Even though Chen Huaikai was there to check it, Tao Yushu was still uneasy and planned to go to Yunnan for a few days to put some pressure on Chen Kaige. There were still five months left before the Berlin Film Festival, so she wasn't worried at all if the directors from Xiangjiang were there.
But Chen Kaige and others from the academy, if you don't put some pressure on him, he will really dare to delay you for half a year. Tao Yushu went to Xishuangbanna, and the children were mainly taken care of by Zhang Guiqin and Adi.
After adapting to the life of having a nanny at home, Zhang Guiqin no longer complains much. It is indeed a lot easier to have someone to share these things. Especially Dongdong is about to be four years old now, and she is jumping around like a monkey every day, which looks very tiring.
Another benefit of A Di's presence is that Lin Erchun now leaves early and comes home late. She is usually at home alone, and she has to go to the alley to find someone to talk to. With A Di, Zhang Guiqin also has someone to talk to.
On this day, Lin Chaoyang was finishing his new novel. Li Tuo and Chen Jiangong came to the house and gathered several people living in the west courtyard, begging Lin Chaoyang to cook to satisfy everyone's cravings.
"You've been gone for two months, and all the oil in the stomachs of the brothers has dried up."
Chen Jiangong said it pitifully, and those who didn't know thought that they wouldn't be able to eat without Lin Chaoyang. During the meal, everyone chatted and mentioned some major events in the Yanjing literary world in the past few months.
After the news spread, the literary world was shocked.
In the past few months, whenever there is a gathering in the literary world, this matter will inevitably become the focus of discussion.
Li Tuo said with regret, "I knew I should have hugged Lao Wang's thigh more in the past two years. Why are you messing around with Lao Lin? If I had hugged Lao Wang's thigh tightly, I would be a division-level cadre now."
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"Stop! Stop!" Lin Chaoyang stopped the two of them from imagining.
Their imaginations were basically Jingye's nonsense, mostly jokes and not serious at all.
Zhu Wei also talked about the current situation of "People's Literature". After Wang Meng left, "People's Literature" did not have another editor-in-chief. Instead, Liu Xinwu was transferred to the magazine as executive deputy editor. From a popular writer to the number one literary writer in the country
The top leader of the magazine, everyone is full of envy towards Liu Xinwu
Only Lin Chaoyang himself knew that Liu Xinwu, the deputy editor-in-chief, would not last more than a few months.
While chatting, Li Tuo suddenly became concerned about when "The Truman Show" will be released in China. "You have to ask China Film Group Corporation about this. By the way, why do you care about this?"
"After all, it's a film that won the grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Isn't it enough to care about it?"
Chen Jiangong said with a smile: "He is not concerned about the movie, but he is concerned about the reaction of the domestic people after the movie is released."
"The Truman Show" caused quite a controversy in China after its publication last year, and it lasted for quite some time.
A few months ago, the movie "The Truman Show" was a hit at the Yaonah Film Festival. When the news spread back to China, those who were controversial about the novel immediately fell into a state of jaw-dropping. Foreign monks can chant sutras, not only in Hong Kong.
, even more so in the mainland.
The film "The Truman Show" can win awards at internationally renowned film festivals. How high is this level? There is nothing to question. During that time, the voices that originally opposed and criticized the novel were suppressed in no way.
No resistance.
But when it comes to quarreling, as long as one party doesn't admit defeat, it's basically impossible to win.
As time goes by, the influence of the awards on "The Truman Show" gradually weakens, and those objections and criticisms become active again.
This makes Li Tuo, the "Lin Chui" who has always been a strong supporter of "The Truman Show", very unhappy. He now urgently needs the movie to be released to teach those who oppose it a lesson.
"These people are talking nonsense now because the movie has not been released in China. I just want to see what they will look like after the movie is released." Li Tuo said angrily.
"What kind of face can it be? Just shut up and pretend nothing happened. Have you forgotten that the news of winning the award just came back?
These people, as long as they don’t conform to their aesthetics, they are absolutely evil. How do you expect these people to turn around and praise "The Truman Show"?"
