Chapter 449 Big Winner
That morning, Lin Weimin was at work when he received a call from Han Zhuangzhuang in the hospital.
Yin Geli successfully gave birth to a baby girl weighing 8.62 catties in the hospital.
He left a little early in the afternoon, and when he arrived at the hospital, Han Zhuangzhuang was in the hospital corridor with a worried look on his face.
"What's the matter? Why are you still unhappy?" Lin Weimin asked.
Han Zhuangzhuang said worriedly: "Uncle, do you think this girl will look like me when she grows up? She's too fat!"
I’m afraid that you don’t look like me, but I’m even more afraid that you look like me!
This contradictory mentality made Han Zhuangzhuang feel very distressed.
"Goli is a foreigner, and your daughter is a Chinese-Austrian mixed race, don't you understand? Mixed race people are generally pretty. Look at Fei Xiang on last year's Spring Festival Gala, how pretty he was!"
Han Zhuangzhuang thought about it and remembered that last year his wife was almost drooling while watching TV. She is indeed pretty.
Han Zhuangzhuang felt a little comforted by Lin Weimin's words. Just when he was about to say thank you, he heard Lin Weimin say, "Besides, everyone in our Lin family is pretty. You have a genetic mutation. By the time your daughter's generation comes around, it will definitely be normal. Don't worry!"
I thank you!
After Lin Weimin's "comfort", Han Zhuangzhuang was completely cured. He looked at Lin Weimin and asked, "Uncle, you came here empty-handed?"
Lin Weimin wanted to kick him, but he held back. After all, he was already a father.
Ignoring Han Zhuangzhuang, who was obsessed with financial management, Lin Weimin entered the ward and immediately saw the little girl lying on the bed.
Maybe because he is mixed-race, his skin looks very white. He is lying there fatly with his eyes closed. He looks dazed and seems to be sleeping.
"Goli, you've worked hard!"
Lin Weimin said something to Yin Geli.
Yin Geli gave birth naturally. It was quite painful during the delivery, but she acted as normal after giving birth, except that her face looked a little pale. Now she is happily drinking millet porridge with red dates and eggs, and she doesn't show any weakness of a woman who has just given birth.
Lin Weimin shook his head, thinking that what he said was a bit redundant.
Then, under Han Zhuangzhuang's gaze, he took out a small gold lock from his pocket and placed it beside the child's bed.
Han Zhuangzhuang smiled brightly, "Hey, uncle, look at you, you just came, and you brought..."
Before he could finish the second half of his sentence, Lin Weimin glared back at him.
From the moment he entered the door, Han Dingbang's eyes never left his sleeping granddaughter, and he couldn't stop smiling.
Lin Weimin said to Han Dingbang: "Brother-in-law, congratulations! You're a grandfather now!"
"Weimin, I asked you to spend money."
The gold lock that Lin Weimin took out looked small, only the size of a child's fist, and had an exquisite shape. According to the density of gold, it must be at least 200 to 300 grams. Such a gold lock is enough for an average person to earn in 20 years of work.
"I'm also your uncle, how can that be considered a waste of money?" Lin Weimin said with a smile.
As he spoke, he took out a jade bracelet from his pocket. It was the color of mutton fat, round and shiny.
When Han Zhuangzhuang saw it, he immediately ran over to take it, then snatched the rice bowl from his wife's hand and put it in her hand.
"Tsk tsk tsk, uncle, this is Hetian jade, right?"
Lin Weimin looked at Han Zhuangzhuang in surprise and said, "OK, you can recognize it as Hetian jade?"
"That's right." Han Zhuangzhuang looked proud.
In fact, how would he know if it was Hetian jade? When it came to jade, he only knew Hetian jade, and he was just talking nonsense.
"This is the mutton-fat white jade from Hetian. Dudu got it for me." Lin Weimin explained.
Han Zhuangzhuang came up to him and asked, "This thing is quite valuable, right?"
Lin Weimin glanced at him and said speechlessly, "Keep it. You can give it to your daughter as an heirloom in the future."
Lin Weimin did not fool Han Zhuangzhuang. This bracelet was made of small seed material, the best mutton-fat white jade. After a few decades, one gram would be worth twenty or thirty thousand. Such a small bracelet would be worth two or three million.
