Chapter 214 Teacher Lin is proud
December 15, 1982, sunny.
Today is the day of the first Yanbing Literature Award ceremony. The standard of this award ceremony is one level higher than the last National Excellent Short and Medium Story Awards Conference. The venue is set at the People's Hall.
The award is also sponsored by the Writers Association, the only difference is that this time Mr. Yan Bing's name is used.
Compared with the last award ceremony, there were fewer familiar faces at this year's Yanbing Literature Award.
The last award ceremony was more like a big gathering within the literary circle. In addition to the award-winning writers, most of the attendees were people from local literary associations and publications.
This time not only is the standard higher, the composition of people attending the award ceremony is also more complex. The most obvious change is that it covers many people from the literary and art circles outside of the literary world.
More than 600 people from the literary and art circles attended and participated in the first award ceremony of the Yanbing Literature Award.
Last time it was called a "conference", this time it was called a "ceremony", the name alone is much more formal.
Without so many acquaintances, there are naturally fewer opportunities to say hello.
Lin Weimin came with Mr. Wan today, but Mr. Wan was an invited guest and was asked to leave as soon as he entered the door.
Among the others, the one he was most familiar with was Gu Hua, who also won this award for "Furong Town".
The two went on stage one after another at the award ceremony and exchanged a few words secretly.
After finally waiting for the award ceremony to end, Gu Hua found Lin Weimin.
"Gu Hua!"
"For the people!"
The two shook hands, with smiles on their faces as if they had met again after a long separation.
"I was originally planning to look for you, but something delayed me." Gu Hua said.
"It's okay, call Xiaowei tonight and get together."
"No problem. By the way, I saw the director just now. Why don't you go over and say hello?"
The director that Gu Hua mentioned was naturally Xu Gang, the director of the Institute of Literature when he was studying there. "Really? I didn't notice it. I'll go say hello to him and we'll talk later."
Lin Weimin said hello to Gu Hua and went to look for Xu Gang. He found Xu Gang in the crowd.
"Hello, teacher! Hello, Mr. Ba! Hello, director!"
When Ba Lao saw Lin Weimin, he laughed, "Jiabao's favorite disciple is here!"
Mr. Wan was also here at this time. Hearing Mr. Ba's ridicule, he had a smug smile on his face, "Don't be envious!"
Xu Gang was standing next to Ba Lao and Mr. Wan at this time, and he also laughed and said, "Speaking of which, Mr. Wan should thank our Institute of Literature for finding you a disciple like Weimin."
Mr. Wan said: "I would like to thank not only your Institute of Literature, but also the Literature Association and Yao Tang!"
The Institute of Literature and Art Research is an organization under the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. There is nothing wrong with what Mr. Wan said. Ba Lao and Xu Gang couldn't help but laugh.
Xu Gang said: "Speaking of which, the Institute of Literature has resumed classes for several years, but in terms of results, Weimin and his fifth batch of students are still the best."
Ba Lao nodded and said, "I remember that Gu Hua from Furong Town was also a student of the fifth term."
Xu Gang said: "Not bad."
After saying that, he looked around and saw Gu Hua standing not far away. He quickly waved to him, "Gu Hua, come here."
When Gu Hua heard the call, he hurried over. When he saw Mr. Ba and Mr. Wan, he immediately understood Xu Gang's intention and felt grateful.
"Hello, Mr. Ba! Hello, Mr. Wan!"
The two old men smiled and nodded.
Ba Lao smiled and said, "Little Gu is great! The Institute of Literature has produced two Yanbing Literature Award winners in its first term. Xu Gang's work performance is outstanding!"
"Hearing what you said, Mr. Ba, our work at the Institute of Literature has not been in vain."
The grand award ceremony ended in a lively atmosphere. When walking out of the hall, Lin Weimin told Xu Gang and Gu Hua about Guo Yudao's situation. Both of them looked surprised.
"You're only in your forties, right?" Xu Gang asked.
"Forty-five years old!" Lin Weimin replied.
"Ah, so young." Xu Gang's tone was full of regret.
Gu Hua said regretfully: "If I had known this news earlier, I should have come to Yanjing earlier."
"At that time, I wanted to inform the teachers and classmates in or near Yenching, but Lao Guo was unwilling to do so because he was afraid of disturbing everyone."
Gu Hua shook his head and sighed, "This old Guo is always like this, always thinking about others."
