Back to 80: My Literary Life

Fang Minghua glanced at it and threw it on the desk.

"The purpose of my writing the novel is to make them take back these lies. Lili, please hurry up and translate it into English and give it to Demi. I have already told her: This book will be promoted and publicized at all costs. In a word, Just let more Americans see it!”

"Don't worry, I will translate it in the shortest possible time."

Fang Minghua left San Francisco to return to China in early September. He reluctantly said goodbye to Li Li and his daughter and took a plane back to China.

This fall, my two children have graduated from elementary school and are now attending junior high school. They attend No. 39 Middle School on Dongsi Road. This is considered a QU key middle school in Xincheng. The most important thing is that it is very close to home and can be reached in less than five minutes by bicycle.

There is already a "school choice craze" in this era, and No. 39 Middle School is not considered a top school in Xijing. Song Tangtang is a little bit unhappy about this. She really hopes that her two children can go to West Railway No. 1 Middle School, Xijing Middle School or the High School Affiliated to NPU.

It's not that she can't find anyone who can do the job, or that she can't afford the money, but that these prestigious schools are too far away from her home, and Song Tangtang is reluctant to let her two children spend a lot of time on the road every day.

Tonight, the couple sat in the small courtyard enjoying the cool air and talked about this matter.

"Some time ago, Liu Xiaoli brought Sissi to our house to play. She tried her best to persuade our two children to study in the United States. Lili also said that there is a middle school called Rolling Hills near the community where she lives, and the quality of education is very high." Song Tangtang said.

"Yes, the rating agency Great Schools gave it 10 points, the highest score. When she bought this house, Lili was interested in the educational resources nearby. What, where do you want to transfer your two children to go to school?" Fang Minghua He smiled while fanning his cattail leaf fan.

"Yes, I have such an idea, but when I think about the fact that the two children are still young, I really feel reluctant to let go." Song Tangtang sighed and added:

"I told Lili to send the two children there when they go to high school."

Do you have to go to school in the United States?

Ruirui has artistic talent and likes music. She can go to the middle school affiliated to Xijing Conservatory of Music, or to the middle school affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music in Yanjing.

As for my son who has the ability, he can go directly to West Railway No. 1 Middle School or the High School Affiliated to NPU.

But seeing Song Tangtang so eager, Fang Minghua couldn't say anything more.

"What else did Liu Xiaoli say?" Fang Minghua asked casually while drinking tea.

"She also talked about Sissi's nationality. She wanted her daughter to apply for American citizenship and asked for my opinion." Song Tangtang added.

American nationality?

However, just because Liu Yifei has continuously starred as the heroine of Harry Potter and has become a child star in the American film industry, it is not difficult to become an American citizen.

Historically, Liu Yifei also became an American citizen, but was expelled from the Golden Eagle Awards because of nationality issues.

Now facing this problem again.

"How did you answer?"

"I said that the child is still young. When she turns 18, let her make her own choice. You can apply for a U.S. green card now and it will not affect your life in the United States, just like Lili." Song Tangtang replied.

"You're right. When the child becomes sensible, let her make her own choice." Fang Minghua agreed.

"Want to watch a movie tonight?" Song Tangtang suddenly said something without thinking.

"What, the old couple want to be romantic?" Fang Minghua joked.

Song Tangtang rolled her eyes at him: ""Harry Potter" will be released soon, don't you want to see it?"

Oh, this.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was introduced to the country as this year's imported blockbuster, and the novel of the same name was also published by Shengshi Books. I heard that the response was pretty good.

"Look, let's watch together and bring the kids."

"I've already seen it."

"Oh, by the way, some time ago Dai Jiali called me and asked me when you would come back." Song Tangtang remembered something and said.

"What's wrong?"

"You forgot, I said we were going to hold the first Internet Original Literature Competition under the Banyan Tree, and I asked you to be the judge."

Oh, this is it.

I almost forgot.

