Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 454 Invited Representative
Liu Cixin waited until evening in Yudong's office, when the Deep Space Books Department called him, saying that the manuscript of "Supernova Era" was basically fine, and he could continue with the follow-up process.

In the evening, Yu Dong took a group of local friends from Jinling to invite Zhang Yimou and Liu Cixin, two friends who had come from afar, to dinner.

Gu Qian has often traveled to other places in the past few years, so it is not easy to find him for a meal. The reason why he came back this time is because he heard that Jinling University invited Clezio and other writers, and he also wanted to join him. join in the fun.

Therefore, it is inevitable that this matter will be discussed during the meeting.

Gu Qian only heard about this incident, but didn't know the specifics, so he had a lot of questions. When he happened to see Yu Dong, he asked, "Yu Dong, this time Clezio and the others came, simply because Do a literary exchange? Is it official?"

Yu Dong said with a smile: "It was Jinling University who connected with Shen Kong Company."

"Deep Space Company, then I will ask Deep Space for a ticket for Clezio's class, it should be no problem." Gu Qian said with a smile.

"Of course, if you want, it's no problem to give lectures to the students on stage."

Gu Qian waved his hand, "Forget it, I will listen to you guys from the audience, will Su Tong give a lecture this time?"

Su Tong shook his head and said with a smile, "No, the time in the club is tight recently, and I don't have time to prepare. And I don't want to speak on stage with them."

Liu Cixin asked strangely, "Why do you say that, Editor-in-Chief Su?"

"Why else?" Han Dong helped to explain: "These people's words are so interesting, and being on stage with them makes the rest of us really dumbfounded."

Liu Cixin looked at Yu Dong and the others strangely. Among these few people, he had seen Yu Dong speak before, and more than once.

Yu Dong's speech must be of a high level, but Liu Cixin didn't feel that way when he said it was "too interesting", because every time Yu Dong spoke, he seemed to be very serious.

"Hearing what you say, I want to stay and join in the fun, but unfortunately the time is too far away, and I am destined to miss this excitement." Liu Cixin regretted.

Zhang Yimou said with a smile: "When exactly, if I have time, I would like to join in the fun."

"December seven."

Zhang Yimou tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "It's really possible at this time, I'll go to Xiying to do something first, and if things go well, I can still come to Jinling."

"That's a good thing, if you can come then, I have another thing to trouble you." Yu Dong said.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yimou asked.

Yu Dong smiled and shook his head, "Let's talk about it later, it's useless to talk about it now."

Zhang Yimou couldn't help curling his lips, "It's still a trick, that's fine, let's talk about it later."

……

The next day, Zhang Yimou and Liu Cixin left Jinling one after another, but Yu Dong was not free. Yu Hua, Bi Feiyu, and Mo Yan ran into his study while he was researching cryptography materials and said they wanted to talk to him. After a few days, I studied the script of my speech at Jinling University.

Hearing the purpose of the three people's visit, Yu Dong looked at the three of them rather strangely, "Did I hear you wrong, you guys are going to study the manuscript so early? Mo Yan, forget it, Lao Bi and Yu Hua, when will you two Have you become a good student?"

Based on Yu Dong's understanding of Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu, these two people are those who don't know how to be anxious until they are pulled into their trousers. How could they care about the speech script so early.

Mo Yan smiled and said, "I brought them here. After all, it involves foreign writers. We have to pay attention to it. Especially you, Yu Dong, you are our representative."

Yu Dong glanced at Mo Yan, "I'm a representative of a fart, and when the time comes, you guys will come forward."

Bi Feiyu said with a serious face: "Yu Dong, I'm going to criticize you for this. What you said didn't show any sense of responsibility."

"I'm a young man in his twenties, what kind of sense of responsibility do we need? Responsibility needs to be manifested by you guys..."

Before Yu Dong finished speaking, Yu Hua chuckled, "Don't forget, your father-in-law attaches great importance to this event."

Hearing this, Yu Dong licked his lips, and his attitude suddenly changed, "Well, we really need to pay attention to this manuscript. If we have foreign friends coming over, it would be shameless for us to play around. Okay, then let's discuss it." discuss."

Seeing that Yu Dong's attitude changed so quickly, Mo Yan and the others couldn't help laughing.

"This old Taishan's face is still good." Bi Feiyu teased.

