Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 560 You bitch, will you die if you don't do these eye-catching things? !
Fang Minghua initially thought that Zeng Huiyan was just a gossip entertainment reporter, but later on she found out that she was quite famous in Hong Kong.

He has won three major awards including "Best Journalist in Hong Kong", "Best Feature Writer" and "Best General News Writing", and was elected as one of the "Top Ten Outstanding Young People in Hong Kong" and "Top Ten Outstanding Young People in the World"!

"Miss Zeng, okay, but you have to wait until I sign my name." Fang Minghua said, and then ignored her and took the official document handed to her by a young man with a smile.

Zeng Huiyan didn't say anything, just stood aside and waited quietly.

Fang Minghua signed the book for the last reader, and then said to Zeng Huiyan: "Miss Zeng, what do you want to know?"

Fang Minghua thought he would ask about the "gossip" reported on TV news last night about Guo Aiming coming to buy a book for him to sign and take a photo with him. Unexpectedly, the other party did not ask this, but asked:

"Mr. Minghua, I saw on the mainland news that you are planning to organize an award called the World Chinese Literature Award?"

Oops
This is what you asked!
Fang Minghua suddenly became interested.

When I came to Hong Kong, I was planning to find an opportunity to be interviewed by reporters to publicize this matter, but I didn't expect someone to ask this.

"Yes, Ms. Zeng, since you are paying attention to this news, you must also understand the purpose and significance of this literary award, which is to promote the exchange of Chinese literature and Chinese writing across the Taiwan Straits, Hong Kong, Macau, and even the world."

Fang Minghua was just about to start talking about the literature award when he was interrupted by Zeng Huiyan.

"Mr. Minghua, do you think you can succeed?"

"Why can't it succeed?!"

"The Lu Xun Literature Award in the mainland was established in 1986, but it is still pending. There is no telling when it will actually be launched. Do you think you can succeed?!"

Zeng Huiyan's tone was aggressive.

Fang Minghua glanced at her and said calmly:
"I'm not sure why the Lu Prize has not been launched yet, but I think it will definitely be launched in the future. The Chinese Literature Prize is now under intensive preparation and will soon issue a call for submissions to the world. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner as planned."

"Do you think this means the success of a literary award? How do you ensure the fairness of the award and that the selected works are convincing?" Zeng Huiyan continued in this tone.

"The judges include heavyweight writers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, such as Wang Meng, Yu Guangzhong and Liu Yichang. Do you think the works they selected are not good enough?!" Fang Minghua asked in return.

"But you haven't answered my first question yet. How do you ensure the fairness of the awards?"

"Open and transparent! Of course, no matter how good the mechanism is, it cannot guarantee absolute fairness. For example, the Mao Dun Literature Prize and even the Nobel Prize in Literature are often criticized and questioned. But no one has ever said that canceling the Chinese Literature Prize will achieve this."

Seeing Fang Minghua talking, Zeng Huiyan suddenly changed her angle and asked, "Why did you set up this Chinese literature award? Is it to attract attention?!"

"The UK has the Booker Prize, which is considered the highest award in contemporary English literature. So why can't contemporary Chinese literature have its own award?! If establishing a literary award is to attract attention, then did Mr. Zhuang Zhongwen establish the Zhuang Zhongwen Literary Award to attract attention?!"

Zeng Huiyan was stunned by the question.

She found that this mainlander was quite difficult to deal with.

Liu Jiawei, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but laugh.

Zeng Huiyan is recognized as a difficult reporter in Hong Kong. Her questions are tricky and weird. Interviewees are often left speechless or their answers are full of loopholes. It is very troublesome to be interviewed by her.

Especially some celebrities visiting from the mainland, since they have no experience in dealing with reporters, they have to answer every question and dare not avoid her questions. As a result, they are often "buried alive" by this woman.

However, Fang Minghua didn't seem to buy her talk at all. She just said what she needed to say and argued back when she needed to, without giving the other party any face.

The interview was not long, only about ten minutes, and both parties said goodbye politely. After Zeng Huiyan left, Liu Jiawei smiled and said, "Mr. Minghua, Miss Zeng didn't get any advantage from you today."

"I don't think so. This Miss Zeng is really not an easy person to deal with." Fang Minghua said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Sure enough, the next day, the famous "Hong Kong Daily" published a report on Zeng Huiyan's interview with Fang Minghua.

The content is basically the same as yesterday's interview, but the title of the article is very scary:
Mainland writer Minghua vowed to surpass Mr. Zhuang and establish a world-class Chinese literature award! "

Oh shit!

You bitch, will you die if you don't do these eye-catching things? !
Aren't you trying to create hatred between me and Mr. Zhuang? !

Fang Minghua had only been in Hong Kong for a few days when she was featured in the news twice. The first time was with this year's Miss Hong Kong, Amy Kwok, and this time she was interviewed by famous reporter Zeng Huiyan. She suddenly became a celebrity in Hong Kong.

After the two-day book signing event, according to his schedule in Hong Kong, he was going to attend a lecture organized by the Hong Kong Writers Association. The person responsible for contacting Fang Minghua was someone he knew - Shen Xiwen.

Shen Xicheng is in his forties, has a mustache and wears a floral short-sleeved shirt. He has the demeanor of a scholar, but also reveals the temperament of a man of the world.

Yes, he is a member of the Hong Kong Writers Association and a director of the Hong Kong Writers Association. He is involved in both serious and popular literature, and has good relations with both groups. He cannot do this without some good dancing skills.

Today, he came specially to pick up Fang Minghua for the lecture.

The two of them were quite familiar with each other because of the wine they had two nights ago, and they spoke more casually. In the car, Shen Xicheng took the initiative to talk about Fang Minghua's two appearances in the news.

"Brother Fang, you are really good. Miss Hong Kong is a fan of you and took the initiative to ask you for an autograph. Then Zeng Huiyan interviewed you. You are more popular than Stephen Chow now."

"Brother Shen, please stop making fun of me." Fang Minghua was somewhat helpless: "Miss Zeng's interview obviously made it difficult for me and Mr. Zhuang to get along. To be honest, I didn't mean that."

"Haha. Reporters are always trying to shock people with their words. Don't pay any attention to them." Shen Xicheng said with a smile, "You don't have to think too much about this matter. Our Chairman Liu has a good relationship with Mr. Zhuang. You can talk to Chairman Liu today and he will help you eliminate unnecessary misunderstandings."

"That's great." Fang Minghua was delighted.

The Chairman Liu mentioned by Shen Xicheng is Liu Yichang. People in the mainland may not know much about him, but he is very famous in Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, a city known as a "cultural desert" where popular literature prevails, Liu Yichang is famous for his serious literature. Moreover, he started to engage in avant-garde literature in the 1960s and wrote stream-of-consciousness novels! "Opposition" and "Drunkard" are his representative works of stream-of-consciousness novels.

As a result, the two films that were brought to the big screen by Hong Kong's King of Sunglasses were "In the Mood for Love" and "2046".

"Those vanished years are like a piece of dusty glass. You can see them but you can't grasp them. Everything you see is also blurry."

This classic monologue in "In the Mood for Love" comes from his original book.

It was a great pleasure to see the old man again.

After driving for a while, the car finally stopped in front of a restaurant in Causeway Bay.

Fang Minghua was a little surprised and joked:
"Brother Shen, this is impossible? You're drinking before you even start doing anything."

"I'm not here to drink, I'm here to give a lecture, a lecture here."

Holy shit! The lecture is actually here?!

(End of this chapter)