Chen Jiangong and Li Tuo were having a great time chatting. Zhang Yimou on the side was very excited listening to their chat. He couldn't help but ask Lin Chaoyang about some details of film shooting and exhibition participation. For him, an academic filmmaker, he could
Winning an award at a top international film festival like the Yaona Film Festival is a dream come true.
Lin Chaoyang's focus is different from theirs. After the movie's awards have been won and the box office has been released, the rest of the matter has little to do with him. The only connection is that the influence of the movie can feed back into the original novel.
After winning the award, the original novel "The Truman Show" became popular not only in Hong Kong, but also in China. After all, winning a grand prize abroad at this time is a sure win for the country!
Not only literature lovers, but ordinary people also want to know what this novel is about and why it can win awards abroad. At this time, the movie has not been released in China, but it has actually encouraged the popularity of "The Truman" in disguise.
The sales volume of the novel "The World".
Since June, sales of "The Truman Show" have remained high in the mainland.
Unlike Xiangjiang, where the market is too small and sales suddenly explode and then start to slump, sales in the mainland have maintained a steady downward trend after a substantial increase.
The sales volume in May was only 130,000 copies, then suddenly surged to 510,000 copies in June, 450,000 copies in July, and 390,000 copies in August. This sales decline can be said to be extremely healthy.
Also because of this strong rebound after winning the award, the sales volume of "The Truman Show" easily exceeded the 3 million volume mark one year after its publication in the mainland, with a total sales volume of 3.2 million copies.
According to this trend, sales are expected to exceed 5 million copies by the first half of next year.
Successful film and television adaptations often bring huge reader feedback to the original novels, and Lin Chaoyang has benefited from this more than once. This year, in addition to "The Truman Show", the value of "The King of Chess" is also rising.
After the first Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, the sales of this novel did not decline all the way. On the contrary, it became more and more popular with the start of the second Sino-Japanese Go Tournament. The competition between China and Japan for Go hegemony prompted more and more people to
More and more people are becoming interested in Go, a chess sport that was originally unpopular.
For more than a year, Chinese people's attention and enthusiasm for learning Go have increased.
Amid such craze, "The Master of Chess" has become a must-read for almost every Go enthusiast and follower.
As of the end of July this year, the cumulative sales of "Chess Master" have successfully exceeded 10 million copies, becoming another super bestseller among Lin Chaoyang's works with sales exceeding 10 million copies.
From 0 to 10 million copies, "The Master of Chess" took nearly five years, but from 1,000 to 20 million copies, it must have taken less than five years. Because in August, "The Master of Chess" was sold again
380,000 copies.
A novel can still achieve such dazzling sales five years after its publication, which has broken the usual rules of the book market. It is completely unreasonable, but the facts are here.
Seeing "The Master of Chess" hitting 20 million copies in sales faster and more ferociously, people can only lament that Lin Chaoyang was unlucky. He wrote a novel related to Go, and it happened to happen again.
The Go competition between China and Japan has caused a wave of enthusiasm among the people.
Higher sales also mean a surge in revenue.
Although Lin Chaoyang re-signed a royalty contract with Yanjing Publishing House the year before last, the sales explosion of "Chess Master" has been more concentrated in the past two years. This means that he still received most of the royalties based on sales.
to calculate the royalty income.
So far, the cumulative royalties and royalties generated by "Chess Master" for Lin Chaoyang have exceeded 2 million yuan.
At this time in 1986, he earned more than 2 million yuan in income from a single novel through royalties from novels. It can be said that he topped the Chinese literary world, and this record will continue to be refreshed.
When friends get together, the issue of Lin Chaoyang's income often comes up, which is hard to avoid. Chatting cannot be separated from his works. When talking about his works, he will talk about sales, and naturally he will also talk about his income.
Lin Chaoyang is different from others in that his works have always been best-selling, and he is the first writer in China who dares to ask a publishing house for royalties.
In the past three years, the royalty payment system has not become widely popular in the domestic publishing industry.
The reason is also very simple. Royalty payment is not something that any writer will agree to if he makes a request to the publishing house.
Without fame, strength, or the best-selling of previous works, which writer would have the courage to make such a request to a publishing house? What’s more, the royalty payment system is also risky for writers.
