On another weekend after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu came to Mianmian Hutong in the morning. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Zhang Guiqin packing her luggage.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Lin Chaoyang asked. He scanned the room and found no sign of Lin Erchun. "Where's my dad?"
Zhang Guiqin said helplessly: "I'm going to buy train tickets."
"You want to go back to your hometown? It's just the New Year, and it's still early for spring to begin."
"Don't mention it. Yesterday, your accountant uncle wrote to him, saying that the policy from above has come down, and the land in our house will be divided soon.
Your dad was so anxious when he heard that, he didn't sleep well all night yesterday. Well, he asked me to pack things when he got up in the morning, and he went to buy a train ticket."
The policy of allocating farmland to households has been debated for three or four years. Finally, on January 1 this year, the central government issued the "Minutes of the National Rural Work Conference", which is also the first No. 1 document on rural work in the history of our country.
Minutes of Rural Work Meeting.
The document clearly states that the various responsibility systems currently implemented in rural areas are all production responsibility systems of the socialist collective economy, reflecting the strong desire of hundreds of millions of farmers to develop socialist agriculture in accordance with the actual conditions of China's rural areas.
This means that the rural household responsibility system, a major measure related to China's rural reform, has been recognized and endorsed by the central government and will soon be extended nationwide.
In the past few years, many rural areas across the country have implemented different forms of household responsibility systems, but the small county in Lin Chaoyang's hometown has always been a "good student" and had to wait for orders from above before daring to implement them.
"What's the use of him going back? The production team will be gone in the future."
While the mother and son were talking, Lin Erchun came back from outside with a gloomy look on his face.
"What's wrong? Didn't you buy the train ticket?"
"I bought it." Lin Erchun said angrily.
"Aren't you happy after buying it?"
Lin Erchun glanced at Lin Chaoyang. When he went there, all the train tickets were sold out. In order to return to his hometown early, he went to a second-hand dealer and spent an extra ten yuan to buy two hard sleeper tickets.
On the way back, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, what a black-hearted ticket seller!
Lin Chaoyang saw him putting on a bad face and thought he was worried about the distribution of farmland to households in his hometown.
"Okay. Generally speaking, the benefits of dividing farmland into households outweigh the disadvantages for the people. You can't always think about occupying the position of production captain. How old are you? Wouldn't it be good to come to Yanjing and enjoy the happiness?"
When Lin Erchun heard this, he seemed to have been stepped on, and shouted loudly: "I have been the production captain for twenty years, and that was chosen by everyone."
"I didn't say you weren't chosen by everyone. What I mean is that you have to give young people a chance and retire when it's time."
"Young people? Young people are all thinking about their own affairs. Who thinks about benefiting everyone?" Lin Erchun said with a cold snort.
Old comrades who are about to retire are always extremely manic. This situation will become more common in later generations. Seeing this, Lin Chaoyang ignored him and let him sulk on his own.
The next morning, Lin Chaoyang went to the train station to see the old couple off, and Lin Erchun pulled him along.
"You make a lot of money now and are famous. I don't need to worry about anything else. I just need to worry about having children."
"I know, I know, isn't this just hard work?"
"Just talking about hard work doesn't make any difference."
My father's complaints were extremely harsh.
It has been less than two months since the two parents gave birth to a baby, and they were fully prepared. "How long has it been? I will definitely let you have a grandchild by this time next year."
After receiving Lin Chaoyang's promise, Lin Erchun still felt uneasy, "Wait until you get home, and I'll have someone get you some deer antlers."
Lin Chaoyang:......
"It's almost time, get in the car quickly!"
After seeing off Lin Erchun and his wife, the start of school is getting closer and closer.
On the second day in late February, Liu Xinwu came to the library and brought two pieces of good news to Lin Chaoyang.
One is that Lin Chaoyang's new novel has been confirmed to be published in the next issue of "October". The full text of the new novel is 243,000 words. "October" will give him a standard remuneration of 14 yuan per thousand words. The publication fee is
3,402 yuan, the manuscript fee bill has been remitted.
Another news is that Yanjing Publishing House plans to release a single volume of "The Master of Chess" in early April.
"The editing and proofreading of our publishing house won't take that long, right?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
"Of course it's not because of this problem. Last year, our publishing house used 1,300 tons of paper for production. This year, our publishing house used 80 tons more paper than last year. But so far in the first quarter, we have used 320 tons.
