1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Zhou Yan sat in 318 for a while, then stood up and said, "I'll go back to the house first and come back to you later."

Shi Tiesheng glanced at the breakfast on the table, "Aren't you going to bring them this breakfast?"

Zhou Yan shook his head and smiled, "Forget it, let's go eat by ourselves when they wake up."

…

When I returned to 202, I heard deafening snoring as soon as the door opened. Mr. Feng was still sleeping soundly.

Zhou Yan originally wanted to say hello to Mr. Feng. After all, they were roommates and Mr. Feng was from his hometown. However, looking at the situation, it was estimated that Mr. Feng would not wake up in a while, so he gave up the idea.

After a brief tidying up, Zhou Yan replied 318.

Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun both woke up and went to 318 to chat with Shi Tiesheng. Zhou Yan also joined in.

It wasn't until about nine o'clock that Yu Hua came over.

The few of them chatted for a while, and when it was half past nine, Zhou Yan looked at the time and said, "It's almost time, let's go back."

He looked at Yu Hua again, "How about you stay here and I take Tiesheng back first?"

Yu Hua waved his hand, "No, I'm going back too."

"Aren't you going to stay and play cards with them?" Zhou Yan said with a smile.

Yu Hua wanted to stay and play cards, but it didn't feel right to stay here and play cards all the time, so he decided to go back first.

"Go back first and come back tomorrow." Yu Hua looked at Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun again, "Do you two want to stay here?"

Liu Zhenyun smiled and said, "If I don't stay here and go home with you, will you treat us to dinner?"

"If you have nothing else to do, you can come with us. Fan will definitely take care of you, but it's not me who takes care of it, it's him." Yu Hua pointed at Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan smiled and extended the invitation, "If you two don't attend the afternoon meeting, you can go sit in my studio. It's not too far anyway."

Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun looked at each other, and then Mo Yan nodded, "Then we have to be respectful and obey your orders. We just happen to visit your reading room."

Yu Hua smiled and said, "You guys want to see if there are any of your books in the reading room."

Liu Zhenyun laughed and said, "Don't say it out loud. It would be too embarrassing if you look back and find that there are really no books for us."

Yu Hua smiled and said to Zhou Yan, "You heard me, if there are no books for them in the reading room, why don't you call back quickly and ask them to go to the bookstore to buy them. If we walk slowly, we should be able to make it in time."

"Okay, I'll make a call in a minute." Zhou Yan smiled and took out his mobile phone.

But instead of calling the studio, he asked the driver to pick them up.

When they came, they took Liu Zhenyun and the four of them in one car, which was just right. Now that Mo Yan was there, one car was not enough. Zhou Yan had to call another car, or ask the driver to change to one with more seats. The car is coming.

…

After arriving at the studio, Zhou Yan took them directly to the reading room in the new alley.

Xiao Hu from the logistics department was sorting the books on the bookshelf. When he saw Zhou Yan and the others coming over, he smiled and said hello, "Boss, Teacher Yu Hua, Teacher Tiesheng..."

Zhou Yan introduced him, "These two are Teacher Mo Yan and Teacher Liu Zhenyun."

Hearing the names of Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun, Xiao Hu showed a surprised expression. Obviously, he knew Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun.

Zhou Yan introduced it to Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun, "Xiao Hu is from the logistics department and loves reading. After the reading room was opened, he took charge of it. He basically placed the books on the bookshelf. He did a very good job. "

The management of books is not a simple matter and requires certain skills. Xiao Hu himself does not know much about this. However, for this reading room, he deliberately studied the management methods of libraries and some large bookstores and explored them. Use your own method.

His style may not be good, but Zhou Yan admires his work attitude, and Zhou Yan is relieved to leave the reading room to him.

After being praised by the boss, Xiao Hu rubbed his head in embarrassment, "I also learned from libraries and bookstores. In fact, I don't understand many things myself."

Zhou Yan smiled, "It's okay, slowly understand and learn slowly."

At work, Zhou Yan values ​​results, but is also willing to give employees opportunities to learn. Especially with something like a reading room, there are a lot of opportunities for trial and error and learning.

What Zhou Yan doesn’t want is to get it right in one step, he wants to get better and better.

Mo Yan looked around the reading room, nodded and said, "It does look decent."

Zhou Yan winked at Xiao Hu and said, "Xiao Hu, show some teachers."

Although Xiao Hu is young, he is quite discerning. When he saw the look Zhou Yan gave him, he immediately understood and led them inside, "The reading room is divided according to the nature of the books. The novel area is over here...the one in front of The rows of bookshelves are filled with modern novels, and the top rows are all best-selling books in recent years.”