The sales of their works are not good, and the income they receive may not be as much as the remuneration per thousand words. In fact, this is the biggest headache for many writers. Regardless of the literary boom in the 1980s, most writers who are not well-known have sales of less than 1,000 words after their works are published.
Not much more than the hereafter.
Speaking of which, I have to mention that that year Li Tuo and Feng Jicai edited a collection of short stories for Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House.
They claimed to "collect the most representative short stories in recent years", and they did exactly that, and they compiled it very carefully. Unfortunately, the final collection sold less than 20,000 copies within a year of its publication.
Of course, this is not a loss, but the publishing house doesn't make much money either. It's basically a profit-making situation.
The reason for this situation is that in addition to the fact that these works themselves have already had a high degree of exposure and popularity, and many readers have already read them, making it difficult for them to desire to buy novel collections, they are basically domestic literary commodities in the new era.
The development has gone awry.
When it comes to literature in the 1980s, what do many readers and literature lovers of this period think of? "People's Literature", "Harvest", "October", "Contemporary", "Yenjing Literature"...
What must have flashed in people's minds are the names of these well-known literary magazines, because the literary craze of the 1980s was largely supported by these literary magazines.
The reasons are not complicated. The torrent of humanity brought serious disasters to the Chinese literary world. During that period, Chinese literary creation fell into stagnation or even retrogression.
There was a stagnant group of writers, the quality of literary works was worrying, there was a shortage of printing paper, and policy trends were unclear... In the mid-to-late 1970s, the problems faced by the Chinese literary community were complex.
But at this time, literary magazines emerged as carriers that could perfectly deal with these thorny issues.
Backed by a large publishing house, there is no need to worry about the risks of printing paper and policies. It was famous all over the country before the humanitarian flood, and has the reputation to attract many contributors. Its outstanding editing skills can efficiently screen and cultivate potential authors.
The rise of literary magazines seems logical, but while the rise of these magazines has spawned a literary craze, it has also restricted the dissemination of works to a certain extent.
Because most literary works in the 1980s were published in literary magazines before publication, this would certainly increase the popularity and influence of the works and writers, but it would also weaken readers' desire to purchase the works after they were published.
You know, the price of publications in this era is not cheap compared to people's salary income, it can even be said to be expensive.
Since you can see the new works of most excellent and well-known writers in literary magazines, there is no need to spend money to buy the published copy. Unless you like the work very much, you may spend another copy.
money.
Thus we will see an interesting phenomenon in the literary world in the 1980s.
Many well-known literary magazines sell hundreds of thousands or millions of copies per issue, but it is often difficult to reach this level after the works published in them are independently published.
You can say that readers may buy the magazine because of its reputation, but the problem is that the magazine's reputation and sales are also brought about by the works. And this phenomenon is not an exception, but a common phenomenon.
Lin Chaoyang is one of the few writers who can break this phenomenon. In the early years, he had a nickname of "Lin Million" that has been circulated among major domestic literary magazines.
The so-called "million" does not refer to the manuscript fee. Lin Chaoyang had not yet received a million-level royalty at that time, but refers to which magazine can easily exceed one million copies if it publishes his new work.
At first, some people did not believe this fact, but as more and more magazines collaborated with Lin Chaoyang, this fact was constantly verified.
Especially the publication of "Crossing the Boat" in 1983 and "Crossing the Guandong" in "Flower City" in 1984 can be said to have brought a huge shock to China's major literary magazines. Especially "Crossing the Guandong", a single issue exceeded
3 million copies, setting a mythical sales volume in the Chinese literary magazine industry, and also driving the overall increase in the sales and influence of "Flower City" magazine.
That year, "Flower City"'s status among readers was comparable to "People's Literature" and "Harvest".
It is a pity that after "Crossing Guandong", Lin Chaoyang decided that his works would no longer be published in magazines.
The strong development momentum of "Flower City" can no longer be maintained, and sales have continued to fall in the past two years. Fortunately, no matter how much it falls, it is still much better than before Lin Chaoyang's works were published.
