1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 483 I will never go abroad to criticize

"Lin, these writers in your country are too perverse and self-righteous. I heard others describe the scene to me. Isn't this just a copy of the previous one? Others just said a few different opinions. terrible!

This group of people has completely smashed your perfect image of Chinese writers in France, which is really disappointing. "

Andre, the editor-in-chief of Gallimard Publishing House, was calling Lin Weimin. His main purpose of calling this time was to tell Lin Weimin about the publication of the French version of "Life is Beautiful Anyway".

Because Lin Weimin wrote in English, Gallimard Publishing House had to translate the manuscript after receiving it.

Gallimard Publishing House attaches great importance to the latest work of Lin Weimin, a writer who just won the Goncourt Prize for Literature. The translation of the manuscript has just been completed a few days ago. The binding and cover design of the novel have been completed and are now being printed. It will be available in major bookstores in France and in the French-speaking regions covered by Gallimard Publishing House.

After finishing the story of the novel, Andre couldn't help complaining to Lin Weimin.

Some time ago, the Chinese Writers Group visited France. Because of the pleasant and smooth communication with Lin Weimin before, many people in the French cultural circles were full of expectations for this visit, including Andre and many friends around him.

But the reality is quite different from everyone's imagination. This group of people looks like they came here to vent their feelings, and they don't have the character and responsibility of a writer at all.

"Andre, I have heard about the situation. I am also very helpless. In fact, I understand their inner resentment about what happened in the past few years.

Because of that tragedy, from 1976 to today, it has been more than ten years. Whether it is the country or the people, the courtesy given to people in the cultural circle is unprecedented.Because everyone felt that this group suffered the most from that tragedy.

But Andre, you have to know that everyone in our country has not escaped that tragedy, including me.

What they complained can only represent their own position, and I cannot comment.

But I want to tell you that this group of people cannot represent Chinese writers, they cannot even represent Chinese people, they can only represent themselves.

Our country and nation have suffered enough, and now we are finally on the road to peaceful and stable economic development. Everyone hopes that our lives will be better.

As writers, we are in a way responsible for sculpting the soul of this nation.

Perhaps one day they will understand that their complaints are of no avail.Blindly complaining and complaining will only make them more and more divorced from the people, and will eventually be abandoned by the people. "

After saying all this, Lin Weimin sighed helplessly, and said: "I was also very angry when I heard about their actions before, and I protested to our country's literary association. But it is their freedom after all. The association can't interfere too much, I respect the decision of the association, and I personally have decided to withdraw from the association."

Andre said: "my friend, the behavior of this group of people is compared with your heart and morality. I hope it will not have any adverse effects on you. "

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "How does this affect me? I just quit an association."

After finishing the call with Andre, within a day, Li Xiangyang from "Yanjing Youth Daily" came to the door.

"Wei Min, I heard that you quit the Chinese Literature Association?"

When he asked this question, Li Xiangyang's eyes were full of desire to explore, like a hyena hunting for prey.

Lin Weimin smiled wryly, "Where did you get the news?"

When Li Xiangyang saw his expression, he immediately became excited, "Don't worry about where you got the news from, just tell me if you have such a thing?"

When Lin Weimin was criticized by the cultural circles because of "Lover", it was Li Xiangyang who spoke up at the beginning, and the relationship between the two has been very good in recent years.

Lin Weimin hesitated for a moment, "There is such a thing."

Li Xiangyang's eyes became brighter, "Why?"

He looked at Lin Weimin expectantly, hoping to hear an explosive news from him.

But Lin Weimin shook his head, "There's nothing to say."

Seeing that Lin Weimin didn't want to talk too much, Li Xiangyang's heart was crawling with ants, scratching his heart and liver.

He rolled his eyes and said, "Actually, if you don't tell me, I know what's going on."

Lin Weimin said angrily, "You come to ask me if you know what's going on?"

"I don't have first-hand information!" Li Xiangyang thought for a while, and then asked Lin Weimin: "If I interview you about the views of those writers in France..."

Before Li Xiangyang could finish asking, Lin Weimin stopped him, "No comment!"

Li Xiangyang seduced: "You don't want to scold me?"

"What are you scolding? Just like them, chattering like a jerk? Are you talking endlessly?

The People's Literary Association didn't say anything, what can I say?Just stay away from this group of people. "

Li Xiangyang seized on Lin Weimin's words, "So, you are really dissatisfied with the speeches of those writers in France, and also dissatisfied with the inaction of the Association, so you quit the Association in anger, right?"

Lin Weimin said angrily: "Xiangyang, if you are like this, our friends will have nothing to do!"

Li Xiangyang finally restrained himself a little, "Okay, don't ask, don't ask!"

Lin Weimin warned him, "Don't write nonsense!"

