Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 488

After the annual meeting, everyone went to Jinling Hotel. Before the dinner, there was an interview session.

This link is not long, and not everyone will be interviewed.

Yu Dong showed up with Yu Hua and the others. The reporters were well informed. Although they were not allowed to come to the auditorium, they still knew that Yu Dong was the major shareholder of Deep Space China, so the questions were all focused on this piece.

"Regarding this matter, our company will issue an announcement on the Deep Space Chinese website. If you want to know specific information, you can log on to the Deep Space Chinese website to view it. In addition, the Deep Space Chinese website is now vigorously developing the news section, and we sincerely invite Friends from the media are stationed on the website. You can also contact our staff to verify your identity, and once the verification is passed, your ID in deep space will display your verified identity.”

Yu Hua stood behind the east side, and whispered to Mo Yan, "The boss is the boss, and he can help the company's business to publicize anytime and anywhere."

Yu Dong heard what Yu Hua said, and pulled him to the front with a smile: "I just got the news that the total sales volume of Mr. Yu Hua's "To Live" in North America has exceeded 200 million copies. I will hang around on the Deep Space Chinese website, maybe you can chat on the website."

"Teacher Yu Hua, what is your nickname on the Deep Space Chinese Website?"

"Congratulations, Teacher Yu Hua, it's really amazing to be able to sell 200 million copies in North America."

"Teacher Yu Hua, do you have any new works recently?"

The reporters also saw that Yu Dong didn't want to answer the question anymore, so he just pulled Yu Hua out, so they took advantage of the opportunity to ask Yu Hua a question.

Yu Dong smiled and patted Yu Hua on the shoulder: "Mr. Yu Hua, you can chat with the reporters for a while. I have other things to do in the restaurant. Friends from the press, today's deep space annual meeting, everyone has a hard trip and will interview later. Don't forget to go in and eat when it's over."

Mo Yan and Bi Feiyu also patted Yu Hua on the shoulder.

"Thank you, Teacher Yu Hua."

Yu Hua stretched out her hand to catch them, but was unable to catch them, and was surrounded by reporters.

Yu Dong, Mo Yan and the others walked inside with a smile, and Mo Yan said with a smile: "I know, if you offend anyone, you can't offend you."

"Mo Yan, I don't agree with what you said. I gave him such a good publicity opportunity, and I am repaying my grievances with virtue." After speaking, Yu Dong looked back at Yu Hua, who was surrounded by reporters. "And look, does he look a little embarrassed? I think he really enjoys being interviewed."

Bi Feiyu nodded approvingly: "This is true, Yu Hua is indeed not shy of the camera."

The three of them talked and laughed and walked inside. As soon as they entered the restaurant, they saw Yang Xiao chatting with a few science fiction writers. Liu Cixin and Wang Jingkang were all there.

Yu Dong smiled and greeted him in a circle, "President Yang, why don't you go and take a seat, and are still standing at the door?"

"We were chatting about Liu's new movie "Bring Her Eyes". We happened to meet together, so let's chat. Isn't the banquet not open yet? There are still many people who need to be interviewed."

Yang Xiao used to call Liu Cixin Xiao Liu, but after hearing that Yu Dong and the others always called him Big Liu, he followed suit.

Yu Dong lowered his head and looked at his watch: "There is still half an hour to eat at most. If you are hungry, I have prepared some pastries on the side. You can fill your stomach first."

Wang Jingkang pushed his glasses and said with a smile: "I saved my stomach for tonight's big meal, now you ask us to eat pastries, who will do it?"

Hu Changqing joked: "Don't you understand this? He is the boss of the company, so of course he should save the company some money."

"Don't make fun of me." Yu Dong smiled and waved his hands, and asked again: "You were talking about "Take Her Eyes", did you hear any news?"

"No, a few of them were joking, saying that when the movie is released, everyone organizes to go to the United States to watch it." Liu Cixin said.

Tan Kai smiled and said: "We are not joking. If we have time when it is released, we will really go and see it. Although there are Yu Dong's "Second World" and "Resident Evil" before, but this "Bring "Her Eyes" has more reference significance for us. Moreover, we also happened to go to see the environment of foreign science fiction. We always only look at the paper data, and we don’t have an intuitive feeling. Yu Dong, are you right? ?”

