Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Being open-minded in good times is not considered open-minded,…
Being open-minded in good times is not considered open-minded. Being open-minded in bad times is truly open-minded.
The next day when Li Daohua woke up, Ouyang Yuan had already gotten up. He carried Ye Min out, and the two sat in the sun and talked.
Ye Min was in better condition than when I saw her yesterday, and the two of them seemed to have endless things to talk about.
Ouyang Yuan wanted Ye Min to go back to Beiping with them. In Beiping, both the living conditions and medical level were much better than here.
"The rice flower people are very good, and the rice flowers are very capable, but..." Ouyang Yuan's face turned slightly red, perhaps because of the sun, or perhaps for some other reason.
"What is it?"
"It's just... we haven't consummated our marriage yet. Daohua said that pornography is not allowed in Jinjiang. I think maybe she still wants to focus on her career..."
Ouyang Yuan said excitedly: "Mom, do you know that Daohua's novel is going to be made into a movie by America? In the future, Daohua will become more and more famous and become the most famous writer.
Mom, don't be angry if I tell you something... Daohua is an only child, and her parents have always wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for her..."
Ye Min nodded. It was understandable. It was also understandable that Ouyang Yuancheng was a son-in-law.
If he was not a live-in son-in-law, then she would not understand why such a good girl was worthy of her son. No matter how good her son was in her eyes, she knew herself well.
"I won't go. Knowing that you are fine, Mom is relieved. Look, Mom is fine now. I just don't know how your brother is doing."
Before, Ouyang Yao was the only one by her side, and she had to worry about the other two, especially when the other two outside knew nothing about it.
"It's okay. Wait for my brother to call me and I'll call you to tell you. Do you remember our home phone number?"
"I remember, I remember." There was no telephone in their village, so they had to go to the town to make a call. Li Daohua squinted as she came out. The glaring sun made her unable to help but shield her eyes with her hands. The light transmittance of the house was not very good at that time.
Ye Min was reminiscing about the past, when their family was still in Peking and the three siblings were still together.
Li Daohua moved a stool and sat over, saying, "Mom, I'm writing another novel recently, called Back to Eighteen, which tells the story of your generation. I want to hear you tell me about your story when you were eighteen, how you ate, dressed and spent money at that time, etc."
What? What do you mean, eighteen again? How come I don't know? Ouyang Yuan was confused.
In the past, when Li Daohua published a new novel, she would always tell him in advance. Why was it so sudden this time?
"When I was eighteen years old..." Ye Min fell into memories.
At that time, it was 1954, she had just married Ouyang Jian. They were introduced to each other by their elders, and they were a perfect match at the time.
In 1954, the first set of RMB was still used nationwide. Inflation was extremely serious and a fried dough stick cost 200 yuan.
Of course, the denominations of RMB are also very large, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of RMB.
The country had only been established for five years. Although the people were very poor, they were full of energy and were all determined to build the new China.
But that was the situation for ordinary people. Her family was a capitalist during the Republic of China period, and Ouyang Jian's family was a scholarly family. Both families were relatively wealthy at that time and could enter high-end places.
So later, her family was the first to fall, while Ouyang Jian's family was not so seriously affected.
She had attended a girls' school for a period of time before. At that time, wealthy families would send their children to new-style schools.
Li Daohua listened very carefully and wanted to take notes with paper.
Ouyang Yuan suddenly realized what was going back to the age of eighteen. Wasn't this what Li Daohua had said before about being reborn and being a couple for the rest of their lives?
He almost didn't react when he was asked to give it a proper name.
But to be honest, the name "Back to Eighteen" has more artistic conception and connotation than the name she said before, he can feel it.
What a cliché name I came up with before. If I really write it like this and publish it, people will hold it against me again.
"Mom, Daohua is planning to write your story into a novel and publish it. Maybe it will be as popular as the trilogy and become popular all over the country."
Ye Min was a little flustered: "What can I write about my story? I am such a failure in life."
"Happy lives are all the same, but unhappy lives are all sad in their own way. Misfortune will resonate with more people." This is the situation at this stage.
People often try to comfort themselves by thinking that their own misfortunes are bearable by observing the unfortunate lives of others.
