A widower's entertainment

Chapter 89 [Big guys listen to me] (please subscribe)

Beijing, Great Hall.

The National Outstanding Short and Novella Award is an official award issued by the Writers Association, so naturally it is quite formal. The awards and commendation meeting was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, which was quite formal.

As the author Lin Youcheng and editor Zhang Wei came to attend the award ceremony, they went to the auditorium together. The award ceremony was not particularly grand, it was just a commendation ceremony with banners hanging. However, there were reporters from newspapers like the Yanjing Daily conducting interviews and filming.

Because Lin Youcheng won awards for two novels at the same time, there is no doubt that he has a considerable presence in the entire scene. Because Lin Youcheng is at this age, even though he is a newcomer, he does not need to greet everyone honestly like a young man.

Because there were also other young authors in their twenties who took the initiative to come over and exchange greetings with Lin Youcheng.

There were also editors from different magazines who came to ask Lin Youcheng for manuscripts in person. Unfortunately, they had sent Lin Youcheng a manuscript invitation letter before. Now that they could ask for manuscripts in person, they naturally had to mention it in person.

Ma Jinghai, the editor-in-chief of "Novel Monthly", naturally came. Seeing that Lin Youcheng was so popular now, he didn't ask for a manuscript. After all, he also knew that Lin Youcheng was really different now.

To really talk about it, "Novel Monthly" would also like to thank Lin Youcheng. If it hadn't been for Lin Youcheng, I'm afraid "Novel Monthly" wouldn't have had any works published in the journal win the National Outstanding Novel Award.

This is also the biggest gain for "Novel Monthly".

For this reason, Ma Jinghai could communicate with Lin Youcheng in a very normal manner, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Comrade Youcheng, I will send you sample copies of the next two books when they are released."

"Thank you."

Lin Youcheng naturally thanked "Novel Monthly". After all, this was his debut magazine, and asked: "Send hello to Editor Dong for me."

Ma Jinghai nodded when he heard Lin Youcheng's words, but in his heart he was thinking about how Dong Zhao would feel when he heard Lin Youcheng say hello in Jincheng.

After all, now that Lin Youcheng has published an article in "People's Literature" magazine, Dong Zhao may not be able to get Lin Youcheng's new manuscript.

"By the way, Youcheng, your two novels "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" and "The Devotion of Suspect X" were voted by readers as their favorite excellent works, and they also won the Hundred Flowers Award from "Novel Monthly". "

Hearing Ma Jinghai's words, Lin Youcheng was in a trance for a moment. When he first came here, he was under great pressure and wanted to die for love. While sweeping the street, he saw the Hundred Flowers Award selection of "Novel Monthly" at the newsstand.

At that time, he was still thinking about the Hundred Flowers Award, but in the blink of an eye, he has now won the National Outstanding Novella Award, and he won two more. It is true that things are different and people are different.

Ma Jinghai looked at Lin Youcheng and said with a smile: "These two novels of yours rank first and second."

Forgive Lin Youcheng for not paying attention to this vote. He didn't know the ranking at all. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "Who is first?"

""The Devotion of Suspect X"."

When Lin Youcheng heard this answer, he nodded and expressed his understanding. Obviously, although the third child was perfect, he was still not as thrilling and unbelievable as Shi Honglai.

Perhaps the unguessable is more fascinating.

Although Zhang Wei, who had been standing aside, hoped that Lin Youcheng's subsequent manuscripts would still be published in "People's Literature", it was obvious that he could not prevent other editors from communicating with Lin Youcheng at this time.

In addition, Zhang Wei also introduced some people to Lin Youcheng.

That one is Liang Xiaosheng, who wrote "There's a Blizzard Tonight". This time he also won the Outstanding Novella Award.

The comrade in the wheelchair is Shi Tiesheng, who wrote "My Distant Qingping Bay" and won the Outstanding Short Story Award.

Also selected for the Outstanding Short Story Award are Peng Jianming, who wrote "The Man and the Dog in the Mountain", and Zhang Xianliang, who wrote "Shorsh Brak".

"Comrade Zhang Xianliang, like you, he also won two awards, one for the short story "Shorsh Brake" and one for the novella "The Greening Tree."

Lin Youcheng nodded.

