It is still during the summer vacation. Tao Yushu rarely goes out. Most of the time he goes to buy food by riding a bicycle. This is to save fuel. Even if the gasoline is only 10 cents per liter, it cannot be wasted.

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Lin Chaoyang commutes to and from work on time every day, relaxed and at ease. The busiest person in the family right now is Tao Yumo.

It has been a month since "The Master of Chess" was published, and the editorial department of "Yenjing Literature" receives hundreds of letters from readers of "The Master of Chess" every day.

The number of letters from readers is more than any previous work published. This certainly does not mean that "The Chess Master" is better than other works, but it is actually that this novel has aroused too many people's discussions.

Not only is this novel hotly discussed by readers, there is also a fierce debate about this novel in literary circles and critics.

The article "On the Narrow Nationalism of "The Chess Master"" in "Shanghai Literature" was published for half a month. Originally, a review should not have had much repercussions, but it couldn't sustain the popularity of the novel!

"The Master of Chess" has sold 1.5 million copies within one month of its release. It not only broke the sales record of "Yenching Literature" for many years, but also surpassed many top literary magazines such as "People's Literature", "Harvest" and "October"

Trampled underfoot.

Millions of readers are paying attention, and the article itself has such a bold point of view that it naturally attracted the attention of many people.

In the past few years after the reform and opening up, domestic public opinion and the media have developed a strange rebellion. In the past, you were not allowed to say anything, but now you are allowed to say everything, for fear that someone will slap a label that suppresses freedom of speech.

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It is precisely this kind of public opinion environment that has given many strange and bizarre theories a market and fans in China.

After the publication of "On the Narrow Nationalism of the Chess Master", it quickly won the recognition of a group of elites who believed that the world was awake.

Since this time, several articles with similar arguments to this article have been published in newspapers and periodicals, causing a lot of discussion.

Of course, there are praises and criticisms.

This month's "Yanjing Literature" has two opposing commentaries. One is "A Hymn to Patriotism - Reflections on Reading "The Master of Chess"" written by Tao Yushu, and the other is "The Great Master of Chess" written by Li Tuo.

Using chess to become a sage - Talking about Jiang Nansheng, the protagonist of "Chess Sage".

The two articles praised the novel "The Master of Chess" from different angles, and both were recognized by many readers.

Within a month of the novel's release, multiple review articles were published. Regardless of whether the opinions were positive or negative, it first created a feeling that the novel was popular.

Moreover, the sales of the last issue of "Yanjing Literature" were indeed very hot. The two complemented each other and further boosted the popularity of the novel "The Chess Master" among readers.

Even though the August issue of "Yenching Literature" has been on the market for a few days, bookstores from all over the country are still contacting the editorial department of "Yenching Literature" hoping to reprint it.

Editorial Department of "Yenjing Literature".

Last month's July issue sold 1.5 million copies, which is naturally closely related to the novel "The Master of Chess". As the editor of the manuscript, Zhang Dening can be said to be very proud of himself recently.

The August issue had just been published in the past two days, and the editors' review tasks were not heavy. She and a few colleagues were chatting and laughing.

Editor-in-chief Li Qingquan suddenly walked into the office and asked her: "Dening, how is Lin Chaoyang's new novel going?"

"He just had this idea during the last PEN meeting. It will probably take several months to write it down."

"Keep an eye on him. People's Literature has recently come up with ideas for his new works."

Li Qingquan warned, but Zhang Dening's focus went astray and asked: "How did you know?"

"You're quite lenient. I still have to report to you?" Li Qingquan asked.

"I'm just asking!"

After Li Qingquan left, Zhang Dening whispered to Zhou Yanru: "Have you noticed that there is something wrong with Lao Li recently?"

"What's wrong?"

"It's different from what he used to be. He's a little impatient."

Zhou Yanru joked: "I observed it quite carefully."

Listening to her words, Zhang Dening realized that Zhou Yanru seemed to know something that she didn't know. She asked, "Do you know what's going on?"

Zhou Yanru made an enigmatic gesture, Zhang Dening quickly said a few good words, and then Zhou Yanru said: "I heard that People's Literature has extended an olive branch to Lao Li again."

Hearing this, Zhang Dening's eyes widened in shock, "Old Li wants to return to People's Literature?"

"Keep your voice down!" Zhou Yanru said angrily.

Zhang Dening knew he had made a mistake, so he lowered his voice again and asked, "Does he really want to go back?"

"I don't know. I probably didn't think about it well, otherwise I wouldn't be so embarrassed every day. Obviously he is also very confused."

Zhang Dening said thoughtfully: "A good horse never turns back, so it's not a good choice for him to go back now, right?"

Li Qingquan was born in YA Luyi, and served as the editorial director of "People's Literature" in the 1950s. In terms of professionalism and seniority, he is a very important figure in the industry.

During the buzz period, Li Qingquan was shocked and was sent to Harbin. In 1978, he was transferred back to Yanjing and served as the head of the editorial department of "Yanjing Literature" (then "Yanjing Literature and Art").

In the past three years when Li Qingquan led the person in charge of "Yenjing Literature", the development of the magazine can be said to be booming.

