Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 873 Sword Discussing in Huashan
On the morning of April 2003, 4, Mr. Jin Yong and his wife arrived in Xijing. Song Tangtang, general manager of Shengshi Film and Television, and Zhang Baiyan, director of Qin Province TV Station, went to Xianyang International Airport to meet them.

That afternoon, Shengshi Film and Television and Qin Province TV held a grand welcome banquet at the Sheraton National Hotel where Jin Yong and his wife were staying. Provincial leaders and heads of relevant departments attended the welcome banquet, including relevant leaders of the Provincial Writers Association.

The chairman of the Writers Association, Chen Zhongshi, did not come because he was attending a meeting in Yenching. The other vice-chairmen in Xijing, including Lu Yao, Jia Pingwa, Bai Miao, Gao Jianyong and some famous writers were also invited to attend.

But Fang Minghua did not show up.

It’s not that he’s arrogant, but he caught a cold the day before and it showed signs of getting worse today, with a lot of runny nose and tears, so he had to call in to ask for leave.

After taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor, he slept soundly all day. When Song Tangtang returned from a banquet in the evening, he was still lying in bed.

Song Tangtang was naturally very concerned, and the first thing she did when she came back was to go to the bedroom to check on Fang Minghua's condition.

"How are you? Are you feeling better?" Song Tangtang asked with concern, and put her hand on Fang Minghua's forehead and touched it.

"No fever." Fang Minghua shook his head and replied in a muffled voice, "How was your reception for Mr. Jin today?"

"It went very smoothly. Minister Ma from the Propaganda Department personally attended the dinner in the evening. The heads of the Department of Culture, the Radio, Film and Television Bureau, and the Tourism Bureau also attended." Song Tangtang replied.

Minister Ma is a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. As an unofficial event, Province Qin gave Jin Yong enough face this time.

"Minghua, Minister Ma specifically asked why you didn't come. I explained that you were sick and couldn't attend. I told you to take good care of yourself because you still have to accompany Mr. Jin to climb Mount Hua in a few days."

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"Mr. Jin was concerned about your condition and even mentioned his relationship with you at the banquet, saying that you had known each other for more than ten years."

That was indeed the case. It was in 86. Fang Minghua attended the founding conference of the Hong Kong Writers Association as the deputy head of the Chinese Writers Association delegation. Later, with the introduction of Ni Kuang, a banquet was specially arranged for Jin Yong and several other martial arts writers to attend. It was that time that I met Jin Yong, and it was also the only time.

If we talk about acquaintance, it was even earlier, when I wrote "The Legend of Sun Wukong" in 84, which was published in "Ming Pao" under Mr. Jin.

"Today, Mr. and Mrs. Jin were originally sitting at the main table with Minister Zhang and other leaders. Later, they took the initiative to ask to be moved to the writers' seat next to them, where they had a great conversation with Jia Pingwa, Bai Miao and others," Song Tangtang added.

Have a nice conversation?

Brother Jia and the others don't want to participate.

Fang Minghua laughed secretly in his heart.

However, you have to do enough work to save your appearance.

Three days later, after visiting other historical sites, Jin Yong and his wife's last activity was to climb to the top of Mount Huashan for the "Huashan Sword Contest".

Fang Minghua's health also recovered. According to the staff's arrangement, he rushed to the hotel where Jin Yong was staying early in the morning, and then everyone took the train to Huashan together.

Song Tangtang, Zhang Baiyan and some martial arts enthusiasts went with them.

This was the first time Fang Minghua saw Jin Yong again after seventeen years. Compared with the last time they met in Hong Kong, Jin Yong looked much older, but in good spirits.

"Hello, Mr. Cha." Fang Minghua took two steps forward and took the initiative to shake hands with the other party.

"Hello, Mr. Fang." Jin Yong also smiled: "We haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Yes, I remember it was in 86, I went to Hong Kong and Mr. Ni Kuang treated us to a meal, and we had dinner together." Fang Minghao replied.

