1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 218 Inspiration [Blood]

At the end of September, "Beijing Literature and Art" underwent a huge transformation.

Not only did the name of the publication change from "Beijing Literature and Art" to "Beijing Literature", but the person in charge of the publication also changed. The original person in charge, Yang Mo, was transferred and the successor was Wang Meng.

Zhang Dening felt very complicated.

It was she who edited and published Wang Meng's works and Jiang Xian's novels. Now, one of them is the main person in charge and the other is an editorial committee member, and both are her leaders.

She came to find Jiang Xian and explained her purpose to him.

"I'll send you the payment slip."

The "Selected Short Stories of Jiang Xian from 1978 to 1980" published for Jiang Xian has been on the market for three months. The first print run of the collection was copies, which were sold out one month after it was released. After that, it was reprinted again and again.

This was beyond Jiang Xian's expectations.

"The anthology of my novels was selected by People's Literature. I thought it would have an impact on the sales of this collection."

Zhang Dening thought for a moment, "The national selection of outstanding novels over there is more expensive, and secondly, the articles are composed of multiple writers. The sales volume depends on your joint influence, so it will certainly not have much impact on your personal collection."

After a pause, she continued: As of now, the total print run of the single volume of "Selected Short Stories of Jiang Xian from 1978 to 1980" has exceeded one million, reaching an astonishing number of million copies.

"Capital Literature" did not pay Guo Jiangxian in advance for the number of copies of the book, so this time the full amount of the royalties for the 1.3 million copies of the single-volume book published in three months was paid to him.

The basic remuneration for a collection of works is 2 yuan, and the remuneration for the number of copies printed is calculated at % per copies.

Zhang Dening handed over a receipt for royalties. Jiang Xian took a glance at it and was dazzled by the bright numbers on it.

4802 yuan.

Oops.

This is not just a small amount, it is definitely a huge sum of money, and it is considered the largest amount of royalties Jiang Xian has ever received in his writing career. With these 4,800 yuan, Jiang Xian can join the ranks of the four millionaires.

"The royalties based on the number of copies printed are just great!" Jiang Xian couldn't help but sigh.

Linking the sales of works to the income of writers can indeed stimulate the enthusiasm of writers, but if it can be converted into royalties, the money will probably be even greater.

"These four thousand eight hundred are not all yours."

Zhang Dening reminded him, "Isn't the individual income tax levied now? Your income level is considered the fourth level of income between 3001 and 6000 in the tax rate table, so 4% will be deducted."

Jiang Xian calculated again. After deducting 4800% ​​from the 3000 yuan for the amount exceeding 20 yuan and 1500% for the amount exceeding 10 yuan, he had to include nearly 600 yuan. So, only about 4800 yuan was left from the 4200 yuan.

This is really cool and painful.

What makes me happy is the level of my income.

The starting point for taxation is very high at this time. Only monthly income of more than 800 yuan is included in the tax scope. At present, a worker's monthly salary is 99 or yuan. It can be said that % of people in the country are not within the tax scope of personal income tax.

In other words, Jiang Xian’s monthly income beats 99% of users in the country.

There are not so many people who pay personal income tax. Even in later generations, if the tax rate is 5000 yuan per month, only about million people in the country need to pay personal income tax.

Of course, he must feel bad to pay so much.

Zhang Dening saw through his little thoughts and secretly gave him a tip.

"Aren't you married already? When you submit your manuscript in the future, you can sign your name and your lover's name. It's like you two are working together. When the time comes to pay the manuscript fee, the two authors will each get half. Isn't that right?"

Good guy!
Jiang Xian was startled and looked around quickly.

"Teacher Dening, what a stupid idea you are giving me."

No matter how painful it is, paying taxes is the responsibility and obligation of citizens.

He didn't dare to be clever about this.

After collecting the payment slip, Zhang Dening took out a small manuscript from his bag. Jiang Xian took it and glanced at it:
"Half an hour for lunch, Shi Tiesheng."

"Is this Comrade Tiesheng's manuscript?"

"No."

Zhang Dening shook his head. "Comrade Tiesheng used to write his manuscripts in a hardcover notebook. I copied this from his notebook."

Jiang Xian read it briefly. It was a very short story that could be finished in a few minutes.

The protagonist is a paralyzed young man in the workshop, who should be Shi Tiesheng himself, because he is working in a street factory at that time.

The story of the novel is very simple. While having lunch in the workshop, someone said that a silly girl in his hometown was hit and killed by a "noble" car, and the compensation was one thousand yuan.