As he was talking, Zhang Xianliang came over to greet Lin Youcheng and said with a smile: "Youcheng, do you know? The novel I have written now is exactly the opposite of your "Hawthorn Tree Love"."

When Lin Youcheng heard this, he immediately thought of Zhang Xianliang's article "Half of a Man is a Woman".

"On the contrary? Then I'm looking forward to it. When will the manuscript be finished?"

"almost."

Zhang Xianliang smiled again and said: "I personally like your article "The Devotion of Suspect X" very much. It is unprecedented. It really opened my eyes."

Although some people attack and question Lin Youcheng's "The Devotion of Suspect X", more authors know very well that Lin Youcheng's "The Devotion of Suspect X" is truly groundbreaking.

But for that alone, the novel was enough to win the prize.

Well, although there are many attacks and doubts, and literary critics also have doubts, it is obvious that most literary workers at this time are still pure.

If you write better than yourself, you may be jealous and curse someone in Mandarin behind your back, but you won’t directly throw dirty water on them. After all, they all came from that era and know what it means to criticize someone.

This can be regarded as the literati's love for each other.

While Lin Youcheng was chatting with Zhang Xianliang, someone else came to see Lin Youcheng. It was Lin Youcheng's senior Lu Yao.

Lu Yao was only two years older than Lin Youcheng. He wore a pair of glasses and said, "Comrade Lin Youcheng, congratulations. Your two novels are great. I heard that Director Wu Tianming read your novel." After "Hawthorn Tree Love", they stopped filming "Life" which I wrote."

"No, your movie "Life" is really good, but mine is still controversial."

Lu Yao waved his hand and said: "My previous writing of "Life" was also controversial, saying that the creative techniques were outdated."

Nowadays, new literary trends are surging, and literary concepts such as modernism and stream of consciousness are all the rage. The changes and innovations in literary creation in form and technique are dizzying.

This is why "The Devotion of Suspect X" was able to win awards despite being controversial. The main reason is that the design in form and technique is quite novel.

On the contrary, traditional realist creation is now being ignored, and some critics believe that the realist writing techniques of Lu Yao's novel "Life" are outdated. Fortunately, Lu Yao still persisted in writing and completing this novel.

"Besides, I used to think "Life" was pretty good, but now that I know those things, I feel that the "Life" I wrote is not impressive enough. What those people did was really heartbreaking and outrageous."

Lin Youcheng understood what Lu Yao meant.

The protagonist in "Life" written by Lu Yao is Gao Jialin. After graduating from high school and returning to the village, he became a teacher in a private primary school. However, the good times did not last long. This position was replaced by the son of the powerful brigade secretary Gao Minglou. Compared with the job substitution in the novel, Gao Jialin knows the truth, but obviously, the reality of the college entrance examination substitution is much crueler.

The storm outside hasn't stopped recently.

Lin Youcheng nodded, agreed with Lu Yao's words, and said, "It's quite heartbreaking."

Obviously, Lu Yao didn't know that those things were because Lin Youcheng, a butterfly, flapped its wings and snowballed like a snowball, causing a sensation across the country.

The old butterfly in front of me is the driving force behind everything, but it's a pity that no one knows it.

Regarding that matter, Lu Yao just sighed, and then said: "You are very enthusiastic about creation now. You have published three novels."

"Speaking of creative passion, Comrade Lu Yao, you are the senior."

"After that article "Life", you published two novellas, "In Difficult Days" and "Yellow Leaves Falling in the Autumn Wind"."

Lu Yao smiled. He had indeed been creating, and said, "I am currently writing a novel about the lives of rural people in the northwest."

Lin Youcheng knew very well that the novel Lu Yao was writing now should be the masterpiece "The Ordinary World" that won the Mao Dun Literature Award. This novel was actually originally written in 75, and the manuscript was originally called "Ordinary People" path of".

But even such a novel was initially rejected by "Contemporary" magazine.

However, Lin Youcheng won't say this now.

Lu Yao looked at Lin Youcheng and said, "I like your article "The Devotion of Suspect X" very much, but I don't think I can write such a story. The unexpected plot shocked me."

Lin Youcheng smiled and said, "I believe your novel will definitely bring greater shock."

Lu Yao was a little surprised when he heard Lin Youcheng's words.

However, after the accident, Lu Yao nodded. He also believed that the million-word novel he planned to write would definitely bring an even greater shock.

