Back to 80: My literary life

Chapter 102 102 "Female College Dormitory"

Today is Saturday, and the area near the school newspaper section is extremely lively.

Tomorrow is a day off, so various clubs in the school have gone out to post event notices.

There are ball games, speech contests, and poetry contests. Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the ballroom dance held by the Department of Foreign Languages!
  Some people say that the Chinese Department produces talented women, and the Foreign Languages ​​Department produces beauties. Several beautiful girls in the school are from the Foreign Languages ​​Department.

Maybe I learned a foreign language and was exposed to a lot of foreign things, so my concepts were the most fashionable. No, a new thing like ballroom dancing was moved into the school.

Two girls from the Chinese Department stood outside and stood on tiptoe looking at the various notices posted. A girl with pigtails said to another girl with short hair and a very delicate look: "Shall we go to the ballroom party too? I heard that Interesting."

The pretty girl's eyes were not here. She paid attention to the People's Daily, which was half covered by notices. A piece of news caught her attention.

"Yanhe" published a call for papers?

It is unusual for a magazine to publish such news in a newspaper.

Of course she knew "Yanhe", which was a magazine with a long history and great influence.

The sincere words in the newspaper moved her a little.

I had just written a short story, and originally planned to submit it to "Fangcao". Naturally, its influence could not be compared with that of the long-established publication "Yanhe".

Otherwise, vote for "Yanhe"?
  But I heard that the review of "Yanhe" is very strict. What if I get rejected?
  Just call back, what if you can get through?
  Thinking of this, the girl said to her companion: "Sorry, let's talk about the dancing tonight, I'm in a hurry."

After saying that, he ran towards the dormitory, took out the manuscript and put it in his schoolbag. Then he hurried out of the dormitory and walked to the post office near the school gate.

The name of this short story is "Female College Student Dormitory"

This girl's name is Yu Shan.

Five days later, this submission from Wuhan University was mailed to the office of the fiction team of the editorial department of Yanhe magazine.

At this time, Fang Minghua was not at work but at his sister's workplace, the Sixth National Cotton Factory.

Of course, I'm not just here to visit my sister, but I'm here to enjoy the scenery.

When he saw Song Tangtang wearing a red dress this summer, and when he saw Zhu Lin also wearing a red skirt, Fang Minghua remembered the very famous movie "Red Dress on the Street" in the 1980s.

He wanted to write about this subject.

It doesn’t have to be about rural agriculture and farmers. It’s also good to focus on cities.

Wouldn't it be nice to write about the life of young people in the city to reflect the reform and opening up?
  Just treat it as catching up on a mission, right?

The academic society established by Jia Pingwa and others requires that one article be published every quarter.

Of course, this movie hasn't been released yet. Fang Minghua watched this old movie online before traveling through time, and only remembered the general plot.

It tells the story of Tao Xinger, a female cotton mill worker and young model worker, who breaks through the shackles of old ideas and boldly pursues the beauty of life.

At that time, female workers were at their most prosperous. They were doing enviable jobs and wearing the most fashionable clothes. After work, they would go to the park in groups in three or five groups - the runway for fashionable young women. Cut off (exhibit) skirt...

The film is said to be the first fashion-themed film in mainland China. The clothes inside will not be outdated in future generations. The heroine Ge Jia's sports shorts, Axiang's vest, and a set of dresses of different styles and colors, especially the red skirt, will look a little bit like a dress in later generations. Nothing rustic.

The awesome 80s...

It doesn't matter if he doesn't know the specific plot of the movie. After two years of training after time travel, he is confident that he can write it according to his own ideas. However, it is about female workers in a textile factory, so he decided to come to the factory to do some research to avoid writing out the specific details of life. Don't let others see it.

None of this is difficult.

Fang Minghua came to the Sixth National Cotton Factory. After being personally received by the factory director and then personally accompanied by the chairman of the factory union, Fang Minghua inspected the workshop and interviewed some female workers.

Female textile workers were very tall in this era, comparable to the financial IT white-collar workers of later generations.

In the evening, he returned to his work and did not see the submission from Hubei Province.

In the past two days, Fang Minghua did not review the manuscript, but was immersed in writing during the day and night.

The novel is not long, it is a short story of about 20,000 words. The story is set directly in Xijing, a place he is more familiar with.

