Xu Jian wrote in the semi-monthly magazine "Biduan" that he founded: "On February 25, 1926, when I was studying in Beijing, a friend in Shanghai mailed me the first pictorial of "Liangyou" in my life, which was also the first issue of the publication, with 9 folios and 24 pages.

At that time, the cover character, if I remember correctly, should be a half-length photo of Hu Die, a movie actor who has no name and will be a smash hit in the future, holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand, with the title "Hu Die Loves Flowers", and two large characters in art style "Good Friends" printed on the front cover.

Old things, as if they are right in front of us, are still fresh in my memory.

Not long ago, I heard that Liangyou was preparing to resume publication for the third time, and I was very happy at that time, thinking that I could finally buy Liangyou pictorial. But yesterday, I learned from a friend that Mr. Wu Liande had unfortunately passed away on March 2 at St. Paul's Hospital.

It may be difficult for young friends to understand the sensation brought by "Liangyou" in that era, if you have to make a comparison, in the United States, which had the most developed publishing industry at that time, the first "Life" pictorial they founded that year was two years behind our Chinese "Liangyou" pictorial.

The pictorial "Good Friends" founded by Mr. Wu Liande has been established for decades and has been sold at home and abroad, not only loved by Chinese people, but also praised by foreigners. It can be said to have created a precedent in China, and it is proud to stand in the world. ”

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In addition to Xu Jie's article in the magazine "Biduan" to mourn Wu Liande, literati, poets and writers from Hong Kong from the south have used their own channels to commemorate the father of pictorials, who once created a precedent for Chinese pictorials.

After the resumption of the first issue of the pictorial "Liangyou", countless people who knew about the pictorial, or who did not, bought it, and it sold more than 50,000 copies.

It is naturally a good thing that the pictorial sells a lot, but because of Wu Liande's death, the inflated sales brought about by the eulogies and elegiac couplets of many celebrities always seem a little bleak and ridiculous.

After Huo Yaowen helped deal with Wu Lao's funeral, he originally wanted the Wu family to rest at home for a while to relieve the grief of losing his dearest father, but he was politely rejected by the Wu family, saying that "Good Friends" was the most precious thing in his father's lifetime, and now that it is republished, it is natural to do the best to live up to the efforts made by his father.

Seeing that Wu's family said this, Huo Yaowen comforted him a few words, and asked Yao Wenjie to hand over the editor-in-chief of the pictorial with him.

On the other hand, Zhang Chengyi may be because of the death of an old friend, and he is indeed a little old, although Luo Qiaozhen is mostly responsible for the affairs of the foundation, but during this period of exhaustion, he fell ill directly.

"Teacher, you have to rest more, and you must take care of your body more. Huo Yaowen looked at the teacher's haggard face, and couldn't help sighing in his heart.

Zhang Chengyi lay on the bed, grabbed Huo Yaowen's hand, patted the back of his hand, and said, "Suddenly falling ill, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you." ”

Huo Yaowen's eyes were a little rosy, and he remembered how much Teacher Zhang had taken care of himself in the past few years, and couldn't help choking up: "What did the teacher say, I haven't thanked you properly, teacher, if you hadn't helped me manage the foundation for two years, maybe what would have become of the foundation." And I blame myself too, I was supposed to retire at home, teacher, watch TV, listen to songs, but I was pulled to the foundation......"

The wife on the side saw Huo Yaowen's eyes red, walked over and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yaowen, your teacher is just unwell because of the recent death of an old friend, but it has nothing to do with helping you manage the foundation." ”

"Your wife is right. ”

Zhang Chengyi smiled and said: "I was also bored when I retired at home, if you didn't dislike me for being old and invited me to be a director of the foundation, I'm afraid I would be suffocated at home." ”

"Yes, your teacher belongs to Mu Guiying, and he can't fall for a while. ”

Listening to the words of the teacher and his wife, Huo Yaowen knew in his heart that it was the relief of the second elder, and rubbed his eyes that were a little red, and while he was moved in his heart, he didn't say anything more.

Accompanied Zhang Chengyi to chat until more than three o'clock in the afternoon, Huo Yaowen drove to the Charity Education Foundation.

Soon, when he arrived at the Foundation, he walked directly towards Luo Qiaozhen's office.

