Chapter 808 Jinghua Museum
The annual press conference for the Ragdoll series of books by Guowen Publishing House has ended, and as expected, it has appeared in the news sections of major domestic newspapers and TV stations. Not only that, this year many media outlets have also reserved their front pages for Guowen Publishing House.
The reason why Guowen Press was able to make the front page this time was, of course, because of the unprecedented success of its full copyright operation plan.
Guowenshe is taking a path that no one has ever taken before!
All media outlets that attended the press conference yesterday mentioned this sentence in their reports.
A year ago, no matter how much Lin Weimin said at the press conference, most people were not so confident about this big move by Guowen Publishing House.
Some people even maliciously slander others in private.
But after a year of practice, Guowen Publishing House has fully demonstrated their determination and ability to delve deeply into the content industry. They have blazed a new trail not only for themselves but also for China's cultural industry.
Within a few days, various news about Guowen Press occupied the pages of many domestic media, attracted the attention of countless readers and viewers, and once again exposed Guowen Press's copyright development plan.
This craze lasted until late March, when it gradually subsided.
On the weekend evening, someone invited Lin Weimin to dinner. It was Ma Dudu, who had not been seen for a long time.
A few years ago, Lin Weimin bought the Yongqi Prince's Mansion in Xizhimen from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It cost Lin Weimin 200,000 yuan to buy this former Qing Prince's Mansion covering an area of 5,000 to 6,000 square meters, and later he spent more than one million yuan on restoration.
After the restoration, Lin Weimin moved all his antique collections into the house and even hired several veterans to look after it.
Ma Dudu felt that this place was a bit of a waste and suggested that Lin Weimin open a museum.
At the beginning, during the restoration process of Prince Yongqi's Mansion, Lin Weimin did have this plan, including the standards for restoration and reconstruction, which were also based on the museum.
But later, as the renovation of the Beile Mansion was gradually completed, Lin Weimin realized that opening a museum was indeed a very laborious task, so he gave up the plan.
Ma Dudu volunteered to take on the task of helping Lin Weimin open a museum.
When he took on this job, the domestic civil affairs department had not yet allowed private museums to be opened, and Ma Dudu went to government agencies countless times for this purpose.
It was not until the beginning of this year that the civil affairs department finally issued new regulations allowing private individuals to open museums.
Lin Weimin’s museum can finally open!
"Teacher Lin, hehe, luckily I have accomplished my mission!"
When he saw Lin Weimin, Ma Dudu’s eyes narrowed so much that they were almost invisible.
In recent years, apart from his own business, the area he has devoted most of his energy to is Lin Weimin's museum.
In addition to his love of literature, antiques are Ma Dudu's biggest hobby. Especially after he made money, this hobby has become more detached from worldly affairs and is moving towards his "ideal".
"Thank you for your hard work!" Lin Weimin said with a smile.
Ma Dudu waved his hand. "It's not that hard. It's just a matter of asking for information occasionally. This kind of policy cannot be promoted by us alone."
After sitting down to eat, Ma Dudu chatted with Lin Weimin about some details about the opening of the museum. Lin Weimin had already entrusted this matter to him. In the past few years, Ma Dudu only reported to Lin Weimin once every few months, but he didn't take it to heart.
At dinner tonight, because the museum was finally able to open, Ma Dudu opened his heart and talked about many of the difficulties he encountered while working for the museum.
Lin Weimin has always been a person who only pays money but does not take care of the affairs. Seeing that Ma Dudu was full of complaints and knowing that he had put a lot of thought into this matter, he praised Ma Dudu a few words.
"It's not that hard, but I encountered too many bad things." Ma Dudu said.
After talking about the museum, Ma Dudu talked to Lin Weimin about his former friends.
In the past few years, he has been running a business and busy with museum affairs, and has become quite estranged from the people in the Seahorse Studio.
Last year, "Party A and Party B" became a huge hit, and Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang were really excited.
Wang Shuo is fine. He became famous and made a lot of money in the past few years, so it’s not surprising to everyone.
But Feng Xiaogang was originally a guy who followed a group of people and supported them. Unexpectedly, after a few years, he became successful.
Ma Dudu knew Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang. When the two of them co-founded Hao Meng, he went to support them, but the company has been half-dead.
Later it was said that it was thanks to Teacher Lin that he was able to make some money by establishing a connection with CCTV.
This time, the movie "Party A and Party B" still cannot do without the help of Teacher Lin. Ma Dudu couldn't help but sigh privately about Feng Xiaogang's bad luck.
A few days later, on March 27, 1996, the ninth day of the second lunar month, it was a good time to break ground, put up beams, and open a business.
The Yongqi Prince's Mansion in the Qing Dynasty was also a prominent mansion in the area. It was used as a family compound for the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the 1950s. A few years ago, I heard that it was bought by someone for a whopping price of 200,000 dollars.
This incident became the hottest news in the vicinity of Gaojing Hutong at the time. Some said it was bought by foreign businessmen, while others said it was bought by Hong Kong businessmen.
It was not until the Chinese Academy of Sciences vacated the house that a group of construction workers moved into the Yongji Prince's Mansion. Only then did people around realize that the Prince's Mansion had been sold to the great writer Lin Weimin.
It was incredible for a writer to spend 200,000 yuan to buy a Prince's Mansion in the Chinese literary world in the 1980s.
But this person is Lin Weimin, which sounds a lot more reasonable. He was known as "Millionaire Lin" more than ten years ago.
In 1988, they raised 10 million US dollars for the "Hope Project".
What does the 10 million meter knife in 1988 mean?
At that time, I could buy several streets of houses in Yanjing!
