On Sunday, Tao Yushu took a rest and went back to her parents' house with Lin Chaoyang and her children for dinner, and brought gifts to the family.

Brothers Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu had been waiting impatiently for several days, and finally waited for Lin Chaoyang to return from Xiangjiang.

What Lin Chaoyang brought back to them this time was Sony's Walkman. Since Sony released the first portable tape player TPS-L2 in 1979, their Walkman has been greatly welcomed by countries around the world.

In just five years, sales have exceeded tens of millions of units.

In the past two years, a very small number of people in China have used Walkmans in pursuit of fashion. However, except for a small number of these people who actually spent foreign exchange coupons to buy them at Youyi Store, most of the purchases were actually smuggled parallel imports.

Even if the price of such parallel imports is only a fraction of the genuine products, it is still a huge amount of consumption for Chinese people at this stage.

In addition to the gifts given to Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu brothers, the gifts for the rest of the Tao family are not cheap, ranging from three to four hundred Hong Kong dollars to one to two thousand Hong Kong dollars.

Last year, Lin Chaoyang went to Xiangjiang and brought back many valuable gifts for his family. The things he brought back this time were even more expensive. Except for the two little ones who were very happy, the adults of the Tao family felt a little guilty.

Father Tao said to Lin Chaoyang earnestly: "Chaoyang, don't buy these things for us when you go out in the future. Everyone understands what you mean.

If you really want to buy, you can bring some cheap souvenirs. How can you buy so many expensive things for your family every year?"

Tao's mother also said: "Yes, it's all as long as it's what you want. Gifts are not the norm. Look at Xiwen and his brothers and Yumo. Now, as soon as I hear that you are going out, I look forward to it. How can this be okay?

!We can’t let them develop this problem.”

Lin Chaoyang definitely wanted to listen to the opinions of the old couple, and he nodded seriously to express his understanding.

When it was time to eat, Tao Yucheng came back from the video parlor. It had been a month since the video parlor opened, and its popularity had gradually stabilized. Tao Yucheng and his wife alternated visiting the store every day, and they were no longer as busy as before.

According to Tao Yucheng, at least three to four hundred people enter the video hall every day, and many people often stay in the video hall for half a day. Therefore, after careful calculation, their video hall's daily revenue is at least 1300 to 400 people.

dollars.

The key is that it's summer vacation now. Open a video studio next to the university. Winter and summer vacations are the off-season. We really have to wait until school starts. By then, the number of viewers will easily double or triple.

“It shouldn’t be a big problem to pay back before this year’s winter vacation.”

The reality makes Tao Yucheng very optimistic. The key is that he does not need to resign. Opening a video studio is a right move. This matter cannot be done without the help of Lin Chaoyang and Du Feng.

In front of Tao's father and Tao's mother, Tao Yucheng could not say anything. After dinner, he specially sent Lin Chaoyang out and said a few words of thanks.

"We are all one family, why are we so polite?"

After saying these things, Tao Yucheng said again: "By the way, Chaoyang, the news that you won the Best Screenplay Award at the Hong Kong Academy Awards has been reported back to China. I have a friend who is a reporter for "Popular Films" and I would like to

I’ll make an interview with you.”

Compared with the speed of news dissemination in Hong Kong, domestic news is quite lagging behind. It took a week after Lin Chaoyang won the award.

When Tao Yucheng opened his mouth, Lin Chaoyang naturally couldn't refuse.

Two days later, someone claiming to be Xiao Li, a reporter from Popular Cinema, came to visit me.

"Come in quickly!" Lin Chaoyang enthusiastically let Xiaoli into the main room.

After chatting for a while, the two chatted about Lin Chaoyang's participation in the Academy Awards ceremony. This was not a formal interview, but just a warm-up before the interview.

When the interview officially started, the two of them answered questions and answers. Xiaoli was the kind of reporter who was serious and meticulous. He would not ask any unexpected questions, but would keep chatting according to the interview outline he had prepared in advance.

This kind of interview is less sharp, but it is smoother and the interviewee will feel very comfortable, allowing Lin Chaoyang to say a lot without realizing it.

While the two were chatting, a group of four or five people, including Li Tuo, Chen Jiangong, and Acheng, arrived at Lin Chaoyang's house.

Seeing that he was busy with business, everyone hid in the side room and moved around freely.

After the interview was over, Xiaoli asked Lin Chaoyang: "I heard that you went to Xiangjiang this time and made some news when you were interviewed by the media."

"Is there any report in China now?"

Xiaoli shook his head, "I heard about it too."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. The media in Xiangjiang always watch the excitement and are not afraid of big things. I just talked about some views on Bay Island. Some people may think this topic is a bit sensitive."

Xiao Li did not know the specific details of the news that happened to Lin Chaoyang in Xiangjiang. He only knew that Lin Chaoyang made the headlines of the Xiangjiang newspapers because he said a few words about Bay Island.

From what Lin Chaoyang said, I guess it was probably because of political sensitivity.

He smiled and complimented again: "Your influence is really great. I see that many domestic media are also discussing you recently."

"You're talking about royalties, right?"

Xiaoli nodded.

Lin Chaoyang said helplessly: "The mouths are on those people's faces. They can say whatever they want."

"From my personal standpoint, I support you.

