The comments were going to get noisy again, which He Qizhi could have predicted.
Apart from anything else, many people have already become dissatisfied with this book because of the first half of "Going West".
He Qizhi has always felt that there are some problems in the domestic criticism circle. The problem is that everyone always likes to ask questions. Asking questions is good in itself, but most questions are asked too casually.
Critics, before commenting on a work, should do some serious research before asking targeted questions. But in fact, domestic critics now, once a work that attracts more attention appears on the market,
, they can all jump out and make a few comments.
This is extremely unprofessional. If a reviewer casually reads a book and can comment immediately, how is it any different from an ordinary reader? At best, he is just a reader who can talk about some professional reputation.
He Qizhi believes that critics should spend more time studying a certain writer, or a certain type of writer, so that they can write constructive criticism articles instead of making comments here and there.
However, He Qizhi was completely a bystander to the previous scolding and the upcoming scolding. He wished they would argue more.
The more they quarrel, the better it will be for "Contemporary."
…
Yu Dong was dragged by Yu Hua to "Zhongshan" magazine.
The last time they had dinner, Su Tong invited Yu Hua to come over and sit there, but he had never been there even after so long.
Yu Dong was writing "Fatal Identity" and really didn't want to waste time. "The magazine is not far from the school. You can just go there by yourself. Don't you know the way as an adult?"
"I'm a road addict." Yu Hua said with a smile: "I just happened to buy a copy of "Contemporary". Isn't the second half of "To the West" released?"
"There is a newsstand not far from the door. It's not like you don't know it. Besides, the poetry reading club must be booked there. Just go and check it out and spend the money."
Yu Dong muttered, but still got up and went out with Yu Hua.
He was still in the house, but he didn't feel it yet. Suddenly, as soon as he went out, a whistling cold wind blew in his face, making Yu Dong shrink his neck.
In a blink of an eye, it’s already 1994, which is also the fourth year since Yu Dong returned to the cucumber garden. In two and a half years, too many things have happened, and many changes are also happening quietly. It’s just that year by year
But it's all the same in winter. The cold wind chills an arm or a leg, and then invades the whole body, making it difficult for people to pay attention to other things besides the cold.
Yu Hua also shrank his neck.
He tried to straighten his neck to feel the cold wind.
"Feeling the cold is a kind of ability."
Within five seconds of saying this, Yu Hua retracted his neck again. Obviously, he lacked this ability.
The two of them walked outside with their arms folded and their heads hunched.
Yu Hua suggested that Yu Dong take him on a bicycle.
Yu Dong glanced at Yu Hua, "How about you ride with me?"
"Forget it, it's not far. You should walk more in winter to help with blood circulation. Don't forget, I am a doctor..."
"dentisit."
Yu Hua rolled his eyes, "Although I am a dentist..."
"It was."
Yu Hua rolled his eyes again, "Although I used to be a dentist, I still need to learn basic medical knowledge. Besides, I come from a medical family, and I spent more time sleeping in the morgue than you lived in the Jinyi dormitory. So.
When it comes to body conditioning, I have the absolute right to speak in front of you. In fact, people, being cold in the winter is good for the body..."
As he was talking, he saw Bi Feiyu riding a bicycle from the school gate in the distance.
Bi Feiyu was wearing a black jacket with the style of a jacket. The zipper was pulled halfway, leaving it half open, letting the cold wind blow in. But Bi Feiyu seemed not to feel the cold at all.
The two feet that I stepped on were so hard.
In just two sentences, Bi Feiyu arrived in front of the two of them.
"Where are you two going?"
When he spoke, not only was there a thick white mist coming out of his mouth, but also white mist coming out of his head, just like the mist that rises after a new rain on an empty mountain. There were also beads of sweat on his head, one by one.
Drop down.
"Where have you been?"
"If you have nothing to do, go out for a ride and exercise. It's winter. If people don't move, they will shrink more and more."
Yu Dong and Yu Hua looked at each other's hunched arms, and then looked at Bi Feiyu together. Did this guy say that on purpose?
Yu Hua rolled his eyes and said to Bi Feiyu with a smile: "We are going to visit "Zhongshan", will you go?"
