Chapter 888: These 10 million are really worth it!
Floods continued to rage throughout July and August, but the government and people's actions and will to fight the disaster were more resolute than ever before.
As August approached, floods had receded in some areas, but the situation was still extremely critical in many places.
There are more and more charity performances and charity sales in China. On the evening of August 16, the Red Cross Society, the China Charity Federation and CCTV jointly organized the "98 Flood Relief Charity Performance Gala".
The scene was very touching and the effect of the evening party was very significant, raising a lot of charity funds.
Two days later, CCTV's "News Broadcast" broadcast a piece of news.
On the screen was the U.S. President, Louisville. He had a sad face and made a televised speech to the national media, apologizing to the people of the country for misleading them in the Lewinsky scandal and taking full responsibility for what had happened.
At the end of his speech, Zipperton did not forget to change the subject: He hoped that the American people could shift their attention to face the challenges and opportunities of the next century.
I have to say, this topic change was very abrupt.
Not to mention the American people, the attention of people all over the world is now focused on the trivial matter of his trouser zipper. Because of this sex scandal, the Republican Party has already initiated impeachment proceedings against him. Now whether Zipperton can keep his position as president has become the focus of attention of the whole world.
La Zipton's televised speech provided some humor for the anxious Chinese people. As time went by, the peak of the flood gradually passed. After entering late August, good news came from various parts of the country.
This flood fighting battle, which lasted for nearly three months, finally saw the dawn of victory.
At this time, Lin Weimin received a call from the sea. After several months of research and discussion, the reform plan submitted by Guowen Publishing House was approved, and the next step was to promote the reform.
Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. In China, for any policy to be implemented, a successful pilot project is a prerequisite.
In early September, the State Council officially issued a document designating Guowen Press as a pilot unit for the transformation of public institutions into enterprises.
At this time, the domestic flood fighting battle had not yet completely ended and the people's attention was still concerned. This news did not attract widespread attention, but many knowledgeable people were shocked when they saw the news.
The reform and opening up in 1978 began with the restructuring of state-owned enterprises. It has been exactly 20 years now. During these 20 years, China has experienced a series of developments and turbulences, but the final result is good, with rapid economic development and a significant improvement in people's living standards.
Now the transformation of public institutions into enterprises is about to begin again. This is obviously another heavyweight reform measure. The impact it will cause may not be as great as the transformation of state-owned enterprises, but it will inevitably have a far-reaching impact on China's future economic reforms.
National Literature Publishing House!
This publishing house, whose name seems to have nothing to do with economic reform, has become a pioneer in the transformation of public institutions into enterprises. Everyone who saw the news was filled with curiosity.
Why is it this?
These people looked at Guowen Publishing House repeatedly with inquiring eyes, and finally fell on its new generation helmsman Lin Weimin.
In recent years, various news about Guowen Publishing House has appeared from time to time in domestic media large and small. This kind of media attention is not in line with the social reputation and tone of a publishing house.
If we carefully examine the development of Guowen Society over the years, it is not difficult to find that it was the emergence of Lin Weimin that brought this kind of attention to Guowen Society.
When Lin Weimin took office as editor-in-chief of Guowen Publishing House in 1991, he made drastic changes to the company's internal performance review system, and then he initiated the compilation of the "World Literature Classics Collection".
China has a tradition since ancient times of “editing books during prosperous times”.
The compilation of large series of books is not only a symbol of the country's economic development, but also an indication of the prosperity of culture and governance.
Before China, only a few developed countries such as the United States, France, and the United Kingdom had completed the compilation of world-class literary libraries. The launch of the compilation of the "World Literature Classics Library" by Guowen Publishing House has undoubtedly brought the Chinese publishing industry to a new height.
From 1991 to 1996, it took Guowen Publishing House five years to complete this epic masterpiece, which was called the "Three Gorges Project of the Publishing Industry" in the industry. It also made outstanding contributions to China's publishing industry and cultural undertakings and was praised by the highest government leaders.
In 1992, Guowen Publishing House launched the "Rag Tiger Series". The first batch of works in the series, such as "Wasted City" and "Flower Season and Rainy Season", quickly attracted domestic readers. "Wasted City" sold 5 million copies in half a year, creating a sales myth in China's publishing industry and book market.
After that, the Ragdoll series of books has been a best-seller for many years and is still an indispensable force in the domestic book market. This series of books has also created a record for series sales in China's publishing history. Today, sales are constantly approaching the scale of 100 million copies. It cannot be said to be unprecedented, but at least it will never be surpassed.
