Chapter 884 Boomerang
After the award ceremony, everything was settled, and the Guowen Society still demonstrated its strong strength. Even the Literary Association and the jury could only influence the award results in a limited space, and could not change the situation that the Guowen Society was the only one in the Yanbing Literature Award.
In late April, the Chinese literary world was dominated by news about the Yanbing Literature Prize. This year’s award ceremony set a record for the longest duration in the history of the Yanbing Literature Prize. The various stories that took place during the process also became a topic of conversation at private gatherings in the literary world.
After the award ceremony, like in previous years, this year's five winning works were placed in the most prominent positions on the shelves of bookstores across the country.
With the popularity of the Yanbing Literature Award, these five winning works naturally became the sought-after works by many domestic readers, and the bookstores were full of readers coming to buy these works.
Readers who came to buy "White Deer Plain" covered all age groups. Some young readers did not find anything special in this book, but some old readers keenly discovered the uniqueness of this book.
Compared with the past, the words "revised edition" on the cover and spine of "White Deer Plain" have disappeared. These old readers looked through the contents with some surprise and found that it was exactly the same as the first edition in 1990. Many deleted and revised contents reappeared in the novel. These readers were very excited and told each other about it.
The unabridged version of "White Deer Plain" is back!
"Complete version" and "unabridged version" seem to have similar meanings, but to readers there is a big difference. It's like "uncoded" and "cracked". Neither has a code, but obviously "cracked" is more to the LSP's liking.
Without any deliberate publicity, relying solely on the spontaneous publicity of readers, "White Deer Plain" achieved sales of 223,000 copies in just half a month. It is really like an old tree blooming, and directly topped the list of this week's "Guowen Daily" book sales ranking (novel category).
For an old book that has been published for seven years, achieving such results is extremely outstanding, even with the support of the Yanbing Literature Award. This is enough to illustrate the influence of "White Deer Plain" among readers.
In fact, it is not just "White Deer Plain". The sales of several other winning works of this year's Yanbing Literature Award have skyrocketed during this period, ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 copies to more than 100,000 copies.
As a result, these novels all appeared on the book sales ranking list of this issue of "Guowen Bao", but their rankings were different.
In addition to these works, the names of the works at the top of the book sales ranking list (non-fiction category) of the early May issue of "Guowen Bao" are also particularly eye-catching.
"The Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II", written by Zhang Chunru, has sales of 85,471 copies in this issue and cumulative sales of 443,726 copies.
In December last year, Lin Weimin decided to introduce this work to China, and the work was officially put on sale in China in early February.
The cumulative sales volume in three months was 443,726 copies. For an American-Chinese writer like Zhang Chunru who has no fame in China, this achievement is quite outstanding.
There was a knock on the office door. Lin Weimin put down the Guowen Newspaper in his hand and said, "Come in!"
Zhao Xin walked in and said, "President, Ms. Zhang has agreed to our invitation and can come to China next month."
Lin Weimin nodded. "Okay, you will be responsible for communicating with her about the specific itinerary and activity arrangements."
"Yes." Zhao Xin responded and left the office.
"The Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II" was introduced into China and sold over 400,000 copies in three months. Of course, the Guowen Publishing House had to promote it well and invited Zhang Chunru to China to hold a reader meeting, book signing event and speech.
Lin Weimin discussed this topic with Zhang Chunru via email a few days ago, and yesterday he asked Zhao Xin to communicate with Zhang Chunru about the specific arrangements.
Compared to a few months ago, Zhang Chunru is now a very busy person.
After its publication in China, "The Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II" sold well, and even better in the United States. In five months, the sales of the work have approached one million copies, and the impact it has produced is even more sensational.
After all, this is one of the very few books that has appeared in Western countries in more than half a century that tells the story of the mud bombing atrocities during World War II.
However, high sales and great influence also brought another result, which is that Zhang Chunru has recently begun to be constantly attacked by some people.
"The Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II" exposes the hypocritical mask that the Tuhong people spent decades carefully disguising after World War II. This naturally made some Tuhong right-wing forces angry and humiliated, and they began to attack and discredit Zhang Chunru and her works, which made Zhang Chunru very upset and affected her work and life to a certain extent.
Lin Weimin learned these things during his email exchanges with Zhang Chunru. She now understands what Lin Weimin said to her before the work was published, but she has a strong character and did not take these things to heart.
Two days later, the box office share of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" released in Nihong was officially transferred to the account of Wenhua Film and Television through the Bank of China.
The film was released in late October last year and was officially taken off the screen in late April this year, running for half a year. The final box office result was 1.136 billion yen, equivalent to about 170 million yuan in RMB, and the final amount left in Wenhua Films' account was about 49 million yuan.
Including other income from the film, the total income brought by this movie to Wenhua Film and Television reached 64 million yuan, making it the film with the highest investment return rate of Wenhua Film and Television to date.
After all, the investment was too small, less than 2 million yuan.
Although "Hero" earned much more than it, the investment base was larger, more than fifty times that of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog". In terms of investment return rate, there is no comparison at all.
While Wenhua Films was rejoicing over the huge profits from "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", domestic films were experiencing an inhumane beating.
