Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 696

When he heard that Cha Haisheng introduced his masterpiece "Heroes", there was a surprised expression on his face.

""Heroes"? Really? Is it the one that was made into a TV series? He told me many times when I was on the phone with my cousin."

Zha Haisheng has a certain understanding of the popularity of the "Heroes" TV series. After a few months of broadcasting, "Heroes" has been introduced to Wanwan, Nibo, Nanchao, Southeast Asia and other regions and countries.

"That's right, the novel is now being filmed for a second TV series."

"Goose Meijing!" Yang Zhiyuan exclaimed in a unique American way, "I never thought that I would know such a powerful martial arts novel writer like you! I liked reading Gu Long's martial arts novels when I was a child, but after I came to America all these years, I started to read them. not enough."

Yang Zhiyuan's performance made He Ping next to him very amused. When I said that I was a billionaire, I didn't see your kid "Goose Meijing"!
Cha Haisheng said modestly: "I just wrote a novel, which happened to be well received."

"You don't know, among my uncles, uncles, and cousins ​​in Wanwan, none of them dislike your novels."

Zha Haisheng still couldn't help laughing out loud, people have vanity, you can stand up to a few compliments, people keep praising, even gods can't stand up!

"Okay, you guys know each other this time, and you will have a chance to walk around more in the future."

"That's for sure. Brother He, don't worry."

Yang Zhiyuan seemed to be very interested in Zha Haisheng's career, and even cared about him.

"I still have class in the morning, let's have a meal together at noon later!" Yang Zhiyuan suggested.

He Ping said: "Okay, Xiaocha will call Mingming, and we will have lunch together."

At noon, several people got together in the restaurant of Stanford University. The combination of four Chinese was still very eye-catching in Stanford University, where whites dominate.

After this meal, Yang Zhiyuan and Zha Haisheng officially met each other.

During the dinner, the two talked about the interesting acquaintance with He Ping, and Yang Zhiyuan knew that He Ping was also a writer.

"Really? Brother He is such a famous writer?"

After staying in America for a long time, Yang Zhiyuan's expression of surprise was as exaggerated as that of Lao Mei.

"Of course, let me tell you, Mr. He has won the highest award for Chinese novels twice - the Mao Dun Literature Award. Compared with his works, "Heroes" I wrote is not enough to read."

Zha Haisheng's bragging and Yang Zhiyuan's expression of admiration made He Ping understand. It seems that the name of a writer is more useful for young people.

He forgot which celebrity said it, probably meaning that every idle young man once dreamed of being a writer.

It seems that in the future, if you go out and pretend to be aggressive, especially with young people, it is more convenient to directly report the name of the author.

He Ping's trip to San Francisco came to an end after connecting with several young people living in Stanford.

Simply going around Silicon Valley and Stanford in the 90s is of course impossible to gain an in-depth understanding. The task of developing here in the future still has to be handed over to Jiang Yongan.

As his boss, he has already selected the place and set the direction, and the rest will be left to the people below.

The next day, he flew back to China by plane, and then flew to Fengcheng after arriving in Beijing. When he got off the plane, the group bus was already waiting at the airport.

In two days, he finally crossed the ocean and returned to his home in Hongqi Town.

When I went out, I just finished Laba, and when I came back, it was already the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

After a day's rest, He Ping went to the group to handle official business. Seeing that the Chinese New Year was coming, he was on a business trip for half a month, and a lot of documents were pressed on his desk.

He explained to the office that the company was going to set up an office in America, the person in charge was tentatively designated as Lin Tingtao, and the other candidates would be selected by the personnel department, and a new secretary would be found for him by the way.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the group began to have a holiday, and He Ping also ushered in his own holiday.

In the past two days, the writers' village next door has become noisy again. On the one hand, it is because of the upcoming Spring Festival, and on the other hand, it is because Ma Yuan, who has been away for a few months, has returned with his troops.

He Ping found that this guy is almost becoming Bi Mawen now, and the Writer's Village is his Huaguoshan, as soon as he comes back, there will be a lot of trouble.

Ma Yuan has gained a lot from going out for several months, and this time he brought back more than 2000 minutes of video interview materials.

"Let me tell you, my "Chinese Literature Dream" is a big dream, a huge team with many layers. This time we went out for a few months, and you don't know who we interviewed.

