Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 82 I'm Determined to Be This Couple

Lin Chaoyang's answers to the first and second questions were brilliant, and the audience below were very excited.

The questioners were enthusiastic, but the time for the speeches was limited. After Lin Chaoyang answered questions from five people, Zhang Youhua had to interrupt the questions, explaining that the time was limited and ending the speech.

Many people in the audience did not get the opportunity to communicate with Lin Chaoyang, and their faces were filled with regret and reluctance.

"It's done so quickly!" Wang Xiaoping exclaimed.

"I guess I'm afraid I'll reveal my true level if I continue."

Cha Jianying's sarcasm caused her friends to roll their eyes. Seeing that Wang Xiaoping was about to criticize her, she decisively admitted her mistake and said, "Well said! Well said! Is that all right?"

"How sarcastic!" Wang Xiaoping replied.

Cha Jianying was harsh in his words, but thinking back to Lin Chaoyang's wonderful performance in his speech and answers, he actually admired him in his heart.

Even compared with Zhao Zhenkai, he is not much inferior.

"Chaoyang, you said it very well!"

After stepping down from the rostrum, Zhang Youhua spoke to Lin Chaoyang sincerely.

Several other core members of the May Fourth Literary Society nearby also made such comments. Everyone saw the reaction of the audience just now.

This was the first time that the May Fourth Literary Society organized such a large-scale event, and the results were unexpectedly good.

Lin Chaoyang had a relaxed smile on his face, "Thank you everyone."

The speech had just ended and the dining hall was noisy. More than 2,000 students had gathered here and could not get out for a while. The members and security personnel stationed at the door were guiding everyone to leave.

"There are so many people!" Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but say something as he listened to the commotion at the door.

"You have great appeal! We didn't expect so many people would come today," said Chen Jiangong.

Lin Chaoyang said a few words to Chen Jiangong, then waved to Tao Yushu who was not far away, "Yushu!"

Wu Yingfang was excitedly discussing her experience with Tao Yushu about her speech. When she saw Lin Chaoyang greeting Tao Yushu, she asked in surprise, "You also know Xu Lingjun? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Tao Yushu didn't answer her and pulled her in front of Lin Chaoyang.

"This is my classmate Wu Yingfang." She introduced Lin Chaoyang, and then said to Wu Yingfang: "This is my husband Lin Chaoyang."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and extended his hand to Wu Yingfang, "Hello, Yingfang!"

Wu Yingfang shook hands with Lin Chaoyang blankly, and squeezed out a few words from between her teeth with difficulty, "Husband...husband?"

"Yeah. I didn't have the chance to meet you classmates before, and Yu Shu couldn't introduce us. Today we finally got to know each other, and we'll have dinner together later."

Looking at Wu Yingfang's expression, Lin Chaoyang found it hard not to suspect that the introduction and meeting just now was another good show directed by her. His wife was becoming more and more adept at using this routine.

After digesting it for a while, Wu Yingfang finally accepted this reality and whispered to Tao Yushu.

"Why did you marry Xu Ling...Lin Chaoyang? How did you know each other? Why didn't you tell me before? Tell me now!"

Countless mysteries lingered in Wu Yingfang's mind, and her eyes were eagerly seeking Tao Yushu's answers, like a hungry child.

"How can I tell you?"

Tao Yushu found her expression very interesting and wanted to tease her, as she had been waiting for this game of chess for a long time.

"Yushu~" Wu Yingfang pulled her hand and said coquettishly.

Lin Chaoyang was not in a position to participate in the whispers between his female classmates, and could only watch his wife toy around with Wu Yingfang.

What an immature and bad taste!
"Chaoyang!"

Lin Chaoyang heard his brother-in-law's voice through the crowd. He turned around and saw him waving at him with his wife and children.

"What you said just now was really good, and you were very gentlemanly! I didn't realize that you are usually very quiet, but you are not at all stage-frightened in such a big occasion." Tao Yucheng praised.

"Thank you, brother!"

After saying a few words, Tao Yucheng saw that there were many people around Lin Chaoyang, so he said, "You go ahead and do your work. We'll talk about it when we get home."

"it is good."

After Tao Yucheng finished speaking, he led his wife and children and followed the crowd to the door, where he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.

"Hey, Zhao Li, look, is that mom?"