Now, almost ten years have passed, and the speed at which they have accumulated wealth is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
After the Chinese Academy of Sciences vacated the courtyard, the Beile Mansion was renovated for a year or two, and then there was no movement.
Later, there were a few gatekeepers, who were obviously retired martial artists from the army.
Normally, no one would be seen coming in or out of the Prince's Mansion. There were only a few soldiers guarding the door, which made it quite mysterious.
This made the Beile Mansion once again the focus of discussion among the surrounding people.
It was not until the beginning of spring this year that the Beile Mansion finally saw some movement, with people coming and going, and it was extremely bustling for a while.
The plaque of Beile Mansion that was originally hanging in the middle of the main gate was taken down, and a new plaque was hung up. However, the new plaque was covered with red cloth and wrapped tightly, so ordinary people could not see what was written on it.
As a result, the attention of the surrounding people was once again attracted by this Beile Mansion.
Today, this Beile Mansion, which has been silent for nearly ten years, finally opened its doors.
Several security guards in uniform stood in front of the main entrance in high spirits. Many flower baskets had been placed in front of the main entrance since I don't know when. It looked quite spectacular at first glance.
Many ordinary people stood at the gate of the mansion and looked inside curiously.
The security guards at the door did not stop them, so someone boldly asked, "Comrade, is the owner moving in?"
The guard said, "It's not a move, it's a museum opening."
Opening?
The onlookers were curious. What kind of restaurant would be opened in such a nice mansion?
Just when everyone was wondering, two cars drove up from a distance and a man and a woman got out of the cars.
The man is Ge You and the woman is Liu Bei. Many viewers recognized them at a glance.
"Li Dongbao!"
"Jia Ling!"
Ge You and Liu Bei smiled bitterly when they heard this. Although "Party A and Party B" was very popular, it was still not as popular as "The Story of the Editorial Department".
The two of them smiled and waved to the onlookers, saying hello.
Someone asked, "Why are you two here today?"
Ge You smiled and said, "Support Teacher Lin!"
All the big stars have come, and it looks like a museum is really opening. Many ordinary people are talking about it, but they just don’t know what kind of museum it is.
Following the arrival of Ge You and Liu Bei, many actors familiar to the general public came one after another.
Han Zhuangzhuang, Jiang Wen, Gong Li, Li Baotian...
The news that a movie actor appeared in the Prince's Mansion spread to the surrounding areas in a short time, and more and more people gathered to watch.
Today is the opening day of the museum. Lin Weimin got up early, but because he was stuck to the little bean bun for a while, he arrived a little late. When he was still more than 200 meters away from the Prince's Mansion, he found that the car could not move.
The road ahead was blocked by huge crowds of people.
Lin Weimin had no choice but to park his car on the side of the road and walk to the Beile Mansion. When he arrived, he found that the crowds of people on the street were actually surrounding his Beile Mansion.
He finally squeezed into the crowd and arrived at the gate of Beile Mansion. Ma Dudu was explaining to the police from the police station who came to maintain order.
"I'm sorry, police officer. I'm really sorry. We didn't expect it to cause such a big commotion. We were just a few friends who came to congratulate the opening of the museum, but we didn't expect so many people to gather around."
"You should have reported it to the police station. With so many people here, what if a stampede occurred?"
"Yes, yes, you are right. We will pay attention next time. It is really thanks to you guys that we arrived at this moment, otherwise we would have really caused big trouble. Come on, have a couple of cigarettes."
"What are you smoking for? You guys are in this state, and you still have the mood to smoke? I'll call a few more people over."
Ma Dudu was dealing with the police comrades, and Lin Weimin asked, "Dudu, what's going on?"
Ma Dudu explained: "Isn't the museum about to open? I thought about calling some friends over, and Xiaogang and Haiyan called everyone they could. When these actors and stars came to this station, ordinary people came like ants smelling honey."
Lin Weimin looked at the figures standing in the yard and asked, "Why are they joining in the fun?"
"I am here to show my support for you. If it were someone else, they wouldn't even be able to invite them!"
Don't hit a smiling person. Lin Weimin just complained in private. He was grateful that everyone came to support him.
Not only some movie actors came today, but also TV actors who worked with Wen Cheng. Hai Yan learned that today was the opening day of Lin Weimin's museum, so he brought all his men over.
Many directors also came, including Zhang Yimou, who was currently filming a movie, Ren Hao and Zhao Baogang, and even Cheng Kaige, who had not been seen for a long time. Behind them were many people.
On the contrary, it was Lin Weimin's main battlefield. Not many people from the literary world came, because Lin Weimin didn't notify anyone at all. Only Yu Hua, Mo Yan, Shi Tiesheng and Tong Zhonggui, a few close friends of Lin Weimin, came here.
The courtyard and the gate were crowded with guests, and the streets were crowded and noisy.
Lin Weimin was afraid that if he continued doing this, something unexpected would happen, so he said to Ma Dudu, "Let's unveil the plaque."
"Teacher Lin, the auspicious time has not yet arrived." Ma Dudu reminded.
"There is no such thing as an auspicious time or an unlucky time. As long as everyone is here, it is an auspicious time."
Lin Weimin had made the final decision and Ma Dudu didn't dare to say anything else. He acted as the emcee and spoke briefly, mainly introducing the history of Prince Yongji's Mansion and an overview of the museum.
After he finished speaking, he wanted to let Lin Weimin say a few words, but Lin Weimin waved his hand and directly pulled the red string hanging under the plaque of the main gate of Beile Mansion. With a light pull, the red silk fell down.
"Jinghua Museum".
On the vermilion plaque, five large golden characters are shining brightly.
(End of this chapter)
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