1980 My literary era

January 10th, the first day of the twelfth lunar month, is exactly one month away from the Spring Festival of 1986.

In the past few years, Lin Weimin was always busy because he had to participate in the Spring Festival Gala.

Last month, CCTV came to Lin Weimin to talk about this year's Spring Festival Gala, but Lin Weimin refused.

It's enough to give something like the Spring Festival Gala a try, and the people he should praise will also praise him. If he continues to participate, it will only be a waste of time and energy, and it will not add anything to himself.

He is not one of those sketch and crosstalk actors who needs to live off the Spring Festival Gala.

Lin Weimin's refusal caught CCTV off guard.

Everyone has become accustomed to his efficiency in producing scripts in the past few years. Without him as a general, the party's directing team really couldn't find anyone to fill the gap for a while.

But the trouble belongs to CCTV and has nothing to do with Lin Weimin. With his current status, helping the Spring Festival Gala is just to save face. If they don’t help, CCTV won’t dare to have any objections.

Without the drag of the Spring Festival Gala, Lin Weimin focused all his energy on "Contemporary".

A few days after New Year's Day, the first issue of this year was officially launched.

As the first issue of "Contemporary" after its revised monthly publication, the editorial department, including the Chinese Literature Society, paid great attention to this issue.

After a few days of fermentation, information from bookstores and post offices near Yanjing came back one after another.

The sales of the monthly magazine "Contemporary" are as hot as ever, which makes everyone feel relieved.

Along with the booming sales of "Contemporary", there is a bad sign spreading.

It is said that some critics did not have high evaluations of the first part of "The Ordinary World" published in this issue.

Regarding this point, Jiang Zilong, who is far away in Jinmen, also called to confirm. In his words - there are times when you stumble when you are serving the people!

The first part of Lu Yao's "The Ordinary World" was revised and handed over to Lin Weimin in late August, and it took more than four months for it to be published.

When I was reviewing the manuscript, several colleagues in the editorial department criticized the content of this novel.

There are two main points that everyone is concerned about.

First, the writing technique of this novel seems too old-fashioned in today's literary world where hundreds of flowers are blooming.

The narrative is complicated and convoluted, and the plot development is not very new.

The second is the treatment Lin Weimin wanted to give this novel, the headline of the first issue after the revision in 1986, the first issue published, and the full text in large font.

The last novel to enjoy this kind of treatment in "Contemporary" was Lin Weimin's "Lover".

Those colleagues originally felt that the quality of this novel was unsatisfactory. Now that Lin Weimin wanted to give this novel such high courtesy, they were the first to express their objections.

Lin Weimin persuaded and persuaded, but everyone could never reach an agreement.

In the end, it even caused a pre-editing meeting in the club, and Lin Weimin slapped the table helplessly.

"This novel must be published!"

He is the editor-in-chief of the editorial department. Although he is usually pleasant to everyone, when he is really angry, everyone can only listen to him.

Nowadays, the reputation of "The Ordinary World" is gradually fermenting, and the evaluation among critics seems not to be ideal. Not only colleagues in the editorial department, but also some internal discussions within the Chinese Literature Society.

The National Institute of Liberal Arts was also on winter vacation. When Yu Hua heard that Mo Yan had gone to the guest house of the National Institute of Liberal Arts, he also came over to join in the fun.

Mo Yan concentrated on writing the script and had no time to talk to him, so he sneaked to the editorial office, but he didn't want to see Lin Weimin here.

Just like a mouse seeing a cat, it instinctively wants to avoid it, but Liu Yin calls out to stop it.

"Hey, Yu Hua!"

Yu Hua turned around bitterly and glanced at Lin Weimin, "Teacher Liu, do you have anything to do with me?"

Liu Yin said angrily: "Am I looking for you? It was obviously you who came in by yourself, okay?"

"I'm also here to see if the editorial department needs hot water. If so, I'll get it for everyone!"

Yu Hua praised his cleverness, but Liu Yin said: "Don't be poor, let me ask you something."

"You say!"

"What do you think of the novel "The Ordinary World"?"

Yu Hua glanced at Lin Weimin who was standing aside, with an expression of admiration on his face, "This novel is great!"

"Oh? What's so good about it?" Liu Yin asked next.

"Well..." Liu Yin's questioning made Yu Hua hesitate. I don't know where to go?

I'm just going to be polite, isn't Teacher Lin here?

"The characters are vivid and full, the plot is relaxed and relaxed, the intention is lofty, and the layout is grand..."

Lin Weimin waved his hand, "Okay, okay, stop making it up!"

Yu Hua stopped awkwardly, and the editors in the office couldn't help laughing.

Yu Hua said embarrassedly: "Teacher Lin, I have been too busy recently and haven't had time to read it."

"What are you busy with? Going to the East and West, there is no place in Yanjing that you can't go to." Lin Weimin teased mercilessly.

"I'm just collecting inspiration!" Yu Hua said stubbornly.

