Chapter 506 It’s time to go to the textbook
After spending a day celebrating the New Year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it was others' turn to greet Lin Weimin on the second day. Lin Weimin did not expect that people from the foundation would come to greet him.
Before the New Year, Lin Weimin asked Zheng Guo to deliver New Year's gifts to the homes of several expatriate staff members of the foundation, which touched everyone. Xu Yongguang, the foundation's secretary-general, specially brought people to visit Lin Weimin to wish him a happy New Year.
During this visit, Xu Yongguang also reported to Lin Weimin on the donations received by the foundation during this period.
Although it was established not long ago, the Hope Project has generated a great response and the foundation has received a lot of attention across the country. Many ordinary people have donated enthusiastically, including some respected senior figures in the cultural field.
Mr. Wan, Mr. Ba who lives in Shanghai, Mr. Bing Xin who is nearly 90 years old, Mr. Qi Gong, a calligrapher, etc.
In just less than two months, the total amount of donations from the foundation has exceeded 80 million.
"According to the current situation, the total amount of donations raised by our foundation this year is likely to reach 100 million. Teacher Lin, without your appeal, the foundation would not have gotten off to such a smooth start!" Xu Yongguang, the young secretary-general, was excited and excited when he said this.
"This is all thanks to everyone, and it is also inseparable from the publicity and help of our media friends. Mr. Ba heard about our foundation and the Hope Project in Shanghai, and wrote me a letter specifically, asking us to do a good job in this matter. This is a good thing that will benefit future generations!" said Lin Weimin.
The comrades from the foundation nodded in unison. They knew about Ba Lao's donation, but writing letters was a very private matter and they had no way of knowing about it. They were very excited to hear about it from Lin Weimin.
The Spring Festival holiday is only three days and time passes by in a flash.
We have just returned to work after the holiday. The second issue of "Contemporary" this year is being sent to all parts of the country, and everyone has not yet fully returned to work.
Lin Weimin went to the National Theatre of China after get off work in the evening. In the first half of last year, he handed over the script of the drama "Burning" to the National Theatre of China.
The National Theatre of China took it very seriously and spent more than half a year preparing for it, and the rehearsals were only recently completed.
Today is the internal audit of the Art Committee, and all the people who came are old acquaintances.
"Teacher Lan", "Teacher Ouyang", "Teacher Yu", Lin Weimin greeted them one by one, and then sat in the first row of the audience, next to him was the director of this play, Lin Zhaohua.
The curtain on the stage opened and the plot began. While watching the performance, Lin Weimin whispered with Lin Zhaohua from time to time.
At the end of the performance, everyone stood up and applauded.
The Art Committee was very satisfied with the effect of the whole play and unanimously approved it.
When Lin Zhaohua was communicating with Lin Weimin, he suddenly thought of Feng Yuanzheng, "It's a pity that Xiao Feng is not in China, otherwise he would be just right to play the leading male role."
The leading male role in "Burning" is a failed loser. Feng Yuanzheng is very suitable for this role in terms of acting skills and appearance, but unfortunately he went to study in West Germany last year.
The current actor playing the leading male role is Ding Zhicheng, also a young actor of the People's Art Theatre. He and Feng Yuanzheng were both admitted to the People's Art Theatre's actor training class. He has acted in many film and television dramas since then. In terms of role fit, he is slightly inferior to Feng Yuanzheng.
Lin Weimin recalled Feng Yuanzheng's image and said, "Don't mention it, it really is, what a pity!"
Lin Weimin asked about the performance date of "Burning", and Shi Zhi said it would be in mid-March. Lin Weimin said regretfully, "Then I won't be able to catch the premiere of our play."
Yi Shizhi smiled and said, "No play premiere is as important as your wedding. Don't forget to send invitations to the hospital. Everyone is looking forward to attending your wedding!"
Tao Huimin is currently working at the People's Art Theatre. Since she finished filming "Dream of Red Mansions" last fall, she has been reporting to the theatre almost every day. However, her situation is special and she has not played a role in the theatre so far.
Therefore, it was no secret in the People's Art Theatre that Lin Weimin was going to get married.
"I'm not planning on making a big deal about it, so I won't send out invitations. I'll call you in advance when we have dinner."
"Okay, then I have to prepare a big gift for you." Yi Shizhi said with a smile.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, which happened to be the weekend, Zheng Guo was going to treat guests.
Thanks to the relationship between Lin Weimin and Zheng's father, his job transfer was accomplished effortlessly, and now he has become a member of the China Youth Education Development Foundation.
Taking up the new position, Zheng Guo was full of confidence and ready to do a great job.
The party was held at Shi Tiesheng's home. As the weather was cold now, it was inconvenient for Shi Tiesheng to go out.
At around nine o'clock in the morning, everyone gathered at Shi Tiesheng's house.
The Chinese New Year has just passed. Although we have returned to work, the festive atmosphere is still there and it is very lively as soon as we meet.
Zheng Guo looked full of energy and was completely different from when he was at the cultural center.
More than ten people gathered together, and several female comrades were busy working. Zheng Guo pulled Lin Weimin aside and said mysteriously: "Do you want to hear a good news?"
“I don’t want to listen!” Lin Weimin didn’t give Zheng Guo the chance to keep him in suspense.
Zheng Guo looked unhappy and said, "You really don't want to hear it? This is a great thing!"