"What do you call that? As journalists, we all seek truth from facts. Can we write nonsense about things that don't exist?" Li Xiangyang said this with righteousness and righteousness.

You don't know how to write nonsense, but you will report selectively, Lin Weimin complained in his heart.

"Weimin, don't you have anything to say?" Li Xiangyang continued to seduce Lin Weimin as if he was a close brother.

Lin Weimin held back for a long time, but couldn't help saying, "I want to criticize my own motherland, and I will never go abroad to criticize!"

Li Xiangyang immediately became excited when he heard the words, and was waiting for Lin Weimin to continue to deliver a long speech, but he was silent.

After waiting for a long time, Li Xiangyang couldn't help asking: "Just this sentence?"

"How much do you want?"

Li Xiangyang smacked his lips, this sentence is enough to show Lin Weimin's attitude, and it also illustrates the most shameful point of those writers' nonsense in France this time.

It’s okay to criticize if you want, but why didn’t you say it when you were in China?Why go abroad to criticize?
Backstabbing is the most shameful reason for this group of people.

Two days later, the "Yanjing Youth Daily" reported in detail on the public case triggered by the Chinese Writers Group in France with the headline "Chinese Writers Group in France" on the front page.

"In April 1988, at a gathering in Paris, France, a group of visiting Chinese writers had a heated quarrel and debate with the attendees around the issues of Chinese history and reality.

This fact has been widely reported by the public opinion circles in Paris, and it has especially attracted the close attention and discussions of the Chinese, ethnic Chinese, and Chinese institutions stationed in France..."

Li Xiangyang really deserves to be the number one writer of the "Yanjing Youth Daily". The day before yesterday, he came to Lin Weimin to understand the situation, and the report has already been published today.

Obviously, he must have done a lot of research and interview work in advance, and he came to Lin Weimin the day before yesterday to verify.

The full text of the report is [-] words long, almost occupying an entire page, which shows how much the "Yanjing Youth Daily" attaches importance to this report.

When Lin Weimin saw the end, it was basically in line with what he had learned, and he was very curious about where Li Xiangyang got the news.

"The reporter once interviewed a writer who visited many times abroad. He said: I want to criticize my own motherland, and I will never go abroad to criticize!"

At the end of the report, Li Xiangyang ended the report with what Lin Weimin said to him, which was quite appropriate.

After reading the whole report, Lin Weimin couldn't help but sighed. This report of "Yanjing Youth Daily" has caused many disturbances.

The facts were similar to what he expected. As more and more people saw the report, there was an uproar in Yanjing in just a few days, and it continued to spread outward as time went by. Many newspapers have reproduced the report.

In the past, when encountering this kind of news, many newspapers with high political sensitivity would usually avoid it, but this time it was a bit different. The media in Yanjing first reported it, and after several days, no competent department came out to refute the rumors or suppress the situation. , Many local media also let go of their courage.

Originally, this public case happened abroad, due to the backwardness of information transmission in this era, most people in the country may not know it at all, but because of the report of "Yanjing Metropolis Daily", this incident became a public case in May 1988. The biggest news in China.

Countless ordinary people who read the report scolded this group of visiting French writers for forgetting their ancestors. The group of writers who just came back from France felt good about themselves and planned to write a few interesting stories during their visit to France as a refresher. The bottom was stripped clean.

The overwhelming reports quickly attracted the attention of the relevant departments. Seeing that the incident was getting bigger and bigger, although they were very dissatisfied with the actions of these writers, the relevant departments had to hold their noses and come out to put out the fire.

In any case, if the situation is allowed to continue, it will hurt the image of the entire cultural circle in the hearts of ordinary people and cause social rifts.

After half a month of numerous reports, they finally disappeared from the newspapers under strong intervention.

However, the impact of this incident is difficult to reconcile, and it also caused a ideological split between ordinary people and writers.

Lin Weimin heard some rumors in Yanjing that a writer who was visiting France specifically approached Li Xiangyang, and "kindly" advised Li Xiangyang with the style of an elder: "You are still young, so take care of yourself."

All the people who heard about it shook their heads, it was unreasonable!
The Cultural Association, which pretended to be deaf and dumb throughout the whole incident, was disgraced this time, scolding from above, scolding from below, and even the members of the Cultural Association were also scolding.

The Association is not monolithic. There are writers visiting France, and naturally there are those who oppose them. There is no movement in the media, but it does not mean that the matter has completely passed.

What the writers group did in France has already been listed on the NC through the internal channels of the various news organizations stationed in France.

At this moment, a rumor suddenly spread in the domestic literary world.

Lin Weimin withdrew from the All-China Cultural Association.

The news has no beginning and no end, but it is like a blockbuster detonating the domestic literary world and public opinion that had just calmed down.

(End of this chapter)