Cheng Mingde returned the manuscript to Yu Dong, turned sideways and stared at the pond in the yard. There were some residual lotuses in it. I don't know whether it was because the breeze blew or the fish touched their branches in the water, making them sway gently, as if they would break out at any time.
Wither.
After a long while, Cheng Mingde sighed, "I don't know how many more of your new books I can read."
Mr. Cheng, who has always been chic, showed a hint of loneliness in his voice when he said this.
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Grandpa, are you urging me to write my manuscript?"
Cheng Mingde also laughed, "Just think that I am urging you to write the manuscript, take it to heart, and publish more books in the future. But I hope that no matter how many books you write, you will not forget that you are also a teacher."
When I was very young, your great-grandfather quit his job as a teacher and specialized in selling essays to make a living. It was not because he made money writing essays that he despised the teaching position, but because of the limitations of the times at that time. Teaching and writing at the same time
There were all kinds of difficulties. But in this era, these difficulties no longer exist.”
Yu Dong nodded, "I will always remember that I am a teacher. Except for special reasons, I will teach students normally, no different from other colleagues."
"I heard Liye say that you have done a very good job in this regard. Nowadays, you are a big celebrity and are always paying attention to you. At this time, you must set an example and set an example for other teachers in the industry." Cheng Mingde said with emotion, "We
These people have indeed made some achievements in their own fields, but we cannot think that these achievements belong entirely to us. We rely on the country and society to obtain better resources, and now we are also
It’s time for us to give back to the country and society.”
Yu Dong nodded and was about to say something when Cheng Mingde continued, "There is a bad trend nowadays. People like to talk about freedom and self, and always think that they have nothing to do with others. This is very unfair.
Good, very bad. This society is a society of people, not a cold existence, and everyone is by no means a completely independent individual. We come from society and want to go to society. We cannot enjoy the benefits of society at the same time.
He is good, but he wants to break away from society."
"Um."
Yu Dong responded. Cheng Mingde rarely talked to him about these things. Today, he probably felt a little emotional after reading the new book.
The old man has lived for more than eighty years, and he has come step by step since the war. He has experienced most of the hundred years written in the book.
He is not only a witness to this history of struggle, but also a participant. He has made great efforts and struggles for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when he returned to China with Hua Luogeng, what he carried in his arms was not his personal future, but the future of the country.
Cheng Mingde smiled again, "It really makes no sense for me to nag you about this, because you have done a good enough job in this area. I have paid attention to everything that Deep Space has done in the past few years, and I can understand almost every one.
It brings great ambition to the people. I can also clearly feel that when people mention the United States in the past two years, their attitudes have changed somewhat, and the Deep Space Company must have played a role."
Yu Dong said modestly, "We have only made some modest achievements. The key is that our country is currently prosperous as a whole. This is our confidence."
"Haha, being modest is a good thing, but you can't deny your achievements easily."
As soon as Cheng Mingde finished speaking, Cheng Yanqiu came from the other end of the corridor and saw the two of them sitting on the eaves. He smiled and said, "Grandpa, it's time to eat."
"Oh, it's already dinner time." Cheng Mingde patted his head, stood up with his knees in his hands, and then shouted into the room, "Comrade Lu Yun, don't bother warming yourself by the fire, let's eat."
"I heard it, I'm not deaf."
Lu Yun retorted, got up and walked outside.
Cheng Mingde walked forward, but he was a little unsteady. Yu Dong wanted to help Cheng Mingde, but the latter waved his hand, "It's not time to ask for help yet. I just sat for a long time and my legs are a little numb. It will be fine soon."
Already."
Yu Dong could only retract his hand and watch from the side.
When Lu Yun passed by, she even provocatively said, "Old man, hurry up."
Then, she ignored Cheng Mingde and walked quickly to meet Cheng Yanqiu. The two of them went to the restaurant first.
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When Yu Dong and Cheng Mingde arrived at the restaurant, everyone else had already arrived. The guests greeted the old man one after another, and the old man waved with a smile, "Everyone, sit down, everyone, sit down, you're welcome."
Today, apart from the family members, there are only three young men like Xu Zechen, Jay Chou's mother Ye Huimei, and Ruan Xiaohu's wife Li Yu.
