1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 185 Let this guy be the editor-in-chief
As a director of the Beijing Writers Association, Jiang Xian can naturally be said to be Zhang Dening's leader.

The content of the congress had not yet been spread, but when Zhang Dening learned that Jiang Xian had been elected as a director of the Beijing Writers Association, he felt a little sad.

At first, she could be on equal footing with Jiang Xian, a minor author, but in the blink of an eye, she had to look up to him.

At that time he always called her Teacher Dening, but now she should call him Teacher Jiang Xian instead.

On second thought, calling him teacher was good enough.

Maybe in a few years, when he calls her Dening, she will have to call him Master.

Zhang Dening sighed secretly and decided to go find Wang Meng first. This would be safer after all.

When Wang Meng learned that the author wanted to retrieve his manuscript, she certainly had no objection. When she learned that it was for the Literary Museum, she had even less objection.

"Comrade Dening, please take Comrade Jiang Xian to the warehouse and help him find the manuscript."

"It's not a problem, Teacher Wang Meng." Zhang Dening agreed.

"When you take away other authors' manuscripts, it's best to register them so that we can ask the original authors for their opinions." Wang Meng looked at Jiang Xian and smiled, "I'll try my best to help you."

"Thank you, Teacher Wang Meng." Jiang Xian felt relieved.

It's comfortable to have someone backing you up. If every magazine had someone like Wang Meng supporting its work, everything would go much more smoothly.

"The warehouse is quite dusty. It's not easy to find the manuscript."

"It's okay." Jiang Xian had already prepared himself mentally. "Since I've accepted the job at the Literature Museum, I'll have to find manuscripts in the future."

Wang Meng thought for a moment and said, "Let Comrade Liu Heng go and find it for you. He is the youngest comrade in our magazine and is very efficient at his job."

"That's what I meant."

With the help of Liu Heng and Zhang Dening, the two editors of "Beijing Literature and Art", the efficiency was much higher. They both knew the layout rules of many things.

"I think this manuscript is good, why was it rejected?" Liu Heng held a manuscript and read it for a long time.

Not all editors have the same opinions. A manuscript that one editor thinks is good may not be considered good by other editors.

In the past, there were too few manuscripts for "Beijing Literature and Art", and often by the time the manuscripts were supposed to be published, there were still no qualified manuscripts. Zhao Shuli would go into the room with a pile of manuscripts and read them one by one. In this way, he found many good manuscripts.

It took the three of them more than three hours to finally pack out several boxes of manuscripts from the warehouse. Jiang Xian's hands were covered in white ash.

Liu Heng was even worse off than him. His hair was covered with white hair, and he kept slapping it, causing dust to fly everywhere, but it was of no use.

The three of them simply rinsed themselves under a faucet.

Jiang Xian looked at Zhang Dening in confusion. "The older manuscripts of "The Chess King" and "Ferocious Animals" are all here, but why are "Fuxi Fuxi" and "A Letter from a Strange Woman" missing?"

"It can't be lost, I'll help you find it later." Zhang Dening said.

Overall, Jiang Xian gained a lot from this trip.

I got two reflective literary manuscripts by Wang Meng, "Greetings from the Feet" and "Nanjing Pressed Duck", and "The Traitor" by Fang Zhi.

He also focused on finding several manuscripts by Zhang Jie, which are also worth collecting. In 86, she and Ba Jin were nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

As for the previous manuscripts of Buzz Buzz, they are more difficult to find. This kind of information has either been destroyed or destroyed over the years. Only a small part has been hidden and has to be donated.

Jiang Xian was still thinking about finding Zhao Shuli's manuscripts and Wu X's script. Hai Rui was dismissed from office.

"Have you packed everything up?" Wang Meng came over and asked.

Jiang Xian smiled and said, "Almost. There are a few that I haven't found yet. Let Comrade De Ning help me find them first."

“At least you can find it.” Wang Meng patted his arm and explained the matter of recruiting him into the editorial board.

After chatting for a while, Jiang Xian found a few rickshaws in a heroic manner, moved a few boxes of information from "Beijing Literature and Art", and placed them in the courtyard of Jingshan East Hutong, waiting for the Literature Museum to move away when it had a formal place.

"Mom, please don't sell these things as waste paper." Jiang Xian specifically reminded her.

"Okay, got it." Rao Yuemei agreed.