While introducing it to Mo Yan and the others, he took down a copy of "Red Sorghum" from the bookshelf, "For example, Teacher Mo Yan's "Red Sorghum"."

Then he picked up another book "To Live", "There is also "To Live" by Teacher Yu Hua."

It can be seen that he is very familiar with the books on the bookshelf, and he naturally found the masterpieces of several writers.

Mo Yan and the others were surprised to see how familiar Xiao Hu was. They thought that Zhou Yan's studio was really a crouching tiger, hidden dragon. A young man from the logistics department could behave like this.

If nothing else, it at least shows that Xiao Hu has read a lot of books.

Zhou Yan said from the side, "Since you are here, please sign it. I will frame it later and sell it for a lot of money."

Xiao Hu had quick eyes and quick hands, and he immediately took out the pen from his pocket.

In fact, there was no need for Xiao Hu to find a pen at all. Several of them had pens with them. These days, it is normal to carry a pen with them. Moreover, they are all writers, and pens are what they eat with.

Not only do they have pens on their bodies, like Liu Zhenyun and Mo Yan, they also have small notebooks in their pockets.

There was a bag hanging next to Shi Tiesheng's wheelchair, which contained a quite large notebook.

Mo Yan and the others were very happy when they saw that their books were really there in the reading room and placed in a conspicuous place, and they signed them happily.

After they finished signing, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Xiao Hu, you can find a free place in the reading room to put a glass cabinet and put these signed books in it for preservation. Any books signed in the future will be put in the cabinet." Inside, there is an exhibition for everyone to see.”

Mo Yan smiled and said, "Isn't this a bit of a fuss?"

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "It's not a fuss at all. Maybe this cabinet can become a tourist attraction in the future. I will set up a barrier later. Those who want to come in and see it need to buy a ticket."

"Haha, I'm afraid you won't be able to earn back the money from the gate."

Liu Zhenyun said with a smile: "If you want to attract people to read, you must be able to tell stories. Later we discussed making up a wonderful story. After unifying the caliber, we wrote it together in the essay, which will naturally arouse the readers' interest. Interested."

Yu Hua gave a thumbs up, "Teacher Liu, if you want to talk about crooked ways, you still have the right approach."

Shi Tiesheng pushed up his glasses and said, "Actually, there is no need to make up stories. As long as you two remain so famous, someone will make up stories for you."

"What others make up may not be beneficial to us. If we want a positive image, we have to make up our own."

"Haha, that's true."

…

A few people walked around the reading room chatting and laughing, and then Zhou Yan took them to the film studio and the music studio.

After finishing the whole process, Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun were very emotional.

Although the scale of the current studio is not particularly large, we can see the vitality of the studio, and after Zhou Yan’s introduction, they also know the projects the studio has handled. They know very well that this studio will get bigger and bigger.

After finishing the transfer, it was time for lunch. Zhou Yan didn't take them out to eat, so he took a bite of them in the cafeteria.

After eating in the canteen of the studio, Mo Yan was also very emotional. He finally understood why Yu Hua always mentioned the canteen of Zhou Yan's studio.

The description Yu Hua gave him before was not an exaggeration at all. The food in this canteen was even better than what Yu Hua had described.

After lunch, Yu Hua and the others played a card game again. This time they brought Shi Tiesheng into the game, and the four of them continued to beat eggs.

Zhou Yan watched for a while, then went to several recording studios and practice rooms to watch everyone rehearse.

After returning from a circle, Zhou Yan was about to go back to his desk to work for a while, but heard Yu Hua ask, "Is Xiao Zhang here today?"

"Xiao Zhang? Are you talking about Zhang Zuoquan?"

"Um."

When Yu Hua asked Zhang Zuoquan, Zhou Yan knew what he was thinking and said, "He's here, but he didn't practice "Xu San Guan" today."

"Oh, that's it." Yu Hua was a little disappointed.

Zhou Yan smiled and added, "Although he did not practice "Xu Sanguan" himself, the orchestra is rehearsing this piece today."

Yu Hua's eyes lit up and he sat up straight, "Really?"

"Why are you lying to me? It's in a big recording studio."

Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Yu Hua threw the cards in his hand on the table, "Forget this round, let's go listen to music."

Liu Zhenyun grabbed a handful of good cards in this round and was about to kill everyone. After Yu Hua threw the cards away, he suddenly became anxious and said, "Yu Hua, why don't you have a brand?"

With that said, he was going to find the cards that Yu Hua had thrown away.

