1980 My literary era

Rong Shihui went to Writers Publishing House and became deputy editor-in-chief. This was definitely a promotion, and everyone happily sent him away.

On the last day, Rong Shihui came to the company to pick up his personal belongings, greeted his leaders and colleagues one by one, and walked from the back building to the front building.

In the end, colleagues from "Contemporary" sent Rong Shihui to the door of the Chinese Literature Society.

Rong Shihui looked at the main building of the Chinese Literature Society standing next to Chaonei Street with emotions on his face.

He joined the Chinese Literature Society in 1953, when he was in his prime. As soon as he joined the society, he took over the reprint of Shen Yanbing's masterpiece "Midnight" which had been published for many years.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. When "Midnight" was republished in 1954, Rong Shihui revised a total of more than 620 typos and punctuation marks.

In 1957, he saw "The Story of Bandits in the Snowy Forest" written on various papers among a pile of discarded manuscripts in the editorial office. This novel became "The Snowy Forest" that became famous all over the world.

Rong Shihui contacted the author Qu Bo, and after obtaining his consent, he spent three months doing a lot of revision work on the story of "The Story of Bandits in the Forest and Snowy Fields". This novel was in Rong Shihui's hands. It became "Lin Hai Xue Yuan".

Later, "Lin Hai Xue Yuan" was successfully published with the efforts of Rong Shihui, which made Qu Bo famous in one fell swoop and made "Lin Hai Xue Yuan" a red classic in Chinese literature.

Afterwards, there was another novel, "Song of Youth", which was rejected by other publishing houses and submitted to the Chinese Literature Society. Rong Shihui discovered it and put forward a lot of revision suggestions before the novel was finally published.

At that time, "Song of Youth" sold 1.5 million copies, which was more popular than "Lin Hai Xue Yuan", which only sold 500,000 copies at the time.

It was through his review and editing of these two works that Rong Shihui became a well-known editor in the domestic publishing industry.

Unfortunately, his style has its pros and cons. For those young authors who do not have enough creative experience, Rong Shihui's step-by-step guidance or even his own revision of the draft will undoubtedly accelerate their growth and make their works more colorful.

For those authors who have their own style and insist on their own opinions, contradictions are inevitable.

In 1978, Wei Junyi went out to compile manuscripts and brought back a novel that the author himself sent to his door. This was Mo Yingfeng's "The General's Song", which was the same "The General's Song" that won the first Yanbing Literature Award with Lin Weimin. 》.

The manuscript was handed over to Rong Shihui, and according to his working principles, the novel was also edited with major deletions and major changes.

Unfortunately, Mo Yingfeng did not agree with this. After he completed the revision and submitted the manuscript, the Chinese Literature Society discovered that he not only failed to modify the manuscript according to Rong Shihui's editorial opinions, but also restored all the text that Rong Shihui had deleted.

Although the editing and review process was not implemented, Wei Junyi finally made the decision to publish the book.

The novel "The General's Song" has been loved by countless readers since its publication, and it also won the first Yanbing Literature Award.

Lin Weimin once asked Rong Shihui how he felt about this matter.

Rong Shihui was a little helpless, but he understood Mo Yingfeng very well.

"Lao Rong said that literary creation is not a mathematical problem, there is only one correct answer. There are thousands of ways to tell a story, and each of them may be excellent. He is the editor, and Mo Yingfeng is the author. They have different identities, but there is one The original intention is the same, which is to make the work even better.”

After sending Rong Shihui away, Lin Weimin sighed and talked about the conversation he had with Rong Shihui. Standing next to him was Tong Zhonggui.

Today, the youngest editor of the Chinese Literature Society sent off an old editor and learned the first lesson of his editing career.

Listen carefully to the leader’s speech!

After seeing Rong Shihui off, everyone returned to the back building, not waiting to go upstairs yet.

Suddenly, I heard shouting from upstairs: "It's not good! It's not good!"