The award ceremony was not complicated. After the director of the judging panel, Mr. Ba Lao, made a speech, he awarded the award to the winning author and took a group photo together.

Lin Youcheng here is very eye-catching. After all, he holds two certificates, which is not much, so he naturally attracts attention.

During the award ceremony, representatives of outstanding authors will also speak. Because Lin Youcheng, a new author, won the Outstanding Novel Award for two novels at the same time, the Writers Association also asked Lin Youcheng to speak as a representative.

Originally, Lin Youcheng planned to decline modestly. After all, besides him, his senior Zhang Xianliang won two awards at the same time. However, it was obvious that Lin Youcheng, a new author, came out of nowhere. His two novels caused a sensation across the country and had considerable influence. He is definitely qualified to speak on stage.

Lin Youcheng knew about the speech from the beginning. After all, it was a formal award ceremony, so he naturally prepared a short speech.

Cough cough--

"I am honored to be able to stand here and speak. I never thought I would have this opportunity. After all, I used to be a sanitation worker sweeping the streets."

Listening to Lin Youcheng's words, everyone in the audience knew that Lin Youcheng was a street sweeper before writing, but now no one regards Lin Youcheng as a street sweeper anymore.

Lin Youcheng didn't even think about giving advice, promoting writing, or talking about guidance in front of a large group of literary giants. After all, most of the people below him were his seniors.

Lin Youcheng just said: "Some people have always said that I write popular literature. I said that what I write is not popular literature, nor is it scar literature. What I write is people's literature, written for the people."

"It is said that literature is recovering. Now literature has entered a spring full of vitality and flowers blooming. But the reason why it has entered a spring of literature is because of the people, because the broad masses of the people love literature and have been pursuing literature. I think Literature can never be divorced from the people at any time..."

Obviously, Lin Youcheng's words were extremely correct. Some people in the audience nodded in agreement.

From now on, mainstream serious literature has gradually turned into enclosure self-study in the literary circle's own small circle, which is also due to its separation from the masses.

“...The artistry of literature should never be hazy or obscure as a sign of literary success. It does not mean that the harder it is to read, the more artistic it is, just like the better it is to read, the more artistic it is. Whether it is obscure or not has nothing to do with artistry... "

"Of course, this does not mean that we exclude some obscure works that explore the hazy areas of human consciousness. After all, it is spring when a hundred flowers bloom, and naturally a hundred schools of thought contend, and all literary schools should have creative freedom..."

Obviously, Lin Youcheng's words touched some people in the audience. Some people were already thinking deeply, as if they were thinking about what Lin Youcheng said.

Freedom of creation is also Balao’s proposition. Everyone present naturally knows that Balao once said that literary and artistic creation is a complex spiritual labor with distinctive personality characteristics. Writers must be given the freedom to think independently. When choosing themes and establishing Full freedom must also be guaranteed in terms of themes, creative methods, artistic forms and artistic expression methods. However, we cannot deny the inevitability of social development and the interests of the majority of people in society and advocate absolute creative freedom. We should advocate a combination of the two.

"But I think that no matter what literary genre, it is better not to be too far away from the people. After all, it is not that literature is far away from the people, but that the people will be far away from literature..."

……

In fact, no matter what Lin Youcheng said, it is quite impressive for Lin Youcheng, a new author, to speak on stage as an award-winning representative in front of a large number of literary giants.

Look at who is sitting under the stage, Chairman of the Writers Association, director of the jury Balao, Ma Shitu, Sha Ding, Ai Wu, Wan Ling, and future minister Wang Meng...

Needless to say, Zhang Xianliang, Lu Yao, Liang Qiusheng, and Peng Jianming are all absolutely well-known writers.

Of course, now that Lin Youcheng's three romance novels have been published, it can be said that his popularity is not inferior to that of other writers, and he is definitely a dazzling new star in the literary world.

Now, the big guys sitting in the audience are looking at this old star.

Although Lin Youcheng, a middle-aged widower on stage, is not famous at a young age, he can definitely be regarded as having won two National Outstanding Novella Awards with both hands at the moment -

The spring breeze is proud of the horse's hoof, and all the big guys listen to me.

Yes, the big guys were listening carefully to his speech and then applauded.

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