Chapter 688 Waiting for the rice to be put into the pot
"Big Breasts and Wide Buttocks"!
This is one of Mo Yan's masterpieces, and it is also a controversial work.
Since it was sent directly to Su Bin, let him make his own judgment.
After Yu Hua returned to Yanjing, he quickly mailed the manuscript of "The Story of Xu Sanguan Selling Blood".
Fang Minghua was sitting in the study drinking tea and watching carefully.
Before coming to this era, Fang Minghua had read this novel.
This is a touching story that is both sad and happy.
Written since the 1950s, the protagonist Xu Sanguan is a young worker in a silk factory in the city. He is both motivated at work and responsible for his family. In order to solve the difficulties in life, he sold blood eleven times and passed through one difficulty after another.
He overcame the stormy waves imposed on him by fate, but when he got old and knew that no one wanted his blood anymore, his spirit collapsed.
His last book "Alive" sometimes makes people feel as if he is China's Beckett, who can never escape the tragic inevitability of unfortunate sacrifices.
In comparison, the core of "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" Bright colors with more hope.
This book is generally good, but there are still some shortcomings. The dialogues in the book are a bit long-winded, probably to restore the way of speaking at that time. Fang Minghua feels that it can be more refined.
So I picked up the pencil and revised the parts that I thought were deficient in the manuscript.
Use a pencil - not a pen. These are just personal opinions. It is up to the author to decide whether to adopt them or not.
Now, my identity is just a friend rather than the editor-in-chief of a magazine.
"The Story of Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" only has about 170,000 words in total. Fang Minghua spent three days reading it carefully, annotating and revising the things he thought were inappropriate, and then sent it back to Yu Hua. A letter was also attached saying that after modification, you can send it directly to Shengshi Books.
Shengshi Books has been a little busy recently, publishing several books in a row. The first is the Chinese version of the novel "It's Too Late" by a British writer who was shortlisted for the best novel this time.
Although this novel did not win the grand prize in the end, being shortlisted has proved its literary value, not to mention winning the British Booker Prize last year, which is also a major selling point for promotion.
There is also Mo Yan's "Big Breasts and Wide Buttocks".
This book was highly controversial within Shengshi Books, and it was difficult for Su Bin to make a decision. Finally, he called Fang Minghua to seek his opinion and decided to publish it.
I also followed his advice: don’t be too ostentatious in promoting this book, refer to "The Wasted City" and "The Golden Age".
Don’t expect this book to bring great economic benefits to the company all at once. Once you get the publishing rights, it will take its time.
Yu Hua also sent his revised "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" and "White Night" by Jia Pingwa. In addition, Lu Yao also sent his second novel "Collapse", After five years of sharpening a sword, it finally came out.
This is an official novel, which is in line with the trend of realistic novel writing popular in the literary world. This is also a book that Shengshi Books will focus on promoting this year.
There is also Fang Minghua's "Worry-Relieving Grocery Store".
This book began preparations for publication in December last year and was finally launched on the market in March this year.
This book is not listed in the Buhu Classic Series of Shengshi Books - but a new series of books - Buhu Youth Literature.
This is another sub-brand under the Buhu series - it is a natural extension of "Buhu" to youth literature, and its main readers are college and middle school students.
"Buhu Youth Literature" pursues taste, but does not want to make something highbrow, and Fang Minghua's "Jieyou Grocery Store" is the first book in the series.
This time, there was no symposium on his works. Fang Minghua only went to universities in Xijing and Yanjing to sign books and promote them.
I can finally rest.
The day after returning from Yanjing was Friday, Fang Minghua called Bai Miao and Jia Pingwa and asked them to go fishing in the Feng River. this entertainment.
But my daughter-in-law Song Tangtang was a little unhappy when she came home from work.
It’s not that I’m against him fishing, but there are some things he hasn’t finished yet. "Minghua, the script for the TV series hasn't been finalized yet." Song Tangtang muttered.
"Don't worry. You were tired last year. Take a good rest." Fang Minghua said with a smile.
“Humph, that’s an excuse!” Song Tangtang was not satisfied.
“I said it’s not suitable to shoot your novel “Skywalker” right now. You said it’s too early to shoot Liu Jing’s “Parental Love”. Then you can write a script for me!”
At the beginning of the year, Song Tangtang wanted to film Fang Minghua's "Skywalker" or "Parental Love" but was rejected by Fang Minghua after repeated consideration.
Now is not the time, wait any longer.
A period drama like "Parental Love" can still arouse the nostalgia of the audience a few years later.
These are not needed for the time being in the 1990s.
Now that his wife was talking about this, Fang Minghua immediately expressed his position: "Don't worry! When I finish fishing tomorrow, I will definitely write you a script that will make you absolutely satisfied!"
"Really "Song Tangtang stared at Fang Minghua with her beautiful eyes.
He suspected that this was what his husband said.
“Really!” Fang Minghua looked confident.
Actually, he really didn’t think about it.
Although I have a few scripts in my mind that will be popular in future generations, but now I always feel that it is not the right time.
"The Legend of Zhen Huan"?
"Story of Yanxi Palace"?
"My Fair Princess"?
The first two novels both have female protagonists and are not suitable for the taste of today’s audience. The copyright of the latter novel is still in the hands of Qiong Yao.
No matter what, in order to be able to fish with peace of mind tomorrow, I must first promise my wife!
Seeing her husband like this, Song Tangtang couldn't say anything else.
To be honest, my husband has been very busy recently, hosting the Chinese Literature Award and recently going to Yenching to sign books and sell books, so I can’t let him get exhausted.
However, Shengshi Film and Television has now reached the point where it is waiting for rice to be cooked!
It turns out that Song Tangtang followed her husband's suggestion and Shengshi Film and Television suspended film shooting this year to focus on the TV drama market.
Indeed, Song Tangtang has also tasted the sweetness of the TV drama market.
Although the company has been established for six years and has produced nearly ten movies, most of them have high artistic value. Whether they are domestic Golden Roosters and Hundred Flowers or foreign awards, many of them are easy to get.
Not to mention the great director Zhang Yimou, the emerging director Wang Quan'an also won awards for his two consecutive adaptations of Fang Minghua's novels, "Textile Girl" and "The Piano of Steel".
In particular, "The Piano" has won the "Best International Film Award" at the Miami International Film Festival and the "Art Exploration Award" at the Yanjing University Student Film Festival, and is now preparing to participate in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic Festival - This is also one of the international A-class film festivals, held in July every year.
What is even more admirable is that the box office of this movie is not bad - the box office is 8.5 million yuan, the investment cost is recovered 3.2 million yuan, and it is still slightly profitable.
Wang Xiaoshuai's "Extreme Cold" won the International Association of Film Critics Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. However, this is a small-budget film with an investment of less than 800,000 yuan, so the box office and other factors are ignored.
But in terms of profit from the entire movie, it is not as good as the TV series "In the Name of the People"!
Just after the TV series became a hit on CCTV, Song Tangtang, on behalf of Shengshi Film and Television, signed a second-round broadcast agreement with five provincial TV stations including Yanjing and Guangdong Province, and sold it at a price of 200,000 per episode. I made 45 million in one fell swoop!
And he also participated in this year’s TV Drama Feitian Award!
There are also three TV series that were filmed earlier, "Longing", "Ordinary World" and "Yenjing Man in New York". Some TV stations are still broadcasting them today, and the broadcasting generates profits, which is incomparable to movies.
So I’m anxious.
(End of this chapter)