Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 146: Change the way of rolling
"I even feel that in the field of stream-of-consciousness literature, there is no one better in China."

Liu Yin talked about her psychological feelings when she first read "Lai Zi's Summer". Her tone became a little excited, and her praise for the novel and its author Lin Chaoyang was beyond words.

She is an editor at Renwen Press and has been in the industry for many years with strong professional qualities. If she did not truly approve of a work or a writer, she would never give such a high evaluation.

Her idea is also the consensus of her colleagues in the editorial department of "Contemporary". If the editorial department did not collectively look favorably upon the novel "Lai Zi's Summer", it would not have given it the "headline" and "first issue" treatments. Such treatments are not available for the publication of ordinary novels.

“The development of stream-of-consciousness literature in China is indeed very slow. It was only in the past two years that it gradually gained some fans.

Moreover, the general public in our country have been influenced by classicism and historical novels, and attach great importance to the story character of literary works, and their acceptance of stream-of-consciousness literature is not high.

Compared with general stream-of-consciousness literary works, "Lai Zi's Summer" is much better in terms of storytelling and watchability. I believe this is Lin Chaoyang's concession in creation and also a kind of innovation.

I read his "The Horse Herder", "The Little Shoes" and "The Wreath under the Mountain" before, and I felt one thing. He has a reader's mindset, which is very rare among our writers. "

Yan Gang continued talking about his wife's words for a few more words. He mentioned Lin Chaoyang's "reader thinking", and Liu Yin suddenly became excited.

"Yes, yes, your suggestion is very good.

Literary creation is a very personal matter, and stream-of-consciousness literature is even more so. Some works even read like the writer's personal fantasies and ramblings, and it is actually quite difficult to explore them in depth.

But Lin Chaoyang's ideas seem to be different from those of many writers. He seems to be looking for a way to seek common ground while reserving differences, so that readers can accept the concept of stream-of-consciousness literature and his novel as much as possible."

Inspired by Liu Yin's words, Yan Gang continued:
"Yes. Reading Lai Zi's Summer is indeed very different from many foreign stream-of-consciousness literary works. At first, I thought this might be because there is no problem of translating the original text into Chinese. After all, many novels we read are actually second-hand creations.

But now that you've said that, I have some ideas.

He intentionally combined the stream-of-consciousness technique with the cultural and linguistic characteristics of a specific region, forming a stream-of-consciousness literature with a strong national cultural flavor. This was a brave attempt.

For example, Kafka's "Metamorphosis", while showing the inner alienation of the characters, also incorporates metaphors of Prague's urban landscape and Jewish culture.

He integrated the Eastern literary tradition into the tradition of Western stream-of-consciousness literature, making the novel not only have the obvious characteristics of stream-of-consciousness literature, but also have a strong readability and appeal to readers. "

Yan Gang became more and more excited as he spoke, and couldn't help but pick up a pen. "I have an idea, I have an idea. What title should I give it? Let me think about it... I got it!"

As he spoke, he picked up his pen and wrote a line on the first line of the manuscript paper.

Seeing that her husband was immersed in his creation while talking, Liu Yin stopped disturbing him.

A few days later, Lin Chaoyang received a payment slip from the Warrior Publishing House and a letter from the editor Liang Junshu. In the letter, Liang Junshu introduced to Lin Chaoyang the achievements of the single volume of "The Wreath under the Mountain" more than three months after its release.

The first print run of the single volume of "High Mountains" was 300,000 copies, which were sold out in less than a month after it was released, and then it was reprinted again and again.

By the time Liang Junshu wrote to him, the total print run of the single volume of "The Garland under the Mountain" had reached an astonishing 1.2 million copies.

Excluding the initial printing fee of 300,000 copies that Warrior Publishing House paid to Lin Chaoyang, this time they paid all the printing fees of 900,000 copies to Lin Chaoyang.

After reading Liang Junshu's letter, Lin Chaoyang picked up the manuscript fee slip again. The bright numbers on it were dazzling.

2178 yuan.

This is the largest amount of royalties Lin Chaoyang has ever received in his writing career, even more than the royalties for his 200,000-word novel "Lai Zi's Summer".

It’s good if the novel has high sales!

This is just the print remuneration calculated based on the basic remuneration. If it is converted into royalties, how much would it be?