The birth of the Ragdoll series of books proves Guowen Press's keen sense of the market and its ability to adapt to market competition, making it a leading publishing house in the domestic publishing industry. It has also created a group of millionaires and multi-millionaires for the Chinese literary world, truly realizing the saying "Books are the golden house".
With the hot sales of the Ragdoll series, in 1994, Guowen Publishing House launched a full copyright operation plan, using literature as the source and using movies, TV dramas, radio series, comics, animation and other forms to give literature a new look.
The TV series version of "Flower Season and Rainy Season" aired on CCTV and created a viewership rate of over 50%;
The movie "If You Are the One" earned more than 60 million at the box office;
The manga version of "Spirited Away" published by Red Bean Comics has sold over 50 million copies
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After four years of development, Guowen Publishing House's full copyright operation plan has achieved phased success. It has not only brought considerable income and fame to the vast number of writer friends, but also injected new vitality into the development of Guowen Publishing House.
By the end of 1997, Guowen Publishing House's annual revenue had exceeded 1.4 billion yuan.
What is the concept of this?
Last year, the total box office revenue of the entire Chinese film industry was 1.1 billion yuan, which is still not as high as the revenue of Guowen Publishing House alone.
The figure of 1.4 billion has no rival in the national publishing industry, and if we expand our focus to the cultural industry, there is no one who can compete with it.
Even in the national business community, this is still a force that cannot be underestimated.
Guowen Publishing House is becoming a giant in China's cultural circle.
Lin Weimin put down the Economic Daily in his hand, "These newspapers are really afraid that the world will not be in chaos, and they are afraid that others will not know the foundation of our Guowen Press."
The fact that Guowen Press became a pilot unit for the transformation of public institutions into enterprises did not cause much response among the public, but in the eyes of the political and journalistic circles, it was obviously a major event related to the development process of the Republic.
So after this news came out, many domestic media also focused their reports on Guowen Publishing House.
This report is different from previous media reports on Guowenshe's various market behaviors. It is like a butcher staring at a hairy pig and wondering where to cut it, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.
"You are just being ungrateful! Others only change when they have no other choice. Your Chinese Literature Society is doing so well, and the higher-ups have agreed to let you change. You should just be happy!"
Yang Weiguang was sitting with Lin Weimin, and after hearing what he said, he made a few jokes.
"What if we don't change? We can't compare to CCTV, which collects tens or even hundreds of millions of yuan in advertising fees a year, and each winning bidder gets 100 or 200 million yuan."
Yang Weiguang pointed at him and laughed, "You never lose out with your mouth."
Lin Weimin said seriously: "The temporary development does not mean anything. The success of Guowen Press in the past few years is more due to the accumulation of the past. When no one else has adapted to the market, we adapted to the market in advance, so we have a rich return. But when everyone is standing on the same starting line in the future, the situation will not be so optimistic. So, it is better to change early than late."
"No wonder Leader Zhu always praises you. This awareness is truly extraordinary."
By mid-September, the flood that had raged for three months was finally passing.
Today is September 19th. The General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Chinese Red Cross Society, and the China Charity Federation jointly held a charity gala entitled "Rescuing Together and Rebuilding Our Homeland."
Lin Weimin was invited to attend this meeting. He was waiting with a group of people, and Yang Weiguang was sitting next to him.
The party officially began at around seven in the evening.
The charity gala was kicked off by a passionate Peking Opera medley "Riding the Same Boat, Rebuilding Our Homeland". The 83-year-old Yuan Shihai and many other Peking Opera masters, including Du Jinfang and Ma Changli, took to the stage.
This evening party itself was specially organized and planned by the members of the Z Association's literary and art circles and calligraphy and painting circles in order to implement the spirit of "continue to donate money and materials to support the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas", so the vast majority of the actors on stage today are also members of the National Z Association. The entire evening party is mainly Peking Opera, with songs and crosstalk throughout.
Compared with the "98 Flood Relief Charity Gala" held more than a month ago, the content is more old-fashioned.
The main reason why Lin Weimin attended this evening party was because it was a charity performance and donation event. A few days ago, the organizer asked him to donate something to the evening party. He was not a calligrapher or painter, so he didn't have any calligraphy or paintings to donate. After thinking about it, he took out the manuscript of "Farewell My Concubine".
All the things have been donated, so people must go to the scene and we have to go to the platform when the time comes!
The fundraising activity started just after the two performances. Since it was a charity performance, it certainly couldn't be just the companies that came up to donate money. At the party, famous artists and calligraphers donated many works, which were then pledged by the companies present.
