Chapter 418 I have a plan to teach you
Regardless of whether it is shameful or not, the National Academy of Arts will now have a place named after Lin Weimin.
Dean He, a new official, made three important moves when he took office, making great contributions to the library of the institute. He did not expect to meet such a supportive person like Lin Weimin, so naturally he wanted to return the favor.
In fact, both parties have contributed and benefited from the whole thing.
Even Xiao Jing, the librarian, benefited from it. In the past, the Institute of Literature was called the library, and there were not many books in total, so Xiao Jing could only be called a librarian. Now it has been upgraded to a real library, and Xiao Jing has also been promoted to the director.
"Congratulations, Xiao...Jing!" Lin Weimin shook hands with Xiao Jing and almost said the word "Xiao".
Time makes people grow old. The small well back then has now evolved into a medium-sized well, and in a few years it will become an old well.
Xiao Jing smiled happily, "Weimin, thank you!"
There was a feeling that the people in the old revolutionary base areas had finally been waiting for the People's Liberation Army to arrive.
After the unveiling ceremony, the Weimin Library was officially opened to the public, but it would only be used for a few days as the students of the School of Arts would soon have their holidays.
Not only that, Yu Hua and his class of students are also about to graduate.
From March 1985 to January 1987, the two-year and four-semester study has been completed.
But Yu Hua and his friends’ learning journey did not end there.
The National Academy of Literature has been cooperating with the Department of Chinese at Yenching University since 1984. After two years of study, students in the class will take an exam. Those who pass the exam will be admitted to the Writers Class of the Chinese Department of Yenching University and study for one year. After graduation, they will be awarded a four-year undergraduate diploma from Yenching University.
Therefore, most of Yu Hua and his classmates will go to Yenching University to study for another year after graduation.
Lin Weimin was very skeptical. How could Yu Hua, with such a dissolute character, pass the exam?
The Faculty of Arts won’t let us off, right?
After chatting with Dean He for a while and rejecting his invitation to have lunch together, Lin Weimin planned to leave the School of Literature.
"Teacher Lin! Teacher Lin!" Yu Hua called out to Lin Weimin.
"What's up?"
"Are you free tonight? I would like to treat you to dinner." Yu Hua said.
Are you so kind to treat me to a meal?
Lin Weimin thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to Tiesheng's place tonight and invite Moyan along so we can have some fun together. He's also going to have a day off."
Yu Hua nodded, "Okay!"
When Yu Hua came back, his classmates couldn't help but envy his familiarity with Lin Weimin.
As time goes by, the distance between Lin Weimin and the National Academy of Arts is getting farther and farther, and it becomes more difficult for students who enroll later to experience this closeness.
In the end, everyone can probably only feel the kindness of this senior brother in places like the Weimin Library.
In the evening, Yu Hua came to Shi Tiesheng's house carrying the meat and vegetables he had bought.
Not long after, Lin Weimin also came with Mo Yan.
Everyone hadn't gotten together for a long time, and with Yu Hua around, the place became lively with just a few words.
The main topic is naturally the recent donation of tens of thousands of books by Lin Weimin to the National Academy of Arts.
In 1986, the average wage per person was only a few dozen yuan.
Lin Weimin spends tens of thousands of dollars every time he makes a move, showing his extreme generosity.
As a bystander who witnessed the incident with his own eyes, Yu Hua naturally had to brag about Teacher Lin.
Everyone listened with great interest and understood Lin Weimin's generosity.
The 80-year study experience at the Institute of Literature is of vital importance to Lin Weimin. Now that he has achieved success, it is only natural for him to return the favor to the School of Literature.
Lin Weimin looked at Yu Hua's graceful and charming appearance and couldn't help but hit him, saying, "Yu Hua, you don't know yet, do you?"
"Know what?" Yu Hua looked naive.
Mo Yan shouted in his heart: It started, it started again.
"Mo Yan's Red Sorghum will be participating in the Berlin International Film Festival this month!"
"Berlin Film Festival?" Yu Hua's eyes revealed a clear confusion. What is the Berlin Film Festival?
He suddenly remembered that Teacher Lin's "Lover" participated in the Cannes Film Festival this year.
Before he could say anything, Mo Yan started to give him a science lecture.
"The Berlin International Film Festival is one of the few international A-level film festivals in the world. It is the most influential in Europe and one of the top international film festivals in the world. It is known as one of the three major international film festivals in the world along with the Cannes International Film Festival and the Venice International Film Festival."
Yu Hua looked at Mo Yan with displeasure. What do you mean, kid? Are you showing off to me?
Mo Yan didn't say anything after he finished his popular science lecture. I was just responding to Teacher Lin's call.
This era was not like the later generations where entertainment news and gossip were flying everywhere. When a movie was going to participate in a film festival, people wanted to let the whole world know.
The news that "Red Sorghum" will participate in the Berlin Film Festival has not yet been released. Even if it is released in the future, it will most likely be just a short message from one or two authoritative media outlets.
Unless "Red Sorghum" wins a big award, it will be possible to promote it on a large scale.
So Yu Hua naturally didn't know this news. After listening to Lin Weimin's account of what happened, the look in his eyes when he looked at Mo Yan was strange.
"Damn it! You are so lucky!"
Mo Yan didn't say anything back, but his expression made Yu Hua very angry.
"What do you mean by lucky? He has written something serious. If it were you, what would he want to adapt? How would you participate in a film festival?"