There was a hint of panic in the voice, which made everyone's hearts sink. They didn't know what happened and hurriedly ran upstairs.

The sound came from the third floor. After Lin Weimin and others ran up, they saw a group of people gathered around the door of a dormitory.

"What happened? Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

Lin Weimin took the lead and rushed into the crowd.

Puddles of blood came into view. The face of Zheng Yi, who was brought to Yanjing to revise the manuscript, was full of grief and anger. The blood was flowing out from his hands. His expression became ferocious because of the pain. He had a There was a knife in his hand, and one finger on the other hand was missing.

Holy shit!

Lin Weimin cursed in his heart, what is going on?

The people surrounding the door and the colleagues who followed were frightened by this scene.

Looking at the bleeding wound on Zheng Yi's hand, Lin Weimin didn't care whether it was dangerous or not, and shouted: "Zheng Yi! What are you doing? Put down the knife!"

At this time, Zheng Yi's eyes were painful and he was completely trapped in his own thoughts. Lin Weimin's loud shouting made him regain some sense. Looking at Lin Weimin, his eyes were a little confused.

Lin Weimin felt a little at peace in his heart, and it seemed that he could still be saved.

He bravely tried to step forward, but was held back by Liu Yin, Zhang Zhong'e and others.

"It's okay, I'll say a few words to him."

As he spoke, he broke away from the obstruction of several people, fearing that everyone's onlookers would irritate Zheng Yi, so he closed the door ajar, making everyone watch with heartache and admiration for Lin Weimin's bravery.

"What's going on? No matter how angry you are, you can't joke with your body! You only have one life!"

Lin Weimin walked to a place not far from Zheng Yi and stopped.

Zheng Yi looked at Lin Weimin and pursed his lips.

"Okay, let's stop talking now. Put down the knife, and I'll take you to the hospital to bandage it first. Besides, this finger..."

Lin Weimin had a look of regret on his face. It seemed that he could replant his severed finger these days.

"Why are you still standing there? Put down the knife!" Lin Weimin ordered.

Zheng Yi finally regained his senses. He looked at Lin Weimin with red eyes, "Teacher Lin, I..."

"What am I, look at what you did? I brought you to Yanjing to revise the manuscript. If something happens to you, how will I explain it to your family? How will I explain it to the society?"

Lin Weimin's face was full of anger, and he rebuked Zheng Yi unceremoniously.

At this time, he no longer had the anger and ferocity on his face, replaced by a look of pain, part of it physical, but more of it spiritual.

Under Lin Weimin's order, Zheng Yi put down the knife.

Lin Weimin was afraid of contamination and damaging the finger on the ground, so he took out his handkerchief and carefully wrapped the severed finger with blood.

He grabbed Zheng Yi and asked, "Can you leave? Hurry up and follow me to the hospital!"

Zheng Yi, who was strong and strong, did not struggle and allowed Lin Weimin to hold his arm. Lin Weimin opened the door of the dormitory, revealing a group of people who were still watching. Their faces were full of worry, and at the same time there was a hint of worry. Surprise and admiration.

Zheng Yi's state just now was so scary. Unexpectedly, Lin Weimin came in and calmed him down with a few words.

"What are you guys doing around here? Get out of the way!"

Lin Weimin shouted at the crowd and shouted to his colleagues in the editorial department: "Come two people and follow me to the hospital!"

After speaking, he pulled Zheng Yi downstairs, and the two of them got on their motorcycles. Behind him, He Qizhi and Tong Zhonggui followed him on their bicycles.

Lin Weimin did not go to the hospital closest to Guowenshe, but chose Xiehe.

Replantation of a severed finger is an extremely difficult operation these days. It has been less than ten years since the first successful replantation of a severed finger in China, and most hospitals have not yet mastered this technology.

Lin Weimin doesn't know if Xiehe can do it, but Xiehe should be one of the best choices now.

He sent Zheng Yi to the emergency room of the hospital and handed the carefully protected severed finger to the doctors. Seeing Zheng Yi being taken over by the doctors, Lin Weimin breathed a sigh of relief. He was already sweating profusely.