Zhao Li followed his gaze, but before she could say anything, Tao Yucheng shouted, "Mom! Mom!"

Amid the noise, Tao Yucheng's voice was exceptionally clear.

The figure didn't turn around, but walked even faster.

"Hey, isn't it mom? I think she looks quite similar. Mom!!"

Zhao Li shook her head speechlessly. Are they quite similar?
"Stop shouting." Zhao Li stopped her husband's recklessness, "You are seeing things."

"Really? I think he looks like him."

The dining hall, which had been bustling for the whole morning, was finally empty before lunch, and Lin Chaoyang could finally walk out of the dining hall.

He was surrounded by several core members of the May Fourth Literary Society, as well as Tao Yushu and Wu Yingfang.

A group of people walked to the door of the dining hall. Lin Chaoyang saw a familiar figure and stopped.

"Old Liu!"

Liu Xinwu came forward with a smile on his face and said, "I just listened to the speech. It was really good."

"I'm just showing off my skills in front of an expert." Lin Chaoyang was humble again and again, and then he said to Tao Yushu: "Yushu, you two can go shopping first, and we will meet at the bell pavilion later."

Tao Yushu responded and took Wu Yingfang away. Seeing that Lin Chaoyang had something to discuss, several people from the May Fourth Literary Society also said goodbye and left.

Lin Chaoyang and Liu Xinwu strolled and chatted towards Weiming Lake.

"Lao Liu, congratulations! Your Class Teacher has won an award."

"Thank you. That's why your novel was not included in the review."

Just a few days after the last meeting, the first National Excellent Short Story Award Ceremony was held in Yanjing. This award was jointly organized by the People's Literature Publishing House and the Chinese Literature Association. It was also the first national novel award in China. This year was the first award ceremony. The scope of the selection was short stories published or published after September 77 and October 9. Lin Chaoyang's "The Horse Herder" was only published in November last year, so it was naturally not included in the selection.

A total of 25 short stories won awards this year, including Liu Xinwu's "Class Teacher" and several other well-known scar novels.

Although the country has announced reform and opening up, the deep-frozen land cannot be completely thawed in a short time. In a sense, the holding of the National Excellent Short Story Award can be regarded as a harbinger of spring for the literary and art circles.

It can also be seen from the list of winning works this time that this award is generally very social in nature and relatively less literary in nature.

After chatting for a while, Liu Xinwu asked, "It seems that you are not optimistic about the prospects of scar literature."

“Well, the rise of scar literature has a strong sense of catharsis and rebellion, but from the reader’s perspective, this emotion cannot last long.

From the author's perspective, too thin material is not a long-term solution. It is very dangerous for writers to fall into a certain pattern of creation."

"You're right."

Lin Chaoyang's words won Liu Xinwu's approval. After "Class Teacher" became famous, he has been trying to escape the creative bottleneck created by scar literature. However, perhaps because of the outstanding reader response and industry evaluation of "Class Teacher", the quality and response of Liu Xinwu's works in the past two years have not reached the level he is satisfied with.

Liu Xinwu confided his thoughts to Lin Chaoyang and said with envy: "Chaoyang, I really envy you!"

"What do I have to envy?"

"The success of The Horse Herder is obvious to all, but you have no attachment to it. You resolutely abandoned all the glory and wrote a work like The Little Shoes."

Liu Xinwu was filled with emotion. "I just finished reading Little Shoes yesterday. It left a deep impression on me. It is fresh, meaningful, warm and sunny. Looking at the contemporary Chinese literary world, the style of this work is unique. Your transformation this time is really successful!"

Liu Xinwu praised it so highly that Lin Chaoyang had to be polite and modest. Then he said, "In fact, I never thought about whether it is scar literature. I only care about whether it is a good story and a good work."

“Good story, good work.”

Liu Xinwu chewed over Lin Chaoyang's words, his heart full of admiration.

After talking about his speech and creative experience, Liu Xinwu finally talked about the main topic of his visit today.

"Have you written any works recently?"

“Writing a novel about the war in the South.”

Liu Xinwu was a little surprised, "Why would you write something on this subject?"

Lin Chaoyang then told Liu Xinwu about his brother-in-law Du Feng. Liu Xinwu nodded and said, "I see. You have never had any experience or accumulation in this area. It must be difficult to write about it, right?"

