Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 585 Mandatory Solicitation

The group of guests from the Writer's Village stayed here for three days and experienced the Writer's Village all over.

Movie night, drama night, themed literary salon, poet's song, table tennis competition...

For these literary youths, the activities of the Writers' Village are too in line with their aesthetics, and they are more formal and willing to devote themselves than the activities organized by themselves or magazines.

During the three days, He Ping took these guests to eat, drink, have fun, and experience various facilities and activities of the Writers Village. The most important task was to publicize the future operation mode and external cooperation methods of the Writers Village to them.

He Ping's positioning of the Writers' Village is "the talent base of the Chinese literary world in the future". This goal seems very lofty, even a bit overreaching, but it has been carefully considered by He Ping.

The presence of powerful figures from major domestic magazines and newspapers this time is the beginning of He Ping's ambition.

With this circle of contacts, it is no problem for the Writer's Village to link up with half of the domestic literary circle.At the exchange meeting yesterday morning, He Ping, on behalf of the Writers' Village and "Vegetable Garden" magazine, talked with the present "People's Literature", "Beijing Literature", "Contemporary", "October", "Novel Monthly", "Youth Literature" and other A heavyweight literary magazine has reached an agreement, and the Future Writers Village will hold a half-monthly literary creation class and symposium every quarter.

With the participation of these most influential magazines and newspapers in China, one can imagine the gold content of the literary creation classes and symposiums in the Writers Village.

Not only that, the Writers' Village will also support creative classes, symposiums, pen meetings and other activities organized by major magazines and newspapers independently or jointly, and strive to participate in the activities of the mainstream literary circle to the maximum extent.

It’s not terrible to organize activities, what’s terrible is spending money.The current magazines and newspapers are quite prosperous, but after all, it is Qingshui Yamen, and they can't wait for a patron like Writers Village.

Many people are curious about the purpose of He Ping's doing this. After all, from the current point of view, the Writer's Village is a loser.It costs a lot of money just to organize activities with major magazines and newspapers every year, not to mention the need to ensure the operation of the entire park.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the rent and sale fee for the dormitory in the park that He Ping collected is not enough.

After being reminded by Liu Zhenyun, Chen Cun and Ma Yuan probably understood He Ping's plan for the future of the Writers' Village in addition to the information that He Ping revealed to everyone in the past few days, but in their opinion, this is a bit too idealistic.

Which writer wasn't scooped up by an editor?There is no publishing house behind the magazines and newspapers?In their view, it is very unrealistic to use the publishing house to transfuse blood into the writer's village.

But it was this courage to do what they knew they couldn't do that made them feel more fond of He Ping.

Teacher He not only writes good novels, but also has a literary career in mind. He must promote him more when he returns home.

Among the guests in the entire park, there are not a few who think this way.

The most active one was Ma Yuan, who found He Ping the next night.

"Mr. Ma, do you want to rent here for a long time?" He Ping was a little surprised. He didn't expect that someone wanted to stay here only the next day.

"Teacher He, don't call me Teacher Ma, you can just call me Ma Yuan. I have been in Xijiang for a few years. years, and then went back to Fengcheng to be my full-time writer. But this time I came to the Writer’s Village and changed my mind. I want to stay here and take my wife and children along, do you think it’s okay?”

Ma Yuan graduated from the Chinese Department of Liao Province University in 1982. After graduation, he chose to work as a reporter and editor in Xijiang, and he stayed there for five years.Years of living and working experience in Xijiang has brought a lot of inspiration and materials to his creative career. In recent years, he can be said to be one of the most shining young writers in China.

He Ping smiled and said: "That's really great! We are about the same age, so let's not be old-fashioned. I will call you Ma Yuan, and you can call me He Ping. The Writers' Village was originally prepared for you writers. , It’s no problem for you to take over your wife and children.”

Ma Yuan said happily: "Well, I will apply for a transfer with the unit when I go back this time, and it may take a while."

"It doesn't matter. If you want to transfer to Yingcheng, I can arrange for you to transfer, but it must be incomparable with the provincial capital."

"It's okay, I plan to write full-time this time, no problem."

Ma Yuan's stay gave the Writers' Village a good start, and also gave He Ping more confidence in the future development of the Writers' Village.

In three days, many guests have fallen in love with the park of Writers Village.

On the third day, the guests began to leave one after another, with expressions of reluctance when they parted.

"Teacher He, I really don't want to leave after staying with you for two days!" Han Shaogong said while standing at the gate of the park, holding He Ping's hand.

"If you don't want to leave, just stay for a few more days!" He Ping joked.

Han Shaogong laughed, "I can't do it this time. I can't live without my family and work. I will definitely come when I have time in the future. I will make a reservation with you first. I will come to your Northeast to see the snow in winter!"

"You are welcome, then I will wait for you here!"

The sea lion sent away Han Shaogong and several other guests. This is already the second wave of people leaving today. Others have also booked train tickets. Most of these guests will leave tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

He Ping must be the busiest person in Writers' Village these days, but Li Tuo is undoubtedly the most excited.

The reason is very simple. The elder brother has been bragging a lot in the capital for the past two years, and this time the bragging has finally come true, but he is so bragging!
Another important reason is that the writer's village has opened, and the first issue of "Vegetable Garden" magazine will be published soon.

As a semi-public literary magazine, the preparation for the first issue of Vegetable Garden was very simple, even rough.

Li Tuo directly threw a pen and paper to the guest No. [-], "Don't come in vain, let's express our thoughts!"

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, it was the first time they saw such a random draft request, and they almost caught up with the robbery.

However, after all, they are cannibals with short mouths and short hands. These people have been eating, drinking and having fun in the writer's village for several days.What's the difference with those who watch pirated copies?
The writers at this time are still a bit moral, unlike later, they don’t even want to lose face!
Anyway, it's the inaugural issue of the first issue, just slap the rainbow fart and it's over!
In fact, when He Ping and Li Tuo were considering the content of the first issue of "The Vegetable Garden", they also wondered whether they should come up with some novel works. Li Tuo even urged He Ping, who hadn't written a new work for several years, to write one.

Later, I felt that it was a waste to leave so many important guests in the domestic literary circles unused, and we had to arrange for them.

(End of this chapter)