Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 446: Big Fire
Tao Yushu gave birth to a baby girl weighing 7.2 jin. Her old father was so happy that his back teeth were exposed. He didn't even care about the biggest hero coming out of the delivery room.

"Go see your daughter?"

Tao Yushu’s face turned pale, and his eyes became even paler.

Lin Chaoyang licked her face and held the newborn girl to her side, "Look, our daughter!"

His words dispelled Tao Yushu's jealousy. She looked down at the little ball of flesh that had just emerged from her body, feeling pity for it.

"Are you a little fat?"

"Children are usually bloated, and they will become taller when they grow up."

"The nose bridge is high, like you."

The couple commented on their daughter's appearance, and the family members looked at the little girl with smiles on their faces.

"Look, look at my sister!"

Little Dongdong was anxiously pulling at the adults' trouser legs. He was brought to the hospital by Zhang Guiqin. Normally, everyone at home was in pain, but now no one cared about him.

Tao Yucheng picked him up happily and said, "Come, let your uncle hold him for you to see."

After being picked up, Xiao Dongdong saw a little meat ball lying on the hospital bed, with eyes half-closed and lips trembling from time to time.

His eyes were full of curiosity. Is this his sister?

So ugly!

Suddenly, the little meat ball let out a loud cry. The cry was deafening and full of energy. Xiao Dongdong could even see the little tongue in her throat through her open mouth.

What a horrible kid!
"Come down! Come down!"

Xiao Dongdong quickly asked Tao Yucheng to put him down, and ran to Tao Yushu to seek comfort.

"Hungry or peeing?"

Tao's mother walked forward with concern, opened the swaddling clothes that held the little girl, and saw that she had wet herself.

After cleaning up, Tao Yushu fed her again, and after a while she passed meconium again.

The adults were busy cleaning up the little girl. Little Dongdong sat on a stool, swinging his short legs and watching them busy. He felt that children were really troublesome.

After observing the couple in the hospital for one night and confirming that everything was normal, the doctor discharged Tao Yushu and her daughter.

In other people's homes, it is a torture to recuperate after giving birth in winter, but Tao Yushu does not have such troubles. Her home is as warm as spring.

The only thing that made her feel uncomfortable was that the air was too dry and she couldn't take a shower.

"I miss Hong Kong a little bit now." Tao Yushu said to Lin Chaoyang in the evening.

"When you are in Hong Kong, you miss Beijing. When you return to Beijing, you miss Hong Kong. Why don't you practice the art of clone yourself?" Lin Chaoyang teased her.

Tao Yushu sighed and said, "I wonder how Yumo is doing in Hong Kong?"

"Didn't the letter say that everything is fine?"

"That was more than half a month ago. Mom was right. This girl is just heartless."

Lin Chaoyang asked with a smile: "Is this the first day you met her?"

Tao Yushu frowned, "I just feel uneasy."

"I see you're not worried, but you can't sit still, right?" Lin Chaoyang revealed her thoughts with just one sentence.

In a blink of an eye, it had been more than a month since the couple came back, and the child had been born. Tao Yushu's ambition to be a king began to stir again.

"No." Tao Yushu's answer was very unconfident.

Lin Chaoyang said: "You have to wait until the confinement period is over. Besides, the child still needs someone to take care of him."

"Did I say all that?" Tao Yushu's thoughts were exposed by him and he became angry and embarrassed.

Lin Chaoyang changed the subject, "Have you thought of a name?"

"You have to pick a nickname, right? It's been a week since she was born, and she still doesn't have one. Our daughter is really pitiful!"

Before having the children, the couple agreed that Lin Chaoyang would name the boy and Tao Yushu would name the girl. They had thought of a lot of things beforehand.

But after giving birth, Tao Yushu became conflicted again, feeling that all the names were good, but all of them were not good enough.

Lin Chaoyang has been urging her these two days, but Tao Yushu has been unable to make up her mind.

"Just call her Yanyan." Lin Chaoyang said.

Tao Yushu was anxious, "It was agreed that I would give it a name."

