1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 622 Tomson Pictures
The Guowen Society is on fire!
Once the "World Literary Masterpiece Library" project was established, even the superiors paid attention to it, and they called Lin Weimin over to learn more about the inside story.

After listening to Lin Weimin's detailed report, the leader encouraged Lin Weimin a few words.

"The reading atmosphere in the society has declined in recent years, which may be a negative factor for the publication of your series of books. But this is a good thing after all, especially for our country's publishing industry. There is a gap in a major field.

The scale of this work is huge, and all kinds of time, energy, and money are needed. I hope that your Guowen Society can carry forward the spirit and complete this work with excellence. "

Lin Weimin expressed his attitude politely and left the leader's office.

In addition to the attention of the superiors, the news of "World Literary Classics Library" also spread throughout the domestic publishing industry in a short period of time, attracting the attention of countless colleagues.

Such a high-standard and large-scale library series is extremely rare in the domestic publishing industry, and probably only publishing houses with the strength of Guowenshe dare to make a move.

Colleagues in the domestic publishing industry are full of mixed feelings about this big move of the Guowen Society. They envy others for their ability to carry out such a big project, envy the various innate advantages of the Guowen Society, and hate themselves for why they can't do it.

Many colleagues from the publishing house in Yanjing also came to inquire about the specific situation of the "World Literary Masterpiece Library".

All of a sudden, the establishment of the "World Literary Masterpieces Library" project became the focus of most attention in the domestic publishing industry.

No matter how concerned the outside world is, the work of the Guowen Society is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

The establishment of the "World Literary Masterpiece Library" has stirred up a pool of spring water in the Guowen Society. It is not only the top priority of Lin Weimin's work this year, but also the number one task of the Guowen Society this year.

Especially the two editing rooms of the foreign language room and the ancient language room. The content of "World Literary Classics Library" is basically covered by the work content of these two editing rooms. increase, the workload is directly full.

On this day in mid-March, Lin Weimin was negotiating with the directors of the foreign language room, the ancient language room, and several key editors about the publication order of the "World Literature Masterpiece Library".

The "World Literary Classics Library" is called "World" and contains classic literary works from various countries. Therefore, Lin Weimin first set the tone for the publication of the series, and the publication must be published in one "country" unit.

The biggest advantage of doing this is that it can satisfy readers' desire to buy and collection as much as possible.

If it is released one volume after another, it is very likely that readers will ignore part of the content due to the see-saw of time, resulting in uneven sales of each work, which is also unfavorable for the distribution work.

Everyone is now discussing which country's bibliography will be published first. Everyone is a senior editor. The literary works of France, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom have a wide range of influence in the world. In addition, China, which is the host, must be among the four countries. Pick one.

Everyone disagreed on which country should be the first to publish their works, arguing endlessly, arguing and arguing, and still not being able to decide.

Lin Weimin had no choice but to show up. He looked through the list of bibliographies that had been confirmed.

"Don't worry about the old Maozi. The quality of Soviet literature is unquestionable, but Maozi has just disintegrated, and his domestic influence has not been as good as before. In the Chinese literature section, there are too many bibliographies, and many of them have no systematic editorial review and proofreading. Pass.

Between Britain and France, I prefer France. Although there are many bibliographies in French literature, there are also many translations. Except for a few relatively rare works, the rest can basically be used. "

After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Jiangen in the foreign language room, "Old Chen, what's your opinion?"

"We are the first to publish French literature. There is no problem with our foreign language department. I am mainly worried that French literature has a large number of bibliographies and publications in China, and readers may not have that high desire to buy."

Lin Weimin said: "Your worries are somewhat justified, but the literatures of the countries we are discussing all have such problems, whichever country we choose will have such problems. Furthermore, the sales of "World Literature Classics Library" are destined to be steady. We don't need to be in a hurry, we can show some results first, which can also boost everyone's spirits."

Chen Jiangen pondered for a moment and said, "You are right, I agree."

Lin Weimin looked at the others again, "What's everyone's opinion?"

Everyone said they had no opinion, so they followed Lin Weimin's opinion.

The order of the bibliographies to be published was agreed, and the content of the work would naturally be inclined. The "World Literary Masterpiece Library" of French literature translation, editing, review, and proofreading was the top priority.

After arranging the work of the two editing rooms, Lin Weimin finally had a few days to spare.

During this period of time, he has been busy with the "World Literary Classics Library", and neglected the work at the Tongwen Press. He was about to go to the Tongwen Press to have a look, but was interrupted by two guests who came suddenly. pace.

Guo Feng is the owner of Bay Island Xindi Literature Publishing House. In 1987, he introduced the works of many mainland writers and successfully published the "Contemporary Mainland Chinese Writers Series" on the island.

In 1989, he approached the Guowen Society and proposed the idea of ​​importing Lin Weimin's works, which were written as separate volumes.

Now more than two years have passed, "Contemporary Mainland Chinese Writers Series" has set off a mainland craze in the Bay Island, and the "Lin Weimin Scroll" has sold well, with more than 40 sets, which not only boosted Lin Weimin's popularity in the Bay Island The fame and influence among literary lovers also contributed more than 200 million yuan in royalties to him.