Let me tell you a few names to open your eyes, from Ba Jin, Bing Xin, Xia Yan to Wang Zengqi, Gao Xiaosheng, Lu Wenfu, Wang Meng, Feng Jicai, Chen Rong, Zheng Wanlong, Han Shaogong, Mo Yan, Yu Hua, Su Tong, Ge Fei, Liu Zhenyun, Chi Li, Chi Zijian and other 120 old, middle-aged and young writers.

Not only writers, but also great translators such as Wang Daoqian, Dong Hengxun, Shi Xianrong, Yuan Kejia, Liu Mingjiu, and Lu Tongliu, who introduced world famous works to China, were also recorded in our interview.

We also interviewed many publishing houses and publishers who had an important impact on Chinese literature, especially the prosperity of literature in the new period from 79 to 89, as well as literary journals that provided an important venue for literature in the new period, such as "People's Literature ", "Harvest", "Contemporary", "Writer", "Zhongshan", "Flower City" and other famous editors.

The man is so awesome this time, let me tell you, I definitely put a David satellite this time. "

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, Ma Yuan visited He Ping's house and talked about his "Chinese Literature Dream".

He Ping knew the intention of his visit, and after he finished his eloquent speech, he asked, "How much does it cost?"

Ma Yuan was exposed for his small thoughts, and his face was a little uncomfortable, "Look at you, it's too vulgar to withdraw money as soon as you come up. We are ideals and careers!"

"Yes, it's ideal, it's career, how much will it cost?"

Ma Yuan said without confidence: "50!"

He Ping threw an apple at him, "You are such a lion!"

Ma Yuan took the apple and quibbled: "Excessive asking price, pay back the money at the end of the day. I didn't bite the price to death, you should pay back the price at least!"

He Ping laughed angrily, he had never seen such a brazen person.

"Do you dare to take me for a fool? You still have to pay back the money, and I will pay your grandma back!"

"Look at you, when you talk about money, you are anxious, and when you talk about money, you are anxious, and you say you are not vulgar."

He Ping was so angry that he couldn't speak, this fool!
"Say, how much does it cost?"

Ma Yuan hesitated for a long time: "20."

"Deal!" He Ping agreed without hesitation.

Ma Yuan's heart skipped a beat, wow!Less!
I said that I should have more ties with this big dog, and regret that I should not be merciful.

Don't look at He Ping swearing at Ma Yuan, but he understands Ma Yuan, to be precise, he appreciates Ma Yuan at this time.

He is full of the brilliance of an idealist, without any business ideas, and he is trying his best to turn "Chinese Literature Dream" into reality.

He didn't hesitate to invest all his wealth for this, leaving his pockets empty.

He Ping even knew that Ma Yuan's camera equipment was poor, and he didn't believe that Ma Yuan's layman level could create qualified lighting and shooting conditions. The final image quality must be worrying.

But this does not prevent He Ping from providing some help to Ma Yuan, it is like playing a game with Ma Yuan, he now has this capital.

Even if no one cares about the documentary "Chinese Literary Dream" in the end, he can buy it and enjoy it in a small circle, for example, in the writer's village, which can be regarded as adding a literary atmosphere to the writer's village.

Ma Yuan received 20 yuan of funding from He Ping and was about to go out happily, when he saw Li Tuo coming in, he took two quick steps with a guilty conscience, and didn't even dare to talk to Li Tuo.

"Did this grandson run away from you to cheat money?"

He Ping smiled and said, "Don't say it so ugly, it's called begging."

Li Tuo scolded: "It's fate to be a fart! This kid is constantly being deceived now, and he can fool one of them. You don't know, this time when they come back, I will ask, and the group of people who went out with him were scolded by him." His pockets are cleaner than his face. It cost almost [-] yuan, and they haven’t even finished half of their documentary, did he tell you that they interviewed everyone like Ba Jin, Bing Xin, and Wang Daogan?"

"Yup!"

"That's right. He thinks beautifully. Those are all interview plans he made, and he hasn't even interviewed half of them yet."

The more Li Tuo said, the more angry he became, "I was busy with the new issue of "Jiang Hu Zhi" this morning, so I forgot to tell you. When these boys came back, they were almost in time for fleeing. It is said that the money was spent. I just thought about coming back, and I haven’t eaten for two days. I ran out of oil halfway, and I just came back with a few barrels of oil from other factories relying on my reputation, which is too unreliable!”

He Ping was a little stunned. Of course he knew that there was water in Ma Yuan's bragging just now, but he didn't expect that there were so many stories behind it. This is not an interview, it's just a desperate attempt.