"I don't think it's a problem. It's okay to go and see it. Jimmy didn't elaborate on it at the annual meeting just now, but starting from the new year, science fiction will be our main theme abroad. Science fiction films will be an important part of the future film market. Part, so at this time, we have to seize the opportunity to launch excellent domestic science fiction novels. Although Jimmy’s previous unit dramas did not explode, they also gained a group of audiences, which is for you to enter the North American market in the future. Made some foreshadowing."

Yu Dong could feel that Yang Xiao, the others and these domestic sci-fi authors were getting more and more motivated, and they were beginning to be dissatisfied with the domestic market.

This is very good, no matter what kind of battle you are fighting, you must have the morale of the army, so Yu Dong specially encouraged them.

"We mainly went with the mentality of learning. After all, our science fiction started late, and there is still a lot of room for improvement." Yang Xiao said.

She was afraid that Liu Cixin's expectations in their hearts would be too high and they would be disappointed later, so she cooled them down in advance.

"By the way, you don't need to go abroad if you want to watch "Bring Her Eyes". Maybe this movie will be released in China later." Yu Dong laughed.

"It will be released in China?" Liu Cixin looked at Yu Dong in surprise, this was the first time he had heard the news.

Liu Cixin had thought about this before. Isn’t there a system for importing blockbuster movies in China now? Will “Bring Her Eyes” be introduced into China, but since there was no news about it, he didn’t take it seriously anymore. on.

Now Yu Dong brought up this matter again, which made Liu Cixin excited.

Tan Kai patted his head: "Yes, isn't it possible to introduce foreign films now?"

"Has this matter been settled? Yu Dong, you must have inside information." Wang Jingkang asked.

"I can't give you a definite answer right now, and I'll have to wait a few more months for specific information." Yu Dong looked ahead and said with a smile, "Let's talk later, I'll talk to editor-in-chief Li Xiaolin."

As soon as he left, everyone complained immediately.

"You just love to show off!"

Yang Xiao shook his head and sighed: "Otherwise, those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black. This is because Yu Dong has known Jimmy for a long time, and he has also learned from Jimmy, so he likes to whet people's appetite. Alright, let's not talk about this matter." Let’s talk too much, I’m suggesting, you guys can work on creation with peace of mind, and leave other things to Shenkong Company to do. Now you have also seen that Yu Dong is the boss of Shenkong, you all know him well, absolutely I won't cheat you."

"Sister Xiao, you are joking. I really never thought that the deep space would cheat me. To be honest, with our previous situation, what can the deep space do to us? In the early days, in order to promote us, they The company also paid for it," Wang Jingkang said.

Yang Xiao nodded. She agreed with Wang Jingkang's words. In the past two years, these science fiction writers have started to make money for deep space. In the first few years, the company basically gave them money.

Deep Space Company posted not only these writers, but also helped "Science Fiction World" and "Science Fiction King" a lot. It can be said that without Deep Space Company, they would not have developed so well, at least not so fast.

Now they are starting to feed back to Deep Space Corporation, and it is also Deep Space Corporation that reaps the melons.

At the same time, Yang Xiao was also feeling that the Deep Space Company was supported by Yu Dong's works back then. Now that a few years have passed, it has blossomed in many ways and has become a behemoth that cannot be ignored.

……

Sitting next to Li Xiaolin are the managers of some magazines, such as "Yuhua", "Flower City", "People's Literature" and other magazines are there, and Yu Dongshi brother Su Tong is also there.

Seeing Yu Dong and Bi Feiyu passing by, Li Xiaolin smiled and said, "We're talking about you."

Yu Dong and the others pulled up chairs and sat down, "What are you talking about us?"

Lu Mengping, deputy editor-in-chief of "Flower City", said with a smile: "Isn't the Lu Xun Literary Award about to start awarding? Our magazines are considering which works to submit, so naturally we will talk about you. This time, our agency will definitely promote Yu Dong Teacher, your "Tree Hole"."

"Actually, I want to hand in "Death of a Widow." Li Xiaolin sighed: "Unfortunately, this time the Lu Xun Award only evaluates works published in 95-96. Your "Death of a Widow" is not enough."

Yu Dong smiled and said, "Will there be an award next year?"

