1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 331 Ge You: I don’t understand

Early in the morning, No. 15 Hufang Road.

"Jiang Xian, the meal is on the table for you." After washing up, Zhu Lin took out a bottle of Friendship brand vanishing cream, scooped a little bit with her fingertips, gently rubbed it on her face, and slowly spread it evenly.

The air in Beijing is dry in winter and the skin is prone to cracking, so vanishing cream is a very popular product.

However, given Jiang Xian's family's current conditions, they can still afford this kind of daily necessities.

Jiang Xian climbed up from the bed, wearing only his shorts, holding his waist, and went to the toilet to pee.

The reason why I hold my waist is, of course, because I sit for a long time. There is absolutely no other reason.

Looking at Zhu Lin applying the vanishing cream, he yawned and said, "My royalties from Japan have come. I'll use the remittance vouchers to buy you some skin care products."

The royalties from Japan were naturally for "Copper Coin Street". Tokuma Shoten had already reprinted it, with the print run reaching an astonishing 10 copies. Based on a % royalty, the remuneration paid to Jiang Xian this time reached an astonishing yen.

These 500,000 yen are actually quite a loss when converted into RMB, because according to the exchange rate of forced foreign exchange settlement, it is only about 10,000 RMB.

But rules are rules, they are hard and fast. Jiang Xian could only console himself with the overseas remittance vouchers, fortunately he had 10% of foreign exchange retained.

This is the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Foreign Exchange Management for Individuals" promulgated in 81, which added a new provision:

Chinese, foreigners and stateless persons residing in China who receive foreign exchange remitted from foreign countries and Hong Kong, Macao and other regions must sell it to the Bank of China. However, for each large remittance of RMB 10 (inclusive) or more, they are allowed to retain % of the foreign exchange.

Overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao are allowed to retain 30% of the foreign exchange brought in or remitted.

Thanks to this, Jiang Xian now has a considerable amount of foreign exchange saved.

This foreign exchange reserve cannot be withdrawn or used domestically and must be exchanged for foreign exchange coupons.

But Jiang Xian would definitely not exchange the foreign exchange for foreign exchange coupons. He could now buy many things with overseas remittance coupons. If he saved the foreign exchange in his hand, wouldn't it come in handy if he had the opportunity to go abroad again in the future?

As she spoke, Zhu Lin also dabbed some face cream on his face. "Come on, I'm not that delicate. I just need to use what I have. There's no need to spend money on those things every day."

"You are quite virtuous." Jiang Xian couldn't help but hug her gently, "That's fine, those brands are not good, they just give money to squid every day."

"What squid?"

Zhu Lin was surprised, but soon shifted her attention to Jiang Xian's unruly big hands.

She was wearing a black wool sweater today, which was very close-fitting and vaguely outlined her proud figure.

"Hey, don't put all the cream you just put on in your mouth."

After some intimacy, Zhu Lin said, "Why do Japanese people like your novels so much? I never thought your novels would be so popular in Japan."

Since Tokuma Shoten published "Copper Coin Street" in Japan, the novel "Glass Moon Shining on Copper Coin Street" has been strongly welcomed by the Japanese people in the market.

Just as Jiang Xian imagined.

"The Moon Shining on Copper Coin Street", also known as "The Moon and Sixpence", is a novel that expresses an idyllic ideology that is a bit ahead of its time for the domestic environment, but is just right for Japan's current stage of development.

You have to know that at that time, Japan's economy was developing rapidly and people's mental crisis was increasing day by day.

The abundance of material life and the expansion of human desires have caused a serious imbalance in the spiritual world.

Communication between people decreases and the psychological distance increases.

People living in cities are like rootless duckweed, lonely, empty, lost, but unable to face the strong social pressure.

The prosperity of the city cannot conceal the anxiety in people's hearts.

Therefore, the popularity of the novel "Copper Coin Street" in Japan is inevitable to a certain extent.

Because the popularity of novels must be closely linked to social development.

Just as the Japanese economic bubble burst a few years later, Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Wood" was published. It is said that this novel was so popular in Japan that one in every six to seven Japanese people owned this book. "Norwegian Wood" also sounded the prelude to Japan's economic recession.

"You have done a great deed."

Zhu Lin raised her eyebrows and joked, "Making money from the Japanese is just like stealing guns and cannons from them in the past."

"Be careful with your words. We are still friendly."

"Friendly? If you want friendly, then why did you write those?" Zhu Lin didn't care at all.

Although they said they were friendly, the common people hated them in their hearts, and Zhu Lin was no exception.

Jiang Xian didn't write today. He packed up and went out with Zhu Lin. They had something to do.

