1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 507 Image Engineering
It is a dream for most writers to have their works included in textbooks.

Most literati love money, but compared to money, most people still prefer their works to live forever.

It may not be that long for textbooks to be circulated, but there is absolutely no problem affecting this country for one or two generations.

It is difficult for any writer to refuse such influence, including Lin Weimin.

However, the issue of teaching materials is just a gossip from Zheng Guo at present. Every time the teaching materials are changed, it will take two or three years to say nothing, and now it is just listening to the news.

The days in the first month passed quickly, the taste of the new year gradually faded, and people's work and life returned to normal.

Before the Lantern Festival, colleagues from Yilin Publishing House came to visit Lin Weimin.

Li Jingrui was originally an editor in the editorial department of "Yilin", but after the establishment of the publishing house, he was appointed as the president of the publishing house.

"Yilin" magazine was founded in 1979. It is a translation publication introducing foreign literature established by JS Province at the request of higher authorities.

At that time, there were several magazines in China that introduced foreign literature to Chinese people, but their styles were not the same.

"World Literature" belongs to the Academy of Social Sciences, and its style is more orthodox and serious; "Foreign Literature and Art" belongs to Shanghai Translation Publishing House, and its style is too novel.

"Yilin" has found its own direction after some careful thinking. From the perspective of readers, it introduces popular literature related to foreign real life, popular writers and works for readers.

"Open the window and understand the world", this kind of magazine positioning made "Yilin" quickly gain a firm foothold in the domestic periodical industry, and gained a large number of readers.

In 88, the country began to pay more attention to the publicity of external public opinion. Under this form, "Yilin" magazine was expanded to Yilin by the publishing department because of its accumulated domestic and foreign translation resources for many years. publishing house.

Yilin Publishing House was established with the greatest mission of translating and publishing Chinese literary works abroad, and disseminating excellent Chinese cultural and literary works to overseas countries and regions.

From the editorial department to the publishing house, Yilin is under great pressure from top to bottom.

The establishment time is short, the publishing resources are few, the economic strength is weak, and there are too many problems.

Funding and subsidies for various projects to apply to the higher authorities for publications "going out" are also missing, and Yilin Publishing House can only find its own way.

After many arguments and investigations, Yilin Publishing House decided to launch a set of English versions of "Modern Chinese Literature Library" in a few years. With the consent of the Provincial Publishing House, Yilin Publishing House organized the topic selection.

It was originally planned to use the works of several modern literary masters such as Lu, Ba, Guo, and Lao as the first batch of works in the "Chinese Modern Literature Library", but at this time someone raised an opinion.

Among the first batch of masters, except for Lu Xun, the works of other people were rarely translated and published abroad.

To put it bluntly, there is no reputation, and the benefits of publishing works are worrying.

Although the purpose of Yilin Publishing House is to promote domestic culture, but the publishing house has such a weak foundation now, it can't openly engage in loss-making business, making money is the best.

After some discussion, someone put their minds on Lin Weimin.

In terms of seniority and seniority, Lin Weimin is definitely not qualified to be included in this first batch.

But who made them famous abroad?

I heard that the novels are sold in millions of copies abroad, and they have won many awards. If his works can be included, it will definitely be a big boost for the new "Chinese Modern Literature Library".

The compilation of "Chinese Modern Literature Library" is a huge project. If Lin Weimin is the first writer of "Library Library", if certain benefits can be achieved, it will be of great benefit to the promotion of the works of subsequent writers in the future.

Li Jingrui sat in Lin Weimin's office and told him in detail about Yilin Publishing House and "Chinese Modern Literature Library". After listening to his words, Lin Weimin pondered for a long time.

"It's not easy!" Lin Weimin said.

Li Jingrui asked, "What's the problem?"

Lin Weimin said: "The publishers I cooperate with abroad are all exclusive copyrights, and there are priority renewals. I'm afraid I will disappoint you."

"Ah, this..."

Li Jingrui was a little surprised, he didn't expect to encounter this kind of situation when he first came up, and he got off to a bad start.

"Can you tell me which works are in detail?" Li Jingrui asked.

"The same goes for Farewell My Concubine, The Lover, The Man on the Horse, and Life Is Beautiful anyway."

These four novels are the most widely published and best-selling of Lin Weimin's works.

Other works are either published in a relatively small scope, such as "Da Ming Dynasty 1566", which sold well, but it was only published in Chinese-speaking areas such as Xiangjiang and Wandao.

Or it is like "Burning", which has a wide range of publications, but the content is too literary, and the sales volume is very mediocre.

There are also early works such as "Latent", "The Wind", and "Speak Well", because of the subject matter, there are very few overseas publications, and they are basically not considered.

Li Jingrui frowned when he heard this, since this is the case, there is nothing he can do.

Compared with other masters, Lin Weimin's works are less. Without these few novels, the content of the separate volume is directly missing a large piece.

"That's really a pity!" Li Jingrui sighed.

Lin Weimin said: "It may be too early for you to find me now, and it may be more appropriate in another 20 years."

His joke made Li Jingrui laugh, "I can only look forward to working with you in the future."

