Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 802 The First Banyan Tree Online Original Literature Competition

Fang Minghua took a look at it and threw it on the desk.

"The purpose of my writing the novel is to make them take back these lies, Lili. Hurry up and translate it into English and give it to Demi. I have already told her: this book must be promoted and publicized at all costs. In other words, we want more Americans to see it!"

"Don't worry, I will translate it in the shortest time possible."

Fang Minghua left San Francisco for China in early September. He reluctantly said goodbye to Li Li and her daughter and flew back to China.

This fall, my two children graduated from elementary school and are now in junior high school at No. 39 Middle School on Dongsi Road, which is considered a key middle school in Xincheng QU. Most importantly, it is very close to home and can be reached in less than five minutes by bike.

There is already a "school selection fever" in this era, and No. 39 Middle School is not considered a top school in Xijing City. Song Tangtang is a little resentful about this. She really hopes that her two children can go to Xitie No. Middle School, Xijing Middle School or Xi'an Jiaotong University Affiliated Middle School.

It’s not that they can’t find someone who can do the job, nor that they can’t afford the money, but these famous schools are too far away from home, and Song Tangtang is reluctant to let her two children spend a lot of time on the road every day.

Tonight, the couple sat in the courtyard to enjoy the cool air and talked about this.

"Some time ago, Liu Xiaoli brought Xixi to our house to play. She tried her best to persuade our two children to study in the United States. Lili also said that there is a middle school called Rolling Hills near the community where she lives, and the quality of education is very high." Song Tangtang said.

"Yes, the rating agency - Great Schools gave it 10 points, the highest score. When Lili bought this house, she was attracted by the educational resources nearby. Why, do you want to transfer your two children there?" Fang Minghua said with a smile, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan.

"Well, I do have this idea, but when I think about how young the two kids are, I really can't bear to let them go." Song Tangtang sighed and said:
"I told Lili to send the two kids over when they go to high school."

Do you have to go to school in the United States?
Ruirui has artistic talent and likes music. She can go to the middle school affiliated to the Xijing Conservatory of Music, or go to the middle school affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music in Yanjing.

As for my son, if he has the ability, he can directly get admitted to Xitie No. 1 Middle School or Xi'an Jiaotong University Affiliated Middle School.

But seeing Song Tangtang so enthusiastic, Fang Minghua didn't know what to say.

"What else did Liu Xiaoli say?" Fang Minghua asked casually while drinking tea.

"She also talked about Sissi's nationality. She wanted her daughter to apply for American citizenship and asked for my opinion," Song Tangtang added.

American nationality?

However, given that Liu Yifei has been playing the leading role in Harry Potter for several consecutive years and has become a child star in the American film industry, it is not difficult for her to become an American citizen.

Historically, Liu Yifei also became an American citizen, but was removed from the Golden Eagle Awards because of nationality issues.

Now we are faced with this problem again.

"How did you answer?"

"I said the child is still young. Let her make her own choice after she turns 18. You can apply for a US green card now, and it will not affect your life in the United States just like Lili." Song Tangtang replied.

"You're right. Wait until the child grows up and let her make her own choice." Fang Minghua agreed.

"Do you want to watch a movie tonight?" Song Tangtang suddenly said something out of the blue.

"What? An old couple want to be romantic?" Fang Minghua joked.

Song Tangtang rolled her eyes at him: "Harry Potter is about to be released, don't you want to watch it?"

Oh, this.

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was introduced into China as this year's imported blockbuster. The novel of the same name was also published by Shengshi Books. I heard that the response was quite good.

"Look, watch it together, bring your children."

"I've seen it before."

"Oh, by the way, Dai Jiali called me some time ago and asked me when you would be back." Song Tangtang said, remembering something.

"what happened?"

"Did you forget? We are planning to hold the first Banyan Tree Online Original Literature Competition and invite you to be a judge."

Oh, this is it.
I almost forgot.

"How is the preparation going?" Fang Minghua asked.