As Lin Chaoyang thought about it, he suddenly felt a little heartbroken. He lost a lot of money!
Today is Saturday, and Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu have made an appointment to go back to her parents' home for dinner in the evening.

After work, he rode his bike towards Langrun Lake Apartment. When he arrived downstairs, he saw Wu Zuxiang smoking alone, looking a little bleak.

When the old comrade saw him, his eyes were a little resentful.

After Lin Chaoyang moved away, he ran out of tobacco and food, and his life became increasingly difficult.

Lin Chaoyang stepped forward and refilled the old man's cigarette. "You look at me as if I did something bad!"

Wu Zuxiang took a puff of his cigarette and signaled with his eyes. Lin Chaoyang tactfully put the remaining half pack of cigarettes into the old man's pocket.

"You are so old, smoke less!"

"At your age, one less cigarette to smoke."

Lin Chaoyang shook his head. These old guys were always full of weird ideas.

After finishing their meal at Tao's house, Lin Chaoyang and his wife rode their bikes back to the Overseas Chinese Apartment, where he took out the manuscript fee receipt he had received during the day.

Over the past year, Tao Yushu has received royalties countless times, and his reaction has gradually changed from the initial great surprise to indifference.

It's not that she is unhappy, she just gets used to it slowly.

But when she saw today's royalty receipt, she couldn't help but smile.

With this sum of money included, the couple now have enough money to pay the remaining balance of the house.

"I never thought that in just a few months, we have already saved enough money for the house!"

Tao Yushu's tone was full of emotion and amazement. The purchase of the Overseas Chinese Apartment cost 10,500 yuan, which was an astronomical sum for the working class of that era.

The couple was under tremendous pressure when they had to pay the money. Tao Yushu believed that they could afford the house payment, but she could not guarantee that they could pay the balance within a year, so she had already prepared to ask her parents for support.

It is completely acceptable to borrow some money from your parents and spend two or three years paying it back.

After all, buying a house is a major event in life, and the couple enjoys superior housing conditions that most citizens in Yanjing cannot enjoy today.

But she never expected that within less than four months after buying the house, the money she had was enough to pay the balance of the house.

She touched Lin Chaoyang's face and said, "Chaoyang, thank you for your hard work!"

Lin Chaoyang hugged her and said, "It's not that hard."

Tao Yushu said emotionally: "How can it not be considered hard work? Studying, working, writing... You have been working non-stop for the past few months and have lost weight."

Listening to his wife's words, Lin Chaoyang subconsciously touched his cheeks, and it seemed that the fat was indeed less than before. "It's not bad. The first half of the year is almost over. I wrote a novel and a script. It was busy and fulfilling."

Tao Yushu said with some distress: "We don't have to worry about the house payment. Hasn't the script fee been paid yet? It's equivalent to our savings. You should take a good rest during this period."

Lin Chaoyang was quite surprised that she, the queen of the rolls, suddenly had a change of heart, but she still nodded, "Well, okay."

At this time, Tao Yushu said: "Writing is a process of constantly absorbing nutrition from the outside world and then giving feedback. If you always write without improving yourself, it will not work.

When you have time, read more books, communicate with more people, and go out more to observe life, so that you can maintain your inspiration and writing state. "

I was wondering how he changed his personality. It turns out he was waiting for me here?

The King of Rolls can never change his nature. Even if he wants to recuperate, he needs to know how to do it.

It is already mid-June, and "The World's No. 29 Restaurant" has been performed at the Capital Theatre for days.

According to the convention of drama performances, it is rare for a public drama to be performed for more than 15 days in a row.

Because the workload for actors in drama performances is very intense, if the performance is too long, firstly, the actors' voices can't take it, and secondly, the actors' physical strength can't keep up, which will directly affect the performance effect.

Since its premiere on May 5, "The World's No. 15 Restaurant" has been warmly welcomed by the Yanjing literary and art circles and the general public. In addition to its excellent reputation, its influence is also reflected in the number of audiences and ticket sales.

During the performance, the Capital Theatre was always packed with people, and the ticket booth at the entrance of the theatre was collapsed twice.

There is no online ticket sales at this time. If the audience wants to watch the play, they can only queue up to buy tickets.

As "The World's Number One Restaurant" was so popular, many people had to queue up at the entrance of the Capital Theatre in advance in order to get tickets.

