The next day, Lin Chaoyang went to the Institute of Foreign Languages. When he bought the overseas Chinese apartment, he agreed to pay the second payment in half a year. Today was the day.
Because of the popular reprinting of "Garland Under the Mountain" during this period, and because "Chinese Literature" had just paid the royalties for reprinting "Laizi's Summer", Lin Chaoyang and his wife's savings had exceeded 14,000 yuan.
There is no pressure to spend 3,500 yuan to pay for the house.
After collecting the receipt signed by Lin Fugui, Lin Chaoyang casually chatted with him about the current private housing transaction market in Yanjing.
The reason why Lin Fugui wants to sell the overseas Chinese apartment is because he is optimistic about the future real estate market in Yanjing and plans to purchase several courtyard houses in advance.
For more than half a year, he has been paying attention to Yanjing's private housing transactions and found that the number of private housing transactions has increased significantly compared with last year. According to his understanding, many of the sellers are preparing to study abroad.
In the past, the only way to study abroad in our country was through public funding. The opportunity to study abroad under public funding was out of reach for the vast majority of scholars and students.
In 1979, when an old man visited the United States, the government decided to open up channels for Chinese people to study abroad at their own expense. Although the government has not yet issued an official document, word has spread among the people, and many people are preparing to study abroad at their own expense.
Studying abroad at one's own expense costs a lot of money, and few families can afford it these days. Those who have family property sell their family property, and those who don't have family property borrow money everywhere. In the next few years, this will become the norm among those who study abroad at one's own expense in the United States.
It is also because of this situation that the private housing transactions in Yanjing have become increasingly prosperous since the 1980s.
After learning about the private housing transactions in Yanjing in the past six months with Lin Fugui, Lin Chaoyang left.
Another day, Lin Chaoyang received a call from Xie Jin while at work.
Xie Jin had previously taken a fancy to the novel "The Wrangler" and hoped to adapt the novel into a movie. Lin Chaoyang took over the screenwriter's job. In May, he finished writing the script and sent it to Xie Jin.
During this time, because he was busy filming "Legend of Tianyun Mountain", Xie Jin never replied to Lin Chaoyang.
Recently, the filming of "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" has been completed and has entered post-production. Only then did Xie Jin have time to study the script of "Wrangler".
His overall evaluation of the script is very high, but because it is a literary script, there are still many things that need to be refined, and we have to meet in person to discuss it in detail.
Xie Jin plans to come to Yanjing in September to have a good chat about the script with Lin Chaoyang.
A few days after he made the call, Lin Chaoyang finally received the payment slip from Shanghai Film Studio.
He had just paid his second house payment and received another two thousand yuan. Lin Chaoyang felt like he was spending more and more money.
One day in August, Zhu Changsheng came to see Lin Chaoyang. He first asked if Lin Chaoyang had any new works coming out.
Lin Chaoyang answered no. He spends most of his time reading books recently and also devotes some energy to organizing courseware.
He became a special lecturer at Yan Normal University. Although he was only taking an elective course, Lin Chaoyang felt that he should still be a little respected. After all, he was teaching and educating people.
Hearing that Lin Chaoyang was going to teach students at Yan Normal University, Zhu Changsheng was surprised and said, "Isn't this a coincidence?"
"What a coincidence?"
It turns out that Zhu Changsheng came today not only to ask if there were any new manuscripts, but also because he was entrusted by someone to invite Lin Chaoyang to attend a lecture at the Literature Institute.
"It's probably in the form of a symposium, and the workshop is looking for a combination of writers and editors.
Our Humanities Society has a young editor and editor named Wang Wang Zhaoqian, and we wanted to invite another young writer, so I thought of you."
Lin Chaoyang is no stranger to the name of the Literary Training Center. He had heard it mentioned during the National Outstanding Short Story Award Ceremony in March.
Among this year's group of students, many are award-winning writers.
"Would it be a bit embarrassing if I go to the scene?" Lin Chaoyang asked worriedly.
Zhu Changsheng immediately understood what he meant.
"Thinking too much. Although you all won the award this year, they did it because only that one article won the award, and you did it because you only won the award for this one.
Now if there were an award for outstanding novellas and novels, you would still be able to win the award, but they would be different. Of course, a number of outstanding writers will definitely be born among these students in the future, and they may even be as good as you.
There is nothing to be embarrassed about because the masters come first. Exchanging creative ideas and experiences is also a learning experience for you."
Zhu Changsheng mentioned this, and Lin Chaoyang was embarrassed to refuse, so he agreed.
Two days later on Friday, Lin Chaoyang rode his bicycle across most of Yanjing City and arrived at the temporary residence of the Central Literature Institute - School D of the Chaoyang District Party Committee.
The Central Literature Institute only resumed operations this year and does not have its own school building yet, so it can only borrow the house of School D.
School D was originally a quadrangle with bungalows, some of which were original buildings and some of which were built later.
Class starts at 8:30 in the morning, and Lin Chaoyang arrives at 8:00.
There was no classroom in the Literature Institute, so the cafeteria of School D was used. The cafeteria still smelled like food. Before class, he said hello to Wang Zhaoqian, a young editor from the Humanities Society.