"I really don't have any plans at all." He Ping smiled and shook his head.

Li Tuo sighed and said, "Isn't it? You've given them the habit of making more and more mischief."

"What does it have to do with me?" He Pingren sat at home, and the pot came from the sky.

"You are accepting interviews, borrowing cars, and now sponsoring money. With you as a big benefactor, they are now very courageous and confident."

"Didn't you also accept the interview, and still blame me. Besides, if you, the village chief, say that they are not allowed to mess around, will they dare?"

"I……"

Li Tuo is poor in his poetry, and what he dislikes about Ma Yuan is that he has no plan and does everything in one go. Li Tuo is still very supportive of the idea of ​​a Chinese literary dream documentary.

"Don't take this kind of thing to heart. Even if you don't succeed, take it as a lesson. With my support, what are you afraid of?"

"It's because of you that they dare to be so confident." Li Tuo said angrily.

He Ping had no choice but to change the subject, "By the way, what is the current situation of "Jiang Hu Zhi"?"

Speaking of "Jiang Hu Zhi", Li Tuo's anger finally calmed down a bit, and there was a bit of joy in his brows and eyes.

"Sales have been rising steadily in the past few months. The circulation of the new issue of the magazine this month has reached 60 copies. According to this trend, it is expected to reach a million copies in the first half of this year."

"Good job! Do you have any outstanding novels? If it's suitable, you can try to publish it first, and then turn it into a film and television."

"I am also discussing this issue with my colleagues in the editorial department. The magazine has just been launched for a few months, and there is no foundation yet. We plan to hold a training class to improve the creation of some stable contributors in a targeted manner according to the previous form. Ability to lay a foundation for future publishing and film and television.”

After talking about "Jiang Hu Zhi", He Ping explained to Li Tuo about the restructuring of the content industry group.

"I decided to leave this matter to Yuejin. In the future, the Writers' Village will definitely face transformation, and the proportion and influence of serious literature will decline to a certain extent. You must be mentally prepared."

Li Tuo felt uncomfortable. He was born in writing serious literature. Although the writers' village has gradually changed his attitude towards other types of literature over the years, it is necessary for him to accept that serious literature has become non-mainstream and He still couldn't accept his niche status for a while.

"I know you are uncomfortable. To be precise, it is not that the proportion and influence of serious literature in the writer's village will decrease, but that the status and influence of popular literature in the writer's village will increase. To export culture, it must be simple enough and have a certain story.

The high and low quality of serious literature has been downplayed by the public's hunger for knowledge and literature in recent years, which has given everyone the illusion that serious literature is the mainstream.But looking at the world literary world, this phenomenon is absolutely abnormal.

Tuo Ye, I definitely integrate the content industry not only to make money, I don't want you to misunderstand my original intention.The rise of popular literature in the Writer Village in the future will inevitably make some comrades feel disappointed, but this is by no means wronging you or giving up on you, but expanding the influence of our output. "

Li Tuo said: "I don't really understand what you said about going overseas. I just hope that the treatment of everyone in the Writer's Village will not be too bad."

"In terms of remuneration, you can rest assured that it will not decrease in the future, but will increase. After the operation of the group, the added value of the content produced by each individual will actually increase. Magazine publishing, publishing, audio adaptation, film and television adaptation, animation Adaptation... The exposure channels of everyone's works will not decrease, but will increase.

Of course, some serious literary works with remote themes will definitely suffer in this regard.But this is also a normal phenomenon, and you should also understand the difference between Yangchun Baixue and Xialiba people. "

Li Tuo nodded, "You spent a huge amount of money to build the Writer's Village. Although I am in charge of this matter, I can still distinguish the priority from the secondary."

"Master Tuo, don't say that. The Writer's Village is also your painstaking effort. Without your efforts, it would not have developed so well. The content integration strategy will definitely bring some changes to the Writer's Village, but I can guarantee that it will be good changes, and at the same time will not affect the interests of some writers."

Li Tuo left with a heavy heart. He trusted He Ping's character, but he still had no idea about the future changes of the Writers' Village.

He Ping understood Li Tuo's behavior very well. He had explained to Liang Yuejin that he would make some changes to the Writer's Village, but the premise was that it would not affect the interests of everyone in the Writer's Village.

As he and Li Tuo said, this reform is beneficial to everyone in the Writer's Village.

(End of this chapter)