Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 314: Flower City

At first, the couple didn’t know the gender of the child, so they gave him a bunch of names. Sometimes they thought this name was good, sometimes they thought that name was good. But after the child was born, they felt that all the names were very ordinary.

The baby is now four days old, but the hospital hasn't issued the birth certificate yet.

Tao Yushu said with a sad face: "I haven't thought about it yet."

"How about I give my nephew this name?"

Tao Yushu listened to her words and looked at her with disdain, expressing his full distrust of his sister.

"How about calling me Lin Shuangmu?"

"not so good."

Tao Yushu almost rolled his eyes to the sky and said sarcastically: "With your level, you can be called a college student?"

Tao Yumo was not discouraged by the blow. "I was just joking. I actually thought of a very good name. It is very memorable. It can reflect the love between you and your wife, and prove my identity as your nephew."

Hearing her say this, Tao Yushu couldn't help but feel curious, "What's the name?"

"Lin Aitao, how is it?"

After Tao Yumo said this name, he looked at his sister and brother-in-law with a smug look on his face.

"Not bad." Lin Chaoyang said.

After getting Lin Chaoyang's affirmation, Tao Yumo became even more proud and turned his attention to his sister.

Tao Yushu shook his head, "Not very good."

Tao Yumo looked at her unwillingly, "Sister, Lin Aitao, Lin~Ai~Tao!"

She tried to wink and gesture with her eyes to try to get her own name accepted, but Tao Yushu ignored her.

She is not the heroine in romance novels, and she has never thought of naming her children to reflect the fruit of her love.

The name "Lin Aitao" has neither elegance nor is it easy to pronounce. She does not want to give her child such a name.

"That's Lin Aishu." Tao Yumo settled for the next best option.

"No." Tao Yushu refused firmly again.

"Then you can't call her Lin Aiyu, right? I..."

Tao Yushu interrupted his sister speechlessly, "Alright, alright, with your level, you can only be named 'Dongzi'."

"What's wrong with 'Dongzi'? Dongzi sounds so nice. I think it's better than Dongdong. I'll call him 'Dongzi' from now on!" Tao Yumo failed to come up with a real name, so he simply decided to use a nickname.

Tao Yushu was too lazy to pay attention to her, so he pulled Lin Chaoyang and said, "We can't delay the name any longer, why don't we choose one today?"

She asked Lin Chaoyang to write down all the names he could think of and put them in front of him. The two of them discussed and screened them one by one, looking more serious than reviewing manuscripts.

"Jingfu", "Futian", "Feihan", "Siyan"...

There are more than a dozen names, most of which come from the Book of Songs, and some also come from other classics.

Tao Yushu looked around but was still not satisfied. She glanced at a name and pointed at it and asked, "Did you come up with the name 'Weimin'?"

"No. My dad gave it the name just to make it count," said Lin Chaoyang.

"Lin Weimin, Lin Weimin..." Tao Yushu muttered, "It's a bit rustic, it feels like the name of someone from our generation."

"It's good enough that he can come up with such a name at his primary school level." Lin Chaoyang joked.

Putting aside the name, she added: "I think the name 'Si Yan' is quite good. The stain on a white jade can be polished away, but the stain on Si Yan cannot be removed! I hope he lives a clean life and is careful in what he says and does."

"That's great, why not take this one!" Lin Chaoyang said.

"I'll think again, think again."

Tao Yushu racked his brains and thought hard, even more seriously than when he was taking exams in school.

It’s not that there are no good names now, but Tao Yushu takes this matter too seriously and can’t decide on it.

At this time, Tao's mother called the two to eat. Tao Yushu was nitpicking even when eating. Tao's mother said impatiently: "You are almost good enough. Just a name, and you plan to let him become the emperor in the future?"

Tao Yushu was unhappy when his mother teased him.

After dinner, Tao's father rode his bicycle all the way to see his grandson. Lin Chaoyang said, "Dad, how about you help us choose a name for the child?"

