Time flies, and before I knew it, a week had passed.
On New Year's Day in 1988, two major events happened in the newspaper.
The first thing is that the Tiananmen Gate Tower in the capital is officially open to Chinese and foreign tourists.
The first ticket to visit the Tiananmen Gate Tower was sold for 10 yuan, which caused a big sensation in the newspaper. The second thing is related to Li Heng.
In December, the issue of "Harvest" magazine directly won 3.06 million copies, shocking the entire literary world with its terrifying and eye-catching performance!
This time, not only famous literary magazines such as "October", "Contemporary" and "Flower City" were stunned, but even the eldest brother "People's Literature" was a little jealous, and different voices appeared inside.
The first one to bear the brunt is Chen Xiaomi. Several editors who are usually jealous of her are spreading rumors behind their backs, saying that she came in through relationships, saying that she was still too young, and pushed the popular literary world to "Harvest".
Chen Xiaomi did not react much to this. Instead, under the gaze of her colleagues, she walked directly to the culprit Zhou Lan, raised her hand and slapped her twice, and then left without saying a word.
Zhou Lan cried, but did not dare to make trouble because she felt guilty and because she could not afford to offend the Chen family.
As the half-month-long "Cultural Journey" has become more and more popular and its influence has become greater and greater, and public opinion has fermented violently.
In the past, "Living" was only popular among literati and readers.
But "Cultural Journey" breaks a boundary, with mainstream media People's Daily and China Youth Daily
They have made special reports on it.
In particular, the People's Daily quoted Mr. Yu Guangzhong's previous evaluation as a subtitle: Chinese prose,
December was released after Zhu Ziqing and Qian Zhongshu.
The People's Daily highly praised the Cultural Journey and the writer December, saying that through tracing Chinese culture, thinking and asking questions, he pointed his brushstrokes towards cultural personality and cultural conscience, and showed the difficult mental journey of a Chinese literati.
These articles written by December relying on its profound literary knowledge, historical knowledge, rich cultural perception and artistic expression, reveal the great connotation of Chinese culture.
From Taoist Tower to the wine cemetery, from the sunshine and snow to the Wujiang boat, from the Qingyun Tu to Tianyi Pavilion, from West Lake to Suzhou, the historical accumulation he saw hidden behind concrete images; he carried the pain, pursued culture, wrote history, and through repeated journeys and deep explorations into the field of social history, we can see the vicissitudes of history and the established humanities gradually drifting away.
I heard that in order to complete this book, I have visited most of China and referenced hundreds of classics, documents and local county seats in order to complete this book. I deeply admire and respect it.
This trip was both a bitter journey, but also a baptism.:,
The People's Daily published a few thousand words of editorial comments, while Ye Ning on the sofa was holding the newspaper and chanting loudly, reading aloud with a slight swaying.
When she was excited to read, she also said to Li Heng, Mai Sui, Zhou Shihe, Sun Manning and others:
"It's so well written. This commentator is of good quality. If I can see him in December one day, I'm willing to sleep with him for free. Woo, I admire him so much! What should I do?"
Hearing the words of tigers and wolfs, Sun Manning lay on the sofa and rolled happily, covering his mouth with both hands, and his eyes kept firing at Li Heng opposite the sofa, trying his best to hold back his laughter.
Mai Xu smiled softly and looked at someone's eyes, and got up and poured tea for several people.
Li Heng's face was thrusting and pretended not to hear it, which was particularly helpful in his heart.
Zhou Shihe also smiled. She looked at him without a trace, then looked down at China Youth Daily, which also had large reports on "Cultural Journey".
Moreover, China Youth Daily's praise of this essay is more excessive than that of People's Daily, and the main title is:
December is a generation of prose masters comparable to Lu Xun!
After catching this title, Zhou Shihe savored it three times, and then looked up at the boy who was peeling oranges.
She once again felt the cultural heritage and depth of this boy, and felt his great reputation and personal charm as a literati.
"Ah, look! Look! Mr. Jin Yong was published in the newspaper and actually publicly called out in the newspaper that he wanted to meet the writer December Li, and wanted to invite him to dinner and chat all night. Li, this writer December is so amazing!"
Sun Manning almost called Li Heng out because he was too excited.
"Is that so? Is that right? Let me see!"
Ye Ning snatched the newspaper and after reading it, he immediately jumped up and raised his hand to announce:
"I decided that if I had the chance to see December, I would let him sleep for two nights for free, and the sound of the whistle... No! Three nights are OK."
