The literary era since 1979

Chapter 123 Tie Sheng's Love

At the end of the month, the award ceremony was held as scheduled.

Fang Yan, Jiang Zilong and Gu Hua came to the venue together.

There was a stage in front of us, and a banner hung on the wall behind the seats for leaders and guests, which read: "National Excellent Novella Award Ceremony."

Below are rows of tables and chairs, each with a name tag.

Compared with the National Excellent Short Story Award, the ceremony was a little smaller, but all who should have come had come. Film studios, TV stations and other units were all present, all for the adaptation of the novel.

Fang Yan was carrying a bag containing a Seagull camera and walking through the crowd. He first saw Wang Meng and was then dragged around by him.

Meet with literary predecessors, such as Chen Rong.

Not only will you be famous, but your son will also be famous in the future.

A Liang Tian, ​​Jia Zhixin from "I Love My Family".

Liang Zuo, the author of crosstalk such as "Fantasy in the Tiger's Mouth" and "Thieves Company", is also the screenwriter of "I Love My Family".

"My Liang Zuo, he said you are very famous in Yan University."

Chen Rong was generous with her praise.

Fangyan learned from the conversation that Liang Zuo was Su Ya's senior, currently a junior in the Chinese Department of Yan University, and would graduate next year.

Then he said the same thing to Chen Rong as he did to Zhong Dianfei:
"If I have a chance, I must meet him."

"Okay, okay, Liang Zuo has always admired you. If he knew he could meet you, he would definitely be very happy."

There was kindness in Chen Rong's tone.

Fang Yan smiled, then looked for Lu Yao in the crowd, only to see him standing alone, looking as if he wanted to keep away from strangers.

"Iwako!"

Lu Yao finally met an acquaintance and relaxed.

Fangyan shook hands with him and could clearly feel that he was shaking his hand very hard and vigorously. He could also hear him saying thank you repeatedly.

"The reason why Life became so popular is that the manuscript is good."

"Life is one thing, and your sister-in-law's transfer to Xi'an Film Studio is another. Thanks to you, our family is finally reunited. Finally, my wife and children have left Yanchuan and arrived in Chang'an."

Lu Yao was extremely excited.

"You're welcome."

Fangyan waved his hand and the topic shifted to the creative task.

Lu Yao said: "I didn't plan to take it at first, but when I thought about my brother being a coal miner, I decided to write about factories and mines."

As they chatted, Fangyan realized that he was preparing for "A World of Ordinary People". He not only went to the grassroots to collect information, but also tested the waters by trying to write a work about a coal miner.

"Northern Shaanxi is promoting the household contract responsibility system, and I plan to write about this." Lu Yao said with a smile, "When everything is ready, I will start writing this novel that will be comparable to "The Great Qin Splitting"."

"You've all figured it out, and I'm the only one left."

Fangyan shook his head and laughed.

"Yanzi, in my opinion, you might as well write about the fields and professions that you have the most contact with and are most familiar with."

Lu Yao reminded.

“What career field are you most familiar with?”

There was a faint feeling of dialect.

Lu Yao used himself as an example, "I am a farmer's son. I grew up in the mountains and fields, and then walked out of there. I first went to a small county town, and then to a big city to work. I am familiar with the countryside, and I am trying to get familiar with the city. What I am most familiar with is the "intersection area" between the countryside and the city. That's why I can write works like "Life" that are based on my personal feelings. The same is true when I write about coal miners and farmers now, because I am familiar with them."

“I’m probably most familiar with the postman.”

Fangyan touched his chin.

There's nothing I can do. The royalties come faster than robbing a bank.

Almost all the postmen in the area have been to his house and are familiar with the place. They either deliver sample magazines and letters from readers, or remittance slips.

"Then you can investigate and interview them. Maybe you can find out a lot of things in the time it takes to smoke a cigarette."

Lu Yao smiled and said, "You have cigarettes, and he has stories."

"Okay, just for the trick you gave me, here you go!"

Fangyan took out his own cigarette and placed it in his hand.

"You should keep it for the postman."

Lu Yao waved his hand to decline, and a noisy voice came from behind.

The judges and guests came on stage one after another, and the award ceremony officially began. Fangyan was naturally the first to go on stage to receive the award.

The award presenter was Wang Zengqi. As the former editor-in-chief of Yenching Literature, he had repeatedly taken care of Fangyan. This time, he read the award speech with great emotion and then handed over the certificate.

