Literary Master 1978

Li Tuo likes to exaggerate when he speaks, and his enthusiasm for Lin Chaoyang's affairs sometimes even exceeds his enthusiasm for his own affairs.

Chen Jiangong and other friends jokingly call him Lin Chaoyang's dog-headed military advisor, so his words are naturally subjective.

But no matter what, after this struggle with the media, many writers who spoke for Lin Chaoyang do feel more intimate with each other.

The so-called four irons of life: studying together, carrying guns together, visiting prostitutes together, and sharing the spoils together.

The nature of the matter itself is not important, what is important is the common experience, the sense of community and belonging.

This incident was triggered by Lin Chaoyang. After this period of quarrels and tugs with many media, he has also become a link between many writers, making everyone's relationship closer than before.

For Lin Chaoyang, this incident also made many people in the circle and many literary lovers see his good popularity in the domestic literary circle.

In just over a month, dozens of well-known writers spoke out for him. Such a scene has never appeared in the domestic literary world before.

What kind of personal charm can unite so many writers with their own unique ideas and personalities!

In addition to being amazed, the literary world somehow spread a name called the Folk Literature Association.

The so-called Folk Literature Association refers to Xunweizhai, which is Lin Chaoyang's home.

Probably because after the annual National Excellent Short Story Award Ceremony, this place will become a gathering place for well-known writers from all over the country.

And Lin Chaoyang himself naturally became the "Chairman of the Folk Literature Association."

No one knows where this rumor came from, but it spread very quickly. Just after the storm, friends came to visit and began to tease Lin Chaoyang with this name.

National Day is a rare long holiday now, and you can have three consecutive days off including Sunday.

For the Republic, every five or ten days needs a big celebration. This year, there are not only grand celebrations in front of Tiananmen Square, but also a military parade.

Early in the morning before dawn, Lin Chaoyang and his family got up and packed up, then crossed Chang'an Avenue and came to the Tiananmen Tower.

Half a month before the National Day, Lin Chaoyang received an invitation from the Ministry of Culture to watch the ceremony, and the location was on the viewing platform on Tiananmen.

At 5 a.m., Lin Chaoyang and his family arrived at Tiananmen Square, and all the ground troops for the parade had gathered near Tiananmen Square and were on standby.

On East Chang'an Avenue, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored vehicles, howitzers, smoothbore guns, howitzers, rocket launchers, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, command vehicles, transport vehicles and missile launchers were neatly arranged, with a thunderous momentum.

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and the Tiananmen Tower and Square were colorful and magnificent during the festival.

After a long wait, hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life in the capital stood on both sides of Chang'an Avenue.

Standing on the viewing platform and looking down, the crowd on Chang'an Avenue was endless and huge.

After the flag-raising ceremony, people began to gather along Chang'an Avenue to attend the festival.

Finally, at 9:40 a.m., many bigwigs, along with people's representatives from all walks of life and guests from various countries, climbed the Tiananmen Tower amid thunderous applause, including Lin Chaoyang's family.

At 10 o'clock, Chen Xitong, then mayor of Yanjing City, announced: "The celebration of the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China has begun!"

The sound spread by the loudspeaker echoed over Tiananmen Square, and the celebration kicked off with the majestic national anthem "March of the Volunteers" and 28 salutes.

The old man took the red flag black convertible parade car and drove out of Tiananmen Square and crossed the Jinshui Bridge.

"The troops to be reviewed are ready, please review."

"Hello, comrades! - Hello, chief!"

"Comrades, you have worked hard! - Serve the people!"

A huge wave of overwhelming sound resounded through the ten-mile long street, just like 35 years ago.

Military music sounded, and battle flags fluttered.

As tall as a mountain and as vast as the sea, such a flowing picture will surely condense into an eternal moment in history.

At 10:18, the military parade ended, and then the old man delivered an important speech on National Day on the Tiananmen Tower, and his loud voice with a strong transmission echoed.