The result is that the audience queuing at the entrance of the Capital Theatre arrives earlier and earlier, but the line gets longer and longer.

Everyone wants to see the play, and if you want to buy tickets, you have to come earlier than others and stay up longer.

You see, this is the vicious cycle of involution.

Since mid-May, there have been long queues in front of the Capital Theatre from morning to night every day. Some people even queue up in the middle of the night just to buy two tickets for "The World's Number One Restaurant". Such scenes have become a common sight on Wangfujing Street in recent times.

According to the original performance plan, the performance time of "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" was only half a month.

But after performing it for a few days, the effect was so good that it set off a craze among the Yenching Drama fans.

There were many audiences queuing up to buy tickets, but there were even more audiences who couldn’t buy tickets and couldn’t see the play.

Some dissatisfied audiences blocked the entrance of the Capital Theatre, intending to report the situation to the People's Art Theatre. One day, they happened to block the entrance of Vice President Yu Shizhi.

"The World's Number One Restaurant" has been extremely popular since its premiere, so we know that the audience loves this drama. Seeing this situation, the People's Art Theatre was also discussing whether to add a few more performances.

However, the annual performance plan of the People's Art Theatre is determined at the beginning of the year. Once there is a temporary change, it means that all subsequent plans will be disrupted, so the leadership of the People's Art Theatre has been hesitant.

So Zhi was blocked by a group of audiences at the entrance of the Capital Theatre, which was a reflection of the audience's enthusiasm for "The World's Number One Restaurant". Tianren Art Theatre then decided to add 15 performances of "The World's Number One Restaurant".

Drama performances are physically demanding for actors, but the highlights of a theater like "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" are all about the A and B roles, so there is no problem with rotating performances.

The only difficult thing is that the number of performances of the plays that the People's Art Theatre is going to rehearse in the second half of the year will inevitably be reduced due to the pressure from "The World's No. 1 Restaurant".

Today is the last performance of "The World's Number One Restaurant", so Zhi specially asked someone to send two tickets to Lin Chaoyang.

A good drama is worth watching over and over again.

Many drama fans still enjoy it even after watching it many times.

Lin Chaoyang and his wife watched "The World's Number One Restaurant" for the second time within a month. In addition to being impressed by the superb acting skills of the actors of the National Theatre of China, they were also amazed at the audience's enthusiasm for the drama.

It has been a month since the performance, but the Capital Theatre is still packed. The audience is like possessed, crying and laughing along with the actors on the stage.

One can’t help but sigh, this is the charm of a good drama!

After the performance, all the audience knew that today was the last performance of "The World's Number One Restaurant" this year, and the applause and cheers lasted for more than ten minutes.

The actors on stage bowed several times, but the applause continued. Even many veteran actors could not help but shed tears in the face of such great love from the audience.

"Encore!"

"Encore! Encore!"

No one knew who shouted the first sentence in the theater, and then it was quickly responded by the audience.

In an instant, a huge wave of noise was set off in the theater, and the audience's calls for "encore" echoed inside and outside the Capital Theater.

The audience shouted for several minutes, which frightened the actors on stage and the leaders of the People's Art Theatre.

They never expected that even after 15 days of extension, this group of audiences were still not satisfied and asked for more.

If we add another performance, we might as well not schedule any more plays for the rest of this year.

But they cannot ignore the voice of the masses. Renyi, Renyi, its full name is People's Art Theatre, the word "people" comes first. How could they not consider public opinion?
Several leaders of the theater got together and decided that the Capital Theatre could no longer be used. If it continued to be occupied, the theater would not be able to carry out its work this year.

The only solution now is to go to theaters outside. Fortunately, there are enough theaters in Yanjing, and they are all sister units, so coordinating performance venues is not a problem.

After deciding on the idea, Zhi then represented the theater and walked onto the stage.

To inform the audience, the performance of "The World's Number One Restaurant" at the Capital Theatre has temporarily come to an end. The People's Art Theatre will perform it in other theaters in Yanjing. For specific information, please pay attention to the subsequent announcements issued by the People's Art Theatre.

His words finally calmed the audience's excitement, and seeing that their demands were responded to, the audience began to leave one after another.

After leaving the Capital Theatre, Tao Yushu held Lin Chaoyang's hand.

"Proud, huh?"

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "Yeah."

(End of this chapter)