"Okay, then I have a suggestion. How about calling her Yanyan?"

Tao Yushu nodded slightly, "Yan Yan is good, then I will name her Yan Yan."

One of the couple pursues procedural justice, while the other pursues substantive justice, and both sides get what they need.

"What's that nickname?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

"My nickname is also Yanyan."

"Not good, right? I think we should give it a cuter name, like Xiaohuajuan?"

Tao Yushu frowned immediately, "No, no. How can you name a child after food? Just call her Yanyan, it sounds nice."

Lin Chaoyang compromised, since he had already obtained the naming rights for the name.

After finally deciding on a name for the child, Tao Yushu came to the sleeping little girl, looked at her cute little face, and her eyes were full of maternal radiance.

"From now on, you will be called Lin Yanyan. Does that sound good?"

The baby had a smile on his face while he was sleeping, and Tao Yushu also had a gentle smile on his face.

With the addition of a new member, Lin Chaoyang's home has been very lively in recent days, with close relatives and friends coming in droves.

On the morning of November 11, a rare visitor came to Xiaoliubukou.

"Old Nie, why are you here?" Lin Chaoyang was a little surprised to see Nie Weiping.

Nie Weiping smiled, revealing his signature big buck teeth, "I heard that you recently had a daughter, so I came to congratulate you."

After a few pleasantries, Lin Chaoyang became concerned about the situation of the ring match.

In two days, the last game of the first China-Japan Go Challenge will be held in the Yanjing Gymnasium. This game has been reported on television and in newspapers in recent days. It has already become the focus of attention of the people in Yanjing and even the whole country.

The competition has lasted for more than a year until the last person stands, and now the winner is finally decided.

Not only has the confrontational mood in the Go community reached a fever pitch, but the public attention of the two countries has also far exceeded that of ordinary sports.

"I'm here today for this matter. You have to go to the game in two days and cheer me on!"

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "Come on, there will be no problem! You have already taken down Kobayashi Koichi, and Fujisawa Hideyuki is very old, so he is not a threat to you."

"I'll lend you some good words!"

The two chatted for a while, and then Nie Weiping said goodbye and left.

Tao Yushu was full of regret. She still had to recuperate after giving birth, and she would definitely not be able to watch the game in this cold season.

On the morning of the 20th, which was the day of the last game of the China-Japan Go Challenge, there were crowds of people in front of the Yanjing Gymnasium.

To this day, people from all walks of life in the country are paying attention to this game. Wherever you go, you can find people talking about Go, even in Hong Kong and Macau.

Today's game not only touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of Yanjing people, but also touched the hearts of countless people in China and Japan.

Inside the Beijing Gymnasium, the first China-Japan Go Tournament, which lasted more than a year, ushered in its climax showdown - the final battle between Chinese main player Nie Weiping and Japanese main player Fujisawa Hideyuki.

Before the game, the media of both countries had already created a buzz of attention, and even the referee lineup for the game was described by the Japanese media as "absolutely super luxurious."

The chief referee is Chen Zude (9th dan), the first generation of national Go players in New China, current vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association and director of the Go Department of the State Sports Commission. Rui Naiwei (7th dan) and Yang Hui (6th dan), two of the best Chinese women's Go players, serve as recorders and timekeepers.

In one game, the total rank of the three referees was as high as 22 dan. Such luxury has never been seen before in any Go competition between China and Japan.

In order to interview chess players from both teams before the game, more than 40 reporters from China and Japan gathered at the entrance of Yanjing Gymnasium early in the morning.

Today, Nie Weiping and Fujisawa Hideyuki are the superstars of China and Japan. They walked into the stadium surrounded by reporters, and Lin Chaoyang also followed the crowd into the stadium.

He was a guest invited to watch the game and was arranged to sit in the game room. Dozens of Chinese and Japanese reporters also entered the game room with them.

The originally empty game room became crowded because so many people poured in all of a sudden, and the chief referee Chen Zude kept speaking to maintain order.