Of course, what Lin Weimin is charging now is definitely not that expensive, but it is not cheap either. Jade has been popular since ancient times and has never been cheap.
The bracelet made of small-seed white material that Ma Dudu bought for Lin Weimin dates back to the Republic of China period and cost nearly a thousand yuan.
Han Zhuangzhuang smiled happily, "Uncle, you are the best to me. Niuniu has a good uncle!"
"Virtue!"
After chatting for a while, Lin Weimin said goodbye and left.
Two days later, the weather became hotter.
Lin Weimin received a transatlantic call from Arthur Miller. During the call, Comrade Miller told Lin Weimin a good news.
The 40th Tony Awards ceremony was held yesterday at Radio City in New York. "The Kite Runner" won four major awards at the ceremony: Best Play, Best Directing, Best Actor in a Play, and Best Costume Design of a Play.
Together with the musical "Les Miserables", it became the biggest winner of this year's Tony Awards.
Both won the most awards in the musical and drama categories respectively. The winning record of Les Miserables was even more exaggerated, almost sweeping all the awards in the musical category.
"The Kite Runner" has been receiving rave reviews since its premiere on Broadway last September. In the past few months, the show was even sold out. It is also one of the most popular plays for this year's Tony Awards.
Therefore, it is not surprising to achieve such results.
Lin Weimin and Arthur Miller congratulated each other on the phone, and Arthur Miller once again expressed regret that Lin Weimin did not go to the United States this year.
Compared to "The Intouchables" which simply won the acting award, "The Kite Runner" won a big victory at this year's Tony Awards, winning many awards, including drama awards, actor awards and technical awards.
Such an award result has a very powerful blessing effect on Lin Weimin, the original author. If Lin Weimin can come to the United States to show his face at this time, it will definitely be a huge boost to his popularity in the American theater industry and among the audience.
Of course, due to the popularity of "The Intouchables" and "The Kite Runner" in the American theater industry, Lin Weimin's reputation has already resounded throughout the American theater industry. Even if he did not go to the United States, the only thing he lost was the opportunity to show his face in front of the audience, and the impact would not be that big.
Lin Weimin also understood this truth, so he had no regrets.
Compared with the audience's perception of him, his industry reputation is more important.
Two days after talking to Arthur Miller, Cheng Zaochun suddenly called Lin Weimin to his office.
There were two men in Zhongshan suits sitting in the office, and they were obviously comrades within the system.
Cheng Zaochun introduced: "These two comrades from the WS department came to you to understand the situation."
Lin Weimin was not surprised. After a brief chat, it turned out to be just as he thought: the reason for coming was "The Kite Runner".
Unlike the last time "The Intouchables" won the award, which received only a few news reports, this time "The Kite Runner" became one of the biggest winners at the Tony Awards and became hot news on major TV programs, newspapers, and magazines in the United States.
It is hard not to notice the continuous news flooding the screen. This wave of news reports also attracted the attention of the leaders of the Chinese Consulate General in New York, USA. After a little inquiry, they learned the specific situation of "The Kite Runner".
Upon hearing that the adapted works by Chinese playwrights had won so many awards, the Consulate General in New York immediately contacted China.
So people from the WS department came to find Lin Weimin.
The comrades from the WS department confirmed the situation, said a few words to Lin Weimin, and then said goodbye and left.
Cheng Zaochun breathed a sigh of relief. "When these two people came in just now, I got scared. I thought you had caused some trouble outside again!"
Lin Weimin said dissatisfiedly: "Leader, you have a deep misunderstanding of me!"
Cheng Zaochun glanced at Lin Weimin and said, “You really have no idea of your own strength!”
The leader will definitely not say anything that is not conducive to unity.
He just smiled at Lin Weimin, "Haha!"
After the comrades from the WS department came to the Guowen Press, the next ones to come were CCTV, People's Daily, Guangming Daily and other heavyweight media. This was what the colleagues from the WS department had already explained before they left.
Now that the situation has been verified to be true, it is natural to publicize it well.
At the beginning of the year, Zhang Yimou created history in Chinese film by winning the Golden Bear Award. The topic was hyped for a whole month, making countless Chinese people proud.
This time, Lin Weimin's drama won the Tony Award, the highest award in the American theater industry, and won four awards in an overwhelming manner. It is also a matter of making history and winning glory for the country.
How could it not be promoted?