Guo Feng didn't come here for himself today. After a few greetings, Guo Feng first introduced a charming female boss beside him to Lin Weimin.

Xu Feng was born as a film actor. In his early years, he starred in the works of many famous Bay Island directors such as Hu Jinquan and Ding Shanxi. Most of his screen images were chivalrous women.

In 1980, she married Tang Junnian, chairman of Xiangjiang Tomson Group, and faded out of the film industry.

In 1984, she decided to transform behind the scenes and founded "Tomson Films Co., Ltd." in Wandao, and acted as a producer herself to set up branches in Xiangjiang and Shanghai.

Over the past few years, her company has successively produced many film works such as "The Ugly Duckling", "Killing the Husband", "The Picture of Beauty", "The Good Boy", "The Wandering Child", "Tonight is Brilliant", "Rolling Red Dust", among which there are many masterpieces. As an author, he is well-known in the three places on both sides of the strait.

Guo Feng had published Lin Weimin's works, and today he was entrusted by Xu Feng to act as an intermediary. Xu Feng planned to buy the film adaptation rights of Lin Weimin's works.

Xu Feng's experience made Lin Weimin couldn't help but think of Ms. Yang, who had worked with "Lover", all of them were actors who turned behind the scenes, and they all achieved very good results.

Speaking of Xu Feng in later generations, the world has long forgotten her identity as an actor, and she is most praised for her two identities.

One is the investor and producer of the movie "Farewell My Concubine", and the other is the boss of Tomson Yipin.

After Guo Feng finished speaking, Xu Feng said again: "Mr. Lin, I live in Xiangjiang all the year round and travel between the two sides of the strait and three places. I have heard about you and your works for a long time. It has been eight years since my film production company was established. Over the past year, he has invested in the production of a series of film works, many of which have achieved good results.

I am here to visit you this time because I want to obtain the film adaptation rights of "Farewell My Concubine", and I hope to get your approval.

I know that you have cooperated with production companies in Xiangjiang and the United States. In terms of the price of the script, it is 40 yuan. What do you think? "

As soon as Xu Feng came up, he gave a very impressive number straight to the point.

If you look at the two sides of the strait and the three regions, this price has already broken the ceiling, and no film company will give such a high fee to any screenwriter.

But if you compare the price of Lin Weimin's cooperation with Hollywood, it's a lot worse.

Lin Weimin pondered for a moment, and said, "Ms. Xu, "Farewell My Concubine" has been published in many overseas countries and has sold more than ten million copies. Your price may not be in line with the popularity of this novel."

Hearing his answer, Xu Feng was somewhat astonished.

40 meters is not enough?
Seeing her expression, Lin Weimin said, "To tell you the truth, a few years ago, director Spielberg in Hollywood bought the copyright of "Life Is Beautiful Anyway", and the price was 80 yuan."

Xu Feng took a breath, and a look of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

She found Lin Weimin this time mainly because of the strong recommendation of director Yan Hao.

Yan Hao is the director of the movie "Time Like Water Flows". This movie was invested and produced by Ms. Yang's Jade Bird company. In recent years, Ms. Yang's company's production volume has been decreasing, so Xu Feng brought Yan Hao over.

In 1990, the movie "Rolling Red Dust", invested and produced by Xu Feng and shot by Yan Hao, was released in three places on both sides of the strait. It not only achieved good box office results, but also won several awards, which made Xu Feng even more fond of Yan Hao Rely on.

As early as Yan Hao's cooperation with Ms. Yang, he knew that Ms. Yang wanted to change Lin Weimin's "Farewell My Concubine", but Ms. Yang failed to do so.

Yan Hao loves this novel very much, and knows that Xu Feng is outstanding, unlike Ms. Yang who can only invest in making a movie every two or three years, so he strongly recommends it to Xu Feng, hoping that she can get "Farewell My Concubine" right of adaptation.

Before coming here, Xu Feng got to know Lin Weimin a little bit. Over the years, most of Lin Weimin's novels have been published and published in Xiangjiang and Wandao. Xu Feng has heard of his name for a long time, but he has seldom read his works. .

This time, because of Yan Hao's recommendation, she deliberately found the novel "Farewell My Concubine" and read it. After reading it, she was so emotional that she decided to adapt this work.

Xu Feng knew that Lin Weimin had cooperated with Hollywood. In 88, "The Last Emperor" won 9 Oscars, and Lin Weimin became famous in Hollywood.

According to her understanding, in Hollywood, for a major A-level production with an investment of more than 5000 million dollars, the editor can get a fee of between 50 million dollars.

She considered for a long time before deciding on the figure of 40 meters. The production budget of "Farewell My Concubine" is definitely far from Hollywood's level, and 400 million meters is the limit she can come up with.

40/400, one tenth, Xu Feng thought that his price was sincere enough, but he never expected that Lin Weimin's appetite would be so big.

The point is, people are not aimlessly, completely open their mouths.

If, according to what he said, the great Hollywood director Spielberg had to pay 80 yuan for the right to adapt his film, how much should he pay for it?
Xu Feng fell into a dilemma for a while.

(End of this chapter)