He thought for a moment and said, "I'll go to Xining to see him on my way back."
"He will be pleased."
After coming out of the important place, Lin Weimin invited Xu Gang to attend the evening party together.
Xu Gang had something else to do in the afternoon, so he said, "I won't join you young people's gathering. You haven't seen each other for such a long time, so take this opportunity to have a good reunion."
Lin Weimin and Gu Hua went to Qu Xiaowei's unit to find him, but he left half a day early.
A few of them found a restaurant and started drinking.
Gu Hua was slightly tipsy. "I still remember that in the summer of the year before last, I went to Contemporary to revise my manuscript. At that time, Weimin would go to the editorial office whenever he had nothing to do. I was wondering what this guy wanted to do. It was not until he was about to graduate that I found out that he was going there to look for a job."
Qu Xiaowei laughed and said, "Yes, there are so many people in our class, but no one would have thought that Weimin would quietly join Contemporary. In the past two years, not only has he been writing well, but he has also been a good editor. Lu Yao's Life was published under his supervision, as was Shi Tiesheng's My Distant Qingping Bay."
Gu Hua raised his glass and said, "Weimin was born to write!"
"cheers!"
After several people drank a sip of wine, Qu Xiaowei sighed again: "It's a pity that you missed Lao Guo by a few days before he returned to Xining."
Gu Hua's face also turned serious. "It's okay. I'll go take a detour to see him this time. I haven't seen my old friend for a long time. I didn't expect that..."
At this point, the mood of several people became a little low, and in the end, all the words in their mouths could only turn into a sigh.
With the conclusion of the first Yanbing Literature Award ceremony, news about the award also appeared in major newspapers across the country, and the names of several winning authors and their works once again became known across the country.
In fact, in the 1980s, the Yanbing Literature Award did not provide much bonus to the winners and their works. It was more of a recognition of the quality of the work and the status of the author.
The reason is very simple. There were many literature lovers in China in the 1980s. These award-winning works were published four to five years ago, and at least one to two years ago. They are not unfamiliar to the majority of literature lovers, nor are these authors unfamiliar.
When people hear that these works have won awards, they are more likely to discuss whether the writers and works are worthy of the awards, and which gems have been missed.
On the contrary, since the late 1990s, pure literature has gradually declined, and the value of the Yanbing Literature Award to writers and their works has increased a lot.
The reason is that the public is not as familiar with these names as before. Only with the recognition of public opinion and honor from the Yanbing Literature Award can they gain the public attention that is difficult to attract under normal circumstances, thus creating the phenomenon of "no one cares about one's studies for ten years, but one becomes famous overnight and is known to the world."
Except for accepting group interviews from two national newspapers organized by the Writers Association before and after winning the award, Lin Weimin has declined all interview requests, which is his usual style.
In the past two years, as his creative achievements have grown, he has received more and more interview invitations, but he has declined them all.
If he had just joined the Institute of Literature and Research, he would have jumped up and rushed forward when faced with such an interview, but for him now, such an interview is more like a burden.
Not only does it take up his time, it also has the potential to affect his normal life.
Fortunately, information is not very developed in this era. If his photos were spread everywhere, wouldn’t it be a burden for him to go out in the future?
That afternoon, Qin Chaoyang found Lin Weimin and told him that there was a call from the office, saying it was from his cousin.
When the word "cousin" was mentioned, Comrade Lao Qin's eyes were somewhat inquiring. Lin Weimin had been working at "Contemporary" for more than two years, but he had never heard that he had any cousin. Thinking of the last time Lin Weimin called him and kicked him out of the office, Qin Chaoyang became even more suspicious.
"Hey, cousin!"
Lin Weimin continued talking on the phone, but his eyes were on Qin Chaoyang who had returned.
After all, it's someone else's office. It's not right to chase them out every time.
"Weimin, our program has been approved, I'm going to Yanjing!"
Tao Huimin's voice on the phone seemed to break through the barrier of space, shaking Lin Weimin's eardrums, allowing him to fully feel the joy in his girlfriend's heart.
"That's great. When are you coming to Yanjing? I'll pick you up then."
"We will leave for Yanjing the day after tomorrow. Don't come to pick me up. I'm going with the troupe, so you won't be able to pick me up even if you come. I'll call you when I get there."
"Okay then!"
Lin Weimin hung up the phone with a relaxed smile, and was greeted by Comrade Lao Tan's face full of gossip.
