Literary Master 1978

The biggest advantage of being a teacher is that you have many holidays, including national statutory holidays and winter and summer vacations.

During the National Day holiday, Tao Yumo was on vacation and came to Lin Chaoyang's house to eat and drink. At the same time, he took on the task of taking care of Xiao Dongdong.

After working for more than a month, her cheeks became visibly thinner.

At first, Tao Yumo still took the school bus to and from get off work every day, but later he couldn't hold on for less than a week.

The Haidian campus of the University of Political Science and Law is more than 40 kilometers away from the Changping campus. She has to get up before six o'clock every morning to go to work, and it is almost seven o'clock when she gets home at night.

If this were future generations of college students, they would probably be happy with it. After all, it is such a good job.

But how could college students in the 1980s ever receive such treatment?

Helplessly, she could only live in the school dormitory while working, and return to Yanjing on weekends.

"Alas! Even though the work in Changping is far away, the food is much worse than that in Haidian. No wonder the teachers at our school don't want to go there. I've been starving and thin for more than a month."

Tao Yumo's cheeks were bulging, and he did not forget to complain about his treatment at the workplace.

Tao Yushu's whole life was filled with internal problems. How could he listen to her words?

"Do you think you go to work to enjoy yourself? The difficulties you are facing are temporary, and working hard is the right thing to do."

"Did I say I don't work hard? Now I'm talking about the working environment!"

After working for a month, Tao Yumo became much more courageous than before, and he had begun to learn to refute his sister.

"With so many complaints, how can your work attitude get any better?"

Tao Yushu exposed the loopholes in his sister's logic in one sentence, and Tao Yumo muttered dissatisfied: "You are the only one who loves your job and is dedicated to your job!"

Tao Yushu was right. She was indeed not very motivated at work.

She and Zha Hai were promoted to the University of Political Science and Law, and were assigned to the school journal. They had to stay here for a full year before they could become full-time students.

Tao Yumo was interested in literature when she was happy and in college. It was mainly influenced by her family and classmates. Now that she is working, her hobby has turned into work, and she has no motivation.

"After this year, I will apply to the school to return to the Haidian campus when I become a full-time student." Tao Yumo made up his mind while chewing his rice.

Tao Yushu shook his head when he heard this, expressing his deep disgust at his sister's indolence and indolence.

Seeing her expression, Tao Yumo felt unhappy and muttered: "You are amazing! You work hard! Aren't you taking advantage of my brother-in-law?"

The mosquito-like sound fell into Tao Yushu's ears, attracting her cold eyes.

"If you have the ability, find one!"

Tao Yumo shut up obediently, but he was replying in his heart.

Unlike you, I rely on my ability to make a living!

"Hey, brother-in-law, I heard that a Western restaurant has opened on Chongwenmen West Street." Tao Yumo said to Lin Chaoyang.

This past September, a French restaurant with an inconspicuous appearance officially opened for business at No. 2 Chongwenmen West Street, not far from Cuihua Hutong.

This restaurant named Maxim is Pierre Cardin's first investment in China, and it is also the first Sino-foreign joint venture restaurant in China. The Chinese investor is the Second Service Bureau of Yanjing City.

Lin Chaoyang, who was flipping through the newspaper, looked calm, "What's so strange about a Western restaurant? It's not like you've never eaten there before."

"This is a serious French restaurant, what is it called? Oh, yes, Maxime.

Lao Mo's food is all Russian food, not serious Western food. "

Tao Yumo and her generation's impressions of Western food are basically limited to a few Russian restaurants such as Moscow Restaurant, Peace Hotel, and Dadi.

Going to Lao Mo and Peace Hotel for a Russian meal was of course very prestigious in the past, but after Maxim appeared, the quality of these Russian meals suddenly dropped.

Lin Chaoyang glanced at her, and as soon as his sister-in-law raised her butt, he knew what she was going to do, but he didn't say anything.

Tao Yumo continued: "In two months, my eldest nephew will be one year old, so we have to celebrate it properly."

"Maxim's per capita consumption is one to two hundred, you are really good at choosing places."

Seeing that his little thoughts were exposed, Tao Yumo chuckled twice, "I'll just say it casually."

"Whatever you say is fine, I have to go have a meal."

Lin Chaoyang's words made Tao Yumo's eyes light up. She was just about to say "brother-in-law is wise" when she heard Lin Chaoyang said: "When you make money in the future, you must treat me and your sister to have a meal. By the way, there is also your elder sister." nephew!"

Tao Yumo's face suddenly fell, and he said solemnly: "I...how much is my salary?"

Tao Yushu looked at her mockingly, "Let you also experience the feeling of being eaten and drank!"

"Huh!" Tao Yumo let out a dissatisfied snort as his sister and brother-in-law jointly sanctioned him.

After National Day, Lin Chaoyang received a letter and several sample books from Li Shifei from Guangzhou.

Two months ago, Li Shifei came to Yanjing to discuss with Lin Chaoyang the publication of "The Boat Ferry", "Little Shoes" and "Wreaths Under the Mountain". However, the sample book he sent this time only contained "Little Shoes". and "Wreaths Beneath the Mountains."

Lin Chaoyang figured out what was going on after reading the letter.

The reason still lies in the content expressed in "The Story of a Crossing Boat". Although the plot of matricide is not explicitly included in the novel, the implicit meaning has been criticized by some readers since its publication.

Especially female readers who are married and have children discuss this part of the plot the most fiercely.

Originally, this kind of voice was limited to rational arguments, and did not have much market or influence. After all, the vast majority of critics and readers rated "The Story of a Crossing Boat" very highly.