Since its release on April 3, "Titanic" has been like a nuclear bomb dropped on the Chinese film market, with box office revenues of 90 million in the first week and 85 million in the second week. Even though piracy was rampant in the third week, the film still created a revenue of 64 million yuan, and the cumulative box office in three weeks reached 240 million yuan.
This efficiency is much faster than when "Hero" was released last year. Therefore, many insiders in the film industry have concluded that it is only a matter of time before "Titanic" breaks the 300 million box office myth created by "Hero".
As May approached, the negative impact of pirated DVDs on "Titanic" became increasingly obvious, but there were still many moviegoers who were curious and fascinated by the film and went to the cinema to watch it more than once.
This is of course related to the quality of the film itself and the grand scenes, but it also has a lot to do with the undeleted scene in the film where Jack sketches Rose.
Before there was "White Deer Plain" and after there was "Titanic".
They once again confirm a profound truth: LSP is always the primary productive force!
In its fourth week, "Titanic" once again earned 42 million yuan at the box office, and its cumulative box office reached 282 million yuan, which is very close to the record of "Hero".
This month, Wenhua Films just obtained the first film distribution license in China that is not a state-owned film studio or distribution company, but Yu Dong just couldn't be happy. In fact, it was not only him. Many domestic filmmakers with backbone felt anxious because of "Titanic". The feeling of watching their country's box office record being broken by a foreign film made everyone feel powerless and helpless.
After touching the fish for a while, Lin Weimin looked at his watch. Seeing that it was almost time, he put down the newspaper in his hand, stood up and prepared to go off work.
When he reached the stairs, many people had already come out of their offices. When they saw him, they nodded and greeted him, then walked out of the building.
In a rush to get off work, the employees all rushed out of the building and the whole Guowen Society Institute was filled with noise.
The laughter of employees, the ringing of bicycle bells, the roar of motorcycles... Lin Weimin drove his old Mercedes all the way west.
When I got home, Shen Xujia came with her daughter.
Lin Weimin greeted the mother and daughter and said with a smile, "I haven't been here for a long time. You have to add two dishes tonight!"
Shen Xujia smiled cheerfully and said, "We'll add two dishes now that we're here?"
"Wouldn't it be a waste if you can't finish it? If you and your mother are willing to eat it, stay here for two more days. I'll ask someone to cook for you in different ways." Lin Weimin said.
"I would like to come, but what a pity..." Shen Xujia's tone was filled with sighs and regrets.
Lin Weimin noticed the strangeness in her tone and looked at Tao Huimin inquiringly.
Tao Huimin shook her head slightly and did not explain to Lin Weimin.
On the contrary, Shen Xujia said openly: "I am divorced from Lao Wang, and I am going to the United States next month."
The sudden news caught Lin Weimin off guard. "Divorced? Why so sudden?"
Chen Xujia smiled and said, “If there is anything sudden, we should have divorced a long time ago.”
"His little honey..."
Didn’t he break up with his mistress?
Lin Weimin realized something was wrong halfway through his speech, and although the relationship was mended, the cracks still existed.
"It has nothing to do with others. When she came to my house to make trouble, I didn't even think about getting a divorce. But now I understand. If this kind of thing happens once, it will happen again. I'm not Sun Wukong. Can I survive the eighty-one trials?
Anyway, his heart is no longer with us, so we might as well just get a divorce."
Shen Xujia's words were free and easy, yet also somewhat helpless. She gently stroked her daughter's hair, "As for me, now I just want to educate this girl well and make her a talent."
"Then there's no need to go to the United States!" Lin Weimin said.
"It's not that I won't come back, it's all for the children."
Lin Weimin guessed that Chen Xujia wanted to go abroad not only for her children's education, but also to stay away from the pain brought to her by this failed marriage.
He has known Wang Shuo and Chen Xujia for more than ten years, and Lin Weimin has been a witness to their relationship and marriage.
The couple who were once a perfect match are now separated, and Lin Weimin is filled with regret.
"Give!"
When Lin Weimin was lost in the past, Shen Xujia handed something to him and he took a closer look.
It turned out to be a Plum Blossom women's watch.
It looks old and somewhat familiar.
Lin Weimin recognized it immediately and said, "This is..."
"The watch you gave me." Chen Xujia's face showed a look of reminiscence, "He once said that he owed you a big favor, and he could marry a wife only because of this watch..."
Her tone became lost.
When Wang Shuo was dating Chen Xujia, his business had failed and he had just published a few novels, so his financial situation was not very good.
At that time, he bought a second-hand Plum Blossom women's watch for Shen Xujia from a trust store. The new watch cost 360 yuan, but the second-hand watch only cost 280 yuan, and no ticket was required.
Later, when Chen Xujia was performing at the Yenching Exhibition Hall Theater, all his belongings were stolen while he was taking a shower, including the watch.
After Lin Weimin found out, he specially bought another watch for Wang Shuo and asked him to give it to Chen Xujia.
"You're really good. Have you ever bought a second-hand watch for your girlfriend?"
The past events were still vivid in his mind as Lin Weimin took the watch.
Chen Xujia's eyes followed the plum blossom women's watch, revealing a bit of reluctance, but more of heartache and determination.
The sweet bullet from many years ago traveled through time and space and hit the forehead of the frustrated person today.
(End of this chapter)
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