1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 709 Like the moon around the sun, like the stars around the moon

In Guowenshe, building a house in JZ is now the hottest topic.

But in the domestic literary circles, there is another hot topic.

In the third issue of "Contemporary" in 1994, the first issue published Lin Weimin's latest masterpiece, the novel "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea".

This work tells the legendary life of Jiang Yulu, a Cantonese opera playwright nicknamed Nanhai Thirteen Lang.

Although it is based on real life stories, "The Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea" is not a biographical work, but uses the novelist's style to present the life of Jiang Yuyu, a famous Cantonese opera master, to the public.

Cantonese opera is only a local opera for the majority of Chinese people, and its influence is limited. Even many northerners have almost zero understanding of Cantonese opera. Lin Weimin suddenly created such a novel with a famous Cantonese opera master as the background. Not only many colleagues in the literary circle were surprised, Even the vast majority of readers are full of surprises.

Compared with several other competitors, the sales volume of "Contemporary" in the past two years has remained very stable. Although the sales volume was a bit sluggish in the second half of last year, the basic market is still there.

After its launch at the beginning of the month, affected by the publication of "The Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea", the sales volume has gone out of a beautiful upward curve.

In just one week, sales have exceeded one million copies.

"Spirited Away" has been serialized for more than a year and a half, and this novel is still a children's literature. If "Spirited Away" is not counted, Lin Weimin has not published a novel for nearly three years.

As Lin Weimin's heavyweight work in the past three years, the publication of "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea" naturally attracted the attention of countless colleagues and readers.

"Contemporary" wrote an editor's note at the beginning of "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea", briefly introducing the content of the novel.

Before reading this novel, many people were misled by the editor's note at the beginning, thinking that there might be a lot of Cantonese opera elements in this novel, but after reading it, they realized that Cantonese opera is just an embellishment in the novel.

What the novel really wants to tell is the ups and downs life of a genius in troubled times.

Many people can't help but think of "Farewell My Concubine" written by Lin Weimin when he was just starting out. At first glance, the two have too many similarities, but they are completely different in detail.

Compared with "Farewell My Concubine" back then, Lin Weimin's handling of "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea" is more restrained and mature, and every stroke is already everyone's style.

A week after the novel was published, there were more and more letters from readers, and the evaluation of the novel was generally very high.

Cai Wenjing, a third-year student from the Chinese Department of Liaodong Normal University, wrote in the letter:

Entering the 90s, I think Chinese novel creation seems to have entered a period of weakness.

Cultivated in the 70s, a large number of Chinese writers matured in the 80s. During this period, a number of classic works with wide influence and readership were born in China.

Maybe it was because the previous 80s were too brilliant, and after a rough reading of many novels since the 90s, there are very few works that can leave a deep impression on people.

Some writers attribute this phenomenon to the fact that their predecessors have already written everything they can write, or that changes in the public opinion environment have squeezed the creative freedom of writers.

I think this kind of thinking is extremely absurd. The appearance of Lin Weimin's "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea" justly refuted the claims of those writers.

This novel has a solid style. Compared with "Farewell My Concubine", which has many similar elements, "South" has a richer secular atmosphere. Lin Weimin uses simple but precise strokes to describe the old Shanghai, the old Xiangjiang, and the old city. The description of China is not deliberately piled up, but it can make people indulge in it in very short sentences.

Jiang Yuliu, a genius in Cantonese opera, is not a fictional character like Cheng Dieyi. He has a lot of materials for research, but these materials have also brought constraints to his creation.

I appreciate Lin Weimin's ease in dealing with the character and plot of Jiang Yulu and his moderate jokes based on facts, which makes the character of Jiang Yulu more vivid and full, and integrates the character into the tide of the times and the general trend of history in a natural way. The ups and downs of fate of the proud son of heaven in troubled times.

I like the work "Farewell My Concubine" very much, but I have to admit that this work is less frivolous than some classics, and "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea" made me see a potential, that is A potential like Gone with the Wind, like War and Peace.

I immaturely think that it is a work that can be as famous as the above two works.

"This little girl, how good is her comment writing? No wonder she is a top student in the Chinese Department."

Zhang Zhonge read the letter from the readers and gave a comment.

Zhu Changsheng laughed and said, "Weimin's work this time is highly praised by readers!"

"What's rare is the unity of opinion. Unlike some works, there are mixed reviews. Readers' letters are either praised or scolded. At present, it seems that it is not easy to get a good review."

"Yes, for so many years, we have maintained high-level and high-yield creations as before. Today's writers, the quality of the high-yield ones is unstable, and the high-quality ones are low-yield, but for the people, each one is more stable.

His movie "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea", in my opinion, is too stable and I can't find any faults. It's really hard to evaluate..."

Zhang Zhonge asked with a smile: "What's the matter? Are you planning to blow up Editor-in-Chief Lin's masterpiece too?"

"I don't need to make a move..."