In the long run, the royalty payment system is definitely a good thing for domestic literary workers.

Maybe in ten years' time, many of those who scolded you will have to thank you."

Xiaoli's words made Lin Chaoyang feel more useful, "I hope so."

Finally, Xiaoli asked Lin Chaoyang for his opinion and said that he wanted to use the words "The first domestic winner of the Hong Kong Film Awards" in the title of the article, but Lin Chaoyang immediately rejected it.

""The Curtain" is a work of collective wisdom, and the current results are due to everyone.

Not only did I win the Best Screenplay Award this year, but Song Hongrong from Yan Film Studio also won the Best Art Director Award. To say 'first' is too far-fetched.

Besides, Xiangjiang is Chinese territory, and the people of Xiangjiang are also Chinese, and they should not be separated from each other."

Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Xiaoli nodded in an educated manner, "Okay, then I'll come up with a more appropriate title later."

After saying that, he left.

After Xiaoli left, Li Tuo and others ran to the main room, set up rice cookers and started making noise, saying that they wanted Lin Chaoyang to treat him. The reason was of course that he had won an award at the Academy Awards.

"You guys came here today just to have a meal, right?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Li Tuohao sat down uninhibitedly and winked at Acheng, "Show him!"

Ah Cheng immediately handed over a publication, which turned out to be the "Literary News" that just came out today.

Lin Chaoyang opened it casually and found an article signed by Acheng on page 7 - "Culture Restricts Humanity".

He took a few glances at the content above, and it could basically be seen as a statement praising root-seeking literature. Although it was a hymn, Acheng's writing style was good.

The topic of the article is clear, the arguments and arguments are reasonable and sufficient, and the logic is clear and rigorous. It can be regarded as a good article.

"A Cheng's move is extraordinary this time. Since you were not in Yanjing a few days ago, I will check this article for you. After it is published, it will definitely spark heated discussions and help the development of our root-seeking literature!"

Li Tuo praised Ah Cheng, and then asked Lin Chaoyang proudly, "Isn't this article worth a meal?"

"The article was written by Acheng, what does it have to do with you?"

"Why doesn't it matter? We are here to make suggestions, so just say me. Without my review, his article might not be published in the Literary Journal."

"Just blow it!"

A few people joked for a while, and Li Tuo became serious again, "Actually, we are here today mainly because of the news about royalties."

The news about royalties being paid for the publication of "Crossing Guandong" emerged when Lin Chaoyang was holding a seminar in Guangzhou, and it has only been less than half a month since then.

But news spreads very quickly, mainly because "Crossing Guandong" is so popular nowadays.

Even though it has been almost four months since the first part was published, the enthusiasm for discussion of this novel in the literary community and among readers is still high.

Under such circumstances, any topic about "Crossing Guandong" and the author Lin Chaoyang will inevitably attract the attention of countless people.

In less than half a month, nearly 20 media outlets, starting from the Yangcheng Evening News in Guangdong, to local media in Shanghai, Shaanxi, and Hebei, to two mainstream media outlets in Yanjing, the capital, reported on the royalties payment.

The matter of reward system.

The popularity of this news craze is not limited to the literary world, but has now spread to the entire cultural world and publishing industry.

After all, literary works are only a subcategory of the book market, and authors are not the only ones receiving royalties, so this matter will inevitably affect the entire cultural world as well as the book and publishing markets.

"Chaoyang, have you noticed?"

"Notice anything?"

"Those who took the lead in speaking out on the royalty payment system were almost all official mouthpieces. The big discussion about root-seeking literature some time ago was that they were speaking against us.

I suspect this group of people did it on purpose this time, they wanted to set you up as a target."

Lin Chaoyang thought: "It shouldn't happen, right?"

"It's not that we don't make guesses and just discuss the situation. Anyway, this is what we saw.

Let’s ignore the matter of root-seeking literature. The royalty payment system is a good thing for any literary worker.

Those commentators are also writers after all, and writing this kind of article is really a waste of money.

Who doesn’t know how to pretend to be aloof? Don’t get paid for writing articles if they are capable!

Let me see how many of them have such backbone?"

Li Tuoyue became angrier as he spoke, and in the end he slapped the table in displeasure.

After getting angry, he continued: "I have been communicating with friends around me in the past two days. We, the writers group, must speak out on this matter. We cannot let those bastards who are eating and smashing the pot deflect the trend, let alone let them slander you like this!

In this matter, you have made a great contribution to our group of writers!"

After Li Tuo finished speaking, Chen Jiangong and others also echoed.

"Li Tuo is right. Now this matter is no longer your business alone. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter is beneficial to us literary workers.

But this group of people insists on confusing right and wrong, and it is obvious that they have evil intentions.

To put it bluntly, isn’t this just to save money for the publishing house?”

"The key and most irritating thing is that royalties are calculated based on sales volume. Writers with less sales will get less royalties. They didn't mention this at all! They are just plain bad people!"

After everyone accused the sanctimonious media and commentators, they were still aggrieved.

Lin Chaoyang was very pleased when he saw everyone's reaction. The royalty payment system was indeed not only related to his own interests, but also to the interests of the writers group.

To put it more broadly, anyone who is engaged in literary work and whose works may be published has something to do with this matter.

No one is a bystander in this!
Chapter completed!