Before "Shaolin Temple" is released, "Popular Movies" would like to introduce the movie "Shaolin Temple".

This is also the promotional strategy of the movie now.

Before the film is released, it is first introduced to the audience in the popular magazine "Popular Movies" and its features are explained so that the audience can know what is so good about the film.

I made an appointment with the reporter from Popular Film at the Beijing Film Studio.

"This is a movie written by Comrade Jiang Xian!" The reporter sent by "Popular Movies" was very excited.

He was also a literary youth. When he saw Jiang Xian, he said that he liked his novels and asked if he could have an autograph.

Jiang Xian was not stingy either. He quickly signed one for the other person and was very kind.

As the heroine of the movie "Shaolin Temple", Zhu Lin not only had to be interviewed, but also had to take a few photos for the cover.

The conditions are poor now, there are no studios or anything like that, so we basically take photos from local materials.

In addition, the film has been completed, and it is impossible for Zhu Lin to wear ancient costume, so they found a suitable place at the Beijing Film Studio and filmed Zhu Lin in the modern costume she is wearing today.

In addition to her, the male lead Li Lianjie will also be photographed. In the future, "Popular Movies" will put the photos of these actors together on the cover.

Li Lianjie was even more fashionable, wearing a baseball cap. When he saw Jiang Xian, he greeted him excitedly without paying attention to the camera.

"Writer Jiang, you are here."

This kid is still naive at this moment.

He remembered that last time, Jiang Xian made a big scene on the set because of the poor food conditions they had.

Because of this, these actors identify with him as a screenwriter from the bottom of their hearts.

Li Lianjie was no exception. He felt that Jiang Xian was a really nice older brother, looked very friendly, and that he could have enough food by following him.

"Hey, isn't this Xiao Li?" Jiang Xian also greeted him and asked about his recent life.

Li Lianjie said that it was very boring to be in the martial arts team, he could not see any future in it, and he did not want to work in this industry. In short, he still wanted to make movies.

Many people don’t know that Li Lianjie is already disabled at this time.

Before filming "Shaolin Temple", he participated in the 5th National Games with injuries. Despite his injuries, he won gold medals. It was also in the same year that he retired from the martial arts world due to injuries.

Later, when filming "Shaolin Temple", he overexerted himself and his injury relapsed, and he was awarded the national third-level disability certificate.

I suffered many injuries afterwards.

While filming "Shaolin Kid", he severely sprained his neck and dislocated his coccyx.

His nose was broken while filming "Chinese Hero", and seven of his ribs were broken after falling from a high place, so his body was covered with rivets.

There are also reasons such as long-term fatigue, stomach displacement, etc.

It is not easy for a martial arts star to become famous, especially the earliest martial arts stars, who basically used real punches and real weapons. Li Xiaolin even hit Jackie Chan with a stick.

Li Lianjie is also one of those people who seems to be a star. Wherever he goes, he is surrounded by people and envied by countless people. However, behind his brilliant success, there are many hardships and physical pains.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be people saying he was dead every day and a lot of people believing it.

"Director Zhang."

Jiang Xian looked at Zhang Xinyan and greeted him.

Zhang Xinyan nodded sullenly. At this moment, he looked at Jiang Xian as if he were the god of plague.

But this person is indeed talented.

The number of copy orders for "Shaolin Temple" has been fed back to him. While it gave Zhang Xinyan a shot in the arm, he also had to acknowledge Jiang Xian's talent as a screenwriter.

He was a latecomer, so he asked Jiang Xian to modify the original script according to his ideal direction. To some extent, this was more difficult than writing the original script.

But Jiang Xian finished it quickly.

And it was completed exactly as he expected.

Judging from the number of copies sold today, "Shaolin Temple" has achieved its first step of success.

Now he is concerned about the market of "Shaolin Temple" after its release in Hong Kong. This year, there are several big blockbusters in Hong Kong.

"Best Partner" by Eric Tsang and Sam Hui.

"Brothers" by the Big Three of Cinema City.

"To the Raging Sea" was created by Xia Meng, a leftist in Yindu.

There is also "Young Master Dragon" by Hong Kong newcomer Big Nosed Jackie Chan.

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Hong Kong is different from the mainland.

The mainland looks at the number of copies, while Hong Kong looks at the box office.

In such a fiercely competitive environment, I wonder what kind of results "Shaolin Temple" will achieve in the end.

After some time, in early winter in Beijing, the movie called "Shaolin Temple" was finally released in theaters.

Ji Jing is a teacher at No. 39 High School.

During this period, something happened in their class:
There were several students who carried their dry food, dropped their studies, and insisted on going to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts. The school couldn't stop them, so the teachers had to be held responsible. Ji Jing was very worried.

