Back to 80: My Literary Life

After the discussion, Shang Zhongmin left his speech and hurried away. He said that he rushed back to Chongqing because he was worried about being expelled if he missed school for a long time.

"Editor Fang, welcome to Chongqing. Although I don't agree with some of your poetry concepts, I still agree with some of them. Spoken poetry is not the same as saliva poetry. There is a very big difference between spoken poetry and saliva poetry. big"

Seeing that Shang Zhongmin was going to talk incessantly again, Fang Minghua smiled and said: "Shang Zhongmin, are you not planning to return to Chongqing?"

Shang Zhongmin chuckled: "Let's go! Goodbye!"

After saying that, he carried his yellow satchel and strode out.

"Editor Fang, he seems to be still not convinced." Zhang Yanqian looked at Shang Zhongmin's back and said.

"How could someone like him change his views so easily?" Fang Minghua said with a faint smile: "My target is not him either. It is enough if these views can influence some readers and poets."

This small-scale poetry seminar at Western University was quickly reported by reporters, and the contents of the two people’s speeches were compiled and published in the “College Student Poetry” published by Yanhe magazine in June. "Special Account" has attracted the attention of poetry theory circles.

With the discussion surrounding the development of modern poetry, the terms and views of the "third generation poetry movement" and "post-mist poetry" appeared in front of the public for the first time.

Of course, what makes Fang Minghua happy is that this special issue has been a huge success, the circulation has increased dramatically, and Xinhua bookstores from all over the country have urgently requested more copies.

A large number of young poets, such as Haizi, Xichuan, Luo Yihe, Zhang Zao, etc. in the special account, began to appear collectively in the domestic poetry circle, and the poetry world was prosperous.

The poetry world was stirred up by this special issue of "Yanhe" magazine. The novel world was relatively quiet during this period, but in June, two top domestic publications, "Harvest" and "Contemporary", released their own long novels that caused a stir. The novel world was shocked.

"Harvest" published a stream-of-consciousness style novel "The Legend of Wukong" in its novel special issue in the first half of this year.

"Contemporary" published the first part of a realistic novel "Crossing Guandong" in its sixth issue this year.

One is from the south and the other is from the north, one is a avant-garde work, and the other is a realism theme. The two are completely unrelated, but readers discovered that they are actually from the same author.

Fang Minghua!

Oh my God

How could two novels with completely different styles be written by the same person?

It immediately aroused discussions among readers.

Fang Minghua knew about this because Bai Miao told him.

At noon that day, Fang Minghua took a nap, yawned and sat down in his office. Before he had time to drink some water, the office door was pushed open and Bai Miao rushed in happily, holding two magazines in his hand. .

The first words he said when he saw Fang Minghua were: "Minghua, treat me!"

"Hey, Brother Bai, did I just invite you a few days ago? Why are you asking me to invite you again?"

"The treat last time was because of the poetry theory written by You, and this time it's this!" Bai Miao put two magazines in front of Fang Minghua.

One is "Contemporary" and the other is "Harvest", and two of his novels are published on them.

this?

"Okay, I beg you." Fang Minghua was helpless.

"If you can't do it once, you have to ask twice!" Bai Miao looked envious: "Look, "Contemporary" and "Harvest" can publish novels in these two major magazines at the same time. It is unprecedented and unprecedented, and it is probably the only one that can be published. You, Fang Minghua, are alone."

This is indeed a bit of a coincidence.

When "Contemporary" and "Harvest" magazines called him separately to tell him the publication time, he didn't pay much attention to it. Only after thinking about it did he realize that they were all together.

Of course it wouldn't be intentional, the editors of the two companies are not that boring.

Please, please.

Anyway, I didn’t do anything with my little bit of dead wages, I spent all of it on entertaining guests.

Fang Minghua's "Crossing Guandong" aroused praise from readers, calling it "a classic work with epic character and temperament that has left a mark in the history of literature."

"I have traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers just for this piece of land, a free world and a free home.

Which side is the wanderer's home? Looking back, his hometown is far away, and looking up, the road ahead is still unclear.

Even if only falling down is the end, I only have a future and no past. "

But "The Legend of Wukong" published in "Harvest" caused a stir.

The person who reacted most violently was not ordinary readers, nor writers or commentators in the literary world, but an actor.

Xinjiang, Flame Mountain.

The Flame Mountain, also known as the Chishi Mountain, is located in the northern part of the Turpan Basin and was a must-pass for the ancient Silk Road. It is located on National Highway 312, and there are almost no people except for the occasional large truck running on the road.

But these days, it seems a bit lively, because CCTV director Yang Jie brought the crew of "Journey to the West" here to shoot the very classic "Three Borrows from the Banana Fan" scene.

Although it is summer now, the temperature difference between morning and evening is huge here. It is extremely hot during the day but very cool at night.

The filming work was hard and boring, but the crew and actors were very enthusiastic, especially the young actor Zhang Jinlai, who was only 24 years old and played the role of Monkey King.

Zhang Jinlai was born in a family of monkey kings and was sent to him by the old monkey king "Six-year-old boy" Zhang Zongyi. Zhang Jinlai inherited the monkey king kung fu from his father. He is very enthusiastic about filming and cherishes this role very much.

Chatting, playing poker, and reading have become pastimes for the crew during filming.

Zhang Jinlai is from Shanghai. Of course he likes to read some newspapers and magazines published by Shanghai. However, it is difficult to read books and newspapers in this remote place. Two days ago, the crew went to Turpan to buy some supplies and bought him a new book by the way. Bring back the novel supplement of "Harvest".

He felt like he had found a treasure, and when he was not filming, he would find a quiet place to watch.

Today, he looked at it and suddenly roared: "Which little red guy wrote this? What nonsense!"

His words surprised everyone who was filming. Even Yang Jie looked at him in confusion: "What's going on?"

"Director Yang, look!" Zhang Jinlai came over angrily holding the magazine and handed it to Yang Jie.

Yang Jie was a little curious, took it over and flipped through a few pages, then frowned.

This adaptation of "Journey to the West" is terrible.

But Yang Jie has experienced a lot in her life, what hasn’t she seen? After only reading a few pages, he returned it to Zhang Jinlai: "He wrote his story and we filmed ours. Why are you angry? As long as you can play Sun Wukong well."

"That won't work! My dad has been playing Sun Wukong since he started, so we can't let him change it randomly!" After saying that, he left angrily.

"What are you going to do?"

"I want to write an article and criticize!"

Fang Minghua saw this article written by Zhang Jinlai in the letters column of the literary review section of Guangming Daily. The words were very fierce.

Seeing this name, Fang Minghua knew who it was. His objection was not a matter of whim, it would only happen sooner or later.

However, what surprised Fang Minghua was that this article did not arouse much response or support from many readers.

Oh, by the way, "Journey to the West" hasn't aired yet, and he's not famous yet.

Of course, some experts in the "Literary Review" journal criticized him for tampering with famous works and tarnishing classics. However, the majority of readers were not "incomprehensible" like "The Sun Also Rises" and found it quite interesting.

As for literary and ideological aspects, that is a matter for experts and scholars to consider. I think it’s fine as long as it looks good!

As a result, letters from readers once again flew to the editorial office of Harvest like snowflakes, and some were even sent directly to Fang Minghua.

Among them, some readers lamented that Fang Minghua, you have gone too far when writing about stream of consciousness!

But I regretted it after writing it.

Obsessed?

What about that article "Crossing Guandong"?

A truly realistic work.