1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 450 Not a person inside or outside

Early the next morning, the news of Lin Weimin's award was published in several major newspapers such as "People's Daily" and "Guangming Daily", and it became a hot topic in Yanjing City in an instant. God will know it all.

Lin Weimin is different from Zhang Yimou. He has won awards over the years and has been soft-handed. He takes these awards very lightly, and he doesn't need to go to film festivals or conferences to promote his works.

After all, the audience for a drama is still too small, let alone a drama performed abroad.

However, one advantage of the news of the Tony Award is that it ignited Renyi. Lin Weimin's dramas are all staged in Renyi without exception. The original version of the award-winning work "The Kite Runner" is the first few "The Man on the Horse" staged in [-].

A Chinese work can be popular in the United States and even win awards, and countless people in the country are curious about how this work will perform.

Just like "Red Sorghum", the news that it won the Golden Bear Award came out in late February, and it was directly promoted when it returned to China.

But if there are some conditions, you must go see "Red Sorghum" when it is released.

In the end, a serious literary film like "Red Sorghum" earned more than 400 million box office results in just two months. Before winning the award, such a box office result was unimaginable.

This is still official statistics, and the actual box office must be far higher than this figure.

As an investor, Xiying Film Studio also made a lot of money by selling copies.

After several consecutive performances in the past few years, only "The Great Ming Dynasty [-]: Jiajing and Hai Rui" is the only one of Lin Weimin's works that is still being performed on the human art stage.

All other works have been suspended. After all, they have been performed for several years. The audience who should see them have already seen them, so it is impossible to continue to perform them.

Take it back into Renyi's work library, and wait a few years before taking it out for a re-arrangement. This point is the same both at home and abroad.

It's just that people can't imagine that these works have only been suspended for a few years, and because of the award-winning relationship of "The Kite Runner", they have once again attracted the attention of the public, and the voices calling for the rerun of the drama are getting louder and louder .

Faced with the voices of the masses, Renyi quickly made a decision.

The reruns of "The Untouchable" and "The Man on the Horse" will be staged in the second half of the year.

As soon as this decision came out, it immediately aroused unanimous praise from the masses.

Because these two works are not only Lin Weimin's works, but also happen to be Tony Award-winning works.

As the news reports continued to ferment, the news about Lin Weimin's work winning the Tony Award spread more and more widely, and soon spread all over the country.

The enthusiasm for winning awards will definitely be difficult for a while, but it won't last long.

No matter how big the news is, it won't last more than a month if it's so hot, and the public's attention will eventually be diverted to other places.

At this time, the [-]th National Awards for Excellent Scripts of Opera, Opera and Drama was held in Yueyang, Hunan Province. A total of [-] works in three categories won awards.

Among them, "Lin Weimin" and "The Kite Runner" are impressively listed.

The news was quickly sent to the public through CCTV, "Literary News", "Drama News" and other media. Many people didn't see anything famous when they first saw the list of winners, but those who were interested could see the tricks of this list at a glance.

There is no problem for Lin Weimin to win the award, but it is a bit too much to win the award because of "The Kite Runner". This drama was performed in the United States, so what is it like to win an award in China?
Besides, your Theater Association didn't give awards before, but now that they have won the Tony Award, have you given them an award?

What does this mean?
The front is arrogant and the back is respectful, the attitude of a villain!
No face!
Soon, feedback from enthusiastic audiences, including people in the literary and art circles, appeared in the newspapers. Not only did they write letters to the newspapers, but these people also wrote letters to the Theater Association.

A swarm of public opinion came over the sky and covered the sky, and all of a sudden the Xiexi was fooled.

A few days ago, news came out that "The Kite Runner" won a big win at this year's US Tony Awards, and the theater association already had a bad feeling.

But the list has been confirmed, and this award was meant to compensate Lin Weimin, the theater association can only bite the bullet and continue.

Unexpectedly, after the announcement of the list, the reaction of the literary and art circles and the masses would be so strong.

The leaders of the drama association were almost crying, because of this award, their hair was almost bald, but now that the award is announced, the association has become Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - not a human being inside and out.

In desperation, the leaders of the Theater Association had no choice but to find Mr. Wan.

Mr. Wan is the chairman of the Dramatists Association, but he is similar to Balao in the Cultural Association. He has ignored vulgar objects for many years, and they belong to decorations.

Back then, you did not agree to award Lin Weimin. Now that he has taken off and won a foreign award, if we don’t award him any more, that would be malicious suppression.

Now we awarded him the award, and he was scolded, you can't just ignore it.

Of course it can't be said that way, but the meaning is very clear.

Mr. Wan had no choice but to smile bitterly. Lin Weimin was not allowed to participate in the awards because he was afraid that people would say something terrible. Winning the award at a young age would harm him instead.

But who would have thought that this kid would be so monstrous, he would reach such a high level in just a few years, even sweeping away the highest awards in dramas in the United States!

After a wry smile, Mr. Wan also had to admit that he was directly responsible for this matter.

"Well, I'll write something later to clarify."

Mr. Wan expressed his opinion so bluntly, but made the leaders of the Theater Association feel embarrassed. It seems a bit unkind to force the old comrades to do this.

"Then what, do you want Teacher Lin to post something?"

Mr. Wan lowered his face upon hearing this, "Bad idea!"