Today is a symposium. Before class, the teacher and students gathered the tables and chairs in a circle, spread tablecloths, and there were even nameplates in front of everyone. Although the venue conditions were simple, it was full of ceremony, and people couldn't help but think about it.
Be serious.
It has been nearly five months since the fifth term of the Literature Institute started in April. During this time, the students have heard lectures from many celebrities in the literary world, and the worst ones were lecturers from well-known universities.
The two guests here today are Wang Zhaoqian and Lin Chaoyang.
In the domestic literary world, the Humanities Society is a palace of literature. As the editor of the Humanities Society, Wang Zhaoqian has his own filters, but everyone pays more attention to him because of his work and position.
When facing Lin Chaoyang, the students' eyes were a little different.
Jiang Zilong, Chen Shixu, Ekber...many people present, like Lin Chaoyang, are this year's winners of the National Outstanding Short Story Award.
Among them are some well-known writers of later generations, such as Wang Anyi who wrote "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", Gu Hua who wrote "Furong Town", Jin Ying who became the leader of the Literary and Art Association...
Judging purely from the results, this class of students can be said to be star-studded.
In terms of age alone, Lin Chaoyang is even younger than many students, but no one present can ignore the aura around him.
"The Wrangler", "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", "Little Shoes", "Wreaths Under the Mountain", "Parental Love", "Lai Zi's Summer", Lin Chaoyang has not been engaged in literary creation for a long time, and his output is not rich, but each of his works
The works are all above the standard and have had a great impact on the literary world and the readership community.
In the past two months alone, the students at the workshop have been bombarded with various comments and news about several works such as "Parental Love", "Wreaths Under the Mountain" and "Raiko's Summer".
So even though Lin Chaoyang is young, and even though some people have received awards on the same stage with him, no one dares to underestimate his strength.
The symposium was opened by Teacher Tang Yuqiu, who was in charge of teaching the fifth student class, and then she handed the topic to the two guests.
After exchanging humility with Lin Chaoyang, Wang Zhaoqian spoke first.
"The students here today are all published writers, many of whom have won national awards, and are very accomplished in literary creation. I am an editor, and today I will talk to you about writing from the perspective of an editor.
This matter..."
Wang Zhaoqian is the editor of the Humanities Society, and his professional ability is beyond doubt. He did not show any stage fright when facing dozens of pairs of eyes, and he talked for nearly half an hour before ending the topic.
After he finished speaking, Tang Yuqiu summarized and looked at Lin Chaoyang, "Just now, Comrade Zhaoqian shared with you some experiences in literary creation and review from the perspective of an editor. Everyone should be familiar with Comrade Chaoyang's works.
If you are unfamiliar, welcome Comrade Chaoyang to tell you about it."
There was a burst of applause in the cafeteria, and the students looked at Lin Chaoyang with anticipation in their eyes.
Lin Chaoyang cleared his throat, with a warm smile on his face, "It's a rare opportunity to communicate with so many colleagues today."
"When I received the invitation from the Literary Institute, I actually had no idea what to talk about. Just now Comrade Zhaoqian talked about some issues about creation from the perspective of an editor, so I will talk about it from the perspective of a writer."
“I have always believed that when we engage in literary creation, the first thing we need to understand is what literature is. In a more literal sense, literature is an art that uses language and words as the medium.
But sometimes I also wonder, what is the original origin of literature?
Maybe one day thousands of years ago, two of our naked ancestors, armed with wooden guns, were ambushing their prey. One of them was extremely bored and suddenly said to the other: Let me tell you a story...
…”
Lin Chaoyang's voice is calm, neither slow nor slow, and has a kind of charm that makes people unconsciously addicted. The students of the Institute of Literature and Literature were immersed in his narrative without knowing it.
The content of Lin Chaoyang's speech did not pretend to be profound. He used the origin of literature as an introduction to explain the various evolutionary stages of literature in history in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, and then talked about the usefulness of literature.
"The question of whether literature is useful or not has actually been discussed by many people since ancient times. Let me start with my point of view. Literature is useful, and its usefulness lies precisely in its uselessness. I know there must be people who are thinking about it right now.
They are scolding me for being mysterious and talking nonsense..."
Lin Chaoyang's tone was light and humorous, and the people around him burst into good-natured laughter.
After everyone had finished laughing, he spoke:
"Actually, I think the usefulness of literature lies in its uselessness. I think this truth should not be difficult for everyone to understand. You said that we humans are born in this world, do we have any use?
I think it is nothing more than adding a touch of vitality to the world. There are more negative things, such as launching wars and destroying the ecological environment...
So when it comes to literature, what is its greatest function? Why do people waste time on such useless free activities?
I think the biggest reason is that we need to show ourselves to be animals that are not driven by nature, but to be dignified spirits of all things.
We must show our nobility, surpass nature, and even make up for nature's shortcomings, turning imperfections into perfection.
In this way, we are worthy of calling ourselves the spirits of all things."
Lin Chaoyang's tone and expression were not serious, but the students present clearly felt a strong aura. This aura did not come from Lin Chaoyang's appearance, but from his rich heart and his
Profound thoughts.
Although everyone is engaged in creation, what he just explained is something that most people present have never thought about.
Even if some people have thought about it, they have never thought about it so deeply and thoroughly.
The existence of literature enables people to demonstrate their dignity as the spirit of all things.
Chapter completed!