1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 339 Timely Rain

The next day, Sanlian Bookstore arranged two reader meetings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Most of the writers of the writers troupe are not well-known in Xiangjiang, but this does not prevent some literary youths from being interested in them. With the word "inland", they will naturally attract some readers.

The scale of the meeting is not large, and there are about a hundred readers who come.

At the reader meeting, compared with other writers, Lin Weimin received an unprecedented welcome.

With the foundation laid by the previous three novels, Lin Weimin has already occupied a place in the hearts of Xiangjiang readers. There are also several readers holding the English version of "Farewell My Concubine" for him to sign. This kind of picture makes other writers on the side envious jealous.

This is the benefit brought by the best-selling works, even in a place like Xiangjiang, there are readers who like it.

There was no itinerary at night, and in the afternoon the bus took Lin Weimin and others to the hotel.

A group of people moved freely, Lin Weimin pushed Shi Tiesheng, and followed Mo Yan to wander around the North Point.

Chunyang Street in North Point is well-known in Hong Kong. There is a tram track in the middle of the street. The tram returns to Tangshui Road Terminus for a short rest, forming a unique scenery here.

The scenes here often appear in the works of Hong Kong writers. Liu Yichang once wrote an article "Scenes of Shanghai in North Point", describing the scenery of North Point, a "little Shanghai" in Xiangjiang.

Due to historical reasons, the residents here come from all corners of the country, and finally all gather in the melting pot of Xiangjiang.

Lin Weimin pushed Shi Tiesheng to a tea restaurant on the side of the street. When ordering food, he heard the boss speak with a Ludong accent, so he chatted with him.

Knowing that Lin Weimin and the others are from the Mainland, the boss immediately asked about the current situation in the Mainland with concern.

After listening to Lin Weimin's description, the boss asked in disbelief, "Is it really open? It won't change back, will it?"

"No. The intensity of reform will only increase in the future. Since we insist on going on this road, it is impossible to turn back."

The boss sighed: "If this is the case, I should really go back and have a look!"

Lin Weimin joked: "Boss, you have to go back as soon as possible. Now if you can bring hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars back to your hometown to invest, you will definitely be regarded as a guest of honor by the local government."

The boss shook his hand and said, "Where did you earn so much!"

He didn't know that what Lin Weimin pointed out to him was a golden road.

A meal cost more than 40 Hong Kong dollars. After they came out, Mo Yan and Shi Tiesheng wanted to give Lin Weimin money, but he refused.

After wandering the streets for a while, they returned to the hotel.

Comrade Liu saw Lin Weimin and said, "Writer Lin, someone is looking for you!"

"Looking for me? Who?"

"Comrades from the Cultural Association!"

Lin Weimin immediately realized that Zhang Qi should be looking for him.

When I entered the room, it was indeed him.

"How did you find it?" Lin Weimin asked.

Zhang Qi had a look of anxiety on his face, "I have something I want you to help me figure out."

"what's up?"

Since receiving the first donation from Lin Weimin more than half a year ago, Zhang Qi followed Lin Weimin's suggestion and went directly to Xiangjiang to find wealthy businessmen to raise donations, but the progress was not smooth.

This is already his second trip to Xiangjiang, and he only lobbied for a few donations of 50 Hong Kong dollars, which together totaled only [-].

Zhang Qi got angry because of this. It has been more than half a year since the establishment of the foundation, but he has not raised much funds so far, and he has no way to deal with business.

This time he heard that Lin Weimin had also arrived in Xiangjiang, so he hurried over to see if he had any good ideas.

After all, it was Lin Weimin who gave him the idea of ​​seeking donations from rich businessmen in Xiangjiang.

After listening to Zhang Qi's statement, Lin Weimin also felt a little scratching his head.

The rich businessmen in Xiangjiang really don't see the rabbits and don't scatter the eagles!

In Zhang Qi’s visit to Hong Kong, there are not many wealthy businessmen, most of them are pro-inland, but even so, they don’t want to donate money.

The reason is simple. Businessmen donate money, mostly for social benefits.

Either let the government think of you well, or let the common people think of you well.

What is the use of donating to the Cultural Association?Do you want these literati to write you a few articles to praise you?

Why not donate directly to the government? Isn't the newspaper's endless reports more effective than donating to the Cultural Association?
"Who are your targets now?" Lin Weimin asked.

"Shao Yifu, Jin Yong, Huo Guantai."

Lin Weimin was not familiar with Huo Guantai's personality, but the first two mentioned by Zhang Qi were both hardworking and thrifty rich men!

Needless to say, Shao Yifu, the founder of Shaw Films, was founded in the 50s to dominate the Hong Kong film industry in the 70s and [-]s.

At that time, the Shaw Brothers not only had the four ace directors Li Hanxiang, Hu Jinquan, Chu Yuan, and Zhang Cheh, but also many blockbuster stars such as David Jiang, Ti Lung, and Wang Yu.

"Shaw's production must be a high-quality product" has become the creed of countless movie fans in Xiangjiang.Various genres such as romance films, gunfight films, and historical films emerge in an endless stream, especially martial arts films and kung fu films are very popular in Western countries.

But behind the rapid development of the film, management and profit distribution issues are not fair.A director at the level of Li Hanxiang, who shoots the most profitable movies for Shaw Brothers, only earns 8000 yuan a month as a dead salary.

What makes the old employees even more chilling is that while Shaw treats the old employees harshly, it also spends a lot of money to recruit new recruits from other companies, and treats the new recruits in various ways.

