1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 245 Why Didn't I Understand It?

After entering June, Lin Weimin's work and life became more busy. At the beginning of the month, he took a few days to accompany Arthur Miller locally, and then he would go to Renyi from time to time.

The most important purpose of Mr. Wan in inviting Arthur Miller to Renyi this time is to introduce a batch of representative "foreign operas" to Renyi.

Arthur Miller is a representative figure in the American drama world. His masterpiece Death of a Salesman can be described as a classic on the stage of drama. It became the first foreign play introduced by Renyi. directed.

Lin Weimin seems to have returned to the time when he first started cooperating with Renyi, he would go to the rehearsal field of Renyi after work if he had time.

In the arrangement of "Death of a Salesman", Renyi put forward its own request to Arthur Miller.

Although the story is a foreign story, it still needs to be localized.

The actors don't deliberately play foreigners, don't wear fake headgear, don't stick fake noses, and don't use translation accents in language, and try to use colloquial expressions that are closer to Mandarin.

Arthur Miller is a master of drama, so he naturally understands the importance of localization of drama and agreed to Renyi's request.

Lin Weimin watched bit by bit in the rehearsal field that a "foreign opera" that had been born in the United States for decades was gradually showing a local style on the stage through the continuous processing and sculpting of the staff in front of and behind the stage. One day he Standing together with Yu Yuzhi, they joked: "I think Renyi can develop a new style, which can be summed up in the words 'foreign opera and local performance'."

So Zhi's eyes lit up when he heard his words, "Your description is too accurate, foreign opera performances, that's right, foreign opera performances!"

Lin Weimin did not expect that his unintentional remark would eventually develop into the unique comedy style of Renyi decades later - "foreign opera local performance".

In addition to shuttling between people, art and work units, Lin Weimin's most important job throughout June is to plan the "Contemporary" Novel Creation Seminar organized by the Guowen Society since last year.

Such a good pen association deserves such a name, which makes people scratch their heads anxiously. Fortunately, this kind of name is very common in the 80s, and the style is not too inconsistent.

What is the most important thing in the pen meeting?
Of course it's human!
Whether it is a senior in the literary world or a rising star, as long as they can be invited, none of them can be let go. As long as more people come, there will be more articles praising PEN.

As soon as there are many articles, it will naturally be published in newspapers and magazines. Doesn't this reputation increase?
"Taihu Pen Club" held "Zhongshan" to take advantage of the momentum, and "Flower City" became famous because of "Pengcheng Pen Club"...

This is what pen societies across the country do.

"Contemporary" is now vaguely comparable to "Harvest" among mainstream domestic literary publications, so holding a pen meeting cannot be shabby.

Lin Weimin plans to call everyone who can move to Yantai, even if they can't move...

It's not a big problem, just carry it on the train.

For more than half a month, Lin Weimin's daily work basically consisted of writing letters, replying letters, making phone calls, and returning phone calls.

"Weimin, how is the contact?" Meng Weizai called Lin Weimin to stop that day.

"Now there are 62 confirmed to be able to come."

This number is far from Lin Weimin's standard.

Meng Weizai nodded, "That's right, this number is fine."

"Leader, it's very difficult to do it once. Of course, the more people there are, the better."

Meng Weizai said with a smile: "The number is more important than the number."

Lin Weimin nodded. The list of participants of the "Yantai Pen Club" is indeed quite important.

The Guowen Society can be said to be fully mobilized.

As a heavyweight publishing house, the background of Guowenshe is beyond doubt.

Many editors in the agency are also translators and writers, from the earliest Feng Xuefeng and Lou Shiyi to the present Yan Wenjing, Wei Junyi, Qin Chaoyang and others, all of them are like this.

Then there is the author network accumulated since its establishment in the 50s, and then restored order in the late 70s. The young and middle-aged writers cultivated and contacted in the past few years, such as Ma Jicai, Jiang Zilong, Gu Hua, Lu Yao, Cheng Zhongshi, Huang Anyi, Liu Xinwu , Liang Xiaosheng, Ma Yuan, Yu Hua, Mo Yan and so on.

To put it bluntly, in the field of domestic publishing, there is no publication that can compete with the Guowen Society except for simply fighting for contacts.

"The number of people is about the same. The most important thing is how many results can be produced during the pen meeting and the impact it can have in the future. You have to work hard in this regard." Meng Weizai warned.

"understood."

"By the way, how is the contact in Yantai?"

"The government is very cooperative, and the place of accommodation is preliminarily determined at the Dongshan Hotel. In a few days, I will go to Yantai to check in advance, and the basic activities have already been booked in the agency. I will go and implement everything. , Come back and touch everyone."

Meng Weizai patted Lin Weimin on the shoulder in relief when he heard Lin Weimin's order.

"well done!"

Lin Weimin complained in his heart, but it made you and Lao Tan feel at ease.

