1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 114 Evaluation
Media reviews of "Farewell My Concubine" came slower than Lin Weimin expected. The April issue of "People's Literature" has been on the market for more than half a month, and only then did newspapers publish comments about "Farewell My Concubine".

Lin Weimin guessed that this might have something to do with the publications it was published in. If "Farewell My Concubine" had been published in local literary publications, the voices of these comments would have already been raging.

It has to be said that the brand of "People's Literature" is big enough to protect Lin Weimin and "Farewell My Concubine".

But no matter how big the umbrella is, it is impossible to block all the wind and rain.

In late April, a weekday morning.

Colleagues in the office gathered around a desk. Lin Weimin went to the water room to fetch water. Seeing everyone gathered together, he asked, "What are you looking at?"

The colleagues turned to look at him with sympathy.

"What's wrong?" Lin Weimin was puzzled.

Everyone stepped aside, Lin Weimin walked to the desk, and saw a newspaper spread on the desk, which was today's "Guangming Daily".

"My Views on Farewell My Concubine".

The title is very neutral, but the content is not friendly.

The commentary article is not long, only more than 2000 words by visual estimation, but it is already quite a lot for the commentary section of a media such as "Guangming Daily".

The most important thing is the signature of the review article. It is a senior in the literary world, and it is published in a national media such as "Guangming Daily". Such a clear-cut banner is a kind of pressure for Guowenshe and Lin Weimin.

"Oh, the background of this comment is getting bigger and bigger!" Liu Yin sighed.

Everyone came over and patted Lin Weimin on the shoulder to express comfort.

Lin Weimin laughed, "Criticism is people's right!"

Zhu Changsheng gave Chaolin Weimin a thumbs-up, "Weimin's mentality is fine, keep it up."

After everyone dispersed, Lin Weimin sat down and read the comments carefully.

The views inside did not exceed his expectations, mainly focusing on three points.

First, at the political level, there are suspicions of smearing.

The second is that it is too dark on the human level, which seems extremely deliberate.

The third is in terms of orientation, to attract attention with novelty.

After reading it, Lin Weimin put the newspaper down. There have been more and more comments in the past two days. The criticisms from "Guangming Daily" are nothing unusual, the big deal is that the status is higher.

Too many lice do not itch, too many debts do not worry.

After a while, Yao Shuzhi came over from the reception room in the front building to sort out the letters, and threw a few letters to Lin Weimin, "It's all your letters."

Lin Weimin took it and read it. They were letters from Jiang Zilong, Huang Anyi, and Cheng Shixu.

He felt that Jiang Zilong's letter was very thick, so he didn't have to think that there must be a manuscript, so he opened his letter first.

In the letter, Jiang Zilong first talked about his recent situation. He is indeed very busy now, a lot of energy is occupied by mundane affairs, and there is very little creative time he can spare every day.

Then he talked about his views on Lin Weimin's works. The play "Untouchable" was staged in Renyi. Jiang Zilong didn't see it, but he heard it from his friends, and it was very good.As for "Farewell My Concubine", he had already read it a few days ago, and he was full of praise for Lin Weimin's progress, saying that he had written a masterpiece.

In his letter, he also mentioned the comments of the Tianjin critics on this novel. Objectively speaking, the praise outweighs the criticism, which comforted Lin Weimin a little.

At the end of the letter, he mentioned the work, and attached his latest novella "Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Blue Purple" with the letter.

After reading Jiang Zilong's letter, Lin Weimin felt a little comforted, and he spread out the manuscript invitation letter, and Jiang Zilong's manuscript was the first feedback he received.

Then he opened Huang Anyi's letter again, and Huang Anyi's words in the letter were polite and somewhat alienated, which made Lin Weimin think of her appearance in the Institute of Literature for a while.

In her letter, she also mentioned the influence of "Farewell My Concubine" in Shanghai. Unlike the criticisms that gradually emerged in northern cities such as Yanjing and Jinmen, the media in Shanghai almost overwhelmingly praised it. Youth Daily, almost praised "Farewell My Concubine".

"I'm really happy for you" are the original words Huang Anyi said in the letter.

She also sent a manuscript to Lin Weimin this time. It was a novella "End" that she had just finished not long ago. She originally planned to submit it to "Harvest". come over.

Lin Weimin thought it was a fluke, and almost missed it, which can be regarded as a tiger's mouth.

Finally, there is a letter from Cheng Shixu, who said that he had just been transferred to the Ganxi Provincial Institute of Literature and Art to engage in professional literary creation and research.

As for his works, he is still in the bottleneck period of creation, he has been unable to figure out any clues, and cannot write anything decent.

Lin Weimin thought that he would have to work it out in this situation, and he might "suddenly break the golden rope and break the jade lock here".

After reading the letter, Lin Weimin turned his attention to the manuscript.

It took him half a day to read the two manuscripts, and he didn't raise his head from the pile of papers until he was about to leave work.

Yao Shuzhi waved the newspaper in his hand, "Hey, Weimin, here's another newspaper scolding you!"

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Many people scold me, who is he?"

Yao Shuzhi burst out laughing, "You really have a big heart."

Lin Weimin handed her a cut-out newspaper, "Read more about the compliments, don't be blinded by one leaf."

This newspaper was cut out by Huang Anyi from the "Youth Daily" and mailed to him specially, or else she is a lesbian who is careful.

Like Jiang Zilong, he said a lot of praise and derogation in the letter, but he didn't see the truth.

Yao Shuzhi took the newspaper and read it for 2 minutes, "Oh, this really makes you a flower! Weimin, you won't give money to others, will you?"

"Nonsense!" Lin Weimin scolded.

The other comrades also became interested when they heard what Yao Shuzhi said, so they came over to have a look.

Despite today's criticism of "Farewell My Concubine" published by a heavyweight media such as "Guangming Daily", regarding the evaluation of "Farewell My Concubine", the media on the Yanjing side are generally more positive than negative.

But compared to Yenching's side, the "Youth Daily"'s praise is indeed much stronger than Yanjing's side.

"No wonder Weimin is so calm!" Liu Yin said with a smile.

Zhu Changsheng said: "To be honest, "Farewell My Concubine" is very well written and deserves such an evaluation."

"But some people don't see it that way. When people read books, they can always see politics, struggles, and intrigues, but they can't see literature itself." Yao Shuzhi said.

"Okay, okay, let's not discuss this topic."

Seeing that Yao Shuzhi's words became more and more out of order, Rong Shihui hurried out to interrupt him.

Lin Weimin put the two manuscripts he had just read on his desk, "Mr. Rong, help me read these two manuscripts."

Rong Shihui said with a smile: "It's better for the people, I wrote two letters to my classmates, and this manuscript is ready."

(End of this chapter)