Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 660 The Lost Pearl in the Ocean
Seeing Fang Minghua's surprised look, he said, "Minghua, you know how to do this, right? Come on, I'll take you fishing!"

Fang Minghua was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He came to Shencheng to fish?
But he still decided to go with Zhao Hongjun since it would be boring anyway.

The fishing place is in Songjiang called Ludiao Bay, which is located in Luxing Village, about 5 kilometers north of Xinbang Town. It is adjacent to Nanwangang Port in the south and Nanjiejing in the east. There are rivers and ponds everywhere that are suitable for fishing.

Fang Minghua followed Zhao Hongjun for two days. He did not buy a fishing rod but used Zhao Hongjun's. He was lucky and even caught a few fish.

To be honest, although my dad is a loyal fishing fan, he seldom goes fishing. But after this time, he suddenly found that this thing is quite fun.

Otherwise, how could someone like Zhao Hongjun, who can't sit still, sit with a fishing rod for most of the day?

Well. After returning to Xijing, I can buy a set of fishing gear. Why not drive to Fenghe River or Fengyukou to go fishing for fun?

Three days later, Fang Minghua returned to Xijing by train.

There are a lot of things to do after I come back. First of all, I have to finish writing the script of "In the Name of People" as soon as possible. This TV series is the highlight of Shengshi Film and Television in the second half of this year. Everything will be in vain if the script is not written.

In addition, the call for papers for the second World Chinese Literature Award has already begun. Although Bai Miao is keeping an eye on this matter, Fang Minghua, as the main person in charge, also has to worry about it.

This morning, Fang Minghua got up, washed up, and went to Lao Sun's house outside Chaoyangmen as usual to eat a bowl of spicy soup, then drove straight to the Provincial Writers Association.

After parking the car on the street opposite the main gate, Fang Minghua entered the Writers Association compound and came to the Chinese Literature Award judges' office in the backyard.

The staff are busy. Their main task now is to conduct preliminary review of submissions from all over the country and overseas, then classify and register them, and then mail them to the reading class members scattered around the place.

"Good morning, Chairman Fang!"

"Hello, Teacher Minghua!"

When they saw Fang Minghua come in, everyone greeted him.

Fang Minghua replied with a smile, and when he saw Wang Zi, he asked, "Where is Chairman Bai?"

"Chairman Chen asked me to come over for something." Wang Zi replied.

"Oh, bring me the submission register."

"okay."

The girl quickly took out the registration book from the drawer and handed it to him.

Wang Zi quickly took out a notebook and handed it to him.

Wang Zi is the only full-time staff member in the jury office and is now Bai Miao's deputy.

The girl brought the registration book and Fang Minghua found a chair and sat down to look at it carefully.

Although the call for papers has been open for less than a month, we have already received many submissions.

To Live, by Yu Hua.
"To Live" is a work recommended by Shengshi Books. It is one of the two works recommended by the company.

The other is Ge Mai's poetry collection "Selected Poems of Ge Mai".

This was what Fang Minghua promised Haizi. After Ge Mai committed suicide, Haizi, Xichuan and others sorted out his posthumous works, which were finally published by Shengshi Books. They included Ge Mai's representative works such as "The Oath", "Red Orchard" and "No One Sees the Grass Grow".

In fact, Shengshi Books could also recommend works such as "White Deer Plain" and "The Piano in a Factory", but Jia Pingwa and Fang Minghua are members of the reading class, and Chen Zhongshi is a new member of the jury, so their works cannot be selected.

"September Fables", recommended by "Harvest" Publishing House.

This is the representative work of the writer Zhang Wei. It tells the history of a "small village" from the 20s to the 50s and is filled with a strong folk flavor.

"Edge", published by Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House, is a work by Ge Fei. It is a novel with a pioneering narrative that has been refined to perfection.

There are also "Wine Country" by Mo Yan, "The Last Hun" by Gao Jianqun, and other famous works published in the mainland in the past two years. There is also "Dark Night" by Taiwanese writer Li Ang, which is a female novel.

Li Hongying even sent me a novel from England, Summer of Betrayal! It was published by Taiwan Culture New Knowledge Publishing House!
Not bad. Studying abroad is quite rewarding.

Fang Minghua looked at the registration book for a while and felt that the quality of the works submitted this time was quite good.

After putting down the registration book, he walked around several offices. There was nothing important to do, so he was about to leave when he suddenly saw a pile of books and magazines on the desk with a label on it: "The audit does not meet the requirements and needs to be returned."

According to Fang Minghua's request, even those works that do not meet the requirements after preliminary review must be returned in their original form by the judges' office.

Although this increases the workload, it is also a kind of respect for the publishing house and myself.

Fang Minghua went over and took a look.

Each book and magazine had a label indicating the reason for return, some of which were not published between 1992 and 1993.

Some of them do not fall into the category of serious novels. For example, a publishing house actually sent me a martial arts novel titled "A Gentle Shot".

Let’s not talk about your attempt to plagiarize Wen Ruian’s novels "A Gentle Knife" and "A Stunning Shot". This is a selection of serious novels. What’s the point of sending in a popular novel?
There is also "Colorful Clothes of Love" by Karen Chan.
These are basically from Hong Kong and Taiwan publishers.

Suddenly a familiar book caught Fang Minghua's eyes.

It turned out to be Wang Xiaobo’s "The Romantic History of Wang Er" published in Hong Kong!
Got eliminated!

Fang Minghua took out the book and asked Wang Zi, "What's the matter with this book?"

Wang Zi came over, looked at the title and explained, "This is an erotic novel. It's full of erotic descriptions. It doesn't meet our submission requirements at all. I don't understand why Xiangjiang Publishing House would send such a work."

Wang Zi muttered.

"Have you read the content carefully? Especially the article "The Golden Age" you submitted?"

"We roughly flipped through the content and found too many erotic descriptions. I felt embarrassed reading it. This Wang Xiaobo is even more pornographic than what Chairman Jia wrote." Wang Zi lowered his voice at the end.

I @#￥%……

Fang Minghua didn't know what to say.

Wang Xiaobo's masterpiece
Just abandoned like that!

But he did not blame Wang Zi, but said kindly: "I suggest you take a closer look and stop focusing on the erotic descriptions. Has Chairman Bai read this book?"

"We are responsible for the preliminary review. We will only give it to Chairman Bai if there are any works we are unsure about. He is also very busy." Wang Zi explained.

oh.
As the two were chatting, a man came in from outside. It was Bai Miao.

"Minghua, you're here? What were you and Wang Zi talking about? I just heard my name mentioned." Bai Miao came in and said.

Fang Minghua did not explain, but handed the novel to the other party. "Take a look at this novel."

"Wang Xiaobo's novel? Why is it given such a vulgar title?"

Bai Miao took the magazine and said, "Read it carefully."

After a long while, he raised his head and spoke to Minghua.

"Minghua, I dare say that even if this novel cannot win this year's novella award, it should be no problem for it to be shortlisted."

(End of this chapter)