July has come to an end in a flash. The hottest news in society this month is that Zhang Hua, a student at the Fourth Military Medical University of the People's Liberation Army in Xi'an, gave up his precious life by jumping into a septic tank to rescue an old farmer who accidentally fell into the tank.
life.
On one side are the talents that the country has spent so much effort to cultivate, and on the other are the lives of the working people.
When a moral proposition that could almost only appear in a debate competition was placed in front of the Chinese people, it quickly aroused the attention and discussion of the whole society.
Among the voices in these discussions are authoritative media such as Guangming Daily and China Youth Daily, cultural scholars and government cadres, and the broader public.
A nationwide discussion surrounding "how to measure the value of life" has swept across China in just half a month. The attention, discussion and public opinion triggered by this incident are no less than that of "Pan Xiao" two years ago.
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That evening, Tao Yushu was sitting under the tree in the second courtyard of her home, wearing a light and wide dress. At this time, the sun was setting, and the shadow of the plane tree covered half of the sky. The gentle breeze finally relieved her of the pain of the day.
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She turned over the newspaper in her hand, and there was another discussion article on "Zhang Hua Saved the Old Farmers".
When the incident was first reported, Tao Yushu was still reading it with gusto all day long. However, after so many days, he had already seen all kinds of discussions, and it was inevitable that he was a little tired.
She folded the newspaper and fanned herself.
She is now almost five months pregnant. Her belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she has gained weight. She has become very afraid of heat. The scorching heat these days has made her suffer.
At this time, there was a sound of motorcycles at the entrance of the courtyard. After a while, Tao Yumo walked into the courtyard with a heroic appearance, carrying a motorcycle helmet.
The two sisters had just said a few words when Lin Chaoyang walked out of the kitchen with small steps and said in a playful tone: "Here we come~"
I saw him holding a bowl of rich and fragrant noodles with soybean paste. Suddenly he saw Tao Yumo and said "Ouch", almost dropping the bowl of noodles in his hand.
"It scared me! I thought a blind bear in the forest had become a spirit!"
"Brother-in-law~"
Facing Lin Chaoyang's sarcasm, Tao Yumo looked angry.
After Tao Yushu became pregnant, her motorcycle was coveted by Tao Yumo. After more than half a month of tinkering, she was finally able to ride it.
At the beginning of the month, Yan University had a holiday, Tao Yumo's swords and guns were stored in the warehouse, and horses were released in Nanshan. Every day, I would meet up with several classmates to travel around and enjoy the joyful life.
For the past half month, the temperature in Yanjing has been around 35 degrees. She has been running around outside all day long. Her skin was not white in the first place, and now it is as black as a briquette.
Sometimes, vicious curses are far less hurtful than the truth.
Lin Chaoyang's words immediately broke Tao Yumo's guard, and he was so angry that he ate an extra bowl of noodles with soybean paste.
Toufu Dumplings and Erfu Noodles. In the past two days, Zhajiang Noodles have become the most popular food in Yanjing City.
After finishing the meal, Tao Yumo talked enthusiastically about the discussion on "the value of life" in the newspapers in the past two days. Seeing that she had no intention of leaving, Tao Yushu knew that she must have been scolded at home again and came here to hide in peace.
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After dinner, Tao Yushu took a walk first, then sat under a tree and read the manuscript he brought back from his work.
The weather was hot, the heat in the house was still lingering, and the courtyard was the coolest place. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Lin Chaoyang snatched the manuscript from Tao Yushu's hand.
"Don't look at it, or you'll tire your eyes."
Tao Yushu was bored, so he came up with his idea and asked: "Are you a little too idle recently?"
Lin Chaoyang immediately became alert and said: "Didn't I just write a review for "Youth Literature" at the beginning of the month? Besides, I have to take care of you."
"I have hands and feet, and besides, I have a mother. If you don't write for too long, it's easy to lose your level."
Since Tao Yushu became pregnant, Lin Chaoyang has taken good care of her, which of course makes her feel good.
But she also found that Lin Chaoyang's current state was too comfortable, a little complacent with the status quo, which she couldn't stand in the eyes of a paper king who had to work overtime to review manuscripts even when she was pregnant.
Seeing her sister urging her brother-in-law to make progress, Tao Yumo also interjected: "Brother-in-law, I think Zhang Hua's recent incident is very suitable for writing a novel."
"How to write?"
"Aren't real examples here? Just write about Zhang Hua!" Tao Yumo said.
Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "The reason why Zhang Hua's incident attracted attention is not because of how spectacular the act of rescuing people is, but because of the value proposition behind it. Just writing about college students rescuing people is at the level of a newsletter.
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Seeing that his ideas were belittled as useless by his brother-in-law, Tao Yumo said unhappy: "You are great! You are the only one! Then you should write it down!"
Lin Chaoyang was too lazy to argue with the little girl, but Tao Yushu felt that the topic of "value of life" and "meaning of life" was a good core.
She said to Lin Chaoyang, "You can write something with the 'value of life' and 'meaning of life' as the core."
"Hmm! This is a direction."
Lin Chaoyang pondered, it has been half a year since he finished the draft of "Shutter Island", it's not that he doesn't want to start writing it.
It's just that Tao Yushu's pregnancy did affect a part of his mind. Secondly, the summer was hot in the past two months, and writing at his desk was a chore. He thought that he should finish this summer at least.
Seeing that Lin Chaoyang was finally a little moved, Tao Yushu became happy. For people who are used to involution, watching the people around them leisurely is also a kind of torture.
