The Tao family comes from a scholarly family and is very strict about the education of their children. Even Tao Yucheng, who performed the worst during his studies, graduated from Chinese opera.
After working in school for so many years, his teaching and academic standards are still the same, but this did not delay his evaluation of his professional title, and he is now an associate professor.
There are two main reasons why my uncle can be awarded this professional title.
First, he is popular and loves to treat guests to dinner.
When it comes to which of the teachers in the Chinese Opera has a higher professional level, everyone has to be more or less humble. But when it comes to who is the most generous in treating guests, Tao Yucheng, who majored in drama and literature, was ranked second, and no one dared to take the first place.
The second reason is that Lin's Pictures has collaborated with mainland studios on many films in recent years. Thanks to their brother-sister relationship with Tao Yushu, Tao Yucheng has frequently appeared in Chinese dramas and even the Yanjing film industry.
That is to say, he is too unambitious. Otherwise, with Tao Yushu's relationship, the dean may have exaggerated a bit, but a department chair is definitely more than enough.
However, Lin Chaoyang had some complaints about Brother Tian's "associate professor" in his heart. If not for anything else, he was worried about the education industry in the country.
After all, there are not many salted fishes like my uncle in Haoliu.
Tao Xiwu is a sophomore in high school this year. Not only is he like his father academically, but his personality is also quite similar.
I usually get hit a lot at home, but I don’t care at all.
Of course, the family just talked about it, and no one really forced him to do anything.
Given the current conditions of the Tao family, it doesn't matter whether Tao Xiwu's academic performance is good or bad. Everyone just hopes that he can make progress.
"Hey, Chaoyang, have you read the recent news?" Tao Yucheng asked.
"What news?"
"What other news is there? The old man is going south!"
When Tao Yucheng talked about this topic, his eyes lit up and he looked a little excited.
In recent days, the old man has been traveling all the way south.
Walking, watching and talking in Wuchang, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shanghai, the amount of information revealed is getting bigger and bigger, attracting the attention of people across the country.
"It seems that ZY has really made up its mind this time and focused entirely on economic construction. Many people around us are now preparing to go to sea."
Needless to say, the importance of the elderly going south to the reform and opening up. After the reform and opening up, there were three waves of overseas migration in China, namely in 1984, 1987 and 1992. These three time points are closely related to changes in policy trends.
In 1992, the tide hit the sea, and the famous "92 Sect" was born.
According to later survey data, around 1992, 35,000 officials in LN Province alone resigned and went to work, and at least 100,000 officials across the country went to work in business that year.
"You want to go to the sea too?" Tao Yushu asked after listening to his elder brother's words.
"What's wrong? I can't go into the sea?"
Tao Yucheng looked at his sister's expression and felt that he had been underestimated.
‘It’s not that you can’t go to the sea. It’s just that my sister-in-law has already gone to the sea, so there’s no need for both of them to go to the sea.
My sister-in-law is doing business abroad and you work in the workplace, so it is safer."
The juniors are in front of me, and the eldest brother is running for 50 again, so Tao Yushu's words are very clever.
Tao Yucheng's expression softened a little, and then he said, "The business I'm looking for this time will definitely be fine."
He was full of confidence and spoke with such certainty that Tao Yushu couldn't help but wonder, "What business?"
"Zhongguancun, selling BP machines!"
Since the mid-1980s, a group of scientific researchers represented by Chen Chunxian, the first person in Zhongguancun, have gone abroad to establish technology companies. Zhongguancun has gradually prospered, forming Zhongguancun Electronics Street and giving birth to thousands of high-tech companies.
However, most of these companies are handbag companies, and they are engaged in the business of buying and selling.
"BP machine? Do you understand?"
Doing business is worse than doing it professionally. When Tao Yushu heard his elder brother's idea, his first reaction was to oppose it.
"It doesn't matter whether I understand it or not. I can get the goods and people come to buy the goods. That's it.
A BP machine costs 2,500, I sell it for 3,000, and make a profit of 500 yuan when I resell it!
Hanxian's was just developed this year, so there's no need to worry about selling it——
Six months ago, Shandong Inspur and Motorola jointly launched the world's first Chinese character display pager, and compiled the "China Unified Number" - "Chinese character information representation and encoding character set for paging communications".
Motorola, Panasonic and other companies have adopted this standard to produce Chinese display pagers, and have successively introduced them to the market and are very popular.
Yanjing opened the 126 paging station in 1985. After several years of development, it has more than 30,000 BPs.