Fifteen minutes later, the game officially began, with Nie Weiping playing black first.

At that time, there were more than 2,000 spectators sitting in the Yenching Gymnasium. Comrade Fang, then Vice Premier of the State Council, came to watch the game in person. The huge venue of the gymnasium was now turned into an explanation hall.

Several staff members put out a huge chessboard for demonstration and explanation, which looked like something out of a martial arts novel.

At the same time, CCTV also broadcast this decisive battle live for the first time today. Countless viewers who know chess and those who don’t know chess waited excitedly in front of their TVs.

Nie Weiping in front of the TV was not wearing a suit as usual, but a sportswear with the word "China" printed on it.

All the Chinese people watching the game understood what he meant. He represented China in this battle.

He can't lose!

This is not only a cherishment of national honor, but also a sense of mission for Chinese Go.

Over the past thirty years, Chinese Go has been struggling to catch up with Japanese Go, which has long been professionalized.

From 1960 to 1966, in the 12 friendly Go matches between China and Japan, Chinese players did not win a single victory and even suffered a humiliating defeat in which "an old Japanese lady swept the Chinese Go world."

After twenty years of hard work, chess players of Nie Weiping's generation have finally become established, and it's finally time for Chinese and Japanese chess players to compete with each other.

In this battle, we can only win, not lose!
This is not only the expectation of the Chinese people for Nie Weiping, but also a spur for Nie Weiping himself.

After the start of the game, Nie Weiping adopted the wrong small eye layout. He obviously took into full consideration Fujisawa Hideyuki's world-famous opening fifty moves.

The purpose is to extend the battle line, gain some real ground first, and then fight with the opponent in the second half.

On the other hand, after Nie Weiping made the first move, Fujisawa Hideyuki leaned back on the sofa, lying on his back with his eyes closed for several minutes before starting to make his move.

Ten minutes after the game started, the reporters had taken all the photos they needed to take and recorded the video, and the chief referee Chen Zude asked them to leave the game room.

More than half of the people were gone from the game room, with only the sounds of the two players making moves, and the atmosphere gradually became tense.

After the 35th move, Black gained a slight advantage locally, but fell behind as White seized the key point of the 8-position clamp, and the overall speed was slowed down by a beat.

Seeing this, many masters who have a thorough understanding of Go frowned. Fujisawa Hideyuki has always had an excellent sense of the overall situation. If this continues, Nie Weiping might be at a disadvantage.

Go is an extremely brain-intensive sport. The massive amount of deductions requires extraordinary memory and IQ, and even more so, time.

Nie Weiping and Fujisawa Hideyuki are undoubtedly the top Go players in the world today, and they are participating in an ultimate battle that concerns the reputation of the Go circles of the two countries.

Both of them were extremely cautious in every move, fearing that they would fall into the other's trap.

After the 48th move, Nie Weiping entered a state of long thinking and did not move for a long time. The whole morning passed in such long calculations and deductions.

After the game was closed at noon, the Chinese and Japanese chess players gathered together to discuss the gains and losses of the game, but Nie Weiping and Fujisawa Hideyuki were alone.

In such a war, any opinions from outsiders are a disturbance to them, and they must maintain independent thinking.

Nie Weiping only ate two slices of watermelon during the meal, but Fujisawa Hideyuki ate a lot of dumplings and cantaloupe, and seemed to be in good spirits and had a good appetite.

This makes the Chinese chess players and leaders feel inexplicably worried. Although they are old but still strong, it seems that the situation in the afternoon is still not optimistic!
In the afternoon, the two sides kept going back and forth.

By 3 p.m., the confrontation had lasted for six hours.

When White played 118, Nie Weiping did not fight back decisively and fell into a passive position. All the chess players watching the game were worried for Nie Weiping. But no one expected that after ten moves, Fujisawa Hideyuki would play a slow move, allowing Black to grab the super big official piece of 5 tigers.

"There is hope!" Lin Chaoyang heard Jiang Zhujiu beside him muttering to himself in a low voice.

Seeing this move, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but clench his fists.

