1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 554 It's all for life
"The manuscript is in the editorial department, you can't see it right now." Lin Weimin said.

Zhang Yimou nodded, without further pressing, he chatted with Yu Hua about "Mistakes by the River" for a while.

"Raise the Red Lantern" hadn't finished yet, so Zhang Yimou simply chatted with Yu Hua. Before the success or failure of the second film came to fruition, he didn't have the mind to make a third film.

Lin Weimin asked about the current production progress of "Raise the Red Lantern". This film has been tossing for a year. Due to time constraints, it has missed several important film festivals this year.

"The post-production is not finished yet. Anyway, this year's major film festivals are over, so don't worry about it. Let's wait for next year!"

When Zhang Yimou heard that Jiang Wen was going to make a film, he also hired Lin Weimin as a producer. He was very curious. Why didn't he think of this idea of ​​letting Teacher Lin be the producer?
"I also invite you to be the producer of my next film!" Zhang Yimou said.

Lin Weimin quickly waved his hand, "Forgive me. This time it's a special situation. Mike can't stay in China permanently, so he wants to find an acquaintance to help him. It just so happened that he invested in Jiang Wen and I was the one who helped make the connection, so I agreed to this matter." .”

After hearing what he said, Zhang Yimou felt slightly regretful.

Before leaving, he recalled the original topic and asked about Yu Huaxin's novel, "If you have time, go to our editorial department to read it. If you don't have time, wait until January. The novel has been confirmed to be published in January."

"Then I'll read it when it's published."

After Zhang Yimou left, Lin Weimin looked at Yu Hua, "When are you leaving?"

Yu Hua reluctantly said: "Mr. Lin, why do I feel that you always want to drive me away?"

"You don't feel wrong."

Yu Hua's expression was very hurt, and he sighed again, "I'm leaving tomorrow, alas, time flies so fast."

For him who loves to play, his time in Yanjing will always be short.

"Mr. Lin, I'm leaving!" Yu Hua said with some regret.

Lin Weimin stood up, "I'll see you off."

Today is the weekend, and it seems that the National Day is coming soon, and Yanjing has entered the early autumn.

Xi'anmen Street is full of traffic. In recent years, there are more and more private cars on the street, and there are also many more taxis and buses than before.

Walking on the road, Yu Hua focused on the sky. Today's sky is as blue as a clear sea, and the occasional white clouds dotted are the cloud sails on the sea.

"Our Haiyan doesn't seem to have such weather." Yu Hua said looking at the sky.

Lin Weimin heard Yu Hua's nostalgia for Yanjing, and before he could speak, Yu Hua said again: "Mr. Lin, do you know? I read such a sentence when I was a child: In autumn, I strolled on the streets of BJ... this I have remembered this sentence for a long time, until now. Because I don’t know what it would be like to walk on the streets of BJ in autumn.”

After Yu Hua said these words, he turned his gaze away from the sky and turned to Lin Weimin.

"Mr. Lin, what do you think of me coming to Yanjing?"

"Transferred to Yanjing?"

Yu Hua shook his head, "I don't have that relationship yet, I want to resign."

"Are you asking for my opinion, or telling me your decision?" Lin Weimin asked.

"Of course I want to ask for your opinion. This idea has been around since the writing of "To Live"," Yu Hua said.

Lin Weimin strolled in the shade of the trees on the side of the street, and Yu Hua followed him step by step.

After a short pause, Lin Weimin said: "I'm only talking about objective conditions. "To Live" is already your second novel. In my opinion, you already have the conditions to become a full-time writer.

By this condition, I am not referring to obtaining a position in the Cultural Association, or signing an employment contract with a local liberal arts college.It's that you can use writing to support yourself, and you have a lot of potential to move to Yanjing, of course there is no problem. "

Yu Hua was a little encouraged when he heard this, but at this moment he heard Lin Weimin say: "If you really want to come to Yanjing, it's best to wait until "To Live" is published, and then it's not too late to make a decision."

Yu Hua nodded, "I understand what you mean, I will definitely consider it carefully before making a decision."

Lin Weimin nodded and said, "That's good."

Walked to the bus station with Yu Hua, watched him get on the bus, Lin Weimin stood where he was.

Yu Hua is only in his thirties this year, and has already written two novels. He is already a well-known young writer in the domestic literary circle. The idea is not surprising.

After the [-]th, Wang Shuo's "Wang Shuo Anthology", which attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of people, was finally published, and it was listed in the most prominent position of major bookstores in Yanjing. In bookstores in other cities in China, this anthology is also popular. received the same treatment.

Some time ago, Wang Shuo asked the publishing house for royalties because of the publication of the anthology, which became the most concerned event in the domestic literary world at that time. Now that the anthology is on the market, many literary colleagues and practitioners in the publishing industry are interested in the sale of this anthology. The situation is full of interest.

Wang Shuo became the No. 1 royalty in China, and Huayi became the first publishing house in China to give royalties to writers. Everyone wanted to see the final effect.

