Back to 80: My Literary Life

Fang Minghua arrived in Hainan on September 4.

From this time on, going to Hainan requires a border pass. However, this is not a difficult task for Fang Minghua. He can quickly get it done by taking his household registration book to the Xincheng Public Security Bureau.

Fang Minghua took a plane instead of a boat, so someone checked various documents including the border pass before boarding in Huacheng.

He saw a passenger who was denied boarding because he forgot to bring his border pass in a hurry, and he beat his chest and stamped his feet in regret.

The plane landed steadily at Dayingshan Airport. Fang Minghua got off the plane with his luggage and came to the terminal. He saw a very delicate girl wearing glasses holding a sign high with the three words "Fang Minghua" written on it.

Zhao Hongjun specially arranged for Haikou to pick her up before leaving.

Fang Minghua also knew the girl who picked her up. She was Dai Jiali, a girl who graduated from Yenching Foreign Affairs College and met at the dock when she came to Hainan at the beginning of last year.

The girl came to Haikou with the dream of starting a business after Hainan was established as a province. Unfortunately, the ideal is full and the reality is very skinny.

When I arrived in Haikou, I realized that there were college students everywhere. However, a city with only 200,000 people and no traffic lights in the city could not accommodate so many people who came to the sea.

The entrepreneurial dream was shattered.

Later, before Fang Minghua left Haikou, she saw Dai Jiali looking for a job below the Wanghai Building where she lived, so she introduced her to Zhao Hongjun and joined the Haikou Shengshi Book Publishing Company, which was just about to be established.

Zhao Hongjun said that the girl was very serious about her work. Although she lacked some experience, she was very enthusiastic and energetic. Her current position is the office director of Haikou Shengshi Book Company. Since there is no deputy manager here, she will be in charge of this work temporarily during Zhao Hongjun's absence from Haikou.

The girl certainly knew Fang Minghua and was full of gratitude.

If it weren't for him, I guess I would be like other seniors, squeezed in a damp rental house, running for three meals a day.

Or maybe I have left Hainan, the place where my dream was shattered.

Also, although she doesn't work in the company, I heard from Mr. Zhao that she is also a major shareholder of the company!

Seeing Fang Minghua coming over with a suitcase, she immediately ran up to her and called her "Teacher Fang" sweetly, and even helped her carry the suitcase.

"Teacher Fang, the room has been booked, it's in Wanghai Building." The girl said as she walked.

"Thank you, your General Manager Zhao has told you the purpose of my coming to Haikou, right?"

"General Manager Zhao has already told you, I will fully cooperate."

"Okay."

After leaving the terminal and coming to the parking lot, Fang Minghua followed Dai Jiali into a black Santana - this is the company's car.

Seeing the girl start the car very skillfully, Fang Minghua was a little surprised: "Can you drive?"

"Yes, our General Manager Zhao said that driving is the most basic skill for a modern enterprise manager, so I took the driver's license test within a year. It is much easier to get a driver's license in Haikou than in the mainland."

"Well, not bad." Fang Minghua praised.

Arriving at Wanghai Building, Fang Minghua entered the room and found that it was the room where she stayed when she came to Haikou with Zhao Hongjun at the beginning of last year.

"Teacher Fang, you take a rest first, go downstairs to eat later, and I will contact Director Shu of the publishing house for you." Dai Jiali said.

Fang Minghua found that compared with last year, Dai Jiali was less student-like and more capable. It seemed that she had matured a lot in this year.

However, Fang Minghua rejected her kindness.

"You can do your own thing. Leave me Shu Bin's contact information and the car. Don't worry about anything else."

"Okay." Dai Jiali quickly handed over the car keys, took out a piece of paper and quickly wrote a few lines and handed it to Fang Minghua.

"This is Director Shu's contact information and my office phone number. If you need anything, just call me."

"Okay, thank you." Fang Minghua took the note.

The two were together during the meal, and they still had Haikou specialties, Hainan vegetarian pot, Qiongshan tofu and so on.

The two chatted while eating, and naturally it was about the company.

"Xiao Dai, Haikou Company has been established for more than a year. What do you think about the company's publishing of books?" Fang Minghua asked casually.

The girl smiled and said, "Teacher Fang, I have some personal thoughts. I wonder if I think they are right?"

"Tell me about it."

"The books published by the company in the past year or so mainly include Xue Mili's "Female" series, a total of five books, and two books in the "Ghost Blowing Light" series. The rest are martial arts, romance, etc., a total of 20 books, and they are selling very well."

Fang Minghua nodded.

"However, with the tightening of national policies and the proliferation of martial arts and romance novels in the market, I am sure that the sales of these two types of novels will decline quickly in the future, because now major domestic publishing houses are entering this market."

"Take the book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" for example. I have visited major bookstores in Haikou and on business trips to Huacheng and Pengcheng to do statistics. There are actually 23 different types of publishing houses that have published this book! It can almost be said that it is flooding. What benefits can be said in this way?"

"Xiao Dai, not bad, it seems that you have put in a lot of effort." Fang Minghua praised.

"Do what you love. Since I'm in Shengshi Company, I have to think about the company."

"Then tell me, how do we solve this problem?" Fang Minghua asked again, as if he wanted to test the other party.

"I think we should broaden our thinking and not be limited to this kind of romance and martial arts. I think Xijing Shengshi Company has done a good job. It has published several Chinese translations of novels such as "Norwegian Wood" and "A Clockwork Orange". It has certain have literary value and readers like them, but they also have problems.”

"What's the problem?" Fang Minghua put down his chopsticks and looked at the girl seriously.

"These things are basically for literary youth, but now the social environment has changed, and literary books are not as popular as they were a few years ago. I think we should not just focus on literature, but should expand publishing fields, such as technology, Humanities. These are hot topics right now.”

Ha. This girl is knowledgeable!

Fang Minghua secretly admired it, but on the surface he remained calm: "Then do you have any books that you think are suitable for publication?"

The girl was a little embarrassed after hearing this: "I study translation, which basically focuses on literary works. I rarely dabble in other fields. But now I am trying to read some books in other fields. Teacher Fang, don't laugh at me." ah."

"What are you kidding me about? I think your idea is very good. If you work hard, you will have a bright future!"

After finishing the meal, Fang Minghua asked Dai Jiali to go back and drive around by himself - the urban area was not big anyway.

Fang Minghua drove slowly eastward along Haixiu Road.

Compared with a year ago, the urban area has become more lively, and there seem to be more young people on the streets speaking with accents from all over the world. Those young people with dreams are constantly rushing to this hot land.

A video hall, which is still relatively rare in the mainland, has appeared. There is a blackboard at the door that says:

"Going to Have Love Alone", "Infatuated" and "That Man Is Not Passionate".

Many young people walked in, and it seemed that business was booming.

And just on the street not far away, a young man was singing and singing on the roadside with a guitar.

"My future is not a dream"

Do you want me to bow my head in the sun?

Working silently and sweating

Do you miss me even if I am indifferent?

Never give up on the life you want

It is said that this is the most popular song in Haikou and even Hainan.