Fang Yan took it and said, "Thank you, Mr. Wang."

"How are you preparing for this creative task?"

Wang Zengqi asked with a smile.

Fangyan said truthfully: "We are still confirming the topic."

"No hurry, take your time, there is still a lot of time."

Wang Zengqi said that if there is anything we can help with, please feel free to ask.

"I will, Mr. Wang!" Fang Yan was patted on the shoulder and pressure followed.

...............

As soon as the award ceremony ended, Fang Yan, Lu Yao and the other two went to Lama Temple Street. On the way, they noticed that an alley was crowded with people.

Without thinking much, I walked towards Shi Tiesheng's house.

I saw him putting stamps on the envelope at this time.

"Tie Sheng, look who's here!"

Dialects are in stride.

When Shi Tiesheng saw Lu Yao, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The two introduced each other in dialect. Compared to Lu Yao, who was as introverted as an old ox, Shi Tiesheng was much more talkative and chatted about everything.

Jiang Zilong and Gu Hua also joined the discussion and made friends through writing.

Lu Yao was not good at talking and he smiled silently most of the time, but his thoughts never stopped and he would occasionally say a few words.

After chatting for a while, Fangyan took out his Seagull camera:

"Should we move somewhere else?"

"Yanzi, where are we going to take a photo?"

Jiang Zilong, Shi Tiesheng and others all turned their eyes to him.

"How about Ditan Park?"

Fangyan glanced at Shi Tiesheng and smiled.

Shi Tiesheng's eyes were full of gratitude, not only because he was taking photos in Ditan Park, but also because he fulfilled his dream and finally met Lu Yao, with whom he had a spiritual friend for many years.

Although I didn't completely let go when we first met, I deliberately imitated the style of Northern Shaanxi Xintianyou and prepared a poem for Lu Yao, but I thought it was too bad and didn't feel comfortable showing it to him.

But I am already very content. It is such a happy day that I can remember it for a lifetime.

The courtyard where Shi Tiesheng lives is very close to Ditan Park, only about 9 minutes' walk away.

"Crack, click."

Fangyan taught them how to pose and took photos of them.

Shi Tiesheng took a few photos, pushed his wheelchair, came to his side, and whispered: "Yanzi, can you take a photo of me alone?"

Fang Yan asked curiously, "Is it useful?"

"Well, I made an appointment with a pen pal."

Shi Tiesheng said that the two of them were planning to send photos to each other.

"That letter just now, was it also for her?"

Fangyan gave a playful smile.

Shi Tiesheng nodded and told the whole story openly. After his girlfriend broke up with him, he completed his debut work, "The Fate of Love", in great pain.

After it was published in the internal journal of Northwestern University, it was unexpectedly seen by a girl from the Department of Mathematics named "Chen Ximi". They wrote letters to each other and after a few exchanges, they felt like they had met each other too late and became pen pals.

"Then we can't be careless."

Fang Yan said: "I have to think carefully about how to take a good photo of you, to capture your style and temperament."

"I'm already in a wheelchair, how can I still have any elegance and grace?"

Shi Tiesheng couldn't help but laugh at himself.

Fangyan said: "You don't have the final say. It's up to me as a photographer and some female comrades to decide."

“I’ll shoot it the way you say.”

Shi Tiesheng smiled and said, "I believe you!"

"That's right, let's start shooting now."

Fangyan patted his shoulder.

"Tie Sheng, look here, look here."

"Take another one, change the pose, like this."

"........."

Watching Fang Yan taking photos of Shi Tiesheng, Lu Yao said leisurely, "If you guys come to northern Shaanxi in the future, please let me know in advance so I can do my best to be a good host."

"Northern Shaanxi..."

Shi Tiesheng couldn't help but feel excited. Not only was that the place where he had worked in the countryside before, but Northwestern University was also there. But when he looked at his legs, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Go, everyone go, Tiesheng will go too."

Fang Yan looked at him and smiled brightly, "I can carry it on the train, right, Tie Sheng?"

At this moment, Shi Tiesheng felt that there were two suns in his eyes, one was the sun in the sky, and the other was the dialect around him.

From body to mind, the whole person feels warm.

At the age of 21, my legs betrayed me.

But I didn't expect to meet such good friends.

(End of this chapter)