The literary era since 1979

Chapter 185 The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead

Li Cunbao's popularity was completely within Fangyan's expectations.

But what was beyond Fangyan's expectation was that he, the editor-in-chief, would also become famous.

Newspapers and periodicals such as the Literary Newspaper, Yenching Daily, and China Youth Daily, as well as even literary and artistic organizations, all wanted to talk to him about the concepts and directions of military literature in the new era. Wang Meng even asked him to come to the editorial department of Yenching Literature to talk about military literature.

Many institutions and schools, unable to invite Li Cunbao, had to settle for the next best thing and invite Fangyan to participate in their readers' forums.

Even Fang Yan's school and Fang Hong's noodle factory asked them to intercede.

Dialects should be pushed forward if possible, and only those that cannot be pushed forward will be participated in.

These days, he couldn't go to the editorial office of October at all, for fear that there might be reporters lying in ambush nearby and catching him off guard.

"Yanzi just called and said that Zhang Shuji had nominated her to attend a literature lecture hosted by the Writers Association."

Back in the office, Zhang Zhonge said to everyone: "Let me share my experience in collecting manuscripts for "The Wreath under the Mountain"."

Zhang Shouren couldn't help but laugh and said, "Wow, another one. Yanzi has had a hard time these days."

Tian Zengxiang said with emotion that everyone expected "The Garland under the Mountain" to be a hit, but they didn't expect it to be this popular.

Zhang Shouren asked: "How many more copies have we printed now?"

"An additional 55 copies have been printed."

Tian Zengxiang said: "I estimate that we will have to continue to print more copies. The sales this time may not be 150 million copies, but 160 million copies."

Conservatives such as Zhang Shouren and Yan Ming rarely opposed it and thought that this radical was too conservative.

Zhang Zhonge said: "Yanzi has made another great contribution this time."

"correct!"

Tian Zengxiang said that he was accompanying Fangyan, and when he was sending Li Cunbao to the train station, they reached a consensus on cooperation.

It is to integrate Li Cunbao's existing military literary works, as well as his articles on creation and "Postscript to "The Garland Under the Mountain"" into a "Selected Literary Works" called "The Garland Under the Mountain".

"Iwako, this is a good idea!"

Zhang Shouren clapped his hands and said, "We must seize the opportunity and not miss it."

Yan Ming smiled and said: "It is better to pursue the enemy with your remaining courage rather than to seek fame by imitating the tyrant."

Tian Zengxiang said: "Yanzi also said that we can use a ready-made preface. We will directly include Mr. Feng and Mr. Liu's comments on "The Wreath under the Mountain" as a preface."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was ready to get started.

Zhang Shouren said with some pride: "At the beginning, we two suggested to President Lu and Editor-in-Chief Su to bring Yan Zi to our October. Now it seems that it was a wise move."

Zhang Zhonge sighed: "The Yangtze River's waves behind push forward the waves in front, and Yanzi's waves behind are really powerful."

"President Lu and Editor-in-Chief Su have discussed with me that they want to give Yan Zi more responsibilities." Zhang Shouren said, "We are planning to give him the position of 'Deputy Director of the Fiction Editorial Department' and the position of 'Head of the Prose Group' which I am also holding."

"Iwako is going to the prose group?"

Zhang Zhonge was stunned: "Where is the novel stall?"

Zhang Shouren said that Fang Yan still serves as the deputy group leader for medium and long-length films.

However, the weakest and least promising part of October is the prose section. We plan to let Fang Yan take over the magazine and give full play to his strengths in prose, just as he previously led the medium-length and long-length section to drive the rise of the prose section.

Of course, it is also to reward the dialect.

Having made so many great contributions, how can we not make progress?

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For several consecutive days, at the instruction of the editorial department of "October", "The Wreath under the Mountain" began to be serialized in major newspapers.

"Workers' Daily", "Dazhong Daily", "Guixi Daily"...

Newspapers and periodicals published all over the country were trying their best to reprint the article, and calls were made to the editorial office of October one after another.

However, Fang Yan, Zhang Shouren and others were quite calm.

Too much is as bad as too little. Too much authorized serialization will affect the sales of this issue of "October". This time, the editorial department has made every effort to achieve the small goal of 150 million copies.

Fortunately, Wenhui Daily had previously made great efforts in promoting the dialect versions of "Dark War" and "The Hidden Corner". Thanks to this relationship, it got the opportunity to reprint the work, becoming the only newspaper in the entire Shanghai city that could serialize "The Garland Under the Mountain".