Tao's father asked in surprise: "You haven't decided on a name yet?"

"Your daughter has almost torn the dictionary to pieces. She has tried almost every useful passage in the Book of Songs, but still can't find anything she's satisfied with," Tao's mother complained.

"A name is just a symbol, so why bother about it? No matter how good it is, it is just a parent's expectation for their child. His future life is not determined by this name."

Tao's father persuaded his daughter and said, "I think we should let Chaoyang choose one."

After listening to his father's words, Tao Yushu reluctantly handed over the right to name his son.

"You'd better get up properly!" She advised Lin Chaoyang with an unwilling look on her face.

"Do not worry."

Lin Chaoyang picked up the pen and circled the name "Si Yan" with a big stroke. "That's it!"

After deciding on his son's name, Tao Yushu looked at other names reluctantly, "These names are also good."

Lin Chaoyang whispered in her ear: "It's okay, we'll keep working hard and these will come in handy."

Tao Yushu slapped him angrily and said, "You are so rude!" The couple decided on a name for their son while laughing and joking. Tao Yushu couldn't help but pick up his chubby son.

"Xiao Dongdong, you will have a real name in the future. It will be Lin Siyan. What do you think? Do you like it?"

She held the little guy with a bright smile, radiating the radiance of motherhood, and then she was surprised to find that her son's mouth also showed a smile.

"Chaoyang, look, he's smiling! My son must like this name!"

"Such a nice name, I would be happy too!" Lin Chaoyang said with a laugh.

With the addition of a new member to the family, after a few busy days, we finally returned to our original pace of life, except that there are more sources of joy and happiness in our daily life than before.

Natural childbirth usually results in quick recovery, and Tao Yushu was taken care of by both her mother-in-law and mother-in-law. After about a week, she was able to walk briskly. However, she was still held down by her two mothers and would not be allowed to leave the house. She felt bored and anxious every day.

That day she really couldn't hold it in any longer, so she secretly asked Lin Chaoyang to contact Zhang Dening and send her a few manuscripts.

Tao Yushu has plenty of milk, and Xiao Dongdong drinks her breast milk. It's okay during the day, but at night she needs to feed him every two hours, so she still has the energy to review manuscripts.

Lin Chaoyang knew that he couldn't persuade her, so he could only run to the editorial department of Yenching Literature.

The people in the editorial department were dumbfounded when they heard Lin Chaoyang's request. Everyone knew that Tao Yushu worked hard and had worked from pregnancy to delivery, but now she couldn't even take a break to recuperate after giving birth, which refreshed everyone's perception.

"The teacher is right, women hold up half the sky!" Liu Heng sighed as he looked at Lin Chaoyang's back.

"He is more than half the sky. If there were people like Yushu in the society, the whole society would be able to hold up the whole sky!" Zhang Dening exclaimed, "I will make a suggestion to the leadership and give Yushu the title of Advanced Individual this year."

Her words attracted the approval of others. It was not that everyone did not want this "advanced individual", but they really could not beat Tao Yushu!

"As long as she is here, we probably won't be able to be named 'advanced individuals' in the future!" Zhou Yanru said.

"You will retire in two years, so it is certain that you will not be included." Zhang Dening joked.

After retrieving the manuscript from Tao Yushu, she finally had something to do and would pick up the manuscript whenever she had free time.

With two mothers taking care of him, Lin Chaoyang didn't have much burden, just washing the diaper occasionally.

Taking advantage of the time, he picked up the novel he had stopped writing for several days and continued to write.

While he was enjoying his family life, various news reports about the Mao Dun Literature Prize had been widely reported by major domestic media.

The influence of the award has expanded rapidly, and many winning works have become the objects of pursuit by countless readers.

Apart from Lin Chaoyang himself, Yenching Literature was the happiest person to win the award for "The Chess Master", but the one that benefited the most was Yenching Press.

