1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 369
January 1th, the first day of the twelfth lunar month, is exactly one month away from the Spring Festival in 10.

A few years ago, Lin Weimin was always very busy because he had to participate in the Spring Festival Gala.

Last month, CCTV came to talk to Lin Weimin about this year's Spring Festival Gala, but Lin Weimin flatly refused.

It is enough to try things like the Spring Festival Gala, and the people he should praise will also praise, and participating in it will not only waste time and energy, but will not add to himself.

He is not one of those sketches and comedians who need to live on the Spring Festival Gala.

Lin Weimin's refusal caught CCTV by surprise.

Everyone has become accustomed to his efficiency in producing scripts in the past few years. Without him as a general, the directing team of the show really couldn't find anyone who could fill the gap for a while.

But the trouble belongs to CCTV and has nothing to do with Lin Weimin.With his current status, helping the Spring Festival Gala is to save face.If it doesn't help, CCTV doesn't dare to comment.

Without the burden of the Spring Festival Gala, Lin Weimin put all his energy on "Contemporary".

A few days after New Year's Day, the first issue of this year was officially launched.

As the first issue of "Contemporary" after the revision of the monthly magazine, the editorial department, including the Guowen Society, attached great importance to this issue.

After a few days of fermentation, information from bookstores and post offices near Yanjing came back one after another.

The sales of the monthly magazine "Contemporary" are as hot as ever, which makes everyone feel relieved.

Along with the hot sales of "Contemporary", there is a bad sign spreading.

It is rumored that some critics did not think highly of the first part of "Ordinary World" published in this issue.

Regarding this point, Jiang Zilong, who is far away in Jinmen, also called to prove it. In his words-Weimin, you sometimes stumble!

The first part of Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" was revised and handed over to Lin Weimin in late August, and it took more than four months before it was published.

When reviewing the manuscript, several colleagues in the editorial department were quite critical of the content of the novel.

There are two main points that everyone pays attention to.

One is the writing technique of this novel, which seems too old-fashioned in today's flourishing literary world.

The narrative is complicated and long-winded, and the plot development is not very innovative.

The second is the treatment that Lin Weimin wants to give this novel. After the revision in 86, the headline of the first issue, the publication of the first issue, and the full text in large font.

The last novel to enjoy this kind of treatment in "Contemporary" was Lin Weimin's "Lover".

Those colleagues thought that the quality of this novel was unsatisfactory, and now that Lin Weimin wanted to give this novel such a high courtesy, they were the first to express their objection.

Lin Weimin persuaded and persuaded, but everyone still couldn't reach a consensus.

In the end, it even made a fuss at the editorial meeting in the club, where Lin Weimin patted the table helplessly.

"This novel must be published!"

He is the editor-in-chief of the editorial department. Although he is usually friendly to everyone, when he is really angry, everyone can only obey.

Now the word-of-mouth of "Ordinary World" is gradually fermenting, and the evaluation in the critic circle seems not to be ideal, not only the colleagues in the editorial department, but also some discussions within the Guowen Press.

The National Academy of Arts was also on winter vacation, and Yu Hua heard that Mo Yan had gone to the guest house of the Guowen Society, so he also ran over to join in the fun.

Mo Yan concentrated on writing the script and didn't have time to talk to him, so he slipped to the editorial department, but he didn't want to see Lin Weimin here.

Like a mouse seeing a cat, it instinctively wanted to avoid it, but was stopped by Liu Yin.

"Hey, Yu Hua!"

Yu Hua turned around bitterly, and took a peek at Lin Weimin, "Teacher Liu, what do you need from me?"

Liu Yin said unhappily: "Is it me looking for you? Obviously you came in by yourself, okay?"

"I'm also here to see if the editorial department needs hot water. If necessary, I'll get some for everyone!"

Yu Huai praised his cleverness, but Liu Yin said, "Don't be poor, just ask you something."

"You say!"

"What do you think of the novel Ordinary World?"

Yu Hua glanced at Lin Weimin who was standing aside, with an expression of admiration on his face, "This novel is good!"

"Oh? What's so good about it?" Liu Yin continued to ask.

"Hmm..." Liu Yin's questioning made Yu Hua hesitate, how could I know what to do?
Let me just say politely, isn't Teacher Lin here?

"The characters are vivid and full, the plot is relaxed, the concept is lofty, and the pattern is grand..."

Lin Weimin waved his hand, "Okay, okay, stop making it up!"

Yu Hua stopped in embarrassment, and the editors in the office couldn't help laughing.

Yu Hua said embarrassingly: "Mr. Lin, I've been too busy recently and haven't had time to read it yet."

"What are you busy with? The host is running, and the west is visiting. There is no place in Yanjing that you can't go to." Lin Weimin teased mercilessly.

"I'm just collecting inspiration!" Yu Hua said stubbornly.

Everyone watched the two quarreling with smiles on their faces, and Liu Yin said, "Just now we made a bet with Mr. Lin that the novel "Ordinary World" won't get a good reputation from the audience, what do you think?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Yu Hua waved his hands.

