Chapter 235 Teacher Lin Can't Hold It Back
In the 1980s, poets were rampant on the campus of Yenching University. There were always posters of poetry club activities on the school bulletin board, and poetry recitations were played on the campus loudspeakers during lunch and dinner...
The enthusiasm that any writer's arrival on campus can generate cannot be compared with that of a poet.
But the sensation caused by Lin Weimin's arrival was particularly different. While many Tianshi students came, many students from other schools also came.
Lin Weimin's speech was very dry, even boring, and many people didn't even understand it, but that didn't stop everyone from spreading the content of the speech.
The more obscure it is, the more helpful it is for self-aggrandizement during chat.
Especially after Zhang Jianjun and other students published the content of Lin Weimin's speech that day in "Chuhang" founded by the Chinese Department Student Union of Yenching Normal University, it triggered the reprinting of many student union publications and T Committee publications such as Yenching University's "Weiming Lake" and Shuimu's "Tsinghua Garden", gradually causing a far-reaching impact in major universities in Yenching.
The concept of avant-garde literature is gradually penetrating into various campuses of Yenching University.
In this age when college students are still the chosen ones, the new things they pursue can easily become social trends. Riding on this favorable trend, avant-garde literature is also slowly infiltrating more and more literature lovers.
"It's good for the people. This speech was not in vain." In the office, Yao Shuzhi said jokingly.
Lin Weimin was puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"Look at this!"
Yao Shuzhi took out a lead-printed booklet, the paper was rough and the type was blurry.
"New Leaf" is a student magazine sponsored by the Literary Society of Liaodong Normal University and was founded in 1979.
The most influential publication of this magazine is the special issue on poetry published in its eighth issue last year. Whenever people in later generations mention Misty Poetry, they will inevitably mention the review article "The Rise of Poets" which set the tone for Misty Poetry and was first published in this issue.
Initially, it caused a huge response and attention among colleges and universities across the country. Later, the revised draft was published in "Contemporary Literary and Art Trends", which caused a huge impact nationwide.
As a result, "New Leaf" and Liaodong Normal University, which sponsored "New Leaf", became famous among college students across the country.
Lin Weimin had naturally heard of the fame of New Leaf. Seeing Yao Shuzhi take out this booklet, Lin Weimin couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where did you get this?"
"My sister got it. College students like her are well-informed."
Yao Shuzhi opened the New Leaves and pointed at the article and said, "Look, what is this?"
Lin Weimin took a closer look and read, "How to Understand 'Avant-garde Literature' - Teacher Lin Weimin's Speech at Yanshi University".
"Is this the article in Yenching Normal University's "First Voyage"? "
When inviting several students to dinner after the speech, Zhang Jianjun and others suggested publishing the content of Lin Weimin's speech in the publication sponsored by their Chinese Department Student Union, and Lin Weimin readily agreed.
But he didn't expect to see this article in a university journal far away in Liaodong.
"So I said your speech was not in vain. Even the school in Liaodong distributed your speech."
Yao Shuzhi looked at Lin Weimin with eyes full of admiration. This kid is really capable.
First, the first issue of this year promoted new people, new works and new styles, then the Literary Gazette published extensive reviews, and finally it even went to university campuses to stir up the trend.
After this operation, literature lovers all over the country became aware of the name of "avant-garde literature", and even the first issue of "Contemporary" and many of its authors became famous.
Several operations complement each other, and the impact achieved is extremely huge.
During this period, "Contemporary" has become a "literary holy land" in the minds of college students.
Lin Weimin looked at the article in New Leaves and a cheerful smile appeared on his face. After spending so much time on this, his efforts were finally not in vain.
After admiring the contents of "New Leaves" for a few seconds, Lin Weimin returned the publication to Yao Shuzhi and continued writing letters to Mo Yan.
The response caused by the first issue of "Contemporary" in 1983 was extremely huge. Mo Yan published two works in it, and the treatment he received was the same as that of Ma Yuan and Yu Hua, two great pioneers of literature, but the feedback and evaluation received from readers was much worse.
A sarcastic reader wrote to him and compared his novels to "having the fragrance of ink from the company tabloid." This evaluation hurt Mo Yan so much that he began to write letters to Lin Weimin to vent his feelings.
Young people just can't take responsibility.
He can't stand being scolded. Hasn't Teacher Lin been scolded enough in the past two years?
Just the commentary article that appeared in the Literary Gazette some time ago attracted criticism from at least dozens of newspapers, magazines and other media across the country. Many critics and readers even called and wrote to scold him.