I don’t know if it was because of his physical strength, but Fujisawa Hideyuki made a series of slow moves in the following endgame, and the black pieces completely surrounded the solid area in the upper right corner.

Afterwards, Black jumped to the 147th position, and had an advantage of nearly 10 points on the board, with a clear advantage.

Nie Weiping was close to winning the first China-Japan Go Tournament. There was silence in the game room and even in the Yenching Gymnasium, one could hear a pin drop.

Everyone understands that although Nie Weiping has a great chance of winning right now, this is how Go works. You can never be sure of the outcome until the very last moment.

Entering the endgame, Fujisawa Hideyuki made another mistake.

After seven hours and twenty minutes of fierce battle, Nie Weiping finally won the game with a 3 point advantage.

When the victory was finally secured, Nie Weiping leaned heavily on the sofa and sighed to the sky.

Everyone present waved their fists excitedly and hugged each other.

The stadium was filled with thunderous cheers of victory. Also cheering were the hundreds of millions of Chinese people in front of their televisions.

On November 1985, 11, the first China-Japan Go Tournament, which had been held for 20 months, finally came to an end.

The Chinese team defeated the Japanese Go team with a score of 8:7. This was a milestone victory in the history of Chinese Go and also a battle to establish the prestige of Chinese Go.

From now on, the offensive and defensive situations in Chinese and Japanese Go will be different!
Nie Weiping, who persevered to the end in the chess competition between the two countries and defeated three top Japanese masters in a row, turned the tide and saved the country from collapse.

At this moment, he is like a god descending from heaven, standing at the top of Asia!

Firecrackers celebrating the victory rang out outside the Yenching Gymnasium, and thunderous cheers and applause inside the gymnasium lasted for a long time, so long that Nie Weiping had already finished greeting his opponents and celebrating with his Chinese colleagues present.

When he saw Lin Chaoyang, a bright smile appeared on his face.

"It was a good idea to invite you here! We won!"

Lin Chaoyang joked: "You treat me as a mascot!"

The people around heard their conversation and laughed unbridled.

Since the start of the China-Japan Go Tournament last year, Lin Chaoyang and his "The Go Master" have inexplicably had a placebo effect on the Chinese Go team.

Today, they finally won the ring match. Who can say that Lin Chaoyang was not responsible for this?

The higher the realm, the more feudal and superstitious it is.

After the game, Nie Weiping was surrounded by reporters, enjoying the glory of the winner.

In the next two days, news reports about the Chinese team's victory in the China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament were everywhere.

Guangming Daily published an article saying: China's victory in the first China-Japan Go Tournament is as significant as the Chinese women's volleyball team winning the world championship, and it has greatly boosted the national spirit.

A commentary in the People's Daily wrote: For the first time in more than a century, China defeated Japan in a Go game, completely rewriting the landscape of the Asian Go world.

In addition, many authoritative media such as China Youth Daily, Xinhua News Agency, and CCTV have reported on this victory in detail.

The public opinion situation is so exaggerated and influential that it is even greater than when Chinese athletes won more than a dozen gold medals in last year's Olympics!

In the few days after his victory, Nie Weiping continued to be interviewed, received by leaders, gave reports and speeches. Wherever he went he was surrounded by crowds of people. He had become a household national hero.

At a time when the whole country was paying close attention, every time Nie Weiping was interviewed by reporters and asked about the secret of his victory in this competition, he would always mention this sentence.

"I read a novel before and there was a very good saying in it. When the country prospers, the chess will prosper!
The victory of the Chinese team is not just my victory, but the victory of all Chinese people! "

Along with the reporters' reports, the saying "When a country prospers, chess prospers" spread across the country.

Many Go enthusiasts and literature lovers are familiar with this sentence, which is the highlight of the novel "The Go Master".

As the whole country celebrated the victory of the first China-Japan Go Tournament, the novel "The Go Master" once again entered the eyes of hundreds of millions of Chinese people in this way.