"Everything is ready, except for the judges who have not yet been decided. I'll go upstairs and get some information for you to look at." After saying that, he turned and walked into the house.

A few minutes later, Song Tangtang came out with a document in his hand.

"Look at it."

Fang Minghua took it and took a look. It turned out to be the proposal for the first online literature competition. He looked at it hurriedly, his eyes focused on the list of judges.

"There are online writers?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised. "Yes, Ning Caishen, Xing Yusen, Annie Baby, Wu Guo, Liu Wu, SIEG, a total of six people, all of whom are senior editors of Rongshuxia and are also online literature writers." Song Tangtang explained.

"According to Jiali's idea, we will invite you to be the chairman of the jury, and hire six serious literary writers to form the jury. This will not only ensure the quality of the works, but also highlight the characteristics of online literature."

interesting.
Fang Minghua nodded and asked
"Has Jiali decided on six writers?"

"Not yet. Jiali said he would ask for your opinion when you come back."

"Okay, I'll call her tomorrow."

The couple watched a movie in the evening.

Fang Minghua felt that it was pretty good overall, and Liu Yifei's role as Rui Fang was also acceptable, at least she looked very pleasing to the eye.

The next morning, the children rode their bicycles to school early, and his wife also got up early to go to work. Fang Minghua did not sleep in. He got up with them, changed into sports shorts, and went out for a run along the city wall - he did the same thing in San Francisco, except that there was an additional German Shepherd following him.

After running for a while, I went home, took a shower, and then went to Lao Sun’s breakfast shop outside Chaoyangmen to eat spicy soup, and then slowly walked home.

While walking on the road, he took out his mobile phone and called Dai Jiali in Shencheng.

"Teacher Minghua, you are finally back. We have been waiting for you." Dai Jiali's happy voice came from the phone.

"About the online literature competition? I heard about it from my wife."

"Well, now all we're missing are traditional literature writers - oh, no, it should be serious literature writers judges." Dai Jiali seemed to have said something wrong and quickly changed his words.

"Haha, traditional literature is traditional literature. Compared with online writers, we are traditional writers." Fang Minghua didn't care.

"What specific ideas do you have?"

"I want to invite someone who is relatively famous and relatively young."

"Oh, Yu Hua, Wang Anyi, Su Tong, Mo Yan, Shi Tiesheng, Jia Pingwa, how about these six people?" Fang Minghua thought for a moment and called out the names of the six people.

"Great! These are all famous writers in today's literary world!" Dai Jiali agreed immediately: "We will send formal invitations to these six writers in the name of the jury. Please tell them about it."

"but."

"But what?"

"Can we invite Wang Shuo?" Dai Jiali put forward his idea: "Wang Shuo is very popular among young people."

"Okay." Fang Minghua agreed.

Including Wang Shuo, there are now seven people, one more than the number.

But it doesn’t matter, there must be personal reasons why I can’t attend.

After returning home, Fang Minghua took out his address book and started making phone calls.

The first call was to Yu Hua.

Sloppy puppy.
"Yu Hua, how did you feel about your trip to Italy?" Fang Minghua asked.

"It feels pretty good. The literary atmosphere in Italy is very strong. I have benefited a lot from communicating with local writers," Yu Hua said on the phone.

"It seems that I really need to go out and travel to know how big the world is. By the way, I have received an invitation from the University of California, Berkeley to stay as a visiting scholar for half a year. I am now applying for a visa to go abroad."

"You are going to the United States? I am also planning to invite you to serve as a judge for the online literature competition." Fang Minghua said.

"What is online literature?" Yu Hua was a little confused.

Fang Minghua explained it patiently.

"Writing articles online? Interesting." Yu Hua immediately became interested: "Unfortunately, our schedules conflict."

"It's okay, just do your thing, I'll find you next time."

"Okay, sure."

The two chatted for a few minutes and hung up the phone.

This is so damn bad. It’s not going well.

The first person I called had something to do.

(End of this chapter)