When the other party saw Lin Chaoyang, he was about to say hello with a smile, but when he stared at his face, he seemed to have remembered something, and his eyes looked slightly stunned.
Half eyebrows, small eyes, familiar because this face was very famous in later generations, Lin Chaoyang had seen it once before. Strange because it was just that one time.
Lin Chaoyang was about to ask the other party what happened, but the other party spoke first.
"Hey, we've met before." Ban Zhimei enthusiastically held Lin Chaoyang's hand.
"I have an impression, I have an impression." Lin Chaoyang said politely, and then asked: "What are you..."
"Didn't I tell you before that I am the editor of "Youth Literature", my name is Ma Weidu, and I came here specifically to visit Teacher Xu Lingjun today."
As Ma Weidu spoke, he glanced blankly into the courtyard and asked, "Are you living in the same courtyard as him?"
Nowadays, most of the courtyard houses in Yanjing are composed of a few or more than a dozen courtyard houses, and Ma Weidu preconceptionally thought that this courtyard was an ordinary courtyard house.
"I will live in this hospital."
Ma Wei didn't even understand what Lin Chaoyang meant, and there was a somewhat flattering look on his face, "It's a coincidence that I meet an acquaintance like you. Just in time, please help me introduce him."
As he talked, he entered the courtyard in a familiar manner. As he walked, he asked Lin Chaoyang, "Your courtyard looks quite big. How many families live there?"
While he was talking, Ma Weidu had already passed the Weeping Flower Gate and came to the second courtyard. Lin Chaoyang was about to answer his question when Ma Weidu asked again: "Which house is Teacher Xu's house?"
Lin Chaoyang looked at Ma Weidu, who looked like a fool, dumbfounded, "This is Teacher Xu's home."
Hearing this, Ma Weidu looked at Lin Chaoyang and then looked around. It was evening now. If it was a large courtyard, it wouldn't be so quiet. He immediately understood what Lin Chaoyang meant.
"This courtyard belongs to Teacher Xu's house? It's really bright!"
He looked apologetic again and asked Lin Chaoyang: "Forgive my poor eyesight, you belong to Teacher Xu..."
"I am Lin Chaoyang, and my pen name is Xu Lingjun."
"Ah~" Ma Weidu was so shocked that he was speechless on the spot. He only had time to let out a harsh scream from his drake throat.
"You, you, you..." He said "you" for a long time, but couldn't formulate any words. Lin Chaoyang said with a chuckle: "Come in and sit down."
He first led Ma Weidu into the main room, asked him to sit down, and poured him a cup of tea.
After a while, Ma Weidu finally digested the shock in his heart, and his face was full of embarrassment, "I'm so sorry, I can't see the mountain..."
Lin Chaoyang waved his hand indifferently, "What's so embarrassing about this? We don't even know each other."
Ma Weidu looked at Lin Chaoyang's calm expression, but the shame in his heart only increased instead of decreasing.
The misunderstanding when he entered the hospital just now was nothing. He mainly remembered the bold words he had made when they met before.
The two of them had met before in front of the Xinjiekou cultural relics store because they were collecting antiques.
At that time, Lin Chaoyang used foreign exchange certificates to collect antiques, which made Ma Wei very unhappy. During the chat, he heard that Lin Chaoyang said that he wrote novels in his spare time, which showed off his sense of superiority.
"That's a coincidence. I also write novels, and my job is to be the editor of "Youth Literature"."
"If you have any manuscripts in the future, you can submit them to our "Youth Literature". We have gotten to know each other today, and I will review them first for you later."
Ma Wei couldn't help but feel hot when he remembered the previous scene, and he wanted to dig a hole in the ground.
This is really a trick that makes people laugh.
"Now that we all know each other, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it straight to the point. The purpose of your visit today is..."
Lin Chaoyang didn't give Ma Weidu time to be embarrassed. Seeing him asking this question, Ma Weidu couldn't care about anything else and put down his emotions.
"To be honest, I am here today on behalf of the magazine to request a manuscript from you."
