Back to 80: My Literary Life

The next morning, Fang Minghua gave a speech and talked about some of his views on new realistic novels. The title was "Ideological Trends and Spiritual Techniques - A Preliminary Study of New Realistic Novels"

Fang Minghua looked energetic in a suit and tie.

“Around 1985, when China’s avant-garde literature was rising and developing rapidly in the literary world, some people once claimed that realist literature had reached the end of its road in China. Others, on the other hand, resolutely defended realism. posture.”

“Of course, what is more powerful than any eloquence is the fact itself: the creative practice from 1987 to the first half of 1988 shows that after a period of malaise, realist novels finally absorbed new nourishment and developed into a brand-new His posture leaped into the literary world and once again occupied a prominent position."

"But this kind of realist novel is different from both avant-garde literature and the realism of the past. It presents a new style, which we call neorealist novel."

Neorealist novels are not satisfied with describing the bloody surface life scenes, but go deep into the various ugliness hidden in the depths of human nature, describing the confrontation between human nature and beastliness deep in the soul, thereby revealing the true meaning of life at a deeper level. .

Secondly, the author would rather intertwine good and evil, sincerity and hypocrisy, light and darkness, tragedy and comedy, etc., hiding the tendency between the lines, rather than trying to highlight a certain point like some pseudo-realist works. tendency, and abandon the incomparable richness and vividness of life, so that the characters in neorealist novels appear fuller and the connotation is thicker.

Fang Minghua spoke for two full hours.

There was a round of applause at the end of the meeting.

This is the first in the domestic literary world to elaborate on the background, connotation, and development of new realistic novels from the perspective of literary theory.

After the speech, Tang Yin, deputy editor-in-chief of the "Literary Newspaper" who was invited to the meeting, approached Fang Minghua.

"Editor Fang, your article will be published in our "Literary News"

"Hey, Editor Tang, you can't show up with Cheng Yaojin halfway. Editor Fang's article has been booked by our "Novel Review" for a long time, isn't it, Editor Fang?"

The speaker was Wang Yu, editor-in-chief of "Novel Review" magazine.

Although Wang Yu and Fang Minghua had some unhappiness when they competed for the position of editor-in-chief of "Yanhe" magazine, it has been a few years, and Wang Yu's "Novel Review" has also made great progress, so those previous unhappiness has been forgotten. Gone by the wind.

Fang Minghua is the vice chairman of the Qin Provincial Writers' Association, and Wang Yu is a director of the Writers' Association. They often meet during meetings of the Writers' Association, so there is no need to worry about the original trivial matter.

Hearing what Wang Yu said, Fang Minghua smiled and said, "Editor Tang, what Editor Wang said is the truth. He told me a long time ago."

"Hey, "Novel Review" is a monthly magazine, and we are a newspaper, but they are both published at the same time, so there is no conflict." Tang Yin immediately thought of a way: "You still think it is, Editor Wang?"

In the end, it was the "Literary News" newspaper that was so powerful that it forced the article to be obtained from Wang Yu, and soon published the full text in "Literary News", which caused a heated discussion in the literary world and became a domestic literary theory in the late 1980s. An important discussion in the field.

Of course, this is something.

The four-day workshop concluded with one final activity:

Climb Mount Huashan.

Fang Minghua didn't want to climb.

He climbed once when he was in love with Song Tangtang, and then twice with his friends, but he had no interest in this thing at all.

But Yu Hua, Li Hongying and other young people insisted on pulling him to climb together, saying that as a teacher, you should take the lead.

What kind of teacher am I? I’ve only been teaching for a few months.

There was no other way, so Fang Minghua had no choice but to get ready - a military coat, a flashlight, and climb Huashan Mountain at night.

"Bai Miao, you don't want to crawl?" Fang Minghua asked while packing his things.

"If you don't crawl, you will be too old to crawl."

Damn it!

How much older are you than me? Just old?

In fact, Fang Minghua also knew that this guy was tired of crawling.

"You guys crawl, I want to have a good sleep, I've been busy for so many days." Bai Miao stretched.

"Okay, I'm going to bed. Pay attention to safety when hiking." Bai Miao said and left the room.

Just as Bai Miao left, another person knocked on the door and came in. It was Wang Shuo.

Fang Minghua also paid attention to Wang Shuo.

In the past few days, Wang Shuo changed his usual Kanye style and appeared to be very low-key. Except for a few words with Liu Zhenyun, who was working in Yanjing, he rarely talked to others and looked very worried.

Seeing him coming today, Fang Minghua greeted him warmly: "Wang Shuo, aren't you going to climb Mount Huashan?"

"No, I'm afraid of heights."

Afraid of heights?

Fang Minghua was a little surprised, not sure if it was true or not?

Of course, when Wang Shuo said this, it was hard for Fang Minghua to ask.

Watching Fang Minghua finish packing his luggage, Wang Shuocai said: "Editor Fang, I have something to tell you."

"Okay, sit down and I'll pour you some tea."

"no, I'm fine."

Wang Shuo looked very well-behaved today.

"Editor Fang, your wife is Brother Yuemin's sister Song Tangtang. She is the deputy general manager of Xijing Shengshi Book Publishing Company?" Wang Shuo asked.

Brother Yuemin?

The call was quite affectionate.

But I heard from my uncle that you are just acquaintances, right?

Fang Minghua didn't say this and just said: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

"I heard that Lu Yao's "The Ordinary World" was actually published by Sheng Company and paid royalties?"

Ask this?

Fang Minghua understood why Wang Shuo suddenly asked him to come today.

"Yes, I did give royalties." Fang Minghua answered very straightforwardly. Some things cannot be covered up, and many people already know.

"It's like this, Editor Fang, we are also friends, I won't beat around the bush." ​​Wang Shuo said: "I have published some novels in the past few years, and I want to compile them into a collection of novels and give them to Shengshi Books for publication."

"Give it to Shengshi Books?" Fang Minghua smiled: "Do you want royalties?"

"Yes, Yanjing Youth Publishing House wants to publish, but I declined."

"They don't give royalties?"

"Yes."

Oh.

Seeing Fang Minghua fall into thought, Wang Shuo further said: "Editor Fang, to be honest, three movies adapted from my novels will be released this year, namely "The Troublemakers", "Floating Out of the Sea" and "Rubber Man"."

Fang Minghua knew that the reason why Wang Shuo asked him for copyright income was that this was his greatest confidence!

He thought for a while and said, "Wang Shuo, I have read all the novels you have published in recent years. I personally think that they can be published according to your requirements, but after all, I am not the boss of Shengshi Books. Let me tell my wife first. After the meeting, please go to Xijing. The boss of the company, Zhao Hongjun, is on a business trip to Hainan. My wife is in charge of the company. You can talk to her. How about it?"

If you agree, will your wife disagree?

Wang Shuo even doubted whether this Shengshi Book Company was Fang Minghua's share?

On the surface, it was run by his good friend and wife, but he was hiding behind the scenes to direct.

Of course, these were none of his business.

So Wang Shuo agreed very happily.