With a mocking smile on his face, Zhu Changsheng looked at a desk in the office.

Yao Shuzhi joked: "Little Tong, it's not good for you to openly do private work during work, isn't it good?" .”

Tong Zhonggui said without blushing.

Yao Shuzhi gave him a thumbs up, "Okay, it's not for nothing to learn from your master."

"Hehe!" Tong Zhonggui smiled and kept writing.

This day is Friday, every Friday, "Literary News" publishes the newspaper.

As the earliest, highest-level and most influential newspaper in the field of literature and art in China, "Literary News" has always been loved by countless domestic literary and art circles and readers, and has a wide audience.

The new "Literary News" was released early this morning, and it was placed in bookstores, post offices, and newsstands all over the country as soon as possible. Newspaper.

Opening the newspaper while having breakfast or drinking the first cup of tea at work, many people immediately discovered the commentary article published on the headline of the second page.

"Great ingenuity does not work, the epee has no edge-on "The Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea"".

The title of the article is a quote from Jin Yong's novel. Many people these days are fans of Jin Yong's books, and they recognize this sentence at a glance.

"Reading Jin Yong's martial arts novels is a very pleasant thing. There is such a sentence in "The Legend of Condor Heroes", which I like very much, so I used it as the title of the article.

There are certain objective standards for measuring anything, and the same is true for measuring the quality of literary and artistic works.But people have thousands of faces, and each has different life experiences, ideological realms and artistic accomplishments, so the understanding and evaluation of a piece of work often varies from person to person.

The work I want to talk about today is the new work "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea" by Teacher Lin Weimin. Teacher Lin and I are colleagues, and I dare not talk about the friendship between teachers and students, but he really has the grace of teaching me.The opinion of the article may not be correct, and the attitude may be unfair. I hope that colleagues will criticize and correct me.

......"

The review article is very long and begins with one or two hundred characters, and the author has indicated his identity and position. Those who are interested will smile at the signature after looking at it.

"Su Tong".

He is a writer and the editor of "Contemporary", which is Lin Weimin's headquarters. Su Tong said so in the article, and there is nothing wrong with it.

At the same time, his words are also clear and clear: I am going to praise (tian) Mr. Lin to my death today, and it won't work if anyone comes.

Looking at it further, Su Tong first analyzed the content, creative techniques and concepts of "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea" from a professional and meticulous perspective. After a long speech, he changed his pen and talked about the author Lin Weimin.

"The significance and value of "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea" lies in that it not only reflects the tragic fate of a genius in the oven of the times with an epic spirit, but also lies in the author's uniqueness in terms of characters, history, events and emotions. The diversified value orientation presented. It brings people into a cultural atmosphere that is always free and ubiquitous, and deduces the character and story of the characters.

In the process of creating this work, Lin Weimin's creative ability and skills have reached the peak state that contemporary writers can achieve, which is unmatched in the contemporary literary world.

He keeps pace with the development of Chinese literature in the new era. He is sensitive to the development atmosphere of the society of the times, but also stays away from the world of society. He not only depicts the modern life picture, but also indulges in the traditional cultural atmosphere. The real society carries out super-perceptual reflections, and also carries out metaphysical questioning through the secular world.

In the contemporary literary world, he is a unique writer. He debuted early, achieved fruitful results, and has strong and long-lasting creative power. For more than ten years, he has produced new works every year with new ideas. He is always young, full of emotions, and always keeps making progress.

Standing behind him, I would always feel jealous, ashamed, and depressed unconsciously. I struggled to look up at him, look down at him, and look at him at the same level.I always selfishly think that living with him in the same era is the misfortune of all literary creators in this era, not just me.

We hide in his light, and the nearer we come to him, the darker we are.

But this is not a kind of luck. The moon surrounds the sun like the stars surround the moon. With his brilliance, we, who are dim, also shine. "

After reading the long review of more than 5000 words, readers responded in different ways.

Many readers who like Lin Weimin seem to have seen a close friend. They regard Tong Zhonggui's article as a treasure, constantly recommend it to people around them, and often quote the words in the article to brag about Lin Weimin and "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea".

Some self-proclaimed rational readers disapproved of Tong Zhonggui's comments, thinking that he lacked the nobility and backbone of a literati, and flattered his teacher nakedly, making people shameless.

Colleagues in the literary world have mixed feelings after reading this article.

They agreed with most of Tong Zhonggui's articles, but the bragging about Lin Weimin in the second half made everyone feel a little uncomfortable.

Since ancient times, there is no first in literature, and no second in martial arts. It is normal for literati to look down on each other, but they cannot deny that a considerable part of Tong Zhonggui's beautiful words are indisputable facts.

The more this contradictory mentality, the more it confirms the words in Tong Zhonggui's article.

Like the moon around the sun, like the stars around the moon.

In the sea of ​​stars in the literary world, everyone seems to have become Lin Weimin's foil.

(End of this chapter)