Hello! I am a third-year student in the Faculty of Literature at Waseda University, and I am also your reader.

Because I was attracted by Mr. Matsumoto Seicho's high praise for your works, I read your works and was deeply moved. I wrote this letter to convey to you some of the emotions and thoughts I felt through your works.

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When I first read "Into the Guandong", I always compared it with Shiba Ryotaro's Taiga novels. They have many similar characteristics.

For example, it has characteristics such as long length and time span, and grand historical background.

But as I read this novel in depth, my views were revised little by little.

Ryotaro Shiba's novel is more like a historical romance, while "Into the Guandong" is a fragment taken from history.

It is a history that really happened, with flesh and blood..."

There were more than ten letters sent from Hechu's study. Because the contents of the letters were translated in advance, Lin Chaoyang could easily understand the contents of the letters.

These letters are all praise for "Crossing the Guandong" and Lin Chaoyang himself. It is very satisfying to be praised so much by readers in a foreign country.

In addition, Lin Chaoyang also discovered a phenomenon, that is, almost all readers who wrote these letters had a literary background or were intellectuals.

This shows that "Into the Guandong" should have been recognized by at least a considerable number of intellectuals in Japan after its publication.

After looking through letters from readers, there are still some postcards and photos in the package. The postcards must be from readers. Japanese readers like this the most.

As for the photos, I don’t know where Kitamura Miyu found them. They were all photos of readers buying "Entertainment of the Kanto" in a bookstore, or reading "Enterprise of the Kanto".

Looking at these photos, Lin Chaoyang's vanity as a writer was greatly satisfied.

He had to admit that when it came to attracting writers, small publishing houses were indeed ahead of domestic publishing houses.

While domestic publishing houses were still thinking about encircling writers with PEN Clubs, they had already begun to show spiritual and humanistic care.

This method is not bad at all!

You have to let Lao Li study hard later. Only by comparing can you make progress!

In the evening, Tao Yushu, who came back from outside, solemnly saved the postcards and photos of readers in photo albums. In her words, "They all came from across the ocean. They are light on courtesy but heavy on affection, and are very valuable for collection."

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After she put the postcards and photos away, she said to Lin Chaoyang: "Chen Kaige came to see me today and said that the clothing city was opening. Zhang Jinling, Li Xiuming and Fang Shuneng from Yan Film Factory came over. Liu Xiaoqing had a new business in the United States in early March.

I may not be able to make it to this event."

Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "Old Chen is so proud that three golden flowers came to him at once."

In the 1970s and 1980s, domestic film studios liked to use "Golden Flower" to promote their actors.

Yanying Factory previously had "three golden flowers", namely Zhang Jinling, Li Xiuming and Liu Xiaoqing. In the past two years, two more golden flowers have been added, Zhang Liwei and Fang Shu, and they are also known as the five golden flowers of Yanying Factory.

These five golden flowers are all popular movie stars, especially Liu Xiaoqing and Fang Shu, who have been in the limelight in the past two years.

The two also served as hosts at the Spring Festival Gala that just passed, and their popularity has distanced themselves from the other three golden flowers.

It is true that the Five Golden Flowers are all actors from Yanying Studio, but they spend most of their time filming, often in other places.

Let alone five people, it is not easy to gather three people at once.

Tao Yushu also said happily: "Yes, if the three of them can come, there will definitely be a huge crowd of people on the opening day. Lao Chen has been a big help this time."

Lin Chaoyang added: "As well as Lao Xie, we should be able to invite a few people."

Xie Jin is one of the biggest names in the Chinese film industry today. He helps to contact people, and he will definitely not be inferior to Chen Huaikai's lineup.

Tao Yushu imagined the opening day of the clothing mall, with loud music and crowds of people, and couldn't help but feel excited.

"Du Feng also found colleagues from their art troupe. When the time comes, their colleagues will be responsible for the stage design and art. They can also produce a few shows..."

As Tao Yushu talked, he felt something was wrong, "Hey, why do I feel like there are too many people invited? Will it overwhelm the guests?"

Lin Chaoyang thought about it and felt that it seemed a bit much. This was not a concert.

Don't let the audience just watch the show, and no one will care about the opening of the clothing city.

"It can be done in two or three days, and then we can make a preview to see which celebrities will appear on that day, so as to attract more people to come."

Tao Yushu clapped his hands when he heard this, "This is a good idea!"

Lin Chaoyang warned again: "But don't count too much on celebrities. People coming here can bring popularity to the Asia-Europe Clothing City and build its reputation. However, the clothing city takes a high-end route. Whether it can retain customers remains to be seen.

your goods and services.”

"I understand." Tao Yushu said, picking up the clothes she brought back from the company, "You try on this dress."

In the clothing business, product selection is a very critical link.

Since participating in the preparation of the clothing city, Tao Yushu has brought back two pieces of clothing from time to time for his family members to try on as models.

What she took out was a Japanese version of a dark gray trench coat. The European version of the trench coat that is popular on the market today is because it is designed and cut according to European and American figures. These trench coats often do not fit the Chinese figure that well.

The Japanese version of the trench coat is different. They are all from East Asia. The design and tailoring of the Japanese version of the trench coat are more suitable for the Chinese body shape.

After Lin Chaoyang put on his windbreaker, Tao Yushu looked at him for a long time with a very satisfied face.

"Du Feng really has two brushes when choosing clothes!"

When Lin Chaoyang was taking off his clothes, Tao Yushu suddenly had an idea, "Hey, what do you think when those celebrities come, how about I give them a few sets of clothes each?"