The three of them are students of Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu, so today's meal can be said to be a family dinner. Except for Xu Zechen and Zhou Jielun, who are more reserved, everyone else is very relaxed.
Ruan Xiaohu and his wife often come here for dinner, and they have known each other for a long time. After all, Ye Huimei is the elder, and she is also a teacher. They have something in common with Cheng Yanqiu.
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This year's Spring Festival in Jinling will be more lively than in previous years. Due to the booming development in recent years, the Jinling government has gradually increased its investment in activities during the New Year.
This year is especially true, because many foreign guests who came to participate in the Deep Space Annual Conference did not choose to return to their country after the annual conference, but stayed in Jinling to prepare to experience the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year.
Even some people from their own countries who also celebrated the Spring Festival did not go back, such as Qian Xiuyan who came from Korea.
However, Qian Xiuyan was different from other Koreans. The main reason why she stayed in Jinling was to wait for her parents to arrive.
Qian Xiuyan plans to stay in China until the end of the Spring Festival and wait until her parents come to China to discuss her debut with Deep Space Company.
Since the end of the annual meeting, these foreign tourists or guests have all moved to the Jinling Hotel because Deep Space Company informed them that there will be unified arrangements for activities on New Year's Eve.
Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, someone organized them to go to Jinling Art Institute.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the square in front of the library of Jinling College of Art, there are several rows of tables filled with red paper for writing door couplets, as well as pen and ink.
Foreign tourists can not only write the door couplets themselves, but also personally help Jinling Art Institute to affix the door couplets.
The tourists were very happy to see that they could write and paste door couplets by themselves, and they started doing it one by one.
Uncle Zhou stood aside holding the teapot and said to Xiao Fang with a smile, "Tsk tsk, Xiao Ji will come up with some ideas. With these foreigners this year, we won't have to worry about no one posting the school's door couplet."
Xiao Fang nodded repeatedly, "Mr. Ji's brain is very good."
"Of course, if Xiaoji has hair on his body, he will be no different from a monkey."
Every year, Jinling Academy of Arts puts up door posters. Usually, Wu Changxin or Hu Changqing goes to catch the young men, and whoever they catch is allowed to do it.
When Hu Changqing told Yu Dong about this this year, Jimmy was nearby. He rolled his eyes and thought of this trick. He simply pulled the foreign tourists over and asked them to help put up the door couplets.
Not to mention, this trick is really effective. These foreigners have never done this before, and they are all very motivated.
That's not the end yet, Jimmy hasn't forgotten to pick up a handful of these tourists.
If you want to write the door couplets yourself, you can. There is no charge for paper, pen, and ink for the first door couplets, but if you want to write more, you will be charged. No more. A set of door couplets costs ten yuan.
If you feel that your writing is not good, you can also ask someone to help you write it. Shenkong Company has specially arranged for a master to write a couplet for them. It is not expensive to write a couplet on the spot, only 30 yuan, and you can specify what content to write.
He later told them that the money would not be kept by Shen Kong, but would be donated to schools in backward areas that needed funds.
Before the event started, Uncle Zhou and Xiao Fang thought that thirty yuan for a couplet was too shameful. But what they didn't expect was that after the event started, the sales of the couplets were so hot that even several couplet writers couldn't write them.
It made them feel that the thirty yuan was a bit of a loss.
Looking at the scene of these foreigners rushing to buy couplets, Uncle Zhou and Xiao Fang were amazed. Have these foreigners never bought anything? Thirty yuan. Many people nowadays can't make so much money in a day.
Later, Uncle Zhou concluded that foreigners are stupid and have too much money.
In fact, if you want to keep the money in foreigners' pockets in Jinling, you don't need the Deep Space Company to come up with any ideas. The Confucius Temple has confused them.
Jinling Hotel is also very cooperative and allows guests to post door couplets on their room doors. Basically every foreigner has bought at least one pair of door couplets, one of which is posted on the door of their room, and the others are ready to be taken back home.
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There are all kinds of these couplets, and they are not all serious couplets. Because ancient Chinese poetry was particularly popular in the United States, many foreigners chose to write ancient poetry on them.
