1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 288 It's Not That Simple

As a senior reporter of "Yanjing Youth Daily", Li Xiangyang has a certain right to speak in the newspaper, otherwise he would not have been able to publish an article in support of Lin Weimin amidst the initial scolding.

Of course, after the first article was published, the whole thing was out of his control as a reporter.

Li Xiangyang's earliest impression of Lin Weimin was "The Death of Yura". This short story had a unique style at the time of publication and was unforgettable.

Lin Weimin's "Contemporary" published the so-called "pioneering novel" in the first issue of 83, and he felt that "The Death of Yula" might be more suitable for this title.

Afterwards came several spy war novels, which tended to be of a more generic style, but of high quality, which made Li Xiangyang think that Lin Weimin was going to go on this road forever, but unexpectedly Lin Weimin turned around and took out "Farewell My Concubine". ".

In Li Xiangyang's opinion, this novel should be regarded as a turning point in Lin Weimin's writing career.

It is different from the spy war novels such as "Latent" and "The Cliff" written before, and it is also different from the general scar novels on the market.

"Farewell My Concubine" perfectly combines artistry and readability, revealing an intimate and heavy taste.

He doesn't think this is an epic work, but it may be a classic that is difficult to replace in the contemporary literary world and will continue to be passed down forever.

Compared with the amazingness of "Farewell My Concubine", Lin Weimin's novel "Speak Well" published on "Zhongshan" is not extraordinary in terms of grades and evaluation.

But this novel is Li Xiangyang's favorite among Lin Weimin's many works.

What "Speak Well" talks about is actually very simple, just two words of communication.

In today's Chinese literary world, there is no shortage of writers who are willing to write thick epics, and there is no shortage of writers who pursue profound thoughts. What is lacking is Lin Weimin, a writer who is full of desire to explore the subtleties of life.

Those lofty and beautiful things are worthy of praise, but aren't the ordinary lives of common people worth it?

Li Xiangyang believes that what many writers of this era lack is Lin Weimin's practicality and closeness to ordinary people.

After 30, "Taomaren" was published, with a length of [-] words, a tome rarely seen in Lin Weimin's works.Li Xiangyang's first feeling after reading it is that Lin Weimin has entered a mature period of creation.

Many young writers often spend several years or even more than ten years to find their own path when they first start their creative path. After going through such a process, they gradually mature.

However, Lin Weimin is different.

"Latent" and "The Cliff" have been published one after another, and he has completed the transformation from youthful to mature on the road of literary creation at an astonishing speed.

After "The Wind" and "Farewell My Concubine", he already had a tendency to walk around in the garden.

"Speak Well", he is trying to find a new style and breakthrough.

"Horse Man" is a good feedback for his attempt. In Li Xiangyang's view, the birth and publication of "Horse Man" is a sign of Lin Weimin's creative maturity, and also distinguishes him from other young and middle-aged writers in China. important milestone.

Why do you say that?

Because many creators first draw materials from the people, things, things around them, their past experiences, and the past experiences of the people around them.

But "The Horseman" is not like this. From the subject matter to the content, this novel has nothing to do with Lin Weimin's life and work environment. With a length of 30 words, it creates a magnificent friendship story with ups and downs for readers.

How powerful is such an ability to conceive?How excellent is such writing?

Not to mention that Lin Weimin's authorial thinking embodied in "The Horseman" has far surpassed the subjective comments and accusations of many young writers in their works.

Compared with those immature creators, Lin Weimin's brushwork is calm and restrained, but without losing wisdom and warmth.

When he saw the middle and late part of "The Horseman", Li Xiangyang once thought that Lin Weimin might choose to give Bayin a causal loop ending, or a warm and harmonious ending.

But Lin Weimin's choice was beyond his expectations, and Li Xiangyang believed that it was also beyond most people's expectations.

The ending is that Battelle's Alefu seems to accept Bayin, but this happy ending is ironic.

The character of Bayin suddenly broke away from the evaluation of good or bad in the traditional sense, and became three-dimensional and vivid. As the absolute protagonist of the novel, people love and hate it.

Li Xiangyang only had one feeling after reading the novel, that the character Bayin was vividly written.

Unlike Cheng Dieyi, who is born with an amazing "no madness, no life" personality, Bayin's selfish but conscientious image is the majority of people in life.

Bayin in Lin Weimin's works is not blindly hated by readers, nor fanatical love.

"The Bayin that makes people love and hate", Li Xiangyang thinks that this should be an unforgettable figure in the readers' reading life.

The nib of the pen stopped after finishing writing "The Horseman", Li Xiangyang took a sip of tea, and the tea was already completely cold before he knew it.

Li Xiangyang got up and changed himself a cup of hot tea. He had been sitting at the desk for a long time, and his cervical spine was aching. He came to the window of the office, where Lin Weimin was interviewed in the morning.

Looking out of the window, Li Xiangyang couldn't help but fell into memories.

"What about "The Murderer"? In the eyes of the author, what kind of work is "The Murderer"?"

"Brother Xiangyang, let me ask you first, what kind of work do you think "Chasing the Murderer" is?" Lin Weimin didn't face Li Xiangyang's question directly, but asked rhetorically.

Li Xiangyang pondered for a moment, and said: "From the perspective of traditional novel creation, I think "The Murderer" is a work of showmanship, focusing on narrative skills, but ignoring the connotation and depth of the story."

"But what?" Lin Weimin's expression was calm and his tone was determined.