So other people also began to fantasize about getting hit by that car once, and then finding themselves a formal job, or working as a nanny at the car owner's house, or getting a salary increase, or bringing their educated youth son back home.
This article reminded Jiang Xian of the sensational incident of Sicong beating someone up. Sicong beat the other person up, and finally paid two million yuan in compensation to settle the dispute. Therefore, many people's New Year's wish is to be beaten up by Sicong in the new year.

He put the manuscript back on the table.

"How is it? Can it be sent?" Zhang Dening asked expectantly.

Jiang Xian pondered for a while, "Although it has the characteristics of exposing the dark side of literature, I think there should be no problem if it is published."

This is definitely a good novel. It can inspire deep thinking after reading it, which is a bit like Chekhov.

After Zhang Dening said goodbye, Jiang Xian read the manuscript several times, and then thought about the novel to be synthesized in his mind.

You need two inspirations: [Send Cocoon Worker] and [Blood]. Currently, only [Blood] is left to be collected. Current progress: (820/1000)

At first, Jiang Xian thought the collection method was blood donation.

In those days, it was still paid. 200 ml was generally 2 yuan, plus jin of sugar coupons, a commemorative bag, a thank-you letter, and a red book with his quotations written on it: "Save the dying and the wounded, and practice revolutionary humanitarianism."

However, he soon discovered that the progress of his inspiration of [Blood] was steadily increasing.

After analysis, it might be related to the body's metabolism. Zhu Lin is a doctor, and he asked her. Under normal circumstances, 40 ml of old blood is replaced with fresh blood every day.

The rate of increase of [Blood] progress is almost in line with this speed, 40 points per day.

There was nothing he could do but wait for the blood metabolism. He had been waiting since the synthesis sequence was triggered some time ago until now, and he was only 180 points away.

“I’m finally getting it.”

Looking at the slowly growing progress in his mind, Jiang Xian poured a small cup of tiger bone wine.

It tastes sweet and mellow as soon as you take a sip.

I lay down on the bed and took a nap, with reminders popping up in my mind from time to time.

"Inspiration [Blood] progress +1, current progress (821/1000)"

"Inspiration [Blood] progress +1, current progress (822/1000)"

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It can be seen that the tiger bone wine bought is authentic and very good for replenishing qi and blood.

The cast of "Sanchaxiang Robbery" has been decided, and Wang Fulin showed Jiang Xian the list of leading actors. The characters in "Sanchaxiang Robbery" are mainly divided into the good guys and the bad guys.

upright:

Lei Xun (Chief of Criminal Investigation Division), Actor: Li Youbin
Gong Ping (female captain of the Criminal Investigation Division), actor: Zhu Lin
Villain:

Zhu Hongxia, actor: Fang Shu

Guo Ziyu (The Scarred Man), actor: Zhu Decheng

Xia Dongsheng (the real murderer behind the scenes), actor: Li Xuejian
Among the leading actors, Jiang Xian recommended two actors to Wang Fulin.

One is Li Youbin and the other is Li Xuejian.

He accepted them all.

Li Xuejian is a drama actor of the Air Force Political Department Art Troupe. He is only 26 years old this year, but he has already won the "Meihua Award", the highest award for Chinese drama performance art, and was awarded the third-class individual merit and promoted three levels in a row.

It was a coincidence. At his age, he could only play minor roles in a drama troupe to gain experience, but by chance he got to play an extraordinary role.

He himself looks very similar to the "big girl", and after receiving the task, he attached great importance to this opportunity.

Not only did I lose 20 pounds in two weeks, I also wore his clothes every day to try to get the feeling of walking with my head hunched, arms folded behind my back, and small steps due to deep thinking.

The last performance on stage caused a sensation in the audience.

Not only are they similar in appearance, but also in spirit.

When Jiang Xian was writing the script, when he wrote about the character of Xia Dongsheng, he was the first person that came to his mind.

As we all know, in these films where good and evil confront each other, it is not difficult to play the great and glorious characters. The most difficult characters to play are the villains. If the villains are played well, they can be outstanding, just like in "Storm" and "Saving Mr. Wu", which are all because the directors met actors who can understand the roles well.

Jiang Xian believed that there would be no problem handing over Xia Dongsheng, a vicious, insidious and cunning character, to Li Xuejian at this moment.

"How much is the budget for our TV series?" Jiang Xian and Wang Fulin asked.

Wang Fulin smiled mysteriously and gave him a lowdown, "Ten thousand yuan."

"You guys are having a hard time." Jiang Xian couldn't help but complain. He had never fought such a shabby battle.

Wang Fulin smiled awkwardly, "Or maybe the script you wrote is good, and we saved a lot of money by filming these three episodes."

