Back to 80: My Literary Life

As the saying goes, good things come in pairs, and the New Year is about to come, and another big happy event will happen - a new housewarming: Fang Minghua's family is moving to a new house!

At the beginning of December, the key to the fund-raising house was obtained, and her mother Zhang Fenglan couldn't wait to move there.

There is not much decoration these days, and there is no flooring or ceramic tiles, just cement floors, and the walls are also painted with lime from engineering. It can be lived in. At the most, you can buy some furniture and electrical appliances.

Fang Minghua had a lot of the most popular and fashionable furniture of the era, including large wardrobes, small wardrobes, high and low cabinets, and fabric sofas. Anyway, there was plenty of room for them in the house.

My mother was a little worried about money, and said why buy these new furniture now? Wouldn't it be better to wait until you get a wife to buy it?

However, he only babbled a few words and said nothing.

My son can both spend money and make money. He earned tens of thousands by writing a book and publishing it in Xiangjiang!

Well, there are several households worth ten thousand yuan.

If this were put into the old society, a daughter-in-law could have multiple wives!

But I still had a dispute with Fang Minghua when I was buying electrical appliances. I bought a "Darcissus" brand washing machine and a "Snowflake" brand floor fan produced by Taishencheng, but what kind of air conditioner and refrigerator did I buy? !

Doesn't this house have heating in winter?

Is it hot in summer?

Isn't there an electric fan? !

There is also a refrigerator, which is of no use at all and is just a decoration!

Fang Minghua couldn't resist, so he had to let him go.

Today is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month to celebrate the New Year. The almanac says it is time to move to a new home. Early in the morning, the courtyard of the magazine family became lively because the Fang family was moving!

Neighbors and folks also came to help, loading large and small furniture onto several flatbed trucks and happily pulling them to the new home.

The planning committee's fund-raising house is located near Xincheng Square. It is a large house with three bedrooms and two living rooms, and the windows are bright and clean. The neighbors who saw it praised Fenglan and praised her for having a good son.

Yes, and a good daughter-in-law.

She is so beautiful, just like the female stars in the calendar.

Song Tangtang is also here. Today is her first public appearance.

Although he looked a little shy, he still greeted the neighbors generously, and Fang Mingli and Fang Mingli were busy serving tea and water.

This made Zhang Fenglan very satisfied.

I originally thought that this girl came from a rich family and was very squeamish, but I didn't expect that she didn't have the airs of a eldest lady at all, and she was very capable.

The neighbors sat for a while and then left. Zhang Fenglan kept telling them to entertain guests at the May Day Hotel tomorrow, and everyone must come.

When it comes to a housewarming, of course, everyone should be invited, including all the seven aunts and eight aunts in my hometown.

After the neighbors left, Fang Minghua and Song Tangtang came to their bedroom. There was a bed, a large wardrobe, a desk by the window, and a bookcase next to it.

This was arranged by Song Tangtang, and Fang Minghua was quite satisfied.

Looking at the snow-white walls, wondering if I should also buy a beauty calendar?

Nowadays, the 1984 calendar has been sold on the street for a long time. Movie stars such as Zhu Lin and Gong Xuedu all appear on the calendar, each one more beautiful than the other.

Buy a pair? Appreciate it?

Think about it and forget it.

So that the girl standing next to you wouldn't see the joke.

In the evening, Lu Yao, Chen Zhongshi, Jia Pingwa, Li Tianfang, Bai Miao and other writers and editors also came, and the house suddenly became lively again.

Fang Minghua was originally sending Song Tangtang home after a busy day, but seeing this, he had no choice but to stay and send Song Tangtang to the door of the Planning Commission Family Court.

"Minghua, you'd better go back and entertain the guests. This is not far from my home. I'll walk back by myself." Song Tangtang said.

"Okay, pay attention to safety. I'll go to your house to pay New Year's greetings to your parents in two days," Fang Minghua said.