Teacher Lin should still eat and drink as usual. After experiencing the baptism of Internet trolls in later generations, what's so great about this little saliva?
"Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, you should focus all your energy on creation. Do you have any ideas for new works? If you don't have any, you can write to me to discuss them. Don't put all your thoughts on the evaluation and discussion of the outside world..."
Lin Weimin still used the same old routine, encouraging first and then criticizing, and then asking about new works to put pressure on him, and his operation went smoothly.
After replying to Mo Yan's letter, he took the time to write back to Lu Yao. Lu Yao had previously written to tell him that the filming of "Life" had already started, so Lin Weimin naturally urged Lu Yao about his new work in the letter.
After a busy morning, Lin Weimin stood in front of the window to stretch his body. Liu Yin asked, "Weimin, the group of college student volunteers from the agency should be arriving soon, right? It's been almost a month."
"It will be there tomorrow." Lin Weimin replied.
Liu Yin said thankfully, "Finally I can relax a little."
Colleagues in the office nodded with lingering fear. With the addition of new forces, even if they just helped to open letters and register manuscripts, it would reduce their burden!
"If this continues, our editorial department will have to add more imports in the second half of the year, right?" Yao Shuzhi lamented.
"If no one comes in, we'll report it to Lao Meng. For the people, you have to speak up for us."
"no problem!"
Lin Weimin is not an iron man. The workload of the editorial department has been increasing day by day in the past few months because of his outrageous actions. He cannot handle it without adding more people.
He is planning to plan another series of books in the second half of the year. The editorial department is so busy now that if there is no new force joining, I am afraid it will be too busy to handle it.
After get off work in the evening, when he finally finished the work at hand, Lin Weimin rode his motorcycle to Qu Xiaowei's house. Last month, Liu Haiyan gave birth to a big fat boy weighing 7.62 catties.
The full moon banquet was held two days ago, but Lin Weimin was a bit busy at the time and didn’t come, but he came over today on purpose to take a look.
At this time, Liu Haiyan had already finished her confinement and had gained some weight. She was cooking for Qu Xiaowei.
"I'm telling you, kid. Haiyan has just finished her confinement, and you don't even know how to help her." Lin Weimin said.
Qu Xiaowei said unhappily, "I just changed the baby's diaper, okay?"
"As a godfather, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to not even come for the child's full moon?"
"Godfather is busy!"
Qu Xiaowei felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. "Damn it, why do I feel like you're taking advantage of me? Forget it, you'd better not be my godfather anymore."
"Do you think I'm rare?"
After a few words, Lin Weimin took out fifty yuan of foreign exchange coupons from his pocket.
"I didn't attend the full moon banquet, and I won't buy anything for you. It's better to give you money realistically. You two can buy whatever you want for the child."
Qu Xiaowei smiled and said, "My godfather is really generous!"
Lin Weimin cursed: "Whoever gives me milk is my mother!"
Qu Xiaowei and his wife invited Lin Weimin to have dinner at their home. He did not hesitate to sit on the sofa. While Qu Xiaowei was watching the children and Liu Haiyan was cooking, he picked up a magazine on the table and started reading.
Qu Xiaowei said: "Weimin, take a look at that issue of Yanjing Literature."
"What's wrong?" Lin Weimin flipped through the magazine in his hand, the third issue of "Yenching Literature" in 1983, but didn't find anything unusual, nor did he see any familiar names.
"Jia Pingwa published a novel called 'Mr. Liu'."
Lin Weimin looked at the catalog and said, "I see."
Qu Xiaowei's tone was full of emotion, "Do you still remember when we were at the Institute of Literature and Art?"
Lin Weimin followed Qu Xiaowei's words and recalled the life in the Institute of Literature Research in his mind.
"Didn't we say this during a chat? We were recommended by various publications to the Institute of Literature and Art, and everyone was eager to get in, but some people were dismissive.
Didn’t Jia Pingwa come at that time? He had already published a book, and everyone was so envious when they talked about it! "
Lin Weimin recalled the conversation in the cafeteria, and it was indeed true.
"You didn't even have a novella at that time, but he had already published a book at a young age. It's only been a few years, and you have published, published, and adapted novels one after another. Look at him, he's just like that!"
Liu Haiyan came over with dishes in hand and said sarcastically, "If you didn't know, you would think that you were publishing novels one after another! You are a literature lover now, so how can you look down on others?"
Qu Xiaowei was ridiculed by her, but he was not angry.
"Isn't this about the comparison between then and now? The changes for the people are really huge!"