"I won't go. I'm sweating all over, so I have to go back and wipe it off, otherwise I'll catch a cold in a while. Wasn't it Yu Dong's case before? He got caught in the rain and didn't take care of it properly when he went home, and he got seriously ill."
Yu Dong curled his lips and said, "I don't like listening to you."
"Let's go, let's find a place to eat boiled mutton tonight. I know there is a shop where the mutton is authentic and all is slaughtered freshly." Yu Hua continued to encourage.
Bi Feiyu was a little moved, but then he shook his head, "Forget it, I won't go, my health is important... How about you tell me where that store is, and I can go there after I wash it?"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, Yu Hua stopped talking and sat down on the back seat of the bicycle.
Seeing his scoundrel look, Yu Dong smiled and said: "Go ahead, senior brother, there are towels and water there, just wipe it off. I'll cook for you tonight, and we'll have a meal together."
Bi Feiyu had no choice but to ride on the bike. Then he looked at Yu Dong: "Then what should you do?"
Yu Hua waved his hand, "Let's go, let's go, this guy is young, let him walk."
"How about you sit in front." Bi Feiyu patted the beam in front of him.
"Forget it, it's not safe." Yu Dong shook his head. In fact, safety came second. The main thing was that he, a grown man, sat in the front. The picture was really not pretty.
"Okay, let's go first." Bi Feiyu kicked his feet and the car started to sway. He couldn't help but cursed, "You are so shorter than Yu Dong, how come you are heavier than him."
"Comrade Feiyu, please don't mess with me, or I will die with you..."
The noise between the two gradually faded away, and Yu Dong also quickened his pace. Bi Feiyu was right, once this person started to move, he would stop being cold.
…
When Yu Dong arrived at the magazine, Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu had already been there for a while.
"This thing you are talking about..."
Su Tong was talking when he saw Yu Dong coming in and pointing at the table with a smile, "You are walking pretty fast, your tea has been poured. The same goes for you two, Yu Hua and Feiyu, you are older after all, why?
So I can leave him behind alone."
Yu Hua smiled and said: "Because I am older, I can't compete with him in terms of physical strength, so I can only give him a hard time. If I had walked behind, I might not have reached the halfway point by now."
There is an electric heater in Su Tong's office, which is specially placed under the feet when the weather is cold. At this time, the three of them were surrounding the small electric heater to keep warm.
Yu Dong also joined in. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He said with a smile: "I want Yu Hua to say that he is a road fool and doesn't know the road."
Su Tong smiled and said: "Before you came, the two of them were talking about you going to write essays. I think this is a good thing. I have stayed at Jinyi longer than you, so I will write a few essays later.
, you write now and I write in the past, it just confirms each other. Didn’t Yu Hua already write an article? Take it over later, I will make a column for you in "Zhongshan", dedicated to "Cucumber Garden", what?
Sample?"
"You don't shy away from suspicion at all." Bi Feiyu said with a smile.
"What are you doing to avoid suspicion?" Su Tong said.
Yu Dong didn't expect Yu Hua and the others to talk so quickly and already told Su Tong about the matter. Now things have changed again. Originally, they planned to write their own articles, but now "Zhongshan" wants to have a column.
They have been tied together from the beginning, and there is also Su Tong.
"Of course, I want to read the article. If it doesn't work, I still won't publish it," Su Tong added.
Yu Hua patted her chest, "That will definitely work."
"Then I'll wait and see." Su Tong said with emotion, "A few years ago, if anyone would have told me that Jin Yihui would gain fame in the literary circle, I wouldn't have believed it. I didn't expect that in just a few years, at least in
In the literary circle of Jinling, Jin Yi has become an unavoidable topic. Now in Jinling, when people talk about novels, when they talk about several well-known novelists, they always mention Jin Yi.
I, who have been out for a few years, have also been involved. A few days ago, I heard a saying called the Jinyi Gang. Although I don’t like this term, it also illustrates the problem."
"It has little to do with the two of us, it's mainly because of Yu Dong." Yu Hua said with a smile.
Su Tong shook his head, "Without you, how can he call the Jinyi Gang alone? If one of them appears, people will say it's a coincidence. If there are a few of them at once, no one will say it's an accident."
"It doesn't matter whether it helps or not, it looks like some kind of social group." Bi Feiyu obviously didn't like the term Jinyi Gang either.