Mo Yan said with a smile: "The main thing is that Teacher Cheng is saving face. That's fine, we don't need to talk in detail. The main reason is that Jinling University has not set a time for the speech. Let's discuss the length of the speech at that time, and there should be no gap between each other. Just too big."

Yu Dong nodded: "OK."

Then they discussed in the study, but Yu Dong soon discovered that these people didn't really want to talk about the manuscript at all.

Regarding the manuscript, they chatted for no more than 5 minutes from beginning to end, and the conversation was almost done. At this time, Yu Hua suggested: "Anyway, I have nothing to do in the afternoon, so let's join the table and fight."

Afterwards, without Dong's resistance, the three put Yu Dong next to the table, and Bi Feiyu took out two decks of poker from his pocket.

When he saw the poker, Yu Dong instantly understood that the three guys were talking about fake stories, and they were real about finding cards, otherwise it would be impossible to even have the cards ready.

Sitting at the table, looking at Bi Feiyu happily shuffling the cards, Yu Dong patted his forehead helplessly. These people are definitely stumbling blocks on his creative path.

……

The four of them played cards for about an hour, when Dong's phone rang suddenly, just as he caught a bad hand, he threw the cards in his hand on the table, "This card doesn't count, when I answer the phone, Come back."

Bi Feiyu had just caught a good hand, and was secretly happy, seeing Yu Dong playing a rogue, immediately flew into a rage, "Yu Yuanwai, what brand are you!"

Yu Dong ignored him at all, and got up with a smile to answer the phone.

The phone connected, it was a man's voice.

"Is it Teacher Yu Dong? I'm Gao Wei from the Creative Association Department."

Yu Dong looked puzzled, "Which Chuanglian Department?"

"The Chuanglian Department of the Chinese Writers Association."

Yu Dong suddenly said, "Oh, it's a comrade from the Writers Association."

Hearing that it was a call from the Writers Association, the three people at the poker table all looked over.

Gao Wei said on the phone: "That's it, Teacher Yu, I wonder if you are free in the middle of next month to come to Yanjing to participate in this year's Writers Association?"

"Next month?"

"Yeah, I know, our notification here is indeed a little late, I hope you don't mind. This time you are a special representative, do you think you will be placed in the Shanghai Mission or the Suzhou Mission?"

Yu Dong murmured, "Comrade Gao, your call came too hastily. I don't know if I can go."

"It's okay, Mr. Yu, we reserve this spot for you, and you can come anytime you want. But the list must be made first, so which group do you think you want to join?"

People have talked about this point, so Yu Dong naturally couldn't refuse any more, but he thought about it and asked again: "Comrade Gao, to participate in the Writers' Congress of the Chinese Writers Association, you must be a member of the Writers Association, right? "

"Of course."

Yu Dong laughed, "Then I can't participate yet, because I'm not a member of the Writers Association yet."

"Oh, it doesn't matter. You are a specially invited representative, and you have to deal with special matters. When you come to Yanjing, I will handle the formalities for you at any time."

"Uh, then I'll follow the Shanghai regiment."

"Okay, then it's settled. I look forward to meeting you in Yanjing. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me."

Yu Dong hung up the phone, and Mo Yan and the others looked at him, "What's going on?"

Before Yu Dong answered, Yu Hua's phone rang suddenly.

"I'll go take a call."

In just 2 minutes, Yu Hua ran back, "The Writers Association called and asked me to attend the Writers Association Congress."

Yu Dong had an expression he knew a long time ago, "Me too."

Mo Yan smiled and said, "This is a good thing, we will go there together when the time comes."

"Are you going too?" Yu Hua asked.

Mo Yan nodded: "Well, I have been notified a long time ago that this year's Writers Association Congress will start on December [-]th. Originally, I was going to join the Yanjing Group, but now that I'm in Jinling, I'm going to join the Jiangsu Province Group. But you guys This call came too late, and it was about to start."

Yu Dong blinked and didn't speak. In fact, he could probably guess that Wang Meng was responsible for his and Yu Hua's acceptance of the invitation.

When he was in Lanshi before, he received a call from Wang Meng and told him about attending the congress.

But then there was no news, and Yu Dong gradually forgot about it.Looking at it now, Wang Meng's words at that time should have played a role, and the Writers Association would let him and Yu Hua participate as special representatives.

The reason why they were notified so late was probably because the Writers Association also forgot about it. When checking the list recently, they found that he and Yu Hua were not there, so they remembered it.

……

On December [-]th, it snowed heavily, but it didn't snow in Jinling.