Almost every year, "Yenjing Literature" publishes a number of widely influential works, and the magazine's sales have also increased steadily. Today, it is no less than several first-tier literary magazines.

The only regret is that due to magazine layout issues, the works published in "Yanjing Literature" are mainly short stories. Therefore, compared with several other first-line literary magazines in terms of the magazine's influence and exploration and promotion of new generation writers, it is inferior to other first-line literary magazines.

There is still a little gap.

Such development of "Yenjing Literature" is of course inseparable from the leader Li Qingquan.

Looking at the history of the magazine for more than 20 years, Mr. Lao She and Mr. Zhao Shuli have high personal prestige, but in terms of the changes they have brought to "Yenjing Literature", I am afraid they are not as great as Li Qingquan's contribution.

Colleagues in the editorial department, including Zhang Dening, highly recognized Li Qingquan's leadership, professionalism and character. Now that they heard that he was leaving, their first reaction was that they did not want him to leave.

The second reaction is that Li Qingquan has made great contributions to the development of "Yenjing Literature". It is not a wise move to leave the magazine that he worked hard to run and dive into "People's Literature".

"Li'er is such a reasonable person, but this person..." Zhou Yanru sighed, "Who doesn't have a knot in his heart? When Lao Li was kicked out of "People's Literature", of course he wanted to go back in an upright manner.

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Zhang Dening couldn't help but sigh, "Twenty years have passed and things have changed. If Lao Li goes back, he may not be able to move those old guys."

While the two were talking, Wang Jie came over and Fu Yonglin came over, "De Ning, take a look!"

He handed over a magazine, which was Tianjin's "Xingang" magazine.

There is an unwritten rule in the Chinese literary world. Each province has its own literary journal. Yanjing has "Yanjing Literature", Shanghai has "Shanghai Literature", Hebei has "Hebei Literature"... Tianjin's is

It's called "Newport".

"Xingang" was founded in 1956. It used titles such as "Tianjin Literature and Art" and "Novel Herald". In 1980, it resumed publication under the name "Xingang". It is one of the most influential literary publications in the northern literary circle.

Fu Yonglin handed over this copy of "Xingang" to let her read the article above - "Also Talking about the Nationalism of "Chess Master"". The article was signed by Wang Zengqi.

In July, "Yanjing Literature" organized a pen meeting. On the return train, everyone found the review article in "Shanghai Literature". Zhang Dening encouraged them, and they felt that they shared the same hatred. They agreed to write some comments to support Lin Chaoyang.

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Wang Zengqi's comments arrived relatively late. The August issue had already adopted two comments by Tao Yushu and Li Tuo. No more comments would be appropriate, so he turned around and handed the article to "Xingang" magazine.

Since last year's ground-breaking "Initiation", Wang Zengqi has become one of the most popular writers in the Chinese literary world in a short period of time, and her manuscripts are naturally very popular in major magazines.

Even if it was a review, "Xingang" magazine did not neglect it and published it in the new issue of the magazine as quickly as possible, and successfully made an appointment with Wang Zengqi for two more articles.

“...We cannot ignore that heroism in literary works has a positive motivational effect. It has inspired generations of people to persevere in the face of difficulties. It has a positive value that cannot be ignored in shaping personal character and promoting social righteousness.

When talking about nationalism, some people will use the word "narrow" in front of it. We should clearly realize that when the survival of the nation is in danger, nationalism has its irrefutable legitimacy.

Strong nationalist sentiment is a natural response to resisting foreign aggression and safeguarding national sovereignty. We cannot look at problems out of touch with the times, let alone demonize this patriotic sentiment.

Literary creation is done by people, and its creative intention and social impact in a specific historical background deserve comprehensive evaluation from multiple angles, rather than simply criticizing its so-called "narrowness"..."

Zhang Dening spent a few minutes reading the article written by Wang Zengqi, and couldn't help but burst out with a smile on his face, "You are still as good as old! Wang's move directly pointed to the core issues of the article in "Shanghai Literature". Their views,

Not worth an argument!"

When reviewing the manuscript of "The Master of Chess", Zhang Dening once raised the issue of "one against nine" and "excessive sensationalism" to Lin Chaoyang, but it was she who raised it herself.

She was not happy when a group of people headed by "Shanghai Literature" wrote articles to find fault with "The Master of Chess", not to mention that the angle of these articles' fault finding was obviously biased.

Fu Yonglin said with a smile: "Lao Wang's article is too targeted. I guess there will be a reaction after a while."

"I'm afraid they won't respond. They are allowed to be in the first grade of junior high school, but we are not allowed to be in the fifteenth grade?" Zhang Dening said angrily.

The manuscript she had worked so hard to write was recognized by readers, and the magazine's sales reached a new high. However, some people came to find trouble for her, which made Zhang Dening feel very unhappy.

I thought it would be best to have a big debate. Wouldn't they like to have a big argument? Then let's have a big argument. It would be best to make the name of "The Master of Chess" known to the whole country.

Didn't Chaoyang say that he just wants more people to know about the novel "The Chess Master"?

If that were the case, wouldn’t this goal be successfully achieved?
Chapter completed!