Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 557: Entering Hong Kong and Being "Intercepted"

After Fang Minghua's essay collection "Fragments of Civilization" was published in mainland China, it sold very well and had a great influence in the academic community, setting a precedent for "cultural essays."

In March this year, Zhao Bin, the owner of Joint Publishing Company in Hong Kong, took a fancy to this book and sent someone to contact Fang Minghua, hoping to publish it in traditional Chinese in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Fang Minghua naturally agreed. After several months of preparation, the new book was going to be officially released in Hong Kong and Taiwan at this year's Hong Kong Book Fair, so they hoped that Fang Minghua could come to Hong Kong to sign and sell the book.

But now I'm so busy as a ghost blowing fire, how can I get away?

When he returned home in the evening, Fang Minghua told his wife about this.

Song Tangtang naturally understood her husband's feelings.

Fang Minghua attaches great importance to the Chinese Literature Award and has poured a lot of effort into it, so naturally he does not want to leave at this critical moment.

She thought for a while and said, "Minghua, you should go to Hong Kong. On the one hand, you can sign and sell books. More importantly, the Hong Kong Writers Association has also sent you an invitation. The current president of the association is Liu Yichang. You invited them to be a judge and they gladly agreed. They invited you to give a lecture in Hong Kong. It would be bad if you don't go. Besides, if you go to Hong Kong and reporters interview you, you can also promote the Chinese Literature Award.

"Yes. It seems that I have to go this time. What should I do with the mess in the jury office if I leave?" Fang Minghua said.

"You can ask Brother Lu to help you keep an eye on it." Song Tangtang expressed his opinion: "Zhang Yanqian will handle the specific matters, and Lu Yao will handle the unsolvable ones. Brother Lu is also a famous writer, and he knows a lot of people in the province and the literary world. He can solve some problems."

That’s a good idea!

"Okay, I'll go find Lu Yao tomorrow."

The next morning, Fang Minghua drove to Lu Yao's house and explained the matter to him, and Lu Yao agreed immediately.

"Minghua, go ahead. I don't have anything to do lately anyway, so I'll help you keep an eye on it."

In this case, Fang Minghua began to go through the procedures to go to Hong Kong.

In the summer of 87, Fang Minghua went to Hong Kong twice to attend the founding ceremonies of the Hong Kong Writers Association and the Hong Kong Writers Association. He applied for a Hong Kong and Macau Pass, which is valid for 5 years and has not expired yet. Now he only needs to apply for a visa.

In the 1990s, the visa procedures for traveling to Hong Kong were greatly simplified. Moreover, Fang Minghua's trip this time was for an academic exchange, and he had some connections, so he completed the visa procedures in a week and boarded a plane to Hong Kong with his suitcase.

However, the plane could not fly directly to Hong Kong but stopped in Shenzhen, and Fang Minghua entered Hong Kong through the Shenzhen port.

That evening, Fang Minghua carried his suitcase through the Luohu Port into the Hong Kong River and found two groups of people holding signs to greet him on the opposite side.

According to the communication on the phone, Sanlian Bookstore is wealthy and is responsible for arranging Fang Minghua's trip to Hong Kong, while the Hong Kong Writers Association is only responsible for Fang Minghua's lecture.

Why are there two groups of people coming?
When he got closer, Fang Minghua discovered that he actually knew the leader of one of the groups.

The fat guy wore a pair of black-framed glasses and looked at people with a smile.

Ni Kuang!

Huh.?

The Hong Kong Writers Association is also joining in the fun?
Ni Kuang is the president of the Hong Kong Writers Association!

Ni Kuang came over with a smile and shook hands with Fang Minghua: "Mr. Minghua, let me clarify something. I am not here to greet you on behalf of the Hong Kong Writers Association, but on behalf of myself and my sister."

Fang Minghua listened and smiled slightly.

"Thank you."

"This is Liu Jiawei, deputy manager of Sanlian Bookstore." Ni Kuang pointed at the middle-aged man leading another group and introduced them.

"Hello, Manager Liu."

"Hello, Mr. Minghua."

After the two shook hands, Ni Kuang said, "Manager Liu, go back and tell your CEO Zhao that I will host Mr. Minghua tonight."

Liu Jiawei only said in a respectful tone: "It would be best if Mr. Ni came in person. I will report to our President Zhao when I return."

After Liu Jiawei finished speaking, he took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Fang Minghua.