Li Xiangyang laughed softly, "But I think that the traditional view of novel creation has been constantly being subverted. From Tang legends to Ming and Qing novels, to vernacular novels, including those foreign classics, whenever we accept new things, no matter Is it all an impact on the original concept?"

Lin Weimin's smile was a little smug, obviously Li Xiangyang's words reached his heart.

Li Xiangyang took this opportunity to continue: "I heard that the reason why you created "Chasing the Murderer" was to promote pioneer novels, is this true?"

Lin Weimin nodded lightly, "You can put it that way."

"Do you think it's too utilitarian?"

"Utilitarianism? In order to promote pioneering novels, I wrote an avant-garde novel. Is this called utilitarianism?"

Li Xiangyang also found the loopholes in his words. Lin Weimin said: "Did the debate between vernacular Chinese and ancient Chinese rely on students and gentlemen talking? Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. This has been shouted for several years." , everyone should be familiar with it. False tricks on the mouth, real tricks on the hands."

Lin Weimin changed his sitting position, and continued: "It is a long process for any genre of literature to be accepted and known by the public. Avant-garde novels are not a unique skill, I just hope to bring some Fresh reading experience, when this type of novel has not been widely accepted, high-quality works are the best way to promote."

Li Xiangyang nodded in agreement.

"In order to promote avant-garde novels, you have really worked so hard! Then let's go back to the original question, what kind of work do you think "Chasing the Murderer" is?"

Li Xiangyang is worthy of being a reporter, and he didn't forget his question after walking around for a long time.

Lin Weimin thought for a moment and said, "If you insist, this novel should be regarded as a brain game!"

"Brain games?" Li Xiangyang heard this new vocabulary for the first time.

"Are you referring to the game forms of Huarong Dao and Sudoku?"

"Almost. In my personal superficial understanding, literature should never be just about bitterness and hatred, and it should not just be pure spring and white snow. It is for the people of Lower Riba, it is for entertaining, it is also for entertaining the public.

It is the most terrible thing to hold literature on a high altar and not allow it to be desecrated.That would not only separate us from the masses, to put it a little vulgarly, but also cut off the way out for those of us who make a living by climbing the ranks. "

Li Xiangyang felt that the interview became more and more interesting, and he asked: "So, in a sense, "The Murderer" is a game between you and the readers."

The corners of Lin Weimin's mouth curled up slightly, "I spent much more brain cells than readers. I can say responsibly that there may be many good works in scar novels and reform novels, but my type of novels are not There will be too many boutiques!"

"Why?" Li Xiangyang asked.

The self-satisfaction full of confidence appeared on Lin Weimin's face again, "Because this matter requires IQ!"

Li Xiangyang thought about many answers in his mind, but he didn't expect this to be the only one. He couldn't help laughing, "Weimin, if you say that, you will offend a lot of people!"

Lin Weimin also laughed, "Have I offended too few people?"

The two of them finished laughing, and Li Xiangyang said seriously: "Indeed, I have spent a lot of brain cells just reading the novel "Chasing the Murderer", and I finally figured out the whole story after reading it twice. Not to mention how much effort you, the author, spend in conceiving."

"I'm not targeting scar novels or reform novels, but in our inherent creative view, experiencing this event, or experiencing this event is regarded as extremely important.

This method of creation is indeed very effective. Even people with little writing experience can create good works as long as their writing and creative ideas pass the test.

But if we, who call ourselves professional writers, blindly cling to this prejudice, it is an excuse for our own self-defense. "

Li Xiangyang felt that he could not dwell on this issue for too long, and Lin Weimin showed signs of firing.

"Let's talk about "The Murderer" here, how about we talk about "The Lover"?"

"I read your previous review articles, and they are quite good, and there are quite a lot. Today we are going to talk about "Lover"?"

"It's hard to interview you as the author, so I definitely need to talk about it. When talking about "Lover", I have to mention the original intention of this novel. Jiang Zilong said that this novel was written by Comrade Guo Yudao, who you promised to have passed away. of."

Lin Weimin shook his head, "That's not quite accurate. The idea for the novel has actually been around for a long time. Later, when Lao Guo came to Yanjing to see a doctor, before he left, he regretted that he had never written a full-length novel in his life, and only then did he have the "Lover" in "The Lover". Guo Yudao'."

Lin Weimin did not put gold on his face, but truthfully described the situation at that time.

"During that time, I went to Shaanxi to collect manuscripts. Do you know Cheng Zhongshi? His "Mr. Blue Robe" was published in the first issue of "Contemporary" this year two months ago."

Li Xiangyang said: "I have seen it, this work is very good."

"Perhaps those of us who make a living by writing have this kind of plot more or less, just hope that we can leave history with the name of writing.

I remember that I went to Cheng Zhongshi’s home to compose manuscripts with him. When the conversation got up, my brother took my hand and said: I hope, I hope wow, I hope, I can make a cushion for myself. head of bricks.It makes people feel the same way! "

Lin Weimin's expression was somewhat sighed, and Li Xiangyang's expression was also full of embarrassment.

Then they talked about some works, and Li Xiangyang finally brought the topic to the disturbance caused by "Lover".

"Do you have any thoughts or what you want to say about the turmoil in the past few months?"

Lin Weimin shook his head again, "When we met on CCTV that time, you insisted on telling me, I said let the bullets fly for a while."

"now what?"

"Now, let the bullets fly."

After Lin Weimin finished speaking, Li Xiangyang's expression was very meaningful.

This sounds grand, but if you touch it carefully, it seems that it is not that simple!

(End of this chapter)