Shaw’s double-standard approach first caused Hu Jinquan and Li Hanxiang to leave, and then Zou Wenhuai, a great hero who had been at Shaw for 13 years, was also forced to resign because Shao and his wife took over the management, and then founded Shaw’s deadly rival—— — Jiahe.

After entering the 80s, due to the encroachment of two major competitors, Golden Harvest and New Art City, Shaw Films has gradually begun to decline.

Because of the decline of Shaw Brothers Films, Shaw Yifu focused his energy on another trump card in his hand - wireless TV station.

Today's Jin Yong is not yet a rich man, but in the early years he earned a lot of money from his martial arts novels, and the management of "Ming Pao" is also flourishing, at least in the cultural circles of Xiangjiang.

He relied on his own martial arts novels to start Ming Pao, so when he paid other authors' manuscript fees, he was really penny-pinching.

As a result, many Xiangjiang writers have a love-hate relationship with "Ming Pao" and Jin Yong. What they love is that "Ming Pao" is famous and their articles are published on it.Unfortunately, the manuscript fee is really low.

Of course, these two are frugal in style, and later generations donated a lot to charity.

Jin Yong has donated eight-figure sums of money to Xiangjiang and mainland universities more than once, let alone Shao Yifu. There should be no students in the country who do not know the "Yifu" building.

Including Huo Guantai, he has donated tens of billions of yuan just for domestic sports.

Facts have proved that as long as the veins of these rich people can be identified, it is not a problem to donate to them.

But the question is, how can we pinpoint the pulse of these people?

After thinking about it, Lin Weimin had to think of a solution from Jin Yong first.

He just met Ms. Yang Meng yesterday. If he had the cheek to take her to Jin Yong, face to face with the lover of his dreams, Mr. Cha would not be too stingy, would he?
Lin Weimin told Zhang Qi about Ms. Yang Meng, and he asked, "Can Ms. Yang Meng agree?"

"Whether you agree or not, you have to try it!"

"we can only do this."

At this moment, Zhang Qi can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

After the two discussed it, Lin Weimin contacted Ms. Yang Meng through Comrade Liu and explained the situation to her.

Yang Meng hesitated and said: "I haven't been in touch with Mr. Cha for a long time, and the relationship is unfamiliar. I'm afraid I can't help you much."

"Ms. Yang, please do me a favor no matter what. Establishing a foundation is, after all, a good thing that benefits the country and the people."

"This... ok!"

He just got the right to adapt "Lover" from Lin Weimin, Yang Meng couldn't completely reject him because of his face, so he could only agree.

When Lin Weimin called, Zhang Qi was beside Lin Weimin, and when he heard Yang Meng agree to come down, his expression was ecstatic.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Qi put his arms around Lin Weimin's shoulders and said excitedly, "That's great!"

"Don't get excited. Ms. Yang Meng came forward to help. I think I can raise some money, but it won't be too much." May be donating too much.

"That's true." Zhang Qi felt a little discouraged when he heard the words, "Then what about Huo Guantai and Shao Yifu?"

"Shao Yifu..." Lin Weimin thought, "We still have to find a way from Jin Yong. Shaw Brothers and TVB have adapted many of his works. Please move Yang Meng, and let's talk about Jin Yong. Shao Yifu should be [-]% sure. "

"Eighty percent?" Zhang Qi hesitated.

"Eighty percent don't you think it's too little?"

Zhang Qi laughed and said, "It's best to be [-]% sure!"

Lin Weimin said: "It's really not possible, just tell Shao Yifu that we can promote the cooperation between TVB and CCTV. TVB TV's costume dramas are a major project, and filming has always been their weakness. Cooperation with CCTV can not only make up for their shortcoming .And taking advantage of the characteristics of labor and low prices in the mainland, the investment must be smaller than that in Xiangjiang.”

Lin Weimin spoke clearly and logically, Zhang Qi kept nodding his head, but he just didn't speak.

"Cooperate between TVB and CCTV? I'm not capable of that!" After speaking, he stared at Lin Weimin, his meaning was self-evident.

Lin Weimin glared at him angrily, "I'll contact you."

Only then did Zhang Qi smile happily, and put his arms around his shoulders, "My good brother, you are really my blessing!"

Lin Weimin patted his hand away, and joked: "Just work so hard on me, you won't be able to justify it if you don't give me a vice president!"

Zhang Qi vowed: "Don't talk about the vice president, as long as the money can be raised, you will be the president!"

Lin Weimin looked at Zhang Qi with disgust in his eyes, he was better than himself at fooling around!
Early the next morning, Zhang Qi followed Yang Meng to pay a visit to Jin Yong, and when he came back, he happily found Lin Weimin.

"Jin Yong promised to donate 100 million Hong Kong dollars to the foundation!"

Lin Weimin smiled, "Not bad, not bad, the graduation went well. What about meeting Shao Yifu? Did he agree?"

Zhang Qi said with a smile: "I agreed, I made a phone call in front of Ms. Yang Meng today, and made an appointment at the golf course. I will follow Jin Yong to see Shao Yifu tomorrow."

Lin Weimin nodded in satisfaction, "According to what I said, I will meet with Shao Yifu tomorrow and try to win him. Then you can go to Huo Guantai. He has always been close to the mainland and enthusiastic about investing. Now that both Jin Yong and Shao Yifu have donated, he always Sorry for not donating?"

Hearing this, Zhang Qi couldn't help giving Lin Weimin a thumbs up.

"High! It's really high!"

(End of this chapter)