During the National Day holiday, Tao Yushu had just returned to Yanjing from Yunnan when he heard the news that "The Truman Show" was confirmed to be released in China.
Most of the world has finished screening, and the domestic screening is belatedly coming. The people who are most dissatisfied with this matter are not Lin Chaoyang and his wife, but Lin Chaoyang's loyal fans.
The person who brought this news was Wang Meng. Ever since he became the Minister of Culture, Comrade Wang has been busy with everything.
I finally had a few days of rest during the National Day, so I went to Lin Chaoyang's house to be a guest. It was called a guest, but in fact I was asking for credit.
According to him, the reason why the introduction of "The Truman Show" in China was so slow was because it was stuck in the review process.
A comrade in charge of review at the Film Bureau believed that this work, like "1984", had political allusions.
"I was chatting with Comrade Daming that day, and I accidentally asked about this matter, only to find out that your movie was stuck at the film bureau.
After all, it is a film that has won awards abroad and brought glory to the country. It would be a pity if it cannot be screened in China.
These people are just messing around!
Then I asked Comrade Fang Yu to understand the situation, and it was not a big problem.
"1984" is now available in bookstores, and the novel "The Truman Show" is also on sale. Why can't the movie be released? Thanks to Comrade Daming, who said now, if it had been a little later, maybe I could do this
I don't have the qualifications to take care of it.
The "Da Ming" in Wang Yang's mouth is Ding Daming, the general manager of China Film Company, and the "Fang Yu" is Shi Fangyu, the director of the Film Bureau.
There is also a reason for what he said, "If it's too late, you won't be able to take care of it."
Before this year, the Film Bureau was affiliated with the Ministry of Culture. In January this year, the Film Bureau was merged into the Ministry of Radio and Television.
However, the current merger between the Film Bureau and the Ministry of Radio and Television is not considered complete, and distribution-related work is still under the management of the Ministry of Culture.
This is also the reason why Ding Daming reports to Wang Yang.
After listening to Wang Meng's talk about "The Truman Show", Lin Chaoyang thanked him and asked jokingly: "You, a leader like you, come to our house just to show your merit, right?"
If they simply wanted to take credit and sell well, no one would come to someone else's house and take the initiative to talk about it.
Wang Mengxiao's eyes narrowed, looking cunning.
"I heard that you and Yu Shu opened a film company in Xiangjiang, and you were one of the producers of "The Truman Show."
Lin Chaoyang asked: "Isn't it your business that the movie is no longer yours? Why do you still care about this?"
"It's not me who's worried, it's Comrade Fang Yu who's worried. He didn't know about you and your wife before, and it was through "The Truman Show" that he learned that you are now working on a movie."
Wang Meng's words not only explained the purpose of his visit, but also explained to Shi Fangyu, proving that he did not know about "The Truman Show" being stuck before.
Lin Chaoyang didn't have any feelings about this. The later "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and was not released in China.
"What's going on? How can the leader use us?" Lin Chaoyang asked
"I don't know the specifics. If you don't have any ideas, I'll ask him to come over tomorrow and you can meet and have a chat."
It turned out that Wang Yang came here to make a front stop, and Shi Fangyu, a department-level cadre, wanted to make a special trip to meet and chat with Lin Chaoyang. He could roughly guess what they were going to talk about.
The next day, Lin Chaoyang met Shi Fangyu. This was not the first time the two met. They had met before during the review of "Wreaths Under the Mountain".
Shi Fangyu was very warm when he met Lin Chaoyang. He first mentioned the omissions in the introduction of "The Truman Show", expressed his apology to Lin Chaoyang, and then mentioned the production of this movie.
Lin Chaoyang introduced him to some aspects of film investment and production. Shi Fangyu said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that "The Truman Show" was originally a work from our mainland, but it was actually made by a film company in Hong Kong. Movie."
At this point, Shi Fangyu's purpose of coming has become clear.
"Speaking of it, we didn't do our job well! It's not just "The Truman Show". I've been paying attention in the past two days and found out that you have now collaborated with our studio on a movie?"
"Yes, I just collaborated with Xi Film Studio on a movie, directed by Chen Kaige, and adapted from Cheng's "King of Children"." Shi Fangyu nodded. In fact, he understood the situation.
