Chapter 162 The Unspeakable Spring Festival Gala
Having donated so much money at once, Liu Hongmin also felt a little nervous. There are too many things he wants to do, and the money in the Japanese yen account cannot be touched, and several companies cannot pay dividends together.
What should I do if I’m short of money? Writing novels, of course.
Liu Hongmin now has a certain routine for writing profitable novels, and cooperates with Sanlian Publishing House and Random House to distribute them globally.
Considering that a lot of money is needed this time, Liu Hongmin wants to write a novel suitable for Lao America and Europe. After picking and choosing, Liu Hongmin found a reincarnation-type movie "Terror Cruise".
In the era before "Groundhog Day" was released, time reincarnation was a very novel idea. Although there is the concept of "eternal reincarnation" in ancient Egyptian mythology, and there is also a Sisyphus in Greek mythology, there are not many foreign writers who write this type of reincarnation novels.
Liu Hongmin's writing style is now very mature, so there is no need to look for these foreign novels of the reincarnation type to read.
He reviewed "Cruise of Terror" and picked out the key points combined with the outline. The length has been roughly determined, and it should be approximately 70,000 to 80,000 words, making it a novella.
Liu Hongmin did not change the names of several characters. Most people in Xiangjiang have English names, and some people particularly like to be called by English names, so it is not inconsistent with the story. Keeping these English names will be very helpful for selling to the United States and Europe, making it easier for foreigners to get involved in the plot.
If "Terror Cruise" is successful, it can be adapted into a movie by Tomorrow Film Company, and maybe it can make a lot of money. Reincarnation would be easier to understand if it were expressed in a movie.
Therefore, reincarnation movies are generally popular around the world, and reincarnation novels are actually slightly inferior.
Liu Hongmin decided on the creative direction and started writing immediately.
According to the speed at which he writes novels, a novel of 70,000 to 80,000 words can definitely be written in a month. But reincarnation novels are very difficult. Liu Hongmin continued writing until mid-February 1985, when the New Year passed.
After finishing "Terror Cruise", Liu Hongmin put down the pen and prepared to have a good New Year with his family.
"Second Brother, is it time for the college entrance examination in the summer? Which university have you decided on?"
Liu Hongjun said speechlessly: "Brother, can you stop calling me Second Brother? It's too unpleasant. Fortunately, you are still a cultural person!"
"If I don't call you second brother, what's your name?" Liu Hongmin asked funnyly.
Liu Hongjun was silent for a moment, and it was hard to hear anything when he called his second brother.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Liu Hongmin laughed and said: "Your heart is dirty, whatever you hear."
Liu Hongjun wisely skipped this topic and said: "I think I want to apply for the National Defense University, and I want to be a soldier in the future.”
"You are quite ambitious!"
Liu Hongjun said proudly: "That's not true. You want to be a soldier so much that you didn't even go to the army. I will definitely help you fulfill this wish."
" Second brother, don't talk nonsense." Liu Hongying quickly hit Liu Hongjun with her chopsticks and reminded him with her eyes that he said something wrong.
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "It's okay, it's been so many years." He has thought about it now. If he had been a soldier, he would definitely not have achieved what he has now. When the Yue Monkeys invade, there is a high chance that he will go to the battlefield and even die.
“Second brother, you take the exam well, I support you!”
“Thank you, brother!” Liu Hongjun bared his teeth and smiled, and then made a request, “ Brother, if you go to Xiangjiang again, can you bring me some weapons-related books?”
“No problem, I’ll have someone help you get it after the New Year.”
Liu's father and Liu's mother were worried. From time to time, casualty lists would come from the south. Although the number was not very large, sometimes there were only one or two people. But they were worried that with Liu Hongjun's reckless character, it would be unsafe on the battlefield. For parents, when it comes to their children's personal safety, even if there is only a 1% probability, they will be treated as 100%.
In the evening, Liu Hongmin took his younger siblings and held a lot of fireworks to the shore of Shichahai to light them.
“Pa bang bang——”
Like Liu Hongmin’s family, many people in the capital have the habit of setting off fireworks in Shichahai. In the New Year, the sky over Shichahai becomes bright every night. People's living conditions have improved in recent years, and more fireworks have been set off. However, it is still rare for Liu Hongmin’s family to leave it open for several hours.
The fireworks continued from about five o'clock to about nine o'clock, and then slowly stopped. Many young people did not hesitate to ride bicycles for more than ten or twenty miles just to watch the fireworks. They were so cold that they couldn't help but shiver.
The Spring Festival Gala in 1985 was a bit difficult to describe. Central Taiwan made a decision-making mistake and moved the Spring Festival Gala stage to the Beijing Workers Stadium. As a result, due to insufficient preparation and on-site scheduling failure, there were problems with the connection of the program. The original program duration of 4 and a half hours was delayed to 6 hours. Neither Mr. Liu nor Mr. Liu made it to 1 o'clock, so they went back to their room to sleep.
When the hour was announced, there was a blank time of more than a minute, all thanks to the host's jokes. Liu Hongmin watched the host randomly looking for topics, almost not causing an accident on air, and couldn't help but gnash his teeth. If it weren't for the strong skills of these hosts, I'm afraid it would have caused the "Three Black Minutes" broadcast accident in 2007.
Coupled with the cold weather in Beijing, although the program team prepared some heating equipment, it was not enough. When actors perform, they are suffering and have no state at all. Chen Xiaoer was thrown cold water when he was performing a skit, and he endured physical discomfort to perform. The effect of the show can be imagined.
At the beginning of the party, Liu Hongmin called Director Wang. Director Wang also expressed regret for this, but the party had already started and it was too late to say anything.
However, Director Wang said that the lessons learned this year will definitely be learned next year.
China and Taiwan are still responsible and apologized to the people across the country the next day.
The audience in this era is still very tolerant. After all, there are only so many TV stations. Regardless of the mistakes made by the central station, it is still better than other TV stations.
Liu Hongmin stayed in the capital until the third year of junior high school, then took the manuscript and flew to Xiangjiang. "Chinatown Detective 3" has been released for three days. Although Zou Shifang will report the situation to him tomorrow, he is still worried.
Tomorrow Film Company has about seven or eight projects this year, and "Chinatown Detective 3" is the first one. If it gets off to a good start, the rest of the project will be much more confident.
After getting off the plane, I saw Li Lizhen waiting at the exit. Li Lizhen jumped directly on Liu Hongmin, gave him a passionate kiss, and then pulled him back to the villa.
Liu Hongmin stayed in Wenwen Township for one night and went to the company the next day.
Zou Shifang, Wang Yaowei, Xu Xiaoming and Yang Guiren had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Liu Hongmin arriving, they all looked at him with ambiguous expressions.
(End of this chapter)