Literary Master 1978

Comrade Chaoyang's loyal performance moved Tao Yushu so much that he enjoyed the tenderness that night.

Then, he took on the arduous task of creating a drama for the Chinese Department of Yanshi University, and it was the kind that did not get paid.

This is the power of love.

Two days later, Lin Chaoyang went downstairs from the second-floor library to prepare for dinner. Hu Wenqiong said to him: "Chaoyang, this issue of "Literary Newspaper" has a review of "The Wreath Under the Mountain"."

It has been nearly one and a half months since the publication of "The Wreath Under the Mountain". The eighth issue of "People's Literature" that published the novel has sold more than one million copies during this period, creating the highest sales volume in the history of the publication.

This novel has been widely welcomed by readers and has also formed a great influence among the people, but the voice in the literary world does not seem to be as loud as among the reader group.

During this period, although many local newspapers and literary journals have published review articles on "The Wreath Under the Mountain", there are few heavyweight reviews.

Military novels or reportage have not been particularly popular in the literary world, and are often considered by some readers and literary circles to lack literary and ideological qualities because of the official nature of the works.

Although "The Wreath Under the Mountain" has made a great breakthrough compared to previous works of this type, the prejudice in the literary world will not disappear overnight.

After dinner, Lin Chaoyang found this issue of "Wenyi Bao". After taking a look, he knew why Hu Wenqiong specifically mentioned this review to him.

"The Most Magnificent and the Most Precious - Reading the Novella "The Wreath Under the Mountain", author Feng Mu.

A famous literary activist, critic, and essayist, this is only Feng Mu's achievement in literature and art. He is also the editor-in-chief of "Wenyi Bao" and the deputy leader of the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

With Feng Mu's fame and status, the weight of this review is self-evident.

In particular, he gave a very high evaluation of "The Wreath Under the Mountain" in the article.

"This is indeed a good work, a work filled with lofty revolutionary sentiments, a work that can improve and purify people's ideological realm, and a work that truly excavates and reproduces the magnificent and precious spiritual qualities of our heroic soldiers."

Feng Mu was the first big man to speak out for the novel after the publication of "The Wreath Under the Mountain", and his review article is also the most important review article about "The Wreath Under the Mountain" so far.

After reading the article, Lin Chaoyang felt a lot more relieved.

Who doesn't want his novel to be popular with readers? Who doesn't want his novel to be highly praised?

Thanks to Comrade Feng Mu, it was another day full of emotional value.

That afternoon, Li Shuguang called the library's communication room and told Lin Chaoyang that the subscription volume for the single volume of "Little Shoes" had come out.

36,561 copies.

This number may seem insignificant, but the subscription of the publishing house these days is probably equivalent to the reservation of the video platform in the future. Under normal circumstances, the final sales results will be much higher than this number. The specific amount depends on the quality and influence of the novel itself.

The subscription volume is more than 30,000 copies, which is definitely the level of a bestseller.

In the past few years after Buzz Buzz Buzz, Chinese people have set off a reading trend, and various classic masterpieces have sales of hundreds of thousands or millions of copies.

In comparison, the sales of contemporary literary works are not so outstanding. The sales of most of the less famous contemporary literary works are less than 10,000 copies.

The better ones are only tens of thousands of copies, and only those works that have formed a certain influence nationwide will have sales of 100,000 copies.

Since the publication of "Little Shoes" in "Yanjing Literature and Art", it has aroused a huge response among readers. The current issue of the magazine that published the novel has sold more than one million copies.

According to Li Shuguang's estimate, it should be easy for the single volume of "Little Shoes" to sell more than 100,000 copies. If it is more, no one can say for sure.

After sharing this happy news with Lin Chaoyang, Li Shuguang told him that the single volume will be sent to Xinhua Bookstores in various places in two days, and it should be on the bookshelf of the bookstore in another week. At the same time, Li Shuguang did not forget to mail him two sample books.

"What did the army say about the single volume of "High Mountain"?" Li Shuguang asked.

"Look at my memory, I forgot to ask. Wait for me for a while, I will ask you right away."

Lin Chaoyang hung up the phone, called the military district, and contacted Du Ruolin.

Hearing that Renwen Publishing House was going to publish a single volume of "The Wreath Under the High Mountain", Du Ruolin pondered and said: "Publishing a single volume is the right thing to do, after all, it is such a good work, but don't worry about it."

Du Ruolin obviously had something to say, and judging from his attitude, it must be a good thing, but it may not be convenient to say it now, so Lin Chaoyang did not ask.

"Well, I will reject Renwen Publishing House first."

"Yeah."

After getting Du Ruolin's reply, Lin Chaoyang called Li Shuguang again.

Knowing that the army seemed to have ideas about "The Wreath Under the High Mountain", Li Shuguang felt regretful, but he could do nothing about it. After all, at this time point this year, this novel is indeed a little sensitive.

Two days later, Lin Chaoyang received the manuscript fee and sample book for the publication of the single volume of "Little Shoes".

Just like the publication, the manuscript fee was 7 yuan per thousand words. The full text of "Little Shoes" was 58,000 words, and the manuscript fee of 7 yuan per thousand words was 406 yuan.

