1987 My Era

Chapter 514: I have no regrets about entering China, the interview ends

The random checks by the second sister and the fact that Li Heng was often beaten for being lazy made the interview scene so funny that the atmosphere was explosively good.

The female host asked: "How old were you when you started to learn to be lazy?"

Li Heng replied self-deprecatingly: "Being lazy is an instinct ingrained in me. I have had it since I can remember. But I started hiding in the study to read books in the second or third grade."

Before one wave of laughter subsided, another wave of laughter arose. Before the laughter was over, the audience was amused again by his high-level sense of humor.

The host did the math: "That means you started reading when you were eight or nine years old and have been reading until now."

Li Heng replied: "Yes."

The host asked: "How many books have you read in these years?"

Li Heng replied: "I can't remember, but I have read all the books in my father's study. If there are some interesting ones, I will even read them for a second or third time."

The host was surprised: "That's more than 1000 books. Have you read them all?"

Li Heng nodded: "I have read them all. I now have more than 1400 books in my study in Lushan Village, and I have read more than half of them."

Hearing this, the host was stunned!
More than 10,000 people at the scene were all stunned!
At this moment, they finally understood, finally understood why Li Heng could succeed?

Why was he able to write four masterpieces at such a young age?
In addition to talent and extraordinary ability, the root lies here, in this rich accumulation.

After several seconds, the host said, "You remind me of a saying by Edison: Genius is 1% talent and 99% perspiration. You are really amazing. You have read so many books at this age. No wonder you have achieved great success. I think ordinary people will not read so many books in their entire lives."

Everyone agreed with this statement, and after they had recovered from their shock, they all applauded.

The huge Xianghui Hall was greeted with a wave of applause that lasted for a long time.

The host asked: "Is your achievement in music also accumulated over time in this way?"

Li Heng nodded: "Music mainly depends on inspiration. When I was a child, I often went to the mountains to herd cattle with a neighbor uncle. He was famous in our village for being able to play various instruments and sing. He would be invited to perform at weddings and funerals.

As for herding cattle, I just drove the cattle up the mountain, and the rest of the time I was basically playing, as long as the cattle didn't run to other people's fields to eat vegetables and crops. So I had a lot of time, and I gradually learned to play instruments such as the flute, erhu, and suona. "

The host asked: "How old were you when you started learning?"

Li Heng recalled: "This was even earlier. He started going up the mountain when he was five years old."

The host was stunned: "Five years old? Did I hear that right? At the age of five, I think many people are still thinking about how to play and how to eat snacks, and you're going to herd cattle?"

Li Heng replied: "Children from poor families grow up early, which is quite common in our village. But I'll tell you in secret, those who send children to the mountains to herd cattle basically do so to take advantage of the situation.

I remember the first time I went up the mountain with my neighbor and other people, the neighbor yelled at my mother half-seriously: "Tian Run'e, you are really calculating. You are sending such a young child up the mountain. I have to help you herd cattle and take care of the child!"

"Hahaha…!"

There was laughter and another round of applause from the audience.

The host also laughed and asked curiously: "How did your mother answer?"

Li Heng replied: "My mother said: If you help take care of him now, he will help take care of you when you are old.

This is an old tradition in our village. When children are young, adults usually take care of them. When the children grow up, the adults also get old and go to the mountains to herd cattle. The elderly basically find a big rock in the mountains to sit on, and we take care of everything. It is a mutually beneficial model, the simple wisdom of rural people. "

Everyone was moved and there was another round of applause.

This time, even the leaders on the stage spontaneously applauded enthusiastically. From these few words, one could imagine the hardships and difficulties of the rural people's life, as well as the harmonious scene of laughter, anger and scolding.

The host asked: "So your musical talent was accumulated from herding cattle?"

Li Heng nodded. "Almost. Just like this instrumental album, I took it out of my inventory."

The host asked: "Not overnight?"

Li Heng shook his head: "I can create a certain segment and a piece of music in one go based on inspiration, but I can't do that for ten pieces of music."