She had no other choice but to do ideological work and ask these students why they wanted to go to Shaolin Temple.

The students were very naive and told the truth, saying that they had watched the movie "Shaolin Temple".

This era has a certain magical quality.

In this era when a large number of people practice qigong, deciding to go to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts because of a movie is not even an isolated case.

Ji Jing soon heard from several teachers at neighboring schools that something similar had happened in their school.

The students stopped studying and insisted on practicing martial arts.

The culprit is the movie "Shaolin Temple".

Ji Jing couldn't sit still anymore.

What kind of movie is this?
On a holiday, she and her lover squeezed into the East Palace Cinema to find out what was going on.

Unexpectedly, when she arrived at the cinema, she was dumbfounded.

"Why are there so many people?"

Ji Jing is also a movie lover and often goes to watch movies when she has nothing to do.

But such a terrible scene still shocked her.

The entrance to the cinema was surrounded by so many people that no one could get in or out.

In the cold wind, people were as densely packed as a swarm of bees, crowding each other and rushing towards the ticket office like crickets, as crazy as if they were scrambling for winter vegetables.

"Give me one!"

"Damn it, I've been waiting here for two hours and still don't have a ticket?"

"I'm going to tear down your ticket office!"

People who were scrambling for movie tickets were cursing and the noise was overwhelming.

Seeing this scene and looking at her lover's thin arms and legs, Ji Jing had no choice but to go to Changhong Cinema. Unexpectedly, the entrance of Changhong was the same. She then went to Mingxing Cinema and the same thing happened.

At this time, I met a teacher I knew and asked him about it. Only then did I know that since the release of the martial arts film "Shaolin Temple", such a scene has become the norm in all cinemas in Beijing. There is always a group of people waiting to enter and buy tickets at the entrance of the cinema.

“Is this movie so popular?”

Ji Jing's curiosity was completely aroused.

A few days later, with the help of a teacher, she finally bought tickets and went to see the movie "Shaolin Temple" with her lover.

When the film ended, Ji Jing suddenly empathized with the students in her class.

This movie was shot so well!

What is "All martial arts in the world originated from Shaolin"?

What is "Wine and meat pass through the intestines, but remain in the heart"?

Oh, this line is so classic.

The movie shots are interesting too.

The actors fought with loud crackling sounds, and it looked like they all had mastered qigong. Isn't this what imaginary martial arts masters look like?

No wonder those students were so difficult to persuade.

Who can resist watching a movie like this?

At the same time, "Shaolin Temple" was released in theaters across the country, quickly sparking a viewing craze and triggering reports in major newspapers.

The leaders of Henan Province also watched the movie "Shaolin Temple".

That was a shock.

Oh my god, is this our Shaolin Temple in Henan?

The leaders were also smart. They quickly thought of taking advantage of this wave of traffic and inviting a few monks from the Shaolin Temple to perform some martial arts duels.

Send someone to invite him.

When I asked, I was dumbfounded.

Where are the Shaolin monks?

The grass in the Shaolin Temple was waist-high, and inside were a bunch of old monks who were as thin as sticks.

There was a young man who had just reached adulthood. I don’t know what he was thinking, but he traveled thousands of miles to Shaolin Temple to get ordained last year.

His name is Shi Yongxin.

But he is also a weakling.

In short, forget about knowing martial arts.

This place, which can barely be called a temple, doesn't even have a single capable fighter!
The leader heard it.

How the hell is this possible?
No one is stupid.

In the wild and turbulent 80s, everyone had a keen sense of smell.

Several leaders rushed to Shaolin Temple overnight and consulted with several senior and intelligent monks:

Rebuild Shaolin Temple!
We need to rebuild the temple and recruit more monks.

Our Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Dengfeng, Henan, is the "birthplace of Zen Buddhism" and the "most famous temple in the world."

We must carry forward our Shaolin!

The situation in Henan is in full swing.

Here in Beijing, the news of the hit movie "Shaolin Temple" also reached Jiang Xian, who was in seclusion writing.

"Are you happy?"

Ge You, who came to report the good news, was full of anticipation. "I heard that the Capital Cinema at Liubukou has opened a 5:50 a.m. early show for Shaolin Temple."

Unexpectedly, when Jiang Xian heard that the people of Beijing were fighting each other for tickets to "Shaolin Temple", he was not excited about the empty streets caused by "Shaolin Temple". Instead, he was extremely heartbroken.

"It's over."

"It's over."

"It's over."

Ge You still didn't understand why Jiang Xian was so sad when the movie was so popular.

But I heard him say quietly:

"It's like this just to watch a movie."

"My speech on 'Long Live Understanding' was all in vain."

(End of this chapter)