so good about themselves!
but……

Lin Weimin felt that Qiao Sen should not have to travel so far just for the sake of reprinting.

After he asked the question in his heart, Qiao Sen couldn't help laughing and said, "Of course it can't be just because of the printing, but it also has something to do with "Farewell My Concubine"."

Qiao Sen didn't hold back, and said, "The sales curve of "Farewell My Concubine" over the past year has shown the company the potential of your work in the American market, so I'm here this time to see if I can introduce some more." Your other novels."

After Qiao Sen finished speaking, he clearly felt that Lin Weimin's attitude seemed to have undergone some subtle changes.

Lin Weimin looked at Qiao Sen with a smile on his face, how could this be that cheeky American guy?

This is a proper boy who spreads wealth under the seat of the God of Wealth!
Lin Weimin's attitude became so friendly that the comrades in the foreign affairs department next to him couldn't help but look sideways.

Mr. Lin, so true!

"Then does your company have a goal? Qiao Sen, you know, I have written a lot of novels in the past two years."

Qiao Sen smiled and said, "Keith told me that you have always been amazingly fast at writing novels. In your country, you have the nickname 'Quick Gunner', am I right?"

Lin Weimin glanced at the comrades next to him, "Ahem, it doesn't matter if the shooter is quick or not. When do you think you are free, I will introduce my work to you?"

Qiao Sen's face showed the look of beating up again, "Lin, you underestimate us professional managers. If I want to do business with you, why don't I know about it first?"

Oh?
Lin Weimin was a little surprised, so he made an understanding in advance.

This is better and saves me some effort.

Qiao Sen directly took out the book list he had made, and Lin Weimin looked at it.

"The Man on the Horse", "Chasing the Murderer", and "The Lover" all met his expectations.

The spy war trilogy, "Latent", "The Cliff", and "The Wind" are all about the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, and Lao Mi is not interested in this stuff.

"Speak Well" reflects the urban life in the 80s in China, and Lao Mi is even more unlikely to be interested.

It seems that these three are the most suitable.

Although the story background of "The Horseman" is the period of the Anti-Japanese War, this thing is covered with a Mongolian skin. For Lao Mi, it has an exotic flavor bonus. They like this one. After translating it, the values ​​​​are probably similar to theirs. Right taste.

"Lover" is the same routine.In Shanghai in the 30s and [-]s, China was still called the Far East by Lao Mi at that time.Qiao Sen said that the slogan of this novel is the Chinese version of "The Great Gatsby".

Lin Weimin has no objection, you pay the money, you are the boss, and everyone listens to you.

In front of money, Mr. Lin showed no integrity.

As for "Chasing the Murderer", it is the most special one among Lin Weimin's novels.

The style of this thing is too unique, and the way of narrating the story is even more perverted. Qiao Sen asked the translator to translate it for him several times. He didn't fully understand the whole novel, but only knew the plot of the novel.

This difficulty in understanding the narrative added to Qiao Sen's interest in the novel.

"Your novel is very interesting. It's a genre I haven't seen before." Qiao Sen summed up his feelings about "The Murderer" in this way.

"Trust me, it won't let you down!" Lin Weimin said firmly.

In fact, he didn't know if this novel would work in Lao Mi's market.

Anyway, if you can publish a book, it's a book, and Lao Mi's money is not earned for nothing!

I am honored to earn foreign exchange for the country!
Because of Qiao Sen's preparation in advance, the matter was discussed very quickly, but when it came to the manuscript fee, it got stuck.

Qiao Sen quoted the royalty price to Lin Weimin this time, but it was not too high, 8%.

Lin Weimin's request is 10%, and the royalties will increase to a maximum of 13% as sales increase.

The 13% royalties are basically equivalent to the current standard of authorship fees for first-line writers in the United States.

"Lin, your offer is outrageous, it's impossible!" Qiao Sen rejected Lin Weimin with a look of embarrassment.

"Nothing is impossible. Qiao Sen, my friend. I think you should also understand that the reason why your company found me again is because I created value for you.

If you feel that this offer makes you unprofitable, then forget it.But I will not give up my idea, these works are my children, they deserve a higher price! "

In Qiao Sen's eyes, Lin Weimin at this moment is not like a parent, but more like a human trafficker who kidnaps and sells children.

The two saw each other for a long time, but no one convinced the other, so they could only shelve the dispute.

Lin Weimin graciously invited Qiao Sen to have lunch, which made Qiao Sen feel better.

He went out in a car, and Lin Weimin also enjoyed the treatment of a foreign guest.

Lin Weimin's treat this time is still the old place, Yanjing Restaurant's Tan family dishes.

When passing by the coffee shop, Lin Weimin took a special look. The handsome Li Chunping had long since disappeared, and he might have lived a sweaty life in a foreign country.

After dinner, Lin Weimin said goodbye to Qiao Sen.

When we met again the next day, it was still a tug of war, but this time Qiao Sen raised the royalty by a point, reaching 9%.

However, Lin Weimin clings to the 10-13% step-up royalties, and will not let go.

Qiao Sen frowned and said, "Lin, you are too stubborn, and you make me very embarrassed. You should know that our Random House does not lack good sources of works."

Lin Weimin didn't take this little threat from him to heart, everyone is a thousand-year-old fox, what are you playing in Liaozhai!

You traveled all the way to China, and it took time and effort. Can you go back empty-handed?
"Qiao Sen, I want the royalties to share the risk with you. You should also know that with the sales of "Farewell My Concubine" in the United States, it is not too much for me to ask for 10% royalties."

"But the highest royalty you want is 13%." Qiao Sen argued.

"That is premised, more than 50 copies, right? I have already inquired, and in the US publishing market, 10 copies are already known as bestsellers. Besides, my request is for an increase in royalties after 50 copies, isn't it? ?"

Johnson fell silent.

In all fairness, Lin Weimin's request is actually reasonable if it is placed in the United States.

But the difference is that he is a Chinese writer.

Qiao Sen smiled bitterly: "Lin, if you're like this, it's really difficult for me to go back!"

"But you can still turn in the job, right?" Lin Weimin laughed.

The wry smile on Qiao Sen's face grew stronger, "You are a master negotiator!"

"Each each other!"

Lin Weimin stood up and stretched out his hand, and Qiao Sen also stood up.

"Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

(End of this chapter)