Su Tong smiled and said: "People like to use this term, this sect and that sect, not to mention far away, let's just say that this year's Shaanxi Army is also called like this, and there are other Shaanxi Army Five Tiger Generals."
"Speaking of the Shaanxi Army, have you paid attention to the news about the Shaanxi Army during this period?"
The three of them shook their heads. They were so busy with their own affairs that they had no time to care about these things. Bi Feiyu, in particular, had been writing in seclusion some time ago, and during this time he had been thinking about his novel collection.
Su Tong is different. He is not only a writer now, but also the helmsman of the editorial department of "Zhongshan". Now there is something like the Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition in the literary circle - it can be regarded as a literary phenomenon. He must pay attention to it, maybe he will
Influence the future direction of their magazine.
He didn't spend much time himself, but asked Liu Xuemin to collect some information.
Among the materials collected by Liu Xuemin, in addition to some literary reviews, there are also some tidbits.
Su Tong told the three of them these tidbits: "Actually, it is not appropriate to call the Shaanxi Army, and they may not be able to be as united as an army. Previously, Gao Jianqun jumped out and said that the concept of the 'Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition' was originated from him.
Later, Han Xiaohui came out to refute the rumor and said it was not true. Cheng Hai also called Han Xiaohui and asked if someone was trying to frame him, so that his name did not appear in the report. He was so confused and confused."
"Actually, it is conceivable that everyone wants to be famous, so it is not surprising."
A few people looked at these laces as if they were jokes.
After all, the Shaanxi Army is now marching eastward, not the Shaanxi Army marching south.
If "Guangming Daily" publishes another "Jinyi Gang goes northward" story, maybe they will pay more attention to it.
After chatting about the Shaanxi Army for a while, Su Tong talked about "Xiangxi" again, "I read a little bit of the second half of your "Xiangxi" this morning. It seems that there are more changes than the upper part. Did He Qizhi and the others suggest the changes?
"
Su Tong had read the original manuscript of "To the West" before, so he knew the changes in it.
Yu Dong nodded: "Well, when I submitted the manuscript, the two editors gave me some suggestions, but I didn't adopt them all and only made some changes."
"It's also good to listen to more opinions."
Su Tong only said this and did not express any other opinions. Bi Feiyu went on to say: ""Westward" should be published as a single book. I heard Jimmy say it before."
"Well, it should be soon. The details have been discussed. He Qizhi called me yesterday and asked me if I had time to go to Yanjing for a book signing in May."
"Did you agree?" Su Tong asked.
"It's not considered an agreement. I said it depends on the time. They saw that my previous autograph signing in Chengdu was pretty good, so they were thinking of organizing a autograph signing for me when the single book of "To the West" comes out."
Yu Hua held her chin and said, "If you decide to go there, you must also be mentally prepared. Once the autograph session is held, something will definitely happen. This year's autograph session for Chen Zhongshi was just held, and many media reported on it.
It captured the fiery scene at that time. If the results of your autograph session this year are too bad...it shouldn't be bad. Anyway, the media will probably compare the two autograph sessions."
"That's right, you have already been connected with them because of "Going West", and the media will definitely not miss the opportunity to make a big splash." Bi Feiyu said.
Yu Dong smiled and said: "I didn't think about this. Anyway, if it happens, I can't escape it, and there's no point in hiding."
"I didn't ask you to hide." Yu Hua also laughed, "On the contrary, I hope you can go. It is also a good thing to have an extra path in the literary circle. This year is different from last year. Last year, the literary circle was still a stagnant water. This year, there are suddenly many more.
Things. Let’s not talk about the Shaanxi Army. Wang Shuo has gained momentum in recent years, and Wang Meng also proposed the idea of ​​‘avoiding the noble’ because of him.”
Su Tong was deeply touched by Yu Hua's words, "Since the reform, the economy has developed faster and faster. Especially last year, President Deng's speech during his southern tour can be said to be an inflection point for reform. Almost every day, we can hear the economic news
News, when there is such a fierce confrontation between old and new thinking, the literary world is bound to be impacted. Although it is a little slow, some clues can be seen now."
Bi Feiyu and Yu Hua looked at Yu Dong at the same time. They had talked about this topic many times, but they had never discussed it thoroughly.
Chapter completed!