1980 My literary era

"Lover" is a love novel, which is Lin Weimin's definition of this novel.

Of course, he also anticipated the controversy that might arise after the novel was published.

But he didn't expect that this controversy would come so quickly and violently!

On November 8, less than a week after "Contemporary" went public, "Yanjing Daily" took the lead in publishing a commentary article. The author of the article was the veteran writer Liu Feiyu.

"The world is deteriorating and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be. Our revolutionary ancestors risked their lives to build such a great country. It is sad and infuriating that such a dirty person has been raised."

After Lin Weimin read the article, he was most impressed by this sentence. He is the "disciple" in the old writer's mouth.

Liu Yin flipped through the newspaper and said jokingly: "Editor Lin, do you have any feelings that you would like to express?"

Lin Weimin shook his head helplessly and said nonsense.

Lin Weimin had never read the works of Liu Feiyu, an old writer, but Meng Weizai gave him a general knowledge of his qualifications. He was an existence that Lin Weimin could not criticize, and he could only accept it.

Just be patient, it will be over soon, Lin Weimin warned himself in his heart.

On November 12, just one week after "Contemporary" was launched, the editorial department gradually began to receive letters and comments from readers about the content of this issue as usual.

Among the letters received in the past two days, the two words "lover" have become the must-have words mentioned in every letter. Readers' evaluations of this novel in the letters are polarized.

Some people praise this novel as the best love novel in contemporary Chinese literature, while others sneer at the content of this novel and even curse it.

This type of people almost all have a common characteristic, which is to start finding fault with the title of the book.

Chinese people's respect for words has become a habit and taboo since ancient times. You say that you sing about love, but your name is lover. What is the logic of this? I think you are just using the title of the book to attract attention!

Secondly, some descriptions in the novel have been labeled as "low taste".

Lin Weimin was a little surprised after reading these letters from readers. It seemed that he had really done something heinous.

There are experts among the masses!

Apart from anything else, this ability alone is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Tong Zhonggui opened letters from readers one by one and handed them to Lin Weimin, feeling uneasy.

He comforted: "Teacher Lin, "Lover" is a good work, these people just don't understand it."

Lin Weimin smiled nonchalantly and said, "You can't say it's a good work. It has to be evaluated by the people."

Tong Zhonggui didn't understand the meaning of Lin Weimin's words for a while, thinking that he said it out of anger.

In the middle of the year, there were more and more letters from readers, and the polarization of evaluations of "Lover" became more and more prominent. Lin Weimin could no longer read the letters, and he still had a lot of work to do.

Following Liu Feiyu, some old comrades came forward to criticize "Lover".

"Dirty literary garbage", "low-level works catering to low-level people with disgusting low-level taste", "spiritual pollution to the people"...

More and more conservative writers joined the ranks of criticizing "The Lover", and then began to criticize the author Lin Weimin.

Colleagues in the editorial department began to worry about Lin Weimin.

The last time Lin Weimin received such widespread criticism was after the release of "Farewell My Concubine", but at that time the words were not as intense as this time!

Moreover, the comrades criticizing this time are generally older and have seniority, so their words have more weight and are not easy to refute.

You said that whether he was relying on his old age and selling off his old age, or whether the stones in the latrine were smelly and hard, there was nothing he could do against them.

By the end of the year, criticism of "Lover" and Lin Weimin seemed to have gradually formed a trend. If you look for it, your colleagues in the editorial department can see content about this matter in various newspapers and magazines almost every day.

Therefore, the pressure in the editorial office has been very low in the past two days, and everyone will observe Lin Weimin's condition from time to time.

He was just like a normal person, chatting and laughing with everyone every day.

Colleagues saw that Lin Weimin's demeanor was relaxed and relaxed, and their worries eased a little.

A few days later, it was already the end of the month.

Another new force has been added to the army of critics of Lin Weimin, and he is also a heavyweight.

A senior comrade with high qualifications submitted an article to the literary review magazine "Literary Review", titled "Degeneration and Betrayal in the Contemporary Literary World", and criticized Lin Weimin and "Lover" at length.

In the article, he openly claimed that the prototype of "Guo Yudao" described by Lin Weimin in the novel was a traitorous businessman in old Shanghai.

