1980 My literary era

Hainan, Boundary Island.

Sea breeze, waves, seagulls, the girl wearing headphones hummed a tune, looking extremely happy. She came to the bookstore by the sea and pushed the door in. There was no one here yet. While she was standing in front of the bookshelf choosing books, a capable man walked into the bookstore.

"Fang Qi!"

"Hey! Hello, Teacher Su Tong!"

Fang Qi turned his head and responded.

The two exchanged a few words, and Fang Qi introduced the origin of the bookstore to Su Tong. This was originally an old house on Boundary Island. It originally had three rooms. After being opened up, the middle room became a reception area. Both sides were filled with bookshelves. There were 5,000 books in this small bookstore. Many books were mailed in by avid readers of the show.

While the two were chatting, Nishikawa walked into the bookstore. He is also one of the regular guests of "I Study on an Island" this time.

Entering the bookstore, Su Tong was interested in books and desks. He sat at the desk facing the sea and was unwilling to move. However, Xi Chuan had a special liking for the records in the bookstore and turned over them.

"Yo, they're all here!"

Yu Hua walked to the door of the bookstore. He was wearing a black T-shirt on his upper body, large flower pants on his lower body, and a pair of flip-flops. He had no consciousness of recording a program at all, as if he was on vacation.

Before he entered the study room, Fang Qi saw him and said hello, and the originally quiet atmosphere in the study room instantly became lively.

Everyone talked for a while and argued about the name of the bookstore. After arguing for a while, they finally decided on the name of the bookstore as "Boundary Bookstore".

After more than half an hour, the recording in the bookstore was almost complete, and the director reminded that it was lunch time.

Several guests had lunch, but the camera did not stop, and the place to eat was in the open-air dining area next to the bookstore.

Everyone chatted while eating, and Fang Qi took the initiative to initiate the conversation every time.

"I Study on an Island" is a documentary reading program produced by Jiangsu Satellite TV. The format of the program is different from traditional variety shows. Fang Qi's role is equivalent to the host.

She previously participated in a music variety show. Because her thoughtful comments were in sharp contrast to the judges and guests on the show who only knew how to quarrel with each other, she got out of the circle for a while, and was lucky enough to get the chance to participate in "I'm Here" Island Reading" program.

"Teacher Su Tong and Teacher Yu Hua are colleagues, right?"

"We used to be colleagues." Su Tong said.

Yu Huadao: "I also want to emphasize this."

He said to Fang Qi: "We were both in the Chinese Literature Society before. He was the editor of "Contemporary" under the Chinese Literature Society, and I was the editor of "The Heroes of Kyushu", the subsidiary publication of the Chinese Literature Society, Tongwen Society. I know. Why did he emphasize that he was a colleague before?"

Fang Qi shook his head, "Why?"

"Heroes of Kyushu is a popular novel magazine, and Contemporary is a mainstream literary magazine. He is emphasizing that his background is better than mine, but later he was transferred to Wenhua Film and Television." Yu Hua said with a hint of teasing in his tone. .

Su Tong was afraid that Fang Qi would be deceived by Yu Hua, so he explained with a serious face: "Don't listen to his nonsense. He used to be the deputy editor-in-chief of the Chinese Literature Society, and I was an ordinary editor when I was at the Chinese Literature Society. Mainly because of the two of us. He left the Chinese Literature Society around 10 years ago.”

Fang Qi nodded and looked at Xi Chuan again, "Has Teacher Xi Chuan been familiar with the two teachers before?"

Xi Chuan looked at each other, Yu Hua and Su Tong, "We have met before and are not very familiar with each other, but we also have common friends. Ouyang Jianghe is a common friend of Yu Hua and I, and there are many more..."

"That's right, that's right." Yu Hua rushed to say, "Xichuan still cooperates with our Chinese Literature Society. You forgot that you published a collection of poems for Haizi back then!"

Xi Chuan patted his head, "Yes, yes."

