Literary Master 1978

"There is a Beautiful Place" tells the story of "I" who was shocked by family reasons and came to a small Dai village in Xishuangbanna to join the team and live in Daddy's house.

In such a nearly primitive village, the warm care of Daddy and grandma and the kind jokes of Bilang comforted "I"'s wounded heart.

But "I" was unwilling to stay here for the rest of my life, so I met Ren Jia, a male educated youth from the neighboring village, and fell in love with him. At this time, Daddy's eldest brother came home from the mountain to burn cellars, and the brave, strong and vigorous eldest brother also fell in love with "I".

After a bitter love, Ren Jia died to rescue the elderly and children in the flood, and the eldest brother also joined the army, and "I" returned to his hometown.

In terms of the story alone, "There is a Beautiful Place" is a bit vulgar. To put it simply, it is a romantic love fantasy of a female educated youth in the city.

However, Zhang Manling's writing style is delicate, mournful and sad, and it does reflect the unforgettable life of that particular period to a certain extent.

The novel is permeated with deep love for the land and the people, and it is still very touching to read. This is also the reason why the novel was able to quickly arouse response after it was published.

The reason why Li Tuo was interested in Zhang Manling was because his wife Zhang Nuanxin thought it was very suitable for adaptation into a movie after reading her novel.

He didn't expect to meet Zhang Manling, the author of the novel, when he came to Lin Chaoyang's house today. After listening to Zhang Manling's story about the cause and effect of the publication of "There is a Beautiful Place", he even said directly: "This is all fate!"

After dinner, Li Tuo invited Zhang Manling, "When are you free? I'll call my wife, let's make an appointment and talk about the adaptation."

"Anytime, I'm free anytime."

The novel had just been published, and there was an opportunity to be adapted into a movie. Zhang Manling didn't care about being reserved and couldn't wait to agree.

"Then tomorrow, come to our house tomorrow. I'll ask Nuanxin to cook some dishes for you and we'll talk in detail."

"Okay."

After the meal, Li Tuo and Zhang Chengzhi didn't even mention the treat. Not only did they get a free meal, but they also gave Zhang Nuanxin a possible adaptation work.

"Your meal is not in vain!" Lin Chaoyang said to Li Tuo meaningfully.

"Manling bought vegetables today. Next time, I'll ask Chengzhi to buy more vegetables. There will be enough chicken, duck, fish and meat."

Zhang Chengzhi raised his head with a chicken claw in his mouth, "Hmm?"

"What are you looking at? Didn't you say you would treat us today? If you didn't treat us today, you have to make up for it next time?"

Zhang Chengzhi thought about it and felt that what Li Tuo said made sense, but he always felt something was wrong.

After the meal, Li Tuo and Zhang Chengzhi left first.

Zhang Manling recalled the conversation with Li Tuo just now, feeling dazed and unreal. Her novel is going to be adapted into a movie? It's only been published for a month!

"Chaoyang, thank you so much!" Zhang Manling suddenly said to Lin Chaoyang solemnly.

"It just happened to be a chance meeting. What's there to thank for?" Lin Chaoyang smiled and didn't take credit for it.

When Zhang Manling and the other two came out of the Overseas Chinese Apartment, Dai Jinhua sighed: "Manling, Lin Chaoyang is your benefactor!"

Zhang Manling is very confident, sometimes to the point of being aloof and narcissistic. She will never allow others to say that she has achieved what results with the help of someone.

But at this time, Dai Jinhua's words made her fall into silence. Her novel has been written for more than a year. The teacher and the editor have read it, but it has not been published. Does she deny Lin Chaoyang's help?

Obviously she can't.

Li Tuo and his wife Zhang Nuanxin want to adapt "There is a Beautiful Place", the premise is that the novel is published and seen by the couple. What's more coincidental is that Li Tuo met the author Zhang Manling at Lin Chaoyang's house.

Can all this be summarized by the word "fate"?

Obviously not.

Without Lin Chaoyang's help, everything she enjoys now would not exist at all.

"Yes, thanks to him." Zhang Manling said softly.

March 10, Wednesday.

Graduation is approaching, and the courses of the 78th Chinese Department Literature Major are a little less than in previous semesters, and many people have begun to prepare graduation papers.

Early in the morning, Zhang Manling hid in the classroom of the Literature and History Building after breakfast to study the paper. When she was serious, someone patted her shoulder.

She turned her head and saw Dai Jinhua, Ma Xiangwu and Gao Xianjun standing there. It was Dai Jinhua who patted her shoulder just now.

"Good morning!" Zhang Manling greeted the three people.

Gao Xianjun teased, "You are not as early as me. You are really hardworking, Manling."

"The early bird catches the worm."

"Just now I heard from Jinhua that you guys went to Lin Chaoyang's house for dinner on the weekend?"

"Yes. He helped me publish my novel. I wanted to invite him for dinner, but he asked us to go to his house."

Gao Xianjun had a bit of envy on his face, "If I had known earlier, I would have asked me!"

"I wanted to ask you that day, but you went out to watch "Shaolin Temple" with them!"

Listening to Zhang Manling's words, Gao Xianjun regretted it, "Oh!"

"Actually, there is nothing wrong with going to Lin Chaoyang's house for dinner. Look at Zhenyun, he has been there several times, it's just that the food is a little better." Dai Jinhua said.

Gao Xianjun said sadly, "You have eaten there, of course you can say that. Graduation is coming soon, I really want to go to their house for a meal!"

Dai Jinhua asked Gao Xianjun in confusion, "What's so big about a meal? If you really want to eat it, go to the library and tell him to have a meal. I don't think he will refuse."

Zhang Manling explained: "Jinhua, you don't understand. Being invited and having a meal are two different things. Xianjun regards Chaoyang as his idol, and it is an honor to be invited to dinner by his idol."

