Literary Master 1983

Chapter 114 Tokyo Writers Club
Yanjing, Hongdu Clothing Store.

Yu Qie received his suit-making fee and came here to pick out clothes. He has a well-proportioned body, relatively thin, but a little tall. The clothing store found the longest clothes in the store, and finally he looked decent in them.

Standing in front of the mirror, damn, I’m so handsome.

The visiting delegations all wore the same uniform, mostly suits and ties, three-piece leather shoes, and front caps. If you met someone of Chinese descent or from Taiwan, you would definitely ask, "Are you from the mainland?"

Then he changed his clothes, gave the key to Zhang Li, and strolled around the "Dream of Red Mansions" crew in the Old Summer Palace.

Writer Yu is here!
Because he is a well-known writer, director Wang Fulin hopes that he will come to give some guidance to see if there is anything that can be corrected.

CCTV attached great importance to the filming of "Dream of Red Mansions" and invited many experts. During the training period, the actors not only had to develop good knowledge and manners, but also had to have some understanding of literature.

Many of them are amateurs and have little exposure to acting. Wang Fulin believes that the role cannot be played out by acting alone, and one must "be that person" to do it.

This was the first time that Yu Qie came to visit the crew, which was rare in the 1980s. Zhang Li was very happy and brought all her good friends to the crew and let Yu Qi get to know them one by one.

"This is Deng Jie, from Sichuan Province."

"Hello."

"——Chen Xiaoxu, you seem to know her?"

"I don't know him." Even if I know him, I can only pretend not to know him.

Chen Xiaoxu knew Yu Qie, "I've read your novel."

It turns out that Chen Xiaoxu has been crazy about reading since he was twelve years old. He has read Lottie Bronte's "Jane Eyre", Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" and Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions"... They are all finished.

At such a young age, she has already published her poems in the magazine "Young Poets". Unlike Zhang Li, she has already been cast in the role of Lin Daiyu.

This reminded Yu Qie of Gong Xue, another literary young woman.

Director Wang Fulin thinks that Chen Xiaoxu is not pretty enough, especially her nose is too high, but her love and accumulation of literature are not achieved overnight, but are the result of years of persistence, so she has an indescribable temperament.

This is very similar to the role of Lin Daiyu, so it was decided.

When Yu Qie came this time, no one had changed into ancient costumes. If everyone had changed into ancient costumes, it would probably be exactly the same as in Yu Qie's memory.

They were very curious about Yu Qie's identity: "How did you get to the south? Was it dangerous?"

"Do you know Kung Fu?"

"What does Yanda teach all day?"

The questions were all meaningless, but Yu Qie felt relaxed and happy in the presence of beautiful women. Writers are under great mental pressure to write articles, so they need a way to relieve their stress.

He even understood why Zhang Xian was dating so many people. It was better than Lu Yao who became a chain smoker.

Chen Xiaoxu was most curious about Yu Qie: "Yu Qie, you and Zhang Li have never been in a relationship before, why do you write so many novels with love elements?"

"Love and being in a relationship are two different things. Love only requires imagination."

"Zhang Li cried because of your going to the south, and we came to comfort her... Yu Qie, in the minds of you men, which is more important, making achievements or having a beautiful wife?"

This question is a bit like bread and love. Women often ask this question. I didn’t expect Chen Xiaoxu to be interested in it as well.

Yu Qie gave the standard answer: "Either both are done well, or neither is done well."

When he said this, he glanced at Zhang Li, who was also looking at him nervously. The two laughed as soon as they looked at each other. The girls were playing around, and you could watch their playing around for a whole day. If you could build a Grand View Garden, you wouldn't know how happy it would be.

Director Wang Fulin specially gave the young couple half a day to play.

They didn't go far, just walked on the street outside the Old Summer Palace. Finally, the key was given to Zhang Li. When she returned, she saw Chen Xiaoxu reading "Dream of Red Mansions".

I was immediately puzzled: "Xiao Xu, how many times have you read this book? Are you still reading it?"

Chen Xiaoxu said, "I'm studying your partner. He looks more like the person in this book."

"Are you playing a prank on me again? He could be any other person, but he's definitely not Jia Baoyu."

"I don't like the character of Jia Baoyu either. He is too sentimental."

Zhang Li continued to complain: "Not only is he promiscuous, he is also irresponsible and has caused his women to suffer. Jia Baoyu is the best at making promises and deceiving people, but he can't do anything."

Chen Xiaoxu suddenly held her chin and listened quietly to Zhang Li's complaints. At this moment, Chen Xiaoxu had a boyfriend who was almost ten years older than her. He was usually very insightful, but they broke up not long after being together. Then his personality changed drastically. He could neither coax her nor admit his mistakes when there was a conflict.

Because of her acting, Chen Xiaoxu is becoming more and more like Lin Daiyu. She begins to be unable to tolerate others and her personality develops many edges and corners.

So she asked, "I know that you and Yu Qie are destined to be together, arranged by a matchmaker, but when did you actually fall in love with him?"

"Snow! It snowed heavily that day!" Zhang Li's eyes were shining, "I came to Beijing to see him that day in advance. I didn't prepare anything and made a lot of jokes!"

Zhang Li spoke more and more tenderly, "But he neither laughed at me nor disliked me for being annoying. He arranged everything properly... He is only two years older than me. I suddenly thought, it's really nice to have someone like him to accompany me."

"So, you cried when you saw your partner go to the front line?"

"Xiao Xu, if he really dies, how can I live?"

Chen Xiaoxu still couldn't understand this feeling. She rubbed her fingertips on the rough pages of "Dream of Red Mansions". The many books she read in her youth made her have more dramatic fantasies about love than ordinary people, but when it came to reality, there was no specific person.

It is difficult for anyone to meet this standard.

This is just as she wrote in a poem she wrote when she was a teenager: "My father is the vast sky, and my mother is the boundless earth."

Without such love, she would rather be a free willow catkin.

The girls all rested, but Yu Qie boarded a train to Shanghai and transferred to Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. This place is now the western suburbs of Shanghai. There are no buildings around, only farmland.

Carrying his luggage, Yu Qie caught up with the main group. There were two groups of people from Shanghai and Yenching. The Shanghai group included Ba Lao, his daughter Li Xiaolin, the director of the Writers Association's External Liaison Office Xu Qin, and the translator Chen Xiru. The Yenching group included Jiang Zhenghan (Ai Qing), Yu Qie, and several cadres from the education department.

Jiang Zhenghan was originally a left-wing writer and worked in border area culture. "Dayanhe - My Nanny" is his work and he is a master in the poetry world.

In the 1980s, the two countries gradually turned to friendship, and many well-known writers visited Japan many times.

The second issue of "Japanese Literature" this year published the poem "Minoyoshi" originally written by Jiang Zhenghan when he watched the night view of Kyoto, and the beginning of the volume was Ba Lao's article "My Expectations".

"I hope we can translate, publish and review as many famous works of different times, schools and styles as possible in Japan; and introduce a group of outstanding writers from our country to Japan. Ai Qing, Ding Ling, Deng Youmei, Feng Mu... Yu Qie."

The original last person on this list was Liu Xinwu, but now it has become Yu Qie.

After boarding the plane, Yu Qie received the interview notes. He would follow Ba Lao and accept an interview with the Japanese media as a representative of emerging writers.

(End of this chapter)