There are more than 100 computer users, and the number is still doubling every year.
Tao Yucheng was very proud of his business success. Yanjing can now sell tens of thousands of BP machines every year.
He believed in his heart that this business had great potential.
Today's domestic market is still a typical seller's market, and there is nothing wrong with him thinking so.
Among those who go into business, some have simpler ideas than Tao Yucheng and can make big money without delay.
It’s just that many people will lose money sooner or later based on luck and time.
"Brother, the BP machine is considered a transitional product in the era of personal communication. It's actually not bad for you to sell it." Lin Chaoyang reminded.
"Big Brother is too expensive. How can there be so many people using BP machines? And to sell that thing, you have to have connections in the telecommunications industry." Tao Yucheng said.
Lin Chaoyang saw his excited expression, and his sister-in-law Zhao Li seemed to agree with his idea, so he said nothing more.
Anyway, they are selling communication equipment. If the BP machine business is not going well in the future, it will not be too late to sell mobile phones.
My uncle is just a salty fish, and he may not be able to survive the day when the business of BP machines declines.
After dinner, Tao's father asked Lin Chaoyang, "Chaoyang, have you been contacted by anyone from the school recently?"
"Contact me? No, what's the matter?"
Father Tao hesitated, "" Nothing. "
Seeing that Father Tao had a dumb mystery, Lin Chaoyang did not ask, and he thought that if there was something wrong with the school, he didn't need his father -in -law to pass the words, and he couldn't contact him.
On the day of the New Year, Tao Yushu received a call from Wu Meizhen from Xiangjiang.
The first is to worship the New Year, and the other is to inform Tao Yushu a good news.
On February 1st, on the night of the 28th day of the lunar month, Star Satellite TV's "Asian Idol" finals were broadcast. Since the show, Zheng Yijian, the most popular player since the show was broadcast, won the championship.
That night, "Asian Idol" set a record of unprecedented records in the history of Xiangjiang TV with a 52 o'clock ultra -high ratings.
In the past four or five years, due to the continuous renewal of the entertainment methods of citizens, the TV turning rate and ratings have continued to decline.
In the early 1980s, the ratings of the hot TV drama of the radio station often broke 60 points. In the past few years, in recent years,
TV series with a ratings of 50 points have rarely appeared, let alone a variety show that breaks 50 points.
The ultra -high ratings obtained by "Asian Idol" shocked the entire Xiangjiang TV industry.
What made them even more shocked was that Zheng Yijian won the night when Zheng Yijian won the street spontaneously. The scene was spectacular and enthusiastic, which shocked hundreds of police officers to maintain order.
The next day, this news became the headline of the news media with the "Asian Idol" finals, which caused heated discussion among the citizen class.
Obviously it is a singer who does not even have a masterpiece. Because of participating in a TV show, he can make such a powerful appeal.
In this case, even Xiangjiang, which has long been popular in star chasing culture, has made many people feel incredible.
Also on this day, Xinyibao Records and Lin's Film held a press conference to announce that Zheng Yijian officially signed two companies. In the future, it will meet with the majority of audiences and fans in the form of the development of shadow songs.
The media attending the result is not surprising.
In a "Asian Idol", Zheng Yijian's limelight does not lose Tianwang Xingkong TV and Xinyibao record, Lin's film industry is a family, fat and water does not flow outsiders,
But what really surprised the media present was the two news announced by these companies at the press conference.
The first news was that Xinyi Bao Records announced that it would invest a huge sum of money to create a platinum record for Zheng Yijian.
In recent years, the record company has used "spent XX Wan" and "Platinum Records". There are a lot of reporters who have seen reporters. How much of the gold content is, no one everyone knows.
But the "HK $ millions of Hong Kong dollars" shouted by Xinyi Bao record is really scary. Even if such a large number of numbers shrink, it is a big investment to shrink to 5 million.
What's more important is that Xinyi Bao also invited record producers at the press conference, Gu Jiahui, Lodoni,
Huang Lu---has almost wiped out all the first-line music producers in Hong Kong. It seems reasonable to spend 10 million for a record.
The second news is that the two companies officially announced a series of endorsements that Ekin Cheng received after winning the championship, including Titus watches, Coca-Cola, Honda cars, Nestlé Milo hot chocolate—
Just winning the singing show, no album has been released yet, Ekin Cheng already has 10 advertising endorsements,
And each of these advertisements is an international brand.
Many reporters speculated that Ekin Cheng might collect tens of millions of dollars in advertising endorsement fees.