Ma Weidu's words were as expected by Lin Chaoyang. He said in as polite a tone as possible: "In the past two years, there have been many magazines that have written to me or come to me to request articles. However, my output is not high, and I mainly focus on medium-length and long-form articles.
Lord, we often let everyone run away.
After the publication of my last novel "Shutter Island," I focused on my family life and haven't written any new works recently."
Seeing Lin Chaoyang's polite and sincere attitude, Ma Weidu felt a little regretful in his heart, knowing that what he said was true. However, when he came to visit this time, he didn't expect to get the manuscript in one go.
"It is really presumptuous to come to you for the first time to request a manuscript. You should also know that our publication was revised from the "Novel Quarterly", and its characteristics are: written by young people, written by young people, for young readers.
It turns out that we have two columns, one is "Special Articles", one article in each issue, specifically inviting famous writers and literary critics to comment on a certain issue or work in literary creation;
The second is ‘Talk about Sweetness and Bitterness’, which invites more influential writers to talk about the bitterness and sweetness of their creations and their experiences.
There are many young readers who are literary lovers, and many readers love these two columns very much. Young readers who are interested in literature think that this can broaden their horizons.
After the revision to "Youth Literature", we have retained these two columns. If it is convenient for you, can you write a review or a creative talk for our editorial department?
The number of words doesn’t need to be too many, just 1,800 words is enough. It would be better if there were more words.”
The clever thing about Ma Weidu's request for a manuscript was that he did not, like some editors, hope to get acquainted with her next time or in the future without getting the manuscript on the spot. Instead, he tried to find a way to get a manuscript no matter what.
No matter what it is, even a short analysis of three to five hundred words will do. As long as you have the first chapter, future submissions will naturally become more logical.
Seeing that Ma Weidu had set his demands so low, Lin Chaoyang felt a little embarrassed and refused.
He thought of Lu Yao's letter today and said: "In this case... I will write a review article on "Life". Lu Yao and I happened to be writing to discuss it."
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Ma Wei was overjoyed, "That's really great!"
"Are you familiar with Comrade Lu Yao?"
"A bit of friendship."
Ma Weidu said: "Then you should know that he wrote this "Life" at the invitation of our editor-in-chief. It's really fate."
"Youth Literature" is a magazine owned by China Youth Publishing House. The editor-in-chief Wang Weiling is also the deputy editor-in-chief of the publishing house.
Lin Chaoyang nodded and said: "I know."
"What a coincidence!" Ma Weidu muttered again, ""Life" is very popular now, and you and Lu Yao are good friends. If the comment is published, it will definitely cause a lot of repercussions."
Ma Weidu's words are just compliments, just listen to them, Lin Chaoyang will definitely not take them seriously.
After chatting for a while, Lin Chaoyang felt that it was almost time to serve tea to see off the guests, and Ma Weidu suddenly took an eye on the antiques displayed in his room.
"Oh! This garlic bottle looks really good!"
"This glaze looks like it belongs to the Yongzheng Dynasty, right?"
Ma Wei rushed up to talk to Lin Chaoyang, and it was impossible for Lin Chaoyang not to reply. Besides, his words hit Lin Chaoyang's heart.
"Good eyesight is indeed a thing from the Yongzheng period."
Ma Wei all gathered around the Yongzheng Dynasty imitation Rutian celadon string pattern garlic vase, looking at it with excitement. Lin Chaoyang couldn't tell for a moment whether he was pleased to see it or just wanted to be flattered.
However, this imitating Rutian blue-glazed string-patterned garlic vase is indeed his favorite. In terms of value, there are at least twenty or thirty pieces of porcelain in Lin Chaoyang's house that are more valuable than it.
The reason why Lin Chaoyang likes this thing is that it has a single color, is not flashy, not loud, not extravagant, not flattering, has a unique temperament, and has a natural, elegant and quiet beauty.
Moreover, compared to pastels, which are more in line with the appearance of royal nobles, this monochromatic glaze is more in line with the aesthetics of literati, which makes people happy to see it.
Ma Weidu praised him while watching. Even if Lin Chaoyang was wary, he would inevitably feel a little happy.
This kid was also a good material for flattering sycophants hundreds of years ago!
