The literary era since 1979

With the strong media promotion of "Red Sorghum", coupled with the halo of the international award of Berlin Golden Bear, more and more audiences are curious about the film and their enthusiasm for watching movies is rising. They are flocking to the upcoming "Red Sorghum" and movie tickets are hard to come by.

It even got to the point where many units distributed movie tickets for Red Sorghum as welfare benefits, and each person was only given one ticket. If one wanted to take their family to see the movie, they had to ask their colleagues for help, or they could only grit their teeth and pay a high price to buy high-priced movie tickets from ticket scalpers.

However, contrary to the audience's expectations, after watching the entire movie from beginning to end, the most profound impact was not the plot, but the music.

In addition to "drink our wine", it's "sister, you go forward boldly."

Fang Yan also went to the cinema and watched "Red Sorghum" with her roommates.

After reading it, I returned home and immediately found Fangyan who was chatting with Yang Xia, and asked anxiously:

"Brother, you wrote the two songs "Bacchus" and "Sister, Go Forward Boldly"!"

"What do you think?"

Fangyan threw the peanuts into his mouth, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Oh, brother, you can also write this kind of northwest wind ballad!"

"To be precise, it was Zhao Jiping who gave these two songs the style of Northwest Wind. I just wrote two good lyrics."

"What you said is really infuriating. Can we only call this lyric 'not bad'?"

Fang Yan curled her lips and said that these two movie songs from "Red Sorghum" had spread completely around the campus of Shuimu University and were extremely popular.

Even in the middle of the night, you could hear someone in the boys' dormitory yelling, "Sister, go forward boldly."

“Is this movie really that good?”

Yang Xia was very curious.

"Although I can't really say what's so good about it, but for a movie like this that's so hard to get tickets for, there must be something good about it."

Fang Yan scratched her head, then cast a pleading look at Fang Yan, "Brother, do you think I'm right?"

"It does have some merits." Fang Yan smiled, "Mom, do you want to invite Aunt Zhao and the others to go to the cinema together some other day?"

Yang Xia couldn't help but be moved, "But didn't Yan Zi just say that the movie tickets for Red Sorghum are hard to come by right now?"

Fang Yan waved his hand and said, "If you want to see it, I'll find a way for you. You don't need to worry about it."

Yang Xia smiled with satisfaction, and then during the chat, she asked when they would leave Yanjing and go to Hong Kong.

Fangyan replied: "In these few days."

"So fast!"

Yang Xia and her younger sister looked at each other in astonishment.

"I have finished what I needed to do, and I have explained what I needed to explain."

Fang Yan thought about it again and again and decided that Farewell My Concubine was already on the right track and Gong Xing could run the show independently without him being in charge.

The script for the "Great Battle" trilogy is in the final stage, and the first draft of "Tokyo Love Story" has also been sent to Dengeki Bunko.

As for the relevant work of the editorial department of "Mystery World", with Shi Tiesheng taking over the work, it will surely be carried out in an orderly manner.

"Brother, when will you come back?"

There was a hint of reluctance in Fang Yan's tone.

"May or June."

Fangyan pondered for a moment. By that time, "Farewell My Concubine" should have reached the final stage.

We took this opportunity to discuss film editing and many other details including the subsequent application for this year's Cannes Film Festival.

"June...June..."

Fang Yan murmured twice in a low voice, and suddenly asked if she could go to Hong Kong to visit him during the summer vacation. Yang Xia glared at him angrily, "Why go to Hong Kong? You should stay at home."

Seeing the younger sister shrink her head, Fang Yan smiled and said, "Why, you can't stay in Yanjing anymore, you want to go to Hong Kong to broaden your horizons?"

Fang Yan nodded and said that Shuimu University and even universities in Yanjing have seen an unprecedented craze for studying abroad. The most popular majors in the university are all related to "internationality". Students are frantically signing up for TOEFL and GRE, and all they talk about is wanting to study abroad.

"Forget about going abroad for now. I haven't even been to Hong Kong once. I'd better take a look at what Hong Kong looks like first."

"That's why you want to come to Hong Kong during the summer vacation, right?"

Dialect is spoken in a joking tone.

"elder brother!"

Fang Yan grabbed his sleeve and shook her arms while acting coquettishly.

"Well, since you've asked sincerely, I'll mercifully agree to it this time."

Fangyan gave the younger sister a slap on the head and said, "It just so happens that when I go to Hong Kong, I can stop by Guangdong and take you to see my sister and brother-in-law."

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Four days later, an airplane took off from the Capital International Airport, cut through the sky and headed for Hong Kong.

After several hours of sailing, Fang Yan finally arrived in Hong Kong. He passed through the crowd and saw a familiar figure standing at the exit.

"Happy New Year!"

Pan Yaoming greeted him with a smile, exchanged a few polite words, and then started chatting about what they had seen and heard before and after the New Year.

We chatted all the way, and when Fangyan put the luggage into the trunk, he suddenly asked:
"How is the situation of Sanlian Bookstore during the time I was away from Hong Kong?"

"How can it be described with just one word 'good'?"

Pan Yaoming said it in a deliberately flowery way.

Ever since TVB started airing "The Inspector General of Song Dynasty" before the New Year, the TV series has achieved unprecedented ratings and the original novel became popular all of a sudden, so that more and more viewers are scrambling to buy "The Inspector General of Song Dynasty". Bookstores whose copies were sold out also called the Joint Publishing Company in Hong Kong as soon as possible, urging for the delivery. As a result, on New Year's Eve, the printing factory that had long cooperated with the Joint Publishing Company was still working overtime to rush the work.

"It seems that our suspense and mystery novel promotion plan has successfully taken the first step."

Hearing such good news, Fangyan smiled.

"That's right. This will open up the market for suspense and mystery in Hong Kong."

Pan Yaoming said that the mystery magazines and novels they will import from Japan can take advantage of this favorable situation and quickly seize the Hong Kong market.

"It may not be enough to rely on TV series alone. We need to cooperate with Hong Kong radio stations, just like we did when promoting Ghost Blows Out the Light."

Fang Yan said: "It would be best if the Hong Kong Radio Station set up a special column to broadcast suspense and mystery radio dramas."

Pan Yaoming asked: "What about Ghost Blows Out the Light?"

"I have written five so far, so I will just broadcast five radio dramas for now."

Fangyan said: "I plan to take it slow for the next three parts to whet the appetite of readers and listeners and try some hunger marketing."

Pan Yaoming's eyes were full of anticipation. "If you don't write Ghost Blows Out the Light, what are you going to write next?"

"I haven't thought about it yet for a while."

Fangyan raised his head and looked at the roof of the car. He had just finished "Tokyo Love Story" and was preparing to take a short vacation.

After all, after so many years of creation, why not enjoy it, play music and dance!
"In my opinion, you might as well write a suspenseful mystery novel like "Song Ci, the Chief Justice of the Song Dynasty"."

While driving, Pan Yaoming said, "Or I can write the 'cultivation fantasy novel' you mentioned before. I really want to satisfy my curiosity." (End of this chapter)