Literary Master 1978

Hong Zicheng, Xie Mian and others stayed at Tao's house for nearly two hours, and left at around 3:00 p.m. with a sense of unfulfilled desire. Today's conversation would inevitably produce several reviews or papers in a while.

In front of them, Lin Chaoyang was just like a boss in a game, purely used to gain experience.

After the few people left, Tao Yucheng said with a tone of amazement: "After the publication of "Crossing Guandong", Chaoyang's reputation seems to have risen to a higher level!"

"There is no level at all. It's just that everyone is curious about the work and wants to talk to me."

Tao Yucheng said: "Don't be modest. I heard a lot of discussions about your novel in our school, and it received rave reviews.

When the trend of root-seeking literature started a while ago, some students in our school scolded you. This time, when "Crossing Guandong" was published, there was no movement at all!"

Tao Yushu asked in confusion: "Is there such a thing?"

"Of course? Students believe everything they hear. Some time ago, there was a lot of noise about root-seeking literature, and some people just wanted to be different and join in the fun to criticize it. Judge Chaoyang in two sentences.

These days, when "Crossing Guandong" was published, everyone said that "Crossing Guandong" was the pioneering work of root-seeking literature, and those opponents wanted to criticize it but couldn't find an angle.

It's really well written, and I've been reading it recently. "

Tao Yumo echoed and said: "Originally, Yanjing Publishing House published "One Hundred Years of Solitude" this month, which caused a sensation among the students in our school. Those students who love literature almost all have a copy.

But this time, after my brother-in-law's "Crossing Guandong" was published, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" caused less noise among the student group in our school, and all of them discussed "Crossing Guandong."

The publication of "Crossing Guandong" suppressed the discussion of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" which had just been published, but this certainly does not mean that the former is better than the latter.

No matter how popular "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is, it is only the work of a foreign writer. Lin Chaoyang's accumulated reader base over the years since his debut is definitely not comparable to "One Hundred Years of Solitude".

However, from the perspective of public opinion dissemination, the influence of "Crossing Guandong" after its publication has indeed exceeded the level that ordinary contemporary literary works should have, and even exceeded the effect of any previous works of Lin Chaoyang after their publication.

For example, after the May Day holiday, an article "Crossing Guandong: A Shocking Artistic Peak" appeared in "Yanjing Literature", signed by Li Tuo.

This article was written by Li Tuo after he finished reading the full version of "Crossing Guandong" at Lin Chaoyang's house. The whole article is filled with irrepressible love for this novel and is full of praise. He even praised the author Lin Chaoyang to the extent that some people felt uncomfortable.

"…This is a grand national epic, a colorful and magnificent historical scroll. The full text of more than 600,000 words spans the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, spanning the two historical stages of the feudal era and the democratic republic.

In the past thirty years, the world has undergone vicissitudes, political turmoil, warlord separatism, and bullying by foreign powers... Ancient China has experienced one cruel and tragic ordeal after another.

Xu Lingjun condensed this era of great turmoil and great change into the rise and fall of a family between the white mountains and black waters. The conception is exquisite, ups and downs, and family hatred and national hatred are intertwined.

On the historical stage carefully constructed by Xu Lingjun, scenes of thrilling and deafening human life dramas were performed on the ancient land.

As far as the author's impression of the full text that he had the chance to read in advance, "Crossing Guandong" is undoubtedly an excellent literary work that combines historical depth, grand narrative and national cultural values...

All of this is of course inseparable from the contribution of the author Xu Lingjun. He has made great contributions to Chinese traditions. He has a profound understanding and unique insights into traditional culture, which has been fully demonstrated in his works.

He fully combines complex history with folk legends and local customs, showing a deep cultural heritage.

His superb narrative skills make the story rich and fascinating, the text is fluent and natural, and the structure is rigorous, which can make readers enjoy the reading process greatly...

The success of "Crossing Guandong" proves that Xu Lingjun has stood at the forefront of contemporary Chinese literature. He has profound thoughts, rich emotions, and full of humanistic feelings. He has contributed an outstanding treasure to the treasure house of Chinese literature and established an artistic peak that is difficult to cross for contemporary Chinese literature. It is worth cheering for all readers! "

The content of "Crossing Guandong: A Shocking Artistic Peak" is undoubtedly strongly subjective to the author. For many ideal writers and critics, Li Tuo's actions are obviously unfair.

It makes everyone feel a little disgusted, and it is simply without the character of a literati.

For the vast majority of simple readers, they have an inexplicable sense of refreshment, which comes from a strong sense of identity with consistent values ​​and aesthetics.

But while readers were pleased, they also had some dissatisfaction. Many readers wrote to the editorial department of Yanjing Literature to express their thoughts.

Only a small number of readers praised the content of the article. The rest of the letters mainly accused Li Tuo of spoiling the plot of the second half of the novel in the article. The readers' letters were full of dissatisfaction and indignation.

"Crossing Guandong" was published in "Huacheng" in two issues. Readers have only read half of the content now, and will not be able to see the full content until June 20.

The full text of "Crossing Guandong: A Shocking Art Peak" has tens of thousands of words. Although most of the content is explanatory, it inevitably mentions a little bit about the plot of the novel. Among them, more than 100 words summarize the second half of the novel. The plot of the department.

The novel was originally published in two installments, and readers were looking forward to seeing the second half soon, but Li Tuo suddenly made such a move, and those readers who had read the first half felt sicker than eating flies.

