Chapter 883 It’s all in the wine
Just one week after the 70th Academy Awards ceremony, the Titanic, the ship that had been rampaging around the world, finally arrived in China.
On April 3, "Titanic" was officially released in the country.
On the day when this commercial blockbuster was released, many audiences flocked to the ticket halls of many cinemas in Yanjing, and long queues soon formed.
The scheduled screenings were packed, and many viewers who queued up to buy tickets waited for a long time but still couldn't buy tickets, and finally had to leave in disappointment.
This situation lasted for two days, from 9 a.m. to 10:50 p.m., the cinema was almost playing the movie in a loop all day long, and all showings of "Titanic" had a 100% attendance rate.
The popularity of "Titanic" made this Hollywood blockbuster occupy almost all the screenings in theaters. The domestic films that were recently released did not even make a splash and were directly bombed.
But even in the face of almost 100% screening schedules of theaters, most of the "Titanic" showtimes in the screening schedule on the cinema notice board are followed by the word "full", which means that the movie tickets for these showtimes have been sold out.
What's even more frightening is that the average movie ticket price in domestic cinemas is about 15 yuan, but the ticket price for "Titanic" is as high as 30 yuan. However, even with such high ticket prices, countless audiences are flocking to this movie.
Hot!
So popular!
In just a few days, "Titanic" was like a whirlwind, sweeping not only the cinemas in Yanjing, but also the national film market.
Wherever the big ship passed, no grass grew.
This situation continued until April 10, when the People's Daily published a news picture about the Titanic, which read:
"The movie Titanic, which cost 260 million US dollars, has been screened in various parts of our country and has become a popular viewing spot."
Even a serious national media like the People's Daily published news related to this film for the first time, which shows how popular the movie is.
The box office dominance and appeal of this film are even better than last year's "Hero".
The release of "Hero" last year gave a boost to domestic films.
The release of "Titanic" once again shattered the morale that had been hard-won.
Many people in the film industry are worried about the current situation of the film market and are calling out: We should face up to the gap with Hollywood.
This time, no one mentioned the issue of "blockbuster movies monopolizing the box office."
While the big ship was wreaking havoc, Lin Weimin received a phone call from the sea. The call was not long, but the content was extremely sensitive. Lin Weimin only responded with a few "yes" throughout the whole process and then hung up the phone.
He sat there thinking for a long time, then called Lao Cheng and Lao Zhou to his office.
"We have to prepare a restructuring plan!"
Lin Weimin only said one sentence, which made Lao Cheng and Lao Zhou startled, and then happy.
"Have the higher-ups agreed to the restructuring?" asked Old Cheng.
Lin Weimin did not answer his question immediately, but hesitated and said: "Now we just need to come up with a plan to review it. If it is feasible, we can continue to promote it."
Lao Zhou said: "I'm afraid this matter cannot be accomplished in a short period of time."
"That's for sure. Restructuring is a big deal, not to mention that we are a public institution. If we take this step, our Guowen Press will be at the center of the storm!"
Old Cheng and Old Zhou looked at each other and understood what Lin Weimin meant.
Since the reform and opening up, the restructuring of state-owned enterprises has lasted for more than ten years, but the restructuring of public institutions has not yet started. If Guowen Publishing House really takes the lead in implementing the transformation of public institutions into enterprises nationwide, it will undoubtedly become the most eye-catching wave in the forefront of domestic reform and opening up.
In later generations, this reform should have been launched around 2010, but at this time, because of Lin Weimin's long-term planning for Guowen Publishing House and his initiative to recommend himself to his superiors, it is now possible to start it ahead of schedule.
Lin Weimin and two other people held a small meeting in the office for half an hour and decided to temporarily set up a restructuring preparatory group. The restructuring is still in the confidential stage and cannot be known to too many people. The most important thing for them during this period is to perfect the restructuring plan.
As early as last year when he proposed the idea of restructuring to his superiors, Lin Weimin had been making preparations in this regard and had already prepared a lot of information. However, he still had to be extremely cautious and consider carefully before submitting it to his superiors.
A week later, Lin Weimin came to the Press and Publication Administration on behalf of Guowen Publishing House and submitted a preliminary reform plan to the leaders of the administration.
This restructuring plan will be initially reviewed here, and then submitted to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Ministry of Finance and other units for further evaluation.