After the end of the month, Liu Xinwu came to tell Lin Chaoyang some news.
After more than a month of coordination by Yanjing Publishing House, the second channel of "Chess Master" in Guangdong has been banned.
What he meant by clamping down was that he found the state-owned printing factory that cooperated with the second channel and cut off the source of printing of "The Master of Chess". As for those books that have been printed, there is definitely no way to control them.
Lin Chaoyang actually didn't care much about this matter. What really made him unbalanced was that the book dealers dared to sell pirated books for more than his genuine ones. It was simply the opposite of Tiangang.
Moreover, according to the sales data compiled by Yanjing Publishing House during this period, "The Master of Chess" has not been affected by this pirate book seller, and the sales trend is very stable.
In the nearly two months since its publication, sales have exceeded 700,000 copies. The momentum is staggering.
In the view of Yanjing Publishing House, "The Master of Chess" is not outstanding among Lin Chaoyang's works. The reason why they have such a perception has a lot to do with the controversy encountered after the publication of "The Master of Chess".
Even though the overall evaluation of the novel was later reversed due to the high evaluation of the novel by Nie Weiping, a leading figure in the domestic Go community, many people still formed preconceptions about the novel and believed that the novel lacked logic and literature.
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Moreover, in the evaluation system of the literary world, the reputation of "The Master of Chess" is indeed not as good as Lin Chaoyang's previous works such as "The Summer of Lai Zi" and "The Death of Van Gogh".
Therefore, when Yanjing Publishing House was seeking the publishing rights for "The Chess Master", it had actually lowered its sales expectations for this novel.
They just felt that with Lin Chaoyang's appeal among readers, the minimum sales limit must be high.
But Yanjing Publishing House never expected that "The Master of Chess" could sell 700,000 copies in two months. This sales figure is not far behind the 500,000 copies of "The Death of Van Gogh" in one and a half months, and even
Still have it.
"The Death of Van Gogh", which has been published for half a year, has sold more than 1.2 million copies and is heading towards the sales mark of 2 million copies.
It seems that "The Master of Chess" is another super best-seller that may sell more than two to three million copies.
They have already obtained the publishing rights for Lin Chaoyang's "Shutter Island". Based on the popularity and response this novel has received since its publication, it is even more unlikely that the sales will be bad.
Whether it’s last year’s “Longing for Life—The Biography of Van Gogh”, the currently published “Chess Master”, or the “Shutter Island” that will be published in the future, the best-selling or possible best-selling of these works is determined by Yanjing Publishing House
It is extremely rare among books published over the years.
For a publishing house that publishes dozens or hundreds of books a year, most of the books may lose money, but a small number can maintain their capital, and only one or two best-selling books can make money.
Just these one or two books are very likely to allow the publisher to recover its loss-making costs and make a lot of money.
But bestsellers are something that can never be expected. Who dares to expect that a book he or she publishes will be a bestseller?
Even though the sales of literary magazines today are often in the hundreds of thousands, the sales of most contemporary literary works are still less than 10,000 copies, and sales of 50,000 copies are considered above-average sales.
With more than 100,000 or 200,000, it is basically a work that has a certain influence nationwide.
So when Yanjing Publishing House made three bets in a row and had three best-selling books with sales that could exceed one million copies, how could they not be excited?
A few days later, half of the happy summer vacation was over. The review article that Lin Chaoyang gave to Ma Weidu in July had been published in "Youth Literature" for more than half a month, attracting a lot of attention in the literary world.
Part of this attention is due to the popularity of "Life" after it was published, but more importantly, the unique perspective and viewpoint of the article itself triggered many people's thinking.
Lin Chaoyang's concepts such as "the collision of old and new discourse systems" and "reshaping the image of contemporary rural characters" mentioned in the article have been widely recognized by the literary circle and many literary theorists, and have provided the literary circle with the opportunity to study and understand "Life".
A work provides new perspectives and theoretical foundations.
After the publication of his article, the original one-sided criticism of Gao Jialin, the protagonist of "Life" in the literary world, gradually became more rational, forming a discussion evenly matched with the original voices.
As the debate continued to deepen, critics who calmed down began to give up their positions and rationally commented on such an excellent work as "Life" based on the ideological height of the work and the depth of reality exploration.
With just one article, "Gao Jialin talks about how to shape the image of contemporary rural characters", Lin Chaoyang changed the direction of the discussion of "Life" in the literary world.
After understanding the situation, Lu Yao wrote an enthusiastic letter to express his gratitude to Lin Chaoyang.
At the same time, the impact of this review was unexpected by the editorial board of Youth Literature, and even alarmed Wang Weiling, the deputy editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief.
That evening, he took Ma Weidu to visit Lin Chaoyang in person. On the one hand, he wanted to get closer to Lin Chaoyang, and on the other hand, the China Youth Society planned to hold a symposium for "Life" in September.
The novel "Life" itself was a work commissioned by China Youth Society from Lu Yao. The original purpose of looking for publications to publish it was to expand the influence of the work.
Now that the work has gained influence, not only is it influential, but it is also nationwide, the natural next step is to publish it.
Before publishing, it is also common practice for publishers to hold a symposium to warm up the work and promote it.
Lin Chaoyang never liked to participate in such activities, but he had a good relationship with Lu Yao and Wang Weiling kindly invited him, so he had no choice but to agree.
Chapter completed!