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Chapter 167 [Contemporary Writers] (Please subscribe)
"Our motherland is a garden. The flowers in the garden are so bright. The warm sunshine shines on us, and everyone has a smile on their face..."

"Wahaha, Wahaha, everyone is smiling..."

The sun is just right in the yard, a rare sunny day. The ice and snow melt, and the snow on the eaves gradually melts. Along with the gradually melting snow, there are also the crackling of joyful firecrackers. The New Year's Eve of bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new year passes quietly in the sound of firecrackers.

Although the New Year has passed, most pedestrians on the street put on new clothes and took to the streets, still enjoying the New Year atmosphere that has not completely faded away.

It was at this time that Lin Youcheng's article "War Meridian" was published in "Flower City".

Many literature lovers were surprised that Lin Youcheng would publish his latest novel in "Flower City". After all, Lin Youcheng had previously published in "People's Literature", "Harvest", and "October", so why did he suddenly publish it again? On "Flower City".

Although it was unexpected, those readers who like Lin Youcheng's novels did not delve into why Lin Youcheng published an article in "Flower City" because each and every one of them is now following the group of children in their bodies and minds in order to go west. West, thrilling, shocking and speechless.

Zha Haiming of Beijing University of Political Science and Law has always been paying attention to Lin Youcheng's works because of his correspondence with Lin Youcheng. Although Zha Haiming was a little surprised, Lin Youcheng wrote after his article "Wonderful Things in the World" Novels are no longer about love, but about the wars of that period. Zha Haiming still reads novels written by Lin Youcheng.

You must know that not long ago, Lin Youcheng replied to Zha Haiwen's letter, which can be regarded as a pen pal.

Zha Haiming was moved by Lin Youcheng's novels as always.

This is a story like this. This group of young people knew that during that era of struggle, there was a special group called child soldiers. Although they were young, they sacrificed their precious lives for the Chinese nation's war of independence. Those were just children, and they were He would cry and call his mother. Those young and lively people may not know his name until they die, but in today's prosperous and prosperous times, their efforts must not be forgotten.

Xie Shuhua's voice was choked, and it seemed difficult to calm down. But Xie Shuhua knew very clearly that during that war period, special war children like trumpets and veterans,
Perhaps if those children were living today, they would be loved by their parents and be able to study and shine. However, because of the war, they lost the protection of their parents, had no place to stay, did not have enough to eat, and even died in the war. During the war.

The sixteen-year-old children are already veterans. The remaining children are younger than the other, but they are members of the army.

It was not just the poet Zha Haihui who felt equally uncomfortable. Countless other readers were heartbroken and distressed by Lin Youcheng's "War Meridian".

Because of the story of "The Meridian of War", Xie Shuhua knows the geographical meridian, the starting line of time zones on the earth, and the meridian of war begins with this group of children. Their childhood has no choice, just like several children in the novel Playing on the grass, the brief pleasure was followed by intensive gunfire all around.

But that landmine also exploded in Xie Shuhua's heart, making Xie Shuhua's heart a mess and dripping with blood.

When she saw the storyline behind it, she felt even more heartbroken.

With his familiarity with the terrain, Xiao Xiao happily said that if he walked north along the Baihe River, he would be able to reach the base area very quickly.

"Shu Hua, stop crying all the time."

Because the love novels written by Lin Youcheng before have fascinated countless young literature lovers and fallen into them, naturally they will also pay attention to Lin Youcheng's latest novel, just like Zha Haiming, even if it is about war, even if it is about war, It's not romantic, it's quite realistic and cruel, but this group of young literature lovers also respect the beliefs of the martyrs during that period.

But for the mission, the veterans chose to go west. In order to successfully complete the task, they had to open these seven mines. They successfully found six mines by relying on the memory trumpet. Due to the overgrown weeds, it was difficult to find the burial place of the seventh mine. Everyone advised the trumpet to give up and stop looking for it. Six mines were enough. But the trumpet said: One more landmine can kill a few more Japanese!
With a loud noise, the trumpet and his books were blown away by the mine.