"Yes, it was in 86. Later I heard that you came to Hong Kong several times, but I didn't see you there." Jin Yong said again. Fang Minghua smiled.

Indeed, Fang Minghua went to Hong Kong several times later, but he never met Jin Yong. This involved some grievances in the Hong Kong martial arts novel publishing industry.

Later, Fang Minghua's book "Snow Swordsman" was coordinated by Ni Kuang's sister Yi Shu and finally handed over to Ming Pao Publishing's rival: Luo Bin of Global Publishing, and serialized in the "Martial Arts World" magazine.

Of course, these are all things of the past, and the two quickly changed the subject. Fang Minghua smiled and said, "Mr. Cha, since you are coming to Qin Province this time, I will take you to appreciate the scenery of Mount Huashan."

There is still some distance from Xijing to Mount Huashan, so a group of dozens of people took the train. When they arrived at Yuquanyuan at the foot of Mount Huashan, they began to climb Mount Huashan.

Jin Yong was already 79 years old at that time, so he naturally could not walk up. The Huashan cableway had not yet been developed at that time, but the organizers had already prepared a sedan chair to carry him up.

If tourists want to tour the entire Huashan Mountain on foot, it will take seven or eight hours, but it will take less time to reach the North Peak. As everyone climbs the mountain, the tour guide will explain the scenery of Huashan Mountain.

This was Fang Minghua’s third time climbing Mount Huashan. The first time was before she got married, when she climbed with Song Tangtang, but that was more than ten years ago.

Thinking back to that time when he held the girl's hand, the two of them walked briskly, but this time, Fang Minghua was panting like a cow after only climbing halfway.

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Song Tangtang was also in the team, keeping an eye on her husband's condition. When she saw Fang Minghua like this, she quickly asked someone to find him a crutch and hand it to him.

Well, my wife is still considerate.

After climbing for more than two hours, we finally arrived at the North Peak of Mount Huashan. The staff had already arranged everything here, with a circle of tables and chairs, and a giant stone tablet covered with red silk.

Everything went according to the meeting agenda. After a female host from Qin Province TV station delivered the opening speech, representatives of the two companies hosting the event, Song Tangtang and Zhang Baiyan, spoke respectively, expressing their warm welcome to Jin Yong.

The next very important agenda was to unveil the covered stone tablet, on which Jin Yong had written calligraphy in advance.

"Mr. Fang, how about we unveil it together?" Jin Yong invited Fang Minghua.

"Obedience is worse than respect." Fang Minghua walked to the other side with a smile, and the two of them peeled off the red cloth covering the stone tablet together.

Four bloody characters "Swordsmanship on Mount Huashan" appeared on the stone tablet, and everyone burst into applause.

Fang Minghua took a closer look and found the handwriting to be well-written, vigorous and powerful, greatly influenced by the Wei stele style, and mixed with Huang Tingjian's running script style.

Jin Yong made another impromptu speech, "I mentioned Huashan in my novels before, but I had never seen it at that time, I just saw the historical records. Today I see such a majestic and steep mountain like Huashan, and when I mention various mountains in my novels, Huashan is always ranked first."

Finally, a group of people sat on the top of Mount Huashan, talking about martial arts and drinking tea. It felt a bit like the Sword Contest on Mount Huashan, except that the wind was a bit strong.

In addition to Fang Minghua, Song Tangtang and Zhang Baiyan, there was also a group of loyal martial arts fans, and Wang Wei, the actor who played Yue Buqun in the 01 version of "Swordsman", also attended the forum.

Jin Yong was mainly talking to a group of martial arts fans, and Fang Minghua rarely interrupted.

In such occasions, the protagonist is Mr. Jin, and I am just a representative of the Provincial Writers Association.

Jin Yong took the initiative to chat with Fang Minghua: "Mr. Fang, I have been in Xijing for a few days. I heard that you held a reading salon in a bookstore to explain literary works from all over the world. It was very interesting."

(End of this chapter)