Fang Qi listened to the conversation between the two with a curious look on his face.

Nishikawa said to her: "In the early 1990s, I was still working at my workplace. One day I suddenly received a phone call. I forgot the specific day. The other person introduced himself as the editor of the Chinese Literature Society and said that the president of the Chinese Literature Society The editor wants to create a special topic on misty poetry and publish several collections of misty poetry..."

Fang Qi asked: "Chief editor of the Chinese Literature Society? Is this teacher Lin Weimin?"

"Yes." Xichuan stopped his introduction and answered Fang Qi's question. Yu Hua on the side said with a smile: "When it comes to 'Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Literature Society,' the person who most people think of is Teacher Lin."

"Teacher Lin's contribution to the Chinese Literature Society is indeed of great merit." Su Tong said.

Speaking of the name Lin Weimin, Fang Qi was full of curiosity and asked: "I heard that Teacher Su Tong is a student of Teacher Lin, right?"

Su Tong was about to answer when he heard this, but Yu Hua said for him: "What kind of student! It's just a work relationship. He graduated and joined "Contemporary". Teacher Lin only took him for a while. It's all a business relationship."

Sensing the subtle jealousy in Yu Hua's words, Fang Qi asked funnyly: "Teacher Yu Hua and Teacher Lin have a very good relationship. You have known each other for many years, right? I remember you mentioned it before in your interview."

Yu Hua showed a bit of complacency on his face, "Hey, it's not bad. Back then, Mr. Lin was my editor. At that time, he had just become the deputy editor of "Contemporary" not long ago. One day he called me and told me about my manuscript. The writing is good, but the ending is a bit gloomy and may need to be changed. I said as long as it can be published, you will let me make it bright from beginning to end."

Fang Qi burst into laughter, "I saw you mentioned this in the interview, it's very interesting."

"So strictly speaking, Teacher Lin is my boss!" Yu Hua said with emotion.

At this moment, Su Tong finally couldn't help it anymore and said: "Teacher Lin has discovered many talents, but I am the only editor he has."

He and Yu Hua were noisy and refused to give in to each other, but it was Lin Weimin who Fang Qi was most interested in.

"I've heard of this too. It seems that many writers who became famous in the 1980s and 1990s were discovered by Teacher Lin."

When Su Tong heard this, he stopped arguing with Yu Hua and said, "Yu Hua is the same, as are Mo Yan, Wang Shuo, Haiyan, Er Yuehe... and Ma Yuan. There are many others who were originally in the area. Very famous writers have gone nationwide through the promotion of "Contemporary" and Teacher Lin, such as Lu Yao, Cheng Zhongshi, and Jia Pingwa."

Yu Hua smiled and said, "Speaking of Ma Yuan, I thought of an interesting thing."

Everyone looked at him, and he continued: "Teacher Lin told me that when Ma Yuan was a college student in 1980, he once went to the editorial office of "Contemporary". Ma Yuan was tall and big, and he was blocked in The entrance to the office of "Contemporary" was full of menace. Lin Weimin felt that this guy was here to cause trouble.

He had submitted articles to "Contemporary" before, but after he came in and introduced himself, Teacher Lin was actually impressed by what he had written, but he deliberately pretended not to know who he was.

Ma Yuan was indeed unconvinced that day and wanted to come to Teacher Lin to argue. Unfortunately, his level was not good enough in front of Teacher Lin. After a few words of conversation, Teacher Lin took him away.

Ma Yuan felt that he had to show some momentum. He said in a very firm and unquestionable tone that Hawthorne was the greatest writer in the world.

After saying this, Ma Yuan felt very proud. You know that if he used this trick before, no matter how good-tempered the person opposite was, he would definitely not be able to help but argue with him. He loves to read books, and the books he reads are quite miscellaneous. As long as he enters this process, he will be almost 100% successful.

But Ma Yuan never expected that Teacher Lin said "makes sense". "

When Yu Hua said this, several people around him couldn't help laughing as they imagined the tall and powerful Ma Yuan going to Teacher Lin to argue with Teacher Lin, but his strength seemed to be hitting cotton.