Seeing that his friend was like this, Zhou Shihe couldn't help but chuckled.
However, when she noticed that Li Heng's gaze was attracted by her smile, she gradually disappeared.
Then, she quietly raised the newspaper in front of her slightly, trying to cover her face as much as possible.
From childhood to adulthood, she has a deep understanding of her beauty and charm. Wherever she goes, she is the absolute focus of the crowd. She has become accustomed to this kind of gaze.
Zhou Shihe did not blame Li Heng, knowing that he was instinctive, not intentional, but just like other boys in the school, sometimes it was like this naturally.
At this time, she felt that Li Heng was also an ordinary person, a real person, not the legendary writer who made his peers look up to and resounded throughout the literary world.
In fact, the two are now very good friends. They have had dinner with each other many times and often rehearsed "The Original Scenery of Hometown" together. The reason why she subconsciously used newspapers to cover her face was that she didn't want her best friend Mai Ear to misunderstand it.
In addition to official media such as Ren Daily and China Annual Daily, in the past half month, newspapers such as Xinmin Evening News, Oriental Morning News, and News Morning News in Shanghai, as well as dozens or hundreds of newspapers in other provinces and cities, a large number of reading notes and literary comments about "Cultural Journey" have also appeared in magazines.
Because this essay has been widely praised and welcomed nationwide, during this period, readers' letters flew into Harvest magazine like snowflakes, which made Editor Liao and others both happy and helpless.
There are too many letters! There are too many! At least 3,000 letters in just half a month!
For the first time, Editor-in-Chief Liao, who has been in the industry for decades, has felt that readers are so crazy and that a writer is so popular.
To be honest, Editor Liao, who is over 50, is still very shocked!
Zeng Xi said to Mr. Ba, "I accidentally picked up a treasure, so I can't let him run away!"
Mr. Ba smiled and said, "I will write the preface to "Cultural Journey", and you are responsible for publishing matters.
Editor-in-chief Liao asked tentatively: "How many copies do you think this book can be sold in a month?"
Mr. Ba pondered for a while and gave a number: "2 million."
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Editor-in-chief Liao was surprised: "Is this optimistic about him?"
Mr. Ba said: "This is the threshold, he represents the future of the literary world."
Editor-in-chief Liao pinched the unlit cigarette, thought for a while, and stood up: "To ensure that, I have to contact a few more parties."
Mr. Ba did not express any opinion on this.
"Oh! There is still one week left, "Cultural Journey" will be published separately. I plan to buy it at that time. Who will accompany me?" Ye Ning pointed to a news report in the Xinmin Evening News and asked how many people.
Sun Manning was the first to raise his hand, "I, I! I plan to buy 5 copies to give to others."
Mai Sui and Zhou Shihe both glanced at Li Heng and joined the team.
Seeing that Li Heng was indifferent, Ye Ning jumped over from another sofa and gently kicked Li Heng's butt with his instep:
"Hey, Li Heng, give me some face and go together."
Seeing Mai Sui, Zhou Shihe and Sun Manning were watching the show with a smile. Li Heng looked up and asked, "Why do you like others so much at a young age?"
Ye Ning gestured with his fingers, and said, "Oh, you've read less literary books at first glance.
I don’t know how awesome December is.”
"I don't understand? Didn't you see how many books there are in my study?" Li Heng teased her.
"Tsk! It's amazing to have books. It doesn't mean you read them anymore. People work in Xinhua Store and stay with so many books every day, but I haven't seen anyone write a "Cultural Journey". "Ye Ning directly fired the map.
Li Heng said: "Have you read the news and gossip in the newspaper? Are you not afraid that December is a mess?"
"What's wrong with the old man who is terrible? I love such a talented old man who is terrible." Ye Ning put his hands on his hips.
Hearing this, the three girls on the other side couldn't beat him up, and they immediately laughed into a ball. Ye Ning kicked him again, "Give me a message, are you going? Do you give me this face?"
"Oh! Stop kicking, don't kicking, can't I go?" The girl kicked quite hard, Li Heng muttered, and stayed away from her automatically.
Ye Ning said, "Then you are not allowed to curse the old man in the future. Do you hear it? Otherwise, I will never end up with you."
Li Heng surrendered and promised: "Comrade Ye Ning, I understand it young."
After a fight, Sun Manning asked curiously: "Ningning, there are several readers in our dormitory that are December, but you are not crazy. Why are you so obsessed?"