The host asked: "Now this instrumental album has withstood the test of the market and is selling very well. It has even gone abroad and has been well received around the world. The Chinese people are proud of you. Can I ask you how much inventory you used?"

Everyone wanted to know this question, and they were eagerly waiting. Tens of thousands of eyes were staring at Li Heng without blinking.

Li Heng barely hesitated and replied, "It's hard to say. I haven't sorted out many of the recorded fragments carefully. If I spend more time sorting them out, I can't guarantee that there will be more, but it will be more than enough to release one or two more albums."

"Wow!"

"Fuck, this is awesome!"

“This is my idol!”

The audience was boiling with excitement. Comparing yourself with others makes you feel depressed. What is a genius?

This fucking guy is a true genius!

The host was just as excited as everyone else, and asked, "I think everyone would be happy to spend money to buy your album. When will you release another one?"

Li Heng shook his head: "I don't know."

The host asked anxiously, "You don't know about such a big thing?"

Li Heng answered truthfully: "I have a lot of things on my hands right now. My focus is all on my next new book. I have limited energy and cannot do both."

The host asked perceptively: "Next new book? Do you have any new ideas?"

Li Heng replied: "I have always had it in my mind. It has been lingering in my mind for a long time. However, there are many details that need to be filled in with research. I am not fully prepared yet and cannot start writing."

Hearing this, the host sighed and said to the audience: "Can you understand how I feel right now? I don't even want to do this interview anymore. It's amazing! It's so shocking! This is the gap between geniuses and ordinary people. It's like a chasm. I feel like I've lived my 30s in vain."

The audience laughed and felt the same way.

You don't know until you hear it. Once you listen carefully, you will be scared. Although Li Heng worked very hard, his talent was the key to his success.

The host asked, “When will you start writing the next book?”

Li Heng replied: "It's hard to say at the moment. I will start writing when I am ready."

The host asked: "What is the subject of the new book? Will it still be about local culture?"

Li Heng smiled and said, "Let me keep it a secret for a while."

The host laughed and asked, "What are your prospects for your next book? Do you think it can surpass White Deer Plain?"

Li Heng still shook his head: "The story outline should be good. But how good it can really be depends on my performance at that time."

The host said, “You are very humble.”

Li Heng blinked. "I want to make bold statements, but I'm also afraid of being slapped in the face. The teacher often asks my senior to come to Lushan Village every once in a while to tell me to be careful with my words and actions. He hopes that I won't be arrogant and complacent, and can keep a normal mind."

The host looked at Mr. Ba and said, "Mr. Ba really put in a lot of effort. Are you satisfied with Li Heng?"

Mr. Ba smiled and nodded, picked up the microphone on the table and responded: "I am very satisfied. Now his level has surpassed that of an old man like me."

"Oh!"

There was an exclamation from the audience!
What is Mr. Ba’s level?
What is your status in the literary world?
Everyone knows it.

He actually admitted in front of so many media reporters and so many people that Li Heng's level was higher than his.

What a compliment this is!

This one sentence is worth a thousand words, no need to say more!

The female host said to Li Heng: "I can tell that Mr. Ba is very proud and has high expectations of you."

Li Heng said modestly: "I will continue to work hard and try not to disappoint my teacher."

His stories as a writer and his musical accumulation were perfectly interpreted to the outside world through a question-and-answer interview format, unveiling the mystery and allowing everyone to get to know Li Heng again clearly and vividly.

After chatting for a while, the press conference officially entered the question-and-answer session.

The host first called on the reporter from Xinhua News Agency.

The reporter greeted: "Hello, Mr. Li."

Li Heng politely replied: "Hello, journalist friend."

The reporter asked: "Although White Deer Plain has achieved great success, the public has received mixed reviews. Some people think that White Deer Plain is too explicit and bold, and does not conform to the mainstream values ​​of society. Such a book should not be circulated in the world.

On the other hand, many more famous scholars, professors and critics highly praised Bai Lu Yuan, believing that the book was a national epic and a grand work on the social changes in rural China. It was a groundbreaking work.

What do you think of it? "

This question is very sharp and tricky, and it is an objective question raised by a Xinhua News Agency reporter. It is not easy to avoid it casually.

