Back to 80: My Literary Life

Jia Pingwa was silent immediately.

In fact, it was not only Fang Minghua who said this, many people in the literary world said this.

Jia Pingwa, you are awesome, a novel offended all the literati in the world.

After a while, Jia Pingwa said self-deprecatingly: "You are right, I admit my weakness and dare not write about elites anymore. Can I write about ordinary people?"

Everyone knows that Jia Pingwa is writing another long novel "White Night".

It unfolds the life of a little man named Yelang, and the living conditions of the little people in the city changes in the 1990s. There are little officials fighting for power, brothers and sisters fighting for survival, and outsiders struggling in the city for urban life. In the depicted city life, almost everyone suffers from different degrees of chronic diseases.

Fang Minghua feels that Jia Pingwa seems to have completely abandoned his early rural and native themes and turned his attention to the city where he lives.

Jia Pingwa said to Fang Minghua again: "The Convenience Store You Wrote is very interesting. I thought you would continue to write novels like In the Name of the People or The Piano in a Factory that deeply reflect reality and are full of a sense of crisis, but you suddenly changed your style and wrote a very warm one."

"Life is hard. If you read those articles about deep hatred and deep hatred all day, wouldn't you be tired?" Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"You can read Wang Zengqi's "The Evening Flowers Collection", which describes the mortal thinking that grows out of the mediocre and ordinary life. There are no ups and downs, no shocking, and the text reveals the casualness and reality. It's like an old man in the neighbor's house, sitting in front of the door to bask in the sun, chatting with you, talking about the past, and revisiting the past. I think this is good."

Jia Pingwa shook his head again after hearing this.

He was not used to this writing style.

"Hey, stop talking, Minghua, the fish is hooked!" Bai Miao next to him reminded.

Fang Minghua took a closer look and saw that the float on the water surface began to move up and down. He aimed and pulled it up suddenly, and a half-foot crucian carp was pulled up to the surface alive and kicking.

"Haha. It's open!" Fang Minghua happily took the fish off the hook, threw it into the plastic bucket next to him, and then threw the hook back into the water.

"Hey, which of the novels nominated this time will win the prize?" Bai Miao asked again.

"I'm not the final judge, how do I know?" Jia Pingwa stared at the water and said without turning his head.

"Then you have all read you, right? Guess."

Jia Pingwa pondered for a while: "I think "War and Man" written by Wang Huo is good, and it is estimated to win the prize."

He paused again: "I heard that the evaluation of the 4th Mao Dun Literature Award has started, and this book has been recommended by the publisher, and there is a lot of voice for the award."

Jia Pingwa's judgment on this point is correct. "War and Man" won the 4th Mao Dun Literature Award together with Chen Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" and the other two books.

However

"Minghua, what do you think?" Bai Miao asked Fang Minghua again.

"I am more optimistic about Yu Hua's "To Live"" Fang Minghua said frankly: "I think "To Live" is the best novel written by Yu Hua so far. In the works, he has completely gotten rid of the shadows of others, whether it is Kawabata Yasunari or Kafka, and finally has something completely his own."

"And your shadow, so many young writers call you teacher." Bai Miao smiled.

"Me? I dare not call you teacher, I am just a porter." Fang Minghua said.

"Porter? What to carry?"

Fang Minghua smiled and said nothing.

This kind of chat with a little argument ended up with no results, and everyone began to concentrate on fishing again. This time Fang Minghua returned with a full load, catching a total of three crucian carps and two silver carps, which is quite good.

Well.

Go home to make fish soup for my wife and two children in the evening!

This year's New Year's Eve is early, January 30th is the New Year's Eve, and at night it is naturally to eat New Year's Eve dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

The 1995 Spring Festival Gala was quite good, and was called the era of gods fighting.

From the level of actors to the quality of the program, it was impeccable.

Classic sketches include "Such Packaging" by Zhao Lirong and Gong Hanlin, "Uncle Niu's "Promotion"" by Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei and Gao Xiumin, "If You Have Something to Say", etc. by Guo Donglin. Among the crosstalk works, "The Worst Mr." by Niu Qun and Feng Gong is also a rare classic.

The songs were even more popular, including "Flowers in the Mist" by Na Ying, "Forget Love Water" by Andy Lau, "Tell You Gently" by Yang Yuying, "There is a Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind" by Meng Tingwei, "I Am the One Who Cares About You" by Gao Linsheng, "My Deskmate" by Lao Lang, "Chinese Folk Songs" by Chen Hong and Sun Hao, "Smiley Face" by Xie Dong, etc.

These songs are still sung in later generations.

This is also the only Spring Festival Gala that Fang Minghua has watched to the end.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the whole family still put on new clothes and went shopping. Now Xijing also has its own Western fast food - KFC, which is located at the intersection of Ximutou City South Street. Taking the children to eat a meal at KFC has become one of the children's New Year's wishes.

However, there were too many people in line, and Fang Minghua's family waited for more than an hour before it was their turn.

It was so cold, it was a pain.

However, seeing the happy smiles of the two children, Fang Minghua's resentment disappeared.

Isn't it the New Year's Day to have a happy life?

As long as the two children are happy, it's fine.

After eating KFC, I took the two children to climb the city wall. Every year, there are performances of farming, lion dancing, stilt walking and other social performances on the city wall. The children love to watch this.

Fang Minghua played happily with the two children, and Song Tangtang, who followed behind, was a little absent-minded.

"What's wrong? Do you have a cold and feel uncomfortable?" Fang Minghua asked with concern.

"No, I'm fine."

Seeing Fang Minghua's gaze, Song Tangtang said: "I'm worried about the TV series tonight."

It turned out that the TV series "In the Name of the People" invested and filmed by Shengshi Film and Television will be premiered on CCTV tonight!

According to the contract agreement: one or two episodes will be broadcast after 8 o'clock on the evening of the first day of the Lunar New Year, and two episodes will be broadcast every Saturday thereafter.

Seeing his wife like this, Fang Minghua smiled and said: "What are you worried about? Hasn't the first broadcast right been sold to CCTV? It's already broken even, what else do you want?"

Just before New Year's Day, Song Tangtang negotiated with the relevant leaders of CCTV on behalf of Shengshi Film and Television, and finally sold it to CCTV at 400,000 per episode, totaling 18 million yuan.

But this is just to recover the cost. Shengshi Film and Television has invested a total of 17.5 million yuan in this drama!

After hearing what her husband said, Song Tangtang took his arm and muttered: "What's the point of just breaking even? I'm counting on this drama to help Shengshi Film and Television make a comeback. If the ratings are too low, how can I negotiate with several TV stations in Yanjing and Guangdong Province? They are watching the premiere."

It turned out that CCTV, with its deep pockets, bought the premiere rights of this TV series, and then four TV stations in Yanjing, Guangdong Province, and Jiangsu Province also prepared to buy the broadcast rights of this TV series. Shengshi Film and Television had already contacted these four TV stations before the New Year. As for the specific price, everyone tacitly waited for the premiere effect.

"Don't worry, it won't be too low." Fang Minghua comforted.

"Although this drama can't reach the ratings of "Desire", I hope it can be about the same as "Yanjing People in New York." Song Tangtang said again.

Oh my God

I didn't expect your expectations to be so high!

Fang Minghua was a little surprised.

The ratings of "Desire" reached 98%, which is a record high. Although "Yanjing People in New York" cannot compare with it, its ratings are still as high as 69%!

Does "In the Name of People" also need to reach such a high ratings?