Chapter 229 I just want to fill a cup
"Great!" Lao Meng clapped his hands and shouted, "Where do you come up with all these wonderful ideas?"
"Hehe, it's all for work!" Lin Weimin said modestly, his face full of innocence and kindness.
"How about this, we will discuss a set of rules with Lao Tan and then report it to the agency."
"Ah, and report it to the agency? There's no need for that, right?"
There was a hint of fear in Lin Weimin's tone. He was not afraid of anything else but being criticized.
I guess Lao Yan still remembers the previous hardcover edition of the series. If he gets caught in the crossfire this time, won’t he have to write a self-criticism?
Meng Weizai said, "It's okay. In fact, it's not just our editorial department that is short of staff, the company is short of staff as well. I'll go find Lao Yan after we've discussed it, and we'll find a more resounding name. What name should we find?"
Seeing that Lao Meng was racking his brains but couldn't come up with a solution, Lin Weimin came over and asked, "Cultivate ladder-type editorial talents?"
"Look!" Lao Meng clapped his hands again. "You are really smart, and you are a talented editor. You can be considered as a reserve for our Chinese Literature Publishing House, right? Every year, a group of college students will come to the publishing house, so we can let them come here for internship in advance."
Lin Weimin gave a thumbs up at the right time, "Leader, great!"
The two men looked at each other and smiled like two chicken thieves.
The editorial department quickly reached a consensus. The "Big Three" conspired in the office for a few minutes, and then Lao Meng walked towards the front building with a cheerful step.
After more than half an hour, he came back with a happy expression, "Old Yan agrees in principle, but this matter still needs to be discussed in the meeting."
Lin Weimin said excitedly: "That's not a big problem!"
Meng Weizai's face darkened, "Stop talking nonsense, pay attention to the democratic atmosphere!"
Lin Weimin is asking for trouble. You leaders are really hypocritical.
A few days later, Lin Weimin's proposal was discussed at the meeting and passed smoothly.
However, the society is much more honest than Teacher Lin. Teacher Lin suggested recruiting a group of college students and giving them a daily subsidy.
After discussion, the society changed Teacher Lin's idea into one in which the society would contact the universities that had previously sent college students to the society, and the schools would then send a group of student volunteers. These volunteers who came to help the Chinese Language Society would not only receive subsidies, but would also have a great chance of staying to work at the Chinese Language Society in the future.
Although jobs are assigned by the government these days, joining a Chinese literature society is still a very good choice for many students studying liberal arts.
I wonder how the college students would feel if they knew that their beloved teacher Lin came up with this idea to reduce the burden on himself and his colleagues.
At the same time, in a courtyard in Yanjing.
A group of college students were sitting together with serious expressions. The boy standing in the lead was Zhang Jianjun who had previously "attacked" Yang Lixin.
He was admitted to Yenching Normal University last year. If nothing unexpected happens, he will become a glorious people's teacher in four years.
At this time, he held the freshly-published "Wenyi Bao" in his hand and said in a low voice: "Dear students, what I want to share with you today is the latest commentary article published by Teacher Lin Weimin in "Wenyi Bao" - "Our literary creation needs to let a hundred flowers bloom."
Then, he read aloud the article in his hand in a powerful voice. The expressions of the students around him gradually became solemn, until Zhang Jianjun read to the middle part, when fanaticism began to appear on everyone's faces.
“Literary creation has just been liberated from a huge shadow, and we don’t want it to fall into another shadow.
Now the new generation of authors are no longer satisfied with the single narrative form of novels, and have begun to pursue narrative diversity and multiple possibilities.
The editorial colleagues all agreed that we should face up to the new changes, new requirements and new directions of literary creation in the new era..."
Zhang Jianjun spent more than ten minutes reading a 2,000-word article, pausing several times due to his emotional excitement.
After reading the article, he excitedly waved the publication in his hand and said passionately: "Students, a new era of Chinese literature has arrived! Teacher Lin's article is a manifesto against the old literature! This is a war without the smoke of gunpowder. Teacher Lin is our commander. Now he has taken the lead in blowing the horn of counterattack against those decadent, decadent and conservative old forces. We must follow Teacher Lin's footsteps and charge forward with the determination to win!"
Zhang Jianjun's speech was extremely naive, but no one present showed any strange expression. Instead, they became equally excited as they listened to Zhang Jianjun's speech.
"Teacher Lin is truly worthy of being the first of the new generation of Chinese literary circles. He is full of courage!"
"I've decided to submit the novel I just wrote yesterday to Contemporary Magazine!"
"Yes, we will also submit to Contemporary China. It would be best if Teacher Lin could be our editor."
