Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 463 Lu Yao's New Work

"Ouch. Are you jealous?"

"No, I'm just kidding." Song Tangtang said with a smile, "I like beautiful flowers, too."

At this point, Song Tangtang suddenly thought of something and said:
"Minghua, that girl named Wang Zi published a novel some time ago."

"Really? What's the name of the novel? Which magazine was it published in?" Fang Minghua asked with great interest.

"It was published in Youth Literature. I passed by a newsstand outside the South Gate one day and found her novel published while flipping through it. I knew you cared about her very much, so I bought a copy. Wait a minute, I'll get it for you."

After saying that, Song Tangtang went into her study and took out a magazine.

It is the December issue of "Youth Literature".

"Youth Literature" is a monthly magazine edited and published by China Youth Publishing House. It mainly publishes original literary works by young authors. It is known as the "Four Golden Flowers" together with "The Sprout" in Shanghai, "Young Writers" in Chengdu, and "The Ugly Duckling" in Yenching.

Although it cannot be compared with top magazines such as Contemporary, Harvest and Yanhe, it is still relatively famous in China.

It is a great pleasure to be able to publish an article on it.

"Hey, you."

The name of the novel Fang Minghua read is "La La La" Author: Mian Mian
"I read the author's profile at the back and confirmed that she was Wang Zi," Song Tangtang explained.

History is still moving forward slowly along its original trajectory.

Fang Minghua sighed in his heart and looked at it very seriously.

The novel is still about love, but compared with "La La La" written by Wang Zi in history, it is less decadent and erotic.

Compared with Wang Zi's first draft that Fang Minghua saw in the courtyard of Liuya Hutong when he went to Yanjing last summer, the novel contains many poetic words.

The text is beautiful, with a poetic flavor, without any signs of embellishment or piling up, and is quite touching.

It seems that Wang Zi's writing ability has improved rapidly this year.

After reading it, he commented: "Overall it's good. Although he can't compare with Yu Hua, Wang Anyi and other outstanding young writers in terms of ideas and writing skills, he is outstanding among his peers. After all, he is not yet 20 years old. If he persists, he will achieve certain results."

"Yeah." Song Tangtang nodded and said, "Minghua, now many young writers call you their teacher."

"Teacher? You mean I taught in Luyuan for a few months two years ago? That was just a substitute teacher, it doesn't count." Fang Minghua said.

"Not only that, there are also many people who did not attend the class, such as Su Tong, Ge Fei, etc., who called you teacher in public and said that they received your guidance."

"That's a polite title they use. We can't take it seriously." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

indeed.

These people are destined to become great writers, but my appearance has allowed them to take fewer detours on the road to literature.

But after all, for some people, there have been some changes, such as this girl named Mianmian. Maybe she will become a better writer in the future.

No one said anymore that she was writing with her own body.

Of course, there is another person, Fang Minghua's appearance brought about a huge change in his life trajectory.

The next morning Fang Minghua went to work as usual. The content of Yanhe magazine for January 89 had been finalized and was now sent to the printing factory for printing. He was now busy reviewing the content for February.

Since it is mid-February just a few days after the Spring Festival, and people are in a panic going to work before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, we have to finalize the content in advance, and the typesetting editors will wait until after the New Year to print it.

Now, Fang Minghua basically gives the journal content to Bai Miao for final review, except for the novels recommended by the editor-in-chief and some works that Bai Miao is unsure of, which he still needs to review himself. In short, Fang Minghua has unknowingly become a hands-off boss, and only signs his name on the selected works, which is considered to be approved in the end.

These days are a little more relaxed.

Fang Minghua was drinking tea and signing his name in a flamboyant style on the back of the work sent by Bai Miao with a pen. At this time, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

A fat middle-aged man in a leather jacket walked in, with an old-fashioned briefcase tucked under his armpit.

It's Lu Yao.

"Brother Lu, please sit down." Fang Minghua stood up and greeted him warmly: "Would you like tea or coffee?"

"Let's drink tea. I think coffee tastes good now, but it doesn't have the flavor of tea."

"Changed your taste? But you are right, tea is a legacy of our ancestors. As the ancients said: One bowl moistens the throat and lips, two bowls relieve loneliness and boredom. Three bowls drain your stomach. Only this is what I have to rely on to write five thousand volumes of text!"

As Fang Minghua spoke, he poured Lu Yao a cup of steaming Longjing tea and sat on the sofa next to him.

"Minghua, I know you are busy, so I won't waste your time. How about you take a look at what I wrote?" Lu Yao said as he took out a stack of manuscripts from his briefcase and handed them to Fang Minghua.

Fang Minghua took it and read it. It was a novel titled "The Tree of Life".

After reading the synopsis, it tells the story of an old locust tree in the loess gully of my hometown. Under the tree, several young men and women experienced their expanding happiness and condensed suffering. This is the history of Adam and Eve on the Loess Plateau.
Oh my god, he actually wrote it!
Fang Minghua remembered that last spring, when Lu Yao, Jia Pingwa and two of them went to Bailuyuan to visit Chen Zhong, on the way back at night, Lu Yao talked about his writing.

Since I finished writing "Ordinary World", I have taken a break for more than a year and have not written anything. I want to write something but I don’t know what to write.

Fang Minghua suggested that he write the story of the Loess Plateau in northern Qin, which is "The Tree of Life".

Of course, it wasn't just something he said on a whim.

Instead, he saw a post on the Internet before he traveled through time, saying that Lu Yao had this idea while chatting with a friend after he finished writing "Ordinary World", but he died young soon after.

I didn’t expect Lu Yao to really write it!

Fang Minghua looked at it carefully.

It is still about the story of the loess land in the 1970s, but compared with his "Ordinary World", the writing style has changed significantly.

It is no longer traditional realism, but has a touch of magical realism! And the description of young people's love and love is also very bold, unlike before when it was just mentioned briefly or not mentioned at all.

What the hell!

This reminded Fang Minghua of Jia Pingwa's "Wasted City" and Chen Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain", both of which have similar descriptions, but "Wasted City" is even more extreme.

Could it be that the three writers from Qin Province are now gradually moving towards this side?
Abandoning traditional realism, the postmodern style adopts a magical realism tone.

Keep up with the times.

Of course, you have to read the content carefully.

"Brother Lu, please leave me alone for now. How about I discuss this with you after I finish reading it carefully?" Fang Minghua expressed his opinion.

"Okay, I'll wait for your reply." Lu Yao stood up.

(End of this chapter)