Literary Master 1978

The symposium on "Life" was organized by China Youth Publishing House. The venue was in the conference room of the publishing house. The decoration of the conference room was ordinary. The only thing worth mentioning was the banner "Symposium on the novella "Life"" hanging on the wall.

However, China Youth Publishing House spent a lot of effort in inviting guests, and the scene was full of big names.

The writers invited Lin Chaoyang, Wang Meng and the old predecessor Du Pengcheng. Last year, Lin Chaoyang and others went to Huangdao to attend the writers' meeting and visited the old comrades.

The critics invited Chen Yong and Tang Dacheng. One of them is a senior critic from Yan A, and the other is the deputy director of the editorial office of "Wenyi Bao". They have a high status in the domestic critic circle.

There were also several editors of China Youth Publishing House and young and middle-aged critics participating in the symposium.

For a symposium of this scale, the guests will naturally not just say a few polite words perfunctorily. If the quality of the speech is too low, it may be looked down upon.

Lin Chaoyang had previously written a review of Life, and his views on the novel were unique. His speech drew frequent nods from the crowd.

After the symposium, Lin Chaoyang chatted with Du Pengcheng and Wang Meng for a while. Chen Yong asked, "When will Comrade Chaoyang's Shutter Island hold a seminar? I'll go there to show my support."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness. Shutter Island probably won't hold a symposium or seminar."

Wang Meng smiled and interrupted, "Comrade Chen Yong, you don't have much contact with Chaoyang. He has never been involved in these things. It's not easy to meet him at the symposium today."

Chen Yong was surprised when he heard this, "Oh, then it seems that I can only praise you in newspapers and magazines in the future."

Lin Chaoyang joked, "You can also praise me in person."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

On Sunday, everyone in the editorial department of Yenching Literature happily gathered in Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

As soon as we entered the door, we saw Wang Meng sitting in the yard. No one expected Wang Meng to appear here. After all, he was a nominal deputy editor-in-chief and might not appear in the editorial department for a month or two. As a result, he ran to Lin Chaoyang's house to meet everyone.

Wang Meng smiled and explained that he met Lin Chaoyang at the symposium two days ago. He heard that the editorial department was going to have a party, so he came to join in the fun.

This explanation was flawless, and everyone was still talking and laughing happily.

Tao Yushu also said that everyone should not disperse. It was rare to have such an opportunity at ordinary times. Everyone should sit together to communicate and exchange feelings. Everyone thought it made sense and gathered together.

Tao Yushu prepared fruits, pears, peaches, peanuts and melon seeds for everyone. Everyone gathered together to talk and laugh happily.

Then at this time, Tao Yushu proposed that Zhou Yanru talk about his experience in reviewing manuscripts. Everyone watched the excitement and applauded.

Zhou Yanru thought, why would we talk about manuscript reviewing at a weekend party? But everyone was in high spirits, so she could only briefly talk about a few points.

"Old Zhou has played a good leading role. Now let's invite Dening to talk about how she fought wits and courage with the writers when she was compiling manuscripts, so that we young people can gain more knowledge!"

Tao Yushu hosted the scene very well, and there was no disobedience, so that everyone didn't notice it at all.

Unknowingly, more than an hour had passed. Lin Chaoyang prepared a table of delicious food, and everyone ate it up voraciously.

Lin Chaoyang's cooking skills are well-known in the Yanjing literary circle. Being able to taste it once made everyone feel that today's trip was worthwhile.

After finishing the meal, Tao Yushu naturally organized everyone again. This time, he didn't share his work experience, but discussed with everyone the good quality manuscripts that the editorial department had received recently.

It took more than two hours to finish a meeting that was not a discussion meeting but was better than a discussion meeting. At the end, everyone couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Why did they feel that taking a day off today was more tiring than working in the editorial department?

After the party, Tao Yushu asked Wang Meng, "Comrade Wang, what do you think of our party?"

Wang Meng smiled and said with a friendly face as always, "Great! Although we are old colleagues for many years, we don't have many opportunities to get along with each other in private. Today's party can just bring everyone together. I think we can do more."

Everyone felt the joy in Wang Meng's words and was very happy in their hearts. Tao Yushu listened to Wang Meng and said, "What you said makes sense. This form is really good. I will definitely organize more in the future."

"Good, good, good!" Wang Meng said with relief.

Everyone didn't notice anything unusual about the conversation between the two. Instead, they thought it was causing trouble for Tao Yushu. They kept thanking her and thanking Lin Chaoyang for his hard work.

After seeing everyone off, Tao Yushu showed a cunning smile, like a little fox who had just stolen a chicken.

"You better be careful, don't let the leaders think you want to form cliques and usurp the throne." Lin Chaoyang reminded.

"Don't worry, I can't be without this sense of propriety. It sneaks into the night with the wind, moistening things silently." She raised her eyebrows at Lin Chaoyang proudly.

Tao Yushu felt a different sense of accomplishment for being able to get colleagues in the editorial department to move like an eagle catching chicks.

A few days later, Yan University officially opened, and the campus, which had been immersed for a long time, became lively again.

Lin Chaoyang was on duty at the front desk of the lending office these two days, and he always felt that there were students pointing fingers at him.

He would encounter some situations like this from time to time in the past few years. After all, his reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and there are many readers. Some enthusiastic readers who are admitted to Yan University always come to pay their respects.

