Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 502 Farewell to the Literary Festival of the s

Fang Minghua certainly knew about the National Youth Writers' Creative Conference.

Abbreviated as "Youth Creation Association", the first Youth Creation Association was held in 1956 by the China Writers Association, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and other units, with Lao She as the director, Liu Baiyu as the deputy director and Gong Mu as the secretary-general.

The second conference was held in 1965 at Yenching University, where the China Writers Association and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League jointly convened a national conference of amateur literary creators.

Among the more than 1100 delegates attending the meeting, the vast majority came from grassroots units such as factories, rural areas, and the military. Relevant leaders met with the delegates.

This is the third session.

It was originally scheduled to be held at the beginning of the year, but was delayed to the end of the year due to various reasons. Except for Chen Zhongshi who was too old (over 40 years old), the other three of Qin Province's "Four Horsemen" received meeting notices.

As a director of the Writers Association, Fang Minghua naturally had to attend the meeting held by the Writers Association, but what the hell was the "Literature Night·Yenching·89" party?

Fang Minghua called the Provincial Writers Association to inquire about the situation, only to find out that the organizers were the Chinese Literature Foundation, Youth Daily, Workers' Daily, Literature and Art Daily, and Sports Daily, and the chief director was Zhang Xinxin from the Yenching People's Art Theater.

They are all official institutions, not copycats.

"Minghua, why do we want to hold this literary evening on December 12st?" Song Tangtang was also a little puzzled when she saw the letter.

"Maybe it's saying goodbye to the 80s and welcoming the 90s." Fang Minghua said lightly.

On December 12, Fang Minghua, Lu Yao and Jia Pingwa, each carrying a travel bag, boarded the train to Yanjing.

Of course, there were more than just the three of them as representatives from Qin Province. There were also Gao Jianqun, Mo Shi, and Wang Xiaoxin. In addition, three outstanding students from the Northwest University Writers Class also went there, including Liao Runbo, who had a good relationship with Fang Minghua.

Although Liao Runbo secretly wrote two tomb-robbing novels in the "Ghost Blowing Out the Light" series, he did not give up serious literary creation. During this period, he also wrote a novella "Who Opened the Door", which Bai Miao, who has become the editor-in-chief, has published in the "Yanhe" editor-in-chief recommended column and won rave reviews.

They traveled together, taking a sleeper berth, and their round-trip fare was reimbursed by the Provincial Writers Association.

Liao Runbo slept on the upper bunk. At this moment, he was sitting on Fang Minghua's bed on the lower bunk, chatting with her.

"Runbo, you will probably be able to meet some classmates from the Luyuan workshop when you go to Yanjing this time. Yu Hua will definitely participate." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Yes. I graduated in 87, and more than two years have passed in the blink of an eye. Time flies so fast. The scenes when I was studying at Luyuan seem to have happened just yesterday." Liao Runbo said with emotion.

"Hey, Runbo, which song of 'Desire' do you like to sing?" Lu Yao next to him interrupted with a smile.

The TV series "Desire" has not been broadcast in Qin Province yet, but the theme song is extremely popular.

Hearing this, everyone laughed.

long years
I want to say that I was confused back then.

It's hard to choose between truth and illusion

A female student took the lead in singing, and the whole carriage was filled with singing.

In Yanjing, Yu Hua was chatting with Chen Hong in his dormitory. It was cold outside and there was nowhere to go, so it would be warmer to stay in the dormitory.

He and Mo Yan lived in the same dormitory at Yanshi University. Whenever Chen Hong came to see Yu Hua, Mo Yan would find an excuse to leave so as not to be a third wheel.

"Teacher Fang has already left for Yanjing, right?" Yu Hua said, "I haven't seen you for more than a year, and I miss you a lot."

"He should have taken the train for the meeting the day after tomorrow, otherwise he would be too late. I guess Liao Runbo will also be here," said Chen Hong.

"Yes, how could I forget him? Hello, is Li Hongying coming?"

"I don't know." Chen Hong shook her head: "I wrote her a letter a few days ago, but I haven't heard back yet."

"It would be great if you could come. It's been a year since we met at the Huashan Conference last year." Yu Hua said with emotion.

"I wonder if He Liwei, who has returned to Changsha, and Qian Yuliang, who is in the Nanjing University writers' class, will come? I haven't seen them since the class ended."

"I hope to see you all." Chen Hong clasped her hands in front of her chest. She didn't feel anything during the months in the workshop, but now that she's gone, she misses you a lot." "Yes, everyone can come, and we'll say goodbye to the 80s together."

Shanghai, railway station.

A girl wearing a red ski jacket and carrying a travel bag ran hurriedly towards the ticket gate in the waiting hall.

She is Li Hongying.

I was taking the bus from school to the train station and encountered a traffic jam. I was about to be late!
When the staff at the ticket gate closed the gate at the last second and prepared to leave, Li Hongying rushed over, checked her ticket, and ran to the platform breathlessly carrying her travel bag.

Finally, she boarded the train to Yanjing, which made her feel relieved. Without taking a rest, she quickly found her seat and sat down.

We will arrive in Yanjing tomorrow.

Yu Hua and Chen Hong must be in Yanjing now.

Liao Runbo will also go, right? And Li Tieling who returned to Tieling in Northeast China.

I can meet my former classmates from Luyuan workshop.

Of course, there is also the respectable and lovely teacher Fang.

Thinking of this, Li Hongying felt happy.

On this train to Yanjing, there was another excited young man, Ge Fei from East China Normal University.

He was also invited to attend this year's Youth Entrepreneurship Conference.

After publishing "Lost Boat" and "Brown Bird Flock", Ge Fei published a series of short and medium-length novels including "Green and Yellow" and "Track of Dawn", becoming another rising star in Shanghai after Wang Anyi.

Together with Yu Hua, who was studying at Yenching University, and Su Tong, who worked at Nanjing Zhongshan Magazine, he was known as one of the Three Musketeers of the Jiangnan Literary World.

I heard that Yu Hua is studying in the master's writer class at Yenching Normal University in Beijing. He must be in Yenching now. Su Tong will definitely come too, right?
Although they lived not far from each other, one in Shanghai and the other in Nanjing, they had not been in touch since they met at the Young and Middle-aged Writers Symposium held in Xijing in 85. However, they paid attention to each other's published articles.

At this time, Su Tong was walking alone on the campus of Yanshi University.

He graduated from here 5 years ago and has long wanted to come back to visit.

Su Tong silently looked at the Lu Xun relief, the May Fourth Memorial Square, the Ninth Teaching Building, the Jingwen Lecture Hall, and the Lover's Hill, where he once lived.

Finally he stood in front of a dormitory building.

I heard that this is the dormitory for the graduate writer class jointly organized by my alma mater and Lu Xun Academy.

Living there are young people who, like him, are full of dreams about literature.

There are so many young people like this, and many of them are on their way here.

Han Shaogong was taking a train from Huacheng to Yanjing. Haikou was far away, so he set off three days in advance.

Canxue came from Changsha.

Wang Anyi rushed over from Shanghai.

Tie Niang came from Shijiazhuang.

Zhang Kangkang came from Harbin.

These young people from all over the country, together with young writers from Yenching University, attended this grand event to bid farewell to the 1980s and welcome the arrival of the 1990s.

(End of this chapter)