The literary era since 1979

Chapter 184 Go and invite Teacher Fang
Xicheng, Chegongzhuang.

Each issue of "October" is handed over to several factories of Xinhua Printing Factory to be responsible for a series of tasks such as typesetting and printing.

In the typesetting workshop, the workers were working in full swing.

Since the factory introduced Wang Xuan's domestically produced laser typesetting system, efficiency has been greatly improved. There is no need to arrange lead types of different fonts and sizes one by one on the lead type plate and then put them on the disc machine or four-page machine for printing. Now we have bid farewell to lead and fire.

Guan Hong entered "Light and Electricity" and started to arrange the words for the manuscript of "The Garland under the Mountain", but her hands moved slower and slower until she stopped completely, with tears welling up in her eyes.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"what happened?"

"Where is the crying coming from?"

The crying sound immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Guan Hong, why are you crying?"

Sun Li noticed that Guan Hong beside him was crying with tears falling down, so he put down the work at hand and walked over.

The people around also rushed forward.

Guan Hong cried so much that her scalp was numb and her mind was blank. Then she heard someone asking, "Did someone bully you?"

"Li Cunbao!"

"Did Li Cunbao bully you? Who is Li Cunbao?"

"Is there a person named 'Li Cunbao' in our factory?"

In an instant, the whole crowd became abuzz with discussion.

"The novels he wrote really pissed me off!"

"Why did Jin Kailai sacrifice himself?"

Guan Hong spoke out with sobs.

"So the 'Li Cunbao' you mentioned is a writer."

When everyone heard that she cried because of reading the novel, they were speechless for a moment.

"Everyone, disperse, disperse."

Sun Li asked them to return to their posts and continued to comfort Guan Hong, "Don't cry, it's just the death of a character in a novel."

"Sister Sun, you haven't seen it, so you don't know."

Guan Hong wiped away her tears.

"Well, if you keep crying, I'll call the director over, and he'll have to criticize you."

Sun Li comforted him.

At the moment, Guan Hong is no longer suitable to continue the typeset work of "The Wreath under the Mountain", so the two of them decided to swap roles.

Sun Li sat in Guan Hong's seat, his eyes fell on the novel, and he couldn't help but wonder what was written in the novel that could make Guan Hong, who was always cheerful and lively, cry like this.

So, I started flipping through the books, and I couldn't stop. I saw Jin Kailai sacrificed, Liang Sanxi sacrificed, and Zhao Mengsheng going crazy because of this, and I couldn't control my tears anymore.

"Hiss, hiss."

Waves of sobbing sounds reached the ears of Guan Hong and others.

"Sister Sun?"

"Sister Sun, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that the "highly respected" Sun Li cried like this, everyone immediately became interested in "The Garland under the Mountain".

During lunch and nap time, the novel was passed around among the crowd, and after reading it, both men were silent and women cried.

Those who haven’t seen it feel even more itchy.

He even "violated work principles" and secretly printed a few more proofs, one for each person to take home.

As a result, the next day, everyone had red eyes and slightly red noses, and they were listless and had no intention of working.

But when they started talking about "The Garland under the Mountain", everyone suddenly became excited again and no one had the heart to work anymore.

In just a few words, they were full of emotions: excitement, emotion, but more of anger.

The entire typesetting workshop was bustling with noise.

"Everyone, please be quiet. Please be quiet."

Sun Li took great pains to appease everyone.

However, there was no effect at all.

Guan Hong looked at the increasingly agitated crowd, and heard an unknown female comrade raise her arms and shout:
"If you don't write that Jin Kailai has won a first-class merit, I will definitely not typeset The Wreath Under the Mountain!"

"That's right, we won't print it!"

Soon, the workers who were too immersed in the play responded in unison.

Such a loud noise alarmed the workshop director. When he first received the news, he thought there was going to be a strike and rushed to the scene in fear.

After figuring out the whole story, I felt both angry and amused.

"Nonsense!"

"It's just nonsense!"

"What should we do now?"

The deputy director looked at the director and then at his co-workers.

"We want to see Li Cunbao!"

"If you don't write that Jin Kailai has won a first-class merit, we will definitely not typeset The Wreath Under the Mountain!"

"........."

Faced with a huge crowd of people, the workshop director tried to persuade them several times but to no avail. Finally, he was at a loss and asked someone to make a phone call.

"The person who tied the bell must be the one who can untie it."

"Go and ask the editors of October!"

"Especially invite Fang Yan, he is the editor-in-chief!" "Please ask Teacher Fang to bring Li Cunbao as well!"

"Go quickly!!"

(ps: This is the situation in reality)

…………

"Uncle Dong, thank you."

Fangyan hung up the phone and walked out of the lobby.

