Literary Master 1978

"To be honest, Chaoyang's experience is legendary."

Listening to Li Tuo's words, the old man couldn't help showing a little curiosity, "How legendary?"

Li Tuo briefly told the old man about Lin Chaoyang's background and experience. After listening, the old man was moved and said, "It's not easy, it's really not easy."

There are many writers with low education these days, and there are also many writers who come from rural areas.

But like Lin Chaoyang, who came from rural areas, had low education, married an educated youth from the city, and then worked hard all the way, not only becoming a well-known writer, but also being able to be well-informed and knowledgeable, it is really rare.

"His experience reminds me of those old scholars in the past. Luck, talent, and hard work are all indispensable." The old man exclaimed.

Li Tuo said with a smile: "I think character comes first. If Chaoyang hadn't been so sincere about his wife, his wife might not have been admitted to university, or even if she was admitted to university, she might not have taken him back to the city. His literary career might not have been so smooth."

"In fact, as long as you get familiar with Chaoyang, you will know that no one doesn't like to be his friend. So it's normal for them to have such a happy ending."

The old man had never met Lin Chaoyang, and Li Tuo's praise sounded a little too much in his ears, but he also knew that although Li Tuo was enthusiastic and sincere, he rarely spoke nonsense.

"Hearing your praise, I want to get to know him." The old man said with a smile.

"It's time to get to know him. When he comes down later, I'll introduce him to you."

As the two were talking, a young woman ran to the old man. She had white skin, a full forehead, and bright eyes. She shouted "Dad" to the old man.

"This is my daughter Dandan, and this is your Uncle Li."

"Hello, Uncle Li!"

"Hello, Dandan!"

After greeting, Dandan looked towards the stage, her eyes full of novelty and excitement, "Is that Xu Lingjun?"

The old man said with a sullen face, "You are impolite! Comrade Chaoyang is a friend of your Uncle Li, you have to call him uncle."

Dandan said gloomily, "He doesn't look much older than me?"

Li Tuo asked, "When was Dandan born?"

"I was born in 1960."

Li Tuo laughed and said, "He is indeed not much older, we are of the same generation, let's talk about our own things."

The old man explained, "I didn't plan to come here today, but this girl heard that Comrade Chaoyang was coming to give a lecture, and she insisted on coming to see it."

Li Tuo understood and said, "It's normal. "The Shepherd" is a big hit, and it's normal for these little girls to be curious about "Xu Lingjun."

As they chatted, Lin Chaoyang had almost finished his class.

When he returned to the backstage, Li Tuo pulled him and introduced him: "Chaoyang, this is Secretary Song Fan of our Yanjing Literary Association, and this is his daughter Dandan."

When Li Tuo introduced Song Fan, Lin Chaoyang didn't care and just greeted him normally, but when he introduced Song Fan's daughter, he couldn't help but take a second look.

A pretty little old lady!

After a few pleasantries, Lin Chaoyang learned that Song Dandan didn't pass the college entrance examination last year, so she applied for the performance training class of the People's Art Theater and is now a student of the People's Art Theater.

"We also rehearsed your "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" in the class. Your plays are so good, why don't you write more?"

Relying on her father next to her, Song Dandan was very bold and cared about Lin Chaoyang's creation.

Lin Chaoyang smiled warmly and said without disguising, "There is no money in drama, I can only write for fun."

Song Dandan heard this and looked serious, "How can art be measured by money?"

"Dandan!" Song Fan shouted and smiled apologetically at Lin Chaoyang, "This child has been spoiled since childhood."

Lin Chaoyang smiled indifferently, "It's okay. Dandan is right, art cannot be measured by money, but artists also need money to eat, and only when they are full can they consider art."

Song Dandan was still a little unconvinced when she heard his words, and wanted to refute a few words, but saw two young people from the Literary Association running over in panic.

Li Tuo immediately asked, "What happened?"

"The students surrounded the backstage and wanted to see Comrade Chaoyang."

"What's the big deal? Why are you making such a fuss?"

"There are too many people, all squeezed together, I'm afraid something will happen."

Hearing what the young man said, Song Fan and Li Tuo realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately ran to the backstage entrance to take a look.

There were a lot of people there, and it was very crowded. It seemed that most of the students had squeezed in. Fortunately, everyone was still abiding by the rules. Some people stopped them but no one forced their way in.

It was just that some people shouted to see Lin Chaoyang, and some people waved books in their hands, probably asking for autographs.

"We can't squeeze like this, we have to evacuate quickly. Otherwise, if we are not careful, we will get into big trouble." Li Tuo said.

Song Fan's forehead was sweating as he watched the scene. He was the most senior person on the scene today, and he would be the first to run away if something happened. "Hurry up and call two more people to maintain order and evacuate these students."

While the two were talking, Lin Chaoyang came over to take a look and said calmly, "I'll go to the stage and say a few words to maintain order."

"Okay!" Song Fan said hurriedly.

Lin Chaoyang quickly returned to the podium, picked up the microphone and shouted a few words. When the students who were originally crowded at the backstage entrance heard his voice, they were indeed attracted.

"Don't worry, go back to your seats first. We can discuss any questions slowly."

The restless students calmed down under Lin Chaoyang's comfort. The reason why they all squeezed to the backstage entrance was because some students wanted to ask Lin Chaoyang for autographs at the beginning.

Some people wanted to ask Lin Chaoyang some questions about creation, and the rest were just joining in the fun.

Lin Chaoyang asked Li Tuo to organize people to collect the books of the students who needed autographs. He first answered everyone's questions on the podium, and then signed after the Q\u0026A session. After signing, he returned the books to the students.

