Xiangjiang is adjacent to Shenzhen, and customs clearance is very fast. Lin Chaoyang was still in Xiangjiang in the morning and returned to Shenzhen in the afternoon.

After returning to Shenzhen, he was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he went to find Ermatai to see how Luo Huifang's work was being implemented.

As soon as she heard Lin Chaoyang talk about work, Ermianti was elated.

After Lin Chaoyang left that day, Chen Zifang began to implement the work for Luo Huifang.

The old woolen mill was not doing well and wished all the employees had left. In addition, with the help of Chen Zifang at the Zhuyuan Hotel, Luo Huifang's job change was extremely smooth.

The procedures have been completed in the past two days, and you can officially go to work at Zhuyuan Hotel tomorrow.

Listening to Er Maitai's words, Lin Chaoyang showed a smile on his face, he accepted this favor.

"Chaoyang... do you think we have to give something to Manager Chen?" Ermanti asked Ai Ai.

Lin Chaoyang pondered and said: "It's okay to give things as gifts, but they don't need to be too expensive. Just be polite and don't mention the favors."

Ermatai was a little confused and wanted to ask again. Lin Chaoyang said: "Just do as I say. Let A Fang not have any psychological burden and work hard at Zhuyuan Hotel."

At this stage, the waiter job in Zhuyuan Hotel is considered to be a very good job in Shenzhen, and it will be better than others in at least ten years.

Lin Chaoyang said to Ermatai again: "Afang went to the Zhuyuan Hotel. You should also consider it. Working hard at the construction site is not a long-term solution."

Ermatai scratched his head and said, "I'm different from you. My brain can only work hard!"

Lin Chaoyang angrily said: "Don't make excuses for your laziness in thinking. The development of Shenzhen now is unprecedented..."

He had a few words with Ermaitai, but found out that this guy was not in a good mood and wanted to live a small life with Luo Huifang.

Lin Chaoyang felt helpless. Perhaps coming to Shenzhen had consumed Ermatai's greatest courage in his life.

He finally sighed and said: "Forget it, buy more houses in the future. If you have money, buy a house."

Hearing the solemnity in Lin Chaoyang's words, Ermitai nodded seriously.

Lin Chaoyang looked at his cross-eyed eyes again, and a figure of a stupid guy flashed in his mind, and added: "Don't sell it after you've bought it, and don't sell it until it reaches 100,000 per square meter!"

Ermatai looked at Lin Chaoyang as if he was mentally retarded. He suspected that Lin Chaoyang was crazy!

Sensing Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, Lin Chaoyang stepped forward and gave him a kick without any courtesy.

"Remember?"

Lin Chaoyang's kick was almost like tickling. Ermatai rubbed his butt and said, "For the sake of finding a job for A Fang, I won't bother you with this kick!"

"Virtue!"

Ermatai added: "You just happened to be back. I went to Afang's house today. His father heard that Afang's work was owed to you, and he kept saying he wanted to treat you to dinner."

"Forget about eating, let's wait for your wedding with A Fang."

Lin Chaoyang declined Er Maitai's invitation, and after saying goodbye to him, he came to Shenzhen Railway Station.

The current Shenzhen railway station is only about 100 square meters and is very simple and shabby. The yellow and white walls look very shabby. It looks like a railway station in a poor county.

Lin Chaoyang bought a train ticket from Shenzhen to Guangzhou. While waiting for the train at the train station, he strolled around the school bag stall at the train station. Unexpectedly, he discovered some news related to himself during this stroll.

"Money supremacy harms the atmosphere of the literary world", "What is the royalty payment system, starting from the sky-high royalties of "Crossing the Guandong""...

Lin Chaoyang remembered that when he held a seminar on his works in Guangzhou a few days ago, "Yangcheng Evening News" took the lead in reporting the royalty payment agreement he had reached with Huacheng Publishing House.

He went to Xiangjiang for a few days, but he did not expect that the wind not only did not calm down, but also became stronger and stronger.

When you find one cockroach in your home, it often means there are countless more cockroaches in the corner.

In the same way, he found two articles about "royalty payment" just by wandering around the bookstore stall, so one can imagine the impact of this incident on public opinion.

Lin Chaoyang carefully read the two articles he found at the book stall. One was a criticism of the "royalty payment system" and believed that this form disrupted the pure atmosphere of the literary world.

The article was more aimed at educating readers on what the "royalty payment system" is, and there was no praise or criticism of Lin Chaoyang between the lines.

But Lin Chaoyang found two articles, one critical and one neutral. The probability has already explained the problem.

Lin Chaoyang hung out on the train for several hours and got off in Guangzhou. He was not in a hurry to buy a train ticket back to Yanjing, but went to Huacheng Publishing House near Dashatou.

When he saw him, Li Shifei's attitude was very enthusiastic and a little guilty.

"Chaoyang? Why are you here? I watched you win an award on TV two days ago!"

The fact that the people of Guangdong can see Xiangjiang TVB Jade Channel is also due to a certain villager who accidentally hit it in 1978.

At this time, the TVs all used analog signals, and it was necessary to set up an antenna outdoors, because receiving the analog signals from the TV station required an antenna angle. Sometimes, if the antenna was blown askew by strong winds, it would be easy to lose the signal.

As luck would have it, some villagers suddenly received a TV signal from Xiangjiang when they were turning the antenna, which caused a sensation.

At this time, the TV programs in Hong Kong are much more interesting than the barren and boring TV programs on mainland TV stations.

