1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 376 The impact is too strong, you need to slow down

Zhang Yimou received Mo Yan's script, and Lin Weimin's cooperation between them was half the success.

The next thing is how Zhang Yimou told the leaders of the factory. He is still helping the crew of "The Story of a Female Doctor".

It was impossible for Lin Weimin to come up directly and ask him to contact Wu Tianming to let West Film Studio invest in this film. He is from Guangxi Film Studio, and it would be difficult to justify his decision to be a director without first applying to the film studio.

Let Mo Yan and Zhang Yimou chat about "Red Sorghum" in the room. Lin Weimin went to the next room to chat with Xiao Sheng for a while. It was almost nine o'clock when he sent Mo Yan back to Junyi, and then went home .

Early the next morning, Lin Weimin ran to the telephone office. He had a big event to do today.

Request to install a phone.

The telephone at Yanjing Hotel cost hundreds of dollars, and Lin Weimin finally remembered that he should install a telephone at home.

Since the second half of 1982, Yanjing City has had a pilot installation of private telephones.

The very ordinary Nongfengli community opened the first small exchange. In the next two years, more than 50 "ordinary" cadre and worker families in Nongfengli community installed telephones. The cost is not expensive. Installing a The phone is only more than 200 yuan.

After two years of promotion, Yanjing began to install private telephones. The first person in Yanjing to install a private telephone was Zhao Mingcai, a well-known mushroom grower in the suburbs of Beijing.

Lin Weimin had been using the work unit's phone before, and he couldn't remember the phone call.

Yesterday's "Phone Assassin" reminded Lin Weimin.

In the past two years, Yanjing has been installing switches. With this device, I can make long-distance calls at my own home. The trouble is still the same. One advantage is that the monthly subscription fee is only 20 yuan for local calls.

Long-distance and international long-distance are charged separately, which is not cheap, but it is convenient, isn't it?

When he came to the telephone office and filled out an application form, Lin Weimin asked the salesperson for another form.

"What do you want two bills for?"

"I install two."

The salesperson took a surprise look at Lin Weimin before handing over the forms. After filling out the two forms and paying 4000 yuan, the salesperson wrote down two phone numbers on the receipt he gave him.

The salesperson told Lin Weimin to wait at home tomorrow, and the staff of the telephone company would go to the house to investigate first, and if possible, the installation would be completed on the same day.

After returning to the Guowen Society for a day's work, in the evening he greeted Qin Chaoyang and said that he would ask for leave tomorrow.

"what's up?"

"A phone at home."

Qin Chaoyang joked, "Okay, the phone is installed? How much did it cost?"

"Twenty dollars."

Tan Chaoyang frowned and asked, "It's not that expensive, is it?"

Although Qin Chaoyang's house did not have a telephone installed, he knew the price of installing a telephone for the cadres.

"I'm an ordinary person. Isn't that the price for installing a phone?" Lin Weimin joked.

In order to install the telephone in the past few years, many comrades have used their positions to report to the telephone company to apply for the installation of the phone, and the telephone company will generally give face.

Tan Chaoyang shook his head with a smile. With Lin Weimin's conditions, he would definitely disdain to take advantage of this kind of advantage, but Tan Chaoyang felt that this was even more noble.

"Don't talk nonsense." He warned.

Lin Weimin knew that what he said was offending, understood Tan Chaoyang's kindness, and nodded with a smile.

The next day, Lin Weimin waited at home.

Due to price constraints, Yanjing Telephone Bureau's private telephone installation business is not considered large.

The staff came to the door quickly, and after a whole day of tossing, they finally installed the telephones in both the Shichahai Courtyard and the Tuanjiehu Apartment.

That night, when Tao Huimin came back from the set, she excitedly took the phone and dialed the public phone at home. After waiting for more than ten minutes, the phone rang again.

Tao Huimin picked up the phone, and mother Tao's worried voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Huimin, why did you call home when you just went to Yanjing? Did something happen?"