Subscribers of Wenhui Daily were also fortunate enough to be the first to see "The Garland under the Mountain", and Gong Xingjia was one of them.

"Brother, have you seen it?"

Gong Ying put down the paintbrush and looked back.

"Almost there, almost there, just a little bit more."

Gong Chu waved his hand.

"How long will it take? I'm almost done with the painting."

Gong Ying curled her lips.

"Instead of asking me for the newspaper, you should just ask Dad for the magazine. The ones in the newspaper are just serials."

Gong Chu said helplessly.

"The magazine is no longer in Dad's hands."

Gong Ying complained that the magazine had been monopolized by her mother, and she had only read "October" once since its publication.

"Xiaoying!"

Gong Xing put down his brush and said, "You can't talk about mom like that." "Sister."

Gong Ying expressed her doubts. For many days, everyone in the family was scrambling to read "The Garland under the Mountain", but Gong Xian was the only one who was like an outsider. He neither read the newspaper nor fought for the magazine.

"Because I've already seen it."

Gong Xing gave a faint smile.

Gong Ying blinked, "Is it at work?"

Gong Xing smiled without saying anything. She had witnessed the entire process of creating "The Garland under the Mountain" from scratch.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Gong Ying pouted and read the words on the paper:

"Take dreams as horses? What does that mean?"

"This word means ..."

Gong Xing repeated what he had said to her in dialect.

“Is there such an idiom?”

Gong Ying was puzzled: "I don't think I've seen it before."

Gong Xing rolled his eyes, carefully put away the calligraphy, picked up the script of "Under the Bridge", and walked towards his room.

"Xiaoxiang, come here for a moment."

Gong's mother was sitting in the living room and waved.

Gong Xing came up to her, "What's wrong, Mom?"

Mother Gong glanced at the script in her hand and her heart skipped a beat. "Xiaoxiang, are you really determined to take this role?"

"Mom, I haven't thought about it yet."

Gong Xing knew clearly that it was referring to "Under the Bridge".

"Don't think about it. What else is there to think about?"

Gong's mother suddenly became anxious, "You can't accept this play no matter what. If you want to accept it, don't play 'Qin Nan', play 'Xiao Yun' instead."

Gong Xing has a habit of telling his family every time he takes a role, especially his mother who is a photographer.

Her family has always supported her unhesitatingly, but this time it is different because the role is controversial.

"But you must not act."

Gong's mother grabbed her daughter's hand and tried to persuade her kindly.

"But mom..."

Gong Xing opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he heard his mother say, "Qin Nan" had a child out of wedlock, which made her image very disgraceful in this conservative and traditional social atmosphere. She was treated just like in the script, suffering from cold eyes and prejudice."

"Besides, he is a self-employed person."

"Do you know that there is a big crackdown now? They are cracking down on speculation and profiteering? Individual businesses have a bad reputation..."

"mom!"

Gong Xing corrected him, "Qin Nan is not a bad person who engages in speculation or profiteering, but a strong, independent and resilient female comrade."

Gong's mother said: "But the audience won't think so."

Gong Xing understood her concerns. She was worried that Qin Nan's image of "having a child out of wedlock" would have a negative impact on her acting career and even her life. This worry was not unfounded.

Many seniors at the Shanghai Film Studio have warned me about this.

The audience can get too involved in the play and tend to transfer their emotions and impressions of the on-screen characters to the actors, so try to avoid casting villains or characters with disgraceful and controversial images.

Qin Nan belongs to the latter category.

"What if you act and rumors spread that are bad about you? What will you do with your life from now on?"

Mother Gong's tone was filled with worry.

Gong Xing pondered for a while, "I think that playing every role well is a small step forward on the road of art. I must cherish every step, not to mention that this role was recommended by Teacher Fang..."

"Silly boy!"

Gong's mother said helplessly: "What if he recommends you? What if you can't get married after the performance? Will he be responsible for you?"

"mom!"

Gong Xing's cheeks flushed slightly, "What are you talking about!"

Gong's mother said, "If he promises to be responsible for you till the end, I won't object to anything. You can act in this play however you want."

"What are you talking about!"

"I won't talk to you anymore!"

Gong Xi stood up shyly and ran quickly back to the bedroom.

Bang, close the door.

Her back was pressed against the door, her face flushed, even her neck. She took a deep breath and opened the paper in her hand.

He stared at it, lost in deep thought.

(ps: In reality, Gong Xing once thought about refusing to act because of the image problem of "Qin Nan", but was finally persuaded by the director)