1980 My literary era

The popularity of "The Thief of Officials" resulted in not only many readers discussing it privately, but also many readers publishing the results of such discussions in newspapers and magazines.

For example, there was an article recently circulated in "Chuhang", the magazine of the Yan Normal University Student Union, called "A Brief Analysis of the Characters of "The Thief of Officials"". The content of the article is not long, and the tone should be "The Thief of Officials" This publication is published by enthusiastic readers of the novel "Notes" in order to popularize the creative background of this novel to the general readers.

Within a few days, it was reprinted in the school magazines, student unions, and T committee publications of many well-known universities in Yenching, including Yan University's "Weiming Lake" and Shuimu's "Tsinghua Garden". It was widely welcomed by students.

This kind of reprinting then continued to spread to other universities in the country. Many local media discovered such signs and began to consciously publish this type of articles, gradually forming a trend of analyzing the backgrounds of the characters in "The Thief of Officials".

In late April, I had outgrown my sweater.

Several figures playing basketball appeared on the basketball court between the front and back buildings of the Chinese Literature Society. The energetic shouts and the sound of basketballs hitting the backboard and the ground echoed between the two buildings.

Liu Yin closed the originally open window and complained: "These people don't know how to take a break after eating, and they don't let people live in peace at noon."

Rong Shihui smiled and said: "Young people are energetic, unlike us old guys."

After lunch, colleagues in the editorial department sat together and chatted.

Yao Shuzhi gave birth to a baby this month and is currently in confinement. Liu Yin is the only lesbian in the editorial department, so she feels a little bored.

"For the people!" Liu Yin shouted.

Lin Weimin asked: "What's wrong?"

"Have you read this article?" Liu Yin asked, pointing to an article in the newspaper.

Lin Weimin pretended, "I haven't read it, what is it about?"

"You really haven't seen it?" Liu Yin was a little confused.

There's something wrong with this kid's reaction.

"Of course I haven't seen it." Lin Weimin affirmed, with sincere eyes.

"Really? I thought you must know?"

"What's wrong? What's so special about this article?" Lin Weimin looked puzzled.

"Recently, many school magazines in Yanjing have reprinted it, and some newspapers have also reprinted it. It is about the character analysis of your novel. The article not only digs out the historical figures and events behind the novel, but also the people you want to criticize for writing the novel. Everyone’s last name was revealed.”

Lin Weimin's expression was "surprised", "Real or fake? So powerful? Who wrote this?"

The more Liu Yin looked at it, the more he felt it was fake, so he said casually: "I heard he is a professor from Yan University, right?"

Lin Weimin's expression was slightly surprised, but this time he was really surprised, "When did it become written by a professor from Yan University?"

"It wasn't written by Professor Yan Da, could it be written by you?"

Only then did Lin Weimin realize Liu Yin's routine and kept silent, while Liu Yin had an expression that was not what I expected.

"You're still pretending to me! It was indeed your boy who wrote it."

Lin Weimin quibbled: "I don't understand what you are talking about. Isn't the signature of this article Ma Zongri? What does it have to do with me, Lin Weimin?"

The argument between the two had already attracted the attention of colleagues. When Lin Weimin said this, everyone laughed unkindly.

"That's right, that's right, this was written by Ma Zuuri and has nothing to do with you. "The Thief of Officials" was also written by Zhang Muzhi, and has nothing to do with you."

After Liu Yin said this, everyone burst into laughter and the atmosphere was joyful.

Lin Weimin is like an old monk who has entered meditation. How many times have I told you that if it was not written by me, it was not written by me. No matter what you say, I will not admit it.

After joking for a while and talking about other topics, everyone's attention was diverted from Lin Weimin.

Zhang Zhonge came over and chatted with Lin Weimin about Shanxi writer Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi was originally a student of Shuimu High School, the school where Shi Tiesheng once attended. A few years ago, he went to the mountains and countryside from Yanjing to join a team in rural Shanxi, and later stayed in Shanxi.

Now he is an editor of a regional literary federation publication and has published several short stories before.

Last year, Zhang Zhonge went to Shanxi to compile a manuscript and met many Shanxi writers, Zheng Yi being one of them.

At that time, Zheng Yi gave Zhang Zhonge a novella "Far Village", which tells the story of the "gang-up" marriage custom in remote mountain villages in Shanxi.

The deformed marriage situation described in the novel is not uncommon in rural areas in poor areas. At that time, Zhang Zhonge was afraid that several leaders in the editorial department would not agree to publish it, so he wrote thousands of words of review opinions.

Fortunately, the quality of "Far Village" impressed everyone, and it was successfully published. It even won this year's National Outstanding Novella Award. This year's National Outstanding Short and Novella Award was held on the 19th of last month. Zheng Yi was also here. Received the award.

"He just sent me a manuscript. It's a medium-length novel and it's pretty good."

"Let everyone take a look later and send it out if it's suitable." Lin Weimin said.

Zhang Zhong'e said thoughtfully: "I went to Shanxi last year and met several writers of some ability, such as Li Rui, Cheng Yi, Luo Xuake..."