"It's nothing. I just missed you. Make a call and ask what you and my dad are doing."

"Damn girl! Do you know how expensive a phone is? Why call if you have nothing to do? Hang up!"

Mother Tao cursed a few words and hung up the phone.

Tao Huimin also put down the phone happily.

"It's so convenient to have a phone!"

The weekend after the Lantern Festival is already March in the Gregorian calendar, and the winter in Yanjing is slowly leaving.

Maybe it's because of the new year, everything looks new and full of joy.

New taxis, new buildings, clean streets, bright clothes, all kinds of billboards, the old and staid imperial capital is rejuvenating.

On a rare weekend, Tao Huimin still had to film a movie, and Lin Weimin also went to Renyi to watch the movie in the afternoon. When he was free in the morning, he would drive around the streets of Yanjing.

There are more and more tower cranes on both sides of the street, apartments, hotels, office buildings, overpasses... Yanjing is gradually becoming a large construction site.

Lin Weimin counted curiously while driving, and there were as many as [-] tower cranes passing by along the way. This kind of Yanjing has more and more shadows of infrastructure madmen of later generations.

After wandering around the street for a while, I became a little bored, so the car stopped at the entrance of the alley at No. 26 Lama Temple Street.

"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"

Before Lin Weimin entered the courtyard, he called Shi Tiesheng's name. Instead of calling out Shi Tiesheng, he called out Shi Tiesheng.

"There are guests at home!"

"Then I'll come back another day?" Lin Weimin said politely, but he didn't intend to stop.

After entering the door, Shi Tiesheng jokingly said: "I heard you say you were going to leave when you were in the room, why did you come in?"

"I'm not afraid that you are out of energy and can't receive guests, so I greet you for you!"

Lin Weimin was talking, and looked at a middle-aged man and woman in the room, and they were husband and wife.

Shi Tiesheng introduced: "This is Liu Qingbang, and this is her wife Yao Weiping."

"Hello you two!"

Lin Weimin shook hands with Liu Liuqingbang and his wife politely.

After exchanging pleasantries, Shi Tiesheng talked about the reason why Liu Qingbang and his wife came here. They actually gave Huang Anyi a sweater.

"to whom?"

"Give it to me!"

Lin Weimin was upset, "Why do you just give it to you?"

"Then who else should I give it to?" Shi Tiesheng had a faint smile on his face.

Lin Weimin muttered, "An Yi, this is too meaningless. After all, he is an old classmate. Why do you only think about you and not me?"

Before, Liu Qingbang was invited by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House to write a novel. Because he was afraid of losing the manuscript of the novel by mail, he asked his wife Yao Weiping to deliver the manuscript to Shanghai.

Huang Anyi knew Liu Qingbang before, and through Yao Yuming, the editor of "Shanghai Literature", she knew that his wife Yao Weiping had come to Shanghai, so she asked Yao Weiping to live with her.

"An Yi said that everyone is not rich, and if they can save a penny, they will save a penny, so Wei Ping lived in their house. At that time, she was knitting sweaters, and Wei Ping also loved knitting sweaters.

When the two chatted, An Yi said that the sweater was knitted by Tie Sheng.She said that when she visited Xiangjiang with Tiesheng last year, she saw that the camel jersey sweater Tiesheng was wearing was very old, and it looked small and thin when it was worn on him..."

When Liu Qingbang said this, Lin Weimin looked at Shi Tiesheng, who happened to be wearing that camel sweater today.

In my impression, Shi Tiesheng seemed to be changing one or two sweaters all the time, and he really didn't pay attention before.

Lin Weimin couldn't help but sigh, women are still careful.

He touched the sweater Liu Qingbang brought, the dark green sweater was made of pure wool, and it was knitted beautifully.

"An Yi's craftsmanship is not bad!"

