1980 My literary era

The last issue of the year went on sale in early December, and the atmosphere in the editorial office of Contemporary was once again relaxed.

Alai's "The Ashes Has Settled" has been published for a few days, and the feedback from bookstores around the country has been very good. It seems to be another best-selling work.

Lin Weimin also relaxed during this period and spent some time and energy to complete the novel in his hand. During this period, Zheng Guolai urged him several times.

After finishing the novel, Lin Weimin handed it over to Tong Zhonggui. This time he wanted the money not to go to outsiders.

Colleagues read Lin Weimin's novels and maintained a high level of creation as always.

This novel was born out of "No One Less" directed by Zhang Yimou later. In Lin Weimin's writing, the background of the story has not changed much.

Teacher Gao of Shuiquan Primary School was going home to visit her seriously ill mother. Wei Minzhi, a 13-year-old girl, was hired by the village chief from a neighboring village to teach for a month. Wei Minzhi was told to keep an eye on the students until Teacher Gao is back.

Wei Minzhi didn't know how to teach, so she asked students to copy texts all day long and counted the number of students every day.

Ten-year-old Zhang Huike had to drop out of school and work in the city in order to pay off his family's debts. Wei Minzhi kept in mind Teacher Gao's advice that no one should be missing. She embarked on the road to the city alone to find people.

In the city, Wei Minzhi went through all kinds of hardships and finally found Zhang Huike, who had dropped out of school. When he returned to school, Teacher Gao finally came back with the good news that a Hope Primary School was to be built in Shuiquan Village. With the efforts of the village chief and Teacher Gao, Later, Wei Minzhi changed from a temporary substitute teacher to a private teacher.

Lin Weimin only added elements of Hope Primary School at the end of the novel, maintaining the original flavor of the story.

When he later watched the movie, he admired Zhang Yimou's handling and the original story.

There is no earth-shattering plot or complicated techniques. It is all about telling a "one-bone" story. Especially since the whole film was shot with non-professional actors, the original documentary style is presented. Extremely realistic rural scenery.

Although this movie has always been criticized for being sensational, people who have watched it will find it difficult to forget the touching and moving words this movie brings and its lasting power.

"Weimin, this novel is very similar to "If You Have Something to Say"!" He Qizhi said after reading the novel and communicating with Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin nodded. At the core, the two stories are indeed somewhat similar.

Wei Minzhi's stubbornness is for Teacher Gao's instruction that "no one can be left behind", and Zhao Xiaoshuai's stubbornness in "Speak Well" is for love, but the directions and processing methods of the two stories are completely different.

"I'm afraid this story is a bit unpleasant!" Zhu Changsheng said maturely.

The colleagues nodded after hearing this. Zhu Changsheng was right.

The story of "No One Left Behind" is very warm and touching, but how should I put it?

As for literary works, just singing and praising them is indeed lacking a bit of energy.

Why do so many people like to watch Bangzi’s crime-themed movies in later generations?

People specialize in looking at the ugliness of human nature. For the big ones, don’t worry about whether it’s logical or not. It’s cliché or not. This thing is so exciting!

To put it bluntly, it’s just like watching a horror movie. It’s a physical sensory stimulation. To put it bluntly, it’s just to make you feel good.

"You can't say that. I think Teacher Lin's novel is a very clever work." Tong Zhonggui is Lin Weimin's loyal fan. When he heard that his idol's novel was not favored, he immediately wanted to make some rebuttals.

"The content in the novel deeply reflects the current situation of our rural education, without whitewashing or polishing. By the way, there is also a story about Wei Minzhi going to the city to look for someone, which is a powerful satire on people's increasing lack of faith in recent years. Phenomenon.

The overall style of this novel is positive, which may make many people who are accustomed to using literature to expose, criticize, and satirize feel uncomfortable, but isn't this the role of literature?

Who says literature can’t be heartwarming and inspiring? "

Tong Zhonggui said this without hesitation. He had obviously been thinking about it for a long time. He has been following Lin Weimin since he entered the editorial department. His creative ideas are deeply influenced by Lin Weimin. It is not surprising that he can say this.

"Xiao Tong's speech is really getting better and better now!" Liu Yin praised.

Yao Shuzhi asked Lin Weimin, "Weimin, you, the master, tell me, does what Xiao Tong say make sense?"

Lin Weimin smiled, "You think I'm embarrassed to praise Xiao Tong in front of so many people? That's wrong! Xiao Tong said it very well. Nowadays, when everyone talks about literature, if you don't pay attention, you may use big words to bring literature to life. The ground pulls out the original waterway. Literature cannot be defined superficially, it should return to common sense."

"Return to common sense? What does it mean?" Everyone became curious about the new term Lin Weimin said.

"It's very simple. If you look at the educated youth literature written by many people in recent years, does it seem more and more the same? Why is this? Were these people all persecuted by the same group of people at that time? They suffered exactly the same treatment. ?

In fact, except for a small number of people who have indeed been treated unfairly, most of them are just hearsay, and the articles are full of conjectures and exaggerations.

You must have seen quite a few, right? Let me give you an example. For example, a female educated youth sleeps with someone in order to return to the city. These people think of the female educated youth, return to the city, and cadres, and they automatically associate them together in their minds. The first association is naturally because they heard about a certain person. Some nasty things.