"How are you preparing?" Fang Minghua asked.

"Everything is ready, but now the judges are not decided at all. I will go upstairs to get a piece of information for you to take a look at." After saying that, he turned and walked into the house.

Within a few minutes, Song Tangtang came out with a piece of information in his hand.

"Look."

Fang Minghua took it and took a look. It turned out to be the proposal for the first online literature competition. He looked at it hurriedly and focused on the list of judges.

"Is there an Internet writer?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised.

"Yes, Ning Caishen, Xing Yusen, Annie Baby, Wu Guo, Liu Wu, and SIEG, a total of six people, are all senior editors under the banyan tree and are also online literature writers." Song Tangtang explained.

"According to Jiali's idea, I ask you to be the director of the jury, and at the same time hire six serious literary writers to form the jury. This will not only ensure the quality of the work, but also highlight the characteristics of online literature."

interesting.

Fang Minghua nodded and asked again

"Six writers, is Carrie settled?"

"Not yet, Jia Li said he would wait for you to come back to ask for your opinion."

"Okay, I'll call her and ask her tomorrow."

The couple watched a movie in the evening.

Fang Minghua thinks the overall performance is pretty good, and Ruifang played by Liu Yifei is also qualified, at least it looks very eye-catching.

The next morning, the child rode his bicycle to school early, and his wife got up early to go to work. Fang Minghua did not sleep in. He got up together, changed into sports shorts and went out to run along the city wall - it was the same in San Francisco, except that there was a German shepherd following him.

After running a circle, he went home, took a shower, and went to Lao Sun's breakfast shop outside Chaoyangmen to eat spicy soup, and then went home slowly.

On the way, he took out his mobile phone and called Dai Jiali in Shanghai.

"Minghua teacher, you are finally back, we are all waiting for you." Dai Jiali's happy voice came from the phone.

"What about the online literature competition? I heard from my wife."

"Well, now we just need traditional literature writers - oh, no, it should be serious literature writers judges." Dai Jiali seemed to have said something wrong and quickly changed his words.

"Haha, traditional literature is traditional literature. Compared with online writers, we are traditional writers." Fang Minghua didn't care.

"What specific ideas do you have?"

"I want to invite relatively famous and relatively young people."

"Oh, Yu Hua, Wang Anyi, Su Tong, Mo Yan, Shi Tiesheng, Jia Pingwa, how about these six people?" Fang Minghua thought for a moment and reported the names of six people.

"Great! These are all famous writers in the current literary world!" Dai Jiali agreed immediately: "We will send formal invitations to these six writers in the name of the jury, and please tell them."

"But."

"But what?"

"Can we invite Wang Shuo?" Dai Jiali put forward his own idea: "Wang Shuo is very popular among young people."

"Okay." Fang Minghua agreed.

Including Wang Shuo, there are now seven people, one more than the number.

But it doesn't matter, there must be someone who can't attend for some reason.

After returning home, Fang Minghua took out the address book and called one by one.

The first call was to Yu Hua.

Sloppy puppy.

"Yu Hua, you went to Italy for a tour, how do you feel about it?" Fang Minghua asked.

"It feels pretty good. Italy has a very strong literary atmosphere. I have benefited a lot from communicating with local writers." Yu Hua said on the phone.

"It seems that you really need to go out to see how big the world is. By the way, I have received an invitation from the University of California, Berkeley, to stay as a visiting scholar for half a year. I am now applying for a visa to go abroad."

"You are going to the United States? I am also going to invite you to be a judge for the online literature competition." Fang Minghua said.

"What online literature?" Yu Hua was a little puzzled.

Fang Minghua patiently explained it again.

"Writing articles online? Interesting." Yu Hua immediately became interested: "It's a pity that there is a conflict in time."

"It doesn't matter, you do your own thing, I will find you next time."

"Okay, I will definitely."

The two chatted for a few words and hung up the phone.

This peat, it's not going well.

The first call was made and the other person had something to do.