A widower's entertainment

Chapter 217 [Omen] (Please subscribe)
Lin Youcheng knew very well that it was quite difficult for Zhang Wei to win the Mao Dun Literature Award again.

After all, the Mao Dun Literary Award is one of the most prestigious and influential literary awards in China, and can even be said to be the highest Mao Dun Award for Chinese literature.

On March 1981, 3, the 14-year-old Mr. Mao Dun was on his deathbed and left a will by dictation: "Dear comrades, in order to promote the creation of novels, I will donate my royalties of 85 yuan. I would like to give my highest tribute to the Writers Association for setting up a novel literary prize fund to reward the best novels every year.”

It can be said that during the period when the Mao Dun Literature Prize was born, the flower of literary prosperity was short stories, reportage and new poetry. Because of their long length and long period of reflection on society, novels are not recovering as fast as short stories. However, it has not been forgotten by the literary world just because it moved slowly.

The Mao Dun Literary Award casts a concerned eye on novels and helps them move forward. It aims to reward outstanding novels. The selection criteria are strict and fair. In each selection, many well-known writers, critics and Scholars form a review committee, and after multiple rounds of reviews and discussions, the winning works are finally selected.

Currently, the selection is only held once every three years. Even though many excellent novels in China are very popular, they have not won the Mao Dun Literature Award. This shows how difficult and competitive it is.

As for Zhang Wei, who has always said that "The Wind" is very exciting, Lin Youcheng is very clear. Although "The Wind" is very popular, it is difficult to win the Mao Dun Literature Award now. You must know that even such literary works later have It is highly controversial. The focus of the debate is that the novel is not a literary work in the traditional sense. It writes legendary characters and special love stories. It is a variant of popular novels. But fortunately, the judges of later literary awards finally recognized this change. , it can also be said that the evaluation criteria of the Mao Dun Literature Award have been adjusted to a certain extent.

As for now, Lin Youcheng knows very clearly that it is difficult to win awards based on the current literary trend.

You must know that there was a certain amount of controversy when his "The Wonders of the World" won the award. Of course, there was controversy at that time, but more of it was the affirmation of Lin Youcheng's "The Wonders of the World". You must know that novel There are both realistic historical descriptions from the May 4th Youth Movement to modern stories, as well as the magical setting of the protagonist. Magical realism truly amazed the literary world at that time.

More importantly, Lin Youcheng also laid the foreshadowing of several stories in "Fairy Tales of the World". The encounters between Lynch and the protagonists of other novels made Lynch's legendary life even more real and mysterious. Literary discussions and research on Lin Youcheng's "The Wonders of the World" have never stopped in the literary world, because it seems that there are still many unearthed treasures waiting to be discovered in this novel.

Because in the eyes of many young literary people, there seems to be some undiscovered secrets in Lin Youcheng's "The Strange Things in the World". Those secrets are in Lin Qi's long life. They are inconspicuous, but they are hidden there and are very strong. .

In fact, Lin Youcheng is also thinking about what to write in his next work.

Although I have no intention of winning the Mao Dun Literature Award again, what should I write about the story after "Tengu"?

Lin Youcheng has actually been thinking about this issue.

Although Lin Youcheng was thinking about this issue, because the children were on summer vacation, and brothers Lin Zhaoping and Lin Zhaoan came to the capital from Decheng to spend the summer vacation, Lin Youcheng naturally took the carrot heads to play in the capital. We visited Xidan, the bustling commercial district, and also went to eat some delicious food in the capital.

Fang Mei was also sighing at the prosperity of the capital city, especially the residential buildings that were probably the most luxurious she had ever seen. Of course, she was also a little worried about Lin Youcheng's spending in the capital. She watched Lin Youcheng give flowers to the children. With all that money, I couldn't help but say, "Youcheng, you still have to save some money to raise six children in the capital."

Lin Youcheng knew what Fang Mei meant, but he was not short of money at all. You must know that publishing the novel "Tiangu" and writing the script for Bayi Film Studio can be said to be a royalties. He has never stopped writing. , after all, he still wants to save money to sell a courtyard house to his children. The key point is that buying more courtyard houses, and more than one, is not a particularly easy task for Lin Youcheng.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Fang Mei listened to Lin Youcheng's words, and she just warned her. After all, she also knew that Lin Youcheng's royalties as a writer were always quite high, otherwise Lin Youcheng would not have bought such a good hotel in the capital. In the yard, a nanny was hired to take care of several children, which showed that Lin Youcheng and his children were living a pretty good life in Beijing.

"Your life in the capital is getting better and better. Unlike your elder brother, the current factory efficiency is not as good as before."

When Lin Youcheng heard what Fang Mei said, he couldn't help but ask, "Is the factory's efficiency bad now?"

"It's not as good as before."

Lin Youcheng naturally knows very clearly that since the implementation of reform and opening up in China in 1978, state-owned enterprises have been facing various impacts brought about by reform and opening up. In the s, a large number of state-owned enterprises were inefficient and triangular debts were frequently issued. At this critical moment, the reorganization of state-owned enterprises has become inevitable, which in turn has caused a wave of layoffs in various enterprises after the reorganization.

However, even so, Lin Youcheng was actually a little surprised. After all, his eldest brother Lin Youcai's factory was a steel factory. Even if there was an impact, it should not be an impact on Lin Youcai's factory.

Of course, Lin Youcheng didn't know what the specific situation was.

"Sister-in-law, if the factory collapses later, why not come to the capital? After all, this is the capital, and it is better for children's studies."

Fang Mei listened to Lin Youcheng's words and did not refuse directly. She just smiled and said: "That's not enough. No matter what, it will be an iron rice bowl."

When Lin Youcheng heard Fang Mei's words, he didn't bite. After all, the subsequent wave of layoffs broke the iron rice bowl. It can even be said that it was a heavy history, including layoffs, self-employment, suspension of salary, and pending assignments. Unemployment in the factory, long vacations, "two jobs are not available", downsizing to increase efficiency, destroying the three irons, and diversion are all heavy traces of history.

Of course, Lin Youcheng couldn't tell Fang Mei directly now. He just smiled and said, "Just in case."

Fang Mei nodded. She also knew that this was Lin Youcheng's kindness, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, if it really doesn't work anymore, your eldest brother and I will come to the capital to join you."

(End of this chapter)