According to this situation, by the end of the first quarter, it will cost at least 480 tons. In the next quarter, each editorial department will definitely reduce the selection of topics.
Our "October" is valued by the club and is listed among the "must be published" topics. Your "Chess Master" is also a key topic in the club.
It is scheduled to be published in early April, and there is plenty of paper for production. Even if there is a shortage of paper during additional printing later, it can be supplied with priority."
After talking about the situation in their club, Liu Xinwu added: "Your "The Death of Van Gogh" was so great that it calmed the leaders of our club and said that we must ensure the print run of the novel "The Master of Chess" no matter what.
, I have high hopes for you!”
In mid-January, the Humanities Society published Lin Chaoyang's "The Death of Van Gogh". The first printing of 200,000 copies was distributed across the country and was sold out in less than half a month.
In less than a month and a half, the Humanities Society has reprinted twice, and the printing volume of "The Death of Van Gogh" has reached 500,000 copies. According to feedback from bookstores in various places, the printing volume is basically equal to the sales volume.
This also made "The Death of Van Gogh" the first dark horse in the domestic book market in 1982.
Lin Chaoyang's works have always been popular, everyone knows this, but the sales of 500,000 copies in one and a half months still seduce many publishing houses.
If we follow this rate, it would be easy to sell over one million copies of "The Death of Van Gogh", and it would be easy to sell two million copies within a year.
Everyone still remembers the terrifying performance of "Wreaths Under the Mountain" when the single book was released two years ago, selling three million copies a year. Now, "The Death of Van Gogh" has been on the market for a month and a half, and it is like another "High Mountain".
How can this not shock many domestic publishing houses?
Other publishing houses can only act as passers-by responsible for shock, but Yanjing Publishing House has obtained the publishing rights of Lin Chaoyang's "The Master of Chess".
Seeing the booming sales of "The Death of Van Gogh", the leaders of the publishing house naturally had high hopes for "The Chess Master".
The day after Liu Xinwu left, the remittance slip for "October" arrived. Compared with his previous royalties for publishing novels, his current royalties were rising step by step, which made Lin Chaoyang feel very good.
Two days before the start of school, Zhu Wei from "China Youth" found Lin Chaoyang.
Since being invited by Zhu Wei last year to be a judge for the "May 4th Youth Literature Award" essay competition in "China Youth", Lin Chaoyang has been flipping through the magazine "China Youth" every now and then.
Their essay competition lasts for one year, and will not enter the final selection stage until June this year, which is when judges like Lin Chaoyang and others come in handy.
Zhu Wei came to Lin Chaoyang this time because their editorial department wanted to hold a creative writing class in Guilin and invite some potential writers discovered in the magazine over the past six months to participate. Inviting Lin Chaoyang was a benefit to the judges.
In the 1980s, magazines and publishing houses gradually formed a habit of organizing pen clubs and creative writing classes, and they also used this method to cultivate and win over groups of writers.
"Chinese Youth" specially found the Ministry of Health to organize the creative class this time, and arranged the creative class to the guest house of Nanxishan Hospital in Guilin. It is a military hospital, next to Nanxishan Park, with green trees and a beautiful environment.
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"I won't go to the creative writing class. School is about to start, and I still have a script to write."
Lin Chaoyang declined Zhu Wei's invitation. Xie Jin, the scriptwriter of "High Mountain", was in a hurry. He had already called him twice after returning to Shanghai for more than half a month.
On the one hand, I will communicate with him some details of the script of "High Mountain", and on the other hand, I will also talk to him about the preparations of the crew to put pressure on him.
After being rejected by Lin Chaoyang, Zhu Wei left with a little regret.
Two days later, Yanda University, which had been quiet for the winter vacation, became lively again. When Lin Chaoyang was working, Zhang Manling ran to the library and said she wanted to treat Lin Chaoyang to dinner.
Last year, she asked Lin Chaoyang to help her read novels, and Lin Chaoyang was very helpful in recommending both of her novels to "Yenjing Literature".
In the past February, her novella "There is a Beautiful Place" has been successfully published in "Yenjing Literature" and has achieved considerable response, bringing the originally unknown name of Zhang Manling to the attention of the literary world.
