A widower's entertainment

Chapter 272 [Literary Status is Like Mount Emei] (Subscription Request)
Beijing, Xinghua Hutong.

Lin Youcheng was not surprised that Zheng Xiaolong came to him to ask for the TV drama filming rights of "The Disguiser". In his opinion, the quality of the novel "The Disguiser" was there, and if Zheng Xiaolong was indifferent after reading it, Lin Youcheng would find it strange.

However, Lin Youcheng was still a little surprised that Zheng Xiaolong would come so early. You know, Zheng Xiaolong should be busy filming the TV version of "My Brothers and Sisters".

Obviously, Lin Youbie had no idea how great an impact the novel "The Hidden Corner" had on Zheng Xiaolong and the comrades at the Beijing Television Art Center.

You should know that Zheng Xiaolong originally wanted to shoot another spy war drama, but Lin Youcheng gave him the TV series script of "My Brothers and Sisters", so the Television Art Center decided to shoot that family film first.

"Youcheng, you must promise me that you will let me act in the TV series of "Live". The novel you wrote is very suitable for adaptation into a TV series."

Zhang Wei couldn't help but smile when he heard what Zheng Xiaolong said, "Aren't you already filming the TV series "My Brothers and Sisters"?"

Obviously, Zhang Wei also knew that the Beijing Television Art Center was filming a TV version of "My Brothers and Sisters". Lin Youcheng had talked about this story in front of him and Cheng Zhigu, so he naturally heard about what happened later.

"That's different!"

Zheng Xiaolong looked at Lin Youcheng excitedly and said, "You wrote the novel "Lush" so well. We at the Television Art Center are discussing your novel and all agree that it must be made into a TV series."

"Youcheng, I came to you before to invite you to write a spy-themed script. Now that we have the story of "Live", you must film it for us."

Looking at Zheng Xiaolong's serious expression, Lin Youcheng couldn't help but smile and nodded.

When Zheng Xiaolong saw that Lin Youcheng agreed to this matter, he immediately put a big thing aside. Then he began to talk to Lin Youcheng about the recent influence of the novel "The Hidden Corner" at the Television Art Center.

"You may not know that all the people at the Television Art Center have read your novel. I was also moved by it."

Zheng Xiaolong looked at Lin Youcheng and said sincerely: "It's written very well, you know?"

"We even feel that the stories inside Tianjin Station are like the stories that happen in offices today."

Zhang Wei couldn't help but laugh when he heard what Zheng Xiaolong said, and asked back: "Director Zheng, is it possible that there are so many intrigues in the office of your Beijing Television Art Center?"

Zheng Xiaolong was about to deny it, but then he remembered that Zhang Wei was also working at People's Literature Magazine, so he smiled and said, "Zhang Wei, you should also have experienced this, right? I don't believe you don't know it."

Zhang Wei laughed and didn't talk about this issue. He changed the subject and said, "Youcheng, your novel has a huge influence. Since the higher-ups have praised your novel and said they want to hold a seminar, this matter must be put on the agenda and you should prepare early."

Lin Youcheng raised his eyebrows and said, "I know."

When Zheng Xiaolong heard Zhang Wei talking about holding a seminar, and that it involved higher-ups, he was not too surprised. It was only natural that a novel like "The Disguiser" would be recognized by higher-ups.

"Youcheng, some of the words in your novel are really interesting. You may not know that I have heard those insults from Wu Jingzhong in other places."

"It's so funny to see Wu Jingzhong scolding Cuiping and his wife. He just calls them idiots. Two idiots who can go into a museum. Hahahaha..."

When Zheng Xiaolong talks about this sentence now, he still finds it quite funny.

When Zhang Wei heard Zheng Xiaolong mention this, he nodded and said, "Yes, and what he said, he originally wanted to show his face, but now his butt is exposed. This sentence is also interesting. He said that Tianjin Station is a rebuilt station, with cats living in the front fence and dogs running around in the back fence. It took a lot of effort to build it. It is also quite vivid!"

"That's right. He also scolded Li Ya and told him to take his head out of his heels and use it again! Hahaha, he was really mean."

Zhang Wei nodded repeatedly and continued, "I was just talking to Lin Youcheng about the character of Wu Jingzhong. He was portrayed so well. He is just an old fox who deliberately took Yu Zecheng away at the end. But this old fox also said that politics without humanity is short-lived. With this sentence alone, Lin Youcheng has made the character of Wu Jingzhong rich and multifaceted, and truly portrayed the complexity of human nature."