In fact, under normal circumstances, whether it is light snow or heavy snow, Jinling will not snow.

But when we got up in the morning, the fog was thick and the visibility was very low. After nine o'clock, when the sun came out, the fog gradually dissipated.

Yu Dong and the others also arrived at Jinling University after nine o'clock.

For this event, Jinling University attaches great importance to it. There are several long banners hanging at the door with the names of all the participating authors written on it, and many people are arranged to greet it at the door, even the principal Qu Jinyue is among them. .

Yu Dong and the others came one step ahead, and Qu Jinyue greeted them warmly with a group of teachers and students.

"Yu Dong, Yu Hua, Bi Feiyu... welcome to Jinling University."

Because of the relationship between Yu Dong and Cheng Liye, and Wu Changxin's ability to be a man, Jinling University and Jinyi are still in frequent contact.

Yu Dong shook hands with Qu Jinyue, and said with a smile, "Principal Qu, you're being polite. This time, the protagonists are Clezio and the others. We're all in Jinling, so there's no need to be so grand to us."

Qu Jinyue laughed, waved her hands and said, "Clezio and the others are guests from afar, and we should pay attention to them. And you are all leaders in the domestic literary world, so we should pay more attention to them."

Although neither Yu Dong, Yu Hua, Bi Feiyu, nor Mo Yan had thin skins, Qu Jinyue's words made them a little embarrassed.

Several people said a few polite words with a haha, and then blended into the team. After a while, Clezio and the others will arrive.

About five or six minutes later, the car carrying Clezio and Alice Munro stopped at the gate of Jinling University.

After picking up Clezio and Monroe, everyone walked towards the school at a leisurely pace. The fog had cleared a lot, but it was still misty. Jin Yue had no intention of taking them outside to chat.

Everyone went to the lounge to sit for a while, and then started to rush to the school auditorium at [-]:[-].

The auditorium of Jinling University has a long history and was completed and used in the early Republic of China.

The auditorium is located on the south side of the west building, not far from the administrative building where they rest.

As soon as everyone walked to the door of the auditorium, Clerzio was attracted by the auditorium in front of him. He looked at the door of the auditorium with a little envy, "Is this the auditorium of your school?"

Shen Changhe, dean of the Department of Literature, smiled and said, "Yes, Mr. Clerzio, is there any question?"

Clezio shook his head, "No, I just like this kind of building very much, it looks like a temple."

"Your feeling is right. The exterior of the auditorium is modeled after a traditional temple. The two floors above ground are all brick and wood structures." Shen Changhe pointed to the auditorium and introduced: "The main house is a Chinese-style Daxie mountain top. There are six hard mountain top ear rooms around it."

Clerzio nodded: "I'm very happy to be able to participate in activities in such a building today. In fact, before I came to Jinling, I had countless conjectures about Jinling. The auditorium in front of me just fits my dream. guess."

He turned his head to look at Yu Dong, Yu Hua and the others, "YU and the others should know me and know that I prefer this kind of architecture. I always believe that civilization should have diversity, and traditional things are often better for experiencing diversity. Unfortunately, as time goes on, buildings all over the world look more and more alike."

What Clezio likes, in fact, Shen Changhe and the others all know it. After all, Jinling University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts has a special research group on Clezio, and Clezio has expressed his views in his works more than once. .

"Then you should like Yu Dong's house very much." Shen Changhe said with a smile.

Clezio looked at Yu Dong in surprise: "Why do you say that?"

Yu Dong explained with a smile: "My house is more traditional in style. I'll take you to have a look after it's over here."

"I am very excited."

Alice Munro said, "Me too."

Yu Dong smiled, pointed to the door and said, "Let's go in first."

The interior of the auditorium is very different from the exterior, and it has a Western-style feel. This is not surprising, after all, the auditorium was originally donated by an American foundation.

The auditorium can accommodate thousands of people, and when Yu Dong and the others entered, it was basically full.

Yu Dong glanced at the audience, first saw Gu Qian, and then Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou was wearing a hat, keeping a low profile. The main reason was that Yu Dong knew he was coming, so he still recognized him through the hat.

As soon as the few of them appeared in the auditorium, applause rang out, but the students were quite restrained and did not make any other movements except applauding.

The event started at [-]:[-], and the theme was very simple, which was the literary exchange between China and the West. Writers at home and abroad gave speeches to the students, and then set aside time for the students to ask questions.

(End of this chapter)