The two of them talked for a while, and Tao Yushu had finished his meal. He was about to ask Lin Chaoyang to eat, but when he saw that there were guests in the room, he remained silent.
Lin Chaoyang introduced the two of them to each other and said politely: "Have you eaten yet? How about eating something together?"
"Don't bother, I'll just go home and eat."
Ma Wei refused, but didn't move much. Lin Chaoyang took a look and saw that he still didn't understand what he was thinking, so he took him to the west wing for a dinner.
After a meal, Ma Weidu said goodbye to Lin Chaoyang with satisfaction.
A week later, Ma Weidu specially picked a dinner time to come to Lin Chaoyang's house to pick up the manuscript, and had a natural dinner first.
Then I got the review article written by Lin Chaoyang for "Life" - "Gao Jialin Talks about How to Shape the Image of Contemporary Rural Characters".
The title is a bit long, and Ma Wei was a little surprised even before he read the content.
Generally, novel review articles have always taken novels as the object of observation, and usually have certain limitations.
But if the title is a sentence pattern such as "Talk about...", it means that the author wants to talk about not only this novel, but probably a certain type of work with common attributes, and the content will suddenly be broadened.
More than doubled.
Ma Weidu had a little thought before reading the article. He first counted the number of pages in the manuscript with his fingers, and estimated in his mind that there were at least eleven or two pages. Lin Chaoyang used 500-square manuscript paper, leaving aside the spaces and punctuation marks.
At least there are 5,000 words.
Picked it up!
He hadn't read the article yet, but his heart was already filled with joy. He originally only hoped that Lin Chaoyang would take the time to write a perfunctory review article of one or two thousand words, but he didn't expect that he would be so sincere.
After he finished reading the article, he felt even happier.
Since the publication of "Life", writers and critics in the literary world have expressed their views on this novel one after another.
Many of them put the protagonist Gao Jialin in a negative and typical position, treating him as a loser and a tragic figure. They believed that he only cared about personal interests, rejected rural life, had no ideal of dedicating himself to a great cause, and regarded love as
making tools...
Arguments like this have emerged in endlessly over the past month or so, but Lin Chaoyang's article "Gao Jialin Talks about How to Shape the Image of Contemporary Rural Characters" does not follow the same path as these people.
There is no condescending accusation in the whole article. The article can be divided into two parts. One part is the analysis and evaluation of the character Gao Jialin, and the other part is a profound analysis of how literary creators should use the character of Gao Jialin.
In today's changing era, we need to create a flesh-and-blood image of farmers.
In the first half, Lin Chaoyang affirmed Gao Jialin's success as a brand-new young farmer, believing that Gao Jialin inherited the fine virtues of hard work and hard work from his father's generation, and also showed his yearning and expectation for the new life of socialist modernization.
He has an enterprising spirit and the courage to make choices for the like-minded love he yearns for. He is an image of a young man who is at the forefront of the times.
As for the hateful aspects of Gao Jialin's character, Lin Chaoyang also criticized it, but it was far less vigorous than those critics during this period.
In the second half, Lin Chaoyang used the image of Gao Jialin to talk about the shaping of the image of farmers in the new era, and Ma Weidu extracted several key points based on his own understanding.
First, regarding the sense of the times in characterization, Lin Chaoyang believes that contemporary writers’ depictions of rural characters do not lack authenticity, but they have obviously lagged behind the development of reality in capturing the sense of the times.
The second is multi-dimensional character portrayal...
Ma Weidu waved the manuscript and said to Lin Chaoyang with an excited expression: "Teacher Xu..."
Lin Chaoyang immediately interrupted him, "Don't call me 'Teacher', just call me Chaoyang."
Ma Weidu admired Lin Chaoyang's humility, but he was a little uncomfortable with being called by his first name, so he said, "Then I'll call you Comrade Chaoyang."
"Alright."
"Comrade Chaoyang, your article is definitely the highest level among all the commentaries on "Life" I have read."
"I don't dare to take it seriously. It's too much praise." Lin Chaoyang said politely.
Ma Weidu said with a serious face: "This is not a compliment, please listen to me..."
Chapter completed!