Back to 80: My Literary Life

The call was still from Feng Mu. Fang Minghua expressed embarrassment after hearing this: "Chairman Feng, I just went to Xiangjiang not long ago. This time you should go to someone else."

Unexpectedly, Feng Mu disagreed.

"Xiao Fang, this time is different from last time. Not only do we have to celebrate the establishment of the Hong Kong Writers Association, but we also have to participate in the "Cross-Strait and Three Places Literary Creation Exchange Symposium" sponsored by the "Hong Kong Literature" magazine. People specifically named you. Several "Mao Dun Award" winners, including several, will be led by me, why don't you go? This is not conducive to unity."

With all this said, how could Fang Minghua refuse?

Even the words about my wife's pregnancy came to my lips and I had to swallow them.

On the way home in the afternoon, Fang Minghua told Song Tangtang that he was going to Xiangjiang for a business trip again. Song Tangtang was very supportive: "You go, I'll be fine. I'll go back to my mother's house to stay at night."

In this case, Fang Minghua told his parents again, arranged the work in the unit, and headed north to Yanjing again with his travel bag, first meeting at the Writers Association.

In the office building of the Writers Association, Fang Minghua met the writers who were going to Xiangjiang together. The quality was indeed higher than last time. Zhang Jie, the author of "Heavy Wings" who won the second Mao Dun Award, Liu Xingwu, the author of "The Bell and Drum Tower", and Tianjin Feng Jicai and Fang Minghua also met Wang Anyi, a person they were familiar with.

"Minghua, I heard that you just went to Xiangjiang not long ago?" Wang Anyi asked.

"Yes, I participated in the establishment of the Xiangjiang Writers' Association. I didn't expect to go again."

"Mr. Chen Yingzhen from Taiwan wrote to me saying that I met you last time in Xiangjiang and we had a great chat. He still wants to go this time."

"Mr. Chen is really a patriotic writer." Fang Minghua said.

After returning, he specifically researched the history of Chen Yingzhen. His works were influenced by Lu Xun and mainly described the lives and emotions of urban intellectuals. His works were full of melancholy and depressing tones as well as humanitarian concerns.

In particular, he advocated that Taiwan's modern literature is the extension and development of China's new literature in Taiwan and is an inalienable and important part of Chinese literature. This made Fang Minghua admire him very much.

This time I went to Xiangjiang to meet him and have a good chat.

On October 15, Fang Minghua and his party boarded the journey to Xiangjiang, but they still took a plane to Pengcheng first, and then entered Xiangjiang through Luohu Port.

It was already eight o'clock in the evening when we entered Xiangjiang. In the darkness, there were several people on the opposite side holding banners to welcome them, but this time they were members of the Xiangjiang Writers Association:

The leaders were Zeng Minzhi and Pan Yaoming.

Zeng Minzhi is older, almost 70 years old like Feng Mu. Pan Yaoming is younger, only 38 years old this year, and belongs to the young group.

Everyone introduced each other, shook hands, and greeted each other. Pan Yaoming held Feng Mu's hand and said with a smile, "Chairman Feng, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon."

It turned out that in May of this year (1986), the first delegation of writers from the Mainland visited the United States. Its members were Jiang Zilong, Feng Qiang, etc. Feng Mu was the leader, and they flew to the United States via Hong Kong.

It was arranged by Xiangjiang that Xiangjiang Sanlian Bookstore be in charge, and Pan Yaoming, as the deputy editor-in-chief of the bookstore, took over the details. When the Xiangjiang Writers Association was established, Sanlian Bookstore also played a role in fueling the flames.

When it was Fang Minghua's turn, Pan Yaoming held Fang Minghua's hand and said with a smile: "Editor Fang, you came to Xiangjiang not long ago, but you disturbed the spring water of Xiangjiang martial arts."