In order to receive TV signals from Xiangjiang, ordinary people imitated the fish-skeleton antenna used by the family that first received the signal. In less than half a year, almost the entire Pearl River Delta region followed suit.

At that time, in Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Zhuhai and other places, fish-skeleton antennas in every household formed a "beautiful landscape".

In the past two years, the government even carried out special rectifications to curb this unhealthy trend, but to no avail.

Not to mention ordinary people, cadres also like to watch TV in Xiangjiang. How could it be banned under such circumstances?

Li Shifei asked Lin Chaoyang about the situation of the Golden Image Award, and he seemed very proud. Lin Chaoyang simply told him.

"You are the first screenwriter in our mainland to win the Hong Kong Film Awards, which is a record." Li Shifei said.

"A regional film award, what does this mean?"

Lin Chaoyang's tone was flat, and Li Shifei wanted to refute him, but after thinking about it, he realized that what Lin Chaoyang said was right.

Isn't it just a regional film award? It's not as valuable as the Golden Rooster Award.

After chatting for a while, Lin Chaoyang took out the two newspapers he bought at the train station.

"Lao Li, your Guangdong newspapers are very unfriendly to me!"

Li Shifei was a little short of breath when he heard that Lin Chaoyang's tone meant that he was going to investigate and accuse. "This matter... is actually not only reported by newspapers in Guangdong, but also by many newspapers in other places..."

When he said this, he felt even less confident.

The news about royalties came from their publishing house, and was the first to be reported by the Yangcheng Evening News.

In just a few days, at least a dozen newspapers across the country reported on this incident, and critical media was the mainstream.

Of course, the target of these media criticisms cannot be the publishing house. After all, the publishing house is the one who spends the money, so if they want to criticize, they can only criticize Lin Chaoyang, a "money worshiper" and a "money supremacist."

It is now 1984, the concept of market economy has not yet taken root in the hearts of the people, and the people's hearts are simple.

In the eyes of some people, it is an easy job for a writer to get paid for writing, and it would be unkind to ask for more.

In addition to this concept, some people believe that ten years ago, writers did not even get royalties for writing. In just a few years, writers not only received royalties, but also received royalties.

Such a huge change has made these people feel a psychological imbalance. Why can writers get royalties?

No matter what kind of mentality the criticism comes from, the effect on Lin Chaoyang is the same. In just a few days, so many people have paid attention to this matter, which fully proves the popularity of the literature industry today and also proves that

Lin Chaoyang’s influence.

After explaining a few words in a pale tone, Li Shifei forcibly changed the topic.

"Those criticisms are just nitpicking. Our publishing house is willing to give you royalties, and no one can stop it. Chaoyang, guess how many copies of this issue of "Flower City" have been sold?"

Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "Don't guess, just tell me what you want to say."

Li Shifei failed to sell it, so he could only grin and say: "2.8 million copies! 2.8 million copies in one and a half months! At this rate, it is certain that the June issue will sell more than 3 million copies."

When he said this, his eyes were solemn, "Chaoyang, "Crossing Guandong" has set a new record for Chinese literary journals!"

The sales of "Flower City" set a record, which was inseparable from the popularity of "Crossing Guandong". As an author, he was naturally happy, but he was more concerned about the publication of the novel.

After all, no matter how well the magazine sells, he can't get royalties.

Hearing him talk about this matter, Li Shifei said: "If nothing else happens, it should be published in September. We plan to make 20,000 copies of the first printing of 200,000 copies into a hardcover edition."

The hardcover version is good, but the price of the hardcover version is high, and Lin Chaoyang’s royalties are also high.

"In this case, it will be three months before publication. As time has passed, readers will be more enthusiastic about repurchasing it."

Listening to Li Shifei's arrangement, Lin Chaoyang nodded slightly.

Li Shifei went on to talk about the response to "Crossing the Guandong". After two issues of the magazine were released, the true face of Lushan Mountain in this novel was fully presented to the literary world and readers.

It is no longer necessary to elaborate on the praise received by the literary community and reader groups for this novel. It has almost become the novel with the highest overall evaluation in the literary community since the new era.

In particular, "Crossing the Guandong" is vast in length, grand in perspective, and lofty in its intentions, which meets the Chinese literary circle's preference for grand narratives.

In the eyes of those critics, this novel is perfect.

During this period of time, the literary world, especially the critical circles, has reached a peak of praise for "Crossing the Guandong".

The most intuitive reaction to this unprecedented high praise is that as long as anyone in the literary world dares to criticize this novel, he will inevitably be surrounded and suppressed by the fans of "Enter Guandong" without mercy.

In the words of some enthusiastic readers who wrote to the editorial board of "Flower City": "If a novel like this is subject to criticism, then which work in the contemporary Chinese literary world is worthy of praise?"

This sentence represents not only the voice of readers, but also the feelings of many people in the literary world.

In the eyes of these people, the success of "Crossing Guandong" is not only a victory for Lin Chaoyang, but also a victory for contemporary Chinese literature.

For a long time, Chinese contemporary literature cannot escape the shadow of imitating Western modernism. Although "Crossing the Guandong" also has the color of Latin American magical realism literature, it shows more of a profound and strong national culture.

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Rich cultural connotations and profound philosophy are melted into the fascinating storyline. Coupled with the exquisite and rigorous structure, the density and the appropriate use of literary language, this work has a high degree of artistic quality.

At the same time, it also achieves an aesthetic reading effect that is appreciated by both refined and popular people.

Such a majestic epic full of artistic charm and aesthetic value deserves any praise!
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