1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 523 Worthy of a Yan Bing Literature Award
Lin Weimin stared at Alai's hand until he saw the four-character title on the first page of the manuscript, and couldn't help showing a relaxed smile on his face.

Finally, it was not in vain!
"teacher LIN!"

Alai handed the manuscript to Lin Weimin, who took the manuscript and suppressed his itch, and first arranged Alai in the guest house upstairs.

"After two days of driving, take a good rest first. I'll ask Xiao Tong to review the manuscript first."

After making arrangements for Alai, Lin Weimin handed over the manuscript to Tong Zhonggui.

The next morning when he went to work, Tong Zhonggui had dark circles under his eyes, and his eyes were bloodshot. It looked like he hadn't slept. He blocked Lin Weimin who had just entered the building, feeling agitated.

"Mr. Lin! Teacher Lin! You must read this novel!"

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Look at you, you didn't sleep all night, did you?"

Tong Zhonggui laughed twice, "It's true that I didn't sleep, I couldn't sleep at all. A Lai's novel can't be put down after holding it. It's so good, you must read it carefully."

Lin Weimin said: "Don't worry, write your review comments first, then hand over the manuscript to me, and then go upstairs to catch up on sleep."

Tong Zhonggui knew that Lin Weimin was concerned about his body, so he nodded, and returned to the office impatiently, picking up his pen to write quickly, and flipping through the manuscript from time to time.

After a whole morning like this, he finally wrote the review comments.

The editor's review comments don't have a set formula, usually only a few hundred words, but Tong Zhonggui's review comments took a whole morning to write, with more than ten pages of manuscript paper.

When he was about to eat, Yao Shuzhi saw the scale of comments on the review, and said in surprise: "Xiao Tong, what kind of masterpiece did you review?"

Tong Zhonggui raised his head and showed a smirk, "You will know later!"

"Mysterious!"

As she spoke, she wanted to flip through the manuscript on Tong Zhonggui's desk, but was held down by Tong Zhonggui, "I'll show you later, Teacher Lin and I want to review the manuscript!"

With that said, he took the manuscript and review comments and went to Lin Weimin's office.

Yao Shuzhi was tickled by Tong Zhonggui's operation, and chatted with others about the manuscript that Tong Zhonggui was reviewing.

"You should be looking at the manuscript sent by the author from the southwestern region yesterday, right?"

It was almost time for lunch, and everyone put aside the work at hand and started chatting.

Lin Weimin touched more than a dozen pages of review comments, and joked: "You are annotating this novel!"

Tong Zhonggui smiled and said, "I'm so excited, I can't help but write more."

Lin Weimin nodded, "Okay, let's go eat first, come back and think about sleeping."

After lunch, Tong Zhonggui went upstairs to the dormitory to rest, while Lin Weimin sat in the office and flipped through the manuscript.

Before Alai's works, the word "dust settled" did not exist in the extensive Chinese thesaurus.

"Dust Settled" is about the famous Kangba Tibetan chieftain who gave birth to a foolish son with a Han wife after drinking, but this foolish son always has premonitions and behaviors beyond the times, and becomes the rise and fall of the chieftain system. witnesses.

Generally speaking, the framework of this novel has not deviated from Alai's "Agu Dunba", and it is still born out of Tibetan oral literature culture.

But after reading the novel, Lin Weimin felt that its style was more like William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury", and the two works had a lot in common.

For example, both novels tell about social transformation and turmoil, express nostalgia for hometown, and emphasize the erosion and dissolution of traditional culture by time.

Also, they all borrow the image of "fool" to tell the story.The "Yoknapatafa" world and the "Jiarong Tribe" world in the Aba Snow Region involved in the two novels both have strong religious overtones, presenting the complicated external world in a seemingly stupid form.

Of course, the two novels have both similarities and differences.

As the narrator of The Sound and the Fury, Bangui has only straightforward narration, and his narration becomes a stage to show the personality of others, without personal emotion and subjective judgment.