Different from the mainland, writers such as Liu Yichang, Zeng Minzhi, and Pan Yaoming in Xiangjiang who are engaged in serious literature do not exclude popular literature including martial arts. Otherwise, Jin Yong would not have such a high status in the literary world of Xiangjiang.

Fang Minghua understood what he meant and replied: "No, I am learning from fellow martial arts writers in Hong Kong, including Mr. Cha."

After hearing Fang Minghua's humble words, Pan Yaoming chuckled: "Haha, you must have learned a lot from Mr. Cha with this study."

Not many people in the mainland know that Fang Minghua wrote martial arts novels in Hong Kong, not to mention that he used another pen name. At first, Luo Bin was not allowed to mention his identity in the mainland, but after Pan Yaoming said it today, everyone knows .

Feng Mu helplessly shook his head.

This guy is always a bit "not doing his job". It is said that last year he went to the United States to write science fiction, and this year he went to Hong Kong to write martial arts, but whatever he wrote was popular.

But that's it.

You can just play with these popular literatures. If you waste all your energy and talent on this, it will be a bit of a loss.

Find a time to persuade him appropriately.

Wang Anyi was indeed surprised when she heard this. In the car going to the hotel, the two of them were sitting together. She quietly asked Fang Minghua: "Minghua, are you writing a martial arts novel?"

"Yes, the main reason is that there is a writer named Huang Ying in Xiangjiang who is too crazy. He said that no one in the mainland can write martial arts. I was very angry and wrote one. Unexpectedly, it was very popular." Fang Minghua told Ni Kuang about the last time he came to Xiangjiang. They briefly told Wang Anyi about their drinking.

It made Wang Anyi laugh.

Fang Minghua, who usually looks very gentle, also has a spirited side.

"Hey, did the writer named Huang Ying make good on your bet?" Wang Anyi also became curious.

"I don't know, actually, it doesn't matter."

Although Huang Ying made a bet with Fang Minghua at the time, it was just a drunken conversation, and Fang Minghua didn't take it to heart. Judging from the book "Hero Shen Shengyi" written by Huang Ying, he was still a pretty good martial arts novel writer.

Originally, the martial arts writers in Hong Kong are starting to lose their talent, so there is no need to interrupt their creative path because of this.

Just as a group of mainland writers took a minibus to the Peninsula Hotel where they were staying, at the same time, in the auditorium of another luxury hotel in Hong Kong, the Regent Hotel in Hong Kong, the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony was held is being held solemnly.

Celebrities from Hong Kong's entertainment industry gathered together to celebrate this grand ceremony.

The most eye-catching awards at this year's Academy Awards are the police film "Police Story" written by Jackie Chan and Tang Jingsheng, directed by Jackie Chan, starring Jackie Chan and Maggie Cheung, and "Police Story", written by Huang Ying, Huang Bingyao and Szeto Zhuohan, directed by Liu Guanwei, starring Lin Zhengying and Qian Xiaohao. In a PK between the horror movie "Mr. Zombie", who can beat the other?

Both movies were "dark horses" at the box office in Hong Kong last year. "Police Story" had a box office of 26 million Hong Kong dollars, and "Mr. Zombie" had a box office of 46 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong and Taiwan!

And both created two types of films: "Police Story" created the characteristics of action comedy, while "Mr. Zombie" ushered in Hong Kong's "zombie era".

As one of the screenwriters, Huang Ying was sitting at the guest table in a suit and leather shoes, somewhat smug. The latter was much more popular than the former.

But what makes him regretful is that although "Mr. Zombie" received 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, the award results were announced. It only won the Best Music Award. Instead, "Police Story" Won two awards for Best Film and Best Action Direction.

Huang Ying was immediately disappointed.

After the ceremony, Huang Ying was about to return to his home, but was stopped by a female reporter just after leaving the auditorium.

"Hello Mr. Huang, I am Zeng Huiyan, a reporter from China Daily. I would like to interview you with a few questions."

Zeng Huiyan!

Huang Ying couldn't help but stop.