In an instant, a rush to buy "The Go Master" swept through major bookstores across the country. Countless Chinese people flocked to this novel, wanting to see what kind of charm the Go novel recommended by Nie Weiping had!
"The sun is rising! The sun is rising!"

Today is the third day since the last stop of the China-Japan Go Tournament. In the morning, Lin Chaoyang was holding Yan Yan under the window to bask in the sun when his brother-in-law Tao Yucheng ran in in a hurry.

"Brother, what's the matter? Why are you so excited?"

Tao Yucheng said excitedly: "Let me tell you something, The Chess Master is back in theaters!"

"Re-screening?" Lin Chaoyang looked surprised, then he immediately understood.

It must be because the recent China-Japan Go Tournament has been so popular. Not to mention ordinary people, even those G-level cadres are very concerned about it. China Film Corporation naturally wants to take advantage of the popularity. This is also a good opportunity to show off in front of the leaders.

"They have a good plan!" Lin Chaoyang said jokingly.

Tao Yucheng laughed and said, "That's right."

"When did this happen?"

"It was shown in theaters yesterday, and I went to see it. Wow! It was more popular than any new movie!"

After talking about the re-screening of "The Chess Master", Tao Yucheng talked about the novel of "The Chess Master".

"Not only the movie, your novel is also extremely popular now. It's amazing! Nie Weiping and others really won the competition after reading your novel and watching the movie."

Lin Chaoyang waved his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with this. They are just good at chess."

"Chaoyang, don't be too modest. If it doesn't have a big effect, don't you have a small effect? ​​I think it has some motivational effect. The plot of "The Chess Master" is so inspiring!"

Tao Yucheng's ideas are very representative, logical and irrefutable.

Ordinary people simply believe that "The Chess Master" must have some effect on this game, otherwise how could Nie Weiping keep mentioning it?
The frenzy of public opinion stirred up by the China-Japan Go Challenge continued vigorously. After this match, the situation in which Japanese Go was the only dominant force in the Asian Go world was completely rewritten.

The Go fever among the people also spread from then on. With the endorsement of national hero Nie Weiping, the novel "The Go Master" became an enlightenment reading for millions of Go beginners, and the movie of the same name became the most refreshing way for countless passionate young people to celebrate this victory.

Under the watchful eyes of countless people, the novel was selling well and the movie was re-screened, and Lin Chaoyang and his works also became very popular.

A few days later, Li Tuo ran excitedly to Lin Chaoyang's house. He was an insider in the Yanjing literary world, and any movement in the literary world would not escape his eyes and ears.

"Chaoyang, have you heard? The Literary Association is holding the second meeting of the Mao Dun Literature Prize."

"What do you mean?"

Li Tuo reminded: "Awards, the list of winning works will be announced at this meeting."

After he finished speaking, he kept the secret and asked excitedly, "Do you want to know what happened to your novels?"

Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "No."

"Boring!" Li Tuo's face was full of disappointment. "You are such a boring person!"

"You don't have to say it." Lin Chaoyang said.

Li Tuo tried to hold it in for a long time, but finally couldn't hold it in any longer, "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else!"

"Then don't tell me."

"You..." Li Tuo pointed at Lin Chaoyang, filled with indignation.

Finally, he reluctantly compromised, "If you weren't the person involved, I wouldn't bother telling you."

Lin Chaoyang turned a deaf ear to his words. People like him can't help but talk even if you don't ask them.

“For this year’s awards, 19 shortlisted works were selected in the early stages, and each judge can nominate no more than 10 works.

Only works that receive more than half of the votes from the total number of judges participating in the voting will be included in the nomination list. "

At this point, Li Tuo emphasized, "You have two works nominated this year. Guess which two they are?"

"Crossing the Guandong and Crossing the Boat." Lin Chaoyang said the two names calmly.

Li Tuo suddenly felt disappointed, "Where did you get the news?"

"Do you still need gossip? Based on the Mao Dun Literature Prize's judging style, could they choose Shutter Island?"

Li Tuo laughed slyly upon hearing this. "You know what, it's true. Shutter Island is not bad, but it is still different from tradition."

