Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 261 Women will only affect the speed of drawing the sword!

With less than a week left until the Chinese New Year, the festive atmosphere in Yanjing City is becoming stronger and stronger.

This year, the family has plenty of remittance vouchers and foreign exchange vouchers, which saves Lin Chaoyang and his wife a lot of effort.

This weekend, the couple went to Wangfujing for some shopping.

As the year draws to a close, Wangfujing Department Store is crowded with people, and it feels like half of the people in Yanjing have come.

The couple had almost finished shopping, and Lin Chaoyang said, "Let's go back now, there are too many people."

"it is good."

The couple was about to leave with their things when they saw the crowd in front of them seemed to be getting agitated and someone was shouting something.

They were far away and couldn't hear clearly. Seeing the crowd rushing forward, Lin Chaoyang grabbed Tao Yushu and thought it would be better to stay away from trouble at this time.

The two walked in the opposite direction of the crowd. At this time, some people were still rushing into the mall. At this time, the couple finally heard clearly what these people were shouting.

"Cong Shan!"

"Cong Shan!"

The couple had no time to talk and walked around before arriving at the entrance of the department store. Tao Yushu patted his chest with lingering fear.

"These guys are so scary! They shouted 'Cong Shan'. Is Cong Shan in the store?"

"That should be it? Otherwise these people wouldn't be so crazy. But it's also possible that they recognized the wrong person."

"It would be interesting if they made a mistake. I can't believe it. The movie 'The Horse Herder' has only been released for less than half a month, and the heroine has such appeal when she goes out on the street." Tao Yushu said with emotion.

Lin Chaoyang was also a little surprised. Although the entertainment industry was not well developed at that time, the speed of creating stars was no slower than that of later generations.

A good movie can make an unknown young actor famous, and an international competition can make an unknown athlete famous.

As the couple was talking, several police officers in navy blue uniforms suddenly broke into the store and hurriedly ran towards the crowd.

Tao Yushu looked surprised, "Could something have happened?"

"It shouldn't be an accident. They probably got the news and came here to maintain order. It would be a big deal if there was a stampede among so many people."

Lin Chaoyang handed the things in his hand to Tao Yushu and said, "You keep an eye on the things. I'll go over and take a look."

"Be safe."

"fine."

Lin Chaoyang squeezed along the crowd, but when he was about twenty meters away from the scene, he could not go any further because there were too many people.

By chatting with the people watching the fun nearby, he also figured out what was going on.

It is said that someone saw Cong Shan, the heroine of "The Horse Wrangler", in the store toilet and shouted a few times in excitement. The crowd swarmed in and blocked Cong Shan in the toilet.

Lin Chaoyang stood there and waited for a while, then he saw several public security comrades escorting a childish round-faced girl out.

Several police officers escorted the girl while shouting, "It's not Cong Shan! It's not Cong Shan! You've got the wrong person!"

Hearing this, Lin Chaoyang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

It was just as he said, a complete misunderstanding!

Lin Chaoyang clearly heard a uniform sigh from the crowd.

These movie fans are really crazy!

After leaving the house, Lin Chaoyang told Tao Yushu what happened, and she laughed out loud.

"These guys are so funny!"

However, this incident also indirectly proves the popularity of "The Horse Wrangler" today.

The two of them carried their things to Mianhua Hutong. When they arrived at the courtyard, Lin Erchun saw that they were carrying so many things and complained, "Why buy so many things? We can't even eat them all."

"We both came here during the Chinese New Year, so how come we can't eat here?" Lin Chaoyang said.

After putting down his things, Lin Chaoyang asked, "Where's my mom?"

"Your mother? Huh!"

Comrade Erchun's two "humphs" expressed his strong dissatisfaction, but he didn't say what was going on. Lin Chaoyang said sarcastically: "She's not here, just tell me if you have something to say. What are you afraid of?"

Comrade Erchun glared at him and was about to speak when Zhang Guiqin came back with a happy face.

"Mom, what have you been doing?"

“I went to buy some books!”

Zhang Guiqin took out two books from the cloth bag she carried with her. The burning sunflower field on the cover looked very familiar.

"Mom, if you want books, I can just get you two, right?"