After that, misfortune is misfortune. You cannot deny your own misfortune just because there are people who are more unfortunate. This is a deception.
Ye Min lowered her head.
"But unfortunate people also have the right to pursue happiness. Isn't the purpose of New China to liberate everyone from misfortune and lead them to a happy life?" Li Daohua said passionately.
"Yes, Daohua is right."
Does she also have the right to pursue happiness?
Li Daohua began to tell her about the subsequent development of her novel: "Back to 18, as the name suggests, means returning to the age of 18, an age full of hope, when everything is possible!"
"Yes, yes, Mom, I remember you once said that there was an uncle who pursued you together with Dad... Ouyang Jian. If you had married that uncle, maybe things would have been different."
Li Daohua rolled her eyes at Ouyang Yuan: "Vulgar, so vulgar!"
Ouyang Yuan, who was criticized for being vulgar, had nothing to say. Isn't this the word those people used to criticize her?
"As the saying goes, a wise man never falls in love. I will study for a master's degree and build a beautiful new China!"
Ouyang Yuan and Ye Min looked at each other. Where did this proverb come from? You must have made it up yourself!
"If I want to be a hero, I want to be a successor to socialism, a strong woman in the new era!"
Ye Min looked at her son with sympathy and said, "Son, I believed what you said before, that your wife only has career in her eyes. She never forgets to work hard for her career even when writing a novel."
She felt that when they got married, Li Daohua had not yet found his own career. If Li Daohua had found his own career first, they might not have been able to get married.
What she felt was actually correct. If Li Daohua had traveled through time a few months earlier, the marriage would definitely not have taken place.
Li Daohua didn't pay attention to the eye contact between the two of them. She was still talking about the subsequent novel idea.
The whole novel is told from the heroine’s perspective, and will also cover the life of the scumbag after he did not marry the heroine in this life.
The heroine, who had attended a girls' school, continued her studies after schools were officially established in New China. She was finally admitted to university and became a glorious college student.
During the ten years, he was sent down to the forest area, and it was there that his life took a turning point. Because of his high level of education, helpfulness and open-mindedness, he quickly became friends with the workers in the forest area.
He also worked as a teacher in the forest area and trained batches of outstanding talents for the forest area. These people later took up various positions across the country and made contributions to the country. He was later selected as one of the top ten people who moved China.
Ouyang Yuan felt something was wrong after hearing this. It was too serious and too positive, which was different from Li Daohua's usual style.
When this question was raised, Li Daohua said: "I haven't talked about the subplot yet. The scumbag as the subplot is the style you are most familiar with.
In 1959, he changed his blind date partner. This partner's family was of equal status to his. She was a spoiled daughter of a landlord and had been domineering and unreasonable since childhood.
At the beginning, she was very obedient to him. After all, both parties had exchanged interests. Ten years later, they separated and the scumbag found another one.
After being discovered by the lady, she took advantage of the two men's secret meeting and took off their clothes, rushed in with her men to pull them out, threw their clothes away, and slapped each of them several times.
She was used to beating people, and she had also developed a lot of strength from her ten years of being sent to the countryside for reform. After a few slaps, the scumbag became deaf in one ear.
Later, the two divorced, but as cheaters are bound to be cheated on, he was soon cuckolded as well..."
Very good, the smell of dog blood came up all of a sudden, but even so, Li Daohua was still not satisfied.
"This should be enough, it's already miserable enough." Ye Min couldn't imagine what would happen to Ouyang Jian, a man who cared so much about his reputation, after encountering these things.
"Then let's stop here for now. I'll think about the follow-up."
After hearing what Li Daohua said, Ye Min broke out in a sweat, and the depression in his heart also dissipated a lot.
She had no ability to do anything to Ouyang Jian. If this novel was really written, she would definitely buy a copy to read and keep it. This kind of life might be the life that people should really live.
Ouyang Yao went to repay the debt this morning. Her family had borrowed money from villagers to pay for her mother's medical treatment.
The people in the village are not rich either, and basically they scrape together a few cents to make ends meet.
When he came back, he was accompanied by others.
"Teacher Daohua, hello, hello, I am the county secretary, and this is from the county public security bureau. We are here on orders to ask you to go back and sign the contract as soon as possible. You have really given our governor of Henan face this time!"