Of course, this is all work done behind the scenes.
For Guowen Publishing House and Lin Weimin, their work has come to an end for the time being, and what they need to do next is to wait patiently.
While Lin Weimin was busy with the reform plan, the Yanbing Literature Award Jury finally announced the results of the 4th Yanbing Literature Award to the outside world through the Literary Gazette.
The fourth Yanbing Literature Award was awarded to works published between 1989 and 1995, but the results were delayed until the first half of 1998. Such a long span of time naturally caused many doubts in the literary community about this year's award process and results.
Especially at the beginning of last year, there were rumors that the list of winners had been announced, but the jury remained silent. During this period, publishing organizations and cultural units from all over the country were asked to submit additional works, which inevitably made many people in the literary and publishing circles suspicious.
For a while, rumors about this year's Yanbing Literature Award were flying everywhere.
The most widely circulated rumor is that the works published and published by the Guowen Publishing House this year are too strong and have completely occupied the list of winners. After the selection results are announced, many judges feel that this dominance has to some extent damaged the inclusiveness of the award, which is why other units are temporarily asked to submit additional works.
Guowen Publishing House is the highest temple in the domestic literary world and has always been the only one in the selection process of the Yanbing Literature Award. Among the winning works of the first three Yanbing Literature Awards, more than half were published and published by Guowen Publishing House.
Therefore, the emergence and spread of this rumor is not without reason.
Moreover, Lin Weimin had a very bad relationship with the judging committee and the Writers Association last time because of the award issue. Now he is the head of the Guowen Publishing House, which adds more topics of conversation and suspense to the selection of this year's Yanbing Literature Award.
The winners of the 4th Yanbing Literature Award are announced:
Cheng Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" (revised edition), Wang Huo's "War and People" (trilogy), Liu Yumin's "The Turbulent Autumn", Alai's "Dust Settles", and Liu Sifen's "White Gate Willow" (Parts 1 and 2).
Of the five winning works of this year's Yanbing Literature Award, Guowen Publishing House won four.
"White Deer Plain", "War and People", "Turmoil of Autumn" and "Dust Settles" were the earliest works published and published by Guowen Press. Only one work, "White Gate Willow", was published by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Press.
In this year's Yanbing Literature Award, Guowen Publishing House once again won a great victory.
After the list of winners came out, it quickly caused heated discussions in the domestic literary and publishing circles.
With four out of five awards, there is no doubt that Guowen Publishing House is strong in the Yanbing Literature Award.
But this is also in line with the actual situation. After all, since the first Yanbing Literature Award, Guowen Publishing House has been the biggest winner.
Now anyone can see that the jury is actually trying to avoid this situation at all costs.
Looking at this result, many people thought of this time last year.
At that time, it was rumored that the list of winners had been determined and it was four works.
Now, a year has passed, and the list of winners has grown from four to five. Coupled with the news that the jury had requested additional works, everyone immediately began to make rich associations.
Everyone is speculating that the only award-winning work that was not published by Guowen Publishing House was probably the result of the supplement.
The jury took great pains to come up with this award result.
Now that the award results are out, there are many different opinions from the outside world, but this does not hinder the awarding of the Yanbing Literature Award.
On April 20, the fourth Yanbing Literature Award ceremony was officially held at the People's Hall.
Hundreds of people gathered in the venue, including leaders of the Writers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, many writers, critics and editors, as well as leaders of some publishing houses and literary units. The atmosphere at the award ceremony was as lively as in previous years.
Lin Weimin sat in the front row, his face calm and composed.
An award ceremony was being held on the stage. Four of the five writers were acquaintances of the Guowen Society, and he was very satisfied with this situation.
The jury can influence the award results, but cannot affect the strong position of Guowen Publishing House in the Yanbing Literature Award.
This is strength! This is accumulation!
After the lively award ceremony, Lin Weimin exchanged a few words with his acquaintances, and then said to Cheng Zhongshi and several other award-winning authors: "You still have to be interviewed now, so I won't bother you. I'll have a car pick you up in the evening and celebrate your success at the hotel."
After a few people responded, Lin Weimin left.
In the evening, a car took several award-winning writers of the day to a private room at the Yanjing Hotel.
"Welcome, welcome!"