What is tradition in contemporary Chinese literary circles?

Four words - realism.

If you write fantasy literature, you are heretical. Historical literature must be written like "Li Zicheng" to be considered orthodox.

He went on to say, "During the nomination stage, a total of 10 works were shortlisted. Then there was a second round of voting among these 10 works, with each judge voting for no more than 6 works. This time, the votes must exceed 2/3 of the total number of judges to win the award. In addition, those who were not selected will be given a nomination award."

"Nomination Award?"

When Lin Chaoyang heard this name, he immediately thought of the various so-called nominated winning works that jumped out to gain popularity on the eve of the Mao Dun Literature Prize selection in later generations.

“You think this is nonsense, right? If you win, you win. If you don’t, you don’t. What kind of award is the nomination award?” Li Tuo’s tone also showed his disapproval of this operation.

He added: "But I heard that someone later proposed to cancel the nomination award."

Lin Chaoyang nodded. There were still some sensible people among the judges. If there really was a nomination award, it would be nothing but pork.

The next step was the highlight. Li Tuo habitually asked, "Guess which works won awards?"

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang didn't respond, he took the initiative to say: "Your "Crossing Guandong", Li Jun's "The Yellow River Flows East", Zhang Jie's "Heavy Wings", Liu Xinwu's "Bell and Drum Tower."

Lin Chaoyang nodded, his expression showing no surprise at all. Apart from him as a variable, everything else was exactly the same as he remembered.

After Li Tuo told Lin Chaoyang the news he had finally found out, he saw that Lin Chaoyang had a calm face, and he couldn't help feeling frustrated.

He said resentfully, "I shouldn't have told you if I had known."

"I've already said it. OK, thank you!"

Lin Chaoyang patted Li Tuo on the shoulder, like an old man thanking the young man who helped him cross the road.

"This is good news, so you should at least show some appreciation!"

"Stay home for dinner tonight."

This meal is for free, it's so frustrating.

A few days later, just after Tao Yushu came out of confinement, the People's Daily published the results of this year's Mao Dun Literature Prize.

The four works "Crossing the Guandong", "The Yellow River Flows East", "Heavy Wings" and "Bell and Drum Tower" are prominently listed. Li Tuo's gossip is still very accurate.

As soon as the news came out, Lin Chaoyang's house became lively again.

The reason I said "again" is because Tao Yushu gave birth to his second child a few days ago, and a group of friends just came to congratulate him.

This time, Lin Chaoyang won the Mao Dun Literature Prize for the second time, so naturally we have to congratulate him.

With so many people coming, it's inevitable that everyone talks about some inside stories of the awards. The sources of information are different, and true and false information is mixed, which makes people confused.

Some people say that this year, several writers whose works were nominated for the award have invited guests to dinner, and some people say that some local literary associations have begun to regard the Mao Dun Literature Award as a political achievement, and the winning writers are given apartments...

Not only acquaintances around us, but also the literary world and countless literature lovers are paying attention. The announcement of the Mao Dun Literature Prize winners has become the most watched event in the literary world in this period.

As a result, the controversy caused by "The Truman Show" has died down. People are now more concerned about the fact that Lin Chaoyang won the Mao Dun Literature Prize for the second time with "Crossing the Guandong".

It’s only the second Mao Dun Literature Prize since its inception, but Lin Chaoyang has won the award again. He is not even 30 years old this year, so the next decade or so will probably be his prime creative period.

If this trend continues, won’t he monopolize all the Mao Dun Literature Prize in the future?
Moreover, it is rumored that this time, Lin Chaoyang has two works that have reached the final nomination stage. His strength is really a bit of a dimensionality reduction attack when placed in the Mao Dun Literature Prize.

Now everyone is thinking about a question, that is, if Lin Chaoyang wins the third Mao Dun Literature Prize again in a few years, what will the jury do?
All kinds of disturbing news in the literary world continued to spread and ferment, and time slowly came to the day of the second Mao Dun Literature Prize Award Ceremony.

(End of this chapter)