The literary era since 1979

Chapter 335 It’s dawn

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

Gong Xing woke up slowly, turned over, and seeing Fang Yan's silly look while sleeping, he picked up a lock of hair and scratched his eyes.

His eyelids moved slightly.

Then, the nostrils twitched slowly.

Fang Yan stretched out his hand and pulled Gong Xian, who was playing a prank, into his arms, "Stop making trouble and sleep for a while."

"It is late."

"Sleep a little longer. You stayed up a little late yesterday."

"Bah, you still have the nerve to mention it!"

Gong Xing blushed and gently pinched his waist, "I don't know where you learned such bad things..."

Fangyan blinked playfully, "I learned it all by myself! Did I learn something new?"

"you!"

Gong Xing pinched his waist fiercely a few times, "How dare you say that! You can say anything!"

Fangyan pretended to be in pain, and his facial features twisted into a knot.

"Why does it hurt? I'm clearly using my normal strength." Gong Xing quickly rubbed the place where he was pinched.

Fangyan smiled and said, "My waist hurts. I strained it last night..."

"Still saying it! Still saying it!"

Gong Xing stood up, not caring about the sudden exposure of his private parts, and grabbed the pillow, hitting his quilt-covered body with it.

Fangyan curled up in the bed, laughing non-stop, "Okay, okay, don't be angry, I'll give you a surprise, isn't that enough?"

"What surprise?" Gong Xing stopped.

Fangyan poked his head out from under the quilt: "Do you want to go to northern Shaanxi with me for a few days?"

Gong Xing asked: "Didn't you just come back from Chengdu? Why are you going to northern Shaanxi again?"

Fangyan told the truth, "One of the reasons is that the Xi'an Film Studio is about to complete the construction of the buildings needed for "Da Qin", and Director Wu and Mo Shen asked me to go over to take a look and chat about the filming details of the movie."

Then he held up his second finger, "Secondly, the article I wrote has caused a stir in the city, and the editorial department asked me to go to northern Shaanxi to avoid the limelight. It just so happens that northern Shaanxi is also the area I am responsible for."

"You really should stay out of the spotlight."

Gong Xing said: "Even Beijing Film Academy is discussing science fiction literature, science fiction movies, and your book Science and Technology is Productivity."

"Really?"

"Of course! You're still laughing. I was worried sick."

"Don't worry, this isn't the first time, and it certainly won't be the last."

Fang Yan covered her with the quilt. "I'm used to it. When The Great Qin Splitting was first published, the situation was much more dangerous than it is now, but I managed to survive it. Don't worry, nothing will happen this time."

Gong Xing held his hand tightly and said, "When are you going to northern Shaanxi? I ​​can ask Teacher Xie for leave."

Fang Yan said: "Well, I have to ask Tie Sheng about this."

"Tie Sheng?" Gong Xing was surprised.

"Yes, the most important reason is that I have an appointment with Tie Sheng to go to northern Shaanxi together."

In dialect, he said: "Go to Qingpingwan, meet friends through literature, and play football with Lu Yao, Jia Pingwa, Mo Shen, etc...."

Gong Xing's eyes widened. "Wait, wait, Tie Sheng is playing football?"

"That's right, he is our team's official goalkeeper. With him guarding the goal, who would dare to kick hard?"

Fangyan half-jokingly talked about the past when he played football with Shi Tiesheng and Jiang Zilong.

"You are too mean!" Gong Xing rolled his eyes. "Tie Sheng has a really good temper. Even in such a situation, he is not angry at all."

Fangyan stopped smiling and said seriously, "Tiesheng is a man with a strong heart. Most people who have suffered such hardships will have more or less distorted values ​​​​about the world, but Tiesheng is a man without malice. He has no complaints and is full of love for the world."

Gong Xing leaned on his shoulder and said, "Yes, when I read his prose, I never felt any complaints, only simplicity and beauty."

"So, as a good friend, we have to take him out for a ride." Fang Yan said playfully, "You definitely don't know that he has a female pen pal in northern Shaanxi who he has been communicating with for five years."

"Really?!"