Finally, the old man's speech ended with the slogan "Long live the great People's Republic of China! Long live the great Communist Party of China! Long live the great Chinese People's Liberation Army! Long live the great unity of the people of all ethnic groups in the country!"

The grand parade was announced to begin, and the guard of honor of the army, navy and air force escorted the bright red "August 1" military flag and entered Tiananmen Square first.

Then came the military academy team, infantry team, sailor team, airborne team, female medical team, armed police team and male and female militia teams, which entered Tiananmen Square in turn.

It's a line when you look horizontally, a line when you look vertically, and a line when you look diagonally.

The uniform marching formed a resonant sound field in the empty square, like majestic mountains, forming the Great Wall of New China. The people along Chang'an Avenue cheered and shouted, their blood boiling and excitement.

When the 24 mechanized troops that stretched for several kilometers passed in front of Tiananmen Square, the shouts of the people reached a peak.

Steel cars and iron horses, the torrent rolled, the brave war eagles came through the clouds and mist, and then flew away.

Every Chinese present looked at such a scene with tears in their eyes and a surge of heat in their hearts.

At 10:58, the procession ended and the entire military parade officially ended.

The largest and most shocking National Day military parade since 1959 has ended. All the guests who watched the ceremony were excited but also regretful. They only regretted that the parade was too short and there was not enough time to watch it!

Lin Chaoyang's family followed the flow of people down the viewing platform, and Lin Erchun kept talking excitedly.

"It's so spectacular! It's so spectacular!"

With a high school education, he really wanted to talk loudly at this time to express his surging emotions. Unfortunately, after thinking for a long time, he could only say this sentence.

When he watched the military parade just now, he was so excited that he shed tears. Their feelings about the prosperity of the motherland may be clearer and more sensitive to their generation.

In contrast, Lin Chaoyang and his wife were excited, but they were still rational.

On the other hand, Xiao Dongdong, who had been carried on Lin Chaoyang's shoulders, although he didn't understand what a military parade was or what patriotism meant, he was still infected by the solemn and majestic atmosphere, and the whole process was filled with joyful laughter and shouts. .

The military parade was over, but the square was full of people. It took Lin Chaoyang and his family almost an hour to walk a few hundred meters home, and it was almost twelve o'clock when they got home.

As soon as they arrived home, Li Tuo, Zhang Chengzhi, Chen Jiangong and others followed closely behind.

They also came to watch the military parade today, but they could only stand on Chang'an Street. When they heard Lin Chaoyang talking about their feelings on the viewing platform, their eyes turned red with envy.

"We are all members of the Cultural Association, why can you go to the viewing platform?" Chen Jiangong asked his soul.

Li Tuo shook his head and said: "Jiangong, don't compare with him on this, he is now the chairman of the Folk Literature Association!"

His ridicule made Lin Chaoyang smile bitterly. Who came up with these words!

Everyone talked about this topic with great interest.

"Who did you hear that from?"

"I heard what Li Tuo said."

"Li Tuo, who did you listen to?"

"Zhang Dening, Wang Meng, and Su Xinqun all said it."

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A group of people talked about it for a long time, but still couldn't find the original source. However, Lin Chaoyang's position as "Chairman of the Folk Literature Association" was confirmed.

Then this group of people naturally asked Lin Chaoyang to treat him to dinner in the name of "promotion", and they even treated him to dinner so confidently.

During the meal, everyone talked about the article in the Economic Daily yesterday, and they all felt overjoyed.

"Economic Daily" has little presence in the literary world, and people will not pay attention to or discuss articles published in such media.

But this time the situation is different. The debate on the royalty payment system has continued for two months between the media and the literary world. No matter which side has the upper hand in public opinion, it is actually difficult to end this big debate.

The "Economic Daily" article affirmed the superiority of the royalty payment system from the perspective of economic and cultural development. It was equivalent to them acting as referees, raising the hands of Lin Chaoyang's side and announcing their victory!

