Chapter 655: In China in the 1990s, opportunities and gold were everywhere.
At the beginning of April, the call for submissions for the second World Chinese Literature Award was officially launched. Like last time, the call for submissions was mainly published in major media in the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. advertise.
At the same time, the members of the judging panel and reading class have been basically determined. According to the charter of the judging panel: one-third of the members of the judging panel and reading class must be replaced in each session.
This is very important to ensure that the selection of the Chinese Literature Award does not become a self-admiration thing for some small circles.
This matter is still mainly responsible for Bai Miao. Except for a few, such as the invitation of the famous Taiwanese poet Luo Luo, the editor-in-chief of "Hong Kong Literature" Tao Ran, etc. Fang Minghua wrote a letter to invite in his personal capacity, and the rest were based on Bai Miao's invitation. Fame in the domestic literary world can basically be achieved.
In addition to the literary award, Fang Minghua also has another job - adapting "In the Name of the People" into a TV series, and he has to write the script.
Scripts are different from novels. Conflicts and emotions must be intensified to make the audience feel more "enjoyed", just like the huge difference between watching the TV series "Flowers" and the original work, but for Fang Minghua, this is It’s not difficult, it just takes time.
That afternoon, Fang Minghua was typing in his study when his landline phone rang and he picked it up.
“Who is it?”
“Minghua, I’m Li Zhe.” A man’s voice came from the phone.
"Li Zhe? Brother Sun? Have you returned to China?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised.
"Yes, I came back last week."
"Haha, are you back for vacation? Is everything okay?"
"It's okay. Minghua, have you had any problems lately? Don’t have time to come to Yanjing? We haven’t seen each other for a long time. Let’s have a good chat together. I have some business matters to discuss with you.”
“Just in time, I’ll meet you next Tuesday. I’m going to Yanjing to hold a meeting of the Writers Association Council. I’ll go find you after the meeting.”
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
Sun Lizhe told Fang Minghua his current address and contact information on the phone, and then hung up the phone.
Sun Lizhe is also back.
The group of people who went abroad in the early 1980s saw the country's booming development and returned to start their own businesses.
Sun Lizhe is one of them.
Although Sun Lizhe didn't say anything specific on the phone, Fang Minghua had a pretty good guess.
Sun Lizhe founded Wanguo Computer Publishing Company in the United States. After nearly ten years of development, it has grown from a small company with hundreds of thousands of dollars to assets of 80 million, with business covering more than a dozen states in the United States. of large companies.
Every year before and after the Spring Festival, Sun Lizhe would send the company's financial statements for the previous year, which had been audited by an accounting firm, to Fang Minghua.
The original investment was 150,000 US dollars, and now the income has increased many times. The dividends given to him in recent years have reached 6 million US dollars.
However, all the money was put into Fang Minghua’s account in the United States and entrusted to Li Li to manage it. Like the royalties obtained overseas, most of it was invested in the stock market, which meant that he only bought the three stocks he originally bought: Dell, Microsoft, Apple!
I don’t know how much book income there is in the stock market now?
Fang Minghua never asked.
Now Sun Lizhe is back in China to continue to expand his business, which is a good thing.
In China in the 1990s, opportunities and gold were everywhere.
On Sunday afternoon, Fang Minghua, Chen Zhongshi, Lu Yao, Jia Pingwa and others boarded the train to Yanjing with their travel bags.
Arriving in the evening on Monday, Fang Minghua checked into the Purple Jade Hotel arranged by the Writers Association. The annual Board of Directors of the Writers Association basically follows the same procedure. They listen to the collaboration report made by Representative Feng Mu, Vice Chairman of the Writers Association, summarize the work and achievements of the Writers Association of the previous year, arrange the work of the Writers Association this year, then discuss in groups, and hold a general meeting on the last day. The staff voted by a show of hands to approve Feng Mu's report. The meeting was declared victorious and representatives from various places returned to their hometowns.
Fang Minghua did not leave immediately and moved into the home of Song Tangtang’s grandfather and grandmother in the General Political Courtyard. He called Sun Lizhe the next day and went directly to his home in Yanjing.
Sun Lizhe’s home is near Wanchun Garden, which is very close to Tsinghua University. Sun Lizhe’s primary school and middle school were both in schools affiliated with Tsinghua University. However, he did not take the college entrance examination during special periods, but went to school with Shi Tiiesheng. When I arrived in Qinbei, I jumped in line.
Fang Minghua called and arrived at the address Sun Lizhe said on the phone, which was a courtyard house in an alley.
Within two minutes of knocking on the door, the door opened and Sun Lizhe walked out.
"Minghua!"
"Lizhe!"
The two laughed and hugged before entering the yard.
This is a typical small courtyard house, with three north rooms, two east and west wing rooms, and three south rooms (inverted rooms). Although the yard is not big, it is very elegant, with two plants planted against the wall. A crabapple tree, lush and green.
Seeing Fang Minghua looking around, Sun Lizhe said with a smile: "I was lucky that I listened to you and didn't sell this old house, otherwise I wouldn't even have a place to live when I came back this time."
"That's right. Not bad." Fang Minghua praised repeatedly.
"How about it? Do you like a courtyard house? Why not buy one in Yanjing?" Sun Lizhe said.
“I’ve already bought it, it’s near Shichahai.”
“Oh, that’s a great place, I’ll go and have a look when I have time.”
The two entered the living room. Sun Lizhe and his family were all there. After saying hello, the two simply moved the table and chairs to the yard and drank tea and chatted while basking in the sun.
"Minghua, I am returning to China to discuss something with you. I want to focus the company's development in China." Sun Lizhe said.
“Continue to engage in electronic typesetting business?” Fang Minghua asked.
"Electronic typesetting needs to be done, but this is only part of it. The main thing is you wait." After finishing speaking, Sun Lizhe walked back to Zi's study and came out within two minutes with a thick book in his hand. .
“Look at this.”
Fang Minghua took it and it turned out to be an English book: "TheC Programming Language"
"Computer science, C language?" Fang Minghua asked tentatively.
"Yes, the full name is "C Programming Language", which is co-authored by famous American scholars Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie. It is a classic textbook on C language programming. It is very popular in American universities, but When I returned to China, I found that this book was not available in China. "
"Moreover, many computer books in the United States are not available in China. Nowadays, computers and the Internet are developing rapidly, and the Internet has appeared in China, so I want to establish it. A book publishing company that introduces and publishes excellent computer books from the United States.”
Ouch
Sun Lizhe also wants to engage in book publishing?
But he was looking in the right direction. Computer books are definitely a big hit.
But Fang Minghua thought of a problem: "Lizhe, domestic private publishing book companies cannot obtain book numbers. How do you solve this problem? Buy book numbers? To be honest, my friend and I opened a book number. A publishing company called Shengshi Books focuses on literature and relies on buying ISBNs for publishing.
“No, no, I don’t plan to buy ISBNs. "Sun Lizhe shook his head.
(End of this chapter)