A few minutes later, He Qizhi and Tong Zhonggui rushed to the hospital, asked about the situation, and felt relieved.

Union Medical College can perform replantation surgery on severed fingers, but today's level is still not up to the level of recovery that will be achieved in future generations.

Regardless of whether he can be intact as before, at least he can be connected.

After struggling for most of the day, Zheng Yi's operation was finally completed.

Lin Weimin and others saw him again in the ward. His face was pale and haggard, and he was completely different from the majestic temperament he had when Lin Weimin first saw him.

Zheng Yi only cut off his little finger. This kind of surgery is relatively easy and the results are ideal.

After caring about the condition of his fingers, Lin Weimin sighed and asked, "Which drama are you causing trouble? Is it because the revision of the draft did not go smoothly?"

Zheng Yi looked at Lin Weimin for a while before hesitating and said: "It has nothing to do with revising the draft!"

Lin Weimin felt a heavy burden lifted from his heart.

What he was most afraid of was that Zheng Yi couldn't think about it for a while because the revision of the manuscript did not go well. If Zheng Yi really disabled himself because of the revision of the manuscript, how guilty he would feel!

Teacher Lin’s reputation will be ruined from now on!

"What's going on?" Lin Weimin asked.

Zheng Yi hesitated for a long time. After more than half a day, he had withdrawn from his impulsive emotions. He also regretted what he had done. He felt a little embarrassed and didn't want to talk about it.

Lin Weimin glanced at He Qizhi and Tong Zhonggui, and He Qizhi pulled Tong Zhonggui out of the ward.

"Can you speak now?"

"I...I did it because of emotional matters."

Zheng Yi only said this hesitantly, and then refused to say anything even to death. Lin Weimin couldn't ask any more questions.

Lin Weimin had no choice but to continue to persuade: "You have a bad temper. Don't always go to extremes when things happen. Is there anything in this world that you can't overcome?"

He spoke earnestly for a long time. Seeing that Zheng Yi's mental state had returned to normal, he said: "You should stay in the hospital for the next few days. When you recover from your injury, we will see whether you want to go back to the agency to revise the manuscript or not." Just go back to Shanxi and I will listen to you."

Zheng Yi looked a little apologetic, "The manuscript has not been revised yet. I will go back to the Chinese Literature Society to revise it tomorrow."

"It's not too late. We'll wait until the injury recovers. The hospital has already arranged it, so you don't need to worry about it."

Lin Weimin left the hospital after giving some instructions.

After coming out of the hospital, Tong Zhonggui asked worriedly: "Teacher Lin, is he okay? What's the reason?"

"It's an emotional thing. I think I've come back to it now. At that time, I must have had a sudden surge of passion and reached a dead end."

Tong Zhonggui sighed: "How impulsive! Thinking about the scene just now is terrifying."

He Qizhi was also frightened and said: "For the people, you were impulsive just now. There is no need to risk your life."

Of course Lin Weimin knew that He Qizhi was doing it for his own good. He said, "Zheng Yi is not that bad. He acts very fiercely and has a reckless temper, but his nature is not bad."

He Qizhi nodded, the matter was over, he was just giving Lin Weimin a heads up.

At this time, Lin Weimin said jokingly: "Xiao Tong, Lao Rong has just left, and you can be regarded as a new force that is definitely going to join our editorial department. Today's incident can be regarded as the first lesson in your editing career, which is called solving problems for authors and working hard without caring about one's own safety. .”

Tong Zhonggui looked admiring, "Teacher Lin, when you went in, everyone was not only worried about you, but also admired your courage!"

"Hey, it's nothing, I just tried to persuade him."

Lin Weimin said this, but the expression on his face couldn't help but be a bit proud.

Comrade Xiao Tong solidified this lesson in his mind. Not only must he listen carefully to the leader's speech, but he must also flatter him in a timely manner!

It’s all knowledge!