In addition to discussing the sales of "Wang Shuo's Collected Works", the editorial department has recently discussed the third Yanbing Literature Award.

During this period, the jury has received hundreds of novels recommended by publishing units across the country.

In addition, because this year's award has been postponed for more than two years, the Association of Arts and Culture has extended the scope of the selection to 88, which has increased the workload of the jury.

Everyone is guessing that the increase in the scope of selection, in addition to the increased workload of the jury, may also increase the number of awards.

In addition to these, what everyone is most concerned about is naturally what the works published and published by the Guowen Society will gain in this year's Yanbing Literature Award.

Counting the works published and published by the Guowen Society in the past few years, there are not too many with the ability to win awards.

Lin Weimin has written many novels in the past few years. According to the evaluation rules of this year's Yanbing Literature Award, the two works that are eligible for the award should be "Burning" and "Daming Dynasty 1566".

These two novels were well-received and sold well after their publication. Not only did they achieve brilliant results in terms of sales, they were also well received by the critics.

Because the two novels are exclusively published by Guowenshe, everyone is very clear about the sales of these two novels.

"Burning" has sold a total of 180 million copies since its publication. This novel was published in the United States and won the National Book Critics Association Award.

The sales volume of "Da Ming Dynasty 1566" is even more exaggerated. It has already exceeded 300 million copies.

It is a pity for everyone that the novel "Hunting" is not eligible for awards because it has not been published, otherwise it must be a strong contender for this year's Yanbing Literature Award.

Apart from Lin Weimin's works, everyone thinks that Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" has the greatest hope.

Although the novel was not well received by the critics in the first two years of its publication, four or five years have passed, and "Ordinary World" has sold nearly one million copies after its publication. The influence of the adaptation of the TV series is not the same as that of the past, so the word-of-mouth in the critics has gradually turned around in the past two years, and it has become more and more respected by some critics.

Speaking of Lu Yao's "The Ordinary World", Cheng Zhongshi, also a writer from Shaanxi, just published "White Deer Plain" this year, which is not in the scope of this year's awards, but there is no doubt that this novel has locked a next for the Guowen Society. The number of winners of the first Yanbing Literature Award.

While everyone was chatting, Liu Yin came back from the outside with a gossipy face.

"Hey, have you heard? Xiao Guo from the foreign language room is gone!"

Everyone who was discussing with gusto immediately changed the subject, "Let's go? Where are you going?"

"It's said that a publishing house came to dig it out, and the salary was doubled, and the bonus was equivalent to several months' salary." Liu Yin said.

Everyone couldn't help sighing when they heard the words.

In recent years, the tide of the market economy has gradually penetrated into the publishing field. Many publishing houses have kept pace with the times, and for their own development, they have begun to poach the walls of those big publishing houses.

As one of the leaders in the domestic publishing industry, the Guowen Press cannot escape such a fate.

Many senior editors in the agency have received invitations from outside publishing houses, but at this time everyone's awareness of making money is generally not strong, and few people will take the initiative to change jobs in order to increase their salary.

Guo Xugang of the foreign literature editorial office is the second editor of the Guowen Society to leave in the past few years. He is in his early thirties this year.

Liu Yin couldn't get enough of gossip, so she went to the foreign language room to bring in Wang Ruiqin, an editor who had a good relationship with her.

"Ruiqin, what's the situation with Xiao Guo? I heard from the people in the front building that he's gone?" Liu Yin asked.

Wang Ruiqin sighed, "I'm leaving. The wages and treatment outside are much higher than those in the agency. His family's situation is not very good..."

Guo Xugang’s hometown is out of town. A family of three and his parents live in two 20-square-meter houses. His qualifications are too low, and it is impossible for him to change houses.

After listening to Wang Ruiqin's words, everyone sighed. Every family has a hard-to-recite scripture.

"The publishing house contacted me a while ago, and the conditions are really exciting. If I don't want to make trouble, I really..."

When Wang Ruiqin said this, he happened to see Lin Weimin enter the editorial department, so he decisively chose to shut up.

Lin Weimin is the leader of the club, and it is easy to get lost when discussing the matter of leaving and job-hopping in front of him.

Lin Weimin put down the manuscript and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

Wang Ruiqin pretended not to hear, and Liu Yin told her what everyone talked about just now without any scruples. Wang Ruiqin gave her a dissatisfied look. Gossip can no longer bring Liu Yin with her.

"Xiao Guo!" A face flashed in Lin Weimin's mind. He remembered that when he wrote a letter to Alan Resnais two years ago, he was also used as an interpreter, and his professionalism was quite good.

"It's a pity!" Lin Weimin said.

Seeing that Lin Weimin was not angry, Wang Ruiqin said, "Xiao Guo is the backbone of the editorial office. It's a pity that he left. Now the salaries are very high for poaching people outside. Sometimes people don't want to leave."

"Understood, it's all for life!" Lin Weimin sighed.

(End of this chapter)