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "Lao Zhang, don't go around. If you have anything to say, just say it directly."

"Haha!" Zhang Zhong'e was exposed and laughed, "I think our publication can try to create a 'Shanxi Writers Special Issue'?"

Lin Weimin hesitated and said: "Special account? Is the number of manuscripts enough? How is the quality?"

"I plan to let him revise Zheng Yi's "Old Well". Now Cheng Yi has a "Yunzhong River" that he is writing..."

"How long does it take to collect all the manuscripts?" Lin Weimin asked.

Zhang Zhong'e shook his head, "It's hard to say. The end of the year is almost here. I plan to go to Shanxi next month."

"I will go with you!"

"Isn't it necessary?"

Liu Yin smiled and interjected at this time: "Lao Zhang, I think you should let Weimin lead the team. You are not good at organizing manuscripts. Once you go out, you will only write one or two manuscripts. Look at Weimin, not only Bring the manuscript back, and I’ll even bring you the people!”

The teasing tone in Liu Yin's words made his colleagues laugh.

Lin Weimin's writing style is unique among his colleagues across the country, not to mention in the editorial department of "Contemporary".

I met the author and first asked if he had any manuscripts? If you have a manuscript, check the quality. If the quality is good, take it away directly.

If the quality is not good, bring people back to Yanjing to lock up small black rooms, or close small black rooms locally.

If there is no manuscript, it would be easier. Take the person back to Yanjing and close the dark room, or lock the person in the local dark room.

Anyway, as long as he is not allowed to successfully complete the task of writing the manuscript, the author has only one way - to close the small dark room.

When will it be finished and when will it be released?

In Rong Shihui's words, the long-term workers of landlords' families in the old society were not so miserable. It was equivalent to walking through a slag cave.

However, the ridicule is still a joke, and everyone still recognizes Lin Weimin's writing performance.

As long as this kid is ruthless, the author of Guan Xiaoheiwu will have extremely outstanding final work quality and influence after publication.

For example, "Emperor Kangxi: The Initial Administration of the Palace" published in the first issue this year.

The author Leng Jiefang was picked up by Lin Weimin at the door of CCTV. This incident alone is legendary enough.

Have you ever heard of editors going out on the street to pick up authors?

Anyway, Rong Shihui said that he has been an editor all his life and has never heard of such outrageous things.

Lin Weimin dared to bring the person back with just a few words, and directly let Leng Jiefang enjoy the cadre treatment of revising the draft.

Leng Jiefang was deceived and locked up in the guest house upstairs for almost three months, and he was finally released after finishing the manuscript.

In the end, before Leng Jiefang left, he looked grateful.

Are you just saying it's irritating or not?

The most important thing is that Leng Jiefang's manuscript is really good.

When it comes to historical novels in recent years, the first one recommended is of course Yao Xueyin's "Li Zicheng".

Colleagues watched "Emperor Kangxi: The First Emperor of the Palace" and "Li Zicheng" and compared them. If we simply look at the content of the first volume of "Li Zicheng", "Li Zicheng" is somewhat better than "Emperor Kangxi: The First Emperor of the Palace".

However, if we compare the contents of "Emperor Kangxi: The Initial Administration of the Palace" and the subsequent volumes of "Li Zicheng", both have their own merits.

You know, Yao Xueyin won the first Yanbing Literature Award for "Li Zicheng".

This is also true. After the first issue of "Contemporary" was published this year, "Emperor Kangxi: The First Emperor of the Imperial Palace" was published, and it was compared with "Li Zicheng" by countless readers.

"Li Zicheng" was published earlier and has received recognition from awards. The public's overall evaluation of the novel "Emperor Kangxi: The First Emperor of the Imperial Palace" is slightly lower.

But precisely because of this, countless readers are looking forward to the follow-up of this novel.

Readers can tell just from the title that this novel is very ambitious.

The author, Er Erhe, oh, this pen name was given by Lin Weimin. He wanted to present the history of the Kangxi Dynasty from his accession to the throne to his death for more than half a century in a novel.

After reading this novel, many readers sent letters to the editorial office with the most common content urging the publication of the second novel "Emperor Kangxi" as soon as possible.

Leng Jiefang, whose pen name is Er Erhe, was greatly encouraged after receiving letters from readers forwarded by the editorial department, and is working hard to create his second novel.

Among the jokes, everyone was ridiculing Lin Weimin, but more importantly, they recognized his achievements.

The welcome from readers cannot be faked.

Although Lin Weimin was too "cruel" to his writers when compiling manuscripts, he did take good care of everyone on weekdays.

Just as his colleagues knew, Lin Weimin had extended a helping hand to his authors who were in financial difficulties more than once.

Being an editor to the extent that Lin Weimin is, is rare in the industry.

After agreeing with Zhang Zhong'e to go to Shanxi to compile a manuscript together next month, Lin Weimin made a special trip to find Meng Weizai and Qin Chaoyang.

It took them ten days and a half to write the manuscript, and someone had to take over the work. The other thing was the "Shanxi Writers Account". After the three of them sat together to discuss it, they felt that they could really give it a try.