Zhang Guiqin touched the book with her hand and smiled, "No, no, I can buy it myself. Chaoyang, your book is really popular. I queued up early in the morning and only managed to get two copies."

"There are people queuing today?" Lin Chaoyang was curious.

"How could there be no one? There are quite a lot of people here. They are all young people. When I asked, they were all college students!"

When Zhang Guiqin spoke, her face was full of pride and honor.

After saying a few words, Lin Chaoyang and his wife were about to leave, but Lin Erchun quietly pulled him aside.

"Have you been working hard recently? Any news?"

"Do you think this is farming? You have to wait until spring for the seeds to sprout. It's only been a few days."

"Hurry up and try to have two babies in three years."

"Dad, the country is promoting family planning now, so you can have one child. If you have more, you will lose your job."

"If it's gone, it's gone. You don't rely on salary now."

In order to have a grandson, Lin Erchun no longer cares about his son's life or death.

As they had nothing to say to each other, Lin Chaoyang took Tao Yushu away.

Two days later, Tao Yumo, who was on winter vacation, brought the two younger children, Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu, to Lin Chaoyang's house to beg for money. It was close to the New Year, and the food at his sister/aunt's house was particularly rich, so it would be a pity not to come and eat and drink for free.

Tao Yushu prepared the meal and brought it to the table. "Learn With Me" was playing on TV in the living room.

Starting from New Year's Day, CCTV-6 added an English learning program "Learn with Me" at 20:8 pm every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and : am on Sunday. This program is actually a teaching film produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation. In the era when information was not well developed, people learned English mostly from books. The emergence of "Learn with Me" made learning English popular for a while, and also made the two hosts of the program, Hu Wenzhong and Hua Kelin, the most famous hosts in China.

Tao Yumo was studying English seriously on TV, while the two brothers Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu were sitting on the sofa, playing and fighting with each other.

"time to eat!"

Tao Yushu shouted, and the kids on the sofa immediately ran to the dining room and sat in a row.

"Wow!" Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu were salivating at the dishes on the table. Tao Yumo looked very proud and whispered to them, "How is it? It must be right to follow me, my aunt? I promise to make sure you two eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks!"

Unexpectedly, the two brothers ignored him and shouted to Tao Yushu, "Thank you, aunt!"

Tao Yushu smiled and said, "You are so sensible. Let's eat."

Tao Xiwu couldn't wait to pick up his chopsticks, but was stopped by his brother. Tao Xiwen said, "My uncle hasn't come yet!"

Tao Yushu looked even more relieved, and Tao Yumo couldn't help but mutter, "You two are just destroying the bridge after crossing it, aren't you?"

At this time, Lin Chaoyang came out from the study and said, "Let's eat."

Only then did everyone start eating.

The little ones ate voraciously, which increased the appetite of Lin Chaoyang and his wife.

After dinner, Tao Yumo took his two nephews to lie on the sofa, patted his belly, and said he was full!

"Aunt, your cooking is so delicious!" Tao Xiwen said to Tao Yushuo.

Tao Yumo felt that this boy was trying to flatter her, so she asked, "Really? Then whose food is better, your eldest aunt's or your grandmother's?"

"It must be the one cooked by my aunt that is delicious." Tao Xiwen said without even saying a word.

"Okay, I'll tell your grandma this when I get home."

"Aunt, my aunt wants to file a complaint to destroy the relationship between you and grandma."

Before Tao Yushu could react, Tao Yumo flew into a rage: "You are so good, Tao Xiwen, let me see if I will bring you two here again in the future."

When Tao Xiwu heard this, he immediately rebelled, "Aunt, aunt, I'm on your side."

"Why are you afraid of her? I'll bring you here next time!"

"You're not old, but you have a lot of ideas." Tao Yumo grabbed his nephew's ear and said, "Are you still going to do it yourself?"

Tao Xiwen felt pain and immediately begged for mercy, "No more, no more!"

"Well, why do you always bully them?"

Tao Yushu stepped forward to stop her sister from bullying the younger one. Seeing that her sister was taking sides, Tao Yumo stopped arguing with the two younger ones and ran to Lin Chaoyang instead.

"Brother-in-law, please sign a few autographs for me!"

Lin Chaoyang looked at the books in front of him. They were the Death of Van Gogh, which had just been released a few days ago. "Why did you get so many books?"