"Click"

The door opened, Luo Qiaozhen looked up, saw that it was Huo Yaowen, and asked with concern: "How is Zhang Lao's body? ”

Huo Yaowen shook his head and said: "The doctor said that the teacher is a little exhausted, his spirit is not good, and there are some geriatric diseases, so it is okay for him to recuperate for a while, but I am afraid that he will not be able to do too much hard work in the future." ”

"It's okay, I'll go over tomorrow morning to see Mr. Zhang. ”

After speaking, Luo Qiaozhen pondered for a moment and said: "Recently, the Foundation has been busy, and Zhang Lao is recuperating in this quiet, I'm afraid there will be a shortage of manpower." ”

Huo Yaowen glanced at her, and saw that she looked tired, so he said: "The teacher's work will be handed over to me for the time being, and I will ask the people from the human resources department to recruit a few more people later." Now that the foundation is getting bigger and bigger, sooner or later the manpower will have to be replenished, so take advantage of the current arrangement to avoid you being so tired. ”

This year alone, there are more than 300 students funded by the Foundation, and there are more than 1,200 people in Hong Kong.

"It's okay, you, the president, should work more on the Foundation's affairs. "Luo Qiaozhen, as the vice president, naturally has to oversee the work of the entire foundation, so she hasn't slept well since the New Year, and she is indeed a little tired.

Sweat......

Huo Yaowen changed the topic and said: "I'll go out and talk to the Ministry of Manpower first, and let them publish a job advertisement in the newspaper tomorrow." ”

"Whatever you want. ”

Luo Qiaozhen gave him a blank look, waved his hand, lowered his head and threw himself on the desk to continue working.

Well, it doesn't seem to have eased up.

Huo Yaowen touched his nose in embarrassment, turned around and opened the door and went out.

"Click" The sound of closing the door sounded, Luo Qiaozhen looked up and saw that there was no one left, only the tightly closed door, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

In the past few months, Luo Qiaozhen has ignored Huo Yaowen, not only that night, but more because she doesn't want to fall deeper and deeper, resigning and leaving is the best way, but every time she uses work as an excuse to anesthetize and fool herself.

It seems to be quite effective, the two haven't talked much for a few months, and even when they meet, most of them just talk about business, but the deeper the feelings are suppressed, the more counterproductive they are.

Huo Yaowen, who went out, went straight to the Ministry of Human Resources, and after telling the people from the Ministry of Human Resources about the positions and conditions for recruitment, he waited out of the door of the Ministry of Human Resources, arrived at the outside office area, glanced at the door of the vice president's office, rubbed his hands, thought for a few seconds, and finally turned around and walked out of the foundation and drove back.

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More than half a month later, the British Thames Publishing Company sent a telegram to congratulate Huo Yaowen on the proud achievement of selling 1.5 million copies of his new book "Game of Thrones" in the United Kingdom.

This achievement is indeed a bit shocking, considering that since the publication of "Game of Thrones", it has only been a short twenty-one days, and it can only be achieved at an average rate of 70,000 copies per day.

This is the average, and the actual sales are even more alarming, after selling 100,000 copies of Huo Yaowen's previous magical work "Harry Potter" in the first week, many fans were pleasantly surprised to find that the book actually contained a preface written by Tolkien himself, which said that this is an adult society that can reveal human nature more than "The Lord of the Rings".

All of a sudden, the entire British fantasy book fan can be said to be boiling.

Many people may have heard or seen the book and movie The Lord of the Rings, but most people are certainly unaware of Tolkien's influence in Britain.

Let's just say that before the birth of "The Lord of the Rings", although there were fantasy texts in England, almost all of them were scum, but once "The Lord of the Rings" and the prequel "The Hobbit" were published, the huge success completely caused the popularity and revival of the literary genre.

As a result, Tolkien is widely recognized as the "father of modern fantasy literature"—or, more accurately, serious fantasy.

In addition, there is a grapevine that Her Majesty the Queen of Buckingham Palace intends to award the Medal of Honor to Tolkien, the father of fantasy, which has also led to Tolkien's popularity in the United Kingdom almost exploded.

It is often said that where there are Chinese, there is Jin Yong martial arts, which is converted to Britain, that is, no Englishman knows "The Lord of the Rings" and Tolkien.

All of this led to a complete explosion in the second week of "Game of Thrones", which sold an astonishing 500,000 copies in the second week, and a staggering 800,000 copies in the third week, which also made the book reach an astonishing number that many writers have sold in their lifetimes in just three weeks and 21 days: 1,487,950 copies.

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