Literary Master 1983

Chapter 176
Everyone looked at it and saw Wen Ruian said in the Oriental Daily:
"Kowloon Walled City and Lianyun Walled City are both lawless places filled with all kinds of people. Gangs, the poor, and craftsmen coexist here, forming a unique marginal society."

"The mainland writer Yu Qie campaigned for the current situation of Kowloon Walled City and wrote the masterpiece of Nanyang Chinese literature, "The Way Out"! Although I cannot do it, I yearn for it in my heart. I specially cited him as the male protagonist of the novel. If there is anything inappropriate, I am disrespectful."

Everyone was shocked, it turned out that this Qi Shaoshang was actually a real person.

A Ling