Chapter 289: Teacher Lin, the One You Look Up to
The first month of 1984 was characterized by chaos.
This is true whether it is the great defeat of the anti-Lin faction or the rapid progress of the pro-Lin faction.
Lin Weimin formally paid a visit to Li Xiangyang and completed the first personal visit of his life in the editorial office of Yenching Youth Daily after Qin Chaoyang informed him that the working group had withdrawn from the editorial office.
The working group had no name when they came, and no name when they left. They were like a group of headless flies. After bumping into the transparent glass countless times, they finally chose to retreat.
Compared with the aggressiveness with which he arrived, he left quietly, without even notifying the leaders of the Chinese Literature Society.
The withdrawal of the editorial department also means that the day for Lin Weimin to return to work is approaching.
But to be on the safe side, the editorial department did not let Lin Weimin go back immediately, so he could still wander around for a few days. Lin Weimin took this opportunity to come to the editorial department of "Yenching Youth Daily".
After the interview, Li Xiangyang showed a relaxed smile on his face, "When are you going to go back to work?"
"Soon, in a few days."
“It’s not easy.”
Although they could not be said to have any relationship, after this incident, the two of them could be considered comrades who had once carried guns in the same trench and they admired and respected each other.
Li Xiangyang politely declined Lin Weimin's invitation to have dinner together, but Lin Weimin did not force him, as he knew very well that the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water.
In the outside world, the war of words regarding "The Lover" and Lin Weimin is still going on.
However, after fermenting throughout the first month of the year, the anti-Lin group had already shown signs of decline.
Criticism or attack may seem scary, but it is based on lies and far-fetched assumptions and can be easily exposed.
Li Xiangyang's second article was a fuse that connected the majority of silent readers and the media that did not participate in criticizing Lin Weimin. With the support of relevant departments behind the scenes, those far-fetched criticisms, attacks and smears naturally had nowhere to hide.
Even if there are stubborn critics and media, it will only make readers more angry and disgusted with them after learning the truth.
These critics and media are beginning to feel the backlash from their attacks on Lin Weimin.
By March of the Gregorian calendar, the second issue of "Contemporary" this year was about to be on the market, and Lin Weimin also received a notice from the editorial department.
He can officially go back to work!
Lin Weimin felt relaxed as he rode a motorcycle on Chaonei Street for the first time in a long time.
When he arrived at the Guowen Society compound, it was the morning rush hour. When his colleagues saw Lin Weimin, they greeted him with smiles.
Passing by the message room, Lin Weimin greeted Uncle Zhai.
"Hey, Weimin is back?"
“I’m back!”
"well!"
After entering the back building, going up to the second floor and pushing open the office door, Lin Weimin thought he had arrived early enough today, but he did not expect that his colleagues had arrived even earlier than him.
"What's going on? Why are you here so early?" Lin Weimin asked with a smile.
Everyone looked at Lin Weimin with sincere smiles on their faces and applauded spontaneously.
This is how they welcome Lin Weimin's return.
Lin Weimin felt indescribably touched. He waited for a long time and only after enjoying the joy brought by this welcome did he press his hands.
"Oh, no, no, no... stop!"
Liu Yin asked with a smile: "Should you stop or not?"
"It depends on how sincere you are in welcoming the leader!" Lin Weimin said with a smile.
"Virtue!"
The applause finally stopped.
Lin Weimin is back, and he is still the same person.
The first thing Zhu Changsheng did when he came in the morning was to hold up a manuscript release form and say, "Come on, leader, sign it!"
"What are you signing? I just got back."
"That can't be helped. Lao Meng and Lao Tan are not here."
Lin Weimin had a bad feeling in his heart, "Where are they going?"
"Lao Meng said it was his old cold legs. Lao Qin's wife has asthma and is being taken care of in the hospital."
"It's the beginning of spring, and Old Meng's old cold legs have come back? What a coincidence?" Lin Weimin instinctively felt that something was wrong.
"Who knows? If the leader gets sick, can he get it whenever he wants?"
Since the two of them are not here now, Zhu Changsheng doesn't mind making some arrangements behind the leader's back.
Lin Weimin was helpless. Lao Tan's excuse was at least acceptable. Lao Meng might as well say that you had a heat cold.
Because the two giants were away, Lin Weimin was busy like a top on the morning he returned to work.
Finally, when the lunch break came, he glanced at the people in the office and then he remembered and asked, "Where's Xiao Tong?"
"They have a lot of classes recently, so they can't come over these two days."
"oh."
Yenching Normal University.
Tong Zhonggui attended classes for the whole morning and then hurried to the cafeteria to have lunch. He had half a day of classes in the afternoon, so his day was fully scheduled.
In the crowded cafeteria, Tong Zhonggui had prepared his meal and was reading a book on World Literature in his hand while eating.
