Back to 80: My Literary Life

The first snow of 2002 came not long ago, and 2003 is coming soon.

Looking back at the literary world in 2002, Lei Da published an article in China Youth Daily, titled: "Masterpieces Absent, Wild Geese Passing Silently, Literary World 2002: A Transit of Mediocrity".

2002 does not seem to be a year for literature and publishing to "study hard and make progress every day". Many people in the industry describe the publishing status of 2002 as "mediocre", "ordinary" and "normal". In the publishing industry, which focuses on literary creation, on the one hand, new books are on the stage with a gorgeous attitude, but on the other hand, masterpieces are absent, wild geese pass by silently, and heavy works are rare.

The era of "reading pictures" has arrived.

2002 was a year when people were lazy, low-intelligence, souls urgently needed to be comforted, and their hearts were in distress and went to the extreme. This can be clearly proved by the powerful "view shock wave" formed by "Jimmy Adult Picture Book", "Rock Book", "Curry Pie" and other "view picture books"

The creation of famous writers has declined.

Some well-known writers have launched new works: Jia Pingwa's "The Long Tongue Man", Han Shaogong's "Hint", Hai Yan's "Ordinary Life", Zhang Kangkang's "The Writer"...

However, some readers and industry insiders have said that the creative standards of famous writers are mostly declining. On the one hand, famous writers are trying to break through under the dual pressure of the market and their own limits, while on the other hand, the audience is engulfed and covered by film and television images, online media, and diversified entertainment, and the supply and demand between them are increasingly misaligned.

Young writing

The "little ghosts in charge" in the literary world are mixed. Is it the strong creativity of the little ghosts, or the deformed market they face? This is a paradox of the growth stage.

Writers "Her Century"

"Her Century" is the "century of women". It is said that there are five or six generations of female writers active in the literary world in my country at present, from Zhang Jie and Zhang Kangkang to the new generation of women born in the 1970s and even the 1980s: Yin Lichuan, Zhao Bo, Dai Lai, Zhao Ning, Cheng Qing, Wang Yuan, Zhu Wenying, Zhou Jieru, Liu Yanyan, Annie Baby, etc. As a whole, they have undoubtedly occupied half of the literary world.

Finally, I need to point out that the writer Minghua published an autobiographical book "My Twenty Years of Literature" at the end of the year, which tells the ups and downs of the literary world from the early 1980s to the end of the century.

The article is written in a simple and straightforward manner, and the various anecdotes in it are very interesting and are said to be very popular with readers.

Here, I don't want to discuss whether some of the literary views in this autobiography are correct. What I want to say is:

Even a writer with vigorous creative energy like Minghua has begun to write memoirs and write about the literature of the 1980s and 1990s. Does this also mean that since the beginning of the new century, there is nothing worth writing about literature? !

This is a very terrible thing.

"This radar." Fang Minghua was in his study, looking at this comment and couldn't help shaking his head.

Today is New Year's Day, and Fang Minghua's home is very lively.

Not only did his daughter Fang Rui return home for the winter vacation, his son also came back today, and his wife Song Tangtang.

In addition, Liu Xiaoli brought her daughter Liu Yifei to Fang Minghua's home as a guest.

They came back from the United States with Fang Rui and came to Fang Minghua's home specifically to play.

Daughter Fang Rui and Liu Yifei were born in the same year. The two have a very good relationship in the United States and often chat on QQ. Sometimes Fang Rui would fly to Los Angeles to Liu Yifei's home on weekends.

"Dad, Dad, come down for dinner!" Daughter Ruirui ran to Fang Minghua's study and knocked on the door "dong dong dong".

"Okay, I'll be down right away." Fang Minghua replied with a smile.

"What's delicious?"

"Shabu-shabu mutton, and the Northeastern stew made by Aunt Liu!"

Fang Minghua followed her daughter downstairs to wash her hands and then came to the restaurant. The copper hot pot had been placed in the middle of the table, and there was a pot of hot dishes and several cold dishes next to it.

After Fang Minghua and the three children sat down, Song Tangtang, Liu Xiaoli and the babysitter also came in.

This meal was made by the two of them, and even the babysitter helped.

Song Tangtang even opened a bottle of Great Wall Cabernet Sauvignon, saying that it was to celebrate New Year's Day today.

The three children were minors, so they naturally couldn't drink. For Fang Minghua and his wife and Liu Xiaoli, drinking a bottle of red wine was nothing.

Everyone ate and talked, basically around the three children.

Originally, Fang Rui liked music very much and planned to be a pianist in the future. As a result, she was influenced by Liu Yifei's acting and suddenly became interested in drama.

She told her parents on QQ that she was determined to be a drama director in the future, and even encouraged Liu Yifei to act in drama in the future.

She specifically acted in her director!

Fang Minghua was both angry and amused after hearing the news.

Don't take children's words too seriously.

Besides, as long as it is legitimate, it doesn't matter what you study.

For a family like theirs, what major you study and what career you will pursue in the future are no longer a job to make a living, but a pure hobby.

Otherwise, some people say that many children from truly wealthy families enjoy studying unpopular majors such as philosophy and art.

However, his son Fang Le is still very interested in science and engineering, especially physics, and this is also influenced by his uncle-in-law, Liu Jianjun.

Liu Jianjun is now the director of the 618th Institute and a doctoral supervisor. He has made some achievements in the field of aviation microelectronics.

After Liu Yifei went to Taipei to shoot "Blue Gate" at the beginning of the year, she flew directly back to Los Angeles to go to school.

"Minghua, Xiaoli and I just talked about something, which is to let Xixi play the role of Wang Yuyan in the costume martial arts drama "Dragon Babu" that the company is preparing to shoot. What do you think?" Song Tangtang asked.

Oh, isn't this the fairy sister?

The TV series "Dragon Babu" is a large-scale costume TV series that Shengshi Film and Television is preparing to shoot this year. It is co-directed by mainland director Zhou Xiaowen and Hong Kong director Ju Jueliang and others.

After Zhou Xiaowen graduated from Yandian in the 1970s, he was assigned to Xiying Studio and is now also a director under the film and television studio.

"Dragon Babu" is a TV series that Shengshi Film and Television invested heavily in this year. It invited big stars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait such as Hu Jun, Lin Zhiying, Gao Hu, Chen Hao, and Liu Tao to join. It is the most appropriate thing to give the female lead to the actress under Shengshi Film and Television.

Liu Yifei is pure and beautiful, and it is the most appropriate to play the role of Wang Yuyan, which has been proven by later generations.

But today Song Tangtang suddenly raised this matter to ask for his opinion. Fang Minghua already understood in his heart that it was probably Liu Xiaoli who was not willing.

Because there is an invisible contempt chain in the film and television industry: film art is higher than television art.

And the standard for judging the status of actors in the industry is that top film actors are higher than top TV actors.

This is not only the case in China, but also in the world.

Liu Yifei has already acted in several movies, and most of them are female protagonists. She is famous both at home and abroad. Now she is suddenly asked to act in a TV series. I guess Liu Xiaoli is a little reluctant.

However, Wang Yuyan played by Liu Yifei in this version of "Tianlong Babu" is really a classic.