At first, he didn't pay much attention to this situation. It wasn't until he met a student on his way back from the cafeteria after dinner that he asked him to sign a book. Lin Chaoyang finally realized that this year's YSU students seemed to have become more He is becoming less and less "reserved".

After signing his name, Lin Chaoyang thought again. It seemed inaccurate to describe the behavior of these students as "reserved". In fact, it should be "lively".

Compared with the students who have suffered greatly since the college entrance examination was resumed, the students who have enrolled in the past two years, especially this year, seem to be particularly energetic.

On the one hand, this situation is because the average age of students entering school is indeed declining. In the past, students over thirty years old in a grade could form a reinforced company, but now students in their mid-twenties and sixties have become a rarity.

On the other hand, there are more and more college students, and the sense of mission and glory among students that “big responsibilities come from heaven” are also constantly weakening.

At this point, students actually feel it too. In the past two years, it has become increasingly rare for senior professors from Yanda to teach undergraduates in person.

Thinking in his mind, Lin Chaoyang felt the reality of the passage of time for the first time in recent years.

Another weekend, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu came to the Langrun Lake Apartment for dinner.

During this period of pregnancy, the couple did not come over for dinner every week as before. The last time they went back to Tao's house for dinner was more than half a month ago.

When Tao Yucheng saw Tao Yushu, he said in an exaggerated tone: "Ouch! Why are you so fat?"

Tao Yushu, who was happily going back to her parents' house for dinner, turned as dark as the bottom of a pot when she heard these words. Her sister-in-law Zhao Li secretly pinched her husband, causing him to say "ouch" in pain.

"Yushu, don't listen to your brother's nonsense. We women become fat during pregnancy so that the children in our bellies are nutritious. I was even fatter during my pregnancy.

When this thing in your belly comes out, you will definitely be in great shape! "

Zhao Li's words made Tao Yushu blush slightly, but he still couldn't help but glare at his elder brother viciously.

Tao Yucheng knew that he was in the wrong and did not dare to touch her brow again, so he started chatting with Lin Chaoyang.

Not long ago, the filming of "Burning the Old Summer Palace" started, and the Yanjing literary and art circles paid a lot of attention. There are hundreds of mainland staff in the crew. If there is any trouble, the gossip will fly all over the sky.

Recently, there have been a lot of rumors about the difference in treatment between the staff in Hong Kong and the Mainland on the set. Incidentally, the story of Lin Chaoyang helping the Mainland staff to fight for their treatment has also spread.

And after spreading through countless hands, the situation has gradually changed.

According to Tao Yucheng, it was Lin Chaoyang's farce crew who denounced the people of Hong Kong for engaging in discrimination and fought hard for the compatriots, so that everyone received fair treatment.

After Tao Yucheng described what he heard in an exaggerated tone, he asked Lin Chaoyang to confirm whether this was the case.

Lin Chaoyang said dumbfounded: "It's not that exaggerated! The crew just wanted to save some money. I persuaded Director Li and they agreed."

Speaking of which, we can't blame the crew entirely. Our mainland staff are all responsible for their own units. Some units only give us 33 cents a day as food subsidy, which is really a little less.

And there is no one to speak for everyone, otherwise the crew would not dare to do this rashly. "

"So it's natural and man-made disasters. These leaders really don't care about the lives of the people below!" Tao Yucheng said in an angry tone.

After talking a few more words about "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", Tao Yucheng changed the topic again and asked Lin Chaoyang: "Hey, "An Unfinished Game of Chess" is released, did you know?"

Lin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment when he heard this and shook his head, "I don't know."

Since Tao Yushu became pregnant, the couple rarely went to the cinema. Tao Yushu didn't know who told her that the loudspeakers in the cinema would affect the fetus' hearing.

Tao Yucheng said cheerfully: "It's normal if you haven't heard of it. It has been released for several days, and there is no splash at all. I went to see it specially, what kind of thing was filmed!"

The brother-in-law had a conflict with Yanying Studio last year over "An Unfinished Game of Chess". Naturally, he helped his relatives but ignored them, and took Lin Chaoyang's side without any thought.

Therefore, he couldn't help but gloat when he saw the lack of response to "An Unfinished Game of Chess" after its release.

"The movie should be pretty good, right?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Although there are problems with the narrative angle of the script of "An Unfinished Game of Chess", it is still of a certain standard, not to mention that it also brings together many excellent filmmakers.

"What should I tell you? Isn't this movie a co-production? My biggest feeling after watching it is that there is a big gap in the level of screenwriters and directors between China and Japan, and they are not on the same level.

Little Japan contains a lot of private goods. It is said to show the poison of the war on the people of the two countries, but the Chinese side feels chaotic and disorderly, while the Japanese side seems to be the victim. What you said before is true. "

Tao Yucheng said this with some indignation, "I don't know what the people here think. Even if you have to worry about diplomatic relations, shouldn't you write and shoot the scenes on our side better? You really take it upon yourself. The cook invites people to eat.”

Listening to his uncle's words, Lin Chaoyang felt very calm. He had expected this situation for a long time. He had seen the lists of main creators from both China and Japan.

The directors and screenwriters in Japan are all well-known figures. In comparison, the level of directors and screenwriters in China cannot be said to be that bad, but there is indeed a gap.

Moreover, he had heard Jiang Huaiyan say before that during the filming, the Japanese screenwriter paid close attention to the script and changed it several times.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the film finally presented such a good quality.

After chatting with Tao Yucheng for a while, Lin Chaoyang did not take this matter to heart.

But unexpectedly, someone insisted on linking this matter with him.