Literary Master 1978

Editor Tao's letter was not long, but Mo Yan read it very carefully, and it took him a long time to raise his eyes from the letter paper.

The publication of "Black Beach" did not arouse any big response, but it received many positive comments from readers, which made Mo Yan very happy.

Tao Yushu's request for a manuscript also made him happy. This proved that his level had been recognized by the editor. It would be easier to publish his works in "People's Literature" in the future, which was another good thing.

As for Xu Lingjun's commentary article that Tao Yushu mentioned at the end, because he knew it in advance, his surprise was the smallest.

But after a while, he reacted again.

That’s not right!

"Yanjing Literature" was just published yesterday. No matter how fast Editor Tao's letter was, it would be impossible to send it to the troops in just one day, right?

Mo Yan immediately realized that Editor Tao must have known about this in advance.

Editor Tao is the editor of "People's Literature", so it is not unusual to know a famous person like Xu Lingjun. Maybe the two of them know each other.

With this thought in his mind, Mo Yan became more and more grateful that he could be favored by Tao Yushu.

On this day after mid-October, a sudden heavy rain fell in Yanjing, and the weather became colder and colder every day. Riding a bicycle in the morning and evening made people's faces hurt.

"Although autumn in Yanjing is good, it is also short-lived!"

Lin Chaoyang had just arrived at the library to work in the morning and made a casual comment, which was overheard by his colleagues. Before noon, Xie Daoyuan came over to greet him.

"When the weather gets cold, commuting to and from get off work becomes a bit difficult."

"It's a pity that you don't like the dormitories assigned by the school."

"Winter is coming soon. Didn't you buy winter vegetables? Didn't you buy coal? You just think about going to work all day, so you have to put some energy into your life."

"Let's take a few days off and come back to work after everything at home is settled."

Xie Daoyuan waved his hand, and Lin Chaoyang was on vacation again!

Lin Chaoyang stood at the door of the library, looking at the students passing by. The students studied so hard, but he took holidays from time to time.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but spit on himself in his heart.

He's already on vacation, and he's still thinking about these nonsense.

Get on the bicycle and leave a cool back view of the library standing there quietly.

Instead of going home, he went to Langrun Lake Apartments first.

Seeing that it's noon, let's go to my father-in-law's house for a meal first.

Today is a working day, my uncle is not at home, brothers Wen and Wu are at school, Tao's father, Tao's mother, and sister-in-law Zhao Li are both at home.

There was also Tao Yumo, who was supposed to be at work, but he was also at home today, but he was lying in bed sickly at the moment.

"What's wrong?" Lin Chaoyang asked standing at the door.

"Cold, fever."

Tao Yumo replied angrily, picked up the toilet paper on the bedside and blew her nose. Upon seeing this, Lin Chaoyang immediately closed the door, showing full of disgust.

"Brother-in-law!"

The sister-in-law's unwilling voice sounded in the room, and Lin Chaoyang said outside: "Your nephew hasn't caught a cold yet!"

At this time, the mother-in-law was scolding her sister-in-law. Tao Yumo didn't blame anyone for catching a cold, but she blamed herself for wanting to be polite rather than warm.

The temperature has dropped so much recently that I have to wear thin autumn clothes. If I don't pay attention, I will catch a cold.

During lunch, Tao Yucheng suddenly came back. Zhao Li asked him, "Why are you back at this time?"

"I wrote a film review and sent it to Film Creation. I was fine and came back."

"Film Creation" is a magazine sponsored by Yanying Factory. The editorial office is next to the Literature Department on the third floor of the main building of Yanying Factory. Lin Chaoyang will pass by it every time he goes to Yanying Factory.

Zhao Li looked at him slightly surprised, "Is it the one you tinkered with two days ago?"

"Yes." Tao Yucheng vowed: "I will definitely publish it this time!"

She had heard Zhao Li's noncommittal attitude so many times that she had already become numb.

Tao Yucheng was heartless and didn't care about his wife's attitude. He turned to chat with Lin Chaoyang.

"Chaoyang, the movie review I wrote was about "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace". Your movie is really popular now. I heard that the box office in Xiangjiang is also very good, with tens of millions?"

"The Hong Kong dollar is not valuable. It is only 4 million yuan, which is not as high as the domestic box office."