"Mr. Minghua, this is your daily schedule in Hong Kong."

"Okay, thank you." "Please contact me if you have any questions." Liu Jiawei left his contact information and left quickly with his group.

What the hell!

Only then did Fang Minghua realize that she had been "intercepted" by Ni Kuang!

However, Fang Minghua was not worried about anything. Since coming to Hong Kong in 86, he had gotten along well with Ni Kuang and others.

I followed Ni Kuang and got into a Mercedes-Benz on the side of the road. The car quickly started and drove towards the city center.

Sitting in the car, Fang Minghua began to look at the street scenes outside.

Compared with the last time in 1986, the buildings on both sides of the street seem to have not changed much, but there are many shops and flashing neon lights everywhere, which is more prosperous than in previous years.

Yes, Hong Kong has entered its most glorious moment.

There was a song playing in some audio store on the roadside. Fang Minghua listened carefully and found that it was not a Cantonese song, but a Mandarin song:
The small river bends to the south

Stay in Hong Kong to have a look

Pearl of the Orient My Lover
Is your style still romantic
Luo Dayou's "Pearl of the Orient".

Once this song was released, it became widely circulated in the mainland, especially on the night of Hong Kong's return to China in 97, when millions of people sang "Pearl of the Orient" along with the TV at the same time, which made the audience excited.

Ni Kuang, who was sitting next to Fang Minghua, also noticed that he was listening carefully to the song floating in from the window, so he explained: "This is an old song by Luo Dayou, with new lyrics. 1997, it's really only a few years old."

Fang Minghua smiled slightly and said only: "It sounds nice."

The hotel where Fang Minghua stayed was the Shangri-La Hotel in Kowloon, which was of course booked in advance by the Joint Publishing Company.

The hotel is located in the heart of the shopping, entertainment and commercial district in East Tsim Sha Tsui, overlooking the world-famous Victoria Harbour. The environment is really good.

The welcoming banquet arranged by Ni Kuang was held in the "Xiang Palace" of the hotel. Fang Minghua came down from the room and followed Ni Kuang to Xiang Palace.

When I entered the private room, there were already several people sitting inside. At a glance, I saw two people I recognized.

I had dinner with Ni Kuang’s sister Yi Shu and Wen Ruian the last time I came to Hong Kong, but I’m not very familiar with the other two.

Of course, Ni Kuang introduced: "You know my sister and Wen Ruian, so there is no need to introduce me. This is Shen Xicheng, also my good friend, a director of the Writers Association, a member of the Hong Kong Writers Association, and the president of "Martial Arts World" and "Blue Book."

What the hell!

Is he Luo Bin's man? !

Luo Bin is the boss of these two magazines and also Mr. Jin's sworn enemy. Back then, he was overwhelmed by Mr. Jin in the publishing of martial arts novels.

It just so happened that Fang Minghua had written "The Snowy Swordsman", and Luo Bin begged and persuaded her to serialize it in the "World of Martial Arts". The sales of the magazine increased greatly, which made Luo Bin vent his anger.

Shen Xicheng is actually good friends with Ni Kuang?
Ni Kuang also has a close relationship with Mr. Jin.

The relationship is a bit confusing.

But it's normal when you think about it. Hong Kong is just a small place with a population of a few million. These people are the only ones who play with words, so the relationships are naturally complicated.

This Shen Xicheng is quite impressive. He is a member of both the Hong Kong Writers Association and the Hong Kong Writers Association.
After the two men shook hands, Ni Kuang pointed to a middle-aged man and introduced him.

The man took the initiative to stand up, stretched out his right hand, and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Minghua, I am Huang Yi."

Ni Kuang on the side continued, "Huang Yi is also a novelist. Like Ruian, he is the successor of Hong Kong martial arts novels. In 88, his novel Shattered Void shocked the whole of Hong Kong. Now he has set up his own publishing house, called Huang Yi Publishing House, which specializes in publishing his martial arts books!"

"Brother Ni, you are too kind." Huang Yi was very modest. "I wrote Shattered Void because of Mr. Minghua's The Snowy Blade, which is half martial arts and half fantasy."

Of course Fang Minghua also had to be humble. After everyone sat down, Fang Minghua realized that except for Mr. Jin, all the famous writers in the Hong Kong martial arts novel world were there.

It seems like someone is missing.

Yellow Eagle?

(End of this chapter)