1980 My literary era

On New Year's Eve, Lin Weimin went to the Capital Reading Library to look for information for his creations, and spent a long time flipping through the newspapers and magazines of the past few days.

His grandma’s group of people will not rest even during the Chinese New Year, and they will criticize endlessly.

I didn’t see any intervention measures from relevant departments, but Lin Weimin saw several articles criticizing him.

If you have too many lice, don't bite them, if you have too many debts, don't worry about them. That's what you say, but it's enough to make people upset just like mosquitoes hanging around you.

Fortunately, one good thing is that the intensity of criticism seems to have declined recently. At least Lin Weimin searched for a long time and saw articles criticizing him less frequently than before.

This is a good sign!

Lin Weimin casually opened another newspaper, this morning's "Yanjing Youth Daily". Earlier, reporter Li Xiangyang also published a commentary article "Let the bullets fly for a while", which caused a wave of response, but was soon submerged in the amid a flood of criticism.

Huh?

When Lin Weimin quickly browsed the newspaper, he discovered something interesting.

"This is……"

It was still on the second page of the Yanjing Youth Daily. An article attracted his attention.

"Comrade Xiangyang:

Hello, I received your letter. In your last communication, you mentioned that you hoped to write a review article about Comrade Weimin and "Lover". I have read it through your newspaper a few days ago, and I would like to express my approval and thanks.

Since "The Lover" was published in "Contemporary", the reviews have been mixed, and the public opinion has been fierce. Readers aside, many colleagues and seniors have written eloquently, filled with righteous indignation, and have the potential to bring justice to the people's comrades. I also learned from a friend last month that Comrade Weimin had suspended work due to this incident. The seriousness of the situation reminds me of what happened a few years ago, and I inevitably feel sad.

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The prototype of the character 'Guo Yudao' in "Lover" is actually Guo Yudao, a new savage in southern Hebei Province, a middle school teacher in XN City, and also a children's literature writer. He is the author of the short story "Prairie Eagle" and the novella " "The Sound of the Piano by the Agate River", "The Adventures of Bird Island", "The Secret Under the Beach", etc.

Brother Yudao was a classmate of Comrade Lin Weimin and I at the Institute of Literature. Our group of students entered the Institute of Literature in April 1980 and graduated in October. The study in just half a year has been useful for life, and at the same time, we have also formed profound friendships. The friendship of classmates.

What a pity! As the year goes by, Brother Yudao passed away due to illness in May this year. Before his death, Brother Yudao and his wife went to Yanjing for medical treatment and contributed a lot to the people.

Unfortunately, Brother Yudao's condition was very serious and the hospital was helpless. Finally, Brother Yudao and his wife decided to return to their hometown for conservative treatment. Before leaving, Brother Yudao said goodbye to Comrade Weimin. Zeng said that the most regretful thing in his life was that he had not written a stand-alone novel. Comrade Weimin has a humorous personality. At that time, he joked that he would write a novel and burn it to Brother Yudao.

Later he really wrote it, and "Lover" was completed during the "Contemporary Novel Seminar". At that time, many famous domestic writers gathered at Yantai Dongshan Hotel. I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the meeting and chatted with Comrade Weimin about this novel.

Comrade Weimin once told me that Lao Guo (Guo Yudao) had a very hard life. I promised Lao Guo in this book that I would let him be a son of a rich family and have an unforgettable love. At that time, it was very sad.

After "Lover" was published, I had the opportunity to read it as soon as possible. In the novel, Guo Yudao and Jian were deeply in love. Although they were separated by worlds, they remained faithful to each other until death. It was so touching and touching. After reading it, I was filled with admiration. Comrade Weifeng fulfilled his promise to Brother Yudao.

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After the death of Brother Yudao, Comrade Weimin also provided financial assistance to Brother Yudao's family. This matter was informed by Brother Yudao's wife when a member of the Xining Literary and Art Association came to express condolences, and later spread to the ears of many colleagues in the literary world.

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All the above matters are complicated and complicated under the agitated mood. Comrade Xiang Yang can decide for himself whether there is any available material, or he can publish this reply letter in a newspaper.

Zilong only stated one sentence here: "Guo Yudao" in "The Lover" is definitely not a traitorous businessman in old Shanghai. This time Comrade Weimin suffered unwarranted slander and rumors, which not only hurt him personally, but also slandered the late Brother Yudao. I have informed the Xining Literary and Art Association about this matter and hope that you will write to me to verify the situation and then make the news public.

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This article on the second page of "Yanjing Youth Daily" is much longer than ordinary articles. The title is "Rediscussing Lin Weimin and "Lover"", and the subtitle is "Records of Correspondence with Writer Jiang Zilong and Xining Literary and Art Association".

The author is still Li Xiangyang, the overly enthusiastic journalist comrade Lin Weimin remembered.

Most of the more than 4,000-word article contains correspondence between Li Xiangyang, Jiang Zilong, and the Xining Literary and Art Association. The rest is Li Xiangyang's account of how he became interested in Lin Weimin's criticism and wrote this article.

At the end of the article, Li Xiangyang did not forget to urge readers to distinguish right from wrong and not to be fooled by the tricks of insidious villains. At the same time, he pointed out from a high position that the culture of being punished for speech cannot last long, and it cannot reverse the course of history...

After reading the entire article, Lin Weimin felt a sense of contentment.

Although the content of Lao Jiang's letter praised him as if he were a living saint, which was a bit disgusting, who wouldn't feel comfortable being praised?

What's going on with Lin Weimin now?

Jiang Zilong took the risk and asked Li Xiangyang to publish the correspondence between them in the newspaper to publicize Lin Weimin, which really made Lin Weimin feel guilty.