Guo Baochang just called and said that he will come to Yenching at the end of the month to attend the graduation ceremony of Beijing Film Academy, and then bring back the graduates assigned to the Guixi Factory. By the way, he will also come to discuss the film adaptation of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" on behalf of Wei Bi Da.

At present, I have two things on hand, one is "Operation Sword" and the other is "A Bite of China".

Fortunately, in terms of copywriting, there is the editorial team of the News Documentary Film Studio and Wang Zengqi to share the workload, so it is not that heavy.

It’s more than enough to write another movie script.

One step, two steps. After walking a few steps, I heard Uncle Dong's voice from behind, "Teacher Fang, there's another call from you."

"It's from Xinhua Printing Factory. It's a big deal!"

"what's up?"

When Fang Yan answered the question, he was confused.

I never expected that something like this would happen?
When Tian Zengxiang, Zhang Shouren, Zhang Zhonge and others heard this, they didn't believe it at first. But when they saw Fangyan's determined eyes and serious tone, they finally believed that this was not a joke but a true story.

Considering that if the issue with the printing factory was not resolved, it would directly affect whether the latest issue of "October" could be successfully published, the entire editorial department immediately took action and divided into two groups.

One group, led by Zhang Shouren, found Li Cunbao, who was still visiting Yanjing, and quickly brought him to the printing factory. Before that, another group, led by Zhang Zhonge and Fang Yan, immediately rushed to the printing factory.

Before the author Li Cunbao arrived, Fangyan, the editor-in-charge, had to take the lead and appease the workers.

As a result, as soon as they arrived at the printing factory, they were immediately surrounded by workers, and Zhang Zhonge and Tian Zengxiang were pushed to the edge of the crowd.

One of the female workers cried, "Teacher Fang, why don't you give Jin Kailai credit!"

"Teacher Fang, if you don't write that Jin Kailai has made a first-class contribution, we will definitely not typeset The Wreath Under the Mountain!"

"It would be unjust if we don't reward Deputy Captain Jin for his meritorious service."

"Yes, we can't let the heroes bleed and cry!"

"........."

Excited shouts broke out from the crowd.

"Comrades!"

Fangyan shouted at the top of his voice.

In an instant, all eyes were focused on him.

"I know that everyone hopes that Liang Sanxi will return triumphantly. It just so happens that his wife is here to see him with their children, and the whole family is happy and harmonious."

"Jin Kailai didn't step on the landmine, survived and was awarded first-class merit. He excitedly brought it home and pinned it on his son's lapel."

"Because this kind of ending is worthy of these heroes."

"Because their pure love is only for China."

"but!"

"That's why it must not be changed!"

Hearing the deafening shouts, Zhang Zhonge was stunned. He looked through the gaps in the crowd at the dialect being patiently explained.

In a few sentences, there is always a memorable word.

"Teacher Zhang!"

Tian Zengxiang nudged him with his elbow and said, "Comrade Cun Bao and his men are here. Let's go over there quickly."

Zhang Zhonge came to his senses and immediately reunited with Zhang Shouren, Li Cunbao and others to explain the situation truthfully.

"It all depends on Yanzi."

Tian Zengxiang said with emotion: "Only someone with his eloquence can keep them steady."

"Let's not just stand there, let's provide support."

At Zhang Shouren's command, the editors of October all went into action.

Of course, it is impossible to change it. If it is changed, can it still be "The Garland under the Mountain"?
After much persuasion, this little disturbance was finally calmed down.

"Yanzi, you have worked so hard."

Li Cunbao said: "I didn't expect something like this to happen."

“Isn’t this a good thing?”

Fang Yan said, "They are so crazy because of your novel. Just think about how many people in the country will be as crazy as they are when this issue of October is officially published?"

Li Cunbao was very excited, and his mind was full of thoughts.

"Do you believe that once "The Garland Under the Mountain" is published, reporters will surround you like they did?"

Fangyan said half-jokingly.

Li Cunbao was half-believing and half-doubting, thinking that the dialect was a little too exaggerated.

But when this issue of "October" was officially published and "The Wreath under the Mountain" was officially published, I realized that I was too conservative!
With the help of mainstream literary newspapers such as the Literary Newspaper and the Art Newspaper, it caused a strong response in the country.

Just after Feng Mu’s “The Most Magnificent and the Most Precious – Reading the Novella “The Garland Under the Mountain”” was published in the newspaper, the General Political Department’s Cultural Department issued the “Notice on Organizing the Troops to Read the Novel “The Garland Under the Mountain””.

For a time, "The Garland under the Mountain" received unprecedented attention and extensive discussion from readers.

The reading craze that has been set off is getting higher and higher, helping to push the new wave of military literature to a new climax.

The new era military literature concept proposed by Fangyan has also been picked up for research by many literary theory journals.

After all, the editor who discovered this masterpiece was Teacher Fang!

(End of this chapter)