After being teased by Zhang Manling, Gao Xianjun didn't look shy.

To talk about his admiration for Lin Chaoyang, we have to start with the release of "The First Floor in the World" at the end of 1979.

At that time, a group of amateur drama enthusiasts from the Chinese Department of Yanjing Normal University used this drama written by Lin Chaoyang to kill all the major universities in Yanjing.

Drama has become popular in recent years, and college students are the main audience.

The brilliance of "The First Floor" is no less than a classic of human art. Not only has the work been loved by countless students, it has also made screenwriter Lin Chaoyang the idol of many students, including Gao Xianjun.

"No wonder you were so active when you were grabbing magazines just now!" Dai Jinhua said.

"What magazine are you grabbing?" Zhang Manling asked.

Gao Xianjun rushed to answer: "'October', this month's 'October' contains Lin Chaoyang's new novel."

His eyes shone when he said this, and he couldn't wait to mention the novel. He found a seat casually, took out the magazine he just bought, lowered his head, and was immersed in it for a moment.

Zhang Manling waited for him to sit down before reacting, "Ah! If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten it. Did you buy the magazine? Lend it to me!"

"Want to see you not buying it yourself?"

Dai Jinhua rejected her with practical actions, and then Zhang Manling looked at Ma Xiangwu again.

Ma Xiangwu silently took out the literature book and said, "I didn't buy it. I'll read it after they finish reading it."

"You guys are so mean!"

Zhang Manling muttered, wanting to calm down and continue studying the paper, but from time to time she saw the figures of Gao Xianjun and Dai Jinhua who were reading novels seriously, and her heart felt like grass had grown, and she couldn't calm down at all.

After hesitating for a few minutes, she packed up her things and left the classroom, heading to the library.

When I arrived at the newspaper room, I searched for two minutes but couldn't find this issue of "October". When I asked, I found out that it had been borrowed.

She had no choice but to go to the bookstore outside the school and inquire about it. Unexpectedly, "October" here was sold out.

There are college teachers and college students around here, so it’s normal for literary magazines to be popular, but selling out early on the day of publication is a bit excessive, right?

Zhang Manling did not believe in evil and went to a bookstore again, and this time she finally bought "October".

After paying the money, she happily came out of the bookstore. It was almost noon now. She held the magazine she had just bought and casually sat on the curb by the roadside and started reading.

"Prologue, excerpted from Dr. Xu Lingjun's diary, January 5, 1982.

I haven't seen this island in years. The last time I saw it was on a friend's boat venturing into the outer harbor. It lay in the distance, alone beyond the inland sea, shrouded in summer mist. Against the backdrop of the sky, it looks like a small speck of paint applied carelessly.

I have not set foot on this island again for over ten years. But Yu Li said that she suspected that I might have never left at all. When she said this, her tone sometimes sounded like a joke, and sometimes she seemed very serious..."

"Shutter Island" is the title of Lin Chaoyang's new novel.

There is a "prologue" at the beginning of the novel, and the narrator is Xu Lingjun, a doctor who once worked on the Shutter Island.

Just reading the beginning of the novel, Zhang Manling felt a sense of black humor.

The author's signature on the lower right side of the novel's title is "Xu Lingjun". Lin Chaoyang arranged himself as a character in the novel, which makes people smile knowingly.

It's a pity that within two minutes of Zhang Manling's laughter, all her energy was completely attracted by the mysterious atmosphere created by Lin Chaoyang, and she couldn't help but be immersed in the novel.

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All his eyes were focused on the words in the magazine, and all his mind was controlled by the words. Suddenly, someone next to him made a mischievous cry. Gao Hongbo was frightened, and the magazine in his hand almost fell to the ground.

Gao Hongshi next to him succeeded in his prank and laughed loudly.

The frightened Gao Hongbo picked up the magazine in his hand, calmed down, and complained: "Sister, can you stop being so startled?"

"Look, I'm scaring you. What are you looking at?" Gao Hongshi didn't realize his mistake at all, and tried to slap Gao Hongbo with a hat.

Gao Hongbo flashed the cover of the magazine and said, "Is this called D grass?"

""October"? What good works are there in this issue?"

"Lin Chaoyang's new work."

After Gao Hongbo finished speaking, he felt a light touch on his hand, and the magazine appeared in Gao Hongshi's hand.

"Hey, I haven't finished reading it yet."

"Let eldest sister take a look, and I'll give it to you after you finish reading it."

Gao Hongbo and Gao Hongshi are colleagues, and both are literary editors. It's just that one is the editor of "Literary News" and the other is the editor of Shaanxi People's Publishing House.

The editor from Yanjing and the editor from Shaanxi were able to get together because they performed well in their work units and were recommended by their units to come to the Central Literature Institute to participate in the seventh student class.

Since its resumption in 1980, the Institute of Literature and Literature has trained the fifth and sixth batches of trainees, many of whom are now well-known writers, such as Jiang Zilong who wrote "The Take-up of Director Qiao" and "Furong Town". 》The ancient birch.

Unlike the fifth and sixth classes, which were aimed at training writers, the members of the seventh class are mainly editors of major domestic literary journals, so this class is also called the editor class.

Gao Hongbo and Gao Hongshi were both born in 1951, and their birthdays are only less than a month apart. Gao Hongshi is slightly older, so the two have always been like siblings in the class and have a close relationship.

A few days ago, Gao Hongbo chatted with a friend from Yenching Publishing House and learned that Lin Chaoyang's new novel will be published in "October" this month. Today, he ran out to buy a magazine.

He had just read two chapters when Gao Hongshi snatched it away. When he thought of the novel he had just read the beginning, he couldn't help but feel anxious.