"They are all classmates, and they are all your loyal readers." Tao Yumo unscrewed the pen cap for Lin Chaoyang and handed him the pen.

Lin Chaoyang casually signed his name on the title page, and Tao Yumo said, "Brother-in-law, please write another sentence."

"There are quite a lot of requirements."

Having said this, Lin Chaoyang still wrote it.

Tao Yumo happily put all the books into her bag and made a new request, "Brother-in-law, do you have two sample books?"

"what?"

"Your book is so hard to get. My classmate didn't get one."

It was just a sample book, so Lin Chaoyang didn't care much about it. He asked Tao Yumo to go to the study to get it and sign his name. "Is this okay now?"

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

Tao Yushu asked her, "Is your brother-in-law's book selling well?"

"Sister, look at what you're saying. Which of my brother-in-law's books doesn't sell well?" Tao Yumo flattered him first, and then said, "I feel that this time, it's much harder to get 'The Death of Van Gogh' than 'Lai Zi's Summer' after it was put on the shelves. My classmate went to two or three bookstores and they were all sold out."

"The first print run was 200,000 copies. It's selling so quickly?"

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "Two hundred thousand copies are not all given to one bookstore. There are dozens of bookstores in Yanjing, big and small. If each bookstore has 200 to 300 copies, that's 10,000 to 20,000 copies, which is a lot. Everyone was very enthusiastic about buying them a few days ago, so they will be fine in a few days."

After chatting in the living room for a while, Tao Yushu urged Lin Chaoyang to go to the study to write.

These past few nights I have been so busy training future successors for our country that I have slowed down the writing of my novel.

His new novel, based on "The Death of Van Gogh", once again boldly tries the suspense element. After such a long period of exploration, his creation has entered a smooth period. Without the beauty in front of him, he can write swiftly.

Women, it turns out, only affect the speed of drawing the sword!

The Spring Festival passed in a flash. During the Spring Festival in 1982, the most popular movie across the country was undoubtedly "The Shepherd".

According to Xie Jin, in the more than 450 days since the movie was released, China Film Corporation has sold more than copies, making it the domestic film with the most copies sold this year.

After the Buzz Buzz ended, people’s spiritual and cultural needs exploded, and the film industry also ushered in a period of vigorous development. The late 1970s to early 1980s can be said to be a peak of the Chinese film market.

1978年《斗鲨》观影人次4.5亿，1979年《保密局的枪声》观影人次6.5亿、《甜蜜的事业》观影人次4.5亿，1980年《白蛇传》观影人次7亿、《七品芝麻官》观影人次5亿、《神秘的大佛》观影人次4.8亿、《405谋杀案》4.5亿，1981年《喜盈门》5.6亿……

The release of a movie can easily attract hundreds of millions of viewers, which fully demonstrates the booming domestic film market and people's love for film as an art form. Unfortunately, this prosperous scene did not last long.

After 1979, the number of television sets in China increased rapidly, posing the most direct competition to the film market.

The film market has been flourishing in recent years, and the television industry is still in its infancy, so it is still hard to see what will happen. In the next few years, televisions will continue to erode the film market, like boiling a frog in warm water.

Compared with the predecessors mentioned above, "The Horse Wrangler" is not inferior in popularity, but even better.

In addition to the movie "The Horse Herder" which is currently in theaters, Lin Chaoyang's novel "The Death of Van Gogh" has also been sought after by countless readers after its release.

On the day the novel was published, long queues formed in front of dozens of bookstores in Yanjing City. The stocks of many bookstores were cleared out by enthusiastic readers on the same day, and the bookstores had to allocate books urgently.

Even so, the orders from major bookstores in Yanjing did not last for more than a few days. On the fourth day after the release of "The Death of Van Gogh", the novel could no longer be found in major bookstores in Yanjing.

Yanjing is the city with the highest average educational level and the largest concentration of intellectuals in the country, so it is reasonable that the novel sells so fast.

In addition to Yanjing, "The Death of Van Gogh" also triggered a wave of buying sprees in other parts of the country after its release.

In a period ranging from a week to half a month, bookstores in various cities continued to report that their stocks were sold out, forcing the printing factories that cooperated with Renwen Press to urgently reprint more books during the New Year period.

(End of this chapter)