Seeing that he was looking for cards, Yu Hua quickly picked at the pile of cards a few times, completely scattering the cards, and said with a look of disdain, "I only know how to play cards, can you come with me to listen to the elegant art and cultivate it?" sentiment?"

Seeing that the pile of cards was in chaos and unable to save the situation, Liu Zhenyun said angrily, "You must be really bad at holding cards."

Yu Hua chuckled and didn't answer, but his expression said everything.

If he had good cards, how could he be willing to throw them away.

"Let's go, let's go and listen to music."

Yu Hua stood up directly and pushed Shi Tiesheng towards the door.

…

The orchestra does have to rehearse "Xu Sanguan" in the afternoon, but their rehearsal plan is only to strengthen part of it, and they have not prepared to rehearse the entire piece.

This is how usual rehearsals go. For such a long piece, it is impossible to rehearse the entire piece all the time. Otherwise, the effect will be very poor, and it will be difficult to improve any problems.

If we rehearse the whole song, we can practice it several times in an afternoon. Not only will everyone be tired, but there will be no effect at all.

Usually, after encountering a problem, you will practice a certain section separately. After you have practiced this section well, you can then solve other problems.

And it’s not just new songs that you practice this way, but even old songs that you’ve played many times.

But now that Yu Hua and the others are here, the orchestra has changed its plan and composed a whole song for them.

Yu Hua brought them to listen to "Xu Sanguan" not because he had a bad hand and wanted to escape, but because he wanted to show off in front of them.

After the performance of "Xu Sanguan" ended, Yu Hua said with a smile, "It is said that art is interlinked. Isn't this a living example? When I heard Zhou Yan's song, I felt that it was tailor-made for "Xu Sanguan". If "Xu Sanguan" is made into a movie in the future, this song will be used as background music."

Faced with Yu Hua's boasting, Mo Yan was quite respectful and said with a smile, "This song won an award before. I saw it on the news. Everyone envied you. Looking at the current literary world, you are the only one who can get such treatment."

Mo Yan's praise was real. Most writers would be very envious when they heard about this.

Who doesn't want their novel to be written into a song by a famous musician? And it's a symphony, and it won an award.

When this piece of music is released, it means that the novel "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" is different from ordinary novels.

When someone mentions this novel in the future, they may mention that Zhou Yan composed a symphony for this novel.

This kind of thing will be talked about and passed down as a good story.

Liu Zhenyun was also very envious, but he couldn't help but say something bad about Yu Hua, "The music is good music, the novel is also a good novel, but the author's character is not good."

For people he is not familiar with, Liu Zhenyun usually praises them to death, and he can praise them to the point of being at a loss with just a few words.

But if it is to acquaintances, he is more bad-mouthing.

However, Yu Hua was completely immune to this minor attack. He smiled and said, "Your tolerance is smaller than that of a toad. I guess if I lift your clothes now, I can see your bulging belly. It's just a hand of cards, why are you still complaining?"

"I have a small tolerance, but I have good cards."

Shi Tiesheng couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the two of them bickering, "Let's not delay the orchestra's rehearsal here, let's go back."

"Okay."

Yu Hua moved quickly and pushed Shi Tiesheng out.

He came the fastest and left the fastest.

After leaving the recording studio, Shi Tiesheng asked Mo Yan, "When will the meeting this afternoon end?"

"It is said that it will end at four o'clock, but the specific time of ending depends on the situation at the meeting site. Why are you asking this?"

"Editor-in-Chief Zhang said he would come over after the meeting."

"Editor-in-Chief Zhang? Are you talking about Mr. Zhang Shouren?"

"Yes."

"What is he doing here?" Mo Yan asked curiously.

Shi Tiesheng smiled and said, "He said he was going home in the evening, so he came to see Zhou Yan's manuscript."

"Zhou Yan's manuscript?" Yu Hua blinked, "Isn't it the manuscript we saw last time?"

"That's it." Shi Tiesheng nodded.

"How did Editor Zhang know about that manuscript?"

"It's like this..."

After that, Shi Tiesheng told them roughly what happened in 318 this morning, and finally he said, "Anyway, Editor Zhang said he wanted to come and see it, and he will probably be here around five or six o'clock."

When Mo Yan and the others heard that Zhou Yan had a new manuscript, they were also very curious.

"How about asking Zhou Yan to show us the manuscript first?"

It is normal for writers to read each other's manuscripts, but Mo Yan is not familiar with Zhou Yan after all, so he can't bring it up, and he has to let Shi Tiesheng and the others bring it up.

Yu Hua said, "Okay, I'll ask him right away." (End of this chapter)