"She is also an editor of a magazine. Tiesheng has always wanted to meet her but has never dared to. It is really Schrödinger's love." "What do you mean by 'Schrödinger's love'? You are talking nonsense again." Gong Xing reminded, "Also, don't mess around."

"Don't worry about that."

Fang Yan smiled mysteriously, "While it's still early, let's do a few more math problems."

………………

When I arrived at Renwen Press to work refreshed, the editorial office was full of people, all passing around newspapers.

"Teacher Fang, you're here just in time!"

As soon as Zhu Wei opened his mouth, pairs of eyes were staring at Fang Yan.

Fang Yan asked: "What's going on?"

"Good news! Great news!"

Zhu Wei handed over the newspaper.

Fangyan looked carefully and saw that the People's Daily made an important comment on his article "Science and Technology are Productive Forces" in the name of "Ren Zhongping", especially the sentence that appeared frequently in the article, "Science and technology are the primary productive forces."

"Yanzi, there is another good news."

Chen Xiaoman conveyed a piece of gossip.
Fangyan was surprised and happy.

It is foreseeable that public opinion will soon become one-sided!
Voices supporting the revitalization of science fiction literature will prevail!

With the sales of Science Fiction World increasing and exceeding 20 copies, science fiction literature magazines are about to usher in a small wave of re-publication.

The science fiction magazine that had to be discontinued for various reasons may be able to see the light of day again!

In this way, I might be able to bear the saying, "If Heaven had not given birth to a young general, Chinese science fiction literature would have been in darkness forever!"

"Look, those who used to oppose you in the newspapers are silent now." Chen Xiaoman glanced at Lu Shuyou, Yu Deli and others.

"This is a really good thing, worth celebrating, worth celebrating!"

Fangyan waved his hand and generously invited everyone to go to Donglaishun for a hotpot meal.

"Don't be impatient yet."

Chen Xiaoman asked Zhu Wei to get the manuscript. "There is a Yenching writer named Wang Shuo who specifically asked you to come and take a look."

"This guy is quite interesting."

As Zhu Wei opened the drawer, he said that Wang Shuo had originally submitted a manuscript to October, but when he heard that Teacher Fang had been seconded to People's Literature, he immediately changed his mind and personally delivered the manuscript to the editorial department. Unfortunately, Wang Shuo was on a business trip in Chengdu at that time.

Fang Yan smiled and said, "His debut work was published under my guidance. It's called The Story of the Seagull."

"No wonder he insisted that you be responsible!"

Zhu Wei quickly submitted the manuscript.

Fang Yan waved his hand and said, "No, Yanjing is not within my division of labor. Let's leave it to Teacher Liu and Wang Fu."

"It's what Jian Qing asked us to give it to you."

Chen Xiaoman said in a low voice.

Fangyan was inevitably surprised, and after asking, he found out that this was exactly what Wang Meng and Liu Jianqing had chosen.

Originally, Liu Jianqing wanted to allocate the Beijing-Tianjin area to himself, but he was already in charge of northern Shaanxi, Sichuan, eastern Guangdong, western Guangxi and other places. If he were to take on Beijing and Tianjin, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the old guys like Lu Shuyou and Yu Deli, so he secretly saved the country in a roundabout way.

Wang Fu and Chen Xiaoman, who were in charge of the Beijing-Tianjin area, were assigned to Fang Yan to assist and cooperate with his work.

So, once it comes to compiling manuscripts, commissioning manuscripts, revising manuscripts, etc., it is natural to look at the opinions of his direct supervisor.

After thinking about this clearly, I have to admire the wisdom of Wang Meng and Liu Jianqing.

"So, the Beijing-Tianjin area is also under your jurisdiction."

Chen Xiaoman smiled and said, "Director Lu, is this true?"

Lu Shuyou also laughed, "Yes, those who are capable should do more work. Teacher Fang is young and capable, so he should be given more responsibilities."

Ignoring the sarcasm in the words, Fangyan focused his attention on Wang Shuo's novel.

The title written on the first line is "Stewardess"...

(End of this chapter)