But the problem is that something like this still has problems after ten years of writing. This is contrary to common sense and is also creative laziness.

The example I just mentioned is obviously used to promote the plot and create characters.

Let’s take another example of structure. Nowadays, some people often boast that they write stream-of-consciousness novels. The whole novel is foggy and incomprehensible. They talk about a small thing for thousands of words, but the big story structure is not clear at all. No consideration, top-heavy, and no basic creative logic at all. These are all problems. "

Lin Weimin stopped talking here, "I can't help but complain when I talk about it."

Colleagues laughed, and Liu Yin joked: "After all, he is a young man. No matter what he talks about, he is always so enthusiastic. He even blames him with enthusiasm."

Before getting off work in the evening, Wang Shuo came to the editorial office to find Lin Weimin.

"The Story of the Editorial Department" started as an idea last year and was completed this year. It has been confirmed to be broadcast on CCTV.

Haima Studio is having a celebration banquet today, and we specially invited Lin Weimin.

The dinner was still in Gongjian Hutong, which has become the headquarters of Haima Studio.

After this year of development, the team of Haima Studio seems to have grown a lot.

When Lin Weimin saw Ge You, he joked: "Youzi, let me tell you what to say, you will become popular after shaving your head!"

Ge You was confused, "When did I become popular?"

"Now, just watch!"

Ge You looked at Lin Weimin with a suspicious look on his face. Teacher Lin was good at everything, but he was a little superstitious.

A few days later, Lin Weimin heard that Rong Shihui was sick, so he ran to Rong Shihui's house after work.

"I heard from Lao Zhang that you are sick, how are you doing?"

"It's okay. It's winter, isn't it? My lungs are not in good condition. I went to have a checkup. It's nothing serious."

Lin Weimin felt relieved and said, "That's good."

He then added: "So, you should smoke less. At such an old age, be careful of getting lung cancer again..."

When Lin Weimin said this, he saw Rong Shihui's wife Jie Sutai winking at him, and he immediately changed the topic.

Rong Shihui has not been idle since his retirement, and occasionally helps review manuscripts for the Writer's Publishing House. Lin Weimin said that "Contemporary" is preparing to publish Cheng Zhongshi's latest masterpiece.

"Old Rong, just wait and see, I'll shock your eyes next month!"

Rong Shihui dismissed it and said, "You kid, you are better than me now. I should call you Lin Dachui from now on."

"Look at you, you are used to bragging and you feel that others are bragging too. You need to change this problem. This is called judging others by yourself, a villain's heart."

"Ahem, I think your kid is either here to visit me, or you're just here to piss me off!"

The two bickered for a while, and Rong Shihui relapsed into his old habit, boasting that he had been practicing table tennis hard recently and his skills had improved by leaps and bounds.

He talked a little about table tennis, then about volleyball, and then about the heroic feats of his youth.

Lao Rong's bragging has a history in the Chinese Literature Society. I heard that when he was in the weapons (not a typo) cadre school, there was an editor in the society, Ouyang Bai, who was as good as him in skills, and the two bragged against each other.

These two people never brag about what they are good at, but they like to brag about farm work that they are unfamiliar with.

One boasted that he could drive a bull to plow fields when he was a child, and the other boasted that when he was young, he used his hands to separate two bulls with red eyes.

One of them boasted that he could plant rice seedlings when he was five years old, and the lines he planted were straighter than the ink lines drawn by carpenters. The other boasted that he could plant rice seedlings very quickly, faster than the old method, and could plant two acres of land in one day.

The two of them boasted about similar bullshit, and the colleagues around them also listened with gusto, enjoying the pain. No one wanted to do the disappointing thing of pointing out their flaws.

Because of this, the story of the two boasting has been circulated in the Chinese Literature Society for decades.

A quarrel is a quarrel, but when Lin Weimin recalled Rong Shihui's glorious past, he quietly listened to him without saying a word.

After talking for a long time, Rong Shihui sighed: "Life is so fast, and I am old in a blink of an eye."

"I just said that I could eat three bowls of rice!" Lin Weimin said sarcastically.

Rong Shihui changed his words: "When people get old, they don't waste time eating. When Lian Po was eighty, he still..."

After chatting with Rong Shihui for a long time, Lin Weimin was ready to leave.

Jie Sutai pressed Rong Shihui on the sofa and asked her to see Lin Weimin off.

After leaving the door, Lin Weimin looked at Jie Sutai, knowing that she probably had something to say to him.

"Lao Rong's illness..." Jie Sutai's face looked a little sad.

Lin Weimin's heart skipped a beat, "Is it serious?"

"The pathology section was done and it was said to be lung cancer!"

Lin Weimin was stunned there, not expecting that his unintentional words turned out to be a prophecy.

"Sister, look at me..."

"It's okay. It has nothing to do with you. This is all the result of decades of accumulated problems. Now my family doesn't dare to tell him, for fear of scaring him."

Lin Weimin nodded slightly. Most of the people who got cancer were scared to death by the disease. His family had decided not to tell Rong Shihui the news, and he understood.

"You must not tell this news outside." Jie Sutai warned.

"do not worry!"

After making his promise to Xie Sutai, Lin Weimin left with a heavy heart.