After dealing with reporters from several companies, a day had passed.
The fact that Lin Weimin's drama won the Tony Award in the United States has long been known to everyone in the Chinese Literature Society.
This is not surprising to everyone, as it is not the first time he has won this award.
But I heard that he won a lot of awards this time, which is still very impressive.
At around seven o'clock that evening, footage of Lin Weimin being interviewed by a CCTV reporter appeared on the "News Broadcast."
The screen is silent, with a voice-over: "At the just-concluded 40th Tony Awards ceremony in the United States, the play "The Kite Runner", adapted from the work of Chinese dramatist Lin Weimin, won the Best Play, Best Play Director, Best Actor in a Play, and Best Costume Design, becoming the biggest winner of the day.
The full name of the Tony Award is the Antonette Perry Award. It was established in 1947 by the American Theater Association in memory of Ms. Antonette Perry, one of the founders of the association. It has always been regarded as the highest award for American drama and musicals.
This is not the first time that Lin Weimin’s work has won this award. As early as 1984, Lin Weimin’s work "The Intouchables" won the Tony Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in a Play..."
The news about Lin Weimin winning the award took up more than 50 seconds of the "News Broadcast", which was the same treatment as the last time A-mou won the Golden Bear Award.
Calling Lin Weimin a "playwright" was the first official recognition of Lin Weimin's status in the theater industry.
Tao Huimin, who was watching the news in front of TV, was excited for a long time. This time, Lin Weimin lasted much longer than before, almost a minute.
As soon as the picture on TV finished playing, she couldn't wait to pick up the phone.
After waiting for a long time, the call was finally connected. Tao Huimin asked excitedly: "Mom, did you see it? Did you see it?"
"I saw it, I saw it!" Tao's mother on the other end of the phone was very happy.
Tao Huimin confessed her love affair with Lin Weimin to her parents as early as the year she participated in the Spring Festival Gala. After all, she brought back thousands of yuan worth of New Year's goods that year, so she couldn't hide it, nor did she want to hide it.
It is true that Tao Huimin is young, but he has been learning opera since he was a child and has been away from his parents. He has a very strong independent ability and earns wages and subsidies like an adult when he was a teenager. His parents are very confident in him.
When I heard about her love life, I didn't have any objection, but I told her to stick to the bottom line in relationships between men and women.
Unfortunately, the parents didn’t know that their daughter had already grown into a big girl.
In recent years, Tao Huimin and Lin Weimin have had a stable relationship. They send each other a lot of New Year's goods every year, and Tao's father and mother have long since tacitly accepted their relationship.
Today, when Tao Huimin learned that Lin Weimin would be on the "News Broadcast", her first reaction was to call her parents and tell them to remember to watch the news.
At this moment, the "News Broadcast" has ended, and he started making phone calls to confirm, just like a teacher checking the homework of elementary school students.
The mother and daughter chatted for a long time, and Tao's mother asked about Tao Huimin's graduation.
Tao Huimin attended Zhijiang Art School, which had a five-year program. She enrolled in 1982 and graduated this year.
But in the past two or three years, the daughter has been busy filming outside, and even played the heroine in "Dream of Red Mansions", making both parents feel like they were in a dream.
"I have to go back. I'll ask the crew for a few days off. It's not a big problem." Tao Huimin said to her mother.
At this time, Tao's mother seemed to say something on the phone. Tao Huimin looked a little shy, stole a glance at Lin Weimin, and then whispered, "I will definitely go back for the New Year, and he will be with me. In the past few years, I haven't graduated yet, so I have to pay attention to the impact."
"Yeah, okay, I got it."
Tao Huimin hung up the phone. Lin Weimin, who was watching TV on the other end, joked, "My future mother-in-law is anxious to see me, right?"
Tao Huimin rolled her eyes at him and said, "My mom was just asking casually, so I told her that we're going back together this year!"
It was Lin Weimin who took the initiative to propose going to Wenzhou to visit Tao Huimin's parents during the Chinese New Year this year.
He has been in a relationship with Tao Huimin for several years. Before, Tao Huimin had not graduated yet, so it was not convenient for him to go. But this year, she finally graduated, and it was time for him to meet her family.
"I'll go shopping with you this weekend and bring some things home," said Lin Weimin.
Tao Huimin smiled and nodded.
(End of this chapter)
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