Today, several colleagues from Rao Yuemei's factory came to their yard and sat in the main room drinking tea. They were worried at the moment and were talking about a major event in their clothing factory No. 3.

"Isn't it good now? Why do we have to change the system?"

"That is to say, what was said at the meeting a few days ago, and they also said that they plan to use taxes instead of profits in the future and be responsible for their own profits and losses. I still don't understand what it means."

"This is simple. I understand." Rao Yuemei explained: "It means that our factory's profits will not be handed over to the state. The factory will be responsible for all profits and losses. The wages of our workers will also fluctuate with the profits and losses."

"How can this work? With the current performance of our factory, there are still more than 20 cotton clothes from last year piled up in the warehouse. And we are still responsible for our own profits and losses? If we are responsible for our own profits and losses, all our workers will starve."

"Don't be afraid, we'll make a fuss for two days and he'll change back."

Rao Yuemei frowned, "You can't think like that. The factory has not been doing well in the past two years. We have been living a carefree life. If we don't change, something bad will happen to the factory sooner or later. I think this is a good idea."

"Director Yuemei, you are now a cadre in the factory. Your family has such a big yard and your son is capable. Of course you are not afraid if the factory doesn't care about you." Someone said quietly.

"What are you talking about?!"

Rao Yuemei immediately became angry. "If anyone dares to say that I, Rao Yuemei, lean towards the bourgeoisie, I will fight her to the death!"

"Oh, Director Yuemei, we have been colleagues for many years, that's not what you mean."

"That's right, who is talking nonsense over there?"

The others hurried out to smooth things over. Jiang Xian washed up, changed his clothes, and rode away on his bike.

His fucking unit is Beijing Garment Factory No. 50, an old cotton clothing factory. In the past two years, it has only produced cotton jackets and trousers that look like those from the s. How can it keep up with the development of reform and the needs of the people?

However, the old factory director was quite far-sighted. He has been trying to make raincoats this year. Later, by changing production, he was able to find a way out for this old cotton clothing factory in the reform.

The product they switched to was the fashionable raincoats that were very popular internationally. Based on the characteristics of spring in Beijing, the third clothing factory combined them with foreign raincoats to create raincoats with Chinese characteristics.

Windproof, rainproof and dustproof.

This is the famous Great Wall raincoat, which was popular all over Beijing in the 80s. At that time, people would crowd the counters of shopping malls to buy a raincoat.

Beijing Film Studio.

Small conference room.

Wang Yang, Jiang Huaiyan, Wang Haowei, Jiang Xian and several other factory leaders were sitting inside.

Wang Haowei held a pile of information in his hand and said in embarrassment: "We have already calculated that 20 yuan is not enough. The factory must approve at least another 10 yuan for "Cars and Water"."

The average cost of making a movie nowadays is only 30 yuan. For example, "A Little Reunion" cost 57 yuan. A feature film costs only 80 yuan at full budget.

"How come a film shot in the suburbs of Beijing went so far over budget?" Bao Dake, the deputy director in charge of finance, was puzzled. "Where did you spend all the money?"

Wang Haowei glanced at her screenwriter with an unfriendly look. Jiang Xian cleared his throat and said, "The money was spent where it should be spent. Our film was made to match the movie "The Manhunt"."

"Benchmark what?" Bao Dake scratched his ear, thinking he had heard it wrong.

"'The Chase.'" Jiang Xian answered calmly.

The movie "The Manhunt" from a few years ago was not very popular in Japan, but it was a huge hit in China.

Skyscrapers reaching into the sky, unheard-of clothing combinations, Canon DF cameras, platinum necklaces with diamonds, bunny girls in black stockings, villas, cars, racehorses, airplanes, and the anti-human drug AX that makes people obey other people's orders. This was simply an information bombardment for the Chinese people at that time.

Many years later, China sent back a movie, "That Man, That Mountain, That Dog". China sold one copy and Japan earned 3 million at the box office. It can be said to be a reciprocity of gifts.

Jiang Xian explained calmly: "We wear the latest sportswear from abroad for Zhu Lin. In addition, we use a lot of cars and motorcycles, striving to stimulate the eye like "The Chase" and show the new look of modern society."

Wang Yang also knocked on the table and said, "'Traffic Flows' is a key film of the studio. I think 10 yuan is not too much and it can still be taken out."