What a pity it’s not their county. It would be great if it were their county.
Ye Min and the others also urged Li Daohua to go back quickly. This was serious business and it was not easy.
"Okay, then we'll go back first and come visit you next time. If there's anything, just give us a call and we'll try to help as much as we can."
"I know. You should also pay attention to safety on the road."
When we came here it was a bicycle, and when we left it was a jeep. Although it broke down once on the road, that did not detract from the fact that it was a four-wheeled vehicle.
After watching them get on the train back to Beijing, Henan Province’s mission was finally completed, and everyone continued to play music and dance.
Peking literature is in a state of chaos right now. Li Daohua hasn't returned yet, and the contract hasn't been signed, but many people have already called to confirm the information and to inquire about their channels.
After all, Li Daohua's novel was published in Peking Literature, and the translation was also submitted to America after Peking Literature authorized it.
So to put it another way, Peking literature has the American style.
Who doesn't want to have their work gilded abroad? Maybe you can even use this relationship to get yourself abroad, which would be even better.
"We really didn't. This was a spontaneous action by the fans of Qiyouji. They also submitted their work to the American Publishing House themselves. We were only responsible for helping them contact Teacher Daohua for authorization."
"Then help us contact that fan!"
"That fan is an overseas student and he doesn't want anyone to disturb him."
At the beginning, Dennis was indeed very happy. He felt that he was going to become famous and that he and Li Ziran would become famous translators and close partners in the future.
Later he found that he was happy too early.
Many of the people who called him looked down upon the translation of his student. They translated the work themselves and wanted to use his identity to publish it in America.
The most important thing is that Dennis had read a few of their books on Li Ziran’s recommendation, but he couldn’t finish them at all.
Pure local literature, mixed with a lot of lyricism, can easily make people think it is whining if they don't understand the background of the times.
The problem is, not many people are willing to take the time to understand this background, especially in impetuous America.
Dennis had to ask Peking Literature not to make his contact information public, and he would not help others submit manuscripts to American Publishing House unless he himself found that the work was very suitable for America, in which case he would contact the author himself.
"My teacher Daohua, you are finally back!" As soon as Li Daohua arrived at the door of her house, she saw Liang Ning waiting there.
Ever since she received the call saying that Li Daohua had boarded the train, she has been guarding here during the day.
"Please be patient. I just got off the train. If you don't let me rest, you should at least let me change my clothes."
The smell on the train at this time was really bad, there was all sorts of smells.
"Okay, okay, I'll go back to the agency to get the contract, and you can change your clothes."
I didn't go home for a winter vacation, and my house looked much more desolate, as if no one had lived there for a long time.
Li Daohua changed her clothes while Ouyang Yuan lit the stove. When Liang Ning arrived, the whole house was filled with smoke.
The contract was finalized with Ian on the phone during this period. The other party faxed it over. They checked and found no problems, so they asked Li Daohua to sign it and then faxed it over again.
Li Daohua is not stupid. She also needs to check the contract. According to the contract, the copyright fee that Li Daohua can get this time is 300,000 US dollars.
This price is actually not too much. In 1948, the copyright of Superman was more than 90,000 US dollars. Although it was Superman, it was 1948!
It has been more than thirty years since then.
Considering that Li Daohua is still a new author, 300,000 is acceptable to Li Daohua now, but it won’t be this price next time.
After finalizing the contract, Liang Ning hurried back to report that the agency had to fax the contract over and also announce the news.
With three hundred thousand US dollars, many factories participating in the Spring and Autumn Fair may not be able to earn as much as Li Daohua earned from a novel.
Li Daohua's profit is pure profit. For a factory to make money, it has to take materials, labor, etc. into account before it can finally come up with a profit.
In order to earn foreign exchange, most factories are doing business at a loss and have no profit.
With three hundred thousand US dollars, at a time when there were very few people with an annual income of ten thousand US dollars, Li Daohua became the most popular new author.
It was also in this year that countless young people embarked on the journey of becoming writers with their dreams in mind.
America, with the sound of the fax machine clicking, the filming of "Something Happened on Wall Street" was officially put on the schedule.
The name of the movie is "Billionaire".
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