Yao Weiping said: "An Yi has been weaving for almost a winter, she is slow in weaving, and she also said that it is a bit late to deliver."

Shi Tiesheng joked: "How can it be late? It's not too late at all. She's a timely help! A writer of her age knits a sweater for me. How can I afford it? I don't think I can wear this sweater, I should On the sweater, embroider the words Huang Anyi Zhizhi, and then send it to the museum."

His tone is relaxed, but his eyes are full of emotion and excitement. He is always so used to covering up the turmoil in his heart under his light-hearted appearance, and expresses gratitude in a humorous tone with a joking tone.

Lin Weimin joked again: "An Yi knits a sweater for you, Comrade Simi won't be jealous, right?"

Being ridiculed by Lin Weimin in front of strangers, Shi Tiesheng blushed and replied: "Comrade Ximi is different from you. It's not like you didn't do it yourself, but you have to find fault with others."

"You're just taking advantage of it and acting like a good boy. Later, I will write a letter to An Yi to reprimand her!"

The two bickered for a few words, and chatted with Liu Qingbang and his wife again, they couldn't neglect the guests.

Liu Qingbang is currently engaged in editorial and journalistic work in the Ministry of Coal. He writes novels in his spare time and has published many works, but his reputation is not obvious.

Talking about his work in the coal department, Lin Weimin naturally talked about Lu Yao, who is currently working on the second part of "Ordinary World" in Chenjiagou Coal Mine.

The first part of "The Ordinary World" was published in the first issue of "Contemporary" this year. Although it received a bad reputation from the critics, the sales of the first issue of "Contemporary" have been getting better and better in the past two months. Unaffected by the critics in the slightest.

It can also be seen from the feedback from readers' letters that the word-of-mouth of this novel among readers is gradually improving.

"I have worked in the Ministry of Coal since 78, and I have been exposed to a lot of news and deeds from the newspapers below. I don't agree with some things in Lu Yao's writing of "Ordinary World", but the flaws do not conceal the merits. This novel is indeed very good."

When Liu Qingbang talked about "The Ordinary World", he said that he was impartial and affirmative.

Shi Tiesheng asked Lin Weimin, "Lu Yao is busy writing the second part of "The Ordinary World". Why hasn't there been any action on your next novel?"

"Even the donkeys in the production team have to rest after a day's work! How long has it been since I finished writing my last novel?"

Shi Tiesheng joked: "Who made you prolific like a sow?"

Several people couldn't help laughing.

After the joke, Lin Weimin said sternly, "I might not be able to spare the time in the first half of the year."

"Why?" Shi Tiesheng asked.

"Recently, I am helping Renyi watch a play, which is an adaptation of my "Da Ming Dynasty 1566". After finishing this play, I plan to go to the United States."

"To the United States? What organization invited you?" Shi Tiesheng asked.

In recent years, many domestic writers have been invited to go abroad, and almost all of them are sponsored by some non-profit organizations.

"It's not any organization, it's Arthur Miller. Didn't he bring my "Untouchable" to the United States? It has been performed in the United States for more than a year now, and the effect is good. He wants to continue to introduce my works and invite me past."

Shi Tiesheng asked: "How long?"

"It's not decided yet. I'll make a decision after I'm done with the work at hand. I'm sure I won't be there for too long. There's still work to do."

After Lin Weimin finished speaking, Shi Tiesheng and Liu Qingbang had envious looks on their faces.

In the past few years, due to propaganda reasons, whether it is ordinary people, cultural circles or government departments, they have a very high opinion of the United States. Many media have almost portrayed the United States as a paradise on earth.

Liu Qingbang and his wife were even more shocked when they heard Lin Weimin inadvertently mentioned the box office share.

In the past two years, the matter of Lin Weimin earning foreign manuscript fees is nothing new in Yanjing City.

But actually hearing my own confession is completely different from hearsay.

The impact is too great, they need to slow down!
(End of this chapter)