"Old Jiang! Old Jiang!" Lin Weimin muttered as he patted the newspaper.

I used to think that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, acted like a big brother.

Now I see that the top spot in the Literary Research Institute belongs to you!

I would like to call you the timely rain in Jinmen.

Then he turned his attention to the newspaper and looked at the three words "Li Xiangyang".

Lin Weimin originally didn't have much feelings towards this comrade who was an overly enthusiastic journalist in his impression, but in the two articles before and after, the first article was fine. I just felt that he was interpreting Lin Weimin and "" from a different perspective than most critics. The novel "Lover" is of course mainly based on praise.

But when it comes to this second article, it feels like he is Lin Weimin's attorney, sparing no effort to defend Lin Weimin, a writer who was "unjustly imprisoned."

You must know that in this era, being involved in an incident like Lin Weimin's and losing your job is just a trivial matter...

Lin Weimin couldn't figure out what Comrade Li Xiangyang was doing? It can't be just because you like your own work, right?

And this "Yanjing Youth Daily", how can an article with such an obvious tendency be published?

Lin Weimin thought about it and had a premonition in his heart.

He quickly packed up his things, left the Capital Library, and went to the Cultural Center where Qu Xiaowei worked.

"Why are you here?" Qu Xiaowei asked in surprise.

"Let me borrow your work phone number."

Seeing Lin Weimin's serious face, it seemed that he was on business, Qu Xiaowei quickly took him to the curator's office and borrowed a phone.

"Who to call?" Qu Xiaowei asked.

"Old ginger!"

Qu Xiaowei was confused, why did he call Lao Jiang in such a hurry?

Lin Weimin saw the doubt in his mind, and without further explanation, he threw a newspaper to Qu Xiaowei, which Lin Weimin bought on the way here.

The call went to the long-distance station and I waited for more than half an hour before the call came through.

"Old Jiang! Haha, my good big brother! You are really a timely helper in Jinmen!"

As soon as the call came through, Lin Weimin burst out laughing, which startled Qu Xiaowei.

However, he had already read the copy of "Yanjing Youth Daily" brought by Lin Weimin at this time, so he naturally understood Lin Weimin's excitement.

"What on earth is going on?" Lin Weimin asked Jiang Zilong on the phone.

Although the article in the "Yanjing Metropolis Daily" can roughly tell the whole story, Lin Weimin still doesn't understand the details and needs Jiang Zilong to explain it to him.

Jiang Zilong explained on the phone that Li Xiangyang contacted him through people from the Tianjin Literary Association. At first, he just said that he knew that he and Lin Weimin were classmates at the Literary Research Institute, so he wanted to know more about his experience in the novel "Lover" the opinion of.

Jiang Zilong only regarded this as a very ordinary communication. He had a close friendship with Lin Weimin, and the quality of "Lover" was indeed good. Coupled with the large-scale criticism of Lin Weimin from outside, it really reminded him of his previous experience. The situation he faced in the past few years was almost exactly the same, so he praised the work "Lover" in his correspondence.

Later, he saw Li Xiangyang's first commentary article in the Yanjing Metropolis Daily.

"Haha, I didn't think too much at the time, I just wanted to speak up. If Mr. Chen hadn't helped me back then, I wouldn't be where I am today. Now you are also facing the same situation. Since someone found I'm sorry, I must say something fair. But I really didn't expect that Li Xiangyang would write me another letter later..."

Li Xiangyang's second letter told Jiang Zilong that comrades from relevant departments had found him after reading his commentary article, hoping that he could write another article, not only to overwhelm the current one-sided criticism, attack, and smear campaign against Lin Weimin. Public opinion, and more importantly, we must try our best to bridge the impact of these negative public opinions on Lin Weimin himself during this period.

"I was confused at the time. How could this matter be related to the relevant departments? To be honest, I have no problem saying a few good words for you in the newspaper.

But as you may have seen in this article, Comrade Li Xiangyang and I were almost reduced to gunners firing artillery shells. Faced with this situation, I was a little hesitant.

It wasn't until the relevant party understood my hesitation and called me personally that I was able to let go of my burden.

So, the content in that letter is, how should I put it, half true and half false? Everything about you is true, about the correspondence between me and Li Xiangyang, haha..."

When Jiang Zilong said this, he couldn't help laughing.

"Not worth mentioning, haha, not worth mentioning!"

He did not shy away from telling the truth that he was deeply involved in this matter after being entrusted by the relevant departments, but this did not damage Lin Weimin's gratitude to him.

"Old Jiang, don't say that. The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the strong wind knows the honest minister. I want to thank you for this matter." Lin Weimin said sincerely.

"No, you must not. To thank you, you should thank the relevant departments and Comrade Li Xiangyang. One of them made suggestions behind the scenes, and the other acted as a pioneer in the front. Without them, this matter would not have been possible.

Of course, the more important thing is you. If it were not for your contribution to the country, the relevant departments would not be able to take such painstaking efforts.

For the people, to be honest, when Mr. Chen spoke for me, he was also implicated. In the end, he alerted the chief minister to calm down the matter.

Although your incident this time did not alert the chief minister, it may have caused a department of this level to plan and rack their brains for you. It is really enviable to say it!

Brother, I have never enjoyed such treatment in my life! "

Jiang Zilong's tone on the phone was full of envy.

After understanding the whole incident, Lin Weimin couldn't laugh or cry when listening to Jiang Zilong's words.

"Okay, let me experience it next time something like this happens!"

Jiang Zilong hurriedly said: "It's better to say goodbye. It's enough to experience this kind of thing once in a lifetime."

After saying that, the two couldn't help laughing.