1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 410 Self ICU
After the [-]th, the autumn is high and crisp, which is a rare good weather in Yanjing in a year.

But the good days don't last long, only half a month, and when the weather in Yanjing starts to turn cold in late October, winter is coming soon.

Lin Weimin was at work that day, and Ah Cheng came to the editorial department after a long absence.

"Why do you come to our editorial department when you are free?" Lin Weimin asked happily.

After the masterpiece "Three Kings" was published one after another, Ah-Cheng became silent in his creation and put more energy into the film.

Last year Xie Jin was going to shoot "Furong Town", Ah Cheng showed everyone a little trick at the film symposium, which shocked everyone.

Ah Cheng said: "Danqing wrote to me to complain, saying that he met you in New York and kindly invited you to be a guest, but after returning to China, you wrote a novel and scolded them."

Lin Weimin smiled, "Is that how he understands?"

Faced with Lin Weimin's question, Ah Cheng also laughed, and took out a book from his bag.

It is the English version of "Burning". This novel was published by Random House last month, with a first print of 13 copies and a [-]% royalty, bringing Mr. Lin an income of more than [-] yuan.

"I want to say that he understands it that way, will you be angry?" Ah Cheng asked.

Lin Weimin's expression was calm, "It's normal for him to be angry. After all, this novel alludes to them to a certain extent. Why should I be angry?"

Ah Cheng took out another letter from his bag at this time, "He sent me both the letter and the book, you can take a look."

Lin Weimin took the things, feeling a little curious, and opened the letter.
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After the novel and drama performance, Cheng Danqing's perception of Lin Weimin is somewhat complicated.

Recently, Lin Weimin and his new novel have also become a hot topic among Chinese study abroad circles in New York.

Everyone has relatives and friends in China. It is said that the novel "Burning" is a huge hit in China. After reading it, many people will naturally mention it when writing letters to relatives and friends who are studying abroad.

It is difficult to see the whole picture with only a few words in the letter. Many international students preconceived that Lin Weimin was malicious towards them, and they often scolded Lin Weimin in private gatherings.

Obviously he was still earning Lao Mi's money, but he turned around and scolded them, the group of international students and Mi Guo.

It's really a stickler for "pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl and scold your mother"!

But in Cheng Danqing's small circle, most of the people who went to see the drama that day would selectively avoid it when they brought up this topic.

He is very clear that everyone is actually contradictory, after all, cannibals are soft-spoken and short-handed.

The 3000-meter drama ticket is given away as soon as you say it. You can't speak ill of others against your conscience.

Cheng Danqing maliciously guessed that this is not because of how noble everyone is.

It's because if anyone really speaks ill of Lin Weimin, it's easy to become that "character problem" person in their small group.

After all, everyone saw that you took advantage of it, but instead of acknowledging it, you even scolded him in private, which is so unkind, and everyone dare not trust such a person too much.

For a period of time, the discussion about Lin Weimin became a topic that many international students couldn't get around when they got together to discuss.

Cheng Danqing sometimes finds it quite annoying, everyone finally went to study abroad, why should they bother themselves because of a person who is still in China?

He regards Mu Xin as his father, and the two often chat and visit various attractions and bookstores in New York together.

The two of them went to a bookstore that day, and Mu Xin noticed a sample booklet on the bookstore's hotspot.

"Burning".

"combustion".

Cheng Danqing followed Mu Xin's gaze to see the book, and subconsciously flashed the Chinese translation of the book in his mind.

This is……

Cheng Danqing couldn't believe it, he leaned over and picked up the book and opened it.

After two years in the United States, his English has reached the level of fluent reading and writing, and reading novels is no problem.

He flipped through a few pages of the book at a glance, and he was sure that this was the novel written by Lin Weimin.

He closed the book gently, and seeing the author's name on the cover of the novel again, he couldn't help smiling.

I was so anxious and confused, I didn't see such a big name.

Cheng Danqing looked at the title and the author's name on the cover of the novel, and suddenly thought of what Li Quanwu said that night—"He just dared to write these things to please the people in China. You let him try to write one in the United States?"

Suddenly, I feel a little ashamed of this sentence.

Someone wrote a novel criticizing the United States, not only for the people of the country, but also for publication in the United States.

Cheng Danqing raised his head involuntarily, and looked at the customers in the bookstore. If these people read the contents of this book, how would they react?
He caught a glimpse of the idle boss and opened his mouth out of curiosity.

"Boss, how is the book selling?"

The boss is an old white man with a kind face, "It's so-so, but this book is well written, I suggest you read it."

"It's well written? Have you read it?" Cheng Danqing was a little surprised.

