Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 657

"By the way, why haven't you seen Pippi and the child?"

After Wu Tongzhi chatted with Ma Yuan about the writer's village, he remembered that he hadn't seen Ma Yuan's wife Pipi this time.

"She took her child to the tree house to attend a children's party. We have several families with children here. They like to take their children to play in the park when they have nothing to do, and occasionally go outside to play."

"tree house?"

Seeing that Wu Tongzhi was puzzled, Ma Yuan led him to the window, pointed to the tall tree trunk in the center of the park, and said, "It's right there. There's a tree house above it. Do you see it?"

Wu Tongzhi saw the tree house at the top of the tree trunk in the direction of Ma Yuan's finger, and said in surprise, "A real tree house? How did you build it?"

"The bottom is made of reinforced concrete, so it can support a tree house as big as the top. This can be regarded as a scene of our writer's village."

Wu Tongzhi recalled the sculptures, murals and landscapes he saw when he entered the park. The construction of the Writers' Village did have a lot of ingenuity in it.

Looking at the scene in front of him, he suddenly sighed: "It is a blessing to you to be able to live in such an environment."

"Yeah, I'm a little blissfully blissful."

Wu Tongzhi was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Ma Yuan smiled wryly: "It's because I'm so happy, I haven't written a decent work for a long time now."

"Not at all, in such a good and relaxed environment, there should be more inspiration."

"In theory, it is. But it is because the environment is so good. We can talk, organize activities and parties, and go out for fun. There are too many things that can be done. This is how I am. You locked me in a difficult environment. Just like Xijiang, I can keep writing every day. But once the environment changes, my heart will also become wild.

And recently I had another idea, I wanted to make a documentary about Chinese literature, which was inspired by He Ping's writers' village.I plan to interview domestic writers, translators, critics and editors, and have a carpet-style interview. The 80s is about to pass, and those of us are the parties of the 80s.I want to look back on the 80s in the form of the parties involved on the spot, and make a literary history of the 80s recorded by video. "

Wu Tongzhi was attracted by Ma Yuan's idea, he forgot about the topic of writing just now, and asked instead: "This idea is very good, has it been implemented?"

"It hasn't started yet. It's just an idea in my mind. Pippi doesn't agree with me. She thinks I should focus on writing."

Wu Tongzhi nodded and said: "A person's energy is limited, you have to think well."

"Actually, I have already made a decision in my heart, but..."

Having said this, Ma Yuan paused.

And Wu Tongzhi heard the half of what he didn't say.

"It's just that he didn't have the courage to act because of the obstruction of his family and lover."

Wu Tongzhi felt a little regretful. Ma Yuan's idea was so good that even he, who had just heard it for the first time, was moved, but he didn't know if there would be a chance to see him realize this idea in the future.

Wu Tongzhi patted Ma Yuan on the shoulder, "It's okay, take your time, there are plenty of opportunities."

"It's been 89 years. The longer this matter is delayed, the lower the probability of success and the greater the difficulty."

When he said this, Ma Yuan looked lonely, full of the helplessness of a middle-aged man.

Wu Tongzhi also didn't have any experience in comforting others, so he could only change the topic.

"The "Vegetable Garden" in your Writer's Village is doing pretty well, and it's being circulated in every editorial department."

"For your editorial department, "Vegetable Garden" is really like a vegetable garden, or a menu. Just order what you want to eat. Of course you think it's good."

Wu Tongzhi laughed, "No wonder it's called "The Vegetable Garden". So it has this meaning."

"Now we are discussing one thing in the writer's village, which is to make the distribution method of "Vegetable Garden" public. It is too wasteful for the writer's village to just mail it to the editorial department. Yes, this will allow us People's works can be published twice and gain fame and fortune. But if the word-of-mouth and sales of "The Vegetable Garden" are both achieved, we people will get the same benefits.

But it's different for Writers' Village.do you know?Writers' Village invests as much as 2 yuan in "The Vegetable Garden" every month.Hiring editors, paying manuscript fees, typesetting and printing, and mailing, everything costs money. "

Wu Tongzhi nodded slightly after hearing this, "This investment is indeed not low. It seems that you have really taken over the writer's village and have a sense of ownership."

Ma Yuan smiled lightly, "People's hearts are fleshy, and it's just a matter of comparing your heart with your heart. He Ping has paid so much for the Writers' Village, and we enjoy so many convenient conditions, so we should make some contributions."

"So did this matter come to fruition?"

"Li Tuo is the editor-in-chief of "Vegetable Garden". I don't know if you have contacted him. He is very loyal to friends. He promised that "Vegetable Garden" was a semi-public magazine in order to provide useful information for major magazines. Potential works and authors, now you ask him to change his course, he is a bit embarrassing."

"That's it?"

"Of course not. We are still discussing it now. Anyway, people in our village have discussed it. If Li Tuo disagrees, then we will not contribute to "Vegetable Garden" in the future."

Wu Tongzhi laughed, the actions of the writers in the village were a bit childish, but they also had a heart of innocence.It's just that this will affect everyone's income. After all, the difficulty of getting into "Vegetable Garden" is lower than that of some heavyweight domestic literary magazines, but the manuscript fee is never bad. He asked the question in his heart.

"There must be a little impact, but it's not that great. The Writers' Village has been absorbing potential literary creators in the past two years, and a large number of them have reached a certain level after studying and training in the Writers' Village for a period of time. , It is not difficult to publish articles in other newspapers and magazines.

In addition, the income of those who published works like the one I just mentioned has been much higher than before.The most exaggerated is Hui Xiaotang who wrote "Qianmen Tavern". When this kid came, he carried a cloth bag with only a change of clothes in it. After "Qianmen Tavern" was published, this kid earned six figures in half a year I am afraid that in the next few years, the income will double than the current one, and I am very happy.

Not only that, Guandong Film and Television City also plans to adapt "Qianmen Tavern" into a TV series. By then, returning to Xiaotang will really gain both fame and fortune, which is even enviable. "

After Ma Yuan finished speaking, there was still an envious tone in his words.

"Qianmen Tavern" has been selling very well since it was published last year. Of course, Wu Tongzhi, a reporter who loves to read, also knows that there are such stories in it. It seems that the writer's village has cultivated many excellent writers.

(End of this chapter)