At this moment, Zha Haiming was not thinking about romantic poetry, and his mind was completely free of those sentimental and dangerous thoughts. His mind was filled with those children who fought desperately and sacrificed their lives in the end.

Such a realistic story, which could even be said to be true, really made him extremely uncomfortable.

Xie Shuhua did not expect that Lin Youcheng would continue to write war-themed novels, nor did he expect that Lin Youcheng would write a team with a weaker combat effectiveness to fight the Anti-Japanese War after "My Captain, My Regiment".

Yes, whether it was "The Wind" or "My Captain, My Regiment", Zha Haiming was deeply shocked and moved, but he did not cry. But when he finished watching Lin Youcheng's "War Meridian" "After that, he still couldn't help crying.

Just like the story "War Meridian" that moved them so much now, they not only saw the tragic sacrifice of children and how hard it is to achieve prosperity, but also saw the sadness and what kind of environment can a group of teenagers Children go to war?

Xie Shuhua never imagined that the story would be so cruel and heart-wrenching.

Xie Shuhua from Yanyuan has such real and strong feelings.

"No, this is not a novel, these...these are true stories."

Because that team stumbled to the foot of the Great Wall Mountain, because this is the place where the trumpet once fought. A few months ago, they had an ambush here and planted seven mines. Because the Japanese reinforcements came, there was no They withdrew as soon as they had time to dig out the mines.

Seeing Xie Shuhua's face full of tears and crying very painfully, his classmates couldn't help but console him: "It's just a novel."

The life of those children was war and they lived in war, although the meaning of war was not clear to them. When the mission is finally completed, the few surviving children should feel that the war meridian begins here.

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No one thought that after writing the anti-Japanese war novel "My Commander, My Regiment", Lin Youcheng would bring a more shocking and realistic war novel, and they also did not expect that Lin Youcheng would be the protagonist of this battlefield. Will be put on a group of kids. Lu Yao was really moved after reading Lin Youcheng's article "War Meridian" in the latest issue of "Flower City". He had thought that Lin Youcheng could only write about love, but he didn't expect that Lin Youcheng's war stories would be so shocking. Human hearts are the key to this realistic creative approach, which made him feel the same way.

"Tell me, should I submit my manuscript to "Flower City"?"

Because the first part of "The Ordinary World" was rejected by "Contemporary" magazine, Lu Yao was now hit. But when he saw Lin Youcheng's article "War Meridian" published in "Flower City", Lu Yao felt that he was You can try to submit your manuscript to "Flower City" magazine.

Although "Flower City" magazine is younger, it is still one of the four famous magazines.

Qin An, the editor of "Yanhe" magazine, knew the article Lu Yao was talking about and said, "I think you can give it a try. "Flower City" magazine is also very good."

Lu Yao nodded, thinking that he could try to vote for "Flower City" and said: "The "War Meridian" written by Lin Youcheng is really uncomfortable to read. My daughter even cried after reading it."

Qin An nodded and said, "Yes, the novel is really well written. The text is very graphic, and the lines are full of sadness. Although it is still a war-themed novel, it is a completely different story."

Lu Yao nodded and agreed very much.

Compared with Lin Youcheng's previous two war novels, this "War Meridian" has a more unique perspective. It actually writes about children's war of resistance. Of course, it is not only because of the unique perspective, but also because of the story in the story. The strength of a group of children fighting to the last moment.

Of course, for literary critics, in addition to the shocking and moving story of Lin Youcheng's "War Meridian", the most worthy of analysis by literary critics is that the story of "War Meridian" was written in "The Wind" and "The Wind". After "My Captain, My Regiment", many literary critics naturally began to analyze whether "War Meridian" also had the foreshadowing of "The Curious Events in the World".

As we dug deeper, we naturally discovered that the female nurse who wanted to defect to Balu in "The Curious Case of the World" was also from Peiping, which naturally amazed countless literature lovers.

When "The Wonders of the World" was published, there were still some criticisms and doubts in the literary circles. They believed that the story of "The Wonders of the World" lacked the richness of the era, and that the people and stories of that era should be written in more detail. Now look at it. These are all foreshadowings laid by Lin Youcheng.