Qi Gong, Zhao Puchu, Bai Xueshi, Wang Chengxi, Liu Bingsen, Ouyang Zhongshi, Li Duo, Han Meilin...
Works of many famous artists were on display. Compared with the charity performances and auctions of celebrities' personal belongings in later generations, today's gala was much more conscientious. These works will at least be worth some money in a few years, and some companies may even make a profit from them.
Halfway through the evening, the amount of donations had reached 110 million yuan. The work with the highest amount of donations was a calligraphy work by Qi Gong that was painted on the spot, setting a sky-high price of 8 million yuan.
Qi Gong is a great calligrapher in modern times, but there are only a few of his works left in the world, and their prices in the collection world have never been high. The price of 8 million is obviously higher than the value of the work itself.
But since it's a charitable donation, people don't just do it for the money.
When the manuscript of "Farewell My Concubine" was unveiled, majestic background music sounded on the stage and the host introduced the background of the manuscript in a deep voice.
"Farewell My Concubine is a representative work of Lin Weimin, a famous Chinese writer. Since its publication in 1981, it has been loved by countless readers. The novel has been sold in dozens of countries overseas, with sales exceeding 20 million copies in China and total sales exceeding 40 million copies worldwide.
At the same time, the drama and film adapted from this novel are also widely welcomed by audiences around the world, and have won many honors such as the Tony Award for Drama, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival, and the Academy Award..."
After the host's introduction, Lin Weimin was invited to the stage to speak for the donation.
There are 69 companies from across the country attending today's gala, most of which are state-owned enterprises, and less than twenty are private enterprises.
As soon as the donation ceremony for the manuscript of "Farewell My Concubine" began, various companies in the audience showed their support enthusiastically, and the figures they reported were higher than the last.
In less than two minutes, the donation amount increased from 1 million yuan to 8 million yuan, and the atmosphere was very enthusiastic.
"10 million yuan! Huawei will give us 10 million yuan!"
A plain old man who looked to be in his fifties shouted.
The host was overjoyed when he heard this. "10 million yuan! Huawei from Pengcheng has pledged 10 million yuan. Can anyone offer a higher price than this?"
10 million yuan set a record for donations at tonight's party. The corporate representatives present looked at each other and thought for a moment, and no one expressed a higher price.
The manuscript of "Farewell My Concubine" fell into the hands of Huawei, and the unremarkable old man was happily invited to the stage to take a photo with Lin Weimin.
"Teacher Lin, could you please leave a calligraphy for our Huawei?" asked the old man.
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "My handwriting is not very good. But since Mr. Ren doesn't mind, I will write something for you."
Ren Zhengfei was overjoyed, and Lin Weimin asked, "Does Mr. Ren have any requests?"
"No requirements, no requirements, just write whatever you want." Ren Zhengfei said happily.
Today, brushes, ink, paper and inkstones were prepared on site for calligraphers and painters to write and paint on the spot. Lin Weimin came to the desk on the stage, holding a wolf-hair brush in his hand, pondered for a moment, and then started writing.
"The foundation of a country lies in science and technology. The people govern the country and help each other. Huawei is dedicated to public welfare. Donating money to the people is a testament to our high friendship. This is a great event to promote the development of the country through science and technology. It benefits the country and the people, and everyone is looking forward to it."
Lin Weimin is not a great calligrapher, but in recent years he would occasionally hide in his study to practice calligraphy when he had nothing to do, and his regular script is quite impressive.
The forty-eight inscriptions are neat, dignified and clean. Although they are not as vigorous as those of famous calligraphers, they are still dignified and lively. The inscriptions are full of beautiful meanings, which make people happy to read.
At the end, there is a line of small characters signed: Pengcheng Huawei Company generously donated huge sums of money for the country and the people. I respectfully write this article to commemorate it. Written by Lin Weimin.
After writing the calligraphy, Lin Weimin put down the brush in his hand, and together with Ren Zhengfei, they displayed the calligraphy on TV to present it to TV viewers across the country.
After accepting Lin Weimin's calligraphy, Ren Zhengfei took the initiative to shake Lin Weimin's hand.
"Mr. Ren, I wish Huawei will achieve greater development, become a technology company that represents China, and go global."
Ren Zhengfei looked at Lin Weimin, with a smile on his face as bright as a chrysanthemum.
"Thank you, Teacher Lin!"
It is a manuscript, an inscription, and a blessing.
This 10 million is really worth it!
The second update will be later.
(End of this chapter)
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