Therefore, everyone was naturally delighted and inexplicably excited.

While chatting, some people couldn't help but think of the wealthy life after receiving royalties in the future, and burst into giggles.

"Don't have such sweet dreams. Your novel collection had an initial print run of 5,000 copies and it has not been sold out for a year. Why are you still getting royalties? Just take your basic royalties honestly and avoid starving to death!"

Zhang Chengzhi's "vicious" words made Chen Jiangong furious, "Hello? Are you selling well? Are the novels you have written enough for publication?"

The output of Zhang Chengzhi's novels has indeed been low in the past year, mainly because he went to Japan to study at Toyo Bunko in the second half of last year for several months.

The two hurt each other, and the intensity of the confrontation was no less than that of novice chickens pecking each other. Lin Chaoyang was gloating on the sidelines.

Li Tuo acted as a peacemaker at this time, "When it comes to quarreling, you two might as well learn from Chaoyang. "Crossing the Guandong" has only been released for ten days, and it's already sold like crazy!"

When he said these words, the attention of Chen Jiangong and Zhang Chengzhi was indeed attracted.

Chen Jiangong complained: "It's not just that the sales are crazy? I went to three or four bookstores, but I couldn't buy it. I wonder if the book was sold privately by those salesmen after it arrived?"

"If you don't work hard subjectively, look for the reasons objectively. Others can buy it, but you can't. Why don't you think about whether you queued up early enough?" Zhang Chengzhi said sarcastically to him again.

Before Chen Jiangong could refute, Zheng Wanlong said: "The sales of "Into the Guandong" were indeed a bit outrageous. I queued up at the door of the China Bookstore at four o'clock that morning and finally got a copy. The two people behind me couldn't buy it."

At this time, Li Tuo said to Lin Chaoyang, "Chaoyang, I feel that "Crossing the Guandong" this time on the market has greater momentum than your previous books..."

Chen Jiangong interjected: "It's still worse than "Garland Under the Mountain"."

"The situation is different. "Garland Under the Mountain" is unique, with the right time, place and people." Li Tuo said to Chen Jiangong, then looked at Lin Chaoyang, "I'm afraid "Crossing Guandong" will have to sell three to five million copies, right? "

Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "It's only been on the market for ten days, who can tell the exact sales volume!"

Li Tuo said: "It is definitely indispensable. The sales volume of "Crossing the Boat" has exceeded two million copies, right? It's only been one year. "Crossing the Guandong" has a wider readership and greater influence, and the sales volume will only increase. , no less.”

He said this and said with emotion: "You signed a royalty contract for this novel..."

After Li Tuo said this, everyone immediately understood what he meant, and they were all calculating the income that "Crossing Guandong" would bring to Lin Chaoyang.

You don't know if you don't count it, but you'll be shocked when you count it.

These people's eyes are red with envy!

"Crossing Guandong" is a big book, with more than 600,000 words in the whole text, which is almost equivalent to the content of three normal novels.

Correspondingly, the publishing price is also much more expensive than ordinary literary works.

The paperback version of "Crossing Guandong" is divided into two volumes, with a single volume priced at 1.4 yuan and a whole volume priced at 2.8 yuan.

There is also a hardcover version, with a single volume priced at 2.9 yuan and a whole volume priced at 5.8 yuan.

Even if we calculate based on the paperback version, if "Crossing Guandong" can sell 1 million copies, the total code price will be 2.8 million yuan.

Lin Chaoyang gets 12% of the royalties, which is 336,000 yuan.

When they got this number, everyone's eyes were red and even their breathing became rapid.

Let alone 336,000 yuan, even 33.6 yuan is not something that many people can earn these days.

Moreover, will "Crossing the Guandong" sell less than 1 million copies?

Let alone 1 million copies, even 2 million or 3 million copies are probably not its limit.

The royalties from "Crossing the Guandong" will probably be no less than 1 million yuan for Lin Chaoyang!