The reporters were right, the championship endorsement fee was indeed a huge amount of 20 million, but unfortunately only 2 million fell into the hands of Ekin Cheng.
The share ratio is as high as 9:1, and when Zhou Bapi comes, he has to be called a black heart.
But people have to keep their heads down when they are under the roof, and Ekin Cheng has indeed enjoyed the huge benefits of being famous.
In addition to investing tens of millions of dollars in personal records that will be released within half a year, Lin's Pictures also promised to create three movies tailored for him in the next five years.
As a show of sincerity, Lam Films also secured for Ekin Cheng the filming of a 1992 air force television commercial for Titus watches.
In 1988, in order to increase its popularity in Hong Kong, Titus invited Anita Mui, a popular singing superstar, to serve as the brand spokesperson and shoot the first TV commercial for the "Forever" series.
The picture begins with the heroine played by Anita Mui waiting on the platform, and in the middle it flashes back to the process of her acquaintance with her lover, getting to know each other, falling in love and finally separating.
At the end of the story, the woman did not wait for her lover, leaving only one person to see through the autumn water.
Many people have not seen this advertisement, but they must have heard its slogan - "It doesn't matter if it lasts forever,"
Just care about what you once had.
After the advertisement was aired, it resonated with countless viewers and captured the hearts of many consumers.
Later, Titus Watch invited Wang Jie to shoot a new commercial, which still attracted countless fans.
Good TV advertising not only expands the influence of the product, but also benefits the celebrities who endorse it. The cooperation between Titus Watch and Anita Mui and Wang Jie is a successful example.
Therefore, Ekin Zheng is also full of expectations for the commercial shooting of the Air Force version of Titus watches.
After the press conference, the next day Ekin Cheng once again occupied the headlines of Hong Kong entertainment media, and the limelight was even stronger, as if he was as good as the four kings.
In 1991, which was about to pass, Leslie Cheung, the father of the Hong Kong Concert, collectively referred to the four currently popular singers Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Lai Lai and Aaron Kwok as the "Four Heavenly Kings".
Later, "Oriental Daily News" responded with a limerick, and the name of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of the music world spread like wildfire and was widely accepted by the citizens.
Now that Ekin Cheng was born, his popularity is no less than that of the Four Heavenly Kings, so the media with good intentions gave him the title of "Fifth Heavenly King".
Wu Meizhen kept talking on the phone, and Tao Yushu interrupted her impatiently.
Ask: "Don't talk about these trivial issues. Is there anything else? Just leave it like this."
Wu Meizhen felt a suffocation even through the phone call, and secretly screamed in her heart that it was bad. Unexpectedly, she did not understand the New Year greetings and bowed on the horse's lap.
Her mind was spinning rapidly, thinking of "other things" in the company that deserved Mrs. Lin's attention, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration.
"By the way! A British TV station contacted Star TV yesterday and said that it wanted to purchase the copyright of "Asian Idol"."
"oh?"
Tao Yushu's interested voice came over the phone. Wu Meizhen breathed a sigh of relief, and then she told all the news she knew.
The TV station that contacted Star TV was the British Independent Television (ITV), which is the earliest commercial TV station in the UK and one of the largest comprehensive TV stations in the UK.
It owns the UK's largest commercial television network, covering the entire UK, and is the BBC's biggest competitor.
Hong Kong is still under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom, and Star TV is the most popular TV program in Hong Kong.
It's no surprise that it caught ITV's attention.
However, this company, which has extensive influence in the UK, can become interested in the copyright of "Asian Idol".
It still made Tao Yushu feel a little proud.
After Wu Meizhen finished speaking, she suppressed the joy in her heart and said calmly: "I understand. This matter cannot be rushed. Let Star TV contact ITV first, and then report to me when there is progress."
"Understood!" Wu Meizhen replied in a clear voice.
"Mrs. Lin, once again I wish you good health, all the best, and happiness for your family!" she added.
"Well." Tao Yushu's voice became brisk, "I also wish you a lot of money in the New Year!"
"Haha! Thank you Mrs. Lin!"
You don’t have to care about other blessings, but Wu Meizhen takes the matter of getting rich very seriously, and Tao Yushu’s blessing can be said to be sent to her heart.
After hanging up the phone, Tao Yushu returned to the living room and listened quietly to the conversation between Lin Chaoyang and Zhang Yimou.
"..--"Movies like "Raise the Red Lantern" certainly have their artistic value, but one thing you have to admit is that to a certain extent, it satisfies Europeans and Americans' desire to spy on Chinese feudal culture.