Yu Hua looked at Lin Weimin aggrievedly and said, "I am also writing!"
"Then hurry up and write it." Lin Weimin said unhappily, and couldn't help but complain: "You said you'd write it for several months, but there's still no news. You've already graduated from the Faculty of Arts, but I haven't seen your novel published yet."
Yu Hua muttered again, "There's still a year until graduation!"
Shi Tiesheng watched the bickering between the few people with a smile on his face.
After a long while, Shi's father and Shi Lan brought the dishes to the table and everyone sat down at the table.
Shi Tiesheng sighed: "This year has passed so quickly. It's already 87 years."
Yu Hua said: "Yeah, I didn't expect that I would only have one year left in the Faculty of Arts."
Mo Yan glanced at him secretly and translated the sentence.
I didn't expect that I would only be able to spend my last year in Yanjing.
In 1986, the person who gained the most was of course Mo Yan.
"Red Sorghum" has gone from being announced to being published, and then to being adapted. Now that the film has been completed, it is going to participate in the Berlin Film Festival.
It’s a dream just to think about it, he is the screenwriter of “Red Sorghum”!
Mo Yan couldn't help but think of his unsuccessful dream of becoming a drama actor, and felt a great deal of emotion in his heart.
Thanks to Teacher Lin!
Everyone was lamenting the changes and experiences of the past year, and Lin Weimin was no exception.
However, what he lamented more was not himself, but the general environment.
The pace of reform and opening up is going further and further. In March and April, the People's Daily published two long reports in succession, "Shi Laihe Fengfu" and "Rural Wonders - Remembering the Farmer Entrepreneur Lu Guanqiu".
It fully affirmed the positive role of township enterprises in the tide of reform and opening up, and also made the two township entrepreneurs Shi Laihe and Lu Guanqiu famous throughout the country.
In recent years, township enterprises have won almost every battle against state-owned enterprises.
This rise, to some extent, foreshadows the continued decline of state-owned enterprises.
This is of course bad news for state-owned enterprises and workers with stable jobs.
But for the vast majority of people, it means that life is getting better and better.
The changes in economic activities in society can also be seen in the literary circle or literary world.
Since its inception, reform literature has been developing more and more vigorously in recent years because its themes and content are closely related to the present and its content is mostly positive.
However, under this turbulent situation, more and more "variants" have emerged, causing reform literature to gradually change.
If we carefully examine these so-called "reform literature", we will find that some works that claim to promote reform are often superficial and will probably follow the old path of "scar literature" in no time.
Since last year, the idea of "seeking roots" has been raised by more and more writers, and it is gradually becoming a trend, and "root-seeking literature" has become popular.
Many people have searched through piles of old papers for allusions, and have attributed Huang Anyi's "Xiao Bao Zhuang", Mo Yan's "Red Sorghum", Lu Tianming's "Mud Day", and even Lin Weimin's "Horse Lassoer" to "root-seeking literature".
From scar literature, to reform literature, to root-seeking literature.
As Chinese society continues to change, people's thoughts and consciousness are also changing, and literature has naturally evolved.
While talking about the grand topic, the other people were unconsciously led astray by Lin Weimin.
Shi Tiesheng finally came to his senses and said, "It's fine for you, Editor-in-Chief Lin, to worry about this kind of thing, but people like us who work at desks can only listen."
After he finished speaking, the atmosphere at the table became relaxed again and everyone quickly changed the topic.
Mo Yan talked about his children, and Yu Hua talked about his beloved wife whom he had separated from.
Lin Weimin couldn't help but tease Shi Tiesheng, "Tiesheng! When will your Ximi come to Yanjing?"
When talking about Cheng Ximi, Shi Tiesheng's dark face showed a bit of shyness.
That year, Lin Weimin took Shi Tiesheng to Xi'an to pursue love. When he came back, he planned to find a way to transfer Cheng Ximi's job to Yanjing, but was rejected by Cheng Ximi.
So in the past two years, the two have been separated from each other and can only communicate through letters, and rarely even call each other.
Looking at Shi Tiesheng's appearance, Lin Weimin couldn't help but worry about him.
"It's already thirty-seven after the New Year, you have to be more careful!"
Lin Weimin's tone was like an old farmer who was worried about his rooster not laying eggs.
"If you don't consider yourself, you should at least consider my uncle!"
Every word he said was so hurtful that Shi Tiesheng even lost interest in eating meat.
Shi Tiesheng put down his chopsticks and complained, "Will you let me eat properly?"
Seeing that Shi Tiesheng didn't respond, Lin Weimin said with a smile, "Do you want me to give you some advice?"
Hearing this, everyone's eyes were focused on Lin Weimin.
Shi Tiesheng is approaching his 40s, and his lifelong affairs are of concern not only to his family but also to his friends.
Father Shi stared at Lin Weimin with burning eyes, looking forward to his profound remarks.
Shi Tiesheng knew Lin Weimin and knew that his ideas were always bad, so he was about to change the subject.
But Shi Lan asked, "Brother Lin, do you have any good ideas?"
Lin Weimin looked mysterious, "You're just a kid, don't ask so many questions!"
Shi Lan's face immediately fell. She was about to graduate from college. After hearing this, she rolled her eyes at Lin Weimin.
Lin Weimin didn't care at all and waved to Shi Tiesheng, "Come closer, I have a plan to teach you!"
Shi Tiesheng was very helpless, but due to his old father's earnest eyes, he could only go over obediently.
(End of this chapter)
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