As they were talking, the food was served on the table.
Lin Weimin and Qu Xiaowei did not drink today. Qu Xiaowei had to take care of the children at night and was afraid that he would sleep too deeply after drinking.
While eating, Liu Haiyan asked Lin Weimin, "Where is your girlfriend now?"
"It's performing in Shanghai."
Liu Haiyan sighed: "No wonder you two can become good friends. You have to find a girlfriend so far away."
When she said this, she was naturally referring to her husband Qu Xiaowei and Lin Weimin. Qu Xiaowei and she developed from pen pals to lovers, and they finally got married after living apart for more than a year.
Lin Weimin is even more ruthless. He met me on business trips and I often went to other places to perform, so it was inconvenient to write to him.
Qu Xiaowei smiled slyly, "You'll have to wait, kid."
He was not laughing at the strange place, but at the age.
Liu Haiyan also smiled and said, "I was surprised by what Shuzhi said. When are you going to get married?"
Lin Weimin said indifferently, "Why worry about this? We are both so young, unlike Xiaowei."
Lin Weimin’s counterattack was very sharp, and Qu Xiaowei looked constipated.
He was 27 when he went to the Institute of Literature Research, and he is 30 this year. Lin Weimin is only 23 this year, so even if he waits another three years, he will only be 26, one year younger than Qu Xiaowei was back then.
After finishing his meal and playing with the children for a while, Lin Weimin left Qu Xiaowei's house.
Two days later, Lin Weimin received a call from CCTV director Wang Feng, who said that the first draft of the script of "The Disguiser" was ready and wanted him to take a look.
They agreed to meet at the radio compound, and the next day Lin Weimin took time to go there.
The meeting took place in Wang Feng's office. In addition to Ren Hao, who was poached by Wang Feng from Qindao TV Station to CCTV, there was also screenwriter Tang Peilin, who was invited by Wang Feng from Guizhou.
Many people are not familiar with Tang Peilin. But if we talk about his representative work, many people should be familiar with it - "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp", the first long-form TV series in China, which is also a spy war theme.
Wang Feng invited him here, which is a perfect match.
Because of Lin Weimin's strict requirements for the script, several meetings had been held before. This time, the few people met again. Tang Peilin took out the first draft of the script and Lin Weimin nodded frequently after reading it. He also put forward some more detailed suggestions for handling the script, which Tang Peilin adopted in full.
After the simple meeting, Ren Hao and Tang Peilin left, but Wang Feng kept Lin Weimin.
"Teacher Lin, I asked you to come here today because I have something else to tell you."
"What's up?"
"We at CCTV are planning to make Dream of the Red Chamber into a TV series. Are you interested?"
Lin Weimin was surprised when he heard this. The news that CCTV was going to put "Dream of Red Mansions" on TV had been circulating for several years. Lin Weimin also knew that this TV series was planned to be filmed in the past few years, but he did not expect that Wang Feng would actually invite him to participate in "Dream of Red Mansions".
"Wang Tai, you are joking. My knowledge of A Dream of Red Mansions is at the level of an elementary school student. How can I participate in such a grand production?"
Wang Feng said: "I know you are busy with work and you have to write. How about being a consultant for our Dream of Red Mansions crew?"
"This..." Lin Weimin hesitated.
He is indeed very busy, as he is busy with his work for Contemporary Magazine, writing, and occasionally taking time out to participate in social activities.
But this is to be a consultant for the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions"!
It's not that Lin Weimin is vain, it's just that the behind-the-scenes advisory group of CCTV's version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is too luxurious. Just to name a few, Shen Congwen, Qi Gong, Zhou Yang, all are names of this level, including Lin Weimin's current teacher Mr. Wan, who is also on the advisory group list.
Wang Feng invited me to be a consultant for "Dream of Red Mansions". It sounded a bit dreamy!
"Wang Tai, I still say the same thing. My personal understanding of "Dream of Red Mansions" is very superficial, and I'm afraid I can't be of much help." Lin Weimin resisted the huge temptation and refused.
"Our consultant doesn't have to be a Redology expert. You have a solid foundation in drama creation and can provide us with good advice on the plot. I forgot to tell you that Mr. Wan is also in the scope of our invitation. It will be a good story if you two, teacher and student, serve as consultants for our Dream of the Red Chamber crew!"
Lin Weimin followed Wang Feng's words and started to think about it.
Damn, the temptation is too great, Teacher Lin can’t control himself.
The third update will arrive at noon.
(End of this chapter)
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