Lin Chaoyang's expression was a little surprised, and then he immediately understood what Tao Yushu was thinking.

The purpose is not to give away clothes, the purpose is to let these celebrities wear these clothes on the opening day.

Lin Chaoyang suddenly thought of the fiery toad mirror in "The Man from the Bottom of the Atlantic", Ken Takakura's trench coat in "The Manhunt", and the red lapel shirt that Liu Xiaoqing made famous on the spring night.

The business atmosphere of this era was not as strong as that of later generations, and the ability of film and television works and celebrities to sell goods was actually a hundred times stronger than that of the so-called celebrities and anchors of later generations.

The popularity of a film and television work can often make a fashion item popular throughout China.

He smiled and praised: "You are quite smart! If celebrities share the same style, I'm afraid the common people will go crazy over it!"

The term "star style" was very unfamiliar to Tao Yushu, but she immediately understood what Lin Chaoyang meant and said excitedly: "This term is so accurate!"

The more Tao Yushu thought about it, the more she felt that this idea was feasible. There are advertisements in China now, but there is no awareness of asking celebrities to be spokespersons. This method of hers is a disguised form of inviting those celebrities to be spokespersons, and everyone benefits from each other.

As the couple talked, Lin Chaoyang felt that Tao Yushu's business acumen was slowly being stimulated by him, and he became more and more like a businessman.

Two days later, Tao Yushu came back and said that she had received a call from Shenzhen during the day. It was Xu Anhua who sent someone from the crew to Shenzhen to make a special call to her.

Nowadays, calls between China and Xiangjiang are international long distance calls. Those foreign companies with strong business offices in Yanjing Hotel or Minzu Hotel can enjoy the hotel's international long distance services.

Asia-Europe Garment City is just a foreign company. The store is in Xidan shopping mall and the company is in a public housing near Xidan.

Because it is a joint venture, we can apply for a domestic long-distance phone line, but we cannot receive international long-distance calls.

Xiangjiang and Shenzhen are very close. When it is inconvenient to make international long distance calls, many companies often use Shenzhen as a transit point, so that they only need to make domestic long distance calls.

The content of Xu Anhua's phone call was to tell Tao Yushu that the post-production of "The Truman Show" was about to be completed.

Let her go back to Xiangjiang when she has time to see the finished film. After all, the couple is also one of the investors of the film.

She also mentioned that before the Chinese New Year, Li Hanxiang hooked up with Hu Jinquan to contact the Cannes Film Festival. In late March, Gilles Jacob, the current film selection director of the Cannes Film Festival, might make a special trip to Hong Kong.

The current reputation of the Cannes Film Festival is still slightly behind that of later generations, but this does not prevent it from being one of the top three in Europe and having a decisive influence in the world's film industry.

Every year at the film festival, being shortlisted is a major threshold. Hundreds of films from all over the world compete for the qualifications to be shortlisted for more than 20 main competition units every year. The intensity of competition is self-evident.

The film selection committee of the Cannes Film Festival generally consists of three groups. The first group is responsible for selecting local French films and is composed of local French media workers.

The second group is responsible for selecting potential films from a large number of video tapes. Such films are usually created by young filmmakers who are not famous, have no connections, and lack funds.

The last group is responsible for selecting films from outside France, and the person in charge is film selection director Gilles Jacob.

There are also three film selectors, whose professions include directors, journalists and film lovers. This group of committees is directly responsible to the chairman of the film festival.

It can also be seen from the configuration of the film selection group that this last film selection group has the most power in the film selection process of the Cannes Film Festival and also has the highest chance of being shortlisted.

"The Truman Show" has invited film selection director Gilles Jacobs. It cannot be said that being selected into the main competition unit is a certainty, but it is definitely a high probability event.

This film has been aiming to win awards since the beginning of the project. With the endorsement of two great directors, Li Hanxiang and King Hu, the chance of being selected is not a problem.

But the more critical reason for being able to recruit Gilles Jacob, the film selection director of the Cannes Film Festival, is that Jiahe is behind "The Truman Show."

Xiangjiang Film has swept across Asia in recent years, and several film giants such as Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have been frequent visitors to the Cannes Film Festival copyright trading market.

The Cannes Film Festival may look down on the artistry of Hong Kong films, but they will never ignore the commercial value of Hong Kong films.

After all, if a film festival is to be successful, in addition to the quality of the participating films and the fame of the filmmakers, another very important factor is that the copyright trading market must be active.

And it is undeniable that Xiangjiang Film's influence in the Asian film industry has indeed become more and more important in recent years.

"After I finish my work in the clothing city, I have to go back to Xiangjiang to have a look. I really don't know what the final effect of the movie will be." Tao Yushu said expectantly.

"It shouldn't be too bad."

No one can predict whether a movie will be good or bad in the end, but for those who are deeply involved in it, everyone actually has a feeling.

"The Truman Show" strives for excellence from the investment to the script, from the actors to the actors. Even if it cannot become a classic, the lower limit will not be too low.

Time flashed to March, and the major universities in Yanjing had just started school. Xie Mian suddenly found Lin Chaoyang's home and said that the May Fourth Literary Society wanted to invite him to a symposium.

Xie Mian was a member of the original May Fourth Literary Society back then. After the May Fourth Literary Society was reestablished in 1978, he has been deeply involved in it.

Lin Chaoyang has had nothing to do recently and is happy to communicate with the students.
To be continued...