This Mao Dun Literature Prize Award Ceremony was not held in the People's Hall, but was held at the Yanjing International Club located on the east extension of Chang'an Avenue.
The original site of the Yanjing International Club was originally the Western Gentry Association in the Qing Dynasty. By the 1970s, when the country opened its policies and foreign affairs activities increased, WJ officials lacked a large-scale event venue where they could easily communicate with envoys from various countries.
So under this circumstance, Yanjing International Club was built on Chang'an Street, along with WJ Apartments and Friendship Store.
The yellow mosaic facade, white window frames, and black window lattice made these three Chinese and Western buildings a unique scenery on Chang'an Street in the 1970s.
With the success of the first awards ceremony, this Mao Dun Literary Award Award Ceremony became even more grand, with hundreds of guests from various literary associations, publishing organizations, and literary journals gathering together.
Reporters from many authoritative media such as People's Daily, Literary and Art Newspaper, and China Youth Daily also came to the scene.
Lin Chaoyang stood in the crowd and was as dazzling as a firefly in the dark night. When everyone saw him, their eyes inevitably stayed for a few seconds longer.
The reason is also very simple, it is too popular!
There has never been such a popular writer in the Chinese literary world!
In the past few months in the second half of the year, there has been no shortage of news about him, Lin Chaoyang.
First, there were news reports that he won an Academy Award in Hong Kong. You said you, a writer, won a film award. What is there to show off?
Then came the publication of "The Truman Show", a book signing, and a movie adaptation. In the days after the new book was released, the literary world was paying close attention.
Some time after the novel was published, controversy arose and the popularity remained high.
The recent Go competition between China and Japan has been a mess, and his novel and movie "The Master of Chess" has become popular again.
It has been three or four years since the novel was published, and I had to rush to buy it in bookstores.
More than half a year after the movie was released, it was re-released, and movie theaters everywhere were still full.
People in the literary world are dumbfounded. This phenomenon has completely exceeded the scope of literature and has become a cultural phenomenon.
Who would have thought that from a peak Go showdown between China and Japan, the person who would benefit the most from the Go matchup between China and Japan, apart from the Go players and players of the winning country, would be a writer!
It has been more than half a month since the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament ended. Although the popularity of the news has dropped, its influence continues to this day. Lin Chaoyang's appearance naturally attracted a lot of attention.
Standing with Lin Chaoyang is Li Shifei from Huacheng Publishing House. "Crossing the Guandong" was published in "Huacheng" and was published by Huacheng Publishing House. To win the award today, Huacheng Publishing House will definitely not be absent.
Most of the writers and critics present were focused on Lin Chaoyang, while those from the publishing house were mostly focused on Li Shifei, their eyes filled with envy and jealousy.
Huacheng Publishing House was originally a subsidiary of the Guangdong People's Society. Apart from its well-known book "Flower City", it had no national presence at all.
But now, in just a few years, people are starting to tremble.
MaYang has exceeded 20 million for two consecutive years, and its efficiency is better than that of many national-brand publishing organizations.
Today I came to attend the Mao Dun Literature Prize Award Ceremony. The expression on Li Shifei’s face was extremely proud.
The leaders of many publishing organizations feel very unhappy. What are they proud of? Isn’t it just that they have captured Lin Chaoyang’s cash cow?
Without him, your Huacheng Publishing House is nothing!
Tian Geng was among a group of publishing house leaders, and his mood was more complicated than others.
At that time, "The Chess Master" was published by Yanjing Publishing House, with excellent sales. Later, they also published "Shutter Island". Both novels brought extremely considerable benefits to Yanjing Publishing House.
Later, Lin Chaoyang came to them to discuss royalties and remuneration, but they did not agree.
According to their thinking at the time, the current basic royalties plus royalties for prints are already a very reasonable system. The royalty payment system is a product of capitalist society, how can they just agree to it casually?
Besides, there are no documents on it. If someone investigates the case, who can bear the responsibility?