"Then this movie...is for the film festival?" This sentence is the focus of Shi Fangyu's visit today.
As for officials, who doesn’t need political achievements? Film bureau officials are no exception.
Over the years, the film bureau has supported many domestic films to go abroad to participate in foreign film festivals. For what reason? In addition to the pitiful export of political and cultural influence, the more important thing is to produce results.
When a film wins awards overseas, it is an achievement for filmmakers, and it is naturally a political achievement for officials in the film field.
So when Shi Fangyu heard that the introduction of "The Truman Show" was actually blocked by his subordinates, you can imagine his anger. The novel written by the mainland writer was not filmed in the mainland, and the film was not filmed in the mainland.
Winning a grand prize for his identity has already made him, the director of the film bureau, very embarrassed. Now that the introduction is still blocked, it is simply the opposite of Tiangang!
When you are a civil servant, you have to talk about politics, but you can't just talk about politics.
"The Truman Show" made a splash at the Berlin Film Festival. Even if there are some minor problems, they are still flaws. In the final analysis, it brings glory to the country. "Yes, I want to see if I can participate in next year's Berlin Film Festival.
Shi Fangyu asked: "Why not attend the Cannes Film Festival?"
After he finished speaking, he was afraid that Lin Chaoyang would misunderstand, so he explained: "I just think that you have gained experience at the Cannes Film Festival after all." Lin Chaoyang said: "The story style of "The King of Children" is more suitable for the Berlin Film Festival."
Lin Chaoyang's words were very simple. Officials are all smart people. How could Shi Fangyu not understand what he meant? What a prize!
"Are you sure?" Shi Fangyu asked expectantly.
"It's hard to say for certain. But Kego's level is pretty good, so he should have no problem being shortlisted. As for the film festival, anyone who is shortlisted has a chance to win the award."
In Lin Chaoyang's memory, Hadern, the current artistic director of the Berlin Film Festival, admired "The King of Children" very much, but there was certainly no need for him to say such a thing.
Seeing Lin Chaoyang's confident expression, Shi Fangyu thought of the brilliant results "The Truman Show" had achieved at the Nasdaq Film Festival, and couldn't help but trust Chen Kaige a little more.
"Then when you sign up for the movie, what do you want..."
"Kids" is a co-production, and all producers are eligible to sign up for the competition.
But Lin's Pictures is the leading party. If they sign up from Xiangjiang in the name of the company, even if the film wins an award, it will have little to do with the film bureau. Lin Chaoyang knew the purpose of Shi Fangyu's visit today and wanted to do a favor.
Nothing
"I'm afraid the film bureau will have to worry about participating in the film festival."
Shi Fangyu said with a smile on his face, "It should, it should. A film as excellent as "King of Children" should make our country famous overseas." "Then I will cause trouble for you!" Lin Chaoyang said politely.
"Well, "King of Children" is a domestic film, isn't this what we should do.
It just so happens that China Film Group has a young man who studied in the Democratic Republic of Germany and has a good relationship with the Berlin Film Festival."
After chatting about the registration of "The King of Children" to participate in the exhibition, Shi Fangyu was in a good mood, and casually chatted with Lin Chaoyang about the situation of the Hong Kong Film Market.
He listened to Lin Chaoyang talk for a long time and said with emotion: "The development of the film industry in Xiangjiang is indeed much better than that in the mainland. You have a lot to do with this film company!" Lin Chaoyang waved his hand, "How can it be so easy!"
Shi Fangyu looked puzzled when he heard this. He had clearly said that the situation was very good just now, so why did he say that it was difficult to handle now? As our cooperation with the country gradually deepens, these conflicts will be inevitable in the future. "
Crying children are fed by milk. Although the film bureau may not be able to help, it doesn't hurt to let the leaders know about the situation.
Perhaps because he felt that his response was not very kind, Shi Fangyu added: "I will communicate with Yindu. You are all in Xiangjiang and can take care of each other." Lin Chaoyang also knew that Shi Fangyu's status could provide
His help was actually very limited, so he smiled and thanked Shi Fangyu.
Chapter completed!