Tao Yucheng joked: "You are not satisfied now. How big is Xiangjiang, how many people do we have here? Isn't "The Government Behind the Curtain" about to be released soon?"

"Well, just these two days."

"The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "The Government Behind the Curtain" are the same script, but they were divided into two parts for release because there was too much content.

"Burning the Old Summer Palace" will be released simultaneously in Hong Kong and the Mainland on September 21st, while "Behind the Curtain" will be released on October 20th.

Movies in Hong Kong can only be released for a month at most. "Burning Old Summer Palace" was just released in the past two days, and the box office was finally locked at 16.42 million Hong Kong dollars.

Compared with the later version, it has a box office of one million more, probably because of Lin Chaoyang's butterfly wings.

This achievement ranks him among the top three in the Hong Kong film industry this year at the box office. Li Hanxiang is the biggest beneficiary of the film's success. Now he has become a popular and popular director in the Hong Kong film industry, and investors are chasing him to send money.

Even his company New Kunlun Pictures started to stir up excitement. It was originally said that it would invest 300,000 Hong Kong dollars in "Chess Master", but later it was changed and doubled to 600,000 Hong Kong dollars. The investment was much more generous than before.

Even in terms of royalties, he is still as picky as ever. This is Lin Chaoyang's private complaint.

In terms of starring in movies, Liu Xiaoqing has become famous in Hong Kong. It is said that many movie fans have come to attend events in Hong Kong and asked for autographs.

On the other hand, Tony Leung Ka-fai, an actor in Hong Kong, was a bit miserable. During the release of "Burning Old Summer Palace", Wandao officially released the news that he was banned.

When the news came, Tony Leung Ka-fai's stardom, which had just improved slightly due to "The Burning of Old Summer Palace", immediately dimmed.

But he no longer cared about it, because he had been packed and sent to the mainland by Li Hanxiang to film "The Master of Chess".

For him, a young man who has yet to taste the taste of fame and fortune, being blocked by the Bay Island authorities seems to have no impact, and it will not delay him from making movies anyway.

As for the screenwriter Lin Chaoyang, he also attracted the attention of the Hong Kong film industry, and Li Hanxiang praised him very much, making many filmmakers interested in him.

It's a pity that he is in the Mainland and does not make a living by writing scripts. This reputation does not really help him.

"The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" has been released in Hong Kong, but it is still being released in the Mainland. However, there is no box office statistics. Except for China Film, even the studios cannot know the box office of the movie after its release.

In fact, China Film and Television does not count movie box office these days. They count movie distribution income. From the distribution income, we can roughly estimate the box office.

"I had dinner with people from the municipal distribution company that day, and I heard that their company made 450,000 yuan this month from "Burning the Old Summer Palace."" Tao Yucheng said mysteriously.

Lin Chaoyang had no idea about the "450,000" income of provincial-level issuing companies. Tao Yucheng gave him popular science:

"Nowadays, the box office of domestic films excludes the 900,000 yuan per film paid by China Film to the studio, copies, etc., and the rest is distribution income, which is usually 50%.

Of this 50%, China Film Group takes the lead, accounting for 70%. The other 30% is reserved for provincial distribution companies, and provincial companies turn over 20% of the revenue and profits to the finance, and 80% is used for the reconstruction of distribution and screening. "

Lin Chaoyang clarified the relationship, "30% of the provincial issuing company is 450,000 yuan?"

Tao Yucheng gave him a look, "Yes, and it's for one month."

Based on this calculation, the box office revenue of "Burning the Old Summer Palace" in the Yanjing area was at least 3 million yuan in one month.

Yanjing is an important ticket warehouse for domestic movie screenings. According to Tao Yucheng, Yanjing's box office multiplied by "10" is basically the total box office of the movie nationwide, which is 30 million.

There is an obvious difference between today's movie releases and those of later generations, that is, the screening cycle is very long. In later generations, many movies have been released in a month. Even if they are not released, the box office potential has been exhausted.

But nowadays, many popular movies are released for half a year. Of course, this cycle includes a lot of screen time on rural tours.

The ratio of rural touring screening revenue to total distribution revenue is generally 70% of urban cinema distribution revenue. The current domestic urbanization rate is only 20%.

In other words, urban areas account for 20% of the population and contribute nearly 60% of the box office of Chinese movies, while the rural population only contributes about 40% of the box office.

This number also reflects the current economic gap between urban and rural areas in the country.

