Being a famous writer has advantages, but also disadvantages.
After the first part of "Fatal Identity" came out, some people started to badmouth Yu Dong.
Some critics who had previously been defeated on the battlefield of "Going West" have shifted the battlefield to "Fatal Identity".
Some people say that Yu Dong is too greedy and wants to get involved in any subject. He used to do science fiction, and now he wants to do mystery. But this mystery novel is obviously not what Yu Dong is good at, and the things he writes tend to be lame psychological realism.
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The so-called psychological realism is not often mentioned in China. This thing is originally a new thing in the history of literature, and it has only been proposed in Germany and the United States in recent years.
As the name suggests, psychological realism is also realism, but this type of works focuses on psychological detection, character portrayal and environmental realism, and sometimes incorporates some symbolism and grotesque techniques.
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"Editor-in-chief Cao, it seems that even if we don't publicize it, it will still be very lively."
In the office of Cao Yang, the editor-in-chief of "Sprouting", Zhao Changtian was holding a newspaper. There was an article reviewing "Fatal Identity" in the newspaper.
Regarding the promotion of "Fatal Identity", Cao Yang and Zhao Changtian had differences before.
Cao Yang believed that since he had obtained Yu Dong's manuscript, he had to promote it seriously. Promoting it well would not only be beneficial to "Grudge", but also give an explanation to Dong.
But Zhao Changtian had a different view. It was not that he disagreed with the publicity, but he just believed that things should be kept low-key at the beginning.
After reading the manuscript of "Fatal Identity" at that time, Zhao Changtian discovered a problem. As a mystery novel, "Fatal Identity" uses too literary techniques. As the plot develops later, those literary expressions can be used for those who
The thrilling plot brings greater tension.
However, the first 20,000 to 30,000 words are not explosive enough and are not attractive to readers.
Therefore, Zhao Changtian feels that too early publicity will not be very effective. It is better to wait until the second and third issues are released. After the plot unfolds, the magazine will start vigorously promoting it. In this way, the best publicity effect can be achieved.
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Serialization is a rallying battle, and you shouldn't care about gains and losses at the moment. Only the final victory is the real victory.
Zhao Changtian's statement convinced Cao Yang, and eventually the magazine decided to keep a low profile and wait until later to start publicity.
However, they still underestimated Yu Dong's market influence. Without any publicity, this issue of "Sprouting" still sold out.
And "Fatal Identity" quickly became a hot topic.
Even critics from the literary world came to join in the fun and have a few words to say.
Cao Yang glanced at the newspaper in Zhao Changtian's hand and said with a smile: "I remember this Lin Bai. His commentaries are famous for his spicy comments. I have never seen him say anything good about any writer. Previously, Yu Dong's "To the West"
When he came out, he was the main force of criticism. That time he suffered a loss at the hands of the scholars at Yan Normal University. When he saw the poor performance of the first issue of "Fatal Identity" this time, he naturally wanted to jump out and retaliate for the previous one.
hatred."
"I know this, but one thing I don't understand is why he wants to rely on psychological realism in "Fatal Identity"?" Zhao Changtian said puzzled.
"It's not difficult to understand. He considers himself a respectable literary critic, but now he has to evaluate a popular novel. Naturally, he feels that he has lost his identity. But it would be a big mistake to label "Fatal Identity" as psychological realism.
It’s the same, he not only maintained his so-called noble identity as a literary critic, but also pushed "Fatal Identity" into a pit."
Zhao Changtian nodded and said, "That's true. If you don't read the book and just read his review article, you might think that "Fatal Identity" is an unusual work written by a traditional writer who doesn't understand reasoning. Readers who like reasoning and readers who like traditional literature will not be wrong.
This book makes a good impression.”
"Don't worry about these things, they will be fine later." Cao Yang said with confidence.
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When Yu Dong heard the term psychological realism, he immediately thought of Joyce, because Joyce is a representative of the psychological realism school.
Unexpectedly, it was quite a coincidence that not long after I received Joyce’s letter, I heard about psychological realism again.
However, Yu Dong didn't pay much attention to such comments. There was a big problem with Lin Bai's article. Either it was black for the sake of being black, or his basic skills were not solid enough.
Many of his remarks violated the basic principles of literary criticism.
