Chapter 284 Let the Bullets Fly for a While
In a blink of an eye, Tao Huimin had been in Yanjing for ten days. During these ten days, they had been making love and enjoying the harmony of their marriage, and Teacher Lin never got tired of it.
Of course, he did not forget that he had another job, which was to perform in the skits of the Spring Festival Gala crew.
Long before the holiday, Lin Weimin's script had been handed over to director Huang Yihe, and there were still two scripts, one for his eldest nephew and the other for Chen Xiaoer.
After reading the book, Huang Yihe clapped his hands excitedly.
He knew that Teacher Lin’s notebook must be correct.
Huang Yihe is certain that as long as there are no accidents with the actors, these two scripts will definitely become one of the most classic works in the history of the Spring Festival Gala.
During this period, as the main actors became more proficient in rehearsal, Huang Yihe felt this feeling more strongly.
He specifically sought out Lin Weimin and discussed with him the idea of adjusting the performance time of the two skits and placing them in more critical positions.
Lin Weimin had no objection, and this made his eldest nephew and Chen Xiaoer very happy.
The two scripts provided by Lin Weimin were both two-person plays. The eldest nephew still found Liang Guanhua as his partner, and Chen Xiaoer still found Zhu Shimao.
Not only were they able to perform on the Spring Festival Gala the following year, but their performance was also adjusted to an important time slot, fully demonstrating the director's confidence in them and their work.
It was the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Tao Huimin's vacation was about to end. Lin Weimin finally remembered to take her to meet his friends in Yanjing.
At noon the day before, Lin Weimin went back to the Shichahai courtyard and started the boiler.
The next morning, he took Tao Huimin to No. 26 Lama Temple Street.
"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"
Teacher Lin's knock on the door today was full of pride. Shi Tiesheng opened the door and saw the pretty lady next to Lin Weimin. He was stunned for a moment, "This is..."
"My girlfriend, Tao Huimin!"
"Hui Min, this is my good friend, Shi Tiesheng!"
Tao Huimin greeted softly, "Hello, Brother Tiesheng!"
Shi Tiesheng showed Tao Huimin a kind smile and said, "Come in quickly!"
"Don't come in. I'll treat you to shabu-shabu today! Let's go to my house!"
As they were talking, Shi Lan came out of the house. She had heard the conversation between Lin Weimin and Shi Tiesheng.
Even though she had known for a long time that Brother Lin had a girlfriend, this girlfriend who only existed in Brother Lin's mouth never showed up, and Shi Lan always held a glimmer of hope in her heart.
Now, looking at the gentle and moving Tao Huimin, Shi Lan's heart was filled with unspeakable pain.
"Shi Lan is going too!"
Shi Lan said, "I'm not going!"
After saying that, he went back to the house.
Lin Weimin laughed and said, "This girl has such a bad temper!"
Shi Tiesheng smiled helplessly. It was better this way. This time the girl should give up!
Lin Weimin wrapped Shi Tiesheng tightly and brought him back to the Shichahai courtyard.
Not long after, Qu Xiaowei and his wife came with their child, then Yao Shuzhi and her husband who were pregnant, and Wang Shuo and Shen Xujia also came.
The Shichahai courtyard, which had been deserted for half a winter, became lively again with the noise of people.
Lin Weimin pulled Tao Huimin over, with a proud look on his face, "Let me introduce you to everyone. This is my girlfriend, Comrade Tao Huimin, a Yue Opera actress from the Zhijiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe. Did you see the performance "Five Daughters Paying Homage to Their Parents" on last year's Spring Festival Gala? It was performed by their troupe, and she played the fifth daughter, Yang Wufeng, in it."
Everyone was suddenly in an uproar, and Wang Shuo and Qu Xiaowei, two Beijing hooligans, even whistled.
Yao Shuzhi teased, "Look how proud you are!"
Liu Haiyan took Tao Huimin's hand, looked at her face carefully, and said sincerely: "No wonder Weimin hid you so tightly, you are so beautiful!"
Tao Huimin was surrounded by so many people that her face was already red. She said shyly, "It's not that he hid me, it's just that our troupe has too many performance tasks, and we have been separated from each other."
"I'm sorry for the hardship you two have had. But it's okay. Xiaowei and I went through the same thing back then. We will be reunited sooner or later. Good days are ahead for you two!" Liu Haiyan comforted.
Tao Huimin nodded slightly with a look of longing on her face.
While everyone was talking, the gate of the courtyard was pushed open from the outside with a bang.
Two burly figures rushed in. They were Han Zhuangzhuang and Liang Guanhua.
The two men were panting with their hands full of food.
This morning, Han Zhuangzhuang was arranged by Lin Weimin to purchase food ingredients. He just didn't know how Liang Guanhua showed up. But it didn't matter. It was a party anyway, and it would be more lively with more people.
"Be gentle! Don't break the door!"
Compared with his eldest nephew, Lin Weimin cares more about his own gate.
Han Zhuangzhuang said: My eldest nephew has long been accustomed to this.
"Where's Pace?"
"I'm following Uncle Zhu behind!"