Moreover, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the "someone" mentioned by the Xinhua News Agency reporter refers to Mr. Huang, who has a high status and a great say in the literary world.

Everyone was worried about Li Heng, holding their breath, wondering how he would respond.
Li Heng put the microphone to his lips and said slowly: "He said I was explicit, bold and did not conform to the mainstream values ​​of society. I have nothing good to say. I will give him a poem: "The rich have wine and meat, while the poor are frozen on the streets."

No, I also gave him a sentence: Why not eat meat porridge?
Great men have always said that we should go out more often, practice more, and come from the masses and go to the masses. As writers, one of our responsibilities is to record historical changes truthfully. My life creed is to pass on the family tradition of farming and reading. If we don’t even dare to face the facts, how can we talk about creation?

I wrote "White Deer Plain" to bring out all those obscure and unspeakable things."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire Xianghui Hall fell silent for about ten seconds.

Then there were waves of cheers and thunderous applause.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"Don't listen to that bullshit! Does he understand literature? Does he understand creation?"

"Mr. Huang must have eaten too much fatty meat at home. He has become fat and plump."

"I think this bastard is just jealous. He can't write such awesome literature, so he suppresses the younger generation!"

"..."

Li Heng was from Fudan University, and a bunch of alumni were upset for him, cursing him for two minutes.

Li Heng even heard Li Guoyi's swear words "Fuck his mother".

Li Heng glanced at Mr. Ba and Teacher Yu without leaving a trace.

Mr. Ba nodded with a smile, his eyes full of appreciation, indicating that he agreed with what was said.

As a writer, you must have your own pride. Mr. Huang was very active as a clown in the newspapers. He wrote more than ten sharp articles criticizing "White Deer Plain" and the writer December. It caused an uproar in the literary world, and many people followed suit to criticize Li Heng and find fault with "White Deer Plain".

This is a deep hatred.

At that time, Li Heng ignored the other party for some reasons, but he always kept the anger in his heart. Repaying kindness with kindness and revenge with hatred is Li Heng's life principle.

You bullied him like that before, don't fucking think you can just laugh it off.

Li Heng almost said: Mr. Huang, what outstanding works do you have to compare with me? Are you worthy? You only got to your current position by relying on your reincarnation.

Obviously, everyone at the scene understood what was said. The crowd was very excited and many people were cursing Mr. Huang.

The reporters turned around and recorded the scene well with their cameras.

Don't look down on these students as non-human beings. They are all top students of Fudan University. After graduation, they will go all over the country. They are a force that cannot be ignored.

Mr. Ba strongly supports Li Heng's counterattack. Everyone has a bottom line, and if the bottom line is touched, you must fight back fiercely to scare the enemy!
After receiving Li Heng's gaze, Yu Shuheng smiled warmly, and everything was said without words.

Of course, she supported this little man unconditionally. She even wanted to pick a fight with Mr. Huang, but Li Heng and Mr. Ba did not agree. They had been waiting for today to settle all the old and new accounts.

Another reporter from a major newspaper asked: "In the book White Deer Plain, the description of Tian Xiao'e's fickleness is so bold that many readers regard her as Pan Jinlian. Mr. Li, what was your original intention in describing her like this?"

This is another very difficult question.

Li Heng answered without hesitation: "I remember when I first opened the first volume of the Lantian County Annals, I felt like I had opened the "Historical Records" of a county, recording the various past events of Lantian County.

The text in the county annals is densely packed, and the characters in the annals are numerous.

I paid special attention to the various records of chaste and heroic women. These women used their lively and lovely lives to adhere to the moral laws and rules set for them by secular culture, in exchange for just one or two short sentences in the county annals.

Whenever I think of this, the first thing I feel is not joy and comfort, but that women, as the most basic independent individuals, have to suffer torture that goes against their nature.

As a result, an inexplicable and strong sympathy arose in me, and I wanted to write about a pure, instinctive fighter and rebel. The character of "Tian Xiao'e" was successfully brought into the world by me, the "midwife".