For example, when it comes to psychological realism mentioned this time, it is obvious that his understanding of psychological realism is wrong. He probably thinks that too much psychological description and character characterization can be considered psychological realism.
In fact, this is not the case. The core of psychological realism is still the author. Psychological realism focuses on the peeling off and external expression of the soul.
Of course, it's possible that Lin Bai didn't know it, he just wanted to put forward a literary theory that ordinary people didn't understand and explain it to Yu Dong.
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"What is this psychological realism?"
After Yu Hua saw these comments, he also came to Yu Dong and asked what psychological realism was.
"Why are you paying attention to this?" Yu Dong asked him with a smile.
"I'm curious."
"Don't be curious. This kind of terminology was coined by others and has little effect on us."
Yu Hua shook his head and sighed, "Actually, sometimes it's quite boring. I don't even know what faction the things I write belong to, but I have to ask others to come and remind me what they are."
"This is the difference in division of labor. You as a writer write things, and their critics analyze what you write. What you write is not important to you, but it is very important to them.
Writers should sometimes not pay too much attention to what they write. If they pay too much attention, it is easy to find that what they write is not something, and then they will think about writing something that is something every day."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yu Hua originally wanted to light a cigarette, but after hearing what Yu Dong said, he put the cigarette back and curled his lips: "You are telling me tongue twisters here.
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"Just tell me if that's what you mean." Yu Dong smiled.
"It's a bit interesting, but not quite interesting."
"What do you mean?" Yu Dong asked.
"Writers pay too much attention to these things, and may not necessarily think about writing something that is a thing every day, but they may also think about writing something that is not a thing every day," Yu Hua said.
Yu Dong smiled and nodded, "You're right, but it sounds like this is your previous experience in avant-garde literature?"
"You..." Yu Hua nodded at Yu Dong, "I can't tell you, I'm going to play with Feiyu."
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One week before going to Yan Normal University, Yu Dong had to do something big first. He and Cheng Yanqiu were getting engaged.
According to the father-in-law and mother-in-law, the engagement process is actually very simple. The woman’s relatives can just go to the man’s house for a meal.
Before that, Yu Dong would take Cheng Yanqiu to buy two new sets of clothes.
When talking about buying clothes, Yu Dong remembered that he really didn't give Cheng Yanqiu anything, that is, he brought her a few CDs back from the United States.
So Yu Dong wanted to buy more things for Cheng Yanqiu, but after going to the mall, Cheng Yanqiu not only didn't ask for more things, but also bought two sets of clothes for Yu Dong.
When he came out of the mall, Cheng Yanqiu still smiled: "In fact, I should buy you clothes. Look at the two of us, the clothes in the two wardrobes at home and in the dormitory can hardly be filled. As for you, no matter what season it is, it seems
Just two or three sets of clothes. A black coat in spring and autumn, a white shirt in summer, and two woolen coats in winter. There are not as many clothes as there are books in the wardrobe."
"I'm afraid of trouble." Yu Dong smiled.
It's really troublesome to have too many clothes. If you hang them there for a long time, you have to wash them again, and they really take up space.
The wardrobe in his dormitory is now full of books. There are more and more books, and there is almost no room to put them. There is a small cabinet on the wall, but the capacity is only average and cannot hold many books.
After all, the dormitory is only a small place, and it is not easy to put an extra cabinet. If he gets a large bookcase to store books, he will have no room in the dormitory.
Sometimes he would simply fold a pile of clothes and put them on the corner of the bed to make room for books.
Cheng Yanqiu looked at Yu Dong with a smile: "There are times when you are afraid of trouble. Leave the clothes to me in the future. But you have to wash the dishes and maybe cook sometimes. My cooking skills are still improving.
, it will take some time. If you want to mop the floor, you can leave it to me, I am good at this."
"Also, my piano will definitely be placed in the study from now on. Not just the piano, but also..."
Cheng Yanqiu held Yu Dong's arm and looked forward to his future life. Yu Dong listened like this. He had never thought before that these trivial things could be heard so well.
What truly constitutes life is never just music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and wine, but also firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea.
Life needs poetry, and more importantly, we can find poetry in the simplest life.
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On the day of their engagement, Yu Dong wore the navy blue jacket Cheng Yanqiu bought for him, which was quite modern.