"Not bad. I collected a lot of information, and I got into the state of writing as I was writing."

Liu Xinwu asked with some expectation: "Write this work and hand it over to us October!"

Then he added, "We pay the highest standard of royalties."

Customers who proactively raise the price are good customers, but for the sake of caution, Lin Chaoyang still said: "You also know that this novel may be a little sensitive. After I finish writing it, I have to submit it to the army for review. I can't agree to it now."

When Li Xiaolin came to Lin Chaoyang to ask for an article, he politely declined and said that he was not lying when he said that he would leave the manuscript to October.

It's just that the content of this novel is somewhat sensitive, so I can't say anything definitively right now.

Hearing this, Liu Xinwu also understood, and he said: "I understand, just think of us when the time comes."

"it is good."

Before leaving, Liu Xinwu suddenly asked Lin Chaoyang: "Chaoyang, I think the content of your speech is very good. How about publishing it in our publication?"

Can PPT be exchanged for money in this day and age?

"This...isn't appropriate?" Lin Chaoyang said reservedly.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to earn royalties, he just thinks it’s not a good idea to use second-hand things to fool people.

"What's inappropriate about that? Your point of view is very insightful. It can be said to be a good summary and prediction of scar literature. It should be read by readers and critics."

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang was still hesitating, Liu Xinwu said tentatively: "A speech with thousands or tens of thousands of words is not cheap!"

His words were like the devil's whisper, shaking Lin Chaoyang's weak will.

Yes, you can be hard on anyone, but you can’t be hard on the royalties!
"Okay, I'll sort out today's speech later."

Liu Xinwu showed a proud smile. After the first cooperation, how long would the second one be?
After seeing Liu Xinwu off, Lin Chaoyang found Tao Yushu.

"We are short on time today, so let's go to the Changzheng Restaurant for a bite to eat."

The speech ended at half past ten, and Lin Chaoyang chatted with Liu Xinwu for more than an hour. It was already twelve o'clock, and it was too late to go into the city for dinner, Lin Chaoyang suggested.

Several people came to the Changzheng Restaurant at the south gate outside the school. When ordering food, Wu Yingfang's eyes fell on Lin Chaoyang from time to time, full of curiosity.

After ordering the dishes, she asked, "Comrade Chaoyang, what were you thinking at the time? Aren't you afraid that Yushu will run away? You actually rushed to find review materials for her?"

Obviously, in the past hour or so, Wu Yingfang has fully understood the various experiences of Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu from falling in love to getting married.

Lin Chaoyang thoughtfully poured a cup of hot water for the two of them and said, "Can you stop me if I want to run? I believe in Yu Shu!"

Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Tao Yushu's eyes were filled with sweetness.

Wu Yingfang was caught off guard by the dog food. She wanted to stop asking questions, but she couldn't resist her curiosity.

It's not news that a professor's daughter fell in love with a country boy, and it's not news that they got married. In recent years, there have been many news reports of educated youth marrying local people, some of whom came from extraordinary backgrounds.

But what is rare is that Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu can trust each other and support each other all the way to where they are today.

Even as a bystander, Wu Yingfang could imagine the family pressure that Tao Yushu had to endure when he made the decision to bring Lin Chaoyang back to the city.

She could also understand the discomfort Lin Chaoyang felt after coming to Yanjing. Not only did he resist the rumors from the outside world and the pressure from his mother's family, he also showed his talent in a short period of time, which rewarded Tao Yushu's persistence.

As soon as Jinfeng Yulu met, they won but countless on earth.

This famous quote that has been passed down through the ages suddenly floated through Wu Yingfang's mind. It was the most appropriate sentence to describe the love between Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Tao Yushu again.

All along, Tao Yushu has given her the impression of being diligent and studious. In the past, she only knew that Tao Yushu seemed to come from a good family. It was not until today that she learned that she was the daughter of a professor at Yan University. It was also only today that she learned about her legendary and unforgettable love story with her husband Lin Chaoyang.

A woman's emotions are always particularly overflowing when she is imagining things. In Wu Yingfang's eyes at this moment, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu are the embodiment of all the beautiful love in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, and they are sacred and inviolable.

I’m definitely into this couple!
(End of this chapter)