According to the momentum of "Burning the Old Summer Palace", it is estimated that the domestic box office should be 50 to 60 million, no matter how small it is.

Although it cannot reach the record-breaking results of "Shaolin Temple" and "Wrangler", it can be said to be outstanding.

After all, "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" is a serious historical film, and its audience is far less broad than the first two.

It's a pity that no matter how popular the movie is, it has nothing to do with Lin Chaoyang, the screenwriter.

This is true not only for him, but for all film professionals.

While eating his meal, Tao Yucheng thought about the possible box office of "Curtain Behind the Curtain" and believed that Lin Chaoyang should win the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award next year.

"The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award is impossible. The movie is a co-production, but we are only assisting in the filming and are not eligible to register." Lin Chaoyang said.

Tao Yucheng said regretfully: "That's a pity! With the quality of these two films, they should have won the award anyway, but your "Wrangler" did not win the award that year."

Tao Yucheng felt sorry for Lin Chaoyang, but Lin Chaoyang didn't care. The first few years of these two awards were fine, but later they were basically the products of the judges' own entertainment, nothing unusual.

After dinner at Tao's house, Lin Chaoyang returned to Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

It's not completely unreasonable for Xie Daoyuan to find a reason for him to take a vacation. Winter is coming soon, and winter supplies must be prepared.

The population of Yanjing City has surged in recent years. One of the striking features is that around the beginning of winter, the coal plants in various streets are extremely busy. There are often seven, eight, or even a dozen tricycles delivering coal in one trip. Come out of the coal factory.

In order to deliver winter coal to people's homes before winter begins, coal plants will also hire some idle farmers in the suburbs to fill up the coal delivery team.

Although the limited amount of coal in the coal purchase book may not be enough for Lin Chaoyang's family to burn for a month, their family has never been short of coal. One of the biggest benefits of reform and opening up is that having money can truly improve their living standards.

That morning, as soon as the coal from the coal factory was delivered to his home, Lin Erchun came over and complained to him.

The theme of Comrade Erchun is "Waste".

He said that when Lin Chaoyang first came to the city, the old couple hoped that Lin Chaoyang would have a nest in Yanjing.

When Lin Chaoyang bought the house in the Overseas Chinese Apartment, they were very happy. Their son finally had a home in Yanjing, and their grandson would be a serious Yanjing native.

Later, Lin Chaoyang bought the yard in Mianmian Hutong, saying it was for the elderly couple to provide for their retirement, which made sense, but the yard was a bit big.

Later, Lin Chaoyang bought this place in Xiaoliubukou Hutong. The old couple lived in Mianmian Hutong, and the Overseas Chinese Apartment was vacant.

There are a total of five people in the family, three houses, a total of forty or fifty rooms, and an area of ​​nearly 3,000 square meters.

I can't live in it, I can't live in it at all.

Not to mention anything else, the coal money spent in the winter in the past two years is a lot of money, not to mention that the overseas Chinese apartment is still empty, and the property money has to be paid every penny.

"You are rich now, but it's not like this. As the old saying goes, if you don't have enough food and clothing, you will suffer poverty if you don't plan. You have to live a careful life..."

What Comrade Erchun was best at in his life was the abacus. Lin Chaoyang listened to his words with excitement in one ear and something in the other, absent-mindedly.

"Dad, what do you think?"

"I also know that you young people want to live on your own. Your mother and I are thinking that we can move to the Overseas Chinese Apartment and rent out the yard in Mianmian Hutong. This way we can save a lot of money in the year. Where’s the money?”

Listening to Lin Erchun's thoughts, Lin Chaoyang said helplessly: "Dad, why are you studying this matter again?"

"I'm also discussing this with you!"

Lin Erchun's tone was not as strong as when he talked to him before. Lin Chaoyang wanted to say a few words to make him happy, but he suddenly stopped when the words reached his mouth.

Because he realized that for his "filial piety", Lin Erchun and his wife had abandoned their home.

Now that they are in Yanjing, although they have no worries about food and clothing, they may feel like duckweeds in their hearts.

"Okay, you can take care of this matter." Lin Chaoyang said.

Hearing this, Lin Erchun suddenly became happy.

"That's right! If we don't bring you life, we won't take it away with you if we die. We should save what we need and spend what we should spend."

Seeing the smile on his face, Lin Chaoyang felt much relieved.