"Yes, the wonderful thing about Lin Youcheng's novel "Lush" is the real complexity of these characters."

"Even Xie Ruolin can say that—"

Zhang Wei opened Lin Youcheng's manuscript of "The Hidden One" and read the following words: "When we first joined the revolution, we were as young as late autumn. Did we know what China's future would be like at that time? Did we know? We didn't know! Do you know whether your grave will be covered with flowers or dog shit after you die on the battlefield? We didn't know! Soldiers are tempered into steel. She hates this government and this era. It is entirely possible for her to become a soldier. Isn't it worth it? It is worth it!"

Zheng Xiaolong listened to Zhang Wei's words and nodded heavily. This is the amazing thing about Lin Youcheng's novel. Every word spoken by the character has a deep meaning behind the character.

Zheng Xiaolong was chatting with Zhang Wei about the wonderful novel "The Hidden Corner", while people outside were also discussing Lin Youcheng's novel enthusiastically.

But the real excitement was at the seminar on the novel "Insidious".

The above affirmation of Lin Youcheng's novel will naturally lead more literati and scholars to affirm Lin Youcheng's novel.

It can be said that those who attended the seminar for Lin Youcheng's novel "The Lurker" were definitely a group of big names in the circle. In addition to some well-known writers from the Writers Association, there were also many professors from schools, editors and chief editors from magazines and newspapers. It can be said that the seminar was attended by many big names.

Among all these bigwigs, Lin Youcheng was naturally the focus of the whole event, after all, he was the author of the novel "The Hidden".

Seminars are always very lively. You should know that after the seminar, writers will also have private exchanges and learning, and even leave contact information with each other, become pen pals, and write letters to each other.

But now everyone knows that this is Lin Youcheng's home court, and they all come to talk to Lin Youcheng about his works, exchange their impressions after reading Lin Youcheng's "The Hidden", and also express their love for Lin Youcheng's previous works. "Comrade Lin Youcheng, I especially like your article "Strange Things in the World", which combines fantasy and reality, and is extremely wonderful."

"Comrade Lin Youcheng, I particularly like your book "Tengu", which dares to face darkness and cruelty in its realism."

"Comrade Lin Youcheng, what I appreciate most in your film "Insidious" is the portrayal of faith, which is quite shocking."

"Mr. Lin, congratulations on writing another classic spy war novel. My wife and I both love the novel "The Hidden Man". She just feels a little sorry about the ending of the novel, but she also knows that it is the true history."

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In response to the praise and affirmation from these scholars, professors, editors and writers, Lin Youcheng naturally expressed his gratitude humbly.

Since this is a work seminar, it naturally revolves around the novel "Insidious".

For example, a professor from the School of Literature at Yenching University held up a long manuscript and praised it, saying, "The Hidden One tells us a truth with amazing aptness: what revolutionaries overcome are the trivialities of life, and what they conquer are the trivialities that gave birth to us, nurtured us, and even wore us down."

"Focusing on Yu Zecheng's three private histories is a necessary step to explain the hidden truth. Zuo Lan is a nearly perfect revolutionary fable. Under the influence of Moscow and Yan'an, she exudes the belief of bamboo-like firmness and elegant conduct. In addition, her assessment and judgment of the current situation and her heavy and calm temperament are all first-class choices. She is also well-educated and cares about her comrades and lovers. As far as Yu Zecheng is concerned, Zuo Lan is as pure as snow, the sacredness and glory of the revolution, and the impeccable quality of all revolutionaries when they first encounter the revolution. It is also the love with Zuo Lan that liberates Yu Zecheng from "egoism" - after he experienced the despicableness, his ideas collapsed, and he was in pain and helplessness, but because of Zuo Lan, he stepped into the revolution..."

A professor from the School of Literature at Huaqing University also praised it: "The Hidden tells us that revolution is not the musings of a wandering traveler, nor is it the sorrow of worry and indignation, but the overcoming of trivial matters, rolling in the mud and in the blood, and the bright sunshine after the haze..."

The editor-in-chief of Yenching Literature expressed his feelings, saying: "In Lin Youcheng's Hidden, I saw the same persistence as in The Sound of the Wind, which is also the most outstanding spirit of the novel, that is, the persistence in belief..."

