Literary Master 1978

That night, Lin Chaoyang told Tao Yushu about Du Feng and Tao Yucheng's visit during the day. She couldn't help but frowned and asked, "It's better for my sister-in-law to run this video hall than my eldest brother, but we have to pay for it..."

"It's borrowing money."

Tao Yushu blinked and looked at him, "Is it a big difference?"

Lin Chaoyang touched his nose, and it was indeed not big.

"This kind of help will only help this time." Lin Chaoyang said.

Tao Yushu nodded and said, "Of course. It's just a matter of feeding him food. If he doesn't make money, he will be a teacher in the future."

"He is still a teacher now!" Lin Chaoyang said mischievously.

Tao Yushu couldn't help laughing when she thought of the scene where her husband and cousin worked together to persuade her ambitious eldest brother to quit.

After laughing, she asked again: "Do you think there is something wrong with Du Feng's idea?"

"What's the problem?"

"He wants to find someone to partner with to open a video hall, quickly expand the scale, and share the profits.

But the problem is that the investment in a video hall is not big or small. Judging from the current situation, a video hall will pay back in two or three months, at most half a year. People will make money, so they won't have other ideas?"

Tao Yushu's thinking is very sharp, and he immediately found the most fatal problem in Du Feng's idea.

He has almost no constraints and control over his partners. Once a partner has a different mind, he can dismantle his platform at any time and start a new business.

"When doing business, how can you think of things perfectly from the beginning? You always have to work hard to become strong." Lin Chaoyang said calmly.

Tao Yushu looked at his expression and asked, "You thought about it a long time ago, right?"

"It doesn't matter whether I thought about it or not. What's important is that Du Feng himself has this awareness, otherwise he will suffer in the future."

Originally, Tao Yushu still blamed Lin Chaoyang for not reminding Du Feng, but after listening to her husband's words, she suddenly understood.

People teach people with a hundred words, but things teach people once and for all.

Seeing her in deep thought, Lin Chaoyang teased, "I think you have more business acumen than Du Feng, or you can go into business too."

Tao Yushu immediately shook her head, "I can't do it."

"I think it's okay. In the future, you will be a strong woman, and I will be the man behind you, eating soft rice and hard food."

His jokes made Tao Yushu laugh, "Hahaha! You just talk nonsense all day long, oh, I'm laughing to death!"

Be serious, I'm not kidding.

Lin Chaoyang silently said in his heart.

This morning, Lin Chaoyang accompanied Xiao Dongdong to play in the yard. The 17-month-old boy ran like the wind, accompanied by a burst of innocent and crisp laughter.

"Dad! Dad!"

Although he couldn't say a complete sentence yet, he had called out the word "Dad" very clearly. He ran and shouted, meaning that Lin Chaoyang should chase him.

Lin Chaoyang pretended to chase him, and he was so scared that he quickly raised his two short legs, and his laughter was deformed, but he didn't forget to look back, but he accidentally fell to the ground.

Lin Chaoyang hurried forward, and when he was next to him, his steps slowed down.

"Why don't you get up?"

At this time, Xiao Dongdong made a "big" shape on the ground, with his head buried in the ground, and he didn't respond to his words.

"You should lie down where you fell for a while, right?"

Lin Chaoyang didn't help him, just squatted down and looked at him.

After a while, Xiao Dongdong finally raised his head, pouting his lips, his eyes full of grievances. As soon as he opened his mouth and shouted "Dad", tears poured down from his eyes like a flood.

This kid took after his mother, with a pair of big eyes, and he was pitiful when he cried.

Lin Chaoyang gently hugged him, "Look at your feet when running, don't look around, so that you can fall less."

It is common for children to fall. Lin Chaoyang's teachings sounded vague to him. He only knew that his father was holding him, and he felt much better.

He cried twice, but before the third cry came out, his tears stopped, and he struggled to run out of Lin Chaoyang's arms.

"Dad! Dad!"

He ran out again.

The father and son played like this for a while, and Xiao Dongdong's physical strength was exhausted. He lay in Lin Chaoyang's arms, nodded for a while, and fell asleep.

Lin Chaoyang had just put him back on the bed when he heard some noise at the gate. When he got to the gate, he saw Li Shifei from Huacheng and another old man.

"Chaoyang!" Li Shifei was very happy to see Lin Chaoyang. He greeted him and introduced the old man next to him to him, "This is Su Chen, the president of our Huacheng Publishing House."

"Hello, President Su!"

"Comrade Chaoyang is too polite. Just call me Lao Su."

After a few pleasantries, Lin Chaoyang invited the two into the main room.

When entering the courtyard, Su Chen's eyes swept over the plants and trees here, full of the interest of life.

After they sat down in the house, Lin Chaoyang served tea to the two of them and said with a smile: "This year's pre-rain Longjing, Lu Wenfu just sent it to me a few days ago."

Li Shifei took the first sip and said with a refreshed spirit: "You still know how to live! We are just surviving at best."

Su Chen also took a sip of the tea and felt the fragrance lingering on his lips and teeth, refreshing and comfortable. He didn't know how to taste tea, so he just said: "Good tea!"

