Back to 80: My Literary Life

"sorry."

Fang Minghua looked serious: "If it's Sanmao's "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams," I'd be willing to appreciate and discuss it with you, but I won't talk about this one."

"Is it because it can only be regarded as a best-seller, but not a real literary work?" the girl asked.

"This is one of the reasons, but it is not the most fundamental one." Fang Minghua looked at her and said, "Because this book is suspected of plagiarism."

"Plagiarism?!" The girl was stunned, and the readers present were also stunned.

This book is very popular on the market, comparable to Han Han's novel "Three Gates", but it is actually plagiarized? !

"I recommend a book to you called "Inside and Outside the Circle", written by an author named Zhuang Yu. You can tell whether there is plagiarism by looking at the publication time and content of the two books!"

"Inside and Outside the Circle"!

"My bookstore has this book." I don't know when, Lei Xuecheng came up and said this.

The girl immediately rushed down the stairs.

The first "Lecture" ended successfully, and Lei Xuecheng called the next day after Fang Minghua returned home.

"Minghua, your reading lecture was very effective. Now the customers in my store have spontaneously initiated a vote to recommend the title of your next lecture."

"Is it settled?"

"No, the voting will be held for a few more days to gather the opinions of the vast majority of people. Next time I am going to use a lottery system to prevent so many people from rushing in that you won't even have a place to sit."

"I'll just stand if I have nothing to do. It's just that with so many people coming to your bookstore, you have to pay attention to your safety." Fang Minghua warned.

"So I have to control the number of people. Minghua, I didn't expect your last words to make two books in the bookstore sell out." Lei Xuecheng finally said with a smile.

""How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams" and "Inside and Outside the Circle"?"

"Yes, many people compared the two books on the spot to see if they were plagiarized or not, haha."

Fang Minghua smiled.

What he didn't expect was that what he said in the lecture was posted on the Tianya community and immediately went viral, becoming a hot topic on the Internet.

The famous writer Ming Hua said that the popular novel "How many flowers fall in my dream" is suspected of plagiarism!

The author couldn't sit still.

The publishing house can no longer sit still.

He even issued a statement that the writer Minghua slandered the novel "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams" published by our company for plagiarism. This is a slander against our company and the author himself. We ask Minghua to retract what he said and publish it in the newspaper to report to our company. And a public apology from the author himself! Otherwise, we will hold them legally responsible.

The Internet and the media suddenly became lively.

Today is also a weekend.

Fang Minghua has given three lectures in a row, "Three Gates", "The Dust Has Settled", the winning work of the fifth Mao Prize, and "Raising" by Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

After finishing speaking, I returned home and saw Song Tangtang smiling.

"Someone is suing you for libel."

"defamation?"

"Yeah, look at this."

It turned out to be "Literary News"!

Sure enough, he saw a statement accusing Fang Minghua of slandering the author of "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams" and wanted to pursue his legal liability.

"Have you received a letter from the lawyer?" Fang Minghua asked rhetorically.

"What lawyer's letter?"

"You don't even dare to send me a lawyer's letter, and you're suing me for nothing." Fang Minghua threw the newspaper on the coffee table after finishing speaking.

"I still want the other party to sue me. I have never been to court in my life."

"You don't care or ask?"

"Of course not." Fang Minghua shook his head: "Didn't I just register a Sina blog? I haven't published anything yet, so I'll post one today!"

Soon, the first news appeared on Fang Minghua's Sina blog.

There are only four words: "You are welcome to sue me."

The publisher and author's names were also specifically mentioned.

Soon after registering with my real name, the content of this blog was forwarded immediately. The Sina blog, which had just been online, suddenly exploded in popularity, causing Sina.com founder Wang Xingdong to grin from ear to ear.

There was no movement from the publishing house.

Just when everyone thought this matter was about to end, they didn't expect that the real lawsuit had just begun.

Yanjing.