It took more than an hour to send all the students away.

Watching the students take the autographed books one by one, Li Tuo breathed a sigh of relief and finally relaxed.

Song Fan, who was standing beside him, also breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Was the scene so hot the first two times?"

"No." Li Tuo picked up the teacup and took a big sip of the already cold tea. "The first two times Wang Meng and Qin Chaoyang came, the students asked questions enthusiastically, but the emotions were not as excited as today. This is all Chaoyang's appeal!"

Song Fan listened and nodded slightly. He had been watching just now, and naturally he could see that these young literary people were chasing after and worshipping Lin Chaoyang.

If you think about it carefully, you can understand that Wang Meng and Qin Chaoyang are both old-school writers with high status and great fame. Their works also have many readers, but their influence and appeal among young readers are very limited.

Lin Chaoyang is different. Although he is young, almost every work has sparked huge discussions. Naturally, his influence on young readers is huge, and it is reasonable that he has many fans.

The students have all left, and Li Tuo also has the heart to joke with Lin Chaoyang.

"You always stay in school, it's not easy for readers to see you, that's why they are so enthusiastic, you have to participate in more social activities in the future."

Song Fan also smiled and said: "Yes, Chaoyang's appeal is indeed great, you can participate in more activities in our literary and artistic circles."

"I will definitely do it when I have time." Lin Chaoyang said with a smile.

When the few people were talking, Song Dandan kept blinking her big eyes at Lin Chaoyang.

She originally wanted to see "Xu Lingjun" today, but she didn't expect that her beautiful imagination was somewhat disillusioned after seeing him in person, but she didn't think she was a superficial person, and she paid more attention to the inner than the appearance.

But she didn't expect Lin Chaoyang to say "It's not profitable to do drama", this sentence firmly broke the filter of Song Dandan's idol in her heart, she just felt that this person was full of money and vulgar.

While she was stunned, Lin Chaoyang had already said hello to everyone and left the Cultural Palace, and Song Dandan also followed her father out of the Cultural Palace.

"It's really better to meet in person than to hear about it." Song Dandan said beside her father.

Listening to his daughter's words, Song Fan couldn't help but frown, "You mean Lin Chaoyang?"

"Yes. Before I knew him, I had some fantasies about him, but after talking to him today, I found that he was too tacky."

"Tacky? Just because he said, 'Doing drama doesn't make money'?" Song Fan asked.

"Yes, she talks about money all the time."

Song Fan sighed. His daughter had never suffered since she was a child. To put it nicely, she didn't know the sufferings of the world, and to put it bluntly, she didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was.

"You are just too young. Those who talk big and boast are often exaggerating.

He said the truth, the truth from the heart, this is the gentleman's style.

Besides, you only noticed that he said he didn't make money, didn't he write a play?

You are in the People's Art Theater, you should also know that "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" was originally written by him for the students of Yanshi University.

Your screenwriters in the People's Art Theater at least get royalties for writing scripts, and they write scripts as real voluntary labor.

How can such a person become a vulgar person in your mouth?"

Song Fan's tone was not harsh, but it was full of majesty, which made Song Dandan feel a little uneasy.

But she still retorted: "He said he had too little money, which shows that he values ​​money more than art."

"Are money and art two contradictory things? Art has nothing to do with whether you love money or not, and it has nothing to do with whether you have money or not.

Don't think that money hinders artistic creation just because some artists have a lot of ideas when they are poor and run out of ideas when they are rich. This idea is too narrow.

When the granaries are full, people know etiquette, and when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace.

The birth of most art is due to the superior material conditions, which gives people more time and energy to think about metaphysical pursuits other than survival.

It is noble to regard money as dirt, but it is definitely not the criterion for judging art.

People only said one sentence, and you have so many associations.

Is this the other party's problem, or have you already set a position for the other party? If this position does not meet your expectations, he is wrong and extremely evil.

Isn't art first of all labor? Since you have to work, what's wrong with wanting to get paid? What's wrong with wanting to make more money and live a good life?

Do artists have to be content with poverty, or even live in poverty until death?

You go to the People's Art Theater to study and act, so don't you want to get paid in the future? Or even if you get paid, you have to get less than others, so that you can show your nobleness and your art? "

Song Fan refuted his daughter's statement seriously and with reason. He didn't want to argue with her, but was afraid that his daughter's artistic path would go astray at the beginning.

He said earnestly: "If you want to learn skills, you must first learn to be a good person. I haven't had a deep contact with Comrade Chaoyang, but I heard from your uncle Li Tuo that he has an extraordinary character.

In our industry, there are many people with high moral integrity, but there are very few people with both moral integrity and artistic excellence. People like him are your role models."

After being lectured by her father, Song Dandan was originally in a bad mood.

Until her father's expression eased and he spoke to her softly, she was convinced.

"Dad, no matter how good your character is, it won't work if you don't have enough talent!"

"There are many talented people in the world. If it is purely for appreciation, it is okay to have talent without virtue.

But if you are close to each other, character is the first priority, and talent should be put aside.

In the future, if you can find me a son-in-law like him who has both moral integrity and talent, I will be very lucky!"

Song Fan's last words were not groundless. One of the main reasons why his daughter failed the college entrance examination last year was that she fell in love early and had a boyfriend.

Hearing this, Song Dandan blushed and complained about her father's teasing, "Dad~"

"You are so old now, I don't want to always scold you. But you have to act like an adult, and be mature in study and work."

"Got it."