Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 908 "Top Ten Cultural Icons of the th Century"

When Fang Minghua returned home from Stanford University, he called Song Tangtang from the company. Song Tangtang was very happy and proud.

It really feels good to be the mother of a son who is a top student!

She said, "Minghua, I will prepare the relevant information and send it to you. You go and handle it. When Lele comes back at the weekend, I will tell him the good news!"

"Don't, don't tell him." Fang Minghua immediately dissuaded him: "Let him take the college entrance examination. I'll see how good he is!"

A week later, Song Tangtang sent the relevant information to Fang Minghua via international express delivery. He took the information to find James, and James took him to the school's admissions committee. He filled out some application forms and handed the information to the other party for review.

Three days later, he received a call from Stanford University's Admissions Committee, who told him that Fang Le met the school's admission requirements and that the acceptance letter would be mailed out in July, so he should check it.

Now, Fang Minghua was completely relieved, and of course he would not forget to tell Li Li and Song Tangtang the good news, but he just kept it a secret from his son.

Time soon came to early May, and Fang Minghua prepared to return to China.

During this period, David Geffen of DreamWorks also called him and told him about acquiring the film copyright of Marvel hero characters.

What Fang Minghua regrets is that he only acquired the role of Iron Man. He got ahead of Marvel Movies and reached a deal with New Line Cinema to acquire it for US$1000 million.

Iron Man is Iron Man.

This is also one of the most popular heroes in the Marvel Universe. A total of three films have been made, all of which made huge profits.

Fang Minghua told David Geffen to find an excellent screenwriter to adapt the classic stories in "Amazing Comics" into a script, start filming at the right time, and it would be best if it could be made into a series.

David Geffen agreed.

Li Li was a little reluctant to see Fang Minghua leave, but she had already gotten used to this kind of life, and his parents were also planning to live permanently in San Francisco.

With the company of Li Li's parents, Fang Minghua felt much more at ease.

It was already the next afternoon when he returned to Xijing. He arrived home carrying his suitcase. When he opened the door, the nanny was hanging clothes in the yard. When she saw him come back, she hurried up to greet him.

There was also a chubby little dog, Dou Miao, who came up to him, sniffed him, and then circled around him, wagging its tail.

"Oh, Dou Miao has grown so big." Fang Minghua smiled and squatted down to touch the puppy's head. Suddenly, he heard a "meow" sound coming from the flowers and took a closer look.

A cute little cat was chasing a butterfly and called out to him when it saw him.

"Whose kitten is this? Where is Douya?" Fang Minghua asked curiously.

"The bean sprouts died last winter. It was Sister Song who found them in the cat's nest on the first floor when she got up one morning. This is a new one Sister Song bought, also called bean sprouts." The little nanny hurriedly explained.

Why.
Fang Minghua sighed and suddenly felt a little sad.

Thinking of the tabby cat at home, it can be said that it is the freest one among the family members. It is often not seen for several days. It occasionally shows up at home, and then goes away freely after a while.

But in the end, he returned home and died.

"Brother Fang, let me help you carry it. Go take a shower and have a rest." The babysitter's words woke Fang Minghua up from his memories. He nodded and walked into the house.

After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, I slept for a while to adjust to the jet lag. By the time we had dinner in the evening, Song Tangtang had returned from work.

All smiles.

"What? Are you so happy to see me back?" Fang Minghua joked.

"Pfft. An old married couple, still talking about this." Song Tangtang replied: "But there is indeed a happy event about you."

"What's the good news?" Fang Minghua asked curiously. "Come on, go upstairs and check it out online."

The two went upstairs to the study. Song Tangtang turned on the computer and opened a Sina website. She saw a column on the homepage titled "Top Ten Cultural Idols of the 20th Century" and a voting column below it.

"Minghua, you have successfully made it into the top ten of the voting!"

Song Tangtang said, and when he clicked on that column, a voting page immediately appeared with the list of people voted by netizens.

There are dozens of candidates.

There are 60 people including Lu Xun, Lao She, Jin Yong, Li Ao, Sanmao, Li Ka-shing, Jet Li, Qian Xuesen, Leslie Cheung, Faye Wong, Stephen Chow, Luo Dayou, Hou Baolin, Yang Zhenning, Li Ning, Bruce Lee, etc., and the names of Fang Minghua and Jia Pingwa from Qin Province are among them.

"Look at the current number of votes, 265478 votes, ranking sixth!" Song Tangtang said.

"Hey, I thought it was nothing." Fang Minghua looked at it and said, "This thing is just a public opinion survey, or a poll. Don't take it too seriously."

"But some people say that they are indeed the cultural elite of 20th century China, influencing the national spirit of China for a hundred years."

It seems that Song Tangtang takes this matter very seriously.

"Lu Xun and the others can be counted, but I can't go downstairs to eat."

After saying that, Fang Minghua walked out of the study.

Fang Minghua didn't care about this matter, but he made it a hot topic in the media. At the end of May, when the voting ended, more than a dozen media outlets including Sina.com announced the results of the selection.

Ten people including Lu Xun, Jin Yong, Qian Zhongshu, Ba Jin, Lao She, Qian Xuesen, Leslie Cheung and Faye Wong have won this honor, and Fang Minghua ranked eighth.

"Minghua, treat!"

Jia Pingwa said to Fang Minghua on the phone.

"Fuck you!" Fang Minghua replied angrily, "You believe this? Are those 30,000 votes representative? Besides, how can I be ranked alongside literary giants like Lu Xun and Qian Zhongshu?!"

"I don't care. That's what the media says anyway. You are the only one selected from our Qin Province." Jia Pingwa sounded a little dishonest on the other end of the phone.

"Okay, you said you'd treat me, right? I went to the United States and helped you sell two pieces of calligraphy, making more than a million dollars, right? Don't you want to show your appreciation by treating me to a meal?!" Fang Minghua immediately counterattacked.

"This... should be invited." Jia Pingwa said honestly.

"Well, please hurry up and invite me. It's better tonight than to wait for another day!"

This incident has been hyped up for a long time by various media, especially on the Internet. Some media reporters wanted to interview Fang Minghua, but he politely declined.

It's okay for others to just joke around, but if you're interviewed, you take it seriously.

Fang Minghua also went to Xuecheng Bookstore. Although he had been in the United States for more than half a year, the reading salon here was still going on, albeit intermittently.

It was early June, the college entrance examination was over, and the results were announced soon. Fang Le won the third place in Qin Province Polytechnic with a total score of 710 points. The first place was a girl named Guo Lu, with 715 points, also from the Affiliated High School of Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Fang Rui and Liu Yifei were also successfully admitted to the Yanjing Film Academy, but the two girls did not plan to return to China immediately, saying that they wanted to go to Canada for a trip. My son also went to Qinghai Lake with his classmates.

Everything is fine.

Since the two children did not come home during the holidays, the house seemed particularly quiet. Fang Minghua read a book under the eaves in the afternoon, waiting for his wife to come home for dinner.

Song Tangtang also seemed particularly happy to come back today: "Minghua, I have good news for you. Shengshi Films is preparing to go public."

(End of this chapter)