After completing it, he immediately handed it over to Li Tianfang for her to review.

"Xiao Fang, why did you suddenly think of writing urban novels? About textile workers?" Li Tianfang was surprised when he saw it. "My sister is a textile worker. I feel that since the reform and opening up, the mental outlook of textile workers has changed a lot. Moreover, our eastern suburbs of Xijing are the textile city, so writing about them is very representative." Fang Minghua explained.

He's right.

The Textile City covers an area of ​​32 square kilometers, with 16 people living here. The wages are generally higher than the average workers at that time. Fang Minghua’s sister Fang Mingmei’s monthly salary is as high as 67 yuan. Not to mention that Fang Minghua cannot compare, even Luyao is even worse.

With high wages and a majority of female workers, the Textile City has become the birthplace of fashion in Xijing and is known as "Little Xiangjiang" and "Little Shencheng".

Li Tianfang read it carefully and immediately agreed to publish it: "It will be published in the December journal. I will leave your manuscript here. You wrote so many beautiful clothes. I am so excited that I want to buy one in the summer."

"Sister Li, you have a good figure. You will look young and beautiful in a red dress!" Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"You're still young, almost an old woman."

After making a few jokes, Fang Minghua returned to his office, made a cup of tea and took a few sips. It was time to take a good rest after working hard for a few days.

Ugh.
  But the manuscript in front of me.

This time, the news of calling for papers was published in the "People's Daily", and the effect was quite obvious. The number of submissions increased than before. The editors were working overtime to review manuscripts. Why did I have the nerve to fish for a long time?

Review it.

Fang Minghua picked up a manuscript and it seemed that time passed quickly.

"Let's eat!" Bai Miao, who was sitting opposite, picked up his bowl and chopsticks and greeted.

Fang Minghua nodded and took out his own dishes and chopsticks from the drawer to go out. Only then did he notice a pile of manuscripts piled on the table against the wall.

"No one sees these?" Fang Minghua asked.

"No, I've seen it but it doesn't meet my requirements, so I'm going to return it," Bai Miao explained.

Fang Minghua walked over curiously and flipped through it. Suddenly, the beautiful font of a manuscript came into view.

Of course, female authors write many words well, which is not what attracted Fang Minghua's attention.

But the title of this novel: "Female College Student Dormitory"!
  The novel uses the "Five Golden Flowers" of the Chinese Department of a university in Wuhan - Xia Yu, Luo Xue, Song Ge, Xing Gan, and Kuang Kuang - to experience events such as scholarship evaluation, dormitory maintenance, work-study studies, and birthday parties after they moved into dormitory 305. Their rich and interesting college life is gradually integrated amidst conflicts.
  Let’s look at the author: Yu Shan, from Wuhan University!
  Oh my God.

Shouldn't it be that female writer?
  "Let's go, we won't have food for a while." Bai Miao urged.

"Wait." Fang Minghua pulled out this submission from the pile of manuscripts and hurried out of the door.

In the canteen, Fang Minghua queued up and ordered two steamed buns and one dish. He sat at the table in the corner and couldn't help but take out the manuscript again and read it while eating.

"Hey, Xiaofang, I said you are too dedicated, right? How can you make us feel so embarrassed?" Bai Miao, who was sitting opposite him, joked again.

Fang Minghua ignored him and became more and more frightened.

Real hammer!
  It's that book "Female College Dormitory"!
  It was later adapted into a movie of the same name and released! Won the National Outstanding Feature Film Award from the Ministry of Culture!

Fang Minghua had watched this movie online before traveling through time, so he had an impression of it.

俞姗
  Famous alumni of Wuhan University!
  Of course she is still a young girl now.

Haha!

Got the treasure!
  Fang Minghua raised his head and asked Bai Miao: "Brother Bai, have you read this novel?"

"Which one? Let me take a look."

Bai Miao took the manuscript handed over by Fang Minghua and looked at it carefully.

"It was reviewed by Lao Sun, and I thought it was pretty good after reading it. Although the writing style is a bit tender, Lao Zhou said the content was too simple, trivial, and not thick enough." Bai Miao explained.

Damn it! Heavy again! steady!

What kind of steady and profound works would you ask a young girl to write? !
  　The editor urgently informed me to avoid danger, so I hurriedly revised the storyline, and some later plots also had to be revised. There was no way. Forgive me.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)