The old white man nodded, "I can read most of the books in the bookstore, but I only read a few of them, and only a few of them I will read them all. It just so happens that I just finished reading the book you brought in a few days ago."

Cheng Danqing was surprised that the boss had finished reading the book and gave it a good review.

"Don't you think this book will offend Americans?"

The old white man's expression was a little surprised, then he looked at Cheng Danqing's complexion, and seemed to understand that the author of this novel seemed to be of the same complexion as the young man in front of him.

"I'm just from the perspective of a reader, not an American. If I were an Englishman, wouldn't I be offended if I read Dickens?"

What the boss said made Cheng Danqing speechless.

At this moment, he seemed to have an epiphany.

This white boss can to a considerable extent represent the American readers who like the novel "Burning". They did not regard the criticism of the country and social phenomena in the novel as humiliation or slander.

The reason why they have such views is also because when the author Lin Weimin wrote this novel, he also did not simply criticize the United States or the foreign student group with a purpose.

Lin Weimin's criticism is more aimed at the system itself.

Including the publishing house that published "Burning", they also did not pay too much attention to the critical tendency in taboo novels, but only looked at the problem from a literary perspective.

On the contrary, they, a group of international students from China, may be out of political reasons or cultural inferiority complexes, and inevitably wear colored glasses when looking at the novel "Burning".

At this moment, Cheng Danqing felt ashamed in his heart.

He finally understood why Lin Weimin's letter to him only contained polite compliments, but no apology.

It's just literary creation, so why apologize?

After apologizing, he humiliated the matter in a disguised form.

After thinking about this matter, Cheng Danqing's mind suddenly opened up.

"Boss, I want to buy this book!"

The old white man smiled kindly again, "Young man, you have good taste!"

Cheng Danqing smiled, feeling an unprecedented confidence.
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Cheng Danqing wrote a long paragraph about his feelings about "Burning". After reading it, Lin Weimin couldn't help showing a knowing smile.

Although Mr. Lin's ICU methods are not used in battle, but he uses them occasionally, and his style is still the same.

The letter was written by Cheng Danqing to Ah Cheng, but he wrote in it that Ah Cheng must show the letter to Lin Weimin.

He wrote a paragraph at the end of the letter.

"Before I saw you off in the apartment downstairs and watched you get into the Mercedes-Benz. At that time, I thought to myself, this person is really pretending.

But you can publish novels critical of the United States in the United States, I have to admit that you are not pretending.

But really awesome! "

After reading the last paragraph, Lin Weimin folded up the letter and handed it back to Ah Cheng.

"How?" Ash asked.

Lin Weimin smiled and said nonsense: "I am very pleased that he can think so, at least someone understands my painstaking efforts."

Ah Cheng had no doubts, and said happily: "It's really happy to see that you understand each other."

He also said: "This English version of "Burning" was specially sent back by Danqing, and I left it for you as a souvenir."

Lin Weimin nodded and accepted the book.

After talking about Cheng Danqing, Lin Weimin asked again: "What have you been up to lately?"

"I got a script before, and it's been filmed now. I'm writing another script recently, called "Moon Moon"."

"Yueyue" is a love-themed movie. It tells the story of the heroine Yueyue who is caught in a dilemma between two men's families and talents and cannot make a choice.

Lin Weimin listened to Ah Cheng talk about the content of the script, and it sounded like a theme of bad street in later generations, but in the domestic film industry in the 80s, this style was actually very avant-garde.

Three novels were published in a row, and a collection was published before. The royalties from the creation greatly improved Ah Cheng's financial conditions.

So when Lin Weimin asked if he had written any more works, Ah Cheng shook his head, "I don't have any inspiration for now."

He has been fascinated by his ears and eyes since he was a child, and he loves movies. Now that he has the opportunity, he devotes all his attention to movies.

Literary creation is more like a means of livelihood for him.

Lin Weimin said with some regret: "It's a pity that you don't write novels!"

Ah Cheng said with a smile: "I know how much I have. "The King of Chess", "The King of Trees" and "King of Children" have left a deep impression on the readers. works."

What Ah Cheng said was also one of the reasons why he didn't want to write novels anymore.

Some people are at the peak when they debut, and they amaze all beings at a young age. Throughout their lives, they may be constantly trying to break through the barriers they have drawn for themselves.

"Will you write any more?" Lin Weimin asked.

"Of course not." Ah Cheng smiled jokingly, "It's not that I don't write, it's just that I don't publish it. Unless there is something I am particularly satisfied with, I won't publish it at all."

Lin Weimin was stunned, pointed at him and smiled, "You boy, chicken thief!"

(End of this chapter)