Back to 80: My Literary Life

The conference officially started at nine o'clock sharp, with everyone standing up to play the national anthem, and then leaders at all levels gave speeches.

Palladium, chairman of the Writers Association, did not attend due to physical condition, but sent a congratulatory letter to the meeting.

Feng Mu, Vice Chairman of the Writers Association, delivered a speech entitled "The Motherland and the People Place Their Hopes in You", which aroused warm applause.

In the afternoon, the conference representatives began to discuss in groups. The leaders of the Writers Association participated in the discussions of each group. The one who came to the northwest group to participate in the discussion was Wang Meng, who had just resigned as minister.

Wang Meng shook hands with the young writer representatives attending the meeting. When it was Fang Minghua's turn, Wang Meng looked at him and said, "Minghua, you resigned as editor-in-chief of "Yanhe"? I see that the editor-in-chief's comments in these issues of your magazine have become Bai Miao?”

"Yes, in April this year, my three-year employment period came to an end. I did not continue to compete for the position. I transferred my personnel relations to the Provincial Writers Association and left the magazine." Fang Minghua told the truth.

"You see your editor-in-chief is doing a good job, why do you refuse to do it even if you say so? It's such a pity." There was a hint of complaint in Wang Meng's tone.

Fang Minghua smiled and said: "Chairman Wang, your minister has done a good job, why do you say he will quit? It's a pity."

Wang Meng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

"You, you, you are so sharp-tongued! I am almost sixty years old, and you are still young! But it's better to come to the Writers' Association and calm down and write something. What have you written recently?"

"I'm writing a novel about teachers." Fang Minghua briefly talked about the book "Skywalker" he wrote without hiding anything.

"It's good to write a good teacher. When I was working in Yili, it was a border area and the conditions were very difficult. The students and teachers in the school had a hard time. I heard that it is still like this now." Wang Meng sighed:

"So someone needs to write it so that more people know about it and the whole society pays attention to it. Minghua, after your book is published, I will definitely read it!"

"Thank you, Chairman Wang. I will definitely send you a copy when the time comes."

Wang Meng and Fang Minghua spent the longest time chatting, and others could only envy them.

It's not that Fang Minghua is too famous, but I heard that he has a personal relationship with him. Who can compare to him?

The discussion at the meeting was held in a harmonious atmosphere, mainly focusing on Feng Mu's speech "The Motherland and the People Place Their Hopes in You" and his personal reflections.

In addition, there are some exchanges and discussions on literary creation,

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that this is not an ordinary literary creation seminar, and there is no need for verbal quarrels. The main purpose of bringing so many young writers together is to encourage everyone to get familiar with each other and communicate.

How can there be so many people in a real academic seminar?

During the day, everyone has meetings and exchanges, and in the evening, there is free time. They are all young people and they all live in several hotels arranged by the conference. It is a good opportunity to get to know each other and exchange feelings.

Some even took this opportunity to go to Yanjing to meet classmates, friends, and relatives. For example, Lu Yao went to visit his father-in-law and his family.

Fang Minghua and Jia Pingwa lived in the same room.

But Jia Pingwa was not in the room tonight. He went to visit a friend in Yanjing, the literary critic Bai Ye.

Bai Ye is a native of Qin Province. He graduated from the Chinese Department of Qin Normal University. He stayed at the school to teach and then transferred to the China Social Sciences Press, a subsidiary of the Academy of Social Sciences.

The two knew each other very early, and after Bai Ye came to work in Yanjing, he also supported Jia Pingwa's creation. In 1983, Jia Pingwa published "Shangzhou Chulu", which was both an essay and a novel. Published his first novel "Shangzhou", which shocked the literary world.

Bai Ye spoke highly of his series of novels: "You are advancing into the depths of life and art. You already have your own artistic territory - Shangzhou."

Including "The Wasted Capital" that Jia Pingwa is currently writing, historically, Bai Ye brought his manuscript back to Yanjing after coming to Xijing and handed it over to October Literature and Art Publishing House for publication. At the same time as the single volume was released, it was published simultaneously in October magazine.

So this time when Jia Pingwa came to Yanjing, she said on the train that she wanted to talk to Bai Ye.

Jia Pingwa was away, and Fang Minghua was lying on the bed alone watching TV.

I watched "Longing".

As soon as "Desire" was aired, it became a hit in the Yanjing area. Under the strong demand of the audience, Yanjing TV Station not only continued to broadcast the first set of prime time slots, but also played the second set at 7 p.m. This is what Fang Minghua watched in the series.

This drama is indeed very popular in this era, but as Fang Minghua, a person from later generations is watching this drama.

If we put it thirty years later, it seems that our views are a bit incorrect.

Liu Huifang looked down on the working people and had to climb high. She deserved to be dumped.

Is Liu Huifang unclear about her best friend’s boyfriend? She’s a green tea bitch, right?

Xiao Zhuxin is just a mistress, pretending to be a good person. Wang Husheng is already married, so she should disappear!

Luo Gang and Liu Huifang? ! These are all divine horses and divine horses! They are not good people!

But people in this era just like to watch this tune!

It can only show that the emotional mysophobia of later generations is getting stronger and stronger. If they encounter such complicated and chaotic emotional lines, they will probably collapse directly.

Fang Minghua was lying on the bed, watching and thinking, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. He went over and found several people standing at the door.

Yu Hua, Chen Hong, Li Hongying, Qian Yuliang, Liao Runbo, and He Liwei all graduated from the Luyuan Institute of Technology.

"Teacher Fang, Liao Runbo invites everyone to dance in the ballroom. We want to invite you too," Yu Hua said.

Liao Runbo invites guests to dance?

In Fang Minghua's impression, Fang Yuhua and Chen Hong like to dance. Fang Minghua knew this when they were in Luyuan, but Qian Yuliang and He Liwei don't seem to go there often?

Especially Liao Runbo. During those months in Luyuan, he was never seen going to the dance hall. Except for reading and writing alone in the dormitory, he would walk around the campus with a cigarette in his mouth at most.

However, Liao Runbo has changed a lot from two years ago. Not only is his personality much more cheerful, but the clothes he wears are also fashionable.

Today he is wearing a blue ski jacket and jeans that are very popular in this era.

Is it because of the money in his pocket?

Three books of the "Ghost Blowing Light" series written by Liao Runbo have been published, and the royalties for the last two books are 6%. Although it is not high, the sales of the books are huge.

I heard from Song Tangtang that Liao Runbo earned more than 600,000 yuan in royalties.

It is also considered a lot in this era.

Seeing Fang Minghua hesitate, Liao Runbo explained:

"Teacher Fang, there is nothing to do at night now. There is a dance hall not far away on this street. Let's get together."

Fang Minghua noticed that not only Liao Runbo had packed up, but the other young people had changed their clothes. In particular, the two girls seemed to have light makeup, which was different from the plain faces when they attended the meeting during the day. It seemed that they were well prepared.

"Okay, let's get together." Fang Minghua agreed.

We will get together tonight. Who knows when we can meet again?