Last time Tao Yushu counted his savings, not counting the 500 yuan given by Lin's father and mother, the couple's savings were close to 950 yuan.

In the past few months, "Little Shoes" and "Wreaths under the Mountain" have contributed more than 900 yuan to their small family, and Tao Yushu has also earned nearly 100 yuan from writing reviews. Adding the surplus salary and student aid, the couple's savings now have steadily exceeded the 2,000 yuan mark.

After calculating this number, Tao Yushu jumped up excitedly and pulled Lin Chaoyang around in circles.

"Are you so happy?" Lin Chaoyang put down his pen and matched her dancing posture.

"Of course I'm happy. 2,000 yuan, if we work, we may not be able to save so much money in ten years."

Tao Yushu's body stopped and looked up at Lin Chaoyang, "Chaoyang, you are awesome!"

"Yeah, I think so too."

"Haha!" Tao Yushu laughed wildly, "Arrogant!"

In addition to being happy, Tao Yushu began to imagine their future life.

"When we have our own house, we don't need to buy a bed anymore. We can just move this one over there, as well as this wardrobe and desk.

But we need two big bookshelves, preferably the kind that covers one wall. The bookshelf at home is too small, and the space is small.

We also need to buy a TV, which costs another three or four hundred yuan..."

After calculating, the longing on her face turned into distress, "I thought we had a lot of money, but how come we can't spend it after calculating?"

"It takes other people decades to save up these belongings, but we only save them in one or two years. What else can we be dissatisfied with?"

Tao Yushu recalled what she said and laughed, "It seems to be true."

The next day, Tao Yushu went out in the morning and took out one of the two single volumes of "Little Shoes" sent by Renwen Publishing House and sent it to the Northeast.

This has become her habit. Whenever Lin Chaoyang's work is published, she will always send a copy to Lin Erchun and his wife who are far away in the Northeast.

In addition to sharing joy, doing this also makes the two old people feel at ease.

The son entered Yanjing and became more and more promising. They have no reason to worry.

The only problem is that in the recent correspondence, Ms. Zhang Guiqin's words and deeds have become increasingly wild. Lin Chaoyang and his wife can imagine through the text that she is now domineering in Xiaoyangtun.

In the past two days, in order to strengthen the professional ability of the librarians, the library specially asked two senior librarians with strong professional ability, Kan Fajian and Cheng Sumei, to train everyone.

Although Lin Chaoyang has been in the library for a year, he is also a new librarian and is naturally included in the training.

The training lasted for two days, which is equivalent to two days of fishing.

Just after get off work that day, Lin Chaoyang came out of the library and met Xie Daoyuan waving at him.

"Director!"

"Let's go for a walk together."

Lin Chaoyang followed Xie Daoyuan out of the library.

At present, the autumn in Yanjing has passed more than half, and the autumn atmosphere in Yanyuan is strong.

The broad leaves of the trees on campus gradually turned golden, including yellow yew trees and maple trees, which continued to form a flame-like red, from Yanyuan to Weixiuyuan, extending northwest to the Summer Palace, Yuquan Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain.

The sky was full of yellow and red overlapping, with clear layers and elegance, forming the most beautiful autumn scenery in Yanjing.

"I heard from Lin Geng that you often go to the Chinese Department to audit classes." Xie Daoyuan asked.

"Thanks to my colleagues' help, I have time to attend classes."

Going to the Chinese Department to audit classes was the green light Xie Daoyuan gave Lin Chaoyang. He was able to maintain his unremitting learning enthusiasm, and Xie Daoyuan was very pleased.

"I went to the Chinese Department and sat there for a while that day. Hong Zicheng praised you for your profound knowledge of contemporary literature. It seems that you have really studied hard."

"Brother Zicheng, you are too kind. I just happened to be writing, and there is such a convenient environment as the library."

Xie Daoyuan nodded, "Not bad. Speaking of which, your situation is somewhat similar to that of Professor Jin Kequn back then. It's okay to have a low starting point. The most important thing is to be attentive. Now it seems that you are indeed talented and have achieved so much in such a short time."

Lin Chaoyang tasted Xie Daoyuan's words. The word "as expected" concealed a lot of information. The first reaction in his mind was that Father Tao must have praised himself in front of Xie Daoyuan.

"It's all thanks to you and the teachers."

Xie Daoyuan smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, don't say these polite words."

He added: "I called you here today because I have something to tell you. At the beginning of next year, the library department will resume correspondence enrollment. Although you may not continue to develop in this direction in the future, it is always helpful to get a diploma."

Although the library department is not a popular major, it is after all under the name of Yanda, and the correspondence degree is not rampant these days. It is much more important than in later generations. There are really units that recognize it.

According to Xie Daoyuan, the enrollment scope of the correspondence major of the library department is not wide. It is mainly for library staff within the scope of Yanjing City. The librarians of Yanda Library are close to the water and get the moon first.

Although the correspondence class requires examinations, the content of the examination is almost all the daily work and experience accumulation of the librarians. In addition, with advance preparation, it is almost equivalent to no examination.

As the saying goes, it is really easy to get things done if you have someone in the court.