"Back then, it was enough to wrong him if he was not allowed to judge the award. Now I want to make up for being scolded, and I still need someone to clarify?"

The leader looked embarrassed and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Mr. Wan waved his hands and said, "The main responsibility for this matter lies with me, so I should be the one to write this thing. Don't be too stressed."

What Mr. Wan did made the leaders of the Theater Association feel grateful.

A few days later, the latest issue of "Drama News" was published, and an article by Mr. Wan was published on it.

In the article, Mr. Wan recalled his experience of participating in the teaching work of the Literary Research Institute, and also mentioned the matter of accepting Lin Weimin as a student, and how he got along with Lin Weimin in the following years. Naturally, he inevitably mentioned the issue of awards from the Dramatists Association. Take all the problems on yourself.

At the end of the article, Mr. Wan couldn't hide his pride and praised Lin Weimin for his kindness.

Seeing Lin Weimin felt a little embarrassed.

After the leader of the Opera Association approached Mr. Wan, he called Lin Weimin to his home. Since he wanted to clarify in the newspaper, he must communicate with Lin Weimin, the person involved.

When Lin Weimin learned of Mr. Wan's decision, he advised Mr. Wan not to do this, and it would be more appropriate for him to post a clarification instead.

If we do this from the perspective of Mr. Wan, the negative impact will be far greater than his own post.

There are two reasons.

One is that Lin Weimin has just won the award, and the hearts of the people are in full swing. It is easy for the public to misinterpret Mr. Wan's protection as suppression.

The heart of a villain is hard to guard against.

"Wan Jiabao has run out of talents in recent years. Seeing such a talented young man, his heart is burning with jealousy. It is reasonable to suppress him."

Lin Weimin is sure that there are definitely not a few people who have such thoughts.

The second is that you will be attacked and suspected of flattery. When you see someone winning a foreign award, you will post a letter to get close.

With Mr. Wan's status in the domestic drama circle, he naturally disdains and does not need to do such a thing.

Still the same sentence, the heart of a villain is hard to guard against.

Therefore, it is very appropriate for me, a student, to do this job, but Mr. Wan insisted on his own opinion in the face of Lin Weimin's persuasion.

"I used to be too headstrong and always thought it was for your own good. Now it seems that it is still unfair to you.

Since you are wrong, you have to admit it. You have suffered enough grievances.What does it matter if I get scolded compared to the grievances you suffer? "

Lin Weimin recalled what Mr. Wan said at that time, and there was still warmth in his heart, and he was inexplicably moved.

Putting down the "Drama Newspaper" in his hand, this publication is called a newspaper, but it is actually a publication.

Founded [-] years ago, it was originally called "People's Drama". Just by looking at the two words at the beginning, you can know the importance of this publication in the domestic theater circle.

Similar to the vast majority of domestic publications, they have been suspended and then resumed. They have always been sponsored by the Dramatists Association, which can be said to be the official media of the Drama Association.

It is appropriate for Mr. Wan's statement to be published on the above, but in any case, there will definitely be a certain degree of damage to Mr. Wan's image.

Thinking of this, Lin Weimin felt a little melancholy.

Who would have thought that winning an award would push the teacher to such an extent?
Fast forward to July.

Mr. Wan's article published in "Drama News" has already had some influence. Those who criticized the Drama Association saw that the article had already died down, but there were a lot more gossip about Mr. Wan in the literary and art circles.

The content is naturally inseparable from the things that Lin Weimin mentioned to Mr. Wan before. The old man took it very openly and never took these rumors to heart.

In the middle of the month, Shi Tiesheng and his wife, who had been separated for half a year, finally met in Yanjing.

On the day Cheng Ximi came to Yanjing, it was Lin Weimin who drove Shi Tiesheng to pick him up at the station.

The car drove to Shichahai small courtyard, and when Shi Tiesheng led Cheng Ximi to open the courtyard door and told Cheng Ximi that this would be their home in the future, Cheng Ximi was inexplicably surprised.

Last year, she had lived here as a borrower, so she naturally knew that this was Lin Weimin's home, so Shi Tiesheng told Cheng Ximi about Lin Weimin's renting a house.

After hearing this, Cheng Ximi was both moved and guilty.

Cheng Ximi never expected what kind of material conditions she would enjoy when she married Shi Tiesheng.

She knew that whether it was Lin Weimin or Shi Tiesheng, they did this for the happiness of their young couple, and to be more precise, it was also for her.

Regardless of Lin Weimin's presence, Cheng Ximi threw herself into Shi Tiesheng's arms.

"Marrying you is the most correct decision in my life!"

Shi Tiesheng embraced his wife, and his happiness was beyond words.

The couple got tired of it for a long time, and at the end Lin Weimin couldn't help but said: "It's almost done, this is still a big living person!"

Hearing this, Shi Tiesheng and his wife separated now, but the previous embarrassment was no longer on their faces.

Now they are husband and wife, above board.

"Weimin, thank you!" Cheng Ximi said from the bottom of his heart, his tone full of gratitude.

"It's not that I confiscated the money, it's not that I will give you a discount on next year's rent, right?" Lin Weimin joked.

Shi Tiesheng and his wife smiled, they knew Lin Weimin's temper very well.

He is a person who always likes to laugh and laugh no matter what time it is.

But hidden under this cynical appearance is a soft heart.

(End of this chapter)