Of course, this kind of character design is mainly to make the novel more realistic and reasonable. It can stand the test of human nature and time. "

At this time, another reporter asked Mr. Ba: "I heard that when Mr. Li was writing "White Deer Plain", he specifically asked you if you wanted to delete the descriptions of sex. Is that true?"

Mr. Ba picked up the phone and nodded, "That's true. He seemed a little hesitant about how to do it, so he took the first draft to discuss with me. After reading it, I was shocked and thought it was very well written.

I immediately told him that the descriptions of sex do not need to be cut, but can be more inclusive and bold, because without these descriptions, the society of the past would be incomplete, and the value of this literary work would be discounted.

Mr. Ba's words were equivalent to endorsing Li Heng, and the meaning was very clear: if you want to scold someone, just come at this old man like me.

A female reporter from Nan Fang Daily asked: "Mr. Li, I like White Deer Plain very much and often recommend it to some friends. I think it is an immortal classic and is worth collecting and reading. But we are also very curious, how did you describe the sexual aspects so well at such a young age?"

Good guy!
This is to expose Li Heng’s true colors!
In an instant, the entire Xianghui Hall seemed to be energized, staring intently at Li Heng, wanting to see how he would answer.

Is it because of too rich love history?

Or do you have unparalleled personal experience in sex?
Hearing this question, Xiao Han couldn't help but recall his inhuman past when he leaned against the door panel for 2 hours. It was simply horrible. Mr. Li, if you dare to involve me in this, I will never let you go.

Li Heng lowered his head and looked at the stage floor for a while.

He could answer other questions fluently, but this question, eh…

Li Heng sighed and said to the reporter in a teasing tone: "Hey, your question is really embarrassing. I'm not married yet. How about we make a deal? Don't ask, take back the question, and I'll treat you to a big meal later, how about that?"

"Hahaha…."

Everyone burst into laughter and started to shout, "No! No! You have to say it."

The female reporter laughed along and insisted as always: "I am looking forward to having a big meal with Mr. Li, but I am more curious about this question."

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Li Heng said, "As the saying goes, you've never eaten pork, but you've seen pigs run. Don't look at my young age, but I know the Four Great Classics, Romance of the West Chamber, and Jin Ping Mei... er, no...

Bah! I made a slip of the tongue. I have never read Jin Ping Mei. I take it back. You guys just pretend you didn’t hear it. My journalist friends, please don’t report it, or my reputation will be ruined and I will never forgive you…”

"Hahaha…"

Many people laughed so hard that they fell down.

The reporter smiled and motioned his assistant to move forward and took several close-up photos of him.

In fact, this was the only way. Li Heng deliberately threw out Jin Ping Mei to make up for his lack of certain experiences.

After all, he is not lacking in love affairs and has quite rich experience.

But he couldn't say it clearly. First, age was a disadvantage.

The most important thing is that it is easy to damage the reputation of Zijin and Xiaohan, and make them be looked at strangely.

This was the 1980s. Compared to later generations who laughed at poverty but not at prostitution, people's thinking was relatively conservative.

So he would rather defile himself than get involved with Zijin and Xiaohan.

Of course, this kind of self-pollution in a playful way is not necessarily a bad thing, for two reasons:

First, he is famous enough and successful enough now.

For a celebrity, especially a great writer, watching Jin Ping Mei is a kind of elegant thing. And he is honest and sincere, which is precious.

Relatively speaking, literati have been associated with romanticism since ancient times and have a high degree of social tolerance.

Another reason is that he is young enough, not even 20 this year, and willfulness is his nature, so people will be more accommodating and tolerant of him.

But the most important thing is that one sentence: he is successful enough!

Successful people often fart in a way that smells good.

Li Heng went on to say: "I read a wide variety of books. When I was a kid, I loved to read everything, including orthodox literature, Records of the Grand Historian and the Twenty-Four Histories, unofficial history and miscellaneous records, and I also love martial arts.

I have read all of Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novels more than once, otherwise why would we be half an hour late today? I was discussing the peerless kung fu in martial arts with the old man and forgot the time.