With such a cautious attitude, Yanjing Publishing House rejected Lin Chaoyang's request and pushed him into the arms of Huacheng Publishing House.
Now it seems that this is undoubtedly one of the biggest mistakes made by Yanjing Publishing House in the history of its development.
In just over two years, Lin Chaoyang contributed more than 20 million yuan to Huacheng Publishing House.
Such achievements not only shocked the publishing industry across the country, but also allowed them to see the power of the market economy. It turns out that one writer and two works can support the performance of a large publishing house.
In a culture that has advocated collectivism for decades, the role of the individual is infinitely magnified at this moment.
Since the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, the sales of the "Chess Master" novel have been rising as the competition intensified. By the end of the game, the Chinese team won, and the sales boom of "Chess Master" was completely detonated.
According to statistics from Yanjing Publishing House, in the year since the start of the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, the novel "Chess Master" has sold 1.6 million copies. If the sales of the previous three years are included, the cumulative sales of "Chess Master" have already been reached before the start of the competition.
It has exceeded 3.5 million copies.
During the period after the arena competition, the sales of "Chess Master" surged, with tens of thousands of copies sold every day, which was even more popular than when it was first published.
In just twenty days, nearly 900,000 copies were sold, and the total sales volume has reached 5 million copies.
According to the current trend, 6 million, 7 million, 8 million... are probably not obstacles.
The Sino-Japanese Go Tournament is not just a simple game. In addition to bringing honor to China, this victory also inspired Chinese people's interest in the sport of Go. These people are all potential readers of "The Master of Chess".
A few years later, those national players fighting for the country may have grown up watching "The Master of Chess".
Thinking of this, Tian Geng couldn't help but sigh. He really didn't know whether he should be happy or unhappy.
At 9:30 in the morning, the second Mao Dun Literature Award Award Ceremony officially began. The process was no different from previous years, except that this year’s award-winning works were two fewer than the previous one.
There were only four people on stage to receive the award, namely Lin Chaoyang ("Enter Guandong"), Li Zhun ("The Yellow River Flows East"), Zhang Jie ("Heavy Wings"), and Liu Xinwu ("The Bell and Drum Tower").
The order of the award list is explained, and it represents the number of votes these works received during the selection process.
In the official list of winners, Lin Chaoyang and "Enter Guandong" have always been ranked at the top, which naturally means that he was elected with a high vote during the award selection process.
Four people stood on the stage, Li Zhun is 57 years old, Zhang Jie is 48 years old, and Liu Xinwu is 43 years old.
And Lin Chaoyang, 27 years old.
Among the award-winning writers on stage, the second youngest is more than one year older than him. The most important thing is that this is the second time Lin Chaoyang has won the award.
"Young man is so proud!"
This is the common sentiment of hundreds of guests in the audience.
Some people couldn't help but recall the same occasion and the same podium three years ago, when Lin Chaoyang was even younger.
They have reason to believe that in the history of the Mao Dun Literature Prize, there may never be such a young winner again.
A monster like this is rare to see in a hundred years!
After receiving the award and delivering their speeches, Lin Chaoyang and other award-winning writers walked off the stage, surrounded by congratulatory voices.
Lin Chaoyang joked with Liu Xinwu, "How do you plan to spend the bonus?"
The prize money for this Mao Dun Literature Award is the same as the previous one, 3,000 yuan. Although Lin Chaoyang’s royalties often amount to five or six figures, in 1985, 3,000 yuan was not enough for most people.
It is already a huge sum of money.
"Buy a color TV."
Liu Xinwu replied plainly, and Zhang Jie said that he would save it to earn interest, and the few of them were talking and laughing.
Several award-winning writers are the absolute protagonists today, but that does not mean that the award ceremony will end after they receive the awards.
For a work to be published, it is inseparable from the work of editors and publishers.
There are four award-winning works for this Mao Dun Literature Award, among which "The Bell and Drum Tower" and "Heavy Wings" were published by People's Literature Publishing House, "The Yellow River Flows East" was published by Yanjing Publishing House, and "Crossing Guandong" was published by
Published by Huacheng Publishing House.