"Hey! What did I say? These bastards just want to make trouble for Teacher Lin. Look, look at the interview with Teacher Lin." A tall boy shook the newspaper in his hand. It was a copy of "Yanjing Youth Daily", and his face was full of satisfaction.
Tong Zhonggui felt that the boy looked familiar. He seemed to be a student of Chinese Department as well. Was he two or three years younger than him? He didn't remember.
"Enough, enough, Jianjun, you've said it eight hundred times!" the classmate next to him said impatiently.
Zhang Jianjun said happily: "I will say it a thousand times. Teacher Lin was envied by villains this time and suffered an unjust accusation. Regardless of whether the novel "Lover" is good or bad, they immediately brought up the issue of "traitor" and found fault with the author. This method might have been used ten years ago, but what era is this now!"
"It's definitely unfair, so isn't this just normal?" said another classmate next to Zhang Jianjun.
Zhang Jianjun said with some indignation: "Just being ordinary is enough? Criticism is fine, but what about the scolding and insults you have endured?"
"What can you do? This is already a very good result!"
Zhang Jianjun looked angry, but after a long time, he couldn't explain why.
Yeah, so what?
How many of those who caused trouble in the past have received the punishment they deserved? Aren't they still alive and well? Not to mention those people involved in Teacher Lin's incident.
It’s so frustrating!
Zhang Jianjun felt aggrieved for Teacher Lin.
Tong Zhonggui was chewing food with no intention of reading. He felt the same as Zhang Jianjun, perhaps even more depressed.
Since joining the editorial department of Contemporary Magazine, he has regarded Teacher Lin as his role model. To him, Teacher Lin is a mentor who guides the direction of his life.
He felt the same pain and grievance that Teacher Lin had suffered in the past few months, but he was helpless.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but admire Teacher Lin's broad mind like the mountains and the sea.
From the very beginning when he was criticized and attacked, to when the working group moved into the editorial office and he was forced to take a vacation, Teacher Lin remained calm and composed throughout, without any complaints.
Tong Zhonggui does not think that Teacher Lin is a person without temper. He is more inclined to believe that Teacher Lin is a person of noble character who disdains to get entangled with petty people.
He remembered Lin Weimin's words published in the Yanjing Metropolis Daily.
Let the bullets fly for a while!
What a broad mind and courage!
Tong Zhonggui couldn't help but feel fascinated by the thought, and his admiration for Teacher Lin was once again as high as the mountains.
After lunch, Tong Zhonggui went to the school library and found the "Yenching Youth Daily" that Zhang Jianjun was reading in the cafeteria.
It turned out to be the latest issue of today's newspaper, which published a reporter's exclusive interview with Teacher Lin.
The interview started with talking about the works. Tong Zhonggui knew all of Lin Weimin's works by heart, but in this interview, Lin Weimin and Li Xiangyang revealed many behind-the-scenes stories of their creations, which made Tong Zhonggui very interested.
For example, "The Cliff" was a novel that was originally created by Teacher Lin and students from the Institute of Literature Research using the same core. "Contemporary" even published an album for it, which Tong Zhonggui happened to have read.
There is also "Farewell My Concubine", which was created by Teacher Lin alone in the Guowen Society Guesthouse in seven days. The People's Art Theatre argued for half a year to adapt this novel before finally deciding to put it on stage.
Another example is "If You Are the One", this novel was actually written by Teacher Lin after he agreed to write it in response to a commission from "Zhongshan". The editor of "Zhongshan", Yu Zhaohuai, was Teacher Lin's mentor. He personally asked Teacher Lin to write the article, and Teacher Lin had no way of refusing. He originally planned to write a short story.
As inspiration came, the short story became a novella, and the novella became a novel, and it took me half a year to submit the manuscript.
Tong Zhonggui had also been in the editorial department for half a year, so he naturally knew how painful it was for the editor when the author delayed submitting manuscripts. When he thought of Yu Zhaohuai waiting for Teacher Lin's manuscript every day like a widow, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The interview ended with a mention of Lin's classmate, the late children's literature writer Guo Yudao, and Cheng Zhongshi, who contributed to Contemporary magazine. Tong Zhonggui was moved when he read it. In Lin, he not only saw a noble character, but also felt a kind of humanitarianism and humanistic care that only belonged to great writers.
Teacher Lin’s vision is like a towering mountain that one can only look up to.
The entire page was filled with so much content that Tong Zhonggui was still not satisfied after reading to the end.
“…Let the bullets fly for a while!”
He savored the last sentence of the interview, and he admired Teacher Lin's magnanimity even more.
Teacher Lin, you are worthy of being my role model!
Young Tong Zhonggui had no idea what his role model and life mentor, Teacher Lin, was doing at that time.
Today is the second update, 6500 words. It's been more than ten days since I wrote 10,000 words a day. I'll take a break and continue tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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