Lin Weimin did not forget to ask Han Zhuangzhuang to call Chen Xiaoer and Zhu Shimao who were in the hotel.
Chen Xiaoer walked in and shouted as soon as he saw Tao Huimin: "I noticed something was wrong with you two last year, and I was right!"
"It's hindsight. Why didn't I mention it last year?" Lin Weimin said.
"I just saw that you two were hiding something and were too embarrassed to say it!"
Everyone gathered, Tao Huimin, Liu Haiyan and Shen Xujia took the initiative to go into the kitchen to prepare food.
Everyone gathered in the living room of the main house and chatted, and the atmosphere was lively.
Lin Weimin asked Wang Shuo what he was doing recently, and he hesitated. After getting the royalties, he started to spend money again.
Finally, Lin Weimin pushed him so hard that he could only blush and say with certainty that a new work would be released in a while. Lin Weimin temporarily believed his lies.
Chen Xiaoer asked, "Hey, Weimin, why aren't you in a hurry at all?"
"What's the hurry?" Lin Weimin asked back.
Of course, what Chen Xiaoer was referring to was the disturbing public opinion from the outside world. The criticism against him did not gradually disappear with the passage of time, but has continued for some time.
Articles criticizing Lin Weimin have appeared in two consecutive issues of "Literary Review", and there are even more such articles in other newspapers and magazines.
For the masses who do not know the truth, such a scene is indeed very intimidating, and it makes people shudder just by looking at it.
Qu Xiaowei on the side interrupted and said, "I know!"
Lin Weimin turned his head and asked, "What do you know now?"
Qu Xiaowei took out a folded newspaper from his pocket, slowly unfolded it, and then pointed to an article on it.
"Everyone, please look! The clarion call for the people's comrades to counterattack has been sounded!"
Everyone looked closely and saw that it was a copy of the Yenching Youth Daily. There was an article published where Qu Xiaowei was pointing.
"Let the Bullets Fly for a While - Also on Lin Weimin and "The Lover"".
"This is……"
Everyone was looking at the contents of the newspaper carefully, and Lin Weimin was also reading it.
After reading the title, his first reaction was to look at the author of the article, and sure enough, he saw the name "Li Xiangyang" under the title.
At the beginning of the article, Li Xiangyang first used two paragraphs to narrate his encounter with Lin Weimin, and also pointed out the origin of the title "Let the Bullets Fly for a While", and then introduced his impressions of the writer Lin Weimin, and finally his views on the novel "The Lover".
At the end of the article, Li Xiangyang once again mentioned the phrase "Let the bullets fly for a while", and was impressed by the broad-mindedness that Lin Weimin showed when facing the overwhelming abuse and attacks from the outside world.
Compared with many of the criticisms in the media today, Li Xiangyang gave high praise to Lin Weimin and "The Lover" in his article.
“There is a kind of people in this world who only see the word ‘politics’ when they open a book, as if their eyes were born for this.
However, they have forgotten the original meaning of the birth of literature. Literature is the art of language and writing, an important form of expression of social culture, and a manifestation of beauty.
Literary works are works in which writers use unique language art to express their unique spiritual world. It is shameful for a nation to have no outstanding writers. Literature represents the art and wisdom of a nation..."
When Lin Weimin wasn't paying attention, Qu Xiaowei read out loud. A rational commentary article was actually read with some passionate emotions by him, and his face showed excitement.
After reading the last line, he slammed the newspaper in his hand on the table and said excitedly: "'A nation without outstanding writers is shameful', it's so damn well written! And the title 'Let the bullets fly for a while', for the people, is so damn powerful. Those evil spirits outside should not be taken seriously."
Liu Haiyan didn't have the chance to continue his long speech. His hand leaning on the newspaper was slapped away. "You're just messing around. We haven't even finished reading yet!"
Qu Xiaowei didn't care at all about his wife's disrespect. He shouted to Lin Weimin, "Weimin, this is a good sign! The battle manifesto has been issued. You should also find two newspapers to publish some articles. Take advantage of this momentum and knock those bastards off their limelight!"
Lin Weimin laughed and said, "What kind of manifesto is this? It's not as exaggerated as you say!"
Yao Shuzhi was puzzled and said, "Weimin, this article is so well written, it will definitely cause a great response. You can really give it a try, maybe it will have a miraculous effect?"
Li Xiangyang's commentary article was indeed very brilliant. After reading it, everyone was inspired by him and felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They all urged Lin Weimin to follow up with a major counterattack.
But at this time, Lin Weimin looked calm and indifferent, "Don't worry about me, this matter is not as terrible as you think, it will be fine after a while!"
Everyone looked at his reaction with confusion on their faces.
The uproar outside has been going on for two months with no sign of abating. Now, finally, some media have begun to support and cheer for Lin Weimin, but he has this kind of reaction. Everyone is puzzled.
But seeing Lin Weimin's calm and composed look, as if he had everything planned out, everyone became more curious about what kind of confidence was supporting Lin Weimin.
Lin Weimin didn't want to say too much, so he could only smile and keep everyone in suspense.
"Didn't I tell you that?"
"Let the bullets fly for a while!"
(End of this chapter)
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