Bao Dake waved his hands and tightened his pockets. "Director Wang, I'm not trying to embarrass you. I'm in a difficult situation too. I can't approve the money. Our Beijing Film Studio needs to build street scenes for the filming of "Camel Xiangzi". Ling Zifeng asked me for a street scene that is 200 meters long! I really can't come up with 10 yuan. You can ask China Film for the money."

There was a lot of noise in the meeting room and everyone was in a dilemma. Finally, Wang Yang made up his mind and decided to add another 10 yuan to "Cars and Horses".

After the meeting, when most people had left, Jiang Xian and Wang Haowei went to Wang Yang and said, "Thank you, Director Wang, for your trust."

Wang Yang glanced at them and took a sip of water. "Both 'Look at This Family' and 'Border Town' did well. Our factory is planning to use 'Traffic and Traffic' as a tribute. I don't ask for much. Just make sure that I can break even."

Wang Haowei kept nodding and making promises, and he was almost about to issue a military order.

Jiang Xian pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Director Wang, I have an idea."

Wang Yang, Wang Haowei and Jiang Huaiyan all looked at him.

"you say?"

Jiang Xian said something similar to Han Sanping, who later became the director of Beijing Film Studio: "Ask the market for money!"

The idea of ​​soliciting sponsorship for a movie was too bold. Jiang Xian couldn't care less. As a person who was mainly involved in the literary circle, his mind must be more focused on literature.

"I don't know much about movies, but I know a lot about culture. Last year, the party newspaper was run as an enterprise. All news and publishing units in East China were run as enterprises and strived to create profits. The Tianjin Daily and the Jiefang Daily were the first to resume publishing commercial advertisements."

On January 1979, 1, the Tianjin Daily published an advertisement for "Introduction to Tianjin Toothpaste Main Products", which was the first documented newspaper advertisement for consumer products after China's reform and opening up.

The corporate-style management has brought joy to some and sorrow to others. A large number of news and publishing units failed to adapt to the local environment and most of them disappeared.

The Liberation Daily was the first to turn losses into profits, but faced many obstacles and was unable to persist. Another newspaper, the Tianjin Daily, reaped all the benefits and quickly got rid of poverty. In just two or three years, it renovated 1 square meters of old buildings and built 6000 square meters of new buildings. It was the first in the city to improve its living conditions and greatly improved the conditions for running a newspaper. By 1989, it had accumulated more than 4950 million yuan in funds for the newspaper.

"You mean"

"Our Beijing Film Studio's Literature Department has its own publication, Film Creation, which is well received by the industry and amateurs. Why don't we set aside a space in each issue to advertise?"

Jiang Xian's idea also has a basis.

The economic situation of Beijing Film Studio has always been grim. The editorial department of "Film Creation" has always been thinking about helping Beijing Film Studio and organized the "First China Simulation Performance Competition", which allowed young people to imitate their idols and celebrities and compete.

This was a good idea, and the factory and the Film Bureau gave the green light. As a result, not only tens of thousands of people signed up, but the original plan was for 2,000 people to register, and actually only about 20 people signed up. I had thought I could make some money from the low registration fees, but it turned out that it was difficult to complete the competition with that little money.

Finally, I still dragged these twenty or so people out to perform under the banner of "Performance Report of Outstanding Participants of the First Chinese Simulation Performance Competition". I finally earned some performance fees. I finished the competition extremely shabby, and after counting the expenses and food for people and horses, I barely completed the self-circulation of income and expenditure, which means I worked for nothing.

Wang Yang and Jiang Huaiyan's eyes lit up after hearing Jiang Xian's words.

Previously, the purpose of developing "Film Creation" was just to facilitate the discovery of excellent scripts and to receive some financial subsidies, but there was no thought of making "Film Creation" play a role in generating income.

"Your idea is good, but it's not easy to get advertising," said Jiang Huaiyan.

"This spring, the Beijing Garment Factory No. 4 tried out a batch of Great Wall brand raincoats in several large shopping malls, including the Dongfeng Market and Xidan Shopping Mall in Beijing. There was one new style for men and one for women, and pieces were sold in one go.

Next month, there will be a clothing exhibition for 16 provinces and cities. Do you think the third clothing factory will focus on promoting raincoats?"

Hiss.

Jiang Huaiyan perked up and looked at Jiang Xian with excitement.

Damn, this guy is so smart, he should be the editor-in-chief of "Film Creation"!
(End of this chapter)