1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 414 Republishing

Jiang Wenchang is like this, of course he is not to blame, but his mother is to be blamed.

While several people were talking, the door rang again.

Tao Huimin went to open the door, and it was Han Zhuangzhuang and his wife who came.

"Why are you two here?" Lin Weimin asked.

"Come here to ask you something."

Han Zhuangzhuang answered absently, but his eyes were fixed on Jiang Wen.

This feeling is so familiar!
"This is my nephew and his wife."

"This is Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen."

Lin Weimin introduced the two parties, and after exchanging pleasantries, Liu Xiaoqing was about to leave.

Han Zhuangzhuang asked anxiously: "Uncle, the movie directed by Bertolucci..."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Weimin interrupted him angrily, "What does it have to do with you?"

As soon as Han Zhuangzhuang saw his expression, he knew that this matter must be useless, but he still did not give up and said, "I'll just ask."

"Don't ask, the lead role won't be your turn, and the supporting role will naturally find you if it suits you."

Han Zhuangzhuang was a little disappointed, "Oh!"

"That's why you came here?"

"Where can it be!" When talking about this, Han Zhuangzhuang regained his energy and said excitedly, "Ge Li is pregnant!"

Lin Weimin was a little surprised when he heard the news, pregnant?

He looked at Dayang Niu, then at Han Zhuangzhuang.

Am I now upgraded to the grandparents?

Mr. Lin's heart turned vicissitudes for a while, the years make people old!

"How long has it been?" Lin Weimin asked.

"It's been almost two months." Yin Geli said.

Seeing that a few people were going to chat about family matters, Liu Xiaoqing took Jiang Wen to get up and leave, "Mr. Lin, I really bother you today, so let's go first."

"Okay!" Lin Weimin got up and sent the two of them to the door.

Just as he was about to leave, Lin Weimin looked at Jiang Wen and said suddenly, "Xiao Jiang is quite talented, do you want to consider becoming a director in the future?"

Jiang Wen was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, his first reaction was to think of the student version of "Farewell My Concubine" that he was tinkering with when he was in school.

Teacher Lin must have appreciated my talent. After a night of mourning, Jiang Wen finally shook.

"Don't tell me, I really have this plan!"

With a fart plan, Jiang Wen simply followed the path, which is his specialty.

Today, Teacher Lin took the initiative to mention it. With Teacher Lin’s words, if I really want to change careers to become a director and encounter any difficulties in the future, wouldn’t it be natural to ask Teacher Lin for help?

Lin Weimin nodded with a smile, "Very good, it's a good thing for young people to have ideas!"

After encouraging Jiang Wen, Lin Weimin sent the two out of the house.

Coming out of Lin Weimin's house, the north wind howled outside.

Jiang Wen glanced at the crown parked downstairs, envy flashed in his eyes.

Then stepped on the bicycle, Liu Xiaoqing naturally sat on his back seat.

Riding the bicycle all the way west, the two chatted.

"I used to think that Mr. Lin was a difficult person to get in touch with, but I didn't expect that he is quite easy to talk to today." Liu Xiaoqing said.

Jiang Wen recalled the few times he had been in contact with Lin Weimin, "Teacher Lin is really easy to talk to."

Liu Xiaoqing thought about the encounter at Maxim again, "I see, he still separates people."

"What do you mean?"

"What do you think is the difference between you and Song Huaigui?" Liu Xiaoqing asked.

Jiang Wen pondered, "Men and women?"

Liu Xiaoqing punched him on the back, Jiang Wen said helplessly, "What's the reason?"

Liu Xiaoqing said: "Both of you, one is relying on the sophistication of the people who welcome and send you off, and the other is relying on your own talent."

Jiang Wen thought about it, and it seemed reasonable to say so.

"Mr. Lin is a noble literati at heart, and he doesn't like the smell of money from businessmen." Liu Xiaoqing concluded.

"Hey, what did Teacher Lin say to you just now?" Liu Xiaoqing asked Jiang Wen again.

With a bit of complacency, Jiang Wen talked about how he worked on "Farewell My Concubine" at school.

"So, Teacher Lin admires you quite a bit?"

"That's it!" Jiang Wen was somewhat proud.

Liu Xiaoqing put her arms around his waist, with a smile on her face. Apart from his masculine appearance, she fell in love with Jiang Wen because of his talent.

Now it seems that even Mr. Lin appreciates him, and he is really right.

Why did Lin Weimin tell Jiang Wen about becoming a director?
Because he has a conflict with his eldest nephew's play, this kid is not a director, there is no way out for Zhuang Zhuang!

Besides, he is a bit talented as an actor, but his strength lies in his personality. In terms of acting skills, he is not top-notch, and he plays everyone like himself.

There is absolutely no future as a director!
Mr. Lin is a person who cherishes his talents!
After sending Liu and Jiang away, Lin Weimin chatted with Han Zhuangzhuang and his wife for a while.

When leaving, Han Zhuangzhuang said as if nothing had happened: "Ge Li, put on your clothes, don't freeze when riding a motorcycle in this cold day!"