The leaders of the three publishing houses also came to the stage to receive commendations, but their commendations were honorary in nature and there were no bonuses.
On the other hand, the editors of several award-winning works will receive material awards from their units after the Mao Dun Literature Award.
Among these three publishing houses, Humanities Publishing House is a national publishing unit and the highest palace of Chinese literature; Yanjing Publishing House, with the word "Yanjing" in its name, is also a well-known large publishing house in China.
There is only Huacheng Publishing House, which is located in a remote area and was only established in recent years.
Now that he can stand on the podium with such two publishing houses, Li Shifei is proud and has mixed feelings at the same time.
Huacheng Publishing House has been established for a short time, is small in scale, and has a weak reputation. Compared with those publishing houses and magazines in Yanjing and Shanghai, it is inherently inferior.
In order to compile manuscripts, the editors of Huacheng Press usually provide greater sincerity and service than other publishing houses and magazines.
For example, last time Lin Chaoyang went to Guangzhou for a book signing, he stayed at the five-star White Swan Hotel. That was not actually a special treatment. Huacheng Publishing House had this standard for the writers they were optimistic about.
Lin Chaoyang only stayed for two nights, and they asked writers to revise the manuscript, sometimes for a month or two.
They don't occupy the right time or advantage, only people and people can work hard for them.
But even so, the manuscripts given to them by many writers are mostly second-rate manuscripts by the writers themselves. For truly first-class manuscripts, writers should give priority to "People's Literature", "Harvest", and top-notch manuscripts such as People's Literature Publishing House.
platform.
Thinking of this, Li Shifei fixed his eyes on Lin Chaoyang in the audience, his eyes full of gratitude.
People only saw the extremely high remuneration standards given to Lin Chaoyang by Huacheng Publishing House in the past few years, and were the first to implement royalties, but they did not expect that Lin Chaoyang reciprocated the favor of Huacheng Publishing House.
Li Shifei thought proudly that this was a mutual achievement between Huacheng Publishing House and Lin Chaoyang.
There was an award ceremony in the morning, followed by interviews and symposiums in the afternoon.
Two days later, Lin Chaoyang treated guests to dinner as usual. Everyone heard that he had just given birth to a daughter, and everyone sent them blessings and gifts.
"What a coincidence, I remember that your eldest son was born when you won the Mao Dun Literature Award that year, right?" Liu Xinwu asked.
"That's right. It happened to be the day of the treat that year."
Everyone was amazed after hearing this, and Li Zhun joked: "Chaoyang, this is called giving birth to a child. You will win two prizes without fail. If you keep working hard in the future, you might be able to win the prize three times."
Everyone laughed.
After all the guests left, Tao Yushu fed Yan Yan and put her to sleep.
Over there, Xiao Dongdong was still turning around on the bed for a week and a half, as energetic as a donkey. Lin Chaoyang was afraid of him bumping into him, so he watched him from the side.
"Sleep!" Tao Yushu came over and said sternly with a bluster on his face.
Xiao Dongdong immediately got into bed knowingly, not forgetting to smile at Tao Yushu to show that she was obedient.
"Close your eyes!"
He immediately closed his eyes tightly again.
She patted Xiao Dongdong with one hand and said to Lin Chaoyang: "You, don't spoil him too much. Haven't you noticed? He doesn't listen to you at all now."
"It's enough if one person in the family is strict." Lin Chaoyang disagreed.
"If I co-write, I have to be the popular one, right?" Tao Yushu was dissatisfied.
"From now on, I will be responsible for being a strict father, and you will be responsible for being a loving mother."
Tao Yushu hesitated for a moment, "Forget it, I'm afraid you'll indulge them too much."
Lin Chaoyang smiled dumbly. Whether he is a strict father and a loving mother or a loving father and a strict mother is not due to the division of roles, but because of different personalities.
With Tao Yushu's strict character, it is difficult for her to relax her demands on her children.