"This matter is a long story. I actually didn't pay attention to these things at first. Later, I was influenced by my cousin and came into contact with "Living". Then I was shocked and then I was out of control... "Ye Ning told the story.
Sun Manning found it very fun and asked jokingly: "Then you won't really fall in love with this writer, right?"
Upon hearing this, Li Heng rolled his eyes in a vague way Sun Manning. This girl was unwilling to be outdone and rolled her eyes twice, and she was suddenly in a mess.
Ye Ning said, "You think I am stupid. Although I support December, I really like his books, but poetry is poetry. Life belongs to life, so I will not apply my feelings to him.
But my cousin...
Halfway through the conversation, she stopped and couldn't continue.
She only had one cousin, the senior sister Ye Zhanyan. Everyone here knew each other and immediately raised their ears.
Especially Mai Sui and Zhou Shihe, the two women looked at each other and then looked at Li Heng together, and they guessed what they had vaguely?
Sun Manning asked tightly: "What's wrong with your cousin? Yes, she didn't come to school after New Year's Day, and the president of the student union also resigned. Nothing will happen, right?"
"Well, something really happened." Ye Ning sighed a little when he mentioned this.
"What happened?" Mai Sui asked with concern.
Seeing everyone coming over, Ye Ning sat down and said, "My cousin and her boyfriend broke up."
Li Heng was a little confused when he heard this news.
Zhou Shihe and Mao Xu met for a while and became quiet.
"What?"
Sun Manning exclaimed, "Breakup? Wasn't it still good before? Who asked it?"
Ye Ning said: "My cousin took the initiative to propose it, and her boyfriend flew back from the UK. My uncle and her boyfriend's family gathered together to ask why? Why did they need to be separated."
Sun Manning said, "Yes, why should we divide it?"
Ye Ning said: "My cousin said she fell in love with someone else, and she felt guilty and could not concentrate on her boyfriend anymore.
So she felt that while the two were still young, she would break up early.
Mai Xu subconsciously looked at Li Heng.
Zhou Shihe also looked at Li Heng.
Li Heng fell into deep thought.
Sun Manning asked anxiously: "What's next?"
Ye Ning said: "Later, I broke up. My family asked her who she fell in love with? She didn't say anything, but only I know that she fell in love with the writer December."
Speaking of this, Ye Ningte was angry: "You judge, isn't she stupid? You just read books. How could she fall in love with someone? She really got stuck in the door.
Even Cambridge University gave up, and even boyfriend gave up."
Then, she muttered, "I'm really stuck in the door!"
Li Heng put down the newspaper and asked, "Where is Senior Sister Ye now?"
Ye Ning said: "I went to Yale University in the United States and took the plane the night before."
This incident caused a great impact on several people, and the living room seemed a little quiet for a moment.
Li Heng remembered something and promised his senior sister that he would take wheat ears to have dinner with her after New Year's Day, but ended up in vain.
But looking back, it would be great to end up in a state of failure, so as not to feel embarrassed when meeting.
Mai Sui thought of herself, and she was similar to Senior Sister Ye in some aspects, and she felt a little sad.
Zhou Shihe always paid attention to her best friend. Seeing that Suisui was in a wrong mood, she immediately stood up and said to her:
"Suisui, I want to buy something at Wujiao Plaza and accompany me."
Mai Xu said yes and stood up.
"I'll go too!"
"I'll go too!"
Sun Manning and Ye Ning followed one after another, and in an instant, Li Heng was the only one left in the living room.
Before leaving, Sun Manning asked Li Heng: "Why don't you move?"
Li Hengyong sent her away after something happened.
When he came downstairs, he glanced at Ye Ning and Sun Manning who were chasing each other in front of him. Zhou Shihe held Mai Xu's hand and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"
"Don't worry about me, it's okay." Mai Sui shook his head.
Walking forward for a while, Zhou Shihe asked, "Do you have a knot in your heart?"
The wheat ear lowered its head and did not make a sound.
Zhou Shihe asked: "Are Xiao Han and Li Heng officially together?"
"Well, I'm not sure, but I should be together." The wheat ears that said these words seemed a little deep.
Zhou Shihe thought about it and said, "If you can't let go, you have to spend the night in the future."
The wheat ears look up, but they don’t understand it.
Seeing his best friend's expression, Zhou Shihe smiled knowingly and reminded him secretly: "The delicious dishes on the table are often snatched away first, and the closest chance to the bowl is the greatest."
The wheat ears blushed.
Zhou Shihe blinked, "Don't blush in a hurry, the chances of being the second closest to the bowl are not small."
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