Not long after calling Mai Jia, Zhu Yonggang felt a little regretful.
Yes, Yu Dong did not say that he wanted to poach people, but since Mai Jia entered the office, they have been discussing literary creation.
Maijia, who was usually languid, became very energetic when we talked about literary creation, especially literary creation related to espionage.
Mai Jia and Mo Yan were still junior brothers. Mo Yan was admitted to the Department of Arts and Literature in 1984. Xu Huaizhong saw Mo Yan's "Folk Music" and gave Mo Yan an unusual opportunity to take the exam.
Mai Jia, on the other hand, entered military art in 1989 with the help of his two works "Change" and "Life in Bermuda". In addition, he was assigned to Chengdu TV Station after his career change, so the two have a relatively close relationship.
Seeing that Mai Jia still maintained enthusiasm and desire for literary creation, Mo Yan encouraged: "Mai Jia, your enthusiasm and talent cannot be wasted..."
Speaking of this, Mo Yan looked at Zhu Yonggang sitting beside him, coughed lightly, and continued: "Rongcheng is a good place, Chengdu TV Station is a good place, and your Director Zhu is a great good person. In such an environment, it is absolutely
I have conditions to support your creation."
Before Mai Jia could answer, Zhu Yonggang nodded and said: "Yes, yes, Mai Jia is a screenwriter in Taiwan. He doesn't have to work at ordinary times and has more free time. Of course we in Taiwan also hope that he can calm down and engage in creation.
Bring more and better scripts to our station."
They are both creations, but novels and scripts are two different things.
Although the novel can be adapted into a script, the effect is completely different. Zhu Yonggang was afraid that Mai Jia had chatted with Yu Dong and Mo Yan, and then he would only focus on literature and novels, so the script was left behind.
The most important thing is that if you write too many novels, it may not be long before Maijia can no longer stay on the TV station.
Not to mention himself, organizations such as the Writers' Association will definitely keep an eye on him when the time comes.
Yu Dong looked at Zhu Yonggang's nervous look and laughed secretly. He knew that even if they didn't come to the TV station today and didn't see Mai Jia, Mai Jia himself would definitely pick up a pen and write a novel.
As Zhu Yonggang himself said, Mai Jia does not work at Chengdu TV Station and has very free time. He has enough time to engage in literary creation.
Of course, Yu Dong also knew that Zhu Yonggang was nervous, but he would never hinder Mai Jia from creating.
Their unit really needs an excellent screenwriter, but it would be better if they could produce an excellent writer who could help their unit win some awards.
The impression that Mai Jia gave to Yu Dong was that he was very silent. When talking about literary creation and espionage, he would say a few more words and his whole body would become active. But most of the time, when others spoke, he was not too quiet.
Be willing to interrupt and just listen quietly.
He didn't know where he came back from. He had a schoolbag on his shoulder and sat down on the bench as soon as he came in.
Logically speaking, he was a few years older than Yu Dong and the same age as Bi Feiyu, so he should look more mature, but the way he sat there with his bag in his handbag was elegant and elegant, like a college student who had not yet graduated.
He has been away from his hometown for many years, but when he speaks, he still has a strong southern accent.
Sometimes, Yu Dong could still see a little nervousness in Mai Jia. He was obviously resisting and hiding this nervousness, but inadvertently amplified it.
Yu Dong has felt this tense feeling in Mai Jia's works, especially the novel "Private Notebook", which is tense and lonely.
This is related to Maijia's childhood experience. Due to background issues, he was often bullied as a child. This experience made him less talkative. Perhaps because of this, loneliness became the main theme in his novels.
But Yu Dong could still feel that Mai Jia didn't want to talk much, but still had a strong desire to talk. Sometimes when Mo Yan was chatting with Yu Hua and the others, Mai Jia would raise his head and open his mouth. Everyone thought he wanted to talk.
, but he just smiled.
…
Yu Dong and the others only stayed in Rongcheng for one more night. The night before, they took Mai Jia out for a drink.
Several leaders in the station were also there. Among the large table, only two people were not drinking. One was Wang Xiaobo and the other was Mai Jia.
The leader in Taili persuaded him to drink, saying that it was such a good day and it would be a pity not to drink. He just refused sincerely and said: I don't know how to drink, I really don't know how to drink.
After saying this, he followed up with another sentence: You should also be less.
The next day, on the plane back to Jinling, Yu Hua talked about Mai Jia again.
"This kid will definitely only be able to create in the future, otherwise he will definitely not be able to survive in the unit."
Bi Feiyu smiled and said, "Is this a compliment or a derogation?"
"It's not praise or derogation, it's just stating an established fact."
"If you don't smoke, drink, or play cards, you won't be able to survive in the workplace?" Mo Yan smiled and said, "Yu Hua, you are still biased against government agencies."
Yu Hua glanced at Mo Yan and said, "You are not biased, so how did you write "Wine Country"?"
Mo Yan argued: "My "Wine Country" doesn't really write about drinking. It's a metaphor... I can't explain it to you."
"Haha, actually when I said he couldn't get along in the government agency, it wasn't because he didn't drink. You can see that this kid always has a bit of a 'pull' on his face. People who don't know him well think he likes to be aggressive.
."
"You're not familiar with him, so you think he likes to be aggressive?" Wang Xiaobo asked.
"I'm different."
"What's different about you?"
Yu Hua laughed and boasted: "I am a good person and can see people's hearts through their appearance."
…
After returning to Yanjing, they rested for two days and then rushed to the United States.
There were a lot of Americans going there this time, and everyone brought their families, and they were planning to have a good time shopping in the United States after the autograph signing. Wang Xiaobo went alone, but his wife Li Yinhe is in the United States, so this trip can be regarded as a reunion.
.
"Old Book" will be released simultaneously worldwide on August 9th, and Yu Dong and the others will arrive in New York on the 7th.
Jimmy sent a minibus to pick them up. On the way from the airport to the hotel, Mo Yan's daughter Guan Xiaoxiao suddenly pointed out the car window and shouted: "Wow, is that a poster for Uncle Dong's novel?"
Everyone looked in the direction Guan Xiaoxiao was pointing and saw a huge poster hanging outside a six or seven-story house. The two huge letters "YU" on it were visible at a glance.
Under "YU" is written in English YU's new book "Old Book" and a string of numbers 1997.08.09.
The entire poster is very simple, without any bells and whistles. It has a blue background and red fonts, which is very eye-catching.
Chapter completed!