Therefore, on New Year's Eve, if you walk through the corridor of the Jinling Hotel, you will see famous names such as "Fifty strings of brocade strings for no reason, each string and one column reflect the past years", "The flowers gradually become more charming, and Asakusa has no horse hoofs" and other famous names.
verse.
That night, in order to simulate the atmosphere of the New Year, these foreigners will take the initiative to visit the house and share melon seeds, peanuts and candies. When they meet some children, they will also take the initiative to give out red envelopes.
Anyway, adults don’t care, the children who came to China this time must like Chinese New Year’s Eve very much. After all, who would refuse a red envelope?
In just one day, many foreign children have learned "Congratulations on getting rich, bring the red envelope".
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Yu Dong first had New Year's Eve dinner at home, and then went to Jinling Hotel to attend the New Year's Eve dinner organized by the company.
Every year, many Deep Space Company employees cannot go home, or choose not to go home, so the company organizes these people to have a New Year's Eve dinner together.
Of course, in addition to these employees who have not returned home, some local employees or employees who have settled in Jinling can also participate, so that everyone can celebrate the New Year together.
In the first year, there were not many people participating, but after everyone heard that there would be prizes for the New Year's Eve dinner, the number of people gradually increased.
This year’s deep space New Year’s Eve dinner had a total of twenty-one tables, four of which were occupied by guests, including Spielberg, Giuseppe, George Martin and others.
Not all of the remaining seventeen tables are employees, some are employees' family members, including adults and children.
Shenzong strongly welcomes employees to bring their families to celebrate the New Year, and there are no restrictions. As long as employees are willing, they can bring any aunt or uncle, because the company doesn't care about the money at all.
Of course, under normal circumstances, employees will only bring their immediate family members. After all, they are afraid of others gossiping.
Yu Dong held a cup and said hello from table to table, and then found Jimmy.
Jimmy drank some wine and his face turned red. When he saw Yu Dong coming over, he smiled and said, "Why don't you drink some tonight?"
"I've already drank at home, so you should take it easy."
"Don't worry, I'm measured." Jimmy smiled and said, "I heard your new book has been written?"
"Well, I told you that from the margin, right?"
"Yes, he told me this morning. There is another thing. Colvin told me about the sponsorship last night. He was very sincere."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "How many are there?"
Jimmy raised two fingers and said, "That's enough."
"Twenty million US dollars? Advertising sponsorship alone?"
"Well, that's right. The advertising fee alone is 20 million US dollars, and the requirements for advertising are not high."
Yu Dong nodded, "It's obvious that they want to use these two thousand dollars to show us goodwill so that we can give them priority in licensing negotiations later."
"Well, they have made it clear and hope that they can continue to cooperate as before."
"It's really sincere. This way, our financial pressure will be much less in the coming year."
It has to be said that Motorola is really willing to spend money. In addition to the 10 million US dollars they promised to invest in the Little Boy animated movie, they have now invested 30 million US dollars in Deep Space Company, and this does not include the follow-up projects.
Appearance licensing fees, etc.
Of course, Motorola also has its own account. Since they are willing to spend so much money, it proves that Deep Space Company can bring them more than that.
Jimmy smiled and shook his head, "No, the key is that after Spielberg found out about this, he suddenly became ambitious again and insisted that our company increase investment in "The Martian". He wanted us to use the two dollars we got from Motorola.
Tens of millions of dollars were spent on The Martian."
Yu Dong raised his eyebrows, "Isn't 75 million US dollars enough for Spielberg?"
Deep Space Corporation raised a total of 75 million US dollars for "The Martian". This is a real 75 million US dollars, not the kind of investment cost that is artificially announced to the outside world.
Moreover, "The Martian" was mainly shot in China, so the cost would have been reduced. It is not impossible to use 75 million as 100 million.
How many movies now cost up to 100 million U.S. dollars? So Yu Dong thinks that the money should be enough for Spielberg.
"Special effects are a bottomless pit. Twenty million can indeed be added, but I only agreed to increase the cost to $85 million, and we still have to keep $10 million for ourselves."
Yu Dong thought for a while and said, "That's okay. Anyway, after we add money, the proportion can be increased and we won't lose money."
Chapter completed!