Everyone watched the two bickering with smiles on their faces. Liu Yin said: "We made a bet with Teacher Lin just now that the novel "The Ordinary World" will not have a good reputation among the audience. What do you think?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Yu Hua waved his hands.

"Why?" Liu Yin asked.

Yu Hua said firmly: "Although I haven't read the novel yet, the novel that Teacher Lin likes will definitely be right."

Everyone couldn't help but joke: "Xiao Yu, you are superstitious. Teacher Lin also makes mistakes sometimes!"

"Teacher Lin may have made mistakes in other places, but he will never make mistakes in the novel."

Yu Hua's expression was extremely firm, with a hint of piety.

Liu Yin reminded: "You are less than, there is no point in flattering me, your work is not worthy enough, your teacher Lin will not let you appear in "Contemporary"."

Yu Hua was like a warrior standing tall in the slaughterhouse, "Teacher Liu, you are too underestimated. My attitude is entirely based on my trust in Teacher Lin's professional ability, and I am not flattering him."

"Okay, you are indeed a good apprentice brought out by Teacher Lin." Liu Yin said half-praisingly and half-ridiculously.

Yu Hua puffed up his chest and said with pride, "That's right!"

"Okay, don't be poor." Lin Weimin interrupted Yu Hua's possibility of continuing to play nice and behave, and asked: "Mo Yan is writing a script recently, do you know?"

"I know, he told me." Yu Hua said.

"My novel is about to be adapted into a movie. Where is your novel? There's not even a shadow of it yet!"

"It's coming soon, it's coming soon. Teacher Lin, you have to believe me, my novel will be with you soon."

Lin Weimin snorted twice, "I hope you didn't lie to me!"

"How can it be possible!" Yu Hua said, but he lacked confidence and showed a guilty conscience.

Interludes in the office are the norm in the editorial department during this period. Before the first part of "The Ordinary World" was published, some people were not optimistic about the novel, but now that the novel has been published, everyone hopes that it will have a good result.

After all, this is a manuscript that the editorial department spent money and resources on. If it gets a lot of bad reviews, it will also be a harm to "Contemporary" itself.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year atmosphere on the streets of Yanjing gradually became stronger, and the faces of pedestrians walking on the road also revealed a bit of joy.

The postman in green uniform delivered the packets of letters to the communication room of the Chinese Literature Society and shouted: "Uncle Zhai, the letters are here!"

"Okay!"

Organizations like the Chinese Publishing House are big customers of the post office. They send out many letters and receive many letters every day.

Sometimes I catch up with a popular novel published by the club or by a magazine. During that time, the volume of letters basically increases explosively, and comes in packets.

That was the case this time.

Some time ago, "Contemporary" revised its edition and published the first part of "The Ordinary World" by Lu Yao in the form of headlines.

Lu Yaoma, the author of "Life" and a nationally renowned writer, has published his work again after two years, which has naturally attracted heated discussions among countless critics and readers.

It’s just that at present, readers’ evaluation is not ideal, and it is basically a mixed bag of praise and praise.

Readers who disliked the novel said it was "stinky and long", while readers who liked the novel said it was "thick and majestic".

Uncle Zhai sorted out the letters, most of which were sent to the editorial department of "Contemporary". After sorting the letters, while eating, Uncle Zhai called Tong Zhonggui.

"Xiao Tong, I want to take away all the letters after dinner!"

"I know, Uncle Zhai!"

After dinner, Tong Zhonggui took the readers' letters from the mailroom.

Back in the office, he started opening the letters without taking a rest.

First classify, separate the letters sent to the editorial office and those that need to be forwarded to the authors, and then separate the letters that need to be forwarded to which author.

It took more than twenty minutes to sort out the letters. Tong Zhonggui tied the pile of letters from readers to be forwarded to Lu Yao with nylon rope and placed them in the corner of the office.

He Qizhi said: "Give me the letter. I will go out and mail it to you later."

"No, Teacher Lin said just write to him when the time comes."

"What did he do with the letter?"

Tong Zhonggui hesitated and said, "I don't know."

Previously, Lin Weimin asked Tong Zhonggui to hand him all letters from readers to Lu Yao, but Tong Zhonggui didn't take it to heart.

Until yesterday, Tong Zhonggui went to Teacher Lin's office. He happened to be away. Tong Zhonggui noticed several letters on his desk, some of which were opened. The contents of the opened letters were basically about Lu Yao and "Ordinary People". Criticisms of the first part of "The World".

At this moment, Lin Weimin came back from outside, and Tong Zhonggui watched him stuff the letter of criticism into the drawer of his desk. When he opened the drawer, Tong Zhonggui saw the stuffed letter.

At that moment, Tong Zhonggui immediately understood Teacher Lin's good intentions.

"Don't you know?" Yao Shuzhi suddenly interrupted.

He Qizhi looked at her, "You know?"

"certainly!"

"Talk about it!"

He Qizhi looked interested, and other people in the editorial department raised their heads.

Tong Zhonggui sighed secretly when he saw this. This kind of atmosphere is really easy for people to fall!

"Let's talk about this, I have good intentions for the people..."