Chapter 688 Waiting for the Rice to Cook

"Big breasts and wide butt"!

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 "Xu Sanguan Sells 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 of both sadness and joy.

Written in 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 storms imposed on him by fate, but when he grew 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" has more bright colors of hope.

This book is generally good, but there are still some shortcomings. The dialogues in the book are a bit wordy, probably to restore the way of speaking at that time, and Fang Minghua feels that it can be more refined.

So I picked up a pencil and revised the parts that I thought were deficient in the manuscript.

Use a pencil - not a pen. These are just personal opinions, and the author decides whether to adopt them or not.

Now, my identity is just a friend rather than the editor-in-chief of a magazine.

"Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" only has about 170,000 words in total. Fang Minghua spent three days reading it carefully, annotating and revising the areas he thought were inappropriate, and then sent it back to Yu Hua, along with a letter. He said, just send it directly to Shengshi Books after modification.

Shengshi Books has been a little busy recently, publishing several books in a row. The first is the Chinese version of the British writer's novel "It's Too Late", which 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 for Literature 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 your time.

Yu Hua also sent his revised "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" and Jia Pingwa's "White Night". In addition, Lu Yao also sent his second novel "Collapse". After five years of hard work, he finally come 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 re-opens a new series of books - Buhu Youth Literature.

This is another sub-brand under the Buhu series - 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 create something highbrow, and Fang Minghua's "Jieyou Grocery Store" is the first book in the series.

This time, there was no seminar on his works. Fang Minghua only went to universities in Xijing and Yanjing to sign books and promote them.

Finally I can rest.

The day after returning from Yanjing was Friday, Fang Minghua called Bai Miao and Jia Pingwa and asked him to go fishing in the Feng River. He had recently become obsessed with this entertainment.

But my daughter-in-law Song Tangtang was a little unhappy after hearing this 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 dissatisfied.

"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.

Period dramas like "Parents' Love" can still arouse the nostalgia of audiences 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 stance: "Don't worry! When I finish fishing tomorrow, I will definitely write you a script that will satisfy you absolutely!"

"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.

In fact, he really didn't think about it.

Although I have a few scripts in my mind that will be popular in future generations, I still feel like it’s not the right time now.

"The Legend of Zhen Huan"?

"Story of Yanxi Palace"?

"Huan Zhuge Ge"?

The first two novels both feature female protagonists and are not suitable for the current audience's taste. 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 didn't know what to say.

To be honest, her husband has been busy recently, hosting the Chinese Literature Award and recently going to Yanjing to sign and sell books, so he can't be exhausted.

However, Shengshi Film and Television has now reached the point of waiting for the rice to cook!

It turned out that Song Tangtang followed her husband's advice. Shengshi Film and Television suspended film shooting this year and focused on the TV series market.

Indeed, Song Tangtang has also tasted the sweetness in the TV series market.

Although the company was established six years ago and has shot about ten films, most of them have high artistic value, whether it is the domestic Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards or foreign awards, they have won many.

Not to mention the great director Zhang Yimou, even the new director Wang Quanan has shot two works adapted from Fang Minghua's novels, "The Textile Girl" and "The Piano in a Factory", which have won many awards.

In particular, this "The Piano in a Factory" 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, which is also one of the international A-level 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 of 3.2 million yuan is recovered, and it is slightly profitable.

Wang Xiaoshuai's "Extreme Cold" won the International Film Critics Association Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, but this is a low-cost movie with an investment of less than 800,000 yuan, so the box office is negligible.

But in terms of the profits made by all movies, it is not as good as the TV series "In the Name of the People"!

Just after this TV series was broadcast on CCTV and became a hit, Song Tangtang, on behalf of Shengshi Film and Television, signed a second round of broadcasting agreements with five provincial TV stations including Yanjing and Guangdong Province, and sold them at a price of 200,000 per episode, which made 45 million yuan in one go!

And also participated in this year's TV series Feitian Award!

There are also three TV series that I filmed before, "Desire", "Ordinary World" and "Yanjing People in New York". Some TV stations are still broadcasting them. There is income from broadcasting, which is something that movies cannot compare to.

So I am anxious.