Back to 80: My Literary Life

Fang Minghua looked at him and said calmly: "Of course I hope this book will become a masterpiece, but I just said that whether it can become a masterpiece is not up to the author. Its literary value must stand the test of time."

"I quite agree with what Minghua said." Liu Guowei said: "No matter what book it is or who wrote it, it must stand the test of time! But."

He suddenly changed the subject.

"There are two young people in the literary world who are very eye-catching now. They write one novel after another. One is Wang Shuo, the so-called rogue literature, who has an attitude of "I am a gangster and I am afraid of no one." As a writer, he actually has a face like a gangster, which is really annoying and unreasonable."

Wang Shuo was scolded again.

But he has been scolded so many times that he probably doesn't care anymore.

"The other one is Minghua. I still admire Minghua very much. Liu Guowei squeezed a smile on his somewhat old-fashioned face:

"The early "Youth", "Crossing Guandong", "Skywalker", and "The Piano in a Factory" and "In the Name of the People" published in the past two years are all good works with realism. I thought he would continue to hold high the banner of realism and write more profound literary works, but suddenly he changed his style and wrote "Solving Troubles Grocery Store", calling it a fantasy novel? "

"Ten years ago, you also wrote a novel called "The Legend of Wukong", which is also called a fantasy novel, but I personally think that this is a waste of classics! If you were still young at that time, but you are now the vice chairman of the Writers Association and a well-known writer in the literary world, why don't you do your job properly? You can't learn from Wang Shuo. "

At the end, Liu Guowei looked heartbroken.

It was as if an elder was giving earnest advice to a younger generation who was "not doing his job properly".

Fang Minghua couldn't stand this kind of "fatherly" teaching the most.

You can point out the problems and shortcomings in what I wrote. I can understand your personal opinions, whether they are correct or not, but don't always act like an elder and point fingers.

Thinking of this, Fang Minghua put the manuscript aside and looked at the other party:

"Since Chairman Liu has repeatedly mentioned fantasy literature, I need to introduce it in detail. ”

“Fantasy literature is a new term in China, but it actually has a long history abroad. Its origins can be traced back to Greek mythology and Roman mythology (especially Homer's "Odyssey"), Norse mythology (Germanic mythology) epics such as "Beowulf", and the Finnish epic "Kalevala". ”

“The earliest existing work in Western literature is the Epic of Gilgamesh from the Sumerian civilization around 2,500 BC. It is the world's first great heroic legend, which records the loss of Gilgamesh's friend Ankidu and his eternal journey as a warrior to explore the true meaning of life and death. This theme of pursuing immortality and the appearance of the gods in it are all faithful manifestations of fantasy elements. ”

The conference room was much quieter, and only Fang Minghua’s voice was heard: “Fantasy novels, serious fantasy, sword and magic, modern fantasy, etc.

“All of these are foreign. In fact, our country also has them in ancient times. For example, "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is an ancient masterpiece with rich content and unique style. It can be called the founder of Chinese fantasy and magic literature. There are also "The Legend of Emperor Mu" and "Records of the Ten Continents in the Sea". Including the well-known "Journey to the West", it is actually a fantasy literature. "

"The "Legend of Wukong" I wrote is actually an adaptation of a fantasy literature into another fantasy literature. Is there anything wrong? To be honest, I have been doing something else recently and wrote another fantasy novel." Fang Minghua finally said.

There was a slight laugh in the conference room.

This Minghua is really good at speaking.

People say that Lao Qin people are not good at speaking. He is simply an outlier.

"Minghua, the so-called fantasy literature you mentioned is actually a kind of popular literature." Liu Guowei couldn't help interrupting him again: "In my eyes, popular literature such as martial arts and romance is not literature at all!"

This idea is so stubborn.

If online literature comes out in a few years, won't it make you angry?

"Chairman Liu, please don't say it so absolutely. Who said that popular literature is not classic? Then let me ask, the four great classics: "Journey to the West" and "Water Margin" were not called popular novels in the Ming Dynasty. Hundreds of years have passed, and they are now famous works!!"

"This" Liu Guowei was speechless.

You should know that "Journey to the West" and "Water Margin" were not welcome back then. The "Siku Quanshu" compiled during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty did not collect them at all!

It's not as good as "Xijing Miscellaneous Records", "Soushen Ji", "Taiping Guangji" and other things.

But now it has become a literary masterpiece, and a classic masterpiece!

"Okay, Minghua, no more arguments, you continue your speech." At this time, Zhang Xianliang, the leader of this group, spoke.

Fang Minghua nodded, glanced at Liu Guowei, whose face was a little livid, smiled, picked up the manuscript and continued to read.

"Sales", "Market" and "Quality" are the three key points about the concept of bestsellers. It is believed that sales are decisive for bestsellers, and an open and mature book market is the premise for the existence of bestsellers."

Fang Minghua taught these traditional writers a lesson.

After the afternoon meeting, when eating dinner in the hall in the evening, Lu Yao whispered to Fang Minghua: "Minghua, I heard that you scolded Liu Guowei from Province X this afternoon?"

"How do you know?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised.

Lu Yao was assigned to Group 3, and everyone was not in the same building for discussion, and how long had it been?

"You don't know? This Liu Guowei went to Wang Meng to complain. Wang Meng is in the same group as us. I heard it."

Fuck!

Not really? He had to go to the Writers Association to complain about such a trivial matter?

"I guess you don't know that Liu Guowei is highly respected in the literary world of Province X. He must be embarrassed to be criticized by you in public."

Fang Minghua was speechless after hearing this.

Is this the only tolerance?

This is really incomparable to Wang Meng.

You see, he has also turned 60, and he still criticized with a group of young people in newspapers and magazines. No matter whether what he said makes sense or not, at least he didn't use his status to pressure others.

But there is no need to pay attention to this kind of people. Fortunately, you are not in Qin Province, otherwise I will criticize you to death.

After dinner, Fang Minghua was about to go upstairs to his room when he saw Wang Meng coming over.

"Minghua."

"Chairman Wang."

"After dinner, let's go out together to digest the food?" Wang Meng took the initiative to invite.

"Okay, let's go for a walk."

The two of them left the hotel and took a walk nearby.

It was summer now, and the water was full of blooming lotus flowers, which really fulfilled the poem: "The lotus leaves are endless and green, and the lotus flowers are red in the sun."

When the two walked out of the corridor, they heard Wang Meng say: "Minghua, I heard that during your group discussion today, you had an argument with Chairman Liu of Province X?"