Back to 80: My Literary Life

After Fang Minghua's collection of essays "Fragments of Civilization" was published in the mainland, it sold very well and had a great influence in the academic world, setting a precedent for "cultural prose".

In March this year, Zhao Bin, the owner of Sanlian Bookstore in Hong Kong, took a fancy to this book and sent someone to contact Fang Minghua, hoping to publish it in the traditional Chinese version in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Fang Minghua naturally agreed. After several months of preparations, the new book is going to be officially released in Hong Kong and Taiwan at this year's Hong Kong Book Fair, so he hopes Fang Minghua can come to Hong Kong to sign and sell it.

But now I am so busy that I am so busy, how can I get away?

When Fang Minghua went home in the evening, he told his wife about this.

Song Tangtang naturally understood her husband's mood.

Fang Minghua took the Chinese Literature Award very seriously and put a lot of effort into it, so naturally he didn’t want to leave at this critical moment.

She thought for a while and said: "Minghua, you'd better go to Xiangjiang. On the one hand, you can sign books and sell books. More importantly, the Xiangjiang Writers' Association has also sent an invitation, and the current president of the association is Liu Yichang. You If you invite someone to be a judge, they will happily agree. If they invite you to give a lecture in Hong Kong, it is not good if you don't go. Besides, if you go to Hong Kong and reporters interview you, you can also promote the Chinese Literature Award.

"Yeah. It seems that I have to go this time. What will happen if I leave the jury office?" Fang Minghua said.

"You can ask Brother Lu to help you keep an eye on it." Song Tangtang expressed his opinion: "Zhang Yanqian will handle the specific matters. If you can't solve the problem, go to Lu Yao. Brother Lu is also a famous writer, and he knows many people in the province and in the literary world. He can solve some problems."

This is a good idea!

"Okay, I'll go find Lu Yao tomorrow."

The next morning, Fang Minghua drove to Lu Yao's house and explained the matter, and Lu Yao agreed.

"Minghua, go ahead. Anyway, I don't have anything to do recently, so I'll just keep an eye on it for you."

In this case, Fang Minghua started to go through the procedures to go to Xiangjiang.

In the summer of 1987, Fang Minghua went to Hong Kong twice to attend the founding ceremonies of the Hong Kong Writers' Association and the Hong Kong Writers' Association. He applied for a Hong Kong and Macau pass, which was valid for 5 years and has not yet expired. Now he only needs to apply for a visa.

In the 1990s, the visa procedures for going to Hong Kong were simplified a lot. What’s more, Fang Minghua’s event this time was an academic exchange event. He found connections again. He completed the visa procedures in a week and got on the plane to Hong Kong with his suitcase.

However, the plane could not fly directly to Xiangjiang but stopped in Shenzhen. Fang Minghua entered Xiangjiang through the Shenzhen port.

That evening, Fang Minghua entered Xiangjiang through Luohu Port with his suitcase, and unexpectedly found two groups of people on the opposite side holding signs to greet him.

According to the communication on the phone, Sanlian Bookstore, which has deep financial resources, is responsible for arranging Fang Minghua’s trip to Hong Kong, while the Hong Kong Writers’ Association is only responsible for Fang Minghua’s lectures.

Why are there two groups of people coming?

When he got closer, Fang Minghua discovered that Fang Minghua, the leader of one of the groups, actually knew him.

The fat man wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses and looked at people with a smile.

Ni Kuang!

Huh.?

The Hong Kong Writers Association also came to join in the fun?

Ni Kuang is the president of the Xiangjiang Writers Association!

I saw Ni Kuang smiling and walking over to shake hands with Fang Minghua: "Mr. Minghua, let me clarify first. I am not here to welcome you on behalf of the Hong Kong Writers Association, but on behalf of myself and my sister."

Fang Minghua listened and smiled slightly.

"Thanks."

"This is Liu Jiawei, the deputy manager of Sanlian Bookstore." Ni Kuang pointed to the middle-aged man leading the other group and introduced.

"Hello, Manager Liu."

"Hello, Mr. Minghua."

After the two shook hands, Ni Kuang said again: "Manager Liu, go back and tell Mr. Zhao that I will host Mr. Minghua tonight."

I only heard Liu Jiawei say in a respectful tone: "It would be best for Mr. Ni to come forward in person. I will report to our President Zhao when I get back."

After Liu Jiawei finished speaking, he took out a piece of information from his briefcase and handed it to Fang Minghua.

