Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 51 Good wind relies on strength
On the way home, Tao Yushu asked Lin Chaoyang: "What did you do upstairs?"

"Nothing done!"

"Yumo told me everything."

Tao Yumo only said that she saw the love letter written by Du Feng. Tao Yushu thought about the time when Du Feng called Lin Chaoyang upstairs, and she had a reasonable guess in her mind.

"His love letter is too dull. I'll help him polish it."

Tao Yushu was just asking tentatively, but he didn't expect that it was really written by Lin Chaoyang.

"Then how did you write it?" she asked again, with a hint of sourness behind her voice.

"Well! I just wrote something random. But you know, I can't hide my talent. I can just write something random and my brother-in-law is stunned."

Lin Chaoyang sensed Tao Yushu's jealousy and tried to fool him with a joke.

"Humph!" Tao Yushu snorted, "You've never written me a love letter."

"Then I'll write you one, right now."

Lin Chaoyang was about to compose a poem in seven steps when Tao Yushu interrupted him, "Okay, I'm just kidding. Instead of writing a love letter, you might as well think about your next work."

Lin Chaoyang suddenly looked bitter, "Wife, it's just the New Year, and the Lantern Festival hasn't even passed yet."

"What does your writing have to do with the Chinese New Year? You finally have a few days off, don't you have any ideas?"

Tao Yushu blinked his big eyes at Lin Chaoyang and used his charm skills.

Everyone said that he was Professor Tao's son-in-law, but they didn't know that he had a wife who was a roller coaster queen. Not only did she roller coaster herself, but she also forced him to roller coaster with her.

Lin Chaoyang sighed helplessly toward the sky, "Maybe there is."

Time passed quickly and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month had passed. During these days, Tao Yushu would urge Lin Chaoyang to start writing new works from time to time, and Lin Chaoyang's answer was usually "still in the making."

He had already confessed to his wife about writing the novel, so he no longer had to worry about being exposed, but what followed were his wife's high standards and strict demands.

She was used to being stubborn and held him to the same standards she held herself. Lin Chaoyang could even imagine what kind of difficult situation their child would face in the future.

Today, Tao Yushu submitted the review of "The Shepherd" which she had revised countless times to Yenching Literature and Art. If it wasn't accepted by the Literary Gazette, she would just find another publication to publish it. As long as it was published, it would be fine. She refused to accept the argument.

After returning, Tao Yushu and Lin Chaoyang talked about their new works.

Lin Chaoyang wanted to be a poor person, but he wasn't so poor that he would treat money like dirt. He also wanted to live in a big, spacious house, take a hot shower anytime, have a spacious and bright living room, and have his own study room...

However, everyone who has worked knows that if your boss assigns you a task and you complete it in one day, he will require you to complete the next task based on this standard, which will only be higher, not lower.

Given Tao Yushu's character as a book king, if Lin Chaoyang really finished writing the novel in a week, he would probably have trouble living in peace in the future.

"Well, I have some ideas. I'll start writing tonight."

But I can’t keep putting it off, I still have to write.

For a writer, inspiration is like a woman's emotions. It is unpredictable. It comes and goes as it pleases. It is not something that the writer can control at all.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with writing slowly.

Since knowing that Lin Chaoyang also writes, the desk at home has changed from being used by Tao Yushu alone to being shared by the couple sitting face to face. While dawdling, Lin Chaoyang saw Tao Yushu reading a book, and a smile appeared on his face. He asked, "What are you reading? You look so happy?"

"You write first, and I'll show it to you when you're done."

Lin Chaoyang threw the pen and said, "I've finished writing. Let me take a look."

Tao Yushu glanced at him with a reproachful look, then handed him the magazine in his hand, "Gansu Literature and Art published a review article of The Horse Herder."

Hearing this, Lin Chaoyang took the magazine and didn't care much.

In a blink of an eye, "The Shepherd" has been published for more than three months. From the earliest review article by Hu Depei to Yan Gang and Ding Ling, the reviews of "The Shepherd" have become more and more important, and he has become numb.

And he is also clearly aware that the rave reviews of The Horse Shepherd in the literary and art circles have surpassed the novel itself, and this wave of The Horse Shepherd has completely taken advantage of the popularity of "scar literature".

After "Class Teacher" and "Scars" brought about this literary trend and were generally accepted by the public, the emergence of "The Shepherd" perfectly continued the attention and love of the people.

Compared with "Class Teacher" and "Scars", "The Shepherd" is undoubtedly more acceptable to the vast majority of readers.

Because in essence, the core of the story is actually a very Jack Su story.

Who is Xu Lingjun?

The son of a wealthy businessman, tall, handsome and well-mannered, although he was abandoned and sent to a labor camp, there were always good people around him. Some people rushed to find him a wife, some arranged for him to be a primary school teacher, and after many years, even the wealthy father who had abandoned him came to recognize him.

Thirty years later, only online novels would dare to write like this.

The simplicity of the story itself, coupled with its lofty intentions, destined "The Horse Shepherd" to go further than its two predecessors.

Lin Chaoyang casually scanned the review articles in Gansu Literature and Art. Tao Yushuo, who had been happy just now, suddenly became melancholy again.

"You said that your first novel caused such a big response, what are you going to do with your next novel?

Not to mention Lu Xinhua in "Scars", his novel is indeed as you said, heroes are made by the times.

Liu Xinwu’s level is not low, but I have read the novels he published in October, Yanjing Literature and Art, and China Youth Daily over the past six months. The level is not bad, but it is far from having the influence of "Class Teacher".

Tao Yushu was worried about Lin Chaoyang's gains and losses, but his own mentality was very stable. Instead, he advised:
“You should think about this issue in this way. The popularity of scar literature itself responds to the call of the general public. In my opinion, it is not normal for any literary genre to receive such great attention and popularity in a short period of time.

Limiting one's focus to works of the same type, or works produced within a short period of time, can easily lead to a loss of rational judgment.

We might as well look further into the future, five, ten, twenty years... Perhaps by that time, these works can still occupy their place in the history of Chinese literature, but how many people like us will still pay attention to them?

If you have good works, you will have some voice. If you don’t have good works, you will be forgotten by the crowd.

Things in this world have always been like this.

Although literary creation ultimately relies on works to speak, it is not entirely dependent on works. Factors of the times and social environment will have an impact. For people like Kafka and Stendhal, are their works not good?

Human power is limited, and now is just the beginning, why bother yourself with troubles? "

During the conversation, Lin Chaoyang had a calm and composed look on his face, and Tao Yushu was unconsciously immersed in it.

(End of this chapter)