Tao Yushu took the photo for less than ten minutes. Xiaodongdong, who was originally lively and energetic, fell into sleep, lying around and constantly changing positions on the bed.
Tao Yushu suddenly said to Lin Chaoyang, "Hey, I have an idea."
"What's the idea?"
"How about we let Dongdong learn Go?"
In the past two months, various news reports on the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament have been in full swing. The most direct impact after the victory of the game is that the Go fever among the people has been completely stimulated.
Go classes have sprung up in children's palaces in various cities across the country, and Go has become a childhood nightmare for the children born in the 1980s.
"Why do you want him to learn Go?" Lin Chaoyang asked her specifically, fearing that Tao Yushu wanted to follow suit.
"Don't you think your son is too energetic now? He doesn't stop for a moment. Learning Go can cultivate his calmness."
Tao Yushu's reasons were very good. Lin Chaoyang thought for a while and said: "Then let's learn. But he is only three years old. Is it too early to learn now?"
"Don't let him really learn. When you have time, play with him with the chess pieces and get familiar with them first."
"good."
A few days later, Tao Yumo came back from Xiangjiang with news that "The Truman Show" had been completed.
This progress is more than half a month slower than the crew originally expected. On the one hand, it is because of Xu Anhua's meticulous polishing, and on the other hand, it is also because of the variable Maggie Cheung.
Fortunately, there is plenty of time for post-production of the film, so the delay does not have any impact.
Just after New Year's Day, Lin Chaoyang was reading a magazine that morning.
This issue of "New Sports" is full of news and news about the China-Japan Go Tournament. The first tournament has just ended, and preparations have been made for the second tournament, which is scheduled to start in March.
After experiencing the last disastrous defeat, the Japanese team was probably holding back their anger and wanted to regain their place.
The most interesting article in this issue of the magazine is about the domestic reaction after the Japanese team lost in November.
According to the description of the article, after the final game of the arena match, the news of the loss spread back to Japan, causing an uproar, and public opinion overwhelmingly criticized the chess players who had originally had high hopes.
Among them, Go fans are naturally the most radical. For more than a month, there have been endless calls for the defeated Japanese national players to commit seppuku.
Japanese Go, which has been popular in Asia for more than half a century, lost to Chinese Go. How could the proud Japanese Go fans be so angry?
Seppuku, must commit seppuku!
Their absurd demands are naturally impossible to satisfy, but if they lose the chess game, they really should have an explanation to the people. After all, the chess players made a lot of bold statements before the game.
So after returning to China, under the leadership of Hideyuki Fujisawa, Masao Kato and Koichi Kobayashi, the Japanese Go team collectively shaved their heads as a sign of sincerity.
The article in "New Sports" reported on the Japanese team's head shaving with added vigour, and there was so much gloating between the lines that Lin Chaoyang couldn't help laughing.
Especially when he thought that Comrade Nie would continue to dominate the Sino-Japanese Go competition in the next few years.
"Losing once, picking once, when will it be the end?"
He said to himself in a joking tone.
Lin Chaoyang was reading magazines, and Du Feng, who had disappeared for several months, suddenly appeared.
When he came, he first held Xiao Dongdong and took out a chicken, and then took out a toy pistol. When Xiao Dongdong saw the pistol, his eyes lit up.
"piu~piu~piu~"
Boys don't need to be taught how to play with guns. This boy held the gun and imitated the plot in the TV series, and he also imitated the sound effects.
"Good boy! From now on, you will inherit your uncle's glorious tradition." Du Feng touched Xiao Dongdong's head and said with a smile.
Just after receiving the gift, Xiao Dongdong was particularly affectionate to Du Feng. Unfortunately, the child was impatient and ran to the yard to play after a while.
Then Du Feng took out a small gold lock and put it on Yan Yan's neck.
"Oh! My niece is so beautiful. Her eyes are watery, her nose is so high, and she has an oval face. She looks like a beauty at first glance. Sister, you are really good at giving birth!"
