The literary era since 1979

With the official release of "Chinese Writers", "Hunting" exploded in the literary circle like a bomb!
The shock wave spread from Yanjing to northern Shaanxi.

As soon as Chen Zhongshi saw "The Hunt", he put aside the "White Deer Plain" he was reading and read it over and over again.

Adhering to the idea that "happiness is better shared than enjoyed alone", I couldn't wait to share this novel with Lu Yao.

Fortunately, when I visited him, Lu Yao had just woken up.

From the day he started writing "Ordinary World", he wrote from evening to day, and then slept from day to afternoon. He did this almost every day for more than two years. He would not rest until he completed the task of at least 5000 words. He even ate steamed buns and green onions to save time.

It made me feel like I had a serious illness, and sometimes I was so tired that I couldn’t even lift my head.

When Chen Zhongshi saw his sickly appearance, he was shocked:
"Lu Yao, are you sick? Why are you like this?"

"fine."

Lu Yao waved his hands weakly and said, "I was just busy finishing the novel recently and stayed up a few late nights."

Chen Zhongshi helped him to the bedside and said, "You must take care of yourself. Your health is the capital of the revolution."

"I know I know."

Lu Yao was lying on the bed. "I'm not in a hurry. I agreed with Yan Zi that I would write a masterpiece that surpasses Life before I turn 40, and then have him publish it in People's Literature. But now, I'm still standing still, while Yan Zi has left me far behind. If I don't catch up, I'm afraid I'll never be able to catch up with him in this life."

"That's not true. Looking at the entire literary world, there is hardly anyone who can compare with Iwako in terms of output."

Chen Zhongshi said a few words to comfort him.

"And the quality is also the highest standard in the entire literary world, and it is the benchmark for us Chinese writers!"

Lu Yao rubbed his bloodshot eyes and said, "To be honest, the pressure brought by Yanzi is one of the motivations for me to work so hard."

"I may not have felt the same way as you before, but now, I suddenly feel this pressure as well."

Chen Zhongshi felt the same way and said, "I even began to doubt whether the magical realist novels I wrote in seclusion could be as good as his."

Lu Yao was very curious: "Why do you say that?"

"Yanzi recently published a masterpiece of magic, no, hallucinatory realism!"

Chen Zhongshi handed over "Chinese Writers".

Lu Yao was greatly shocked, as if he had suddenly regained consciousness, and his tired body immediately became energetic.

At this moment, Jia Pingwa, Mo Shen and others came to the Shaanxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles at the same time, as if they had discussed it beforehand. Under the pretext of visiting, they shared the dialect version of "Hunting" with their friends. All of a sudden, the cave where Lu Yao lived became lively and noisy.

Everyone was discussing "The Hunt" closely, such as human nature and animal nature, human nature is good and human nature is evil, children's words are innocent, etc.

These topics are also being paid attention to and hotly debated by editors, writers, critics, theorists and others from all over the country.

Moreover, attention was also focused on several other literary theories on "illusionary realism" published in the same issue of "Huaxia Writers".

One of the articles was even a brief talk written by Fangyan himself. Just like when he introduced "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and magical realism into China in "October", he once again set off a trend of illusion realism based on "magic realism".

Feng Mu naturally did not miss this great opportunity to make a name for dialects, hallucinatory realism, and Chinese Writers.

In the name of the editorial department of "Huaxia Writers", a dialect creation seminar was hosted at the Yanjing Overseas Chinese Building.

Wang Zengqi, Zhang Guangnian, Ding Ling, Wang Meng, Shi Tiesheng, Zhong Acheng, Lei Da, Zeng Zhennan and others who attended the event all gave high praise. "The Hunt is a chilling novel that reveals the complexity of human nature and the ruthless siege of individuals by society through a simple lie, making people feel the despair of human nature and the cruelty of society in a shudder. From beginning to end, there is no bloody description."

"There is only the entanglement and contrast between truth and lies, good and evil, which analyzes the soul and questions human nature, presenting readers with a real yet absurd, fictional yet realistic, dew-like and lightning-like white snow town world."

"The last gunshot at the end of the novel is the highlight of the whole work. Even after reading the novel, the gunshot will linger in the reader's mind for a long time and is difficult to dissipate. All questions return to one question: 'Is human nature good or evil?'"

"........."

“The Hunt is undoubtedly the best Chinese literary work that localizes magical realism!”

Not only did the Literary Gazette report the article in full, but newspapers such as the Literature Newspaper, Wenhui Daily, and Yenching Daily also commented extensively on it.

After all, such a novel is unique in the entire literary world of the country.

After reading "The Hunt", many writers had the same thought in their minds: Damn, can novels be written like this?
For a time, dialect pointed out a completely new literary path for a large number of pioneer writers who were fascinated by and studied magical realism.

Just when everyone wanted to get more insights and opinions about hallucination realism from Fangyan, he just left.

He packed his luggage early and headed south with Bai Ruoxue and Han Yuemin to eastern Guangdong.

Han Yuemin was attending this year's autumn meeting to seek overseas cooperation for 101 Hair Growth Liquid, especially in the Japanese market.

Fang Yan and Bai Ruoxue only stayed in Guangzhou for a day or two, and then took a boat back to Hong Kong.

At this time, wherever there was a radio in the streets and alleys, you could often hear the Cantonese or Mandarin version of "A Man Should Be Self-reliant". The major cinemas in eastern Guangdong were still showing "Once Upon a Time in China and America", and film runners carrying copies could be seen everywhere.

Ever since dialects provoked a nationwide debate on "entertainment films" at the beginning of the year, the situation has become increasingly clear.

Nowadays, the movies that are selling well and attracting the most viewers are basically entertainment films, and almost all of them are kung fu films, such as "The Flying Thief of Mount Emei", "The Kapok Robe", "The King of Southern Fist", "The Shadow of the Gorge", "The New Fong Sai-yuk"...

Although they are not mature commercial films, they undoubtedly show that the general public has unprecedented enthusiasm and demand for entertainment films.

The last straw that broke the camel's back for the anti-entertainment film camp in the film industry was "Once Upon a Time in China II". Not only were there all kinds of astonishing box office data and positive news that were frequently reported back to the mainland from Hong Kong, but the film also broke the copy record of "Shaolin Temple" in the mainland.

The number of 16mm and 8.75mm copies both exceeded 2500!
The number of 35mm copies also made it the first film in China to exceed 500 copies!

Facts speak louder than words. After half a year of fierce debate on entertainment films, the entertainment film faction finally won a great victory. More and more studios reduced their investment in art films and put more entertainment films, especially kung fu films, on their filming plans, such as "Yellow River Hero" from Xi'an Film Studio.

The only drawback is that when "Once Upon a Time in China" was released, it just missed the selection of this year's Golden Rooster Awards.

Bai Ruoxue couldn't help but feel sorry for Gong Xing. With the image of "Auntie Thirteen", she would have had a chance to defend her title of Best Actress again.

"If there is no golden rooster, there are still flowers."

Fang Yan said: "Don't feel sad for your sister Gong Xing. At worst, there is still "Stewardess". It should not be a problem for her to be nominated for the Feitian Award."

"When I get to Hong Kong, I will tell Sister Gong Xian all the good news I heard in the mainland."

A smile appeared on Bai Ruoxue's lips.

"You have to talk, but you also have to do it."

Fangyan looked at the gradually darkening sky and said, "We have to hurry up and operate the Japanese yen in September." (End of this chapter)