"You can't say it if you like."
Lin Weimin stood up and prepared to go talk to Shi Tiesheng, but Zheng Guo grabbed him and said, "Okay, I'll tell you!"
He paused for a moment, and seeing that Lin Weimin's expression remained unchanged, he felt very bored.
"Your novel will be included in the Chinese textbook!"
Lin Weimin's expression finally turned surprised. "Chinese textbook?"
Seeing his expression, Zheng Guo finally felt relieved, "Surprised? Unexpected?"
"Where did your father get the news?"
"Hey, don't ask if there's more." Zheng Guo picked up the Qiao.
For most of the period since the founding of New China, all regions have used textbooks published uniformly by the People's Education Press.
In the autumn of 1951, the first set of national primary and secondary school textbooks compiled based on Soviet textbooks was published by the People's Education Press, and was revised every six or seven years thereafter.
The current national primary and secondary school textbooks are the latest revised national ten-year primary and secondary school textbooks after the founding of the People's Republic of China. They have been in use for ten years and are the longest-used textbooks since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Before Lin Weimin could ask Zheng Guo in detail, Qu Xiaowei had been standing behind the two of them since some point, and after hearing Zheng Guo's words, he spoke like a loud speaker.
"Weimin's novel will be included in the Chinese textbook?"
When everyone heard the sound, they looked over with looks of surprise on their faces.
Zheng Guo immediately pushed Qu Xiaowei down and asked, "What are you yelling for?"
"I'm not surprised!"
Qu Xiaowei did not feel guilty about leaking confidential information. With excitement in his eyes, he confirmed with Zheng Guo again, "Is Weimin's novel really going to be included in the Chinese textbook?"
Zheng Guo said helplessly: "Keep your voice down, you haven't even started yet!"
"Tell me in detail, tell me quickly!" Qu Xiaowei urged.
The others no longer cared about what they were doing and gathered around, some almost bringing their own small stools to attend the class.
Zheng Guo gave a bitter smile, and Lin Weimin said with a smile: "I'll let you show off, come on, tell me!"
When talking about Lin Weimin’s novels being included in textbooks, we must first talk about the nine-year compulsory education.
Since 1986, the country has officially implemented nine-year compulsory education, and now it has entered its third year.
Today, primary and secondary schools across the country are still using the ten-year textbook published by the People's Education Press in 1978. In fact, the updating of textbooks has not kept pace with policy changes.
In 1986, the Ministry of Education promulgated the "Full-time Primary and Secondary School Chinese Language Teaching Syllabus" in order to revise the textbooks. Unfortunately, this revision was just a patchwork.
The change from the ten-year system to the nine-year system is a fundamental one, and textbook reform is imminent.
In January this year, the Ministry of Education just promulgated the "Nine-Year Compulsory Education Full-time Primary and Secondary Chinese Language Teaching Syllabus", requiring the People's Education Press to compile one set of "6-3 system" and one set of "5-4 system" textbooks.
In this new textbook reform, Lin Weimin's works became one of the "material libraries" of People's Education Press.
"I never thought that Wei Min's novels would be included in textbooks!" Qu Xiaowei exclaimed.
"It's reasonable. But I didn't expect it to happen so soon. I thought we would have to wait until he was 40 years old." Yao Shuzhi said.
Qu Xiaowei asked: "Zheng Guo, do you know the details? For example, which grade's textbooks are used? Which novel was selected?"
Zheng Guo shook his head. "How can I know now? Do you think compiling textbooks is just a game? This revision of the textbooks is a major one, and it will take several years to complete. The People's Education Press just received the order, and I just heard the news."
Everyone felt a little regretful after hearing this. This situation was like eating a melon only halfway through, which was a bit unsatisfying.
Liu Haiyan asked: "Guess, everyone, which novel of Weimin's can be included in the textbook?"
After hearing what she said, everyone suddenly became interested again.
Cheng Ximi was the first to say, "Farewell My Concubine."
Liu Haiyan immediately denied it, "It's impossible. The orientation of Farewell My Concubine is not suitable for students to read. It is impossible for it to be selected into the textbook."
Liu Haiyan is a middle school teacher and is very clear about the selection criteria for Chinese textbooks. "The texts in the textbooks should be exemplary, both elegant and beautiful, and of moderate difficulty."
Qu Xiaowei said: "I think the story of the Horse Catcher, in which Bayin and Bater spent their youth on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, should be in line with the requirements of the textbook."
Everyone nodded, thinking that his idea was very reliable.
"I think "The Ming Dynasty 1566" is also good. There are many passages worth excerpting and they are related to history," said Yao Shuzhi.
"Shuzhi is right. 'The Ming Dynasty 1566' is indeed very good. But have you ever thought about the short stories written for the people?" Shi Tiesheng pondered.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Indeed, when we were thinking about it just now, everyone subconsciously ignored Lin Weimin's short story.
It’s not that people can’t remember them, it’s just that Lin Weimin’s short stories are too few and too old.
"After Tiesheng said that, I think Weimin's first article, "A Matter of One Penny," meets the selection criteria for the text. It is positive and active, and at the same time has practical significance."
"Yes, that novel won the National Excellent Short Story Award. So it's quite fitting now."
The process of compiling textbooks took years. Everyone was enthusiastically discussing something far away, but left Lin Weimin, the person involved, aside.
(End of this chapter)
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