Chapter 640: Stay Calm and Be Well.

"Come on, everyone, Wang Shuo is a coward who scolds others in newspapers and magazines every day, and now he is finally being scolded by others. Congratulations! Come on, let's have a drink!" Jia Pingwa took the initiative to raise her glass.

"Pingwa, take it easy, it's your body." Lu Yao reminded him as he drank Bingfeng.

"I know. I only had three drinks. I'm happy today. Come on, come on."

After hearing what Jia Pingwa said, everyone raised their glasses.

"Do you think I need to mix in? This is an opportunity." Jia Pingwa asked, putting down her glass.

Everyone understood what Jia Pingwa meant and were ready to beat up the drowned dog.

"I said Pingwa, let's just write novels, why do we do such fancy things?" Chen Zhongshi was the first to object.

Chen Zhongshi had a very stubborn temper and was a "coward" in Guanzhong parlance, but he was very popular in the literary world.

Firstly, being the oldest among this group of writers will naturally gain the respect of others. Secondly, whether in official circles or in the literary world, he does not like to make small moves behind his back, but speaks in person when he has something to say, which will also win everyone's favor.

Lu Yao also said that engaging in literary theory is not our strong point. If we have time to fight with others, we might as well get down to business by writing a novel.

"Minghua, what do you mean?" Jia Pingwa turned her head and asked Fang Minghua.

"Brother Jia, I suggest you listen to Teacher Chen and Brother Lu and calm down." Fang Minghua said without politeness:

"Actually, the book "The Wasted City" you wrote is exactly what they want to criticize: the depravity of writers and artists has promoted mass sensory entertainment, and literary "games" have replaced "soul salvation." Do you think you stand on their side? Are they happy to scold Wang Shuo here? I am sure that as soon as you open your mouth, they may turn around and scold you. "

"Minghua is right, why do they want to scold Wang Shuo? In addition to what that guy wrote is really annoying to those people, there is another very important reason: he is too crazy! He talks nonsense everywhere with his big mouth! If you don't take your Wang Shuo Who should Shuo perform the surgery on?" Lu Yao also started his own analysis.

"It seems that I listened to Minghua's words some time ago and escaped disaster by keeping silent." Jia Pingwa laughed at herself.

"Of course." Lu Yao glanced at him, took out a pack of Hongtashan from his bag, and gave one to the other three people. After ordering it, he slowly said: "Remember the campaign against mental pollution ten years ago? I feel like there is a difference between this time and that time.”

Lu Yao's words shocked the rest of the people.

Of course, everyone still remembers what happened ten years ago. Many writers were unlucky. Among them, Fang Minghua was the most unlucky. Several of his books were banned from sale.

At any rate, the gust of wind passed quickly and did not cause much damage to everyone. However, only these people involved knew how powerful it was.

Seeing everyone's trembling expressions, Fang Minghua smiled.

"You don't need to be so nervous. I estimate that this big discussion will only be academic and ideological, and will not involve politics. It is already the 1990s, and the current social atmosphere is different from that of ten years ago."

That's true. Everyone nodded after hearing this.

"Pingwa, regarding this matter, I suggest you continue to remain silent. Those people are scolding Wang Shuo. Can Wang Shuo hold back his temper? He will definitely scold him back. Then we can just sit back and watch."

"Yes, I won't participate!" Chen Zhongshi also expressed his position.

"Okay then, it's up to you." Jia Pingwa said.

"Hey leaders, won't you participate in this great discussion on humanistic spirit?" Bai Miao, who had been silent while listening to the conversation between the four people just now, spoke up: "I'm still waiting for you to write a few comment articles so that I can publish them in "Yanhe" "Up."

"De Bai Miao, you can find someone else. I won't write it anyway." Fang Minghua refused: "If you have time to talk nonsense, you might as well play a few rounds of mahjong."

"Hey, as the editor-in-chief of "Yanhe", it's really getting harder and harder for me to be the editor-in-chief." Bai Miao couldn't help but lament.

When I got home in the evening, the two children and the nanny had already gone to bed. Song Tangtang was still sitting on the bed in the bedroom reading a book. When he saw Fang Minghua sneaking in, he asked, "Who is the guest today?"

"Pingwa." Fang Minghua simply told what happened.

"Oh, you guys really want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?" Song Tangtang said with a sweet smile.

"To be honest, I don't like Wang Shuo's "crazy" attitude, but I also hate the way those young students act like the rest of the world is drunk and I am sober. Moreover, the argument may turn into a personal attack, which is boring."

"It's okay, it's better to calm down and write something than to talk eloquently." Song Tangtang said.

"Well, where is Zhang Yimou? How is his mood recently? The article also criticized him by name." Fang Minghua asked again.

"I told him what you meant and asked him not to get involved."

"Yes, for Zhang Yimou, as long as the film he makes can be released and the audience likes to watch it, there is really no need to worry about anything else. He can take a good rest after winning the award."

"He has been helping me plan the construction of a photo studio recently," Song Tangtang said.

"That's good. Everyone, please be patient and stay well."

Two recent films produced by Shengshi Film and Television, "Westward Journey" and "Alive", have been released in mainland China.

Among them, the two "Westward Journey" films achieved a box office of 120 million in cross-strait and three places, with an investment of nearly 45 million. It was not a huge profit, but it was still a slight surplus. This made both Stephen Chow and Song Tangtang relieved.

The money invested can be recovered.

The film has been invited to participate in this year's Hong Kong Film Awards and has become a big hit.

In addition to being released in mainland China, the film "To Live" has also been purchased by countries and regions such as Italy, France, the United States, and Hong Kong, China, and has begun to be released one after another.

The box office of this kind of art film will not be very good, but it is no problem to break even. More importantly, there are audio-visual copyrights, which can also make money, but the battle line is drawn out.

Shengshi Film and Television suspended investment in filming in the second half of the year, and the company's main energy was focused on the construction of a photography base.

It is planned to invest 90 million yuan to acquire 60 acres of land near the TV tower to build two of the most advanced studios in China and some ancillary facilities.

In the literary world, compared with the lively "Qin Army's Eastern Expedition" craze in the first half of the year, the Qin Province literary world in the second half of the year suddenly became deserted. Several famous writers, including Fang Minghua, seemed to have entered a state of seclusion and rarely published their own works in newspapers and magazines.

But in contrast, the Yanjing literary world was particularly lively.

Wang Shuo, who was criticized by name, finally couldn't help it and published "Wang Shuo's Notice of Leaving the Literary World" in the "Xinmin Evening News", accusing "What are you? You are all fake lofty moral idealists"! , directly bombarding the group of young scholars in Shanghai.

This was like stirring up a hornet's nest, and the literary world was in an uproar.