On May 21, the Chinese men's badminton team won the Thomas Cup for the first time, setting off a badminton craze in newspapers and on television, but the momentum was far less powerful than when the women's volleyball team won the championship.

That evening, Lin Chaoyang stood at the gate of the courtyard and watched a red motorcycle scurrying back and forth in the Xiaoliubukou alley, like a red mouse.

It is rare to find a good motorcycle that can be ridden so obscenely.

"If you want to speed up, speed up, and if you want to slow down, slow down. Why are you always adding, adding, and subtracting?"

"Brother-in-law, I'm scared!"

"You're still riding because you're afraid?"

"If I don't ride it, it would be a waste to leave it alone."

Lin Chaoyang was speechless, "There are so many vacant rooms at home, but I don't see you living in them next to each other?"

"Brother-in-law~"

Tao Yushu's Yamaha 125 has been stopped by Lin Chaoyang since she became pregnant. Tao Yumo has been eyeing it for a long time. During this time, she got her driver's license and came here eager to become a female rider. Unfortunately, she has too much ambition but too little ability.

After riding tremblingly for more than half an hour, the ride finally became more stable. Tao Yumo almost shouted in excitement.

Just as she was about to ride out of the alley, an old man suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alley, and she immediately stepped on the brakes.

Xie Jin looked at the little girl in front of him and remembered that she was the sister-in-law of Lin Chaoyang's family, "Is she Yumo? You have to be careful when riding!"

Tao Yumo nodded, "Director Xie, are you here to see my brother-in-law?"

"yes."

At this time, Lin Chaoyang had already ran over. Seeing that nothing happened, he said hello to Xie Jin, "Why are you free today? Are you not busy with casting?"

"Hey, I'm done."

"What's the meaning?"

"The actors have been selected."

Lin Chaoyang said unexpectedly: "Didn't several of the main actors have been cast before? Why have they been selected now?"

In fact, Xie Jin couldn't believe it. Lin Chaoyang recommended Tang Guoqiang to him that day, and he was very satisfied after meeting the real person.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Zhennian, who went to the Northeast to look for actors, received good news one after another. She found two actors in Changchun Repertory Theater and Shenyang Repertory Theater, whose images and temperaments matched Liang Sanxi and Jin Kailai in every aspect.

She just brought someone back to Yanjing yesterday, and it indeed met Xie Jin's expectations.

At this point, the casting problem that had troubled Xie Jin for three months was finally solved.

It just so happened that the day after tomorrow was the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards. Xie Jin was relieved to have settled the casting issue before the awards.

I only waited until after attending the awards ceremony in Shaanxi, then returned to Shanghai to pack up and rush to the filming location.

In a good mood, Xie Jin couldn't help but think of Lin Chaoyang again.

The two collaborated for the first time in "The Wrangler", which set a new high in Xie Jin's career. This time they collaborated again in "Wreaths Under the Mountain". The casting problem that originally made people scratch their heads was solved immediately after Lin Chaoyang appeared.

This made Xie Jin feel a bit like feudal superstition.

"When it comes to choosing actors, when you don't meet them, pick right and left. Once you meet them, the problem will be solved naturally." Xie Jin and Lin Chaoyang walked side by side to the entrance of the hospital, "I will go to Shaanxi tomorrow. Come and have a drink with you."

"I will be honored soon, and "Mountain" will be released. It's a double happiness!"

Lin Chaoyang joked, then remembered something, turned around and shouted to Tao Yumo, who was still lingering at the entrance of the alley: "Stop riding, go home!"

Tao Yumo, who was about to wander around in the alley, was filled with disappointment and returned with his motorcycle.

Several people entered the courtyard, and not long after they sat down, another guest came to the house. It was Liu Xinwu who came to give Lin Chaoyang a sample book of "The Master of Chess".

Originally, Yanjing Publishing House was going to publish "The Master of Chess" in April, but in time for the second issue of "October" this year, "Shutter Island" was published, and the magazine sold out.

This directly affected the publishing house’s topic selection work in the second quarter, causing the publication of many books to be postponed.

By this month, the third issue of "Contemporary" had been published for more than half a month, and sales were stable. On the other hand, the sales of the second issue of "October" also reached a record high of 1.55 million copies, basically exhausting its potential.

The publishing house finally has enough energy to consider publishing other books. As one of the key titles of Yanjing Publishing House this year, "The Master of Chess" is naturally the first to be put on the schedule.

"The amount of paper used this quarter must have exceeded. The company temporarily coordinated 60 tons of paper so that "The Master of Chess" could be published smoothly. Otherwise, we would have to wait until July. Most of the 60 tons of paper that were coordinated were used.

Give it to "Chess Master"."

In the publishing industry, the 80/20 rule is very prominent, whether it is sales or printing.

The top bestsellers occupy the vast majority of the publisher's printing resources, and the remaining small portion of printing resources will be spread over dozens or hundreds of books.

The first printing of 200,000 copies of "Chess Master" is not the blind confidence of the publisher, but the strong confidence given to them by the sales of Lin Chaoyang's previous works.

The day after Liu Xinwu came to deliver the sample book, Lin Chaoyang received the manuscript payment slip from Yanjing Publishing House.

The basic royalties for the publication of "The Master of Chess" are 14 yuan per 1,000 words, plus a 5% royalties for print runs of 10,000 copies. This publication brought Lin Chaoyang 3,640 yuan in income.

It doesn't seem like much, but considering that "The Master of Chess" is a short novel with only 130,000 words, this royalties are already quite a lot, not to mention that as long as it sells well, there will be follow-up income.

A few months ago, Humanities Press published "The Death of Van Gogh". The novel was enthusiastically sought after by readers as soon as it was released, with sales approaching 500,000 copies in one and a half months.