"Mr. Minghua, this is your daily itinerary when you come to Xiangjiang."

"OK, thanks."

"If you have any questions, please contact me." Liu Jiawei left his contact information and left quickly with his group of people.

Damn it!

Only then did Fang Minghua realize that he had been "cut off" by Ni Kuang!

However, Fang Minghua is not worried about anything. He has been getting along well with Ni Kuang and others since he came to Xiangjiang in 1986.

Following Ni Kuang, he got into a Mercedes-Benz on the side of the road, and the vehicle quickly started and drove towards the city center.

Sitting in the car, Fang Minghua began to look at the street scene outside.

Compared with that time in 86 years, the buildings on both sides of the street seem to have not changed much, but there are many shops and flashing neon lights everywhere, making it more prosperous than in previous years.

Also, Xiangjiang has entered its most glorious moment.

An unknown audio store on the roadside was playing a song. Fang Minghua listened carefully and found that the song was not a Cantonese song, but a Mandarin song:

The river flows southward

Stay in Xiangjiang and have a look

Pearl of the Orient My Love

Is your style still romantic?

"Pearl of the Orient" by Luo Dayou.

Once this song was released, it was widely circulated in the mainland. Especially on the night of Hong Kong's return in 1997, millions of people sang "Pearl of the Orient" along with the TV at the same time, and those who watched it were excited.

Ni Kuang, who was sitting next to Fang Minghua, also noticed that he was listening carefully to the song floating in the window, so he explained: "This is an old song by Luo Dayou, sung after rewriting the lyrics. Ninety-seven, it really hasn't been a few years. La."

Fang Minghua smiled slightly and simply said: "It sounds pretty good."

The hotel Fang Minghua stayed at was the Shangri-La Hotel in Kowloon, and of course it was booked in advance by Sanlian Bookstore.

The hotel is located in the center of the shopping, entertainment and business district in Tsim Sha Tsui East, overlooking the world-famous Victoria Harbour. The environment is really good.

The reception banquet arranged by Ni Kuang was held in the "Shang Palace" of the hotel. Fang Minghua got down from the room and followed Ni Kuang to the Shang Palace.

When I entered the private room, there were already several people sitting inside. I took a quick look and saw that two people knew each other.

Ni Kuang's younger sister Yi Shu and Wen Ruian had dinner together last time they came to Xiangjiang, so they were not very familiar with the other two.

Of course, Ni Kuang introduced me: "You know my sister and Wen Ruian, so you don't need to introduce me. This is Shen Xicheng, who is also a good friend of mine. He is a director of the Writers Association, a member of the Hong Kong Writers Association, and the president of "Martial Arts World" and "Blue Book". "

Damn it!

Is he from Luo Bin? !

Luo Bin is the boss of these two magazines, and is also Mr. Jin's bitter rival. Back then, he was overwhelmed by Mr. Jin in the publishing of martial arts novels.

It just so happened that Fang Minghua wrote the movie "Swordsman in the Snow", and Luo Bin was forced to do it. It was serialized in "Martial Arts World", and the magazine's sales increased greatly, which made Luo Bin get angry.

Shen Xicheng is actually good friends with Ni Kuang?

Ni Kuang and Mr. Jin also have a close relationship.

The relationship is a bit confusing.

But it’s normal to think about it. Xiangjiang is just a big place with a population of several million, and these are the people who play with words. The relationship is naturally complicated.

This Shen Xicheng is quite powerful. He is a member of both the Xiangjiang Writers Association and the Xiangjiang Writers Association.

After the two shook hands, Ni Kuang pointed to a middle-aged man and introduced him.

The man stood up proactively, stretched out his right hand, and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Minghua, I am Huang Yi."

Ni Kuang on the side continued: "Huang Yi is also a novelist. Like Ruian, he is the successor of Hong Kong's martial arts novels. In 1988, "Shattered Void" shocked the whole of Hong Kong. Now he has established a publishing house. It's called "Huang Yi Publishing House" and specializes in publishing martial arts books written by him!"

"Brother Ni, you're flattered." Huang Yi was very humble. "When I wrote "Shattered Void", I was inspired by Mr. Minghua's "Swordsman in the Snow", which is half martial arts and half fantasy."

Of course, Fang Minghua had to be modest. After everyone sat down, Fang Minghua discovered that in addition to Mr. Jin, all the famous names in the Xiangjiang martial arts novel world were here.

It seems that there is one person missing.

Yellow Eagle?