Back to 80: My Literary Life

Lu Yao was in a good mood today because Fang Minghua knew that he had expectations for this seminar.

After Lu Yao left, Fang Minghua sat on the sofa and was still thinking about what happened just now.

From the bottom of his heart, he really didn't want to go to Yanjing to attend any symposium, it was not interesting.

Why.

"Minghua, what's wrong with you? Are you still thinking about what happened just now?" Song Tangtang, who had been silent just now, sat next to him and asked gently.

"To be honest, I don't think there is any need to hold any symposium. Those people will not say good things about this book. If you go there, you will be unhappy."

"Do you really think so?" Song Tangtang was a little surprised.

"Tangtang, let me ask you, you have also read this book written by Lu Yao, what is your evaluation?"

Song Tangtang pondered for a moment: "How to put it? I think it's more accurate to summarize it in one sentence."

"What words?"

"The inspirational significance is greater than the social significance, and the social significance is greater than the literary significance!"

Fang Minghua laughed after hearing this.

"Your analysis is very accurate, so what good things will the critics in the literary world say? They only value literature, but this does not prevent it from being a good book."

"Yes, I don't deny this, and from the perspective of our book publishing, it is very likely to become a best-seller!"

"Then why no one cares about it now?" Fang Minghua asked deliberately.

"Well, I think there is a lack of an opportunity, such as making it into a TV series, or turning it into a broadcast script and broadcasting it on the radio! Yes, the latter is the most economical and has the widest audience! Broadcasters have it, but TV doesn't."

"My wife is so awesome!" Fang Minghua smiled and raised his thumbs up.

Facing her husband's praise, Song Tangtang was of course very happy. She suddenly thought of something: "Minghua, as soon as Lu Yao's novel was written, you asked the Red Army to snatch the publishing rights quickly. Didn't you see this already?"

"You deliberately printed only 10,000 copies at a time. Are you also waiting for the opportunity?!"

Ah?

Fang Minghua had no choice but to nod.

"Do you still remember the book "Crossing Guandong" I wrote?"

"Of course I know. You asked the program director of China Central Radio to record and broadcast this book. It had a huge impact. Do you want Lu Yao to do the same?"

"Yes, Ye Yongmei, the person in charge of the novel serial program group of CCTV, is Lu Yao's friend. This time we went to Yanjing to meet her and ask her to record and broadcast Lu Yao's book. I think the effect will be better than that of " "Breaking Through Guandong" is okay!"

"Okay, then the company can print more!"

In fact, according to history, it seems that things took a turn for the better after Lu Yao met Ye Yongmei by chance after the second part was published.

It would be better for everyone to go find it early.

At noon the next day, Fang Minghua and Lu Yao boarded the train to Yanjing with their travel bags.

After riding the train all night, they arrived at Yanjing Railway Station the next morning. The two took the bus straight to Lu Xun Literature College.

In the autumn of 1984, when Fang Minghua participated in the second National Literature Award, the office of the jury was temporarily located here. Fang Minghua had stayed here for a few days as a judge, so he was familiar with the trip this time.

Luyuan is on the north bank of the Erdaogou River in Balizhuang. The two took a bus and stayed in a state-owned guest house near Luyuan. Fang Minghua also stayed here last time.

Not long after the two settled in, they met Wang Yu, who had arrived a day earlier.

Since Wang Yu failed to compete with Fang Minghua to be the editor-in-chief of "Yanhe" magazine, he led a group of people to found "Novel Review" magazine and moved from the magazine to the Writers Association compound. The two met occasionally.

Of course, the relationship between the two of them was not as warm as the deputy editor-in-chief of the city magazine. They just nodded politely and rarely spoke.

But today, the two of them sat together again because of Lu Yao's book.

In Fang Minghua and Lu Yao's room, Wang Yu looked serious and sat on a chair and said to Lu Yao: "I arrived yesterday and met Xie Wangxin, the deputy editor of "Flower City" magazine, who is the organizer of this seminar The person who provided me with the list of people attending this meeting.”

After speaking, Wang Yu took out a piece of paper from his shirt pocket and handed it to Lu Yao.

Fang Minghua also leaned over and took a look.

Bao Chang, He Xilai, Xie Yongwang, He Zhenbang, Leda, Li Tuo and Feng Lisan totaled twenty people!

The scale is not small.

Moreover, many of the names on the list had never been heard by Fang Minghua before he came to this era, but now each and every name is well known, and they are all big names in the literary criticism circle.

Bao Chang: At that time, he was the standing secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Writers Association. He published a collection of essays on the study of "The Book of Songs" "New Interpretations of Famous Famous Poems" and a collection of literary essays titled "A Collection of Yisu".

He Xilai: Deputy Director of the Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, author of "On Literary Thought Trends in the New Era", "Literary Style and Personality", "On Artistic Style" and other works.

Xie Yongwang: At that time, he was a director of the Chinese Writers Association and the editor-in-chief of "Literary News". He wrote commentaries such as "Unique - On Gao Xiaosheng's Novels", "In the Face of Severe Life - On Zhang Xianliang's Novels", "There is Spring in the Writer's Heart", "With Moist Moisture" "Welcoming Tomorrow with Heart", "Literary Controversies in Recent Years" and the collection of reviews "Contemporary Novels Hearings and Seeing Records", etc.

Lu Yao read it carefully, raised his head and smiled at Wang Yu and said, "Editor Wang, I didn't expect Editor Xie to attach so much importance to this symposium and invite so many famous experts."

"Yes, Editor-in-Chief Xie told me that the response from readers after the publication of your novel was not as strong as that of your "Life". He hopes that through this seminar, on the one hand, he will listen to everyone's opinions and suggestions, It will be beneficial to the creation of your second film, and at the same time, this seminar will also be a publicity for your work."

"I hope so."

Fang Minghua sat aside and said nothing.

There is no big problem with what Wang Yu said. In this era, after publishing important works, many writers like to hold seminars and invite domestic critics to comment on the works.

Of course, the representatives attending the meeting will point out the shortcomings in the work, but basically they will affirm and praise it. In fact, it is also a kind of propaganda invisibly, and even forms a trend.

But not this time.

This group of people will criticize Lu Yao's work to a fault.

Why.

Xie Wangxin is stealing the chicken but losing the rice this time.

Lu Yao and Wang Yu were chatting and suddenly realized that Fang Minghua was silent, so he asked: "Minghua, why don't you speak? Look, you are not only a great writer now, but also a famous literary critic."

"Brother Lu, please stop making fun of me." Fang Minghua said modestly, looked at the two of them and said, "I personally feel that this review meeting is not as simple as imagined."

"What do you mean? Is this going to be a denouncement meeting against me?" Lu Yao joked.

"It's really possible."

"Minghua, what do you mean? Do you think Lu Yao's writing is not good?" Wang Yu was a little unhappy after hearing this.

"It's not that I think it is, it's that they take it for granted. Editor Wang, if you can quarrel with the scholars and make them speechless, it will definitely be a great achievement." Fang Minghua said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Alarmist!"