The first edition of the 210th chapter of the main text volume

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This incident caused a lot of shock in the film industry, and everyone would talk about it when they were together.

Some people feel that the review of the General Administration is too strict, and some people feel that Zhang Yimou has done too much in recent years.

Since Zhang Yimou won several international awards, his connection with the domestic film industry is not as close as before.

He is not short of funds for making films, there are a lot of investors outside who are willing to contribute, and he does not need to compromise within the system.

When a domestic director had no way to ask for one or two million shooting funds, he took millions of dollars to shoot the film he wanted to make, and when the domestic director fought for the award, the Golden Bull Award deliberately changed the rules for him and allowed co-productions to enter the scope of awards.

This disparity inevitably leads to ideas.

Zhang Yimou is getting closer and closer to filmmakers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas, ignoring the exchanges with the mainland film circle.

Just like this time, when everyone talks about Zhang Yimou, there are not many people who are willing to help him speak, most people are cold bystanders, and some people even fall into the ground, which is the norm in society.

Lin Zixuan drew a conclusion from this.

We can't be too independent, we must pay attention to the balance of interests, and one person can't take all the benefits, otherwise there will always be a day of hardship.

Because the movie "Alive" was not censored, and the rumors above were very tight, Changhe Literature and Art Publishing House was unwilling to take the risk and was ready to dispose of the 20,000 printed books, and the publishing house called to ask Lin Zixuan if he wanted it.

Lin Zixuan asked the publishing house to send him some, anyway, don't want it in vain, just give it away.

This is a book with a regular ISBN and can be put on the market, but the publisher doesn't want to take the risk.

A few days later, he went to the post office to pick up the package, and found that there were five bags of marijuana, which were probably hundreds of books, and he actually only wanted a few dozen copies, but he didn't expect the publishing house to be so generous.

It is estimated that the more than 10,000 copies left by the publishing house are disposed of as waste paper.

Lin Zixuan loaded the sack into the car, transported it home, unloaded it with great difficulty, and put it in the living room.

Even if someone you know gives one copy, there are only dozens of copies, and those who don't have a relationship are embarrassed to send it, and people think he's showing off, and there's really nothing to show off.

These books are kept at home to occupy space, and it is estimated that people will not want so many when they donate them to the library.

At this time, Mu Shanshan came back from work.

"Why are there so many? Don't you only need dozens of copies?" Mu Shanshan said in surprise.

"I think this is the publisher expressing dissatisfaction and giving me a problem, you said that our house is such a big place, where to put it, it can't be used to start a fire, right?" Lin Zixuan said with a smile.

"What are you talking about, this is your first novel you've ever published, and you can't put it anywhere. Mu Shanshan said dissatisfied.

"Well, I'm embarrassed to say I'm a writer without a single published novel, and now we finally have two writers in our family, but unfortunately the book didn't make any money. Lin Zixuan laughed at himself.

"It's not a matter of money, your book is much more important than the one I wrote, my book will pass on to others, your book can be passed on, and there will always be a time to reflect its value in the future." Mu Shanshan said confidently.

"I don't plan to give it away when you say that, this is the first edition, after the destruction of the publishing house, the rest is in our hands, it's too rare, it can be auctioned." Lin Zixuan joked, "When the time comes, we will auction ten copies a year, which is enough to auction for decades." ”

"Look at your stinginess, you really care about that little money when you're so famous. Mu Shanshan said disdainfully.

"yes, it's better to give it away. Lin Zixuan nodded.

The two of them rolled up their sleeves, opened the sack, sorted out the books inside, and put them on the table one by one, a total of five hundred books, which looked quite spectacular.

The whole room was filled with the smell of ink, which was the smell of books.

Mu Shanshan picked up a book, the cover was quite simple, it was an abstract painting, and there was a text excerpt from the beginning of the book.

"When I was ten years younger than I am now, I got an idle career, going to the countryside to collect folk songs. Throughout the summer of that year, I wandered like a sparrow in the fields of cottages and sunshine. ”

This is where the story of "Alive" begins.

Maybe when this book is published in the future, a series of honors will be printed on the cover, such as being made into a movie by Zhang Yimou, or winning any awards, being evaluated by celebrities, and so on.

This is the first edition, the simplest one.

With these hundreds of books, the smell of books in the room is not dispersed, you can always smell the smell of ink, and friends will praise you when they come to visit, you are really engaged in literature and art.

"We're a scholar. Lin Zixuan joked.

Lin Zixuan and Mu Shanshan gave away the novel to people, both of them were given to people who knew each other, or people who were worth sending, and some acquaintances would come to the door to ask for it, which was a particularly good relationship.

If you want to know who people are in Lin Zixuan's circle, you just need to see if this person has the first version of "Alive" in his hand.

The first batch he sent was naturally Ge You and Feng Xiaogang and others.

The movie "Alive" could not be released in China, which had a great impact on Ge You, after all, this is a movie starring him, and it is a pity that it has been prepared for so long and cannot be seen by domestic audiences.

This time it was mainly aimed at Zhang Yimou, as an actor, Ge You was only implicated.

Although those people criticized the movie, they did not criticize Ge You, and some even thought that Ge You performed very well.

Now, Ge You is faced with a choice.

"Alive" was sent to the Cannes Film Festival to participate in the exhibition, Zhang Yimou would not come forward in order to avoid suspicion, he called Ge You and wanted Ge You and Gong Li to go to Cannes, France to participate in the film festival together.

One is that if the film wins the award, someone can come on stage to accept the award, and the appearance of the leading actor can increase the attention of the film.

Needless to say, Gong Li is an international movie star, Ge You's influence is mainly in China, and he is still a newcomer in the international film industry.

That's why hesitant to make a decision.

This film was not censored, it was an illegal competition, if he went to Cannes, it would be a bit inappropriate, it would leave a bad impression on it, he was a person who did not want to cause trouble.

"Brother You, you are just an actor, this matter has little to do with you, there is nothing wrong with going to the international film festival to see the world, maybe you can get an actor back. Lin Zixuan persuaded.

"Forget it, I know it in my heart, it's no fun. Ge You shook his head and said, "Besides, I can't even speak English well, foreigners don't know me, and I can't help sell films, what are you going to do, it's enough to have Gong Li, it's expensive to fly back and forth, don't waste other people's money." ”

"This can be said, you have been lucky in the past two years, and our company's films will be sold abroad in the future, you first go to find out the enemy's situation, and it will depend on you whether the company can go to the world in the future." Lin Zixuan encouraged.

"Don't lift me so high, I'm afraid of falling, let's talk about whether I go or not. Ge You hesitated.

He said so, but his attitude had softened. (To be continued.) )