"The Chess Master" was only published in June this year, and its hot sales momentum has not yet passed. Now, with the support of the Mao Dun Literature Prize, sales have been rising all the way, and the stocks of bookstores in many places were sold out in just a few days.

"The Chess Master" was published by Yenching Publishing House. With every increase in sales, the publisher's profits also increased.

In addition, Yanying Studio, which bought the adaptation rights of "The Chess Master", was also very happy.

Although winning the Mao Dun Literature Prize does not necessarily mean that a film will be a huge success, the fact that the original work has become well-known will only benefit the film, not harm it.

Wang Yang said to Chen Huaikai privately: "This ten thousand yuan is really worth it!"

Of course Lin Chaoyang didn't know this, Chen Huaikai said this when he came to visit him.

More than a week after Tao Yushu gave birth, Lin Chaoyang's family had a constant stream of guests coming to congratulate and express their congratulations. There were up to three waves of guests in one day, which fully demonstrated Lin Chaoyang's good popularity in today's literary world.

On the day before New Year's Day, Zhang Guangnian came to Lin Chaoyang's house with a middle-aged man with a big belly and glasses.

"Chaoyang, let me introduce you. This is Li Shifei, the editor-in-chief of Huacheng Magazine. He also attended the Mao Dun Literature Prize awarding ceremony a few days ago. It's a pity that you didn't meet him."

Zhang Guangnian introduced Lin Chaoyang and Li Shifei to each other. After the greetings, Lin Chaoyang asked them to sit down.

"Mr. Li has been collecting manuscripts in Yanjing recently. I wanted to visit you a few days ago, but you just had a baby, so I was too embarrassed to bother you.

It has been half a month since he was released, and he plans to go back to Guangzhou the day after tomorrow, so I thought of coming to talk to you."

Zhang Guangnian is the second most important person in the Writers Association. Lin Chaoyang did not expect that Li Shifei was so influential that he could actually invite him to come and discuss the matter of commissioning an article.

Huacheng was founded in April 1979. Among many well-known literary magazines in China, its style has always been famous for its Western style.

The magazine columns include "Hong Kong News", "Overseas News", "Foreign Literature" and many other columns that introduce literary works from overseas countries and regions.

Therefore, it is loved by many domestic literature lovers, and its sales volume has been stable at 600,000 to 700,000 copies for many years. Its popularity is not inferior to magazines such as "Contemporary", "October" and "Harvest".

In addition to being the editor-in-chief of Huacheng, Li Shifei is also the second-in-command of the Guangdong Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the editor-in-chief of Huacheng Publishing House. He is a well-known figure in the cultural circle of Guangdong Province.

With Zhang Guangnian as the middleman, Lin Chaoyang would naturally not reject him and talked politely with Li Shifei for a while.

As the two sides gradually chatted, Li Shifei asked, "I wonder what Comrade Chaoyang thinks of the works of the 'magical realism' school that originated in Latin America?"

Lin Chaoyang didn't understand why he suddenly talked about the subject of magical realism, and said thoughtfully:

“The birth and popularity of magical realism in Latin America is rooted in local social and ethnic factors.

'Magic' means unreality, but adding 'realism' to it constructs a text mode based on realism that has more room for imagination.

I don't know much about the social development and history of Latin America, so it's not easy for me to make any comments, but I have read the works of several famous Latin American writers, and they are indeed very good.

It is not about simply creating a fantasy world, but about trying to go deep into reality and discover the mysteries in things, life and human activities. "

Lin Chaoyang did not talk about literature and art in a boastful and ostentatious manner like some people do. Instead, he just said a few words in a very low-key manner, but every word hit the point.

"Comrade Chaoyang's summary is very insightful. Since this year, because Marquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the magical realism genre has become extremely popular among domestic readers.

I have read all your works and I know that you have been seeking innovation and change since you entered the literary world and never set limits for yourself. I wonder if you are interested in creating a work in the style of magical realism?"

(End of this chapter)