Chapter 115 The Star-Chasing Girl of the 1980s
As time slowly passed, more and more comments on "Farewell My Concubine" were published in media across the country, both positive and negative. Many classmates wrote to Lin Weimin to tell him about the local newspapers' coverage of "Farewell My Concubine".
No matter how the outside world's public opinion influenced him, Lin Weimin sat firmly in the Guowen Society and remained calm.
Because he knew very well that if the style of "Farewell My Concubine" was put in the 1990s, it might be a bit dangerous, but if it was put in the early 1980s, it might seem dangerous, but it was actually safer.
This involves the impact of changes in the domestic political environment (those who understand will understand), which has caused a tightening of domestic public opinion propaganda.
Perhaps the biggest benefit brought about by the widespread media discussion is that the name of "Farewell My Concubine" quickly spread throughout the country. In the past month, Guowen Publishing House has received a steady stream of letters from readers from all over the country, like snowflakes.
Many of them were written to the editorial department of People's Literature to praise or criticize the works, and a large part was also written to the author Lin Weimin.
"Look, Weimin is back to work again."
Lin Weimin came from the front building with a large bag of letters. Recently, the front building had received too many letters from readers, and the readers were not willing to help him sort and forward them, so they asked him to pick them up himself.
He sighed and said, "It's not easy to earn this little bit of money!"
Yao Shuzhi said: "If you are bothering me, please give me the royalties and I will reply to your letter."
Lin Weimin stopped talking and his colleagues burst into laughter.
"You really don't know how lucky you are!" Yao Shuzhi snorted.
"Look at how envious and jealous you are." Lin Weimin teased.
Yao Shuzhi rolled her eyes at him and said, "I just can't stand the way you take advantage of others and act like a good kid. That's 1,500 yuan in royalties."
"And you still say you're not jealous?"
Yao Shuzhi was talking about the royalties paid by People's Literature to Lin Weimin for his work Farewell My Concubine. The standard amount was 12 yuan per thousand words, for a total of 1,560 yuan.
Including this amount of royalties, Lin Weimin has received more than 8,500 yuan in royalties in just three months this year.
Among them, the royalties from the broadcast of the novel "The Cliff" accounted for the largest share, which has exceeded 4,500 yuan. After passing the initial stage of popularity, Lin Weimin now seldom receives calls sending him money.
The second is the 2,400 yuan manuscript fee for reprinting of "The Cliff".
With these incomes, Lin Weimin's wallet, which had been emptied due to the purchase of the courtyard house, became full again. Including the salary of the past two months, his savings have reached an astonishing 9,700 yuan.
If the National Theatre of China really agrees to use the script of Farewell My Concubine, Lin Weimin's savings will exceed 10,000 yuan.
In 1981, a person with an annual income of 10,000 yuan was rarer than a giant panda.
“Ding ding ding!” There was a knock on the office door. Standing at the door was a young girl. Seeing everyone coming over, she excitedly waved at Yao Shuzhi, “Sister!”
Yao Shuzhi's face suddenly darkened, and she walked over and asked, "You're not going to school, what are you doing here?"
Yao Shuhua was a little scared, but also a little excited, "I'll come over to see you."
She said this, but her eyes kept glancing around the office.
How could Yao Shuzhi not know the purpose of her sister's visit today? This damn girl had mentioned it more than once at home before, and today she really put it into action.
Seeing her sister almost leaning half of her body into the office, she muttered "silly girl" and then said helplessly: "Come in."
Yao Shuhua was immediately overjoyed, and she waved behind her. Suddenly, three youthful girls of the same age as her appeared at the door.
Yao Shuzhi slapped her head immediately, and with a stiff face, she led the girls into the office.
When they first entered the editorial office, the girls felt as if they had entered a holy temple, and even their breathing was cautious.
At the same time, his eyes were scanning around the editorial office, as if looking for something.
Liu Yin watched Yao Shuzhi lead a few girls in and asked with a smile, "Xiao Yao, is this your friend?"
"My sister and her classmates. This is my sister Shuhua. Shuhua, this is Teacher Liu Yinliu from our editorial department."
Yao Shuzhi took the opportunity to introduce several colleagues in the editorial department. "This is Mr. Rong Shihui, this is Mr. Zhu Changsheng..."
A dozen people in the office were introduced one by one, and the four girls nodded quickly and greeted each of them obediently.
Although Yao Shuzhi seemed a bit formal and deliberate, everyone still greeted these bright and beautiful girls with a smile.
Yao Shuzhi introduced Lin Weimin last, "This is Mr. Lin Weimin, you guys..."
Before she could finish her words, the girls suddenly burst into exclamations, their eyes were frighteningly bright, and their cheeks were flushed with excitement.
Lin Weimin felt a little scared, and inexplicably thought of the scene where the monster captured Tang Sanzang.
Yao Shuzhi smiled bitterly, patted her sister's shoulder, and whispered, "Be more reserved."
Then she smiled at Lin Weimin and said, "Weimin, my sister and her classmates really like your work."
Lin Weimin nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you, and welcome to our Contemporary editorial office!"
When Lin Weimin was talking and laughing, the girls were obviously agitated.
His eyes were blurry, his cheeks were flushed, his hands were clasped tightly in front of his chest, and his eyes were just short of turning into a heart shape.
"This..." Lin Weimin was hesitant. What was going on?
Yao Shuzhi gave Lin Weimin a look with a wry smile, and he probably understood what was going on. Was he meeting a star-chasing girl from the 1980s?
He felt a little unconfident. Are we so charming now?
"If you have anything to say to Teacher Lin, just say it now!" Yao Shuzhi said.
The girls finally came to their senses. Yao Shuhua, relying on the fact that her sister was a colleague of Lin Weimin, was the first to step forward and gave Lin Weimin a pair of woolen gloves.
"Teacher Lin, these are the gloves I knitted myself."
Lin Weimin was flattered. He glanced at Yao Shuzhi and then accepted the gift.
Then, the girls came forward one by one and gave Lin Weimin the gifts they had prepared. They were all things they had made themselves.
Gloves, scarves, hats and sleeves.
"You two are really clever and skillful. You will definitely be good wives and mothers in the future!"
After being praised by Lin Weimin, the girls were excited again.
Yao Shuhua said boldly: "Teacher Lin, could you please sign your name for us?"
Being surrounded by a group of young girls of the same age with stars in their eyes, Lin Weimin felt elated. He thought that it was no wonder that those successful men in later generations were willing to look for young girls. This feeling was really intoxicating.
He happily said, "Sure!"
Several girls quickly took out books from their pockets, and some even took out more than one.
(End of this chapter)
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