"Okay, stop flattering me and don't buy such expensive things next time."
"It's not like I'm going to buy it again. Besides, it's not expensive for me."
The gold lock Du Feng bought was exquisite in style. He had bought it back in Xiangjiang, where the price of gold was a little lower than in the mainland.
"It's not expensive, it's only a few thousand yuan." Tao Yushu scolded, then changed the subject and asked, "What have you been busy with these past few months?"
As soon as he heard her question, Du Feng immediately perked up.
"What else can I be busy with? I am busy with the clothing city! After I came back from Xiangjiang, I stayed in Guangdong for more than a month, and the supply channels have been initially negotiated. In the past few days since I came back, I have been running relationships, and the other thing is choosing the clothing city.
The address is also known."
"Okay, you are very efficient." Tao Yushu laughed and asked again: "So, you came here just to ask me for money?"
Du Feng nodded seriously, "Sister, the rest is all up to you!"
Hearing what he said, Tao Yushu felt inexplicably excited.
After staying at home for almost three months, she felt like she was almost getting rusty. Du Feng's appearance simply saved her from disaster.
"Is there anything you need my help with?"
"Make money!"
Tao Yushu waited for a long time, but Du Feng had no more words. She asked unwillingly: "No more?"
"No more."
Tao Yushu's disappointment was beyond words.
"Oh, by the way..." Du Feng said suddenly.
Tao Yushu's eyes brightened, "Is there anything else?"
"You will definitely have to show up a few times during the company registration and preparation process. Don't worry, it won't take long. It's just a show."
Du Feng was afraid that it would affect Tao Yushu's ability to take care of her children, but he didn't know that Ms. Tao now covets these jobs.
"It's okay. For a project as big as the clothing city, it's definitely too busy for you alone. I'm also a shareholder, so I should do some work."
Lin Chaoyang was very concerned about Tao Yushu's little care. After Du Feng left, he said in a faint tone: "Daughter-in-law, our daughter is only two months old."
"I didn't say I wanted to abandon my daughter. Didn't we also invest in the clothing city? We can't just be a hands-off shopkeeper."
Tao Yushu's reasons were upright, but the twinkling eyes revealed her true thoughts.
Lin Chaoyang was too lazy to expose her little thoughts and only made one request, "Then please call Yu Mo back."
The couple looked at each other and felt a tacit understanding.
"That's right. "The Truman Show" has been filmed, so she has nothing to do in Hong Kong for the time being."
At this time, Ms. Tao no longer cares about her sister's life and death. Besides, the pocket money is not for white-collar workers. It's time for Comrade Yumo to contribute to the family.
In the days that followed, Tao Yushu actively discussed the construction of the clothing city with Du Feng, which was completely different from his original attitude of just making a financial investment.
Lin Chaoyang was afraid that Du Feng would think too much, so he could only explain to him: "Your sister has no other intention, she just can't stay at home."
"Brother-in-law, you see what you said, you and my sister have already contributed money to this business."
On the day of Laba, a special industrial and commercial registration was held in the Xicheng District Industrial and Commercial Bureau of Yanjing City.
On April 10, 1980, China's first Sino-foreign joint venture, Yanjing Aviation Catering Co., Ltd., was approved for establishment.
Along with Yanjing Aviation Catering Co., Ltd., China Schindler Elevator Co., Ltd., XJ Tianshan Wool Textile Co., Ltd., Yanjing Jianguo Hotel and many other joint ventures were approved.
These joint ventures all have one characteristic in common: the targets of foreign joint ventures are state-owned enterprises.
In the past few years, joint ventures have continued to emerge in various provinces and cities in China.
It was not until 1983 that the first multinational automobile company in Shanghai to enter China bore fruit, and the German Volkswagen Santana was successfully assembled. This news had too strong meaning and symbolism at that time.
In 1984, the state relaxed restrictions on private enterprises.