"Then what? Then what?" Fang Qi asked.

The smile on Yu Hua's face became even wider, and he added: "Then Teacher Lin asked Ma Yuan: You said you have read more than two thousand novels. Have you read "Leap Frog"? Ma Yuan shook his head. Teacher Lin again Question: What about Sand Dune? Ma Yuan still shook his head. Forget about the depression and aggrievedness that Ma Yuan felt at that time. He always boasted of reading a lot, but Teacher Lin said that he had never read two books. The most amazing thing was at the end, Teacher Lin gave him a particularly pitiful look and said: Your reading level is a bit narrow!"

Yu Hua vividly reproduced the scene in the editorial office of "Contemporary" back then, and several people around him laughed.

"Haha, that's so interesting."

"I heard Sister Yao say this before." Su Tong said.

Fang Qi asked curiously: "Teacher Yu, "Dune" is that famous science fiction novel, right?"

"Yes. "Dune" is a novel by Frank Herbert, and "Leapfrog" is a novel by Edgar Allan Poe. One of the two novels is science fiction and the other is mystery. The literary youth at that time most respected Naturally, Ma Yuan has never read serious realist literature."

"It's so interesting. I didn't expect that there is such a story between Teacher Lin and Teacher Ma Yuan." Fang Qi looked interested.

"There are so many interesting things like this. You are young, so you may not know that back then, Teacher Lin was a leader in Chinese literary circles. Su Tong must know that."

Fang Qi looked at Su Tong, who had a pleasant smile on his face and recalled: "Teacher Lin is really good at this, and his experience in drafting is very mysterious."

When he said this, the curiosity in Fang Qi's eyes became even heavier.

"For example, Haiyan, who used to be a policeman, passed by the Chinese Literature Society one day and wanted to write a novel on a whim. He suppressed it at home for more than a year, and he really let it out, and then he took the manuscript to the Chinese Literature Society to submit it. , but never finished the manuscript.

It took more than a year to write something, but the publisher didn't want it. Haiyan squatted at the door of the Chinese Literature Society building and felt worried.

Just at this time, Teacher Lin came out and saw him like this, so he chatted with him for a few words. Knowing that Haiyan was here to submit a manuscript, Teacher Lin accepted his manuscript.

The quality of the manuscript was average and not high enough to be published in "Contemporary". However, Teacher Lin felt that it had some shining points, so he asked Haiyan to change it and publish it in the selected book series at that time.

Later, it was adapted into a TV series. You should have heard of it, which is "Undercover Police". "

Fang Qi's eyes flashed when he heard this, "So this is how "Plain Clothes Police" came about!"

"The same goes for Yue Erhe. He originally heard that CCTV was going to film "A Dream of Red Mansions," which is the 1987 version of the TV series. He specially invited a fictitious person to come to Yanjing to give advice on the filming of "A Dream of Red Mansions," but as a result, CCTV didn't even get in. He The CCTV guard refused to recognize the letter of introduction and was stopped at the door..."

Fang Qi imagined that a great writer who had not yet become famous was blocked by the guard because of a letter of introduction, and was overjoyed.

"At that time, Teacher Lin happened to be a consultant for the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions"..."

At this time, Fang Qi interjected: "Mr. Lin should be the youngest consultant on the "Dream of Red Mansions" advisory team at that time, right?"

"You know quite a lot!"

Fang Qi had a little pride on his face, "I'm Teacher Lin's crush!"

"Teacher Lin and Mr. Wan were both teachers and students in the advisory group at that time. It was an anecdote in the Chinese cultural circle at that time." Su Tong sighed, and then continued: "The Eryue River was blocked at that time. Mr. Lin walked out of the CCTV door and saw him squatting at the door, so he asked curiously. "

"And then you picked up another great writer?" Fang Qi asked.

"Almost. Hey, let me tell you something!"