Literary Master 1978

There is less than a week left before the Chinese New Year, and the flavor of the New Year in Yanjing City is getting stronger and stronger.

This year, the family has enough overseas remittance coupons and foreign exchange coupons, which has saved Lin Chaoyang and his wife a lot of effort.

This weekend, the couple went shopping in Wangfujing.

As the New Year is approaching, the Wangfujing Department Store is so crowded that it feels like half of the people in Yanjing are here.

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

"good."

The couple were carrying their things and were about to leave when they saw the crowd in front seemed to be commotion, and some people were shouting something.

They were far away and couldn't hear clearly. Seeing the crowd rushing forward, Lin Chaoyang grabbed Tao Yushu. At this time, it was better to stay away from the place of right and wrong.

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

"Cong Shan!"

"Cong Shan!"

The couple ignored talking and walked around in a circle before arriving at the door of the department store. Tao Yushu patted his chest with lingering fear.

"These people are so scary! They call 'Cong Shan'. Is it Cong Shan in the store?"

"That's right? Otherwise, these people wouldn't be so crazy, but it's possible that they recognized the wrong person."

"It would be interesting if I admit my mistake. I can't believe that "Wrangler" has only been released for less than half a month, and the heroine has such appeal when she takes to the streets." Tao Yushu said with emotion.

Lin Chaoyang was also a little surprised. The entertainment industry is underdeveloped these days, but the speed of making stars is not slower than that of later generations.

An excellent movie can make a little-known young actor famous, and an international competition can make an unknown athlete famous.

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

Tao Yushu looked shocked, "Is something wrong?"

"It shouldn't be an accident. I guess they got the news and came to maintain order. If there is a stampede with so many people, it will be a big deal."

Lin Chaoyang handed the things in his hands to Tao Yushu and said, "Look at something, I'll go over and take a look."

"Be safe."

"fine."

Lin Chaoyang squeezed through the crowd and couldn't walk until he was about 20 meters away from the scene of the incident. There were too many people.

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

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

Lin Chaoyang stood there and waited for a while, then saw several police comrades escorting a childish round-faced girl out of the room.

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

Hearing this, Lin Chaoyang immediately couldn't laugh or cry.

It was just like what he said, it was a mistake!

Lin Chaoyang clearly heard a sigh from the crowd.

These movie fans are so crazy!

After leaving the door, Lin Chaoyang told Tao Yushu what had happened, and she was made to laugh.

"These people are so funny!"

However, this incident also proves the popularity of "Wrangler" from the side.

The two of them carried their things to Mianmian Hutong. When they arrived at the Siheyuan, Lin Erchun saw that they were carrying so many things and complained: "Why did you buy so many things? I can't eat them at all."

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

After putting down his things, Lin Chaoyang asked: "Where is my mother?"

"Your mother? Humph!"

Comrade Erchun's two "hums" expressed his strong dissatisfaction, but he didn't know what was going on. Lin Chaoyang said sarcastically: "She's not here. If you have something to say, just say it. 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 are you doing?"

"I'm going to buy books!"

Zhang Guiqin took out two books from the cloth bag he carried with him. The burning sunflower field on the cover was very familiar.

"Mom, if you want books, can't I get you two and that's it?"

Zhang Guiqin touched the book with a smile on her face, "No, no, I can just buy it myself. Chaoyang, your book is so popular. I queued up early in the morning and only got two copies."

"Is there anyone queuing up today?" Lin Chaoyang was curious.

"Why not? There are quite a few people there? They are all young people. When I asked, they were all college students!"

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

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? Is there any news?"

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

"Hold on tight and try to have two babies in three years."

"Dad, now that the country promotes family planning, you can have just one child, and your work will be lost if you have more children."

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

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

After saying a few words, Lin Chaoyang pulled Tao Yushu away.

Two days later, Tao Yumo, who was on winter vacation, brought Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu to Lin Chaoyang's house to enjoy the autumn breeze. The Chinese New Year was approaching, and the food at her sister/aunt's house was particularly rich. It would be a pity not to come and eat and drink.

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

Starting from New Year's Day, every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday at 6:20 pm and Sunday at 8:30 am, CCTV-1 added an English learning program "Learn with Me". 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 program hosts in China.

Tao Yumo was seriously learning English from TV. The two brothers Tao Xiwen and Tao Xiwu were not honest while sitting on the sofa, and they were playing and fighting together.