Li Xiaolin shook his head, "We should wait until the next year, and the next year will be used for awards."

"That's really long enough." Mo Yan said with a smile.

Mo Yan didn't care too much about the Lu Xun Literary Award. He had published a novel in the past two years. The Lu Xun Literary Award, which only judges short stories, basically has nothing to do with him, at least this year.

If you want to say who among the three of them is most likely to win the Lu Xun Literature Award this time, it must be Bi Feiyu, because he has a lot of short stories, especially in the past two years. There are nearly twenty novelettes and short stories in major magazines.

Li Rujing, the chief judge of the "Writer" magazine, is also here this time. He is wearing a pair of thick glasses, the lens has a brown light, and his eyes don't look very bright. Hearing Mo Yan's words now, he smiled. He opened his mouth and said: "Since we have waited for so long, everyone can wait for another year."

Then he looked at Bi Feiyu again, "Mr. Bi, this time our agency is going to send your "8 Beds" and "Lactating Woman", what do you think?"

"Sure, I have no objection." Bi Feiyu nodded. He has cooperated with "Writer" a lot. In the past two years, "Writer" has published as many as four or five novels, but the two mentioned by Li Rujing are indeed a few. The two most competitive ones.

Moreover, "The Writer" can help him submit two novels, which can be said to value him very much. After all, there is a limit on the number of works that each unit can submit. someone else's.

"Actually, in my opinion, which works can be awarded, if we sit together, we can release half of them, not to mention seven or eight." Li Rujing said.

Li Xiaolin glanced at Li Rujing and said, "Chief Li, it's not easy to say that casually."

Faced with Li Xiaolin's reminder, Li Rujing didn't take it seriously, "It doesn't matter, we just chat casually, and which novel wins the prize in the end will naturally not be affected by us. We don't guess, and can't guess, reportage, poetry, and essays. Just guess the two items of novella and short story. Although I didn’t specifically say how many articles were reviewed for each item, according to my guess, four to ten articles should be selected for each item. Let’s guess based on the most, ten for each item. articles, and the two add up to twenty articles."

Lu Mengping rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Then I will definitely promote "Tree Hole"."

"How many words are there in Tree Hole?" Li Rujing asked.

"More than 2 characters, less than [-] characters."

"You have to figure this out. According to the standards of the Lu Xun Literature Award, a novel of more than [-] words is considered a novel, and a short story of less than [-] words is considered a short story."

"It's a short story." Yu Dong said, "Counting the punctuation marks, it should be more than 3000 words."

"That's a short story." Li Rujing said with a smile: "I personally think that "The Breastfeeding Woman" should win an award, and it's also a short story. What do you think?"

"Our ideas are useless... But I also think "Lactating Woman" can win an award." Su Tong said, "There is another one, Acheng's "Ms. Zhao Yiman" should also receive the judges' award. s concern."

……

In less than 10 minutes, several chief editors and chief judges drew up a list of winners of twenty works.

Yu Dong compared the "final list of winners" he had seen, and Li Rujing and the others did indeed win a lot of lists, such as Bi Feiyu's "Lactating Woman", A Cheng's "Ms. Zhao Yiman" and Shi Tiesheng's " Notes on the Old House".

It's just that Yu Dong is not sure how much he can win in the end. After all, there have been many changes in this life compared with the previous one.

There are more works and some less works.

For example, "Tree Hole", if it really wins an award in the end, it will be a variable, and the other variables that this variable can cause are beyond Yu Dong's guess.

Yu Dong would be lying if he said he didn't care about the Lu Xun Literature Award at all.But he really didn't care that much, after all, he had already been recognized by the mainstream literary world and ordinary readers, and an award represented a lot less to him.

……

As soon as the chat here was over, the staff came over to remind them that the dinner was about to start and asked them to find their own seats.

The seats at the dinner party are not random, each seat has a corresponding nameplate, of course, if you really want to change the seat, you can also change the seat, but you must also change the nameplate, so that it is convenient for the deep space to count who came and who did not .

Yu Dong greeted Li Xiaolin, and took Bi Feiyu and the others to find his place.

He was arranged by Jimmy to be with Spielberg and his group of big foreign directors, while Jimmy himself went to accompany important domestic guests.

　add tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)