What is special about today's industrial and commercial registration is that the target of this foreign investment cooperation is not a state-owned enterprise that has dominated the domestic economy in the past, but a private enterprise.
This is the first joint venture between foreign capital and private enterprises in Yanjing.
According to the domestic Sino-foreign joint venture enterprise law, the form of a joint venture is a limited liability company, and the investment proportion of the foreign joint venturer shall not be less than 25%.
The newly established joint venture company is called Yanjing Asia-Europe Fashion Co., Ltd., with Chinese and foreign partners each holding 50% of the shares, with a registered capital of 1 million yuan.
"Ms. Tao, congratulations to Mr. Du!"
After the industrial and commercial registration procedures were completed, the top leaders of the district industrial and commercial bureau expressed congratulations to Tao Yushu and Du Feng.
Although the investment scale of Asia-Europe Fashion is not large, it is, after all, the first joint venture between Hong Kong-funded and private enterprises in China. This can be regarded as a considerable achievement of their Xicheng District Industrial and Commercial Department.
The Industry and Commerce Bureau also specially invited reporters from the Economic Daily and Yanjing Daily for this purpose, hoping that they would report it well.
Today's Tao Yushu is completely dressed in the style of a beautiful Hong Kong-style young woman, which makes Du Feng beside her a bit rustic, but it just fits the two people's personalities.
One is a female entrepreneur from Xiangjiang, and the other is a self-employed person from the mainland.
Tao Yushu was followed by a reluctant follower. Tao Yumo was transferred back from Xiangjiang by his sister a few days ago, and has lived a life of dire straits ever since.
Xiaodongdong, who has just turned three years old, is active and energetic all day long.
Now there is a little girl who only eats, drinks, pisses, and cries. Tao Yumo, who has spent half a year in Xiangjiang to enjoy a life of peace, can't adapt to such a huge gap for a while, and almost becomes depressed.
She wanted to go back to her workplace, but she couldn't bear the pocket money Tao Yushu gave her.
Before, she was worried that Tao Yushu would drop her pocket money after she came back. Now, she just felt that the pocket money was still too little.
Seeing Tao Yu's calligraphy style gracefully accepting interviews from reporters, Tao Yumo couldn't help but feel crickets in his heart.
Black-hearted female capitalist!
After the interview ended, the two families came out and a group of people came out of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Tao Yumo asked Du Feng: "What else are we going to do?"
Du Feng said proudly: "You have to call me Chairman now, Director Tao!"
Tao Yumo gave him a roll of his eyes, "Okay, Chairman Du, what are we going to do now?"
"Let's go! Go and see our Asia-Europe Clothing City!"
Du Feng got into the car with a big wave of his hand, and two Toyota Crowns, one black and one white, arrived at the Xidan Shopping Mall standing on Xidan North Street.
The current Xidan Shopping Mall is a new building built by Xidan Shopping Mall employees themselves in 1972. The area is four times larger than in the early years, with a business area of ​​18,000 square meters.
This number was unremarkable in later generations, but now it is the largest department store in Yanjing.
The five-story shopping mall faces east and west, lying across Xidan North Street. It is the most impressive building in the entire street.
The three of them stood in front of the Xidan shopping mall. Du Feng pointed at the shopping mall with his hand, "The second floor, the third floor, the two floors with an area of ​​1,000 square meters, will be our Asia-Europe Garment City from now on."
There is a big gap between the business area of ​​1,000 square meters and the 2,000 square meters that Du Feng boasted.
However, there is a difference between ideal and reality. Xidan Mall is a state-owned mall, and it is not easy for Du Feng and others to open their own clothing store here.
Since the reform and opening up, Xidan Shopping Mall has begun to implement a contracting system. In principle, any enterprise or individual can sign a contract with Xidan Shopping Mall.
But in fact, there is no way to get it. Don’t even think about renting a counter in such a shopping mall where land is at a premium. What’s more, what Du Feng wants to rent is a business area of ​​thousands of square meters. The coordination work involved is beyond the ability of ordinary people.
Competent.
Chapter completed!