"It's time to eat!"

Tao Yushu shouted, and the little ones on the sofa immediately ran to the restaurant to sit 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's right to follow my aunt, right? I promise to let 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 really sensible. Eat."

Tao Xiwu couldn't wait to start eating, but was stopped by his brother. Tao Xiwen said, "Uncle hasn't come yet!"

Tao Yushu looked even more relieved. Tao Yumo couldn't help but mutter, "You two are destroying the bridge after crossing the river, right?"

At this time, Lin Chaoyang came out of the study and said, "Eat, eat."

Everyone started eating.

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

After eating, Tao Yumo led his two nephews to lie on the sofa and patted his belly. They were full!

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

Tao Yumo felt that this guy was trying to flatter her and asked, "Really? Whose cooking is better, your aunt or your grandmother's?"

"My aunt's cooking is definitely better." Tao Xiwen said without saying a word.

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

"Aunt, my aunt is going to complain and destroy the relationship between you and grandma."

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

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

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

"You are young, but you have big ideas." Tao Yumo grabbed her nephew's ear, "Are you still coming by yourself?"

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

"Okay, 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 entangled with the two younger ones and ran to Lin Chaoyang instead.

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

Lin Chaoyang looked at the books in front of him, which 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 from my classmates. They are all your loyal readers." Tao Yumo unscrewed the cap of the fountain pen for Lin Chaoyang and handed him the pen.

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

"You have a lot of requirements."

Lin Chaoyang still wrote it down despite saying so.

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

"Why?"

"Your book is too hard to get, my classmate didn't buy it."

It was just a sample book, Lin Chaoyang didn't care much, and asked Tao Yumo to go to the study to get it and sign her 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 said, 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 is much harder to get "The Death of Van Gogh" after it was put on the shelves than when "Lai Zi's Summer" was released. My classmate went to two or three bookstores and they were all sold out."

"The first print run is 200,000 copies. Why is it selling so fast?"

Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "The 200,000 copies are not all given to one bookstore. There are dozens of bookstores of all sizes in Yanjing. Each bookstore sells 200 to 300 copies, which means 10,000 to 20,000 copies, which is not a small amount. Everyone was very enthusiastic about buying it a few days ago. It 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.

Recently, he has been busy training future successors for the motherland at night, and has delayed the progress of the novel.

Based on "The Death of Van Gogh", his new novel once again boldly tried the suspense element. After such a long period of exploration, the creation has entered a smooth period. Without the beauty in front of him, he writes quickly.

Women, as expected, 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 nationwide was undoubtedly "The Shepherd".

According to Xie Jin, the film was released for more than 20 days, and China Film sold more than 450 copies, becoming the domestic film with the most copies sold so far this year.

After the buzz ended, people's spiritual and cultural needs exploded, and the film industry also ushered in a booming development. The years from the late 1970s to the early 1980s can be said to be a peak of the Chinese film market.

In 1978, "Shark Fight" had 450 million viewers, in 1979, "Gunshots in the Secret Service" had 650 million viewers, "Sweet Business" had 450 million viewers, in 1980, "Legend of the White Snake" had 700 million viewers, "Seventh Grade Magistrate" had 500 million viewers, "Mysterious Buddha" had 480 million viewers, "405 Murder Case" had 450 million viewers, and in 1981, "Happy Family" had 560 million viewers...

The hundreds of millions of viewers for a movie released fully demonstrate the popularity of the domestic film market and the people's love for the art form of film. Unfortunately, this prosperous scene did not last long.

After 1979, the number of domestic television sets increased rapidly, forming the most direct competition for the film market.

In recent years, the film market has flourished, and the development of the television industry is in its infancy, so it is still hard to see. 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 less popular, but even better.

In addition to the movie The Horse Wrangler, which is currently being screened, Lin Chaoyang's novel The Death of Van Gogh has also been sought after by countless readers after it was released.

On the day the novel was released, there were long queues 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 urgently allocate books.

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

Yanjing has the highest average education level in China and is also the city with the most concentrated intellectuals. It is reasonable that the novel sells so fast.

In addition to Yanjing, The Death of Van Gogh also ushered in a wave of rush purchases in other parts of the country after it was released.

From a week at least to half a month at most, the bookstores in various cities kept reporting that their stocks were sold out, forcing the printing factory cooperating with Renwenshe to urgently reprint during the Spring Festival.