1980 My literary era

During the Spring Festival, apart from paying New Year greetings, it is all about eating, drinking and playing mahjong.

This was the case in later generations, and it is similar now.

Lin Weimin didn't have many relatives in Yanjing, but he had many teachers and friends. During the New Year greetings, he only stayed at each house for 20 minutes and had to walk for two days. Most of his time was wasted on the road.

"If this continues, Yanjing will have traffic jams in a few years."

Lin Weimin was driving a car, with Lao Meng and Lao Qin in the car. He had just come out from their homes to celebrate the New Year. While chatting, they talked about Rong Shihui, who was in the hospital. They decided to go and see him together.

"There are more private cars, which proves that more people are getting rich and people's lives are better," Meng Weizai said.

"Only a small number of people are getting rich. If we don't achieve common prosperity, problems will occur sooner or later!" Qin Chaoyang retorted with different opinions.

“Getting rich first can lead to wealth later!”

"Can those who get rich first lead to wealth later? Then the tenant farmers of the landlord's family have long since become masters!"

The older they get, the more stubborn they become. Neither of the two old men can convince the other, and they hate each other.

When the car arrived at the hospital, the three of them came to the ward together. Rong Shihui was lying on the hospital bed, and his wife was feeding him porridge.

"Old Rong!"

When Tan Chaoyang and Meng Weizai saw the skinny and weak Rong Shihui on the hospital bed, they couldn't help but let out a soft cry.

When Rong Shihui saw the three of them, a rare smile appeared on his face, "Why are you here?"

"Come to wish you a happy New Year! Have a great New Year, Laorong!" Meng Weizai said with a smile.

"Happy New Year! Happy New Year!" Rong Shihui tried his best to bow his hands to several people.

He has been undergoing chemotherapy for more than half a year. This treatment method can effectively curb cancer, but it also causes great damage to the functions of the human body.

He is weaker now than when Lin Weimin came to see him half a year ago.

Rong Shihui looked at Lin Weimin and said, "Weimin, congratulations to you. Liu Yin came to see me last time and said that you have become the editor-in-chief."

Lin Weimin responded with a smile, feeling uncomfortable.

Rong Shihui was very weak now. After talking for a while, he started to breathe. Lin Weimin and others had to say goodbye.

Before leaving, Lin Weimin held Rong Shihui's hand and said, "Old Rong, persistence is victory!"

Rong Shihui smiled, his lips turning white, "Persistence is victory!"

Tan Chaoyang and Meng Wei left the hospital and sighed, and Lin Weimin also sighed.

Last year, Lao Rong also said that he would be discharged from the hospital in his car, but he might not be able to wait until that day.

After driving Meng and Qin home, Lin Weimin also returned home. When he entered the door, he saw Tao Huimin chatting with the guests.

"Teacher Lin!" Wang Xiaobo and Li Yinhe stood up, "Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year! Happy New Year!" Lin Weimin said with a smile and asked the two of them to sit down.

Wang Xiaobo is shy and unreasonable by nature. Today, Li Yinhe dragged Wang Xiaobo to pay New Year greetings. She said: "Thanks to your help, Xiaobo can engage in writing as he wishes."

"It's a small favor to say, but it's better for him to write something himself." Lin Weimin said and suddenly remembered, "By the way, Xiaobo, I bought two of your novels last time in Xiangjiang."

"Ah! Really?" Wang Xiaobo responded with a somewhat unnatural expression.

Lin Weimin completely understood the reason for Wang Xiaobo's unnatural expression. The novel was published in Xiangjiang, and he must have received the sample book.

Even if the title of the book is "The Romantic History of Wang Er", the most outrageous thing is the book cover, which directly shows the intertwining of two bodies of a man and a woman. At first glance, it is based on the heroes and heroines Wang Er and Chen Qingyang in "The Golden Age" Designed.

The publishing house basically publishes salty and wet novels, which is very suitable for the urine of Xiangjiang people.

Lin Weimin ignored the title of the book and asked, "How is the book selling?"

"It's not bad. It's said to be selling two to three thousand copies a month."

"The market in Xiangjiang is small, so 20,000 to 30,000 copies a year is a very good result."

Wang Xiaobo nodded. He had no material needs. If he really wanted to pursue material things, he would not return to China.

"The Story of Tang Dynasty" and "The Romantic History of Wang Er" were published successively. He received a lot of royalties. If he could support himself and his family with the royalties, he was already content.

"By the way, I've seen you publish a few essays during this period, and they seem to have been well received." Lin Weimin asked.

Speaking of this matter, Wang Xiaobo showed a somewhat helpless expression on his face.

He has been writing novels for so many years, but so far he has published very few works, but his essays have been published smoothly.

Especially after I started writing full-time, I published one article after another without stopping, which was indeed very popular.

Also because of the popularity of his essays, Wang Xiaobo's influence in the domestic ideological circles has been much greater than in the literary circles in the past two years.

In the literary world, he was just a nobody.

"I just wanted to earn some royalties by writing essays, and I didn't expect that."

Lin Weimin knew that Wang Xiaobo's ideal was in literary creation, not in academic research.

"I happen to know a publisher in Bay Island. I'll ask you in a few days to see if your novels can be published in Bay Island."

Guo Feng's Xindi Literary Publishing House has introduced works by mainland writers on a large scale in recent years, setting off a wave of "mainland fever" in Bay Island. Lin Weimin recommended "White Deer Plain" by Guo Feng.

In addition, many works of writers who have cooperated with Chinese Literature Publishing House have been introduced to Bay Island by SHKP Literary Publishing House.

