The literary era since 1979

When "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the Film Bureau had already organized a celebration banquet.

However, even so, the Film Bureau still held a more grand celebration for "Farewell My Concubine" to celebrate winning the Golden Globe Award!
The event will be held in the Great Hall of the People, and almost all the crew members of "Farewell My Concubine" will be present.

From the moment the plane arrived at the Capital International Airport, the CCTV photographers had been taking pictures of Fangyan and his group non-stop.

The reporters also kept asking questions, from dialect to Gong Xing, to Zhang Guorong, Jiang Wen, Gong Li and others, for fear of missing any details.

By the time all this was done, it was already evening.

Fang Yan had to wait until the next day before going to the editorial office of "Mystery World" to tell Shi Tiesheng the good news that a kidney source had been found.

"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"

"Brother Fang, my brother and sister Ximi went to Ditan Park and may not be back for a while."

Shi Lan rolled up his sleeves and hung clothes one by one on the clothesline.

"Your brother still likes to go to Ditan Park as much as before."

Fangyan smiled.

"Yes, especially these days, I basically go to Ditan Park every day."

Shi Lan's eyes rolled, "He said he wanted to write a work about himself and the Temple of Earth!"

"Is that so? Then I'll go inside and wait for him to come back."

Fang Yan raised his eyebrows and walked straight towards the office.

As soon as Yu Hua, Wang Shuo, Lu Haiyan, Zheng Yuanjie and others saw him, they immediately put down the work at hand.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Fangyan did not just wait, but asked about the situation in the editorial department.

After all, Shi Tiesheng is about to go to the United States for medical treatment, and I am afraid that I will not be able to continue to manage the daily affairs of the studio for him during this period.

Therefore, he redeployed the division of labor in the editorial department and appointed the calm Lu Haiyan to temporarily replace Shi Tiesheng as deputy editor-in-chief, responsible for the editing and publishing of "Mystery World" magazine. Zheng Yuanjie remained unchanged and continued to be responsible for the creation and editing of children's literature in the studio.

As for the film and television creation business, Fangyan was assigned to Wang Shuo and Yu Hua.

"Yesterday at the celebration banquet, I heard Director Teng say that you were very successful last year. Is that true?"

"Hehe, that's just flattery. Compared with you, Teacher Fang, the fame I made last year is not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning at all!"

Wang Shuo held up four fingers and said, "It just means that I have four novels that were adapted into movies at the same time."

Although he spoke modestly, he could not hide his pride on his face. After all, apart from Fang Yan, he was the only one who had achieved this accomplishment. The literary, film and critical circles all called 1988 the "Year of Wang Shuo". He could be said to be the first person to do so after Teacher Fang!
"Teacher Fang, don't listen to him."

Yu Hua jokingly said that when "Reincarnation", "The Troublemakers", "Big Breath" and "Half Flame, Half Sea Water" were adapted into movies one after another, Wang Shuo acted like a big shot, with his nose in the air and his chin stuck up so high!
"Is this happening?"

Fangyan looked Wang Shuo up and down.

"Teacher Fang, don't listen to Yu Hua's nonsense! I'm not like that! I didn't!"

Wang Shuo was startled and trembled like a mouse seeing a cat.

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Lao Lu and Yuan Jie."

Yu Hua gave a playful smile.

"You are such a good guy, Yu Hua. I treated you to a meal at Lao Mo the other day, and this is how you repay me!"

Wang Shuo immediately became anxious.

"Hahaha!"

As soon as these words came out, Fang Yan, Lu Haiyan and the others burst into laughter, and the room was filled with a happy atmosphere. Wang Shuo realized that he had been "shua"ed by everyone without a word, and his face was full of embarrassment.

"Your performance last year is indeed something to be proud of."

Fangyan praised it generously. After all, the commercialization and marketization of Chinese films do not need serious literature, but more popular novels like Wang Shuo's "ruffian literature", which are humorous and colloquial, and very much in line with the appetite of ordinary people.

The reason why Feng Pants' "Feng-style Comedy" was successful in the early 21st century was because it inherited and developed Wang Shuo's style.

The reason why Feng Pants and "Feng-style comedy" have fallen out of favor is that this set of ideas is already outdated for young people of Generation Z.

If a man rises by this, he will surely fall by this!
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After discussing the division of labor after Shi Tiesheng's temporary departure, the next thing to discuss was the expansion of the studio into a cultural and entertainment publishing company.

After all, China has applied to join the World Copyright Convention. According to the regulations, after 1992, no uncopyrighted works can be published in the country. The previous chaos in the publishing industry will be curbed. At the same time, it also requires that future novel publications must be formal and legal.

"Against this backdrop, the studio must also keep pace with the times and operate in a planned, market-oriented and corporate manner."

Fang Yan said that he had established a branch of "Ming Tian Xia" in Hong Kong as early as last year. Pan Yaoming was responsible for the publishing business, and Gong Xing was in charge of the film and television business. The same will be done in Yanjing in the future, involving all aspects of the cultural and entertainment fields such as literary publishing and film and television creation.

"We'll do whatever Teacher Fang says!"

Everyone was ecstatic, and they were particularly excited when they thought about the increase in their future salaries, benefits, dividends, etc.

Wang Shuo hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke:

"Teacher Fang, since the studio is going to expand, should we also recruit more staff?"

"good."

Fangyan nodded.

Wang Shuo then asked if he could recommend two people to the studio.

Fang Yan said: "Tell me, who do you want to nominate?"

"You must know the first person, the editor of Youth Literature, Ma Weidu."

Wang Shuo simply explained the relationship between the two of them. Previously, a work called "Rubber Man" was published in "Youth Literature", and Ma Weidu was his editor-in-chief. As a result, they gradually became familiar with each other.

Fangyan was very surprised. "Why, he has had enough of Youth Literature and wants to jump out?"

"you do not say!"

Wang Shuo said: "Especially when I told him about my life in the editorial department, he envied me so much for my god-like life."

"Ma Weidu is indeed a talented person with rich experience in writing and editing. He is exactly the person we need for formalization and corporatization in the future." Fang Yan smiled, "Besides Ma Weidu, who else do you want to recommend?"

"His name is 'Liu Zhenyun'. You are far away in Hong Kong, so you may not have heard of him."

Wang Shuo said that Liu Zhenyun has recently stood out from the crowd with his "new realism literature" and has become a rising star in the literary world.

Lu Haiyan said: "He often tells people that you are his idol and his enlightenment teacher on the road of literature..."

"Oh, there is such a thing?" Fang Yan asked with interest.

"That's absolutely true. His realistic novels have some of your influence in them."

Wang Shuo said, “We will need scripts for new realistic TV series and movies in the future, and this person will definitely come in handy!”

Fang Yan, Yu Hua, Lu Haiyan and others smiled at each other and did not give an immediate answer. Instead, they very "democratically" sought everyone's opinions.

"Since you all think the person Wang Shuo recommended is suitable, then let's make it happen!" (End of this chapter)