This month, her other novella "Cloud" will also be published in "Yenjing Literature".
For Zhang Manling, entering the literary world was originally out of her reach. When she came to Lin Chaoyang for help, she just had the mentality of treating a dead horse as a live doctor.
She never expected that in just two or three months, she would complete the identity transformation from an unknown person to a rising star. Such a result made Zhang Manling feel grateful to Lin Chaoyang in her heart.
"There are always horses with a thousand li in the world, but there are not always Bole. Without your help Chaoyang, my work would not have been published so smoothly."
While praising Lin Chaoyang, he also praised himself, which is in line with Zhang Manling's somewhat narcissistic character.
"I have received the second payment for "Yenjing Literature". I have earned seven to eight hundred yuan from the two payment payments. I must treat you to a big dinner."
Zhang Manling is a senior this year and has not yet joined the workforce. Seven to eight hundred yuan is a big number for her.
She had said before that she wanted to invite Lin Chaoyang to dinner, but Lin Chaoyang refused after he published his work.
Now that the work has been published, and Zhang Manling is so kind, Lin Chaoyang cannot refuse.
However, Lin Chaoyang still had to consider the impact of having a meal with a female college student.
"It's not affordable to eat out. I know your classmate Liu Zhenyun quite well. You can invite two more people to come to my house and I will cook for you."
Zhang Manling has a bold temperament and is informal. She did not think about the issues Lin Chaoyang was considering. She said: "Okay, I'll call a few people. But first, I'll buy the food."
"OK."
At the weekend, several students from the Chinese Department of Literature majoring in the 1978 class of Yan University appeared at the entrance of the Overseas Chinese Apartment. They waited for the security guard at the door to notify them before entering the hospital.
Liu Zhenyun has been here several times and is no stranger to this place. Dai Jinhua beside him looked around curiously.
Then she said to Zhang Manling: "Manling, when you earn more royalties, you can buy a house like this. The decoration here is really good."
"This is an overseas Chinese apartment. Except for the sea in Zhongnan, the housing prices in this area are very expensive. They are more expensive than Wanwan Village. How many novels do I have to write?" Zhang Manling said.
Dai Jinhua corrected: "No, the apartment buildings over Tuanjie Lake are now more expensive than here."
“The one at Tuanjie Lake looks a lot worse than this.”
"That's true."
Several people came upstairs while chatting. Lin Chaoyang greeted them enthusiastically. Looking at the things they were carrying, he smiled and said, "I really bought a lot of things."
"We agreed that I would treat you, but it shouldn't be too shabby," Zhang Manling said.
Lin Chaoyang shook hands with Dai Jinhua. Among the three of them, Dai Jinhua was the only one who did not know Tao Yushu, so he introduced Dai Jinhua to Tao Yushu.
"This is Dai Jinhua, a classmate of Zhenyun and Manling, and a talented girl from the Chinese Department."
Seeing Lin Chaoyang again, Dai Jinhua's face showed a bit of restraint.
When she first entered school, she was not afraid of tigers. Just in time for the publication of "Little Shoes", she made a big discussion in the library in front of the author Lin Chaoyang.
Now that she is a senior in college, she is much more humble and low-key, and she looks embarrassed when talking about what happened back then.
Tao Yushu couldn't help laughing after hearing this, "It doesn't matter. Readers are not authors, and everything they feel is subjective."
After chatting and joking for a while, Lin Chaoyang was preparing to cook, and several people took the initiative to help.
While cooking, another guest came to the house. It turned out to be Li Tuo and Zhang Chengzhi who had been at Lin Chaoyang's house in the middle of the night a few days ago.
"Why are you two here free?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
Li Tuo said: "Chengzhi just received the royalties for "The Black Stallion" and said he would like to treat you to dinner."
"Unfortunately you are here, someone has already invited you."
Liu Zhenyun had come to Lin Chaoyang's house before and had long known Li Tuo and Zhang Chengzhi. Lin Chaoyang introduced them to Zhang Manling and Dai Jinhua.
Hearing that Zhang Manling was the author of "There is a Beautiful Place", Li Tuo's eyes lit up.
"I didn't expect that the author of "There is a Beautiful Place" turned out to be a beautiful female college student." Li Tuo came forward and started chatting with Zhang Manling.
Chapter completed!