But the problem happened when Huacheng Publishing House had completed the third review and third proofreading of the manuscript and was preparing to apply for a book number from the Publishing Bureau.

At a provincial meeting in late August, a leader of the Avengers publicly criticized the content of "The Ferry" that alluded to matricide.

After the meeting, the magazine "Family" sponsored by Guangdong Avengers also wrote an article based on the leader's speech, criticizing the unfriendly values ​​reflected in "The Ferry".

The publication volume of "Family" is not large, and the coverage is limited to GD Province, but its readers are mostly women. After the publication of this article, it caused a relatively large response.

Huacheng Publishing House did not take this article seriously at first, until they applied for the book number of "The Ferry" from the provincial publishing department and were rejected, they realized the seriousness of the problem.

The application for a book number was rejected, which was the first time since the establishment of the company.

Huacheng Publishing House is a professional publishing house separated from Guangdong People's Publishing House. It is also one of the few large publishing houses in GD Province. Of course, it is impossible to suffer in silence when such a thing happens.

After some communication, the publishing house finally figured out that it was the female comrade in charge of the review who was influenced by the article and believed that "The Story of the Boat Crossing" had the problem of promoting matricide, and rejected the application of Huacheng Publishing House.

After learning the reason behind the incident, Huacheng was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

But this is not a big deal after all. With the status and strength of Huacheng Publishing House in the Guangdong publishing industry, it is naturally impossible to be stumped by such a small matter.

After the communication, there was a tacit understanding and re-apply.

However, in this case, the publication of "The Story of the Boat Crossing" may have to be postponed to November.

There is actually no need to explain this incident, but the new book "The Story of the Boat Crossing" was not published, but the two old books "Little Shoes" and "Wreaths under the Mountain" were published instead. Li Shifei wrote to Lin Chaoyang to explain the situation.

After reading the letter, Lin Chaoyang was a little bit amused and cried. Fortunately, it was just a misunderstanding, and it didn't matter if it was published later.

Lin Chaoyang wrote back to Li Shifei, and did not say anything about the postponement of the publication of "The Story of the Boat Crossing", but mentioned the royalties again.

Li Shifei's letter also mentioned the sales of "Little Shoes" and "Wreaths under the Mountain" in the past month after their release. According to feedback from Xinhua Bookstore, the sales of "Little Shoes" are about 18,000 copies a month.

"Wreaths under the Mountain" is much more powerful. The first print of 100,000 copies was sold out in the first month of its release, and its performance was as strong as before its publication.

These two old books, which have been published for more than four years, can still achieve best-seller levels, which is enough to show the excellence of the works themselves and the recognition of readers. Lin Chaoyang will naturally not miss this opportunity to brainwash and put pressure on Li Shifei.

In addition, Li Shifei's letter is most concerned about the progress of Lin Chaoyang's new novel, with the example of "Crossing the Boat".

Both Li Shifei and Huacheng Publishing House are full of expectations for Lin Chaoyang's new work.

After all, a novel can replace the efforts of "Huacheng" for more than half a year, so their attention and urging are understandable.

Lin Chaoyang has been writing the new novel for several months, and the progress has not been fast. The main reason is that Lin Chaoyang is cautious in writing.

It is not easy to write a work like "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Although he can learn from the wisdom of later generations, he dare not be careless.

In the first few days of creation, he can write more than 10,000 words a day, and write until his middle finger hurts and his shoulders ache, because he has the support of the preparation work in the previous months.

After a week, after the accumulated materials and passion were released, his speed slowed down.

When it is more, it is 6,000 to 7,000 words a day, and when it is less, it is 1,000 to 2,000 words a day. From time to time, he has to take time to conceive the subsequent plot and character arrangement, and review the previous loopholes.

Fortunately, after a few months, the text created has exceeded 400,000 words, which is getting closer and closer to the goal planned by Lin Chaoyang.

Lin Chaoyang did not mention the specific content and progress of the creation in his reply. Some writers like to discuss these things with editors, but Lin Chaoyang will not do so.

Therefore, Li Shifei always believed that it would take Lin Chaoyang three to five years to write this novel. Every time he wrote to inquire about the novel, he would ask Lin Chaoyang not to rush at the end of the letter, and Lin Chaoyang planned to give him a surprise after the novel was finished!

Three to five years is impossible. Even the longest novel can't last more than a year.

A few days later, the new issue of "Yenching Literature" was published. Tao Yushu bought a copy on the way to work and brought it to the office.

Putting down her briefcase, she wiped the table and watered the flowers in the office before sitting down.

After sitting down, he did not review the manuscript as usual, but opened this issue of "Yenching Literature".

Her eyes passed the "Prose", "Novel", "Poetry" and other columns in front of the catalog, and stopped at the "Comment" column -

"Notes on Reading Novels 1"

The name of the article is very simple, but the person who signed it is not ordinary - Xu Lingjun. This article is the article that Tao Yushu asked Lin Chaoyang to help her write a few months ago.

Since the article is named "Notes" and contains the word "one of", it is naturally not one article, but an indefinite series of reviews.

This is Lin Chaoyang's little idea. Anyway, he wants to promote writers that his wife values, so he might as well promote more of them. This title is just an opening. He can write an article for whoever he wants to promote in the future.

After writing the article, Tao Yushu did not publish it in "People's Literature", but gave it to Zhang Dening, asking her to help publish it in "Yenching Literature". The effect of self-praise is definitely not as good as the praise of others.

The content of "Notes on Reading Novels 1" is not long, only about a thousand words, and it writes about the reading experience of two short stories.

One of these two novels comes from the local magazine "Lianchi" and the other from "People's Literature", but the author is the same person.