"It's just drinking tea, why do you have so much to say. It's their tea that's good, but it's a pity that our water in Yanjing is not very good, so such good tea is wasted."

"You still say you don't know how to enjoy life? We have never been picky about water when we drink tea."

"Haha!"

After joking for a while, Li Shifei took the initiative to talk about the situation after the publication of "Crossing Guandong".

It has been a full month since the second issue of "Flower City" magazine was released this year. This issue is almost the same as a special issue. Except for the first half of "Crossing Guandong", there is only one Xiangjiang novel and an article from "Flower City" Editorial Department The comments occupy very little space.

The author of one of the commentary articles is Li Shifei. After reading "Enter Guandong" on New Year's Eve, he was so emotional that he couldn't control himself, so he wrote this article quickly - "A New Epic of Magical Realism".

The article praised the grandeur and historical narrative of "Crossing the Guandong", and even claimed that "Crossing the Guandong" is one of the best novels in the contemporary Chinese literary world in the past ten years.

To be honest, Lin Chaoyang was a little embarrassed when he saw this review written by Li Shifei. Such a naked compliment almost overwhelmed Li Tuo.

After the publication of this issue of "Flower City", the sales volume successfully exceeded 1 million copies in just half a month. So far, the total print volume entrusted by Huacheng Publishing House to the printing factory has reached 1.75 million copies.

At this rate, it will be easy for this issue of "Flower City" to sell more than 2 million copies. Only the final sales volume is still unknown, and no one dares to kill it.

What excites "Flower City" the most is that only the first half of "Crossing Guandong" has been released, which means that the next issue of the magazine will still reach the current sales volume, or even go further.

Because the reputation and influence of the novel continue to grow, more and more readers will come to read it in the future.

"When I was reviewing the manuscript of "Crossing Guandong", I thought that this novel would be very popular, but the current results are far beyond my expectations!" Li Shifei said with a face full of amazement.

After talking about sales, Su Chen talked about the response of "Enter Guandong" in the literary world.

More than a month before the publication of "Crossing Guandong", Lin Chaoyang proposed the literary concept of "root-seeking literature", which caused a lot of controversy in the literary circle. There were both supporters and critics. Those who opposed and criticized can be said to be There was an uproar, and Lin Chaoyang's criticism was bloody.

This kind of public opinion battle is different from the elimination game. It does not mean that the more people agree with you, the scolding will disappear. On the contrary, the scolding may become more fierce because of the voices of those who agree.

However, in the period after the publication of "Crossing the Guandong", the critical voice of the literary circle towards Lin Chaoyang and "root-seeking literature" has indeed become quieter.

It’s not that those people stopped scolding, it’s because their voices were cut off by a thick barrier when they were conveyed to the readership.

And this barrier is exactly "Breaking Through Guandong".

"Crossing the Guandong" has received rave reviews since its publication, and it happened to be published after Lin Chaoyang proposed the concept of "root-seeking literature." Those supporters of root-seeking literature wittily raised this big banner in their arguments with opponents. The flag is coming.

Don’t you say that root-seeking literature is a restoration of the dross of traditional culture and a new type of isolation?

look! The pioneering work of root-seeking literature is here!

Take a closer look, is that true?

Using an epic work like "Enter Guandong" to refute the opinions of those who oppose it is somewhat overkill, but the effect is unexpectedly good.

After all, the novel is here. Who dares to criticize the artistic level of "Enter Guandong" without conscience? Who dares to deny the artistic value of root-seeking literature?

The publication of "Crossing Guandong" can be said to have provided fans of root-seeking literature with an unstoppable weapon, cutting down those who opposed it.

At present, only the first half of the novel has been published. When the second half is made public, the literary circle and readers will probably praise this novel to a new level.

By then, those opponents may be even more powerless to defend themselves.

One can only murmur a few words in defense like Kong Yiji's, "Crossing Guandong cannot be equated with root-seeking literature," and "Isn't it also learning from Latin American literature? What kind of root-seeking is that?"

After chatting for a while about the outside world's response to the novel, Su Chen said with a blushing face: "I read the novel carefully. Your novel will definitely have a place in the next Mao Dun Literary Award!"

Lin Chaoyang quickly said a few words of modesty upon hearing this.

Li Shifei and Su Chen came up and told a lot of good news first. The atmosphere of the conversation was extremely harmonious. After taking another sip of tea, the atmosphere fell into silence for a short time. Li Shifei said at this time:

"Chaoyang, I have written you a letter before, and you must have guessed it. Lao Su and I came here mainly to talk to you about the publication of "Crossing Guandong"."

Lin Chaoyang nodded slightly, "I thought of it. Our previous cooperation can be said to be pleasant. If we can continue to cooperate, of course I will be happy."

Just listen to this scene. Li Shifei clearly heard Lin Chaoyang emphasize the word "if".

What is "if"? You must agree to his request for royalties!

Royalty payment was the first of its kind in China's publishing industry. Even though they had a tacit understanding before coming here, when it came time to talk about it, Li Shifei and Su Chen were still in a mess.

Lin Chaoyang's expression was still calm and relaxed, calm and fearless, but in the eyes of the two of them, he was full of confidence.

The novel is popular, are you amazing?