1979: Literary Master, Starting from the Return of Educated Youth

Chapter 69: Sister-in-law's Strong Interest (Please Read!)
"Hmm? Have you mentioned this to Mr. Mao?"

Wang Meng said in surprise.

"No, but Mr. Mao asked me to talk to him after the ceremony."

"Whether he's polite or not, let's go find him."

As Xu Yuexin spoke, he ran towards an office building where no one was entering or leaving. Seeing this, Wang Meng had no choice but to follow him.

After going upstairs, Xu Yuexin took him around the inside of the building to the reception room. According to his experience, People's Literature usually meets VIPs here.

Now that the award ceremony is over, Mr. Mao has no choice but to come here.

"I have previously discussed publishing in Hong Kong and overseas with several leaders, and their attitudes were relatively conservative."

In front of the reception room door, Wang Meng panted and whispered.

"It doesn't matter. Even if it doesn't work out today, Mr. Mao won't blame us."

Xu Yuexin knocked on the door of the reception room and said, "I'm Xiao Xu, is Mr. Mao here?"

The voices inside stopped abruptly, and then a gentle and kind voice came out: "Please come in."

After the person inside opened the door, Xu Yuexin walked into the reception room and saw Mao Dun sitting on the sofa, surrounded by Li Ji, the editor-in-chief of People's Literature, and Wang Chaoyin and others.

"Xiao Xu, why didn't you go to receive the prize?"

Mao Dun patted the empty space next to him and asked with a smile.

"And there are prizes?"

Xu Yuexin said with a hint of surprise, "I was surrounded by people as soon as the show ended. I don't know what happened afterwards."

"When I went to inform you to claim your prize, I was blocked outside and couldn't get in."

Wang Chaoyin chuckled and said, "You are now a celebrity in the cultural world."

"I don't deserve it. I have to keep working hard."

"Mr. Mao, regarding what I said when I was presenting the award, could you please tell me..."

Xu Yuexin looked at Mao Dun and said as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"We were just talking about you. You were the first person to try to calculate the payment based on the number of copies printed."

Mr. Mao immediately understood what he meant and asked jokingly, "Looking at your current attitude, do you want to go further on the road of combining literature and business?"

"Nothing can be hidden from you. I want to publish "The Wreath under the Mountain" in Hong Kong to help promote the heroic image of our soldiers."

Xu Yuexin said sincerely, "There is no precedent for this matter."

"So I came to you today to ask if this matter can be done?"

He is really brave.

After hearing Xu Yuexin's words, Li Ji, Wang Chaoyin, Liu Jianqing and others looked at each other, and their pupils trembled at the same time.

He dared to come before the leading figure in the literary world, hoping that he would support him in publishing books in Hong Kong. There is no other writer in the country who dares to do this!

"It's published in Hong Kong..."

Mr. Mao did not express his opinion immediately, but closed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking.

Hiss...If Mr. Mao doesn't support it, it will be difficult to push this matter forward in the future.

On the sofa, Wang Meng was also very nervous and worried about Xu Yuexin. Only Xu Yuexin was calm, he didn't think about anything, just quietly waiting for the result.

"As far as I can remember, no one has done this in the past decade or so."

After a moment, Mr. Mao opened his eyes again and looked at Xu Yuexin with a look of wisdom that came from years of vicissitudes of life. "But this is undoubtedly a good thing."

"As you said, what's wrong with letting fellow Hong Kong people see the great image of the people's army?"

"I support you in doing this!"

"Thank you Mr. Mao for your support!"

Xu Yuexin's whole body trembled, and his eyes were full of spirit as he said, "With your nod, publishing will be much easier."

"I'll do this for you later."

Wang Meng followed up by saying, "The people in the relevant departments must be handling this for the first time and lack experience. With me here, the progress will be faster."

"As long as you need us, we at People's Literature will fully cooperate."

Li Ji also expressed his opinion immediately.

"Thank you all for your help. I have already contacted the publisher in Hong Kong. As long as we are ready, it will be published immediately."

Xu Yuexin bowed to the literary giants present.

Next, in front of Mr. Mao, he discussed the general publishing plan with Wang Meng, Li Ji, Wang Chaoyin and others.

People's Literature does not have a branch in Hong Kong, so the specific publishing matters there were handed over to Ye Tianrong, and Xu Yuexin himself would be in contact with Ye Tianrong in the future.

This is nominally represented by People's Literature, which means that Xu Yuexin is affiliated with the magazine.

Just like private enterprises in the early days of reform and opening up, they all had to find a state-owned enterprise or public institution to affiliate with.

Wang Meng knew many people, and he was responsible for implementing Mao Dun's opinions. When the publishing approval process was in progress and the staff had doubts, he would clear the way.

In this way, a groundbreaking publishing project in Hong Kong was decided.

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After the discussion, Xu Yuexin did not forget to find Wang Chaoyin to receive the prize.

The first prize for novella literature will be awarded a Hero brand fountain pen with the author's name engraved on the cap and a warm and soft duck down blanket.

This thing is very scarce on the market. There are long queues every time it is supplied, and there is a high probability that it cannot be bought.

The People's Literature Award is awarded with a Seagull DF camera, worth 400 yuan, produced by the Shanghai Camera Factory. It is generally not supplied to the market and can only be purchased in foreign exchange stores such as the Friendship Store.

Xu Yuexin hung a camera around his neck, put the duck down blanket into the basket of his 28-inch bicycle, and happily headed home.

It was such a great day today. I met Mr. Mao, received the grand prize, and decided to publish the book in Hong Kong.

After returning home, Xu Yuexin knocked on the door and found that Chen Yixue was also at his house today.

"I'm coming to your house to see Qiaoqiao."

"By the way, where did you get this camera?"

Chen Yixue asked Xu Yuexin as soon as he entered the room, with a hint of strong interest in her usually dignified and calm eyes.

(End of this chapter)