The literary era since 1979

"Buzzing."

The roar of the motorcycle echoed in the street, instantly attracting the attention of pedestrians on both sides of the road.

Liu Sola parked his car in the open-air parking lot of Renwenshe, took off his helmet, carried his guitar case, and strode towards the building.

Ever since I received a call from Zhu Wei and learned that "You Have No Choice" had a chance to be published in "People's Literature", I have been extremely excited.

His steps were brisk, but his heart was beating fast.

When he appeared in the editorial office, countless eyes immediately came over from all directions.

Zhu Wei, who had been waiting for a long time, came forward and introduced himself, "You are Liu Sola, Teacher Liu?"

"Hello, Director Zhu."

Liu Suola's tense nerves relaxed.

"Please follow me. Teacher Fang has been waiting for you in the office."

Zhu Wei pointed to an empty space and said, "You can put the guitar case here first."

At the same time, in the deputy editor-in-chief's office, Fang Yan was thinking about his next work in "Mystery World".

After weighing the pros and cons, we are ready to go a step further and move the detective crime novel towards the police and criminal investigation novel.

Nowadays, public security work is quite mysterious to ordinary people because the ins and outs of solving cases are generally not publicized to the public.

It was not until the late 80s and early 90s that documentary crime dramas based on various major cases were gradually launched.

"Chang'an Chase", "121 Major Case", "Thirteen Murder Cases", "Red Spider", "Black and White Fight", "Yanzhao Criminal Police", "Criminal Investigation Case No. 918", "Anti-Crime Storm", " Major Case Documentary", "Serious Case Group "...

Among the earliest criminal investigation works, the TV series "Criminal Police 803" produced by Shanghai People's Broadcasting Station is one of them.

Fangyan is planning to write an IP novel about police and criminal investigation similar to "Criminal Police 803" and "Serious Crime Unit ". Even if he does not have time to update it in the future, he can ask a writer like Lu Haiyan who is good at public security themes to write it for him.

As for story themes, they are inexhaustible.

After all, under the current crackdown situation, public security officers across the country have successively solved a series of major cases.

Moreover, it can be further extended in the direction of forensic reasoning, such as "Forensic Files" and "CSI", which are an elite team of forensic evidence investigation experts who search, analyze and interpret evidence at the crime scene.

With this thought in mind, a new concept of "Serious Crime Unit 6" slowly emerged in Fangyan's mind.

Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupted his endless reverie.

"Teacher Fang, the people have arrived."

"Please come in."

Fang Yan walked towards the door and saw Zhu Wei leading Liu Suola in.

Just as Chen Xiaoman, Wang Fu and others described, just by looking at his appearance, one would think that this person is flamboyant, rebellious, avant-garde and cool.

The two shook hands politely and got to know each other.

Fangyan asked casually, "I saw in your letter that you are a music teacher at Minzu University. I wonder which music school did you graduate from?"

"I am a student of the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, Class of 77, and I am taught by Mr. Du Mingxin."

Liu Sola replied that her classmates included Qu Xiaosong, Tan Dun and others, who were all prototypes of the characters in "You Have No Choice".

Haha, this is still a magical class!
Fangyan raised his eyebrows. These students will become the backbone of Chinese music composition in the future.

While pouring water, Zhu Wei asked, "Teacher Liu, do you like to play rock music?"

“I was playing when I was in school.”

Liu Sola said frankly that she not only played alone, but also formed a band with her childhood friends in the compound. She had short hair, wore flowered shirts and bell-bottom pants, carried a guitar, and played it everywhere, becoming a well-known rebellious and avant-garde "hippie generation" in the compound.

Fangyan laughed and said, "No wonder there is a rock and roll agitation and rebellious spirit in your manuscript."

Liu Sola took the enamel cup handed to her by Zhu Wei and said, "To be honest, I wrote this manuscript because of you."

Fang Yan was stunned. "Because of me?"

"That's right!"