Apart from anything else, at least he saved the travel expenses for filming in various locations. When he was shooting "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp", the budget was more generous. For nine episodes, the station approved 10 yuan, but he had to film in various locations, which was very expensive.

This film was originally intended to be a prime-time TV series during the Spring Festival. After the filming was completed with great effort, it was submitted to the higher-ups, who were not very satisfied and gave very bad reviews. An old worker even criticized him after watching it:
"If you do something like Jiang Bo, you will be exposed in 18 days, not to mention 18 years."

The drama also included a beauty trap and a sex scene, which was severely criticized by some old leaders.

In fact, the so-called bed scene is not about love between a man and a woman, but the actress crawls out from under the quilt and exposes her shoulders, which is already quite disrespectful.

Under pressure from all sides, Wang Fulin finally came up with an idea and decided to shoot a TV series to replace "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" and broadcast it during the prime time of the Spring Festival.

"Is the crew assembled?"

"It's complete."

Wang Fulin talked about the production system, which was a patchwork. The cameraman was a veteran from CCTV who hadn't filmed a show for more than ten years. The lighting engineer was temporarily transferred from a drama theater and usually only worked on fixed stage lights. The technical positions such as recording and makeup were also used to make do.
What's even more embarrassing is that the crew is unable to provide collective accommodation for the actors and can only try to arrange for actors from other places, while actors who live in Beijing are encouraged to return home as much as possible.

Zhu Lin naturally went back home and took back the clothes.

Their crew does not have as strict requirements as a film crew. The costumes are handed out to the actors and they are required to keep them properly without stains because they do not have extra clothes for filming. During filming, the filming process cannot be delayed due to washing and not drying the clothes.

Zhu Lin only had one piece of clothing, a 72-style female police uniform, white on top and blue on the bottom, with a white wide-brimmed hat.

"How is it?" She turned around in front of Jiang Xian.

Jiang Xian held a thermos cup in his hand and looked her up and down carefully, "Oh, a policewoman."

"What are you talking about?"

Zhu Lin frowned slightly, glared at him, and took out a pair of silver-white handcuffs from her pocket, saying in a delicate voice:
"Come here, let me see how to use this thing."

There was no opening ceremony for "The Sancha Lane Robbery", and work started directly.

To shoot the interior scenes first, the crew borrowed a studio from the Beijing Film Studio.

Jiang Xian took the time to go over and take a look, and saw that the filming had already started.

Director Chen and Lei Xun, played by Li Youbin, were sitting on the sofa, with Director Chen crossing his legs and smiling.

"There are not many old people left. Humph, there are many social security problems. Now Tianbo Mansion needs help. We need to invite all of you Yang family members back to teach and mentor you."

Li Youbin spoke the lines in a measured and full-bodied manner, "As soon as I, a veteran, returned to the team, I smelled gunpowder. I already know the situation of this case, so just leave it to me!"

He was wearing makeup now, and his appearance was beyond his age, a bit like the one in "Out of Nowhere".

Jiang Xian had seen his photos before he wore makeup.

He has thick eyebrows, big eyes and double eyelids, and is a gentleman with a slender figure. He is so handsome that it is inhumane. It really fits the saying: Our Old Li was also a famous handsome young man in the area back then!

At noon, Jiang Xian and Zhu Lin chatted about the morning's filming. Lao Li came over with a lunch box.

"You are screenwriter Jiang, right? I heard from Director Wang that it was you who recommended me to join the crew. Thank you so much." Old Li spoke in a gentle and elegant manner.

He doesn't smoke or drink in private, and is more like a political commissar than He Zhengjun, who is actually an old alcoholic. I heard that he had a crush on Gong Li when he was in the Central Academy of Drama.
"It's okay, I just think you are very suitable for this role. Sit down and let's talk." Jiang Xian liked him very much and immediately pulled him to sit down, opposite him and Zhu Lin.

"Have you ever been a soldier?"

"No no."

"That means someone in your family is in the army. I just saw you acted it out very realistically."

Li Youbin was a little nervous when facing a big shot like Jiang Xian, "No, I'm from an ordinary working-class family."

His father is a senior worker in a watch factory, earning 90 yuan a month!
"Have you been to the capital before?"

"I came here once with my sister, who is an actress at the Central Experimental Theatre."

The Central Experimental Theatre has a long-standing reputation and later merged with the Youth Art Theatre to form the National Theatre.

"So you guys are a family of drama actors."

Jiang Xian chatted with him for a while and asked about his well-being. Li Youbin was deeply touched and his favorable impression of screenwriter Jiang increased greatly.

He is only 22 years old this year, which is the age when he is naive and gullible.

As the two were talking, Jiang Xian heard a shout from the side.

"Teacher Jiang!"

"Huh? Why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)