Back to 80: My Literary Life

"Hainan?"

"Yes, Hainan is going to be established as a province this year. It will establish the largest special economic zone in the country. The country will provide various preferential treatment. I heard that the policy is very flexible and open, including the publishing system, so I want to go to Hainan to see what's going on. There is no more suitable opportunity." Zhao Hongjun expressed his thoughts.

Fang Minghua thought for a while and agreed with Zhao Hongjun's opinion.

"You can go and try."

"Then, Minghua, will you accompany me?"

"I?"

"This time I want to contact Hainan Publishing House, which is preparing, to see if there are any opportunities to cooperate with them." Zhao Hongjun said.

"But Hainan is not Qin Province, and I'm not very familiar with it. You are a writer, the editor-in-chief of a publishing house, and you also hold the title of vice chairman of the Provincial Writers Association. Whether you contact the publishing house or find local officials, your status is much better than mine. The general manager of a book publishing company is much more convenient.”

This is true.

But.

Fang Minghua suddenly remembered that Zhao Hongjun's brother-in-law was not in Guangdong Province?

I know people in the publishing industry. When Zhao Hongjun opened this company to publish his first novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he found his brother-in-law and found the president of Guangdong New Century Publishing House, and bought a book number for 50,000 yuan. .

Why not find his brother-in-law?

Fang Minghua expressed his doubts.

After hearing this, Zhao Hongjun said: "Hey, my brother-in-law has resigned and became a bad man. Now he is not in Guangdong Province and is in Yanjing to get steel approval."

oh.

Fang Minghua was not too surprised. There is a popular saying in this era: "One billion people, 900 million have fallen, and there are still 100 million who are looking for it."

The main thing is that you have courage and there is nothing you can't defeat.

Toys were exchanged for mink clothes, candies were exchanged for trucks, and some people planned to resell the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame de Paris. The most famous one, Mou, actually exchanged cans for airplanes.

"How about a trip?" Zhao Hongjun said again.

Fang Minghua also wanted to see this reform experimental field, so he agreed: "When will we go?"

"Of course the sooner the better."

"Okay then, I'll go to work and arrange the work at hand first, and take a few days off."

"Okay, I'll prepare when I get back. You call me when the time comes. Let's save time and fly directly to Huacheng, and then take the train to Hainan."

Since he agreed, Fang Minghua didn't hesitate. After taking the New Year's Day holiday, he went to find President Huang. Of course, he didn't say that he would fly to Hainan to find the ISBN. He just said that he had some private matters at home that he wanted to take care of and that he needed to take a few days off.

President Huang readily agreed.

After arranging the work in the editorial department, Fang Minghua packed his luggage, and Zhao Hongjun had already bought a plane ticket. Although these days, buying a plane ticket requires a letter of introduction from the work unit. Because Fang Minghua did not tell the work unit his actual whereabouts, it was difficult to get one from the work unit.

But this is not a problem for them. Shengshi Book Company can open it.

On January 7, the two of them took their suitcases and embarked on a journey to Hainan.

Just when Fang Minghua and the two were rushing to Hainan, another writer was also on his way to Hainan, thousands of miles away in Xiang Province.

His name is Han Shaogong.

Han Shaogong is 35 years old this year. In 1985, he published the novella "Daddy" and "Daughter and Daughter", and the short story "Return" shocked the literary world and became a leader in "root-seeking literature".

In the same year, he was elected as the vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Youth Federation and also a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial CPPCC.

However, at this time, he had resigned from all positions in Hunan Province, took his wife and eight-year-old daughter, and took a train to Hainan with a travel bag. His organizational relationship was also transferred to the Hainan Writers Association, which was still under preparation. .

The train rides in the Nanling Mountains.

It is already midnight, and all the passengers on the train have fallen asleep. The noisy carriage during the day is now very quiet, with only the rhythmic sound of the rails clanking.

Han Shaogong did not fall asleep, silently looking at the scenery outside the window.

In fact, nothing could be seen, it was pitch black, with occasional flickering lights.

His wife Liang Xuli, who was sitting next to her, was not asleep either. She gently held her daughter to make her sleep more comfortable. She looked at her husband next to her with a trace of sadness in her eyes.

She never expected that her husband, who was approaching middle age, would abandon his promising future and go to Hainan alone!

It was to fulfill one of his dreams.

It is to build a small "utopia" in Hainan.

He believes that Hainan, which has become China's largest special economic zone, can realize his long-cherished "commune dream."

She was impressed by her husband's talent and fanatical idealism, and she followed her husband and their daughter to that strange place without hesitation.

Of course, as a woman, it is more realistic to consider, not to mention she is the mother of a child.

Han Shaogong seemed to feel the worry in his wife next to him, and turned his head and smiled at her, "Are you still worried?"

"Um."

"Don't worry, I will succeed. Besides, I'm not fighting alone."

Indeed, Han Shaogong did not go to Hainan alone.

Under his call, a group of about 20 writers from Hunan Province: Zhang Xinqi, Jiang Zidan, Lin Gang, Xu Naijian, and Ye Zhizhen, are rushing to Hainan one after another.

Of course, joining the Hainan Writers Association is not the goal. They first need to start a magazine and take advantage of Hainan's preferential policies to start a magazine.

A magazine all your own.

"In advance, I have thought about it. In addition to paying state taxes and management fees, all the wealth created by this magazine will be jointly managed and disposed by all our members. Of course, the obligations equal to the interests are also substantial."

"Also, if due to operational needs, the magazine temporarily reduces labor remuneration, or collects wealth that has been allocated to individuals in the form of loans, no one may refuse."

Her husband spoke with great interest, and Liang Xuli could not say anything. He could only bless his husband and hope that his wishes would come true.

"Meiling has arrived."

Han Shaogong suddenly said something.

I saw outside the window that the train began to slow down and finally stopped at a small station. The lights on the platform were dim, and Liang Xuali looked through the car window and saw the words on the platform: "Dayuling Station".

"Dayuling is Meiling. It was called Saishang, Tailing (Tailing Mountain), and Dongqiao in ancient times. It is the easternmost of the Five Ridges and is the first of the Five Ridges." Han Shaogong looked out the window and explained softly: "During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Jiuling led people to dig The Dayuling Road became the main traffic channel connecting Lingnan and Lingbei. For a time, "businessmen were like clouds, goods were like rain, and thousands of feet were walking on them."

Zhang Jiuling once wrote a poem: "Flying further south for me, I reached Meiling because of the book." Su Shi in the Song Dynasty was demoted to Lingnan, and he also wrote the poem "Xiaohan first visited Meihualing, and thousands of valleys and rocks carried the human landscape."

"Of course, the most powerful one is Marshal Chen Yi's "Three Chapters of Meiling"," Han Shaogong recited softly.

How do you feel about being beheaded today?

Starting a business is hard and full of battles.

I'm going to Quantai to recruit old troops.

One hundred thousand banners killed Yama.

"Compared with Marshal Chen's situation when I went to Hainan this time, it was much better." After saying that, Han Shaogong smiled at his wife, showing his white teeth.

"Yeah" Liang Xuali nodded.

What fascinates her the most is her husband's temperament, which is both talented and optimistic.

"Go to sleep, take a nap, there's still a long road ahead." Han Shaogong said softly.

"Well" Liang Xuali hugged her daughter, closed her eyes and leaned on her husband's shoulder.

At dawn, we crossed the foot of Meiling and did not go to Huacheng. Instead, we passed through Liuzhou and headed for Zhanjiang. The family of three boarded the ship to Hainan without stopping.

At the same time, Fang Minghua and Zhao Hongjun also took a plane and flew to Huacheng.