However, the narration of the protagonist "fool" the second young master in "Dust Settled" is like talking in a dream, using "stupid" as self-protection, more like the beloved in traditional Chinese culture, who finds living space in the power struggle and uses this kind of Wisdom firmly controls the development of the storyline.

The two authors also have completely different attitudes towards the story. Faulkner devoted himself to the creation, making the work full of love-hate tension.

However, the protagonist Alai portrayed in "Dust Settled" is always an outsider, free from the mundane, which makes the whole story have a sense of otherworldliness, and Lin Weimin can't help but think of Alai's poems. a feeling of.

It took nearly two days to finish reading "Dust Settled". Lin Weimin put down the manuscript and rubbed his eyes that had not rested for a long time, but he was still thinking about the plot in the novel.

"Dust Settled" only reveals a touch of helpless sadness for the passing of tradition, with a delicate style of writing, deeply reminiscing about the things that have passed away and remembering the people of the past.The "fool" second young master in the novel is the eyes of Alai, the creator of the world in the book. He sees the disputes of the world with transcendence of time, space and objects.

After reading the novel, it is not difficult to see that Alai imitated his predecessors in his creation, but to be honest, the artistic value and ideological quality of "Dust Settled" are not weaker than Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury".

Imitation is not for plagiarism, but for transcendence.

Lin Weimin sighed, and took some time to mark the parts of the novel that he thought needed to be revised, and then he and Tong Zhonggui found Alai's office after he came back from a trip.

"The novel is very well written! I think it deserves a Yanbing Literature Award!"

As soon as Alai sat down, when he heard Lin Weimin's words, he jumped up without even sitting down, with a flattered expression on his face.

"teacher LIN……"

"Hehe, what's the matter? Don't you have confidence in yourself?"

Alai was tongue-tied and stammered, "I didn't... dare to think about it, I didn't dare to think about it. This is my first novel, and I thought it would be great if it could be published."

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Publishing is definitely no problem! Not only must it be published, but also some special treatment for you."

When he said this, Alai and Tong Zhonggui's eyes focused on him, with a bit of expectation.

"Headline, published in the first issue, in large print!"

Tong Zhonggui's breathing was stagnant, and he looked at Lin Weimin in disbelief. These three conditions are the top treatment for a work published in "Contemporary".

Toutiao is included in every issue, which is not uncommon. It only shows that the work is competitive among all the works in the current issue, but the large font size and one-issue publication are not the treatment that ordinary people can get.

The last one to receive such treatment in "Contemporary" was the first volume of "Ordinary World" by Lu Yao, and it has been more than five years since it was published.

In the past five years, "Contemporary" has published heavyweight works, and Lin Weimin has been able to give this treatment, but none of them, even Lin Weimin's own works have not been published.

With Lin Weimin's current domestic fame and status, it is not difficult to enjoy this treatment, but he is the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary", and he does not want to take advantage of it, so as not to let people gossip.

"Ms. Lin, this... this..."

Alai was so excited that he didn't know what to say, his face flushed red, and after holding back for a long time, he said, "Is this... suitable?"

Lin Weimin laughed and said, "What's inappropriate? I'm giving you this treatment, naturally because your novel is worthy of it. If it's not up to par, you just beg me, and I won't give it to you."

After a while, Alai finally calmed down.

After chatting for a while about the creation process of the novel, Lin Weimin asked Alai: "How many days did you ask for leave this time?"

"One week, I plan to leave tomorrow." Alai said truthfully.

Lin Weimin said: "Can you discuss it with the editorial department, and stay in Yanjing for a few days to finish editing the manuscript before leaving."

"This..." Alai hesitated.

Lin Weimin said again: "I plan to publish your novel as soon as possible, and if it goes well, it can be published in the eighth issue."

Alai was surprised again, and even Tong Zhonggui looked at Lin Weimin in surprise, Tong Zhonggui said: "Mr. Lin, is it too late?"