As the editor-in-chief of "Harvest", Balao was deeply moved after reading Lin Youcheng's "War Meridian". You must know that Balao has always emphasized that "Harvest" should adhere to the literary proposition of realism and highlight the contemporary nature. Reality and mass nature, emphasizing that the works published in the journal should lead readers to be positive, and should reflect righteousness, ambition, vitality, courage and vigor in the journal.

Even though Lin Youcheng’s novel was not published in

He also specially wrote a review article for Lin Youcheng's "War Meridian", saying bluntly that Lin Youcheng is the hope of contemporary writers, and his words have the power to directly touch people's hearts——

"The article "War Meridian" written by Lin Youcheng can give a glimpse of the cruelty of the Anti-Japanese War, and the reality is often even crueler. How desperate was China at that time that these half-grown children escorted the wounded and completed the mission. They had no way out, so they could only crawl on the Great Wall. At that time, the Great Wall was dilapidated and lonely, with broken walls and ruins. They were walking on the steep and towering cliffs, and the one clinging to the edge of the cliff was calling for his mother. The girl who fell off the cliff at sunset. The one who stepped on a landmine she planted in order to kill more Japs. The sixteen-year-old who hung a landmine and blew himself up to protect others. The wounded soldier who committed suicide..."

"This is also the greatness of the people and the greatness of their spiritual power. From the initial determination, after experiencing death and hunger, and the confusion of not being able to find the large army, they will meditate and bewilderment at night, and the stars in the night sky are A symbol of light, they licked their wounds at night and always headed west during the day to kill the enemy. They stayed in the past forever, and there were tens of thousands of such people during the Anti-Japanese War during that period. "

"Such things happened everywhere during that period of national survival. The meridian of war was the Great Wall. The situation in the war was caused by accidents, and behind these accidents were the sacrifices of thousands of Chinese people. They did not Knowing the meaning of their sacrifice, they just want to go home. No one knows their names, only the Great Wall remembers them, and the mountains remember them."

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In fact, when Balao said that Lin Youcheng was the hope of contemporary writers, he was also saying that the novels written by Lin Youcheng contained the hope of literature.

Because history cannot be forgotten, there are some things that need to be remembered.

As Lin Youcheng's previous two novels "The Wind" and "My Commander, My Regiment" are very popular, now Lin Youcheng's "War Meridian" has naturally attracted much attention.

Discussions about the hopes of contemporary writers have gradually become popular in the circle, but the real "Contemporary" magazine is not calm, because as many literary workers and literary youths know, Lin Youcheng's previous three novels "The Wind" " and "My Commander, My Regiment", as well as the latest article "War Meridian" were published in "Harvest", "October", and "Flower City" magazines respectively.

Among the four famous actresses in this literary magazine, Lin Youcheng was included in three of the most famous actresses one after another. However, there was one "Contemporary" magazine that did not publish any of Lin Youcheng's works.

How can this be accepted by "Contemporary" magazine!

Qin Chaoyang, the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary" magazine, has always paid attention to the writer Lin Youcheng and admired Lin Youcheng's novels. Now he is watching the writer Lin Youcheng appear in other three famous magazines. Although they have published novels, they have not submitted any articles to "Contemporary". This is embarrassing for Contemporary.

Qin Chaoyang has been the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary" for the longest time. He is the helmsman and leader of the growth and development of "Contemporary". He wholeheartedly hopes that "Contemporary" can become the best domestic literary magazine and live up to the name of "Contemporary".

"We must ask Lin Youcheng to make an appointment. Nowadays, it is said that Lin Youcheng has been in three major famous actresses one after another, but he has not submitted the article to "Contemporary". Some people think that our "Contemporary" rejected the article for Lin Youcheng, but He has never submitted the manuscript at all, so how can we reject it?"

"Yes, although the four famous celebrities are just a joke, how can our magazine lose to other magazines!"

Must grab it!
A real war for manuscripts is about to break out. Even though Lin Youcheng's next manuscript has not yet been published, "Contemporary" magazine is already eyeing it and must not give in. It is bent on grabbing Lin Youcheng's latest manuscript.

(End of this chapter)