Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 618 "Secret Stories of the Tang Dynasty"

Many people should have heard of Wang Xiaobo's name.

He Ping of the later generations is his book fan. If you go back to this era and rank the writers you want to meet, Wang Xiaobo should be in the top three.

If He Ping remembers correctly, Wang Xiaobo was born in BJ. When he grew up, he first joined the queue as an educated youth, and then worked as a private teacher and worker. He was admitted to Renmin University of China in 1978, and married Li Yinhe in 1980. In the same year, he published his debut novel "Everlasting Earth". He went to study in America in 1984, obtained a master's degree two years later, and returned to China in 2.

After returning to China, he successively taught at Capital University and Renmin University of China. He resigned in 1992 and became a freelance writer. He died in Beijing in 1997 at the age of 45.

He Ping did not expect to meet a generation of literary idols in such a way today.

In this era, Wang Xiaobo can only be regarded as a minor celebrity in the domestic literary world. His real fame will have to wait until the publication of "The Golden Age" in the 90s. Wang Xiaobo became famous with his book and became a well-known literary idol in the 90s.

It is a pity that he died of illness within a few years of becoming famous, which is regrettable.

He Ping took a special look at Wang Xiaobo. At this time, he was as thin and sallow as He Ping's later generations saw in the photos.

He Ping thought that Wang Xiaobo should be in good health at this time.

After chatting with Wang Xiaobo and his wife for a while, He Ping gave full play to his familiarity and won the trust and welcome of Wang Xiaobo and his wife in a short time.

"I didn't expect to meet your husband and wife at Beijing University today. The meeting is fate. I built a writer's village in the northeast. If you have time, you must go and experience it."

Ping County Writers Village has been in operation for nearly a year, and has already made a name for itself in the domestic literary world.Although Wang Xiaobo had just returned to China, he knew about it.

He Ping's warm invitation surprised him and Li Yinhe. The two parties just met and invited them to the Writer's Village today. This "Teacher He" is really enthusiastic.

"I just returned to China recently, and there are many things at school and at home. If there is a chance in the future, we will definitely go to your place to experience it." Wang Xiaobo declined.

"That's a good deal. Our Writer's Village will hold events every quarter, and I will notify you in advance, and come if you have time."

While He Ping's enthusiasm is a bit overwhelming, it is also very useful. Wang Xiaobo said with a smile: "Definitely."

At noon, He Ping invited the couple to the cafeteria for dinner.

The Three Musketeers of Beijing University and Lin Yanzhi were a little surprised to see Wang Xiaobo and his wife. They had just separated from Mr. He for a while, and he actually made friends again.

This is probably social bullshit!
Similar educational backgrounds and similar professional backgrounds made everyone chatter non-stop as soon as they met, and the conversation continued until after dinner.

He Ping proposed to find a place to continue the chat, and Wang Xiaobo and his wife took advantage of the opportunity to invite everyone to their dormitory.

The dormitory of Wang Xiaobo and his wife was allocated by Beijing University to young teachers. The room of more than 20 square meters was barely enough for the couple to live in, but it seemed a bit cramped for a few big men to stand in it.

Li Yinhe boiled hot water and made tea for everyone, and everyone sat or stood, talking freely, and the topics around them were mostly works and authors that appeared in China in the past two years.

The Three Swordsmen of Beijing University are now putting all their energy into the creation of martial arts novels. These days, they are somewhat unpopular in the domestic mainstream literary circles. Thanks to He Ping’s support for them, they can always follow the mainstream literary circles. very close.

Wang Xiaobo has been writing the antique novel "Secret Stories of the Tang Dynasty" based on Tang legends since 86. Modern martial arts novels are born out of ancient ghosts and chivalrous novels, so Wang Xiaobo does not discriminate against the writing categories of several people , I also felt a little cordial, and exchanged a lot of creative experience in "Secret Stories of the Tang Dynasty" with a few people.

He Ping interjected: "Xiao Bo, have you finished writing this novel?"

"Not yet, soon, there is the last "Night Journey" left."

He Pingdao: "If you finish writing, you can leave it to me. We have a publishing house in our hands, and I will publish it for you."

At this time, Wang Xiaobo was not the well-known Wang Xiaobo in later generations. Someone offered to publish his novel, and he didn't even check the quality of the manuscript, so he couldn't help feeling a confidant in his heart.

"Mr. He, I will show you the manuscript as soon as I finish writing it. As long as you think it's okay, I will definitely hand it over to you."

He Ping thought with some joy that although "The Secret Biography of the Tang Dynasty" is not the most famous and important work in the series of Wang Xiaobo's works of later generations, the quality of the finished product is very high, and with this first smooth cooperation, Universal will think about it in the future. Publishing Wang Xiaobo's works is a matter of course.

Thinking of this, he put his arms around Wang Xiaobo's shoulders grandly, "Your talent is obvious to all, publication is certain. In the future, if you have a new work, please don't forget to notify me as soon as possible. If others don't publish it, I will publish it for you."

Wang Xiaobo was very moved after hearing He Ping's words.

Zha Haisheng and the others looked at each other, and it came again, and Mr. He's specialty came again. With just a few words, Wang Xiaobo's eyes filled with tears, and he almost sold himself to Mr. He to count the money.

The conversation lasted all afternoon in the dormitory of Wang Xiaobo and his wife, during which Lin Yanzhi took the lead to leave.

In the evening, He Ping invited Wang Xiaobo and his wife and the Three Musketeers of Peking University to have a dinner in a restaurant outside, and then returned home happily.

Before leaving, I did not forget to invite Wang Xiaobo and his wife to the Writers' Village again.

This time Wang Xiaobo still declined, but his words were a little more sincere, "We will definitely visit your place when we are waiting for the summer vacation."

"Okay, then it's settled."

Before leaving Beijing, He Ping was very happy to meet Wang Xiaobo and his wife. Regardless of the idol plot in his heart, Wang Li and his wife are also outstanding talents in terms of knowledge and character.

The next day, He Ping boarded the train back to Ping County.

He sat on a soft sleeper, and the long journey of more than 20 hours made him a little bored. After filling the bathroom with water, he walked to another carriage.

After walking for several carriages, He Ping suddenly liked to hear someone talking about treasury bills.

"Brother, let me tell you, treasury bills are really a lot of money."

"You can pull it off. Our unit sells this thing every year, but we haven't seen it sold out in any year. Exchange the money for a pile of paper, and then sell it out at a loss!"

"Don't believe me, let me tell you, the central government has a special treasury bond promotion committee. Really, you believe me, this thing is really a good thing that can make money without losing money."

"Don't tell me this, I definitely won't buy it."

Those who spoke were two men in Chinese tunic suits, one middle-aged and one young.

The middle age seems to be trying to persuade young people to buy some treasury bills.

(End of this chapter)