Wang Xiaobo never expected that he would encounter such a good thing just because he came to pay New Year greetings.

A smile appeared on his face, "Thank you so much, Teacher Lin."

Lin Weimin waved his hand, "Now you are writing full-time and publishing novels. With income, you can better devote your energy to writing."

Wang Xiaobo and Li Yinhe were deeply moved when they heard this. After leaving Lin's house, Li Yinhe said to Wang Xiaobo: "Teacher Lin is your boss!"

Wang Xiaobo felt grateful to him, not only for Bole, but also for his confidant.

Taking advantage of the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, Lin Weimin drove Tao Huimin, Tao's father and Tao's mother to the second courtyard next to the Forbidden City, which had been vacant since Han Zhuangzhuang moved there.

During the two days of the Spring Festival, Tao Huimin had already communicated with Tao's father and Tao's mother, and asked Tao's mother to come to Yanjing to take care of her when she became pregnant.

The couple discussed that the courtyard next to the Forbidden City should be reserved for Tao's father and Tao's mother to live in.

"Dad, Mom! I'm afraid you won't be used to living with us when you come to Yanjing. You can live here. It's not far from our place. There is also a house at Tuanjie Lake, but it's a bit far away from here. , in the eastern suburbs, if you are not used to living in a courtyard house, you can live there."

Tao Huimin walked around with her parents and said.

Father Tao and Mother Tao stood in the courtyard, looking at the walls of the Forbidden City, somewhat lost in thought. They had never thought of living next to the Forbidden City in their lives.

"Dad, Mom, what do you think?" Tao Huimin asked again when her parents didn't respond.

"As long as you have a place to live, there's no choice." Father Tao came back to his senses and said, he looked around the yard again, "This yard is too big, how can the two of us live there?"

"What's wrong with being bigger? I'll have a place to live when my relatives and friends come, so it's settled." Tao Huimin said casually.

The holidays are over, and the streets of Yanjing City are busy with traffic. The army of bicycles of office workers are now mixed with a large number of motorcycles. Compared with private cars that only a few people can afford now, the increase in motorcycles is more representative of the living standards of the people. promote.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the Chinese Literature Society received the approval from the department regarding the resumption of the popular literature and art publishing house under the National Literature Publishing House.

The Chinese Literature Society submitted an application for resuming the operation of popular literature and art publishing houses to the department more than half a month ago, and it was approved after a gap of the Spring Festival. The efficiency is not bad.

Generally, the efficiency will only appear when sending the God of Plague.

The restoration of the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House is a happy event for the Chinese Literature Society.

Over the years, Chinese Literature Publishing House has had many sub-brands, but few of them have been able to carry forward and survive to this day. Since the reform and opening up, several sub-brands have become independent one after another. Popular Literature and Art Publishing House is still the first sub-brand to regroup. society.

After receiving the approval, the first thing the Chinese Literature Society did was hold a meeting to finalize the organizational structure and rules and regulations of the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House.

This thing has been done years ago, and the meeting now is just a formality. Lin Weimin is also the president and editor-in-chief of the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House. No one is surprised by this.

Because the approval of Jin Yong's collection of works was blocked, Lin Weimin went to the agency to argue the matter. Everyone has long known that the restoration of the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House is naturally no secret.

In terms of the remaining organizational structure, the administrative staff are basically held concurrently by the relevant departments of the Chinese Literature Society, and only the business department needs to establish a dedicated editorial department.

It has been decades since the Popular Books Publishing House was merged into the Chinese Literature Society. The editors back then have grown old and passed away, and it is impossible to use them again.

Lin Weimin considered that the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House had just been established, and the books it produced were all popular readings. The business volume was relatively small, and it was a sub-brand publisher. The editors in other editorial rooms must be somewhat resistant to the transfer.

In the past, when I was chatting with people, I mentioned where I worked at the Chinese Literature Publishing House, and others would look at me with a high regard. Now when I chat with people, I mentioned where I work at the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House. What do you mean?

The gap is too big!

Lin Weimin discussed with Cheng Wanchun that the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House had just been established, and it had to have some benefits, otherwise why would everyone come?

The two called the members of the job evaluation committee together for a meeting to discuss the job titles. After some wrangling, Popular Literature and Art Publishing House obtained the job titles of two deputy editors and two editors.

Then, Lin Weimin called several young editors from the Second Editorial Office of Contemporary Literature who were responsible for compiling Jin Yong's collection of works to come over for a heart-to-heart talk.

From the Chinese Literature Society to the Tongwen Society, the gap in status is unavoidable, but with the benefit of professional titles, under the persuasion of Teacher Lin, several young people readily agreed to change their careers and join the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House as editors The ministry’s extended family.

After taking in several younger brothers, Lin Weimin was happy when Tong Zhonggui found him and expressed the hope of joining the Popular Literature and Art Publishing House.

"You did a good job at "Contemporary", why did you want to come here?" Lin Weimin asked.

"I just want to work under you." Tong Zhonggui said.

Lin Weimin pondered for a moment, and then said: "Xiao Tong, I think you should continue to work at "Contemporary". You have been there for so many years and you have done a very good job. It would be a big loss to rashly transfer to the popular literature and art side."

Tong Zhonggui was a little surprised. He didn't expect Lin Weimin to reject him, but he also knew that Lin Weimin was doing it for his own good.

He nodded a little disappointedly, "Okay then, I'll listen to you."

Although he rejected Tong Zhonggui, Lin Weimin was inspired by him and picked up the phone.