This kind of slander and accusation is not without vicious intentions. If the previous wave of criticism was just filled with all kinds of over-the-top ideas, this article can be regarded as a powerful blow to those who regard Lin Weimin as a "thorn in their eyes" and "a thorn in their flesh". arms.

This kind of person almost pointed at Lin Weimin's nose and cursed: "You deserve to die!"

That afternoon, Wan Fang knocked on the door of the editorial department of "Contemporary" for the first time in a long time.

"Sister, why are you here?"

"My dad asked you to go to dinner."

Without thinking too much, Lin Weimin knew that Mr. Wan must be worried about him.

I came to Muxidi in the evening as promised. When I walked in, I saw Mr. Wan and his wife busy in the kitchen.

"Teacher, why did you cook by yourself today?" Lin Weimin asked with a smile.

"Sit down for a while and eat later!" Mr. Wan said.

"You're always working, how can I make sense?"

Lin Weimin washed his hands and went to the kitchen to wash vegetables.

Mr. Wan was cutting potatoes, and the blade of the knife made a "chop chop chop" sound when it struck the chopping board.

"Have you been quite busy at work recently?" Mr. Wan suddenly asked.

In Lin Weimin's interactions and daily chats with him, this sentence pattern rarely appeared.

"It's okay, that's it, just those jobs."

After a while, Mr. Wan asked again: "Have you listened to the criticism from outside?"

This is the key point why Mr. Wan called Lin Weimin here today.

"I heard it and I saw it."

"What do you think?"

Lin Weimin shook the freshly washed cabbage slices and drained the water in the basin. "What do you think? Are you listening to the cries of the crickets and why are you not farming anymore?"

Hearing Lin Weimin's words, Mr. Wan couldn't help laughing, "It seems I'm worrying too much!"

Lin Weimin said: "Thank you, teacher, for your concern."

After pondering for a moment, Mr. Wan said: "I wrote an article and planned to publish it in the newspaper."

Lin Weimin knew that this was definitely to protect him from the wind and rain.

"I can't always let you take action. As a student, I can't always hide under your wings."

"What? Your wings are stiff, do you want to fly out?" Mr. Wan said, pretending to be angry.

"Look at what you said. I will be your child at some point!" Lin Weimin pretended to be good.

"Come on this!"

The teacher and the student joked for a while, but Lin Weimin still firmly refused Mr. Wan's offer of help.

After all, he has been in the literary world for a few years. Lin Weimin has long been used to the ups and downs in public opinion. He only has a normal mind when it comes to criticism from the outside world.

Literary creations are judged by readers as to whether they are good or bad.

Beyond the scope of literature, those vicious attacks with malicious intent were the ones that hurt him the most.

But these attacks are also the ones he has the weakest counterattack against. Even if Mr. Wan takes action, he cannot eliminate the bad influence caused by the remnants of the past.

They hope that such criticism and slander can pull Lin Weimin down and drag him into the quagmire, just like those cases they have tried repeatedly in the past.

The big difference between this turmoil and the one in "Farewell My Concubine" is that many people have taken offense to others and do not hesitate to attack Lin Weimin by slandering, slandering, and smearing him.

Faced with such a complicated situation, it can no longer be calmed down by just one or two articles written by Mr. Wan and published in newspapers. Lin Weimin's reputation that has been ruined by those people cannot be saved.

Mr. Wan also understood the current situation. Even though Lin Weimin acted as if nothing had happened, he still felt a little worried.

Lin Weimin also saw what Mr. Wan was thinking. While he was moved, he also felt a little guilty.

But more of it is resentment towards those villains who maliciously slander, slander and smear.

After dinner, Lin Weimin said to Mr. Wan: "Teacher, why don't you write an inscription for me?"

"Inscription? What is the inscription?"

"Let's just sing "Man Jiang Hong"!" Lin Weimin said firmly.

Lin Weiminguang said a brand name, but Mr. Wan understood it.

Appreciating Mr. Wan's calligraphy, Lin Weimin's heart was filled with the same pride as the old man.

He raised his head and looked at Mr. Wan with a flattering look on his face, "Teacher's handwriting is really as good as Yan Liu's, chasing after the two kings!"

Mr. Wan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, and laughed and cursed: “You bastard, you still have tricks up your sleeves!”