Spoilers, you either don't show any of it, or you show it all, half-covering it like you're constipated, half-covered, who are you disgusting with?

Letters like snow flew to the editorial office of "Yanjing Literature", and the readers' resentment and anger pierced everyone through the letter paper and words.

"Li Tuo has really stirred up a hornet's nest this time, everyone is scolding him!"

Zhang Dening's tone contained a bit of schadenfreude, and the current situation was really bizarre.

"Enter Guandong" is very popular, and Li Tuo also praised the novel and the author when he wrote the novel. Logically speaking, it should be welcomed by readers, but now all the letters from readers are scolding.

Liu Heng said with a smile: "I said you should ask him to delete the part describing the plot. It's good now."

"I want to delete it, but he has to agree! Asking him to delete it is like killing him. I think he's almost like Chaoyang's bastard."

Zhang Dening has a cheerful and carefree temperament, but her jokes went off the rails a bit. Zhou Yanru coughed and reminded her: "Don't talk nonsense, pay attention to the impact!"

It would be very offensive if word got out that a well-known writer was compared to a bitch.

Zhang Dening realized that he had made a mistake, so he immediately shut up and changed the subject: "Looking at the reactions of these readers, the impact of "Crossing Guandong" is indeed not that big this time. It only revealed a little bit of the plot."

Wang Jie said: "From our professional perspective as editors, there is no doubt that this novel is good. However, the strong response from the readers is indeed a bit exaggerated. I remember that the same was true for "Song of Youth" that I edited back then. It took the country by storm, but it didn’t create such a wave.”

"It's different. At that time, it was said to be popular across the country, but in fact the audience was still small, and the literacy rate hadn't even improved.

In recent years, the number and enthusiasm of literary lovers has far exceeded that of that time. Chaoyang's novel has been highly anticipated, and has been clamoring for two or three months in the literary circle and among readers.

Now that it has finally surfaced, and with its extraordinary quality, it has not disappointed everyone, this sentiment will naturally go further. Liu Heng analyzed rationally.

Wang Jie nodded, "Speaking of which, the current situation is not something that ordinary works can handle. There was a lot of buzz before the publication, and readers' expectations have been raised so high."

"Yes, I can only say that the quality is too outstanding."

The discussion about "Crossing the Guandong" within the editorial department of "Yanjing Literature" is a microcosm of the current domestic literary circles and reader groups.

At the same time in Guangzhou, inside the old building in Dashatou.

Li Shifei, editor-in-chief of "Flower City" and editor-in-chief of Huacheng Publishing House, is having a conversation with president Su Chen that may change the fate of the publishing house.

"This is a big step!" Su Chen sighed, with a look of melancholy on his face.

Li Shifei advised: "Lao Su, this is also a measure to adapt to the market-oriented economy. Now that Lin Chaoyang is the pioneer, it is an excellent opportunity for us."

Seeing that Su Chen was silent, he continued to persuade: "Reforms have always been carried out only when they have to be forced to do so, and in the end they often have to experience the pain of the skin.

In fact, we can think about the problem from another angle. Why can't we carry out reforms when we are at our peak?

Of course the resistance is great, but the labor pain is undoubtedly minimal. "

Su Chen looked at him, "Since it is reform, there will be successes and failures. Have you ever thought about what will happen if you fail?"

Li Shifei said fearlessly: "What else can be done? The worst is that I, the editor-in-chief, will quit!"

"You said it's easy, but what about the unit? How do we explain to the superiors and how do we explain to the subordinates?"

Li Shifei shook his head and said: "Lao Su, I think you take this matter too seriously. In the final analysis, the royalty system is for the publishing house and the writer to share the risk. Don't you know the basic royalties + print-run royalties model? Disadvantages?”

When he said this, a somewhat depressed look appeared on his face, "Not counting the magazines "Flower City" and "Essays", the club publishes nearly a hundred kinds of books a year. How many books can really make money?

When a book is published, the writer will get as little as one or two thousand, or as much as three to five thousand. For books that sell less than 10,000 or 20,000 copies, we can't even make back the royalties paid to the writers.

Isn't there any risk? "

"You don't understand!" Su Chen frowned, as if he had something to hide.

"I understand very well!" Li Shifei said decisively, "Isn't it just to take into account the influence of public opinion? Lao Su, our Huacheng Publishing House is at the forefront of reform and opening up, are we still afraid of being the first to lead the world?

You have seen this issue of "Flower City". It's only half a month. It's only half a month. The sales volume is about to reach 1 million copies. You know what this means!

"Crossing Guandong" was published in two installments, and the sales volume created for "Flower City" will not be less than 5 million copies. This is almost the sales volume that could only be created in the past year and a half. Sales volume is the benefit!

Will the sales of such a work be poor?

I wrote to Chaoyang and talked about it. The total sales volume of "Garland Under the Mountain" has now exceeded the 10 million copy mark.

With the potential that "Crossing Guandong" has shown now, even if it can't reach the terrifying sales volume of 10 million copies, it can always reach 3 to 5 million copies.

We have finally reached a cooperation with Chaoyang. Are you going to watch such an opportunity slip away?

Such an opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our publishing house!"

Li Shifei stared at his old partner and spoke loudly.

Su Chen looked at him, his eyes gradually changed from hesitant to firm, "Well. You are old, just toss it. Just do it according to your idea."

He paused, "Yanjing, I will go with you!"