After Han Zhuangzhuang finished speaking, Chao Lin Weimin showed a flattering smile.

Lin Weimin had to think more, this kid's mind was getting more and more serious.

Send the two downstairs and watch Han Zhuangzhuang take Yin Geli away on a motorcycle.

He looked at the crown on the side again, as if he really had to change the car.

In the past two years, there have been more and more taxis on Yanjing Street, and they are all crowns.

As soon as his car drives out, there is always a feeling that he is about to pick up guests.

This time, Lin Weimin didn't look for Xie Jing to change trains. Hainan had been hit hard in the past two years, so he planned to take a regular route.

Lin Weimin went to an automobile trading company and ordered a Mercedes-Benz W126, which is commonly referred to as the sixth-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan.

The Mercedes-Benz W126 was born in 1979. According to the previous Mercedes-Benz practice, the S-Class sedan is basically iterated every ten years, but the sixth-generation S-Class that was born in 1979 was not replaced by the Mercedes-Benz W12 until 1991, 140 years later. This shows how classic this car is.

The current cars of the Auto Trade Company are basically mud bombers. There are few German cars, let alone luxury models like the Mercedes-Benz S. It will take at least two months to purchase them.

Previously, because the private car policy had not been fully loosened, Lin Weimin's crown was attached to the foundation.

After these two years, the country has basically released private car purchases. There are more and more private cars on the streets of Yanjing, and Lin Weimin has no scruples about buying a car.

For a Mercedes-Benz S-class sedan, the auto trade company quoted RMB 120 million, and procedures had to be completed.

Lin Weimin bargained and said that he could pay in foreign exchange, which directly saved a lot of procedures.

It is almost impossible for individual users to directly pay foreign exchange for car purchases in China.

Even if some people have foreign exchange in their hands, they dare not use it so blatantly, because the channels are more or less informal.

But Lin Weimin is not afraid, his foreign exchange has been filed with the Bank of China.

In the end, after some bargaining, the price of the car came to 26 meters.

These days, the automobile trading company is very strong, and they have to pay the full amount first, and then wait for the car.

Lin Weimin had no choice but to take someone to the Bank of China first. When the bank heard that Lin Weimin wanted to use foreign exchange again, the price was 26 yuan, and he had to ask the president for special approval.

"Zhou Xing, your bank needs to be more flexible! I have so much foreign exchange in my account, what can I do with 20 yuan a year?" Lin Weimin complained.

Zhou Xing was also helpless, nodded and said, "Let me raise the quota for you later!"

Because the anchoring of the yen is positive, the amount of foreign exchange in Lin Weimin's current account has grown wildly during this period.

From Lin Weimin's return in June to the current November, the yen in his bank account has appreciated by nearly 50%, and the income from overseas manuscript fees and box office revenue during this period is also counted.

The amount of funds in the foreign exchange account of Lin Weimin Bank has exceeded 750 million when converted into rice knives.

With so much money in the account, it is really unreasonable to let people move a little every year.

After finishing the car business, the next step is a long wait, at least two months.

A few days later, Yang Meng, who was far away in Xiangjiang, called Lin Weimin again, saying that a French publishing company had contacted their company and asked if Yang Meng could contact the author of the original novel of the movie "Lover".

Since "Lover" participated in the Cannes Film Festival in May this year and won two awards, the film has been exported to more than 30 countries around the world, making Yang Meng and her Jade Bird company a lot of money.

"Lover" was screened online in local theaters in France in late May, and received very good reviews from audiences and critics alike.

The film itself has a lot of French elements, with French actors in it, and the tone and style of the story are in line with French values ​​and tastes.

So not only is it excellent in terms of word of mouth, but also reflected in the box office is even better.

In the 80s, Hollywood hadn’t conquered cities all over the world, especially in Europe, where economic strength and cultural strength were side by side, the film industry was flourishing, and literary films could also achieve good box office.

In France alone, "Lover" received more than 200 million box office visits.

Before 2000, France calculated the box office based on the number of moviegoers.

"Lover" has three elements of foreign, low-budget, and literary films that reject customers. It is not easy to achieve such box office results.

However, this kind of box office performance has nothing to do with Yang Meng and Lin Weimin. The distribution rights of the film in France have been sold to a French film distribution company as early as when they participated in the film festival.

At the beginning of the film, the words "Adapted from Lin Weimin's novel "The Lover"" must be translated according to the contract no matter which country obtains the copyright.

Some time ago, "Lover" was completely screened in French art theaters.

Literary films with millions of viewers have a great influence. The characteristics of the audience of literary films are diehards. While these people like movies, most people also like literature.

A publishing house noticed this film based on the novel of the same name, and found the production company Blue Bird.

"So they want to publish the novel?"

"Yes. I just gave them your contact information and address. It is estimated that someone will contact you in two days. Please pay attention."

"Well, thank you very much, Ms. Yang."

Two or three days after Yang Meng's call, Lin Weimin first received a call from France, and a few days later, he met the people from Gallimard Publishing House, which was going to publish "The Lover" this time.

(End of this chapter)