After chatting for a few more words, Li Jingrui said goodbye. He was going to the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature to visit another descendant of everyone, and discuss matters related to editing and publishing such as the selection of specific titles of works.

After sending Li Jingrui away, Lin Weimin didn't take this set of libraries from Yilin Publishing House seriously.

For him, this kind of thing is more like icing on the cake, and it's better to insert such a flower in a cluster of flowers than nothing.

It does not improve his popularity abroad, and it is impossible to pay much for the manuscript. It is more like an image project.

The only thing worthy of praise is probably that he was placed in the same position as several literary masters.

Lin Weimin felt that the only benefit was actually not so good. If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, but if it is piled on the shore, the current will be turbulent.

The arrival of Li Jingrui has provided the editorial department with a little more material to talk about. Recently, everyone is talking about Lin Weimin's novels that may be included in textbooks. Now there is a publishing house rushing to publish a collection of Lin Weimin's essays, and it will be published overseas. Everyone is talking about it. Discuss Lin Weimin's current historical status in the domestic literary world.

In late February, Lin Weimin made intensive phone calls for two days, notifying all the teachers, colleagues, and friends he knew well.

Looking for a sunny day, Lin Weimin and Tao Huimin went to get their certificates, and the next thing was the wedding.

Lin Weimin didn't plan to make a fuss, but recently everyone mentioned the wedding when they saw him, and he couldn't do it anymore. Sometimes being too popular is a problem.

After a final discussion, the wedding was held in Shizhu Courtyard.

This is a three-entry house, the place is big enough, including the inside and outside of the house, it is no problem to set up thirty or fifty tables, more than enough to hold a wedding.

His wedding doesn't involve those red tapes, it just invites people to have a meal.

After another two days of digging up Huifengtang from top to bottom, the wedding will be completed.

In the early years, there were eight halls in Yanjing, with a stage inside, where big plays were sung, and all of them were large-scale banquets, which were large enough to accommodate five to six hundred people for dinner at the same time.

At the time of BJ's, these halls were superlative, socially oriented eating establishments.The most famous Peking Opera actors of that era basically all sang "Tang Hui".

Up to now, the eight halls of Yanjing have long existed in name only, and only Huifengtang, which specializes in Shandong cuisine, remains.

Two days before the wedding, Lin Weimin kept his feet on the ground, and there were a lot of people from other places.

Some of them were students from the Institute of Literature and Literature, such as Cheng Shixu, Huang Zonghan, Jin Ying, Jiang Zilong, etc. More than a dozen of these students came, and those who could not come also called Lin Weimin to send their blessings.

There are also some writers discovered by Lin Weimin, such as Yu Hua, Lu Yao, Er Yuehe and so on.

The day before the wedding, Lin Weimin invited his classmates to dinner and called several teachers from the Institute of Literature and Literature.

Nearly nine years have passed since I studied at the Institute of Literature and Literature. We took this opportunity to meet again and sighed.

During the meeting, we talked about the changes of everyone over the years, and there were endless things to say.

Among the several teachers, Xu Gang and Tang Yuqiu, the original directors, have retired, while others are still working. Xiao Jing has changed from a librarian to Director Jing, and was teased by everyone for a while.

Compared with the teachers, the students have changed even more.

After finishing their studies in the Institute of Literature and Literature, most of the students returned to their respective jobs, and their creative achievements were better than before. Among them, there were a few who stood out, Lin Weimin, Jiang Zilong, Huang Anyi, and Gu Hua.

These few people have now become a well-known existence among young and middle-aged writers in the domestic literary world.

Most of the remaining students gave up writing, such as Qu Xiaowei and Zhang Lin, which made everyone feel sorry.

Except for these people, there is not much difference between their development and their development.

Cheng Shixu's development was not smooth among his classmates. He won the National Excellent Short Story Award that year, and studying in the Institute of Literature became the highlight of his youth.

After studying at the Institute of Literature and Art, it has been silent for several years. A few years ago, with the help of Lin Weimin, I went to Wuhan University for further studies. After returning to the province, the Institute of Literature and Art has improved. I have published several works in a row. lost his job.

Seeing Lin Weimin this time, Cheng Shixu was very excited. If it wasn't for Lin Weimin's help before, he didn't know where his future would be.

Compared with Cheng Shixu, Jin Ying's development surprised all teachers and classmates.

No one thought that the eccentric little girl in the class could become the leader of a province's literary association in her [-]s.

Not only that, but Jin Ying's achievements in writing are also quite good.It's not the first echelon in the class, but at least it's the leader of the second echelon.

Everyone exchanged their life and work over the years, chatting, and inevitably mentioned Guo Yudao who died young.

When friends gather, the one who is not there is always the focus of everyone's topic.

Guo Yudao was the first one among his classmates to leave, and he died young. Every time we met, we always aroused infinite regret and sorrow.

When everyone was immersed in the gloomy atmosphere, Cheng Shixu suddenly asked: "Hey, why didn't An Yi come this time?"

The eyes of several classmates were focused on him, almost like looking at a mentally retarded person.

(End of this chapter)