Lin Weimin, Lao Cheng and several other leaders of the Guowen Publishing House stood up to welcome this group of writers and gave everyone full courtesy.
Today, in addition to several leaders of Guowen Publishing House, award-winning writers, and their respective editors, it is an internal celebration.
It was a gathering of more than a dozen people, and everyone was familiar with each other and the atmosphere was harmonious.
For Cheng Zhongshi, Wang Huo, Liu Yumin and Alai, today is undoubtedly the highlight of their lives. They received awards in the morning, were interviewed in the afternoon, and will have a symposium and interviews tomorrow, followed by various activities associated with the Yanbing Literature Award.
In short, before the craze of the Yanbing Literature Award passes, they will always be busy and active in the public eye. This kind of activity is always a very rare opportunity for writers, so it is particularly precious.
Everyone talked about their feelings and changes before and after winning the award. Cheng Zaochun said, "It is not easy to organize this year's Yanbing Literature Award. It has been delayed for eight years, which can be regarded as a record."
After he finished speaking, everyone had a subtle expression, but Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Good things take time. This term took a little longer, but for our Chinese Literature Society, it is indeed a perfect result. If the process of victory is too smooth, the fruits will be a little bland."
Lin Weimin had a relaxed smile on his face, but his words revealed a sense of dominance that no one else could do it better than him.
Everyone was well aware of the twists and turns in the judging process for this year's Yanbing Literature Award, but there was no point in talking about it. Instead, everyone admired Lin Weimin's attitude.
So what if Guowenshe is the only dominant company?
To be the only dominant company, one must rely on real strength!
Everyone was chatting and laughing, and before they knew it, several bottles of Moutai had been left on the table, and everyone present was a little drunk.
Cheng Zhongshi was still drunk and held Lin Weimin, "Weimin, you haven't forgotten what you promised me, right?"
Lin Weimin, who was a little drunk, used his brain and figured out what Cheng Zhongshi was talking about.
In early 1990, Cheng Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" was published. The critics gave the novel extremely high praise, and the novel also received warm acclaim from readers. It sold 700,000 copies in a short time after its publication.
But the good times did not last long, and "White Deer Plain" was soon criticized by some officials and critics.
In order to calm the situation, Guowen Publishing House persuaded Cheng Zhongshi to delete and modify some content of the novel. Finally, the novel was able to continue to be published. It was also because of this that it had the opportunity to win this year's Yanbing Literature Award.
Lin Weimin looked at Cheng Zaochun and said, "Old Cheng, you have to give Old Cheng an explanation for this!"
The two old Chengs laughed out loud when they heard this. Cheng Zaochun said to Cheng Zhongshi, "I asked you to delete and modify the novel back then. You must have hated me a lot, right?"
Cheng Zhongshi waved his hands quickly, "That's not true. I know in my heart that you are all doing this for my own good. The influence of "White Deer Plain" is too great. If someone really finds evidence of it and creates trouble, I will be the one who is most affected. I am..."
When he said this, his face looked sullen and he took a sip of wine.
"I just felt uncomfortable when I heard someone reading it today, 'The Revised Version of White Deer Plain'. Hehe, damn, this is probably the first time someone has won an award like this, right?"
From Cheng Zhongshi's tone and expression, everyone could feel the frustration in his heart.
It is understandable that a work that a writer has worked so hard to write has to be deleted and revised before it can be published. Even the suffix of the award has to be "revised edition". Who would feel good about this?
Lin Weimin patted Cheng Zhongshi's arm, with an apologetic look on his face.
"I'm sorry for wronging you in this matter!"
Cheng Zhongshi waved his hand and said, "I understand you. Apart from anything else, if it weren't for this 'revised edition', I'm afraid I wouldn't have won the Yanbing Literature Award this year."
Lin Weimin said to Cheng Zaochun, "Old Cheng, now that you've won the award, I think you should release the full version of White Deer Plain, right?"
"We didn't want to make a big deal out of it at the beginning, but now that time has passed, it's time to let it face the world in its full image."
Hearing this, Cheng Zhongshi held Cheng Zaochun's hand and was so excited that he was speechless.
He picked up a glass of wine, gestured to Cheng Zaochun, and drank it all in one gulp.
Nothing more to say, it’s all in the wine!
(End of this chapter)
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