But when it comes to Mr. Lao's martial arts, there is one thing that has always been hard for me to accept: why did Xiaolongnu have to have such a relationship with Yin Zhiping? When I finished reading it, I felt terrible. I was so angry that I didn't eat dinner. Later, I was so hungry that I got up in the middle of the night and ate a raw sweet potato. "

He was obviously talking nonsense in a serious manner in order to divert attention.

Mr. Jin Yong smiled amiably, as if he understood the thoughts of his long-time friend, and immediately explained: "In fact, in this respect, December and I have similarities.

His description of Tian Xiao'e's debauchery and my description of Xiaolongnu's loss of virginity are both pursuits of aesthetic art, a metaphor for reality, and the entire structure of the text is paved through the ultimate beauty of imperfection. "

Then Mr. Jin Yong smiled and said to the reporter: "I admire the description of women in White Deer Plain. I admire December's wild imagination and his strong imagination.

Just like when I talked to him about martial arts and the history of the Sui and Tang dynasties this morning, I was amazed by him. He was able to come up with many settings for martial arts novels at will, and they were things I had never thought of before, which was amazing.

I later lamented to my secretary: "Mr. Li is so intelligent and knowledgeable, I am far inferior to him! If he were to write martial arts novels, he would definitely be better than me."

Mr. Jin Yong's words may seem to have nothing to do with the women in "White Deer Plain", but they actually provide evidence from another aspect.

This proves that Li Heng has an extraordinary imagination. He can write brilliantly about love between men and women without having to experience it himself.

In other words, Jin Yong is supporting Li Heng, which also happens to complement Li Heng's saying "Even if you haven't eaten pork, you have seen pigs run."

Of course, the main reason why Mr. Jin Yong did this spontaneously was that he highly recognized Li Heng's talent from the bottom of his heart.

The people at the scene were not fools and could understand what Mr. Jin Yong said, and there was another round of applause.

The press conference continued, and the reporters later asked him whether he had any hardships during the writing process and the details of the meeting with Mr. Jin Yong in the morning.

I also asked him why he didn't go to Peking University after the college entrance examination?
The last question was asked by a reporter from the local Xinmin Evening News, and was about Anta Shoes and the Li-heng brand.

Xinmin Evening News reporter asked: "Mr. Li, recently there are advertisements for Anta and Li-heng everywhere on TV and in the news. There are rumors that they are brands you founded?"

These words stunned many audience members and they were very surprised.

However, some people who were close to Li Heng behaved calmly at first, as they had already known the inside story.

Li Heng nodded: "It was founded by me and my cousin."

The reporter asked: "Do you want to focus on business? Why did you get involved in industry?"

Li Heng shook his head: "Not really, writing will always be my main job. If you ask me this question 30 years later, I will still answer you the same way.

As for getting involved in business and starting a shoe brand, it was mainly because of a word from my cousin that touched me.

My cousin said: It is a great pity that China, as big as it is, does not have a top national brand of footwear. She said she wanted to create a footwear brand based on her major, so that our Olympic athletes can wear it to overcome difficulties in the Olympic arena and win glory for the country.

Because of this sentence, I took out a sum of royalties from the bank and gave it to her, and said to her: I hope you can create a national brand that can compete with Nike and Adidas. "

"Clap clap clap!"

Li Heng's intention was high enough that it emotionally infected everyone present.

China is facing various difficulties these days. Due to the huge gap between China and the Western world, many people are confused and have lost their faith. This is why the country wants to create a "women's volleyball spirit" in order to inspire the people, learn from the women's volleyball team, and revitalize China.

Therefore, "national brand" and "breaking through all obstacles in the Olympic arena and bringing glory to the country" immediately touched the soft spot in everyone's heart.

We are a great Chinese nation, and every stroke is the backbone. I have no regrets about joining China in this life, and I will be a Chinese in the next life. Although people may express dissatisfaction with many things in their daily lives, as long as it involves the national and ethnic levels, they are all heroes and will stand up. This is a mark engraved in the bones of our Chinese nation.

Because there were too many questions accumulated in the past, reporters asked questions one after another today, which made Li Heng's mouth dry. The press conference lasted longer than expected and lasted almost two hours.

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