Two days later, Lin Weimin set off to Yantai for an inspection tour, and returned to Yanjing after finalizing all the accommodation, catering, transportation, and activities involved in the PEN Fair.

After returning, it took another day to document the entire process of the PEN meeting and hand it over to Meng Weizai.

Meng Weizai flipped through the documents in his hand, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "You really put your heart into serving the people! Handing this document over to Lao Yan will definitely require compliments."

Lin Weimin looked exhausted, "As long as you are satisfied, I will rest these two days. I have been running too hard these days, so I have to slow down."

"no problem!"

With a big wave of his hand, Lao Meng readily agreed to Lin Weimin's request for leave.

After resting at home for two days, Lin Weimin finally regained his energy. The first time he returned to work at the Guowen Society, he saw the sample booklet of "The Horse Man" on the table.

"Hey, it's finally out."

It has been nearly half a year since "The Man on the Horse" was published in January this year, and it is finally about to be published.

"Hey, for the people, how many copies are you printing?" Liu Yin asked curiously.

"50 copies!"

The order volume of post offices and bookstores in various places has reached an astonishing 35 copies, and the order volume of Lu Yao's "Life" Huocheng the year before last was only 13 copies.

"No wonder the club regards you as a treasure now!" Liu Yin sighed.

The first printing of 50 copies was aimed at selling several million copies. For a while, Liu Yin didn't know how to describe this kind of behavior in the agency.

Isn't this confidence too blind?

But thinking about Lin Weimin's achievements in the past two years, it seems very reasonable.

"You boy is such a monster!"

Lin Weimin couldn't laugh or cry.

"Hey! Look what I'm holding in my hand?" Zhu Changsheng walked into the office with a look of excitement, waving a booklet in his hand.

"What?" Everyone looked over curiously.

Zhu Changsheng put the brochure in his hand on the desk, and everyone saw that it was a magazine.

"Youth Literature?"

"That's right, our writer Lin's treasonous works are published here." Zhu Changsheng joked.

Everyone laughed when they heard this. The so-called "work of treason" naturally refers to the pioneer novel "Chasing the Murder" that Lin Weimin handed over to "Youth Literature". God, we haven't had time to see it yet.

The editors in the editorial department have an astonishing amount of reading every day. Naturally, there must be a standard for weighing. Similar to "Youth Literature", you will probably not be able to read it until half a month after it goes on the market. The first time I bought the magazine so early, I was purely curious about what Lin Weimin wrote in this novel.

Zhu Changsheng showed off "Youth Literature" and then took it back. Naturally, he wanted to see the magazine he bought first.

Taking advantage of nothing to do in the morning, he made himself a cup of tea, and directly turned the magazine to the page of "Chasing the Murderer".

Time passed unconsciously, Zhu Changsheng didn't know how long it took before he woke up suddenly, and it was already ten o'clock in the morning.

He looked up at his colleagues, everyone was busy with the matter at hand.

Then he looked down at the magazine in his hand. After reading this novel for so long, why didn't he understand it?
Zhu Changsheng hesitated.

How about watching it for a while?

Anyway, work is to read manuscripts, am I not reading manuscripts now?Although it has been published.

Thinking of this, he felt more calm.

Just watch it for a while, and when I understand it, I will stop watching it.

Zhijiang, Haiyan County.

On the street in front of the cultural center, Yu Hua was dressed in cool clothes, with a scrawled hairstyle, and his eyes were sleepy.

Seeing his image, people can't help but think of the overly decadent work of the Cultural Center.

"Haiping!" An equally decadent figure not far from Yu Huachao waved.

The two got together, each with a bowl of Jingfentou, and ate breakfast dully.

"I heard that "Contemporary" invited you to Yantai to participate in the PEN meeting?" asked the young man named Haiping.

"That's right, Mr. Lin insisted on calling me. I'm so busy with work..."

Haiping looked at Yu Hua speechlessly, chat for a while if you can, and eat breakfast if you can't.

"Then what..." Yu Hua also realized that his pretense was unnatural, "Have you read the novel on "Youth Literature"?"

"Which one?"

"The one written by Mr. Lin!"

"Looked."

Yu Hua looked expectantly, "How is it? How is it?"

Claiming to be Teacher Lin's number one lick... fan, Yu Hua attaches great importance to every work of Teacher Lin.

He not only reads, but also analyzes Mr. Lin's thoughts in the creative process after reading.It is precisely by using this method that Yu Hua has made rapid progress in just over a year. He admires and admires Lin Weimin even more in his heart, and he often feels that his current progress is thanks to Teacher Lin.

He also attaches great importance to the reading feelings and evaluations of Mr. Lin's works by people around him. Every time a work of Mr. Lin is published, he always recommends it to everyone and listens to everyone's perception and evaluation after reading it.

He feels that this is more conducive to his objective view of Mr. Lin's works, and he will not fall into a situation of blind admiration because of too much love.

Haiping's tone was somewhat hesitant, "This... how should I say it?"

　The first update, the second update at noon.

　　
　
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