Liu Sola said, "I see that a great writer like you knows so much about music and can write lyrics, so I wonder if those of us who come from a music background can also try to write novels with music as the theme like you do." Zhu Wei asked, "Teacher Liu, have you ever been exposed to avant-garde literature or the 'Beat Generation' before?"

Liu Sola nodded, "I wrote this piece in imitation of the literature of the 'Beat Generation'. I wrote it just for fun at first, but then I got more and more involved in it. I poured out all the depression and emotion I had felt over the years. It took me more than two months to write."

Then he took a sip of water and said, "I realized something was wrong when I finished writing it. Can my novel really be considered literature?"

“In it, you use the voices of many characters to criticize, question and oppose the education model of the conservatory of music.”

Fangyan narrowed his eyes into slits.

"Yes, I feel like there are many things that I just can't help but express."

Liu Sola said: "In fact, when I wrote this novel, I was never exploring literature. I was just making music in the form of literature."

Fang Yan and Zhu Wei looked at each other and asked, "Can you elaborate on this?"

“Let me give you two examples.”

Liu Sola said: "I agree that music students should understand literary theory, but there is no need to memorize from Chapter 40 to Chapter 10, which are all useless things such as the main viewpoints of philosophers and the ideological achievements of natural scientists."

After extending the first finger, immediately extend the second one.

Since the music education model at the time was based on Big Brother's, the classical music taught was basically Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and others. Petty bourgeois music such as Debussy was strictly prohibited, not to mention "rock music" which was regarded as heresy.

“Popular music was also a forbidden zone in the first two years.”

She looked at Fangyan with admiration, "But fortunately, thanks to your persistence and promotion, Teacher Fang and Teacher Li Guyi, popular music and pop music are no longer 'yellow songs' whether in colleges or outside of colleges."

"You're too kind. The lifting of the ban on popular music is due to the efforts and hard work of everyone."

Fang Yan waved his hand and said, "I just contributed a little bit."

Liu Sola's tone was full of anticipation: "Teacher Fang, what do you think of rock music?"

Fangyan did not answer but asked: "You are so fascinated by rock music, why don't you mention anything about rock music in your novel?"

"Didn't you just say that there is a rock and roll vibe in my manuscript?"

Liu Sola said: "I think it is more important to write about the spirit of rock than to write about rock directly. I also want to tell readers what the music and sounds of the 1980s were like."

Zhu Wei asked curiously, "Why did you choose the name "You Have No Choice"? Is there any deep meaning?"

Liu Sola explained: "When I was in school, a music professor once said to me, who was playing rock music at the time, 'Study hard, you are destined to be a classical musician, you have no choice'. I still remember this sentence."

Fang Yan said: "Life is a choice. Even if you don't choose, it is still a choice. Sometimes there is no choice."

Liu Sola's eyes lit up instantly: "Yes! That's right! You said it very well!"

Fangyan smiled and said, "Then would you like to use this as the core and revise your article "You Have No Choice"?"

"How do you think we should change it?"

Liu Sola blinked, her clear eyes filled with confusion.

Fangyan first explained the literature of youth pain, and then changed the subject: "Pain is pain, but I hope the intention is positive, just like the protagonists in your novels, who are confused but have pursuits and passions, and even if they are rebellious, they are also idealistic."

Although Liu Sola didn't understand, she was deeply shocked.

"I have a direction here, which is the story of a group of characters who study classical music and form a rock band."

Fangyan handed over a piece of paper, and the template on it was the classic rock movie, "School of Rock".

A fictional music school, known as the "cradle of classical music talents" because of its calm and solemn teaching style.

A music teacher came in the new semester. His arrival was like a spring breeze. He broke away from the seriousness and rigidity of traditional prestigious schools and encouraged students to find the passion for music from rock and pop music, inspiring their love and pursuit of life.

However, this unconventional educational method eventually caused a campus storm.

Liu Sola scanned the pages quickly, but when she saw that she needed to design a rock song, she became troubled.

"This...this...Teacher Fang, but I can't compose rock music."

"Of course I have considered this, so I plan to find you some helpers."

Fangyan raised a smile, and immediately thought of Cui Jian and his Qiheban band. (End of this chapter)