After spending an afternoon hanging out with her classmates in the school dormitory, and hearing enough about the legendary love story between Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu, Gong Yu didn't think of going home until she was almost done with dinner. Tomorrow was the weekend, so she didn't want to leave before she left.
I forgot to borrow some magazines from the dormitory.
On the way home, Gong Yu's mind flashed from time to time with the image of Zha Jianying talking happily, and occasionally Lin Chaoyang's face flashed in her mind.
It’s really unexpected that he is Xu Lingjun! Xu Lingjun is from Yan University!
It's a pity that his face is a bit ordinary. It would be nice if he really looked like "Xu Lingjun", Gong Yu thought privately.
When Gong Yu got home, the meal was already ready. She quickly took a few bites of the meal and then got into the house. Instead of flipping through the magazines she scrounged from the girls' dormitory, she picked them up from the desk.
A magazine I bought myself earlier.
That was the eleventh issue of "Yanjing Literature and Art" in 1978 that published the novel "Wrangler". She wanted to read the novel again today.
After knowing that the author is a person living around me, when reading this novel, for some reason, Gong Yu always had the urge to put Lin Chaoyang's face on the tall and handsome protagonist Xu Lingjun in the novel.
"Sister! What are you looking at?"
My younger sister Gong Yun, who is currently in her senior year at the High School Affiliated to Yan University, found her engrossed in reading as soon as she entered the room.
"What are you looking at? Show me!"
Before Gong Yun came over, Gong Yu put the magazine in her hand on the table and said, "I didn't read anything."
"Look at your guilty look, you haven't seen anything yet!"
Gong Yun brought his face closer and said flatteringly: "Show me!"
Gong Yu didn't know why she felt guilty just now, but now she finally realized it and displayed the magazine openly, "I'm reading a magazine."
Gong Yun glanced at the cover of the magazine, "Didn't you read this issue? The "Wrangler" issue."
"Read it, watch it again."
Gong Yu's eyes fell on the rough-textured paper. Only the three words "Xu Lingjun" in the entire article deeply penetrated her vision. An impulse to share it with others surged in her heart, "Gong Yun, I
Let me tell you something..."
On Wednesday, Lin Chaoyang did not go to class and was on duty in the library on the sixth floor. Du Rong sent a message saying that there was a letter from him downstairs.
After taking the letter, Lin Chaoyang was stunned when he looked at the sender and sending address on it.
Sender: Editorial Department of "Harvest" Literary Magazine, Address: No. 675, Julu Road, Shanghai Stock Exchange.
It turned out to be a letter from Harvest?
He opened the envelope and the person writing to him was Li Xiaolin, the current editor of "Harvest", Mr. Ba Jin's daughter.
Li Xiaolin earlier worked as an editor in the editorial department of "Zhejiang Literature and Art". After the buzz ended, she was transferred back to Shanghai and worked as an editor in the editorial department of "Shanghai Literature and Art". At that time, Mr. Ba Jin was the chief editor of "Shanghai Literature and Art".
At the end of last year, when Mr. Ba Jin was preparing for the resumption of publication of "Harvest" magazine, Li Xiaolin was transferred to the editorial department of "Harvest" to help.
Before Li Xiaolin left "Shanghai Literature and Art" and was transferred to "Harvest", Lin Chaoyang's "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" had just been sent to the editorial department.
At that time, Li Xiaolin was in charge of the second review of the manuscript and was very impressed by the novel.
In the past two years, "scar literature" has been in the ascendant in the domestic literary world, and more and more publications have focused on manuscripts containing such elements.
Some publications will even ignore the quality of the manuscript itself in order to cater to readers, just to cover popular topics such as "scars".
The style of "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" is completely different from the popular and widely sought-after "scar literature". Realism is its keynote. The plot of Qiu Ju going to various units to file lawsuits is full of satirical novels about officialdom in the late Qing Dynasty.
smell.
While reviewing the manuscript, Li Xiaolin had a premonition.
This kind of work may not be popular, but it must be one of the most solid cornerstones of Chinese literature.
"Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" was published in the first issue of "Shanghai Literature and Art" in 1979. After its publication, it did not trigger a huge response among readers as quickly as "Class Teacher", "Scar" and "Wrangler".
Nearly a month after the novel was published, the editorial department of "Shanghai Literature and Art" began to receive feedback about the novel in letters from readers.
Although it did not cause a huge response, among the letters from these readers, "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" was rated very highly.
The style of "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" is simple and sharp at the same time.
It starts with a case of intentional injury, with a peasant woman suing a government official as the main story line. Although the story is simple, the contradictions and conflicts are very natural, and the natural opposition between the people and the officials is vividly displayed in a tangled lawsuit.
At the same time, Qiuju's several confrontations with government workers in the story do not fall into clichés, forming a unique structure of the novel, thus achieving a stirring effect and showing the true social style of China's rural society in this era.
As time goes by, "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" has been published for more than a month and a half. In terms of social influence, it is far inferior to the recently popular scar literature.
But unknowingly, this novel has been recognized by hundreds of thousands of readers of "Shanghai Literature and Art", and this recognition is still expanding.
Moreover, Li Xiaolin noticed an interesting phenomenon when communicating with her former colleagues at Shanghai Literature and Art.
That is, according to the letters from readers of "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", the phrase "asking for an explanation" that Qiu Ju often talks about in the novel has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the readers. Every reader will mention this when writing.
Mouth.
Over time, if the words "ask for an explanation" can continue to be circulated, then the vitality of the novel "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" may overwhelm the trauma literature of his contemporaries, which seems to be extremely popular now.
In her invitation letter, Li Xiaolin praised Lin Chaoyang and "Qiu Ju Litigation", and then explained the purpose of her letter.
"Harvest" resumed publication in January 1979. It is a bimonthly literary magazine. It has just released its second issue. It was a time when there was a shortage of manuscripts. The purpose of Li Xiaolin's letter to Lin Chaoyang was precisely to request manuscripts.
He was praised so much in the letter, and Li Xiaolin asked him for a manuscript on behalf of "Harvest". Lin Chaoyang was in a good mood. After all, this was China's top literary journal.
However, the emotional value belongs to the emotional value, and the appointment of the manuscript needs to be considered in the long term. Li Xiaolin did not mention the standard of royalties in the letter.
Be a villain first and a gentleman second, and you should say ugly things first.
Chapter completed!