There are not many relatives from the Cheng family. Grandpa Cheng Yanqiu is the only son of her father, and the family is not prosperous. Her grandpa passed away a few years ago, and her aunt married out of town and couldn't make it this time. Only her uncle's family came.
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There are only ten people in total.
Cheng Yanqiu's grandparents went directly from Yanjing, and Yu Dong arranged for a minibus to pick up the remaining people and take them directly to Shanghai.
In order to catch up with lunch, they set off at dawn.
"Brother-in-law, is your home far from the Bund? Is the Oriental Pearl Tower finished?"
The person who asked this question was Cheng Yanqiu's cousin, a boy of thirteen or fourteen who is now in junior high school. When we set out in the morning, he hadn't woken up yet and had been dozing off in a daze. Only now was he alive.
Came over.
Yu Dong smiled and replied: "My home is in a rural town, far away from the Bund. The Oriental Pearl Tower is almost built, but it hasn't been used yet. I'm pressed for time today, so I can't take you around. I'll take you around later when I have time.
You can go shopping on the Bund, the Oriental Pearl Tower should be put into use soon."
"Oh fine."
Hearing that Yu Dong's home was in the countryside, the boy was a little disappointed. He had originally heard that he was going to Shanghai and was quite happy. He had heard that there was an Oriental Pearl Tower built in Shanghai, and he had always wanted to see it.
However, his question led to the topic of conversation.
Uncle Cheng Yanqiu's family only found out about Cheng Yanqiu's relationship a few days ago. They only knew that Yu Dong was also a teacher, wrote novels, and was from Shanghai. They didn't know much else about him.
At this time, my aunt asked: "You Yu, I heard from your aunt that you also write novels. How do you publish your novels?"
Before Yu Dong could answer, his little cousin said: "I know. If you want to find a publisher for a long story, submit it to a magazine for a short story."
The aunt rolled her eyes at her son and said, "You usually know how to read those villain books. Learn more from your brother-in-law and read some serious books."
"How do you know that my brother-in-law writes serious books?"
"You kid..."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Chen Tao said the same thing. Long stories are usually submitted to publishing houses, and short stories are submitted to magazines. However, there are exceptions. Sometimes long stories are also submitted to magazines."
"Brother-in-law, how much do you earn from writing books?"
"Chen Tao—" the uncle scolded his son, and then said to Dong, "This kid has no rules, so please be patient with him."
Yu Dong waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing I can't say about it. I can earn a decent amount from writing books, more than my salary, but it's not very fixed, sometimes more and sometimes less."
"Yes, writing books should be done as a side job. It's not stable." The uncle nodded. "Before, there was a person in our factory who wrote novels. He made some money at first, so he quit the job. Later, when he couldn't do it anymore, he wanted to come back.
, it’s just that there’s a carrot and a hole in the unit, and it’s hard to come back if you leave.” The uncle sighed.
Cheng Liye said with a smile: "Yu Dong will not resign. I asked him to teach in our school but he didn't do it. He just wants to stay at Jinyi."
"Brother-in-law, you don't understand this. Isn't Luoluo in Jinyi? Where can he go? But it's okay if his teaching level is lower than yours, otherwise my brother-in-law wouldn't let you go to their school. By the way, you are from Yan Normal University
Those who have graduated should be fine. Speaking of which, the place where I used to go to school is not far from your school. Sometimes I would just go to your school while walking around."
"Where did uncle study?"
"My name was Yanjing Institute of Technology at that time."
"That's not far away, about ten miles."
Yenching Institute of Technology is now Yenching University of Science and Technology. The name was changed when Yu Dong was in school.
The three siblings are all engaged in different industries. Cheng Yanqiu's mother, Chen Yuqing, is the eldest in the family and studies music. The second sister, Chen Yuyan, is said to have studied Russian and is now working as a translator. The third brother, Chen Yuyong, studied mechanics and now works as a technical deputy in a machinery factory.
Factory director.
At that time, it was not easy to have three college students in the family. Of course, the Chen family's family conditions were very good, otherwise Chen Yuqing would not have studied music.
As we chatted, time passed quickly. At eleven o'clock, the car finally arrived at Yu Dong's house.
Chapter completed!