To put it bluntly, this desire for snooping is actually in low taste.
You are now a leading figure in Chinese films. If you keep making such films just to win awards, it will not only be a huge waste of your own talent, but also a failure to live up to your reputation."
In the year before last, with the support of Tao Yushu, Zhang Yimou directed and acted in the fantasy action movie "Qin Terracotta Warriors".
It has received excellent reputation and box office in the three places across the Taiwan Strait.
In 1990, he co-directed the film "Ju Dou" with Yang Fengliang. This film won several awards at foreign film festivals, but unfortunately it did not win the grand prize.
Later, Zhang Yimou took the whole constitution and filmed "High Red Lantern Hanging Hanging". This film based on Su Tong's novel "Wife and Moles" once again won the honor for Zhang Yimou.
Won the honor including the Italian Venice International Film Festival Silver Lion Award, the British Film Academy Best Foreign Language Film Award, the New York Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film and other honors.
After winning the prize last year, Zhang Yimou put his eyes on Lin Chaoyang's short story "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" in his early years.
For many years, Lin Chaoyang's works have always been highly won.
He wanted to make persistent efforts, and rejected this movie to hit the Venice Golden Lion Award again.
Counting "Chrysanthemum" and "High Red Lantern Hanging", this is already Zhang Yimou's third impact on the Venice Golden Lion Award.
In the past two days of the New Year, Zhang Yimou came to the New Year to Lin Chaoyang's husband and wife. Talking about the changes in the atmosphere of several major European festivals in Europe, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but say a few more words.
A few years ago, the degree of tilt to the third world countries when choosing films was normal, but in recent years, the selection atmosphere of major film festivals has changed significantly.
A large number of films in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have emerged. The perspectives of these films are mostly concentrated on the themes and contents of the edge. The narrative angle is basically from the perspective of the West, full of arrogance and bias for local culture.
"What you say is reasonable. But the aesthetic taste of the Film Festival can be changed by individuals-"
"It's not to change you, but to be vigilant. Long -term indulgence in this narrative style and aesthetic taste has a great impact on you itself.
You are an artist. Of course, you must criticize the injustice and ugly side of the society, but if you just criticize it, is it not appropriate? "
Lin Chaoyang's words made Zhang Yimou fell into thought, and then he laughed and said, "It's a bit taught. These are my personal views, so don't take it too seriously."
His expression made Zhang Yimou's expression easier, and then talked with Tao Yushu about some details of the new movie.
At that time, Lin Chaoyang changed the "Qiuju Lawsuit" to a novel and modified the content of the original movie.
With the social environment of the 1970s.
Now Zhang Yimou is going to make a movie, and has changed the times and social backgrounds, but the theme remains the same. It is still the main line of the story of Qiu Ju for the husband.
Around New Year's Day, the preparation of the film has been completed, and the shooting began. The Zhang Yimou plan was almost killed in mid -May, and left another two or three months for post -production. It just happened to catch up with the Venice Film Festival this year.
The biggest benefit of the two years of filming "The Qin Figns" and cooperating with Xiangjiang Film crew is that the direction efficiency has greatly improved.
From preparation to the release of a film for a year, a domestic film director already belongs to the efficient Zhang Yimou in the Lin Chaoyang's house for more than half an hour.
Yu Hua also has a lot of gifts.
"When did you come to Yanjing?"
Today, the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Chaoyang was a little surprised when Yu Hua appeared in Yanjing.
"I have been in Yanjing during this time."
In front of Zhang Yimou, Yu Hua spoke vaguely. After seeing off Zhang Yimou and entering the courtyard, Yu Hua told Lin Chaoyang his current situation.
At the end of 1990, he graduated from the graduate class jointly organized by Lu Xun Institute of Literature and Yan'an Normal University. After returning to Jiaxing, his first novel "Shouting in the Drizzle" was successfully published.
This novel attracted widespread attention from critics and received many positive reviews.
In addition, the year before last, the Bay Island's "United Daily News" came to interview Lin Chaoyang. At that time, Yu Hua asked Lin Chaoyang to help guide the revision of "Shouting in the Drizzle", which was also reported by the "United Daily News".
That report made Yu Hua also receive a lot of attention in the Bay Island. He published the novel collection "The World is Like Smoke" in the Bay Island last year. He also got some credit from Lin Chaoyang and became a minor celebrity in the Bay Island.
mainland writers.
Unfortunately, while Yu Hua's literary career was booming, there were problems in his love life. He divorced his first wife in the middle of last year.