It has been four months now and the momentum has slowed down, but sales have easily exceeded 1 million copies.

According to the agreement between Lin Chaoyang and the Humanities Society, if the sales volume of the novel exceeds 800,000 copies, the printing fee will be settled at 5% of 10,000 copies.

The printing fee is paid every three months. In mid-April, Lin Chaoyang received a printing fee of more than 11,000 yuan from the Humanities Society.

This is the largest printing fee Lin Chaoyang has ever received since his novel was published.

From now on, as long as "The Master of Chess" sells well, royalties from the number of print runs will also be indispensable.

At this time, the results of this year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards were published in the newspaper. This year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards will be held in Xi'an, Shaanxi.

The awarding ceremony was held on the evening of May 23 at the SX Provincial Gymnasium. That night, the decorated gymnasium was decorated with colorful flags flying and lights brightly lit. There were as many as 2,500 people present, and many enthusiastic people gathered outside the venue. There was a buzz of people inside and outside the stadium.

"Wrangler" won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor and Editing, and the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Feature Film and Best Supporting Actor.

"The Wrangler" swept the Chinese film industry in early 1982. Both industry insiders and ordinary movie fans had high hopes for the film's performance at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards.

Putting aside the actor awards Niu Ben won, the film deservedly won the Best Feature Film at the Hundred Flowers Awards.

Because the Hundred Flowers Award is a film award sponsored by "Popular Cinema" and is a mass film award voted by the general audience, "The Wrangler" won the Best Feature Film Award, which fully proves the people's love for this film.

But the result of winning the Golden Rooster Award seems to be somewhat ignored. You must know that "Wrangler" can be said to have received rave reviews in the film industry after its release. However, when it came to the evaluation of this professional award, it only won the Best Editing. award.

The next day, Xie Jin couldn't help calling Lin Chaoyang to complain, thinking that the jury was trying to balance the situation.

The Golden Rooster Awards were held for the first time last year, and Xie Jin won seven awards including Best Feature Film, Best Director, Writer and Screenplay, and Best Actress for "The Legend of Tianyun Mountain".

This year's "Wrangler" is even better than "Legend of Tianyun Mountain". It is impeccable both in terms of industry evaluation and audience reputation, but its award performance is far inferior to "Legend of Tianyun Mountain". How can this make Xie Jin balance.

"This is how we Chinese people do awards. You can be good, but you can't be too good. Since everyone is here, you can't be empty-handed. There is no credit, but there is also hard work.

The excellence of "Wrangler" is obvious to all, and you also won the Hundred Flowers Award!"

Lin Chaoyang comforted Xie Jin like this.

“I don’t think my movie is better than others so that I have to win this award, but it’s not so bad that I can only win Best Editing.

Besides, I have received all the honors I deserve, so this is nothing.

It's just that the story of "Wrangler" is so brilliant, but you don't even have the best screenwriter, it's really unjustifiable."

Xie Jin's complaint made Lin Chaoyang laugh, "I'm just an amateur screenwriter, what does it matter whether I win or not?"

Lin Chaoyang really didn't take the Golden Rooster Award seriously. Firstly, it was because he knew what a shame this award was. Secondly, he didn't regard himself as a screenwriter. Whether or not he won the Golden Rooster Award really didn't matter to him. thing.

"I advise you not to take this award so seriously. A gold cup or a silver cup is not as good as the public's reputation. Making a good movie is worse than anything else," Lin Chaoyang said.

"I still need you to teach me? I'm finally done with it, and now I have to put all my energy into "Wreaths Under the Mountains"."

On the phone, Xie Jin's tone was full of ambition.

Two days later, it was almost the end of the month, and the one-year "May 4th Youth Literature Award" essay competition launched by "China Youth" also came to an end. Lin Chaoyang came to the "May 4th Youth Literature Award" in Beisanlitun, Chaoyang District this morning. China Youth magazine held a meeting.

The number of judges for the May 4th Youth Literature Award is not that large. Counting Lin Chaoyang, there are six in total, but they all have some connection with him. Apart from him, the remaining five judges are Ding Ling, Feng Mu, and Wei Jun Yi, Wang Meng, Liu Xinwu.

In the past nearly a year, "China Youth" has published dozens of excellent short stories, all of which have been carefully selected by the editorial department. Some of them have had a considerable impact and have won awards. National awards.

After some discussion, everyone determined the final list of winners.

Many literary awards at this time are in the nature of "Excellence Awards" and do not rank first, second or third. As long as they meet the selection requirements of the jury, they can win the award. The same is true for the May 4th Youth Literature Award.

The final list of winners of the May 4th Youth Literature Award is as many as 23, such as "Flying Over the Blue Sky" by Han Shaogong, "The Ordinary People" by Wang Anyi, "Blue Flag" by Chen Cun, and "Sleet" by Jin Dai Excellent works have won awards.

One week after the award results were released, "China Youth" magazine held an awards ceremony.

"China Youth" magazine has a profound foundation. It was established in the 1920s. In the past half century, it has been suspended three times and resumed three times. It can be said that it has gone through ups and downs.

This time to organize the May 4th Youth Literature Award, the magazine also put in all its efforts and even invited deputy F-level leaders to attend.

"...To build our country well, we need all kinds of talents, as well as writers. In the four modernizations, literary workers are an indispensable team..."

The leader was speaking on the stage, and Lin Chaoyang was also whispering to Wei Junyi.

"The response to "Shutter Island" has been great since it was released!"

"It's okay, it's all supported by readers."

"Why did you choose "October"? Didn't you have a pleasant cooperation with our "Contemporary" before?"

Of course, Lin Chaoyang couldn't directly say that the royalties were high, he could only express tactfully, "October is more interested in my novel."
To be continued...