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The numerous discussions caused a brief period of noise in the room, until everyone had vented their emotions and reached a consensus to "only submit articles to "Contemporary" in the future", and then the next girl stood up.
She also held a book in her hand. "My dear students, today I want to share with you Teacher Lin's novella Lurking, which was published in Zhongshan. The passage I chose is the one that touched me the most. It is the scene in which Yu Zecheng excitedly reads the article Serve the People after Zuo Lan, the lover and comrade of the hero Yu Zecheng, sacrifices himself to protect him."
The girl obviously loved the novel "The Hidden" very much. Her eyes became red just when she talked about this plot.
She gathered her emotions and a soothing voice filled the room.
"In the living room, Yu Zecheng held the article and read it over and over again. At first, his tone was calm, but then he gradually became excited, and then fierce and tragic. He thought of Zuo Lan's death.
'Everyone will die, but the meaning of death is different. An ancient Chinese writer named Sima Qian once said: Everyone has to die, but some people's death is heavier than Mount Tai, while others are lighter than a feather. To die for the benefit of the people is heavier than Mount Tai; to die for the fascists, for those who exploit and oppress the people, is lighter than a feather. Comrade Zhang Side died for the benefit of the people, and his death is heavier than Mount Tai.'
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The girl finished reading this passage with tears in her eyes, and then said in a choked voice: "When I read this article by the old man before, I could never understand the meaning contained in it. It was not until I read this passage in "The Hidden" that Teacher Lin read through Yu Zecheng's mouth that I realized how profound the old man's thoughts were."
When the girl was speaking, the students around her were infected by her and their expressions became solemn and sad.
They are all in their early twenties, and the old man's death is an indelible memory in their hearts.
The depressing atmosphere lasted for a few minutes. After the girl sat down, another classmate stood up and read aloud another work by Lin Weimin.
This group of people are all students from various universities in Yanjing. They gathered together for only one purpose, and that is because of Lin Weimin.
Obviously, this was a reading club organized by Lin Weimin's fanatical fans. In the words of later generations, these people were all Lin Weimin's fans.
I just don’t know if this group of college students who regard Lin Weimin as their spiritual mentor will still love him so much after they learn about the temporary job that Teacher Lin found for them?
Probably, maybe, maybe.
After all, Teacher Lin is an idol!
As time goes by, the response to Lin Weimin's article "Our literary creation needs a hundred flowers to bloom" published in the Literary Gazette has become increasingly greater.
People's Literature, which is also affiliated with Guowen Publishing House, quoted Lin Weimin's words in the article many times in the preface and editor's note of the March issue, fully demonstrating its support for its own people.
Next was the Wenhui Daily in Shanghai, which was probably the first major newspaper to stand out and clearly support Lin Weimin.
Lin Weimin's works have always been very popular in Shanghai and its surrounding areas. After the reform and opening up, the differences in the degree of openness between the north and the south are gradually emerging. Now Lin Weimin's advocacy of "literary creation needs to let a hundred flowers bloom" just caters to the concept of openness, and immediately attracted the attention of many media and interested people, and received strong praise.
The voice of Wenhui Daily was like a clarion call, and more and more media joined the discussion sparked by Lin Weimin's article. Among them were newspapers from the capital such as Yanjing Daily, national newspapers such as Guangming Daily and China Youth Daily, local newspapers such as Liaodong Daily and Tianjin Daily, and publications focusing on literary criticism such as Critic and Literary Review.
More and more newspapers and magazines participated in this great discussion, and gradually a collective discussion was formed among local literary associations, newspapers, magazines and other publications as well as a large number of literature lovers across the country.
The last time such a nationwide discussion took place was in 1980.
Pan Xiao, a female worker in a textile factory, wrote a letter to China Youth titled "Why is the road of life getting narrower and narrower?"
Once this letter was published, it immediately caused an uproar among young people, and kicked off a nationwide discussion on outlook on life that had never been seen in history.
The discussion sparked by Lin Weimin's article this time is even more intense than that of the past.
After experiencing a long period of almost cruel suppression, the domestic literary world has been silent for too long. Even though in recent years literary giants have frequently made important speeches at conferences to boost morale and boost spirits, the atmosphere has improved.
But the damage that has been done cannot be easily undone. The most crucial thing is that the conservative atmosphere cannot be reversed in a short time.
Zhang Jianjun's immature speech came true. Lin Weimin's article in the "Wenyi Bao" really triggered a major discussion on the direction of literary creation across the country.
Lin Weimin, the instigator, was bewildered as he watched everything that happened suddenly in a short period of time.
I just wanted to fill a cup after finishing my work. Do you guys have to make such a big deal about it?
Second update.
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