After the divorce, he took a long leave from his work and came to Yanjing, where he got together with Chen Hong, his classmate in Luyuan.
".? I have been living in the west courtyard of your house for the past few days. During the past two days of Chinese New Year, Chen Hong and I went to her house."
After getting divorced and moving to Yanjing, Yu Hua had no place to live, so he stayed in the Xiyuan Hutong of Xiaoliubukou for several months.
After listening to his experiences over the past year, Lin Chaoyang nodded and said nothing.
"Then you plan to settle in Yanjing from now on?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
Yu Hua hesitated and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. It's not easy to settle down in Yanjing. I don't have an employer or a square meter."
"You can stay here anytime, it doesn't matter how long you stay."
Yu Hua smiled and said: "Your yard has really helped me a lot. But living here all the time is not an option. I plan to return to Jiaxing after the year and try to finish the novel in my hand."
When talking about his current situation just now, Yu Hua mentioned the new novel he is writing.
He is now in his thirties, a time when a writer's creative passion and talent are at their strongest. In the past few months since he came to Yanjing, he has already written more than half of his new novel.
This work is the most well-known "To Live" by Yu Hua in later generations.
"Go back to Jiaxing? What should I do with my girlfriend? Will she go back to Jiaxing with you?" Lin Chaoyang asked jokingly.
Yu Hua said helplessly: "She is from the Air Force Cultural Troupe and can't leave. We can only live separately in two places for the time being."
"If our love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night?" Lin Chaoyang said with relief.
"Yes, we both think so too. After I finish writing this new novel, I will find a way to transfer him to Yanjing."
Speaking of this, Lin Chaoyang glanced at Yu Hua's face, and Yu Hua's smile was a little embarrassed.
After talking for so long, if Lin Chaoyang still didn't understand what Yu Hua meant, it would appear that he did it deliberately and didn't want to help.
"Then - let me ask you a question?"
Yu Hua's eyes flashed with joy, "If you are willing to help, I would be very grateful!"
Zhu Wei on the side came to assist Yu Hua today, but unfortunately Lin Chaoyang was too reasonable. Yu Hua only said a few hints, and he agreed to help, leaving Zhu Wei useless.
But Zhu Wei still said happily: "Chaoyang is still interesting!
It is true that Yu Hua is now a famous young writer all over the country, but it is not that easy to transfer across regions. For Lin Chaoyang, this matter is not that complicated, it is just two phone calls.
Seeing Yu Hua looking at him expectantly, knowing that he would not be relieved if he didn't get any news about this matter today, Lin Chaoyang thought about it and dialed the number of Ma Feng, the head of the Literary and Art Association.
When the call was connected, Ma Feng was very happy to hear Lin Chaoyang's voice.
Lin Chaoyang is now becoming more and more famous internationally. From time to time, he will make headlines in domestic media, triggering heated discussions among the cultural circles and ordinary people. He can be called a leading figure in the Chinese literary world.
Unfortunately, he has been living in Xiangjiang in the past few years. Ma Feng was worried that he could not find a chance to get closer to Lin Chaoyang. Unexpectedly, Lin Chaoyang took the initiative to call.
After hearing what Lin Chaoyang said about Yu Hua, Ma Feng patted his chest and said, "No problem, no problem, I'll take care of it. Yu Hua is also an outstanding young writer in our country. As for his work arrangements,
Our Literary and Art Association will do our best.”
"Thank you then, Lao Ma!" Lin Chaoyang said.
"Silly! Why are we talking about the relationship between us?
Ma Feng's tone was friendly and he asked Lin Chaoyang: "I heard that you wrote the book "A Bite of China"
After being published in the United States, it became quite popular!"
"It's not bad, mainly because it was published in The New Yorker before, so it has a bonus effect."
"Chaoyang, excessive humility is pride! There are so many reports in the news, do you think I am a person from the deep mountains and old forests?
Your column has brought them a lot of sales, it should be said that you gave their magazine a bonus."
Ma Feng's attitude was warm but not flattering, and he had a very good sense of scale. After chatting for a while, he said: "At a meeting a few years ago, I heard Cheng Wuchun from the Humanities Society say that the domestic publication of your book was handed over to them?"
"Yes, it will be launched in the next few days."
Ma Feng laughed heartily, "Good thing, good thing! Domestic readers have been looking forward to it for almost half a year, and finally they can see the true face of your book. Now that it has been published, do you need to hold a symposium?"
Chapter completed!