It will be the end of July soon, and there is only half a month before the eighth issue of "Contemporary" will be released. It is not an easy task to complete the revision, proofreading, and typesetting of a novel.

"It's a bit rushed. However, there are very few parts of the novel that need to be changed. If Alai's changes go well, we will arrange someone to proofread it, and there should be time.

Even if it's too late, it's okay, if it's a big deal, it will be posted on the next issue, and it's okay to be late. "

After Lin Weimin finished speaking, he looked at Alai with a questioning look in his eyes.

Alai said: "No problem, I will call the unit to ask for leave, and try to finish the manuscript as quickly as possible."

Lin Weimin nodded, "Don't worry too much, you still have to take the quality of the manuscript into consideration, it doesn't matter if it's a little late!"

After a few people finished chatting about the novel, it was already dark outside.

Alai went out to play today, Lin Weimin deliberately waited until after get off work to wait for him.

The revision of the manuscript was imminent, so Alai rejected Lin Weimin's proposal to have dinner together, and went back upstairs with the manuscript.

Lin Weimin took a look at Tong Zhonggui, and Tong Zhonggui wisely packed his things and left work.

He knew that Teacher Lin didn't want to invite him to dinner.

When Lin Weimin drove home, it was already past 07:30 in the evening. After a brief meal, the two drove to the painting alley.

This trip went abroad for more than three months, and today I went to visit Han Zhuangzhuang's house.

On the way, Lin Weimin mentioned the issue of changing Tao Huimin's car. The Crown she is driving now was eliminated by Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin had talked to Tao Huimin about this topic before they got married, but she didn't agree.

This time Lin Weimin brought up Tao Huimin again and said: "This car has only been around for five years, it would be too wasteful to change it. Besides, it is already very good to drive a motorcycle now. I don't know how popular it is to drive a Crown. What car should I change to?"

Seeing Tao Huimin's sincerity, Lin Weimin said, "Then wait two years before changing."

"we'll talk about it then."

The car stopped at the entrance of the alley and the two walked for a while. When they opened the door of Han Zhuangzhuang's house, they saw him eating cucumbers shirtless.

"Uncle? You're back?" Han Zhuangzhuang was surprised when he saw Lin Weimin.

"Ok!"

Han Zhuangzhuang went into the house and put on his shirt, while Lin Weimin sat under the tree in the courtyard and chatted with Han Dingbang.

He told Tao Huimin to go to the United States for honeymoon, but he went there for more than three months, and Han Dingbang was also very concerned.

"There's nothing we can do if we catch up with this." Lin Weimin sighed.

"Just come back! Just come back!" Han Dingbang said.

Lin Weimin asked Han Zhuangzhuang again, "Have you finished filming the film?"

"Well, I just finished filming at the beginning of the month."

"When is the movie on?"

"It's early, Director Xie is very ambitious. He plans to take the film abroad to participate in a circle of film festivals after the production is completed, and then release it." Han Zhuangzhuang said.

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "It seems that Director Xie was stimulated by Yimou."

"I guess so." Han Zhuangzhuang smiled wryly.

This look, a little anxious!

But being an actor is just right, there is no image interference or scruples.

"What's your plan next?"

"I don't have any plans to go back to the courtyard to stay. If there is a suitable script, I will accept it. If there is no suitable script, I will act in the courtyard with peace of mind."

"Didn't ask Yimou for a role?"

"There is no role in his movie that I can play. He asked me to play the young master. I can't play the young master. I put it off. Let's cooperate when there is a suitable role in the next movie."

Han Zhuangzhuang said again: "By the way, Yimou wanted to contact you a while ago, but I couldn't find you when I called the United States."

Lin Weimin asked about the time of the call, and said, "At that time, I was holding a signing event in the United States, and I was running around."

"Then I'll call him and ask him to come over?"

"Okay, you can ask him. If you don't have time, let him come to work and find me tomorrow."

"it is good!"

(End of this chapter)