Zhang Jinglan, head of the fiction group of the Writers Association, analyzed the character of Wanqiu in "The Hidden", saying: "Wanqiu is disgusted by Xie Ruolin's greed, and her identity as the niece of a traitor makes her feel guilty. The subconscious intertwined in her heart makes her yearn for liberation on the road to prosperity. At this moment, Yu Zecheng meets Wanqiu as a revolutionary, so Wanqiu becomes causally related to the revolution. Mu Wanqiu, a rentier under the old order, is revived by the flames of revolution. She overcomes her class background and guilt, and greets the grand new life with a fighting attitude..."

The leader of a certain department above spoke and said, "The clumsy Ma Kui is the captain of the action team, the embodiment of the corrupt party suppressor. Lu Qiaoshan is a greedy bureaucrat. Xie Ruolin is an intelligence broker. Li Ya is the helplessness of unconsciously struggling in the rift between reality and history. Wu Jingzhong, the spy chief, is undoubtedly the most shrewd character in "The Hidden". He is a master of the art of being an official and has reached the pinnacle of political tactics. In addition, when the shopkeeper Qiu bit his tongue, he tightened his discipline button and tidied his clothes to show his mourning. This detail subverted the ordinary image of bureaucratic spies. A horrible tragedy unfolded here. He saluted before the curtain was announced. The silence and heaviness of fate were clearly revealed in Wu Jingzhong's actions - he is the destination of revolution in the eyes of many people - a fallen revolutionary. Anti-regime, cruel and corrupt - endless cruelty to the revolutionary masses, unremitting corruption that swallowed himself like a ring, two aspects of one body, each is true..."

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Speak one after another.

No one would say any shortcomings of "The Hidden" at this time. Everyone would share what they learned from Lin Youcheng's "The Hidden".

Regardless of whether people truly admire Lin Youcheng's novel "The Lurker" or not, at least everyone unanimously recognizes and praises it.

There is no way, because Lin Youcheng's novel is so outstanding. You know, sometimes, "literary significance" and "reader approval" are the criteria for evaluating good works, and now "The Hidden" has both.

Everyone expressed their own opinions at the seminar, and there was also a discussion on the literary direction of spy novels, or other literary themes.

Of course, all of this is inseparable from the big boss Lin Youcheng.

Lin Youcheng naturally wanted to share his thoughts. In front of all the big guys, he said very calmly: "I want to talk about how the ending of "The Hidden" is the beginning of another lurking."

"On the plane were Yu Zecheng, who was judged to be too heavy-hearted but not ruthless, and Wu Jingzhong, the station chief who was as experienced as ever. The clumsy Ma Kui, the scheming Lu Qiaoshan, and the indifferent Xie Ruolin are now dead. They are visible enemies. Daggers and javelins can be used to criticize them with weapons. But Wu Jingzhong, who sees through people's hearts, is lurking in the shadow of the revolutionaries. He is the concrete process and result of the revolutionaries changing their allegiance and becoming the object of revolution..."

"The collapse of the old world will not come in a single leap, but in the course of time until the revolution succeeds."

Obviously, Lin Youcheng's last sentence was also quite meaningful.

Everyone present also knew that the biggest difference between "The Hidden Crooked" and "The Sound of the Wind" was not the plot, but the fact that "The Sound of the Wind" was about a nation that was at the brink of survival and we had no choice but to risk our lives, while the ending of "The Hidden Crooked" was that the nation was still hiding, because everything was not over yet.

As the writer Lin Youcheng finished his speech, there was naturally applause.

The whole audience was truly paying attention and there was constant applause.

This is not only because of Lin Youcheng's current status in the literary world, but also because Lin Youcheng's novel "The Lurker" deserves this thunderous applause.

Zhang Wei sat at the side, looking at Lin Youcheng who was sitting in the middle and had just finished his speech. He listened to the warm applause around him and thought that every time Lin Youcheng released a new work, it would generate quite a stir. This time, "The Hidden" was just a step up.

Lin Youcheng is no longer the new writer who had just published his debut novel "Under the Hawthorn Tree" that he met in Chunfeng Alley in Decheng. Now this master is really getting more and more powerful, and his influence in the literary world can be said to be at its peak.

That is, at this time, for some reason Zhang Wei suddenly thought of the words said by Wu Jingzhong in "The Hidden" -

Emei Peak, and a solo photo, it is quite romantic!
Among the mountains, Mount Emei stands alone.

Now in Zhang Wei's eyes, Lin Youcheng seemed to be the mountain among the mountains——

A solo photo of Mount Emei!

(End of this chapter)