Chapter 545: Complaint
It was already late May from the time China Youth Daily published the college students' letter to the time TZY launched the Chinese Youth Volunteer Action.
In addition to the widespread and enthusiastic response it has generated among college students, "No One Left Behind" has also had a huge impact on the entire readership.
Unlike Lin Weimin's previous novels with heavy writing and unique style, the style of "Not One Less" is simple and unpretentious. Many readers feel a little uncomfortable when they first read it, but most people will be touched after reading the whole story.
This phenomenon is also the area where Lin Weimin has been criticized the most by critics. This novel is suspected of being deliberately sensational.
To be honest, Lin Weimin did have some selfish motives when he was writing the novel. He wrote this novel in the hope that the name of "Project Hope" would be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and have a national influence, which is crucial to the future development of the foundation and the Project Hope.
This unexpected event inspired thousands of aspiring college students to devote themselves to the education cause in poor areas, which Lin Weimin never expected. This trend also boosted the influence of "No One Left Behind" after its publication.
Lin Weimin's original goal was also successfully achieved under this unexpected trend.
"Should college students go to poor areas to support education?" has gradually become a national discussion.
Against this background, the fourth issue of Contemporary, which published No One Can Be Left Behind, sold over 2.6 million copies in just one and a half months, and sales are still growing rapidly at a rate of tens of thousands of copies per day.
No one knows where the sales of this issue of the magazine will end, but everyone knows that as long as this wave of discussion does not end, the sales of the fourth issue of "Contemporary" will continue to move towards a higher level.
The more sales, the more readers have read the novel, and the greater the influence of the novel.
In this way, the private life that Lin Weimin included in his novels gradually gained popularity among hundreds of millions of readers across the country.
"Hey, Weimin, you really helped us a lot this time!"
In the evening, Zheng Guo brought his wife and children to Lin Weimin's house for a meal. He smiled happily when he saw Lin Weimin.
"Is the change so obvious?" Lin Weimin asked.
"It's so obvious!" Zheng Guo said excitedly, "Did you know? In the one month since the publication of 'No One Left Behind', the amount of donations received by our foundation has exceeded five million! This is five million. Our foundation may not receive this much donations in half a year!"
Zheng Guo's face was full of admiration, "I really didn't expect that your novel would have such a great influence."
Lin Weimin has been active in the domestic literary world for many years, and every time a work is published, it attracts a lot of attention and discussion. But the difference with "Not One Less" this time is that this novel was deliberately written by Lin Weimin in order to help the reputation of the foundation and the Hope Project gain popularity.
Zheng Guo was amazed not only at Lin Weimin's outstanding ability in literary creation, but also at his strong appeal among readers.
"That is to say, everyone is more enthusiastic at the beginning, but we still need to see the long-term changes," said Lin Weimin.
Zheng Guo nodded and said, "That's right."
"However, there is a long-term change that can already be seen," Zheng Guo said.
“What long-term changes?”
"I hope there won't be a shortage of teachers in primary schools in the future!" Zheng Guo said with a smile.
More than a month has passed since the publication of "No One Left Behind", and the enthusiasm of young students to devote themselves to education has been extremely high. TZY took advantage of the situation and launched the China Youth Volunteer Action, which aroused enthusiastic responses from countless aspiring students and attracted tens of thousands of applicants.
The lack of teacher resources for Hope Primary Schools has always been a long-standing problem that has troubled the foundation.
The first problem is the teaching ability of private teachers. Many of these private teachers only graduated from junior high school or even elementary school, and their teaching level is relatively low.
The second problem is that we can’t keep people. In recent years of reform and opening up, more and more people from rural areas have gone to cities to work. Private teachers teaching in rural primary schools are generally not well paid, and their wages are often in arrears. Who would be willing to be a poor private teacher if there are better ways to make money?
Now, with the teaching activities of the China Youth Volunteer Action, thousands of college students devote themselves to the education cause in poor areas every year. These students are both knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and will definitely change the teaching appearance of many rural primary schools, including Hope Primary Schools.
"Indeed, I didn't expect this either." Lin Weimin said with a smile.
Regardless of whether he is worried or not, from a general perspective, it is a good thing that so many students go to poor areas to become teachers.
"There is one more thing. Have you heard about it?" Zheng Guo asked mysteriously.
"What?"
"TZY and the Ministry of Education are planning to organize a seminar for your work."
Lin Weimin was surprised. "Who told you that?"
"Nonsense, who else can I listen to? The head of our foundation is the leader of Tuan Tuan!"
Lin Weimin slapped his head and said, "Oh, I forgot!"
He added: “That’s not necessary.”
Zheng Guo was happier talking about this than his own affairs, with a smile on his face, "Why do you care whether it's necessary or not? The leader said we should do it, and you dare not stop us from doing it?"