"Weimin, do you have a girlfriend?" Comrade Lao Tan asked with a smile.
"Ah, yes."
Lin Weimin had never talked about his love life on purpose, nor did he hide it. He had called Lao Qin before to be on guard because he simply didn't want him to hear his privacy.
"Not bad! Not bad!"
The expression on Qin Chaoyang's face was a bit like that of a pig farmer who discovered that his pigs could finally dig up cabbages.
Not long after, Liu Yin approached Lin Weimin with a gossipy look on his face.
"Weimin, I heard that you are in love?"
Lin Weimin:?
You are so good, Old Tan. I always thought you had thick eyebrows and big eyes. Do you think all the bad things in the society were spread from you?
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
Yao Shuzhi also came over, "Is this true? You can still be in a relationship?"
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Yao Shuzhi sensed the murderous intent in Lin Weimin's eyes and changed her tone, "My sister's classmates will cry to death. Those little girls all regard you as their literary idol."
"Not really, I'm just a novelist." Lin Weimin's thoughts came to light and he said modestly.
"What's going on? Is Weimin in love?"
After receiving the confirmed news from him, the comrades in the editorial department all gathered around him as if they were watching something special.
What the f*ck do you mean?
Everyone surrounded Lin Weimin for a long time before they got a few words of truth out of him.
When they heard that they had met Lin Weimin while he was on a business trip to Zhijiang for the National Theatre of China, they all teased him for abusing his power for personal gain.
Lin Weimin sneered in his heart: You haven’t seen the real case of abusing public power for personal gain!
In this way, the news of Lin Weimin's love affair quickly spread throughout the Guowen Society, causing countless unmarried and unattached young women of marriageable age in the society to sigh with regret.
The biggest benefit of this news to Lin Weimin was that it made the topic about his sexual orientation, which had been circulating secretly on a small scale in the community, disappear.
Lin Weimin is already in a relationship, so it’s a bit too much to spread rumors like this.
A few days later, when Lin Weimin was at work, Qin Chaoyang came to say that there was a phone call for him.
On the way to his office, the old comrade complained: "My phone has been given to you now."
Lin Weimin smiled and stuffed a box of cigarettes, which could only be bought at the Friendship Store, into the old comrade's pocket.
Comrade Lao Tan felt relieved. It didn't matter whether he was a smoker or not. What he wanted was respect.
I called back and it was indeed Tao Huimin.
Their troupe had just arrived in Yanjing last night and was arranged by CCTV to stay at the Temple of Heaven Hotel.
Tao Huimin ran out during lunch time. She didn't even have lunch. She found a public phone on the street and called Lin Weimin.
"Go back and have lunch first. I'll meet you at the Temple of Heaven Hotel after I get off work in the evening."
After the phone call, when it was almost time to get off work in the afternoon, Lin Weimin kept looking at his watch.
Yao Shuzhi carefully noticed his abnormality and asked, "Weimin, do you have an appointment?"
"Um."
"Look at your state, girlfriend?"
Lin Weimin looked at her in surprise. Are all women so meticulous?
Yao Shuzhi knew she had guessed right when she saw Lin Weimin's expression. She couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Isn't your girlfriend in Zhijiang?"
Before, everyone had a brief understanding of Lin Weimin’s love life, and everyone knew that his girlfriend was a Yue Opera actress from Zhijiang.
"People from Zhijiang can't come to Yanjing?"
"Oh, you're in Yanjing? You're quite charming!"
"Even someone like Qu Xiaowei could hook Liu Haiyan up with him and bring her to Yanjing, so how can I be any worse than him?"
Yao Shuzhi thought to herself: Qu Xiaowei can't even come close to you in other areas, but when it comes to dating...
Yao Shuzhi's eyes couldn't help but show some contempt, but she then remembered that Weimin was in a relationship after all, and she couldn't look at him with old eyes.
Lin Weimin keenly noticed the meaning in Yao Shuzhi's eyes and really wanted to spit at her on the spot: You are such a dog that looks down on people!
He glanced at his watch. He was not looking at his watch because he was waiting to get off work, but because he was calculating the time at Tao Huimin's place. He felt that it was about time.
He stood up and said, "Sister Yao, let's stop talking. I have something else to do. I'll leave first."
When Lin Weimin said this, his posture was straight and he looked very proud.
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