After the girl left, Fang Minghua went up to the fifth floor, where Lu Yao and his group were chatting and laughing while eating melon seeds and peanuts.

"Xiao Fang, we are so envious of you that your family can live in such a big apartment." Lu Yao said with a smile.

"Brother Lu, why do you envy me? Didn't you just move into a new house? And Teacher Chen." Fang Minghua said.

Just when Lu Yao returned to Xijing from Shencheng in October, he encountered a great news: considering the housing difficulties of a group of writers including Lu Yao, Chen Zhongshi and their contributions to the literary cause of Qin Province, the province wanted to This solution solved their housing problem. Each person was assigned a house. Of course, the area was not large, less than 60 square meters.

Now hearing what Fang Minghua said, Chen Zhongshi also jumped in: "It's solved, but it's not as good as your three-bedroom and two-living house. I have three children at home, and it's still a bit small."

"There is no way, we can't give others a small comparison, and their novels can be published in Xiangjiang." Jia Pingwa said.

Hearing what Jia Pingwa said, everyone looked envious.

Fang Minghua was still exposed two days before he published the novel in Xiangjiang, but Fang Minghua admitted it openly.

The campaign to clean up ideological pollution has passed. From now on, the literary world will be almost flat, and there will be nothing to hide.

However, Fang Minghua still didn't reveal the truth. He just said that the Xiangjiang side was for royalties, and he was competing for tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, which is equivalent to more than 10,000 RMB.

But this more than 10,000 yuan also shocked everyone.

Obedient.

If you calculate the manuscript fee, how many words should you write?

More than one million!

"I said, what is there to envy? Brothers and sisters, your novels can also be published by Xiangjiang Publishing House." Fang Minghua said.

"Xiao Fang, please stop laughing at us. Do people in Xiangjiang like to read what we write?" Jia Pingwa said: "Take Lu Yao's popular book "Life" for example. Do you think people in Xiangjiang like to read it? ?”

This is true.

Fang Minghua suddenly thought of something and said with a smile: "To be honest, the sales volume of the "Wukong Biography" I wrote in Hong Kong is only 100,000 copies, which is far less than the sales volume of Brother Lu's "Life" in the mainland .”

"But why do I earn more? It's because the system in Xiangjiang is not a remuneration system, but a royalty system!"

"Yes, I've heard of it." At this time, Bai Miao interjected: "It is said that Xiangjiang's royalties are based on 10-20% of the total revenue from book sales."

so tall?

Everyone was a little unconvinced.

"Brother Bai is saying that it is indeed true. It is said that the sales volume of Brother Lu's book "Life" has reached one million copies in China. The price is 1.6 yuan per copy, which is 1.6 million. It is based on the lowest 10% in the Xiangjiang area. Royalties, that’s RMB 160,000!”

160,000!

This is absolutely an astronomical figure!

Several writers present were breathing rapidly.

"Xiao Fang, please stop teasing me. This is in the mainland, not Xiangjiang, and we are not implementing royalties." Lu Yao said.

"Why is it that Hong Kong implements royalties, but the mainland cannot implement it?!"

As soon as Fang Minghua's words came out, everyone was stunned.

"You mean, royalties can also be implemented in China?!" Jia Pingwa reacted first, her eyes burning.

"Of course, isn't this the time of reform and opening up? Many policies must be in line with international standards. Why isn't the royalty system in line with international standards?!"

This is true.

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

"Xiao Fang, but this is not easy to implement, right? There will definitely be great resistance. This will actually realign the interests of the author, publisher, Xinhua Bookstore and other parties," Chen Zhongshi was a little skeptical.

"It's not easy, but we can fight for it depending on the opportunity. If we don't fight for it ourselves, who will fight for us?" Fang Minghua said.

"Yes, Xiao Fang is right!"

Several people agreed.

Fang Minghua was very happy.

Historically, Wang Shuo was the first to implement royalties. That was already in the early 1990s. Why couldn't this day come earlier?

Especially after Wang Meng became the leader, do you think this is possible?