Lin Weimin is certainly not stupid enough to stop others from holding a seminar on his work. To put it bluntly, this is a recognition of the work and himself by those above him, which has a significant boosting effect on him and his work.
Less than a week after Zheng Guo said this, when the "College Students Teaching" activity of the Chinese Youth Volunteer Action was in full swing, the Tuan Tuan and the Ministry of Education jointly issued a notice to hold a seminar on the work "No One Left Behind".
In March, Contemporary magazine held a symposium for White Deer Plain, and the standard of the symposium was considered top-notch in the literary world.
The standards of the seminar for the work "No One Left Behind" were also of the highest standard, but the styles of the seminars for the two works were slightly different.
The seminar on the work of "White Deer Plain" was mainly attended by people from the literary world, while the participants in the seminar on the work of "Not One Less" were mostly official personnel. Even the people from the literary world who attended had official status.
The seminar was chaired by the head of TZY. The leader of the Publishing Bureau under Lin Weimin was also present, including Zheng Guo’s father, who was the head of the education department.
At a work seminar, several department heads attended. As the person involved in the seminar, Lin Weimin became the envy of many participants.
The atmosphere at a seminar involving official participants is much more depressing than a seminar attended mainly by people from the literary world. Everyone's speeches are not only formal but also depressing.
Lin Weimin couldn't understand how this group of people could still talk nonstop for half an hour under such circumstances.
The seminar on the work "No One Left Behind" was supposed to last a whole day, but after only one morning, Lin Weimin felt a little overwhelmed.
After lunch and a rest, just as the afternoon seminar began, Lin Weimin was planning to sneak away, but he didn't expect the vice prime minister in charge of education to suddenly come to the meeting room.
"I was attending an event next door just now, and I heard that you were holding a symposium on the work of 'No One Left Behind', so I came over to take a look. Don't feel any psychological pressure. I just read this novel some time ago, and since you are holding a symposium today, do you mind if I say a few words?" the deputy prime minister asked with a smile.
The crowd spontaneously burst into warm applause.
"Thank you all for your support." The deputy prime minister waved his hand and said thoughtfully, "Comrade Weimin's novel can be said to truly and accurately show the current educational situation in most of our country's poor areas. As a member of the Party, when I read this novel, I felt extremely complicated..."
"Our country's reform and opening up has just started, and there are many difficulties to face, and the education cause is still the same. I am very happy that there is such a work that reflects the current situation of education in the vast poor areas, which makes our comrades in the government realize our shortcomings in our work..."
"What makes me even happier is the positive guiding role this novel plays. A few days ago, TZY launched a youth volunteer activity to guide a large number of aspiring young people to teach in poverty-stricken areas, which is very good."
"It's not scary to have shortcomings in our work. As long as we have the determination and actions to improve and persist in our belief in serving the people, we will eventually do well."
After the vice prime minister finished speaking, applause broke out again.
The vice prime minister smiled and said, "That's all I have to say. I would also like to say that I am very grateful to Comrade Weimin for writing such a good work that is close to reality and positive. I hope you can continue to work hard and continue to write such good works that inspire people and lead people to be positive!"
According to official conventions, Lin Weimin must express his position at this time. Director Du, who was sitting next to Lin Weimin, poked Lin Weimin in the background.
Lin Weimin gave Du a look that said "I understand" and said to the vice prime minister, "Thank you for your affirmation, I will definitely keep working hard in the future."
Secretary Du nodded in satisfaction, and the deputy prime minister also smiled.
"but……"
Lin Weimin's words did not end as expected, but instead took a turn, and everyone's eyes were focused on him again.
"Good works need to be read by others. Piracy is rampant in the book market now, and sales are more than ten times higher than those of our officially published works. If things continue to develop like this, I am very worried about the domestic publishing industry.
What's even more outrageous is that these pirated booksellers dare to impersonate others. Some time ago, someone close to me found a book on a bookstall called "Hunting II", written by Lin Weimin..."
When Lin Weimin said this, everyone laughed and the atmosphere became relaxed.
"You may find this ridiculous, but you should understand the harm this kind of illegal behavior does to writers and the publishing industry. If it continues like this, it will damage the overall environment and future development of our domestic publishing industry."
When Lin Weimin was speaking, he didn't notice the murderous look in Du Shu's eyes.
After listening to Lin Weimin's words, the vice prime minister nodded slightly and said, "Comrade Weimin is right. This problem does need to be taken seriously. Our publishing department should pay attention to this problem. The rectification of piracy is not the responsibility of one department. It requires the cooperation of multiple departments to achieve results."
Director Du immediately said, "Yes, we have also noticed this problem. Our Publishing Department is also contacting our sister units to prepare for joint action."
The deputy prime minister nodded, said hello to everyone present, and left.
(End of this chapter)
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