"Why?" Liu Yin asked.

Yu Hua said firmly: "Although I haven't read the novel yet, Mr. Lin's favorite novel is definitely not wrong."

Everyone couldn't help but joked: "You are less than, you are superstitious. Teacher Lin also makes mistakes sometimes!"

"Ms. Lin may make mistakes in other places, but she will definitely not make mistakes in the novel."

Yu Hua's expression was extremely firm, revealing a hint of piety.

Liu Yin reminded: "Xiao Xiao, flattery is useless, the work is not enough, your teacher Lin will not let you appear in "Contemporary"."

Yu Hua was like a soldier standing tall in a slaughterhouse, "Mr. Liu, you are too underestimating people. My attitude is entirely based on my trust in Mr. Lin's professional ability, not flattery."

"Okay, I really deserve to be a good apprentice brought out by Mr. Lin." Liu Yin half praised and half teased.

Yu Hua puffed out his chest and was too proud to say, "That's it!"

"Okay, don't be poor." Lin Weimin interrupted Yu Hua's possibility of continuing to play tricks, and asked: "Mo Yan is writing a script recently, do you know?"

"I know, he told me." Yu Hua said.

"People's novels are going to be adapted into movies soon, but what about your novels? There's not even a trace of them yet!"

"It will be soon, soon. Mr. Lin, you have to believe me, I will meet you with my novel soon."

Lin Weimin snorted twice, "I hope you didn't lie to me!"

"How can it be!" Yu Hua said, but his confidence was lacking, and he felt guilty.

Small episodes in the office are the norm in the editorial department during this period. Although some people were not optimistic about the novel before the first volume of "Ordinary World" was published, now that the novel has been published, everyone hopes that it will have a good result.

After all, this is a manuscript that the editorial department has spent on the manuscript and the resource team. If there are bad reviews, it will be a kind of harm to "Contemporary" itself.

As the twelfth lunar month begins, the streets of Yanjing gradually become more festive, and the faces of pedestrians walking on the road are also showing a bit of joy.

The postman in green uniform sent the packaged letters to the reception room of the Guowen Society, and shouted: "Master Zhai, the letters are here!"

"Got it!"

Organizations like the Guowen Society are major customers of the post office, sending out many letters and receiving many letters every day.

Sometimes when a popular novel is published in the agency or in a journal, the number of letters during that time basically explodes, and the number of letters comes in packets.

That was the case this time.

Some time ago, "Contemporary" was revised and published the first part of Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" in the form of headlines.

Well, Lu Yao, the author of "Life", a nationally renowned writer, now publishes his work again after two years, which naturally attracts heated discussions from countless critics and readers.

It's just that at present, the readers' evaluations are not ideal, basically it can be regarded as mixed.

Readers who hate this novel say it is "stinky and long", while readers who like this novel say it is "thick and grand".

Uncle Zhai sorted out the letters, most of which were sent to the editorial department of "Contemporary". After sorting the letters, while eating, Uncle Zhai called Tong Zhonggui to stop.

"Xiao Tong, I want to take all the letters away after dinner!"

"Understood, Uncle Zhai!"

After dinner, Tong Zhonggui took the letters from the readers from the mail room.

Back in the office, he started to open the letter without taking a break.

Classify first, separate the letters sent to the editorial department and the letters that need to be forwarded to the authors, and then divide the letters that need to be forwarded to which author.

It took more than 20 minutes to finish sorting the letters. Tong Zhonggui tied up the stack of letters from readers that were going to be forwarded to Lu Yao with a nylon rope and put them in a corner of the office.

He Qizhi said: "Give me the letter, I'll send it to you later when I go out."

"No, Mr. Lin said that you can just write to him when the time comes."

"What is he doing with the letter?"

Tong Zhonggui hesitated for a moment, not telling the truth, "I don't know."

Before Lin Weimin asked Tong Zhonggui to give him all the letters from readers to Lu Yao, but Tong Zhonggui didn't take it to heart.

Until yesterday, when Tong Zhonggui went to Mr. Lin's office, he happened to be away. Tong Zhonggui noticed that there were several letters on his desk, some of which were opened. Criticism of the first part of The World.

At this moment, Lin Weimin came back from the outside, and Tong Zhonggui watched him stuff the criticism letter into the desk drawer. When he opened the drawer, Tong Zhonggui saw the full letter.

At that moment, Tong Zhonggui immediately understood Mr. Lin's good intentions.

"Don't you know?" Yao Shuzhi interrupted suddenly.

He Qizhi looked at her, "You know?"

"Of course!"

"Tell me!"

He Qizhi looked interested, and the rest of the editorial department raised their heads.

Seeing this, Tong Zhonggui secretly sighed in his heart, this kind of atmosphere is really easy to corrupt!

"Speaking of this matter, it is also a good intention for the people..."

(End of this chapter)