The literary era since 1979

Chapter 41 The Attack of the Young General

On April 4, the afterglow of the setting sun fell.

Fangyan's shadow was stretched out long. He had dinner at home before returning to the training institute. On the way, he happened to bump into Mo Shen, Jiang Zilong and others who were going to the cafeteria. He nodded and greeted them.

"Yanzi, Teacher Xu will come to your dormitory to see you this afternoon."

Mo Shen relayed, "He asked you to come to his office tomorrow. It seems like there's something important."

Important matter?

Fangyan frowned, and countless guesses emerged in his mind.

But when I actually met Li Qingquan, Xu Gang and others the next day, I realized that they were talking about the revised draft of "The Counterfeit".

Originally, it was the author Fangyan who should have gone to Shanghai, but due to his studies, he could not spare the time. The editorial department of Harvest specially sent Li Xiaolin and others to Beijing. The fact that they even went to the extent of sending editors shows how much importance the editorial department of Harvest attaches to Fangyan.

"Your novel certainly deserves that."

Li Qingquan encouraged: "But I hope you won't be satisfied with this. Do you still remember the request I made to you at the beginning of the school year?"

"Complete and publish at least two novels before the end of the semester." Fangyan smiled awkwardly.

"I heard from Yanru that you have already prepared a sister volume of 'Secret Calculation' for 'Yanjing Literature and Art', called 'Listening to the Wind', right?"

Li Qingquan stared at him with a smile.

Fang Yan nodded: "When I was conceiving "Secret Calculation" and reading materials, I accidentally came across "Sanshan Office". I considered using this as the master version of the story of Unit 701 and writing another novel."

"Really? You really don't want to split one manuscript into two?"

Xu Gang cast a meaningful look.

"how can that be possible."

Fang Yan's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained unchanged: "'The Secret Calculation' is about undercover work, and 'Listening to the Wind' is about anti-espionage work. No matter what, it is impossible to write one."

"Teacher Xu was just joking with you."

Li Qingquan and Xu Gang looked at each other. "This time, I asked you to come here, in addition to telling you that the editor of Harvest wants you to revise the manuscript, there is actually another matter that the institute wants to discuss with you."

Fang Yan asked curiously, "You tell me."

"Now that you have completed a work, we hope that for your next work, you can consider trying a novel."

Li Qingquan smiled kindly.

"You want me to write a novel?"

Fangyan's face changed in shock.

The length of a short novel is at least 100,000 words, but the word count is not the most challenging factor for writers. After all, they can learn from Lu Xun to write a low word count.

"There are two trees in front of my door, one is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree."

What a novel truly tests is the writer's overall ability, as it requires the writer to present and analyze society's contradictions and characteristics from multiple perspectives.

It can be said that the novel is a standard for literary masters.

All great writers who can become world literary giants have at least several representative long works, such as the long masterpieces of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and others.

Lu Xun was criticized for not having any novels, and Li Ao simply felt that he was not worthy of being called a writer or a great literary giant.

But it is not so easy to write a novel. Generally, you need to accumulate enough experience in short stories and novellas.

Unless this person is cheating!
"I know this may be a bit much for you."

Li Qingquan sighed, "But this is also a kind of helplessness. Now the long novel is declining. Those who are capable of taking up the responsibility are either dead or old. We can only place our hopes on you, the newly rising young generation. I hope someone can take up the responsibility."

"So you chose me?"

Fangyan raised his eyebrows and said, "Mr. Li, you are really good at judging people!"

"Yes, you are one of them!"

Xu Gang said firmly: "From our observations these days, among this group of students, only you and Jiang Zilong are capable of writing a novel. Especially you, whose "Secret Calculation" you just completed shows us your potential." "Does it have to be completed before the end of the semester?"

Fangyan frowned.

“It’s not a hard requirement.”

Xu Gang replied: "After all, your semester is short and your courses are tight, so you don't have much time to conceive and write a novel. The institute just hopes that you can make this attempt. If you can write, then write. If you can't, that's fine too. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"Of course, the institute will provide all the help it can."

Li Qingquan looked serious.

"Don't say that. The more you say it, the more pressure I feel."

Fangyan pretended to be nervous for a moment.

"A great man once said that people will not make progress without pressure."

Li Qingquan patted his shoulder and said, "The first draft of "Secret Calculation" is still in your hands, right?"

"exist."

Fangyan was wondering why they were suddenly talking about this again?
"Make a copy, write neatly and erase as little as possible."

Li Qingquan took out a brand new green graph paper from the drawer and said, "Copy it and give it to us. We will be very useful to you."

Seeing their mysterious look, Fang Yan couldn't help but ask a question, and the answer he got was to find him a teacher to guide him in writing novels.

Of course, it's not just about opening a back door for him alone.

The literature institute follows the old Russian teaching model, with large classes in the early stages and the tutor system of the research institute in the later stages.

A novel is like a graduation thesis.

However, unlike graduate students, you don’t have to worry about your name being taken away, nor do you have to worry about working for your bosses for nothing. By becoming a disciple of these teachers, you will only receive the care and attention that a disciple deserves.

"Then my teacher is..."

When Fangyan heard that he was going to find a teacher for himself, he became excited.

"Look at you, you're in a hurry."

Li Qingquan shook his head and laughed.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Xu, I really want to improve."

Fangyan grinned.

Xu Gang said: "We haven't decided on your teacher yet, but if you are interested in writing novels, the institute will help you find a mentor who can guide and help you and help you improve!"

"I dare not say too much. I will do my best for this novel."

General Fang said this with great confidence, and he has the confidence to do so.

If nothing unexpected happens, I would choose "The Hidden Corner", the pinnacle of spy war literature, bar none.

An Infernal Affairs that combines undercover and counter-espionage.

Unlike "The Counterfeiter", where the characters are portrayed in black and white, with positive and negative roles clearly visible at a glance, "The Hidden" is more complicated.

One of the typical representatives is the webmaster Wu Jingzhong.

From interpreting "uniting the will and protecting the leader", it became "if a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth". Perhaps when the webmaster was young, he was also a replica of Li Ya.

Originally, the novel "Lush" was just a short story, with only more than 1 words, and there were only six or seven characters in total.

But if it is written according to the TV series version, it will definitely meet the requirements of a novel.

Once this "Infernal Affairs" novel "The Hidden" was published, together with the previous "Undercover" novel "The Counterattack" and "Anti-Spy" novel "Listening to the Wind", these three novels will lay a solid foundation for the framework and foundation of spy war literature.

From now on, anyone who wants to write a spy novel must worship the ancestor of dialects.

The father of spy warfare, well deserved!
(End of this chapter)