Zhuang Yu has just returned from Xizang.

After graduation, she had several jobs, including being an art teacher, a screenwriter, and now a reporter. She stayed in Xizang for almost a month before rushing back to Yanjing.

When she just returned to Yanjing, she went online in her dormitory and opened QQ, which she hadn't logged in for a long time. She was surprised to find that many friends and classmates had left messages.

"Zhuang Yu, your book "Inside and Outside the Circle" has been plagiarized!"

"The famous writer Minghua is complaining about your injustice!"

"Ah Zhuang Yu, you are famous." Someone was teasing,

Someone even asked jokingly: "What is your relationship with Minghua? Why does he stand up for you like this?!"

What's the relationship?

I know them, but they don't know me.

Zhuang Yu read the messages and realized that her novel had been plagiarized by a person named Guo Jingming.

But when Fang Minghua saw it, he accused the latter in public.

Of course, she didn't care what to say now, she hurried out and went to the bookstore to buy a copy of "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams" to read!

After returning from Xizhang, the leader of her unit asked her to rest for a few days, but she didn't go anywhere these days, just frantically comparing two books in her dormitory.

Sure enough, this book "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams" has nearly 12 places with 12 main plots that are obviously similar!

She knew what she had to do.

Soon, a lawsuit was submitted to the First Intermediate Court of Yanjing, suing the publisher and the author himself, demanding compensation of 500,000 yuan and a public apology.

The Internet and the media suddenly became lively again.

For this reason, Zhuang Yu has not yet written a special thank-you letter to Fang Minghua, but sent it to the Qin Province Writers Association.

But Fang Minghua did not reply.

Today is the fourth lecture of "Let's Talk".

Originally, according to Fang Minghua's intention, he would stop after three lectures, but he did not expect that readers were so enthusiastic that he had to continue.

For this reason, in order to control the number of participants, Lei Xuecheng had to adopt the form of limited flow to sell invitation tickets, of course, for free.

However, I heard that someone was eyeing this business and reselling invitation tickets. I heard that the price outside was 100 yuan, which finally forced Lei Xuecheng to adopt the real-name system-the reader's name, ID number, etc. were on the back of the invitation ticket, and only the person and the ticket could go up.

Today, we are talking about Jia Pingwa's latest novel "Missing Wolves".

The novel tells the story of a reporter "I" who went to Shangzhou for an interview and learned that Shangzhou had organized a wolf hunting team to kill wild wolves in the past.

Now there are only 15 wolves left in Shangzhou, and they have numbered these 15 wolves. This story aroused "I"'s curiosity, so "I" began to look for these wolves.

In the process of looking for wolves, "I" met my uncle, the captain of the wolf hunting team, and then they encountered a series of things related to wolves. The 15 wolves were killed one by one, which led to a series of thought-provoking stories.

After so many years of writing, Jia Pingwa's writing skills have become quite skilled, and he has mastered the writing technique of magical realism.

After Fang Minghao finished his story, he was on his way home when he suddenly received a call from Jia Pingwa.

"Minghua, I heard that you were talking about my book "Missing the Wolf" at Xuecheng Bookstore?"

"Yes, I just finished talking and am on my way home."

"Thank you."

"Why thank me? These are all selected by readers of the bookstore." Fang Minghua smiled.

"But I still want to thank you."

Fang Minghua understood what Jia Pingwa meant.

Since he has been talking about some literary works in succession and spreading them through the Internet, Xuecheng Bookstore has soon become a popular place for literature lovers.

The novels that Fang Minghua talks about will immediately set off a sales boom, and as a writer, he is naturally happy.

Now that Jia Pingwa said thank you twice, Fang Minghua joked: "Brother Jia, don't thank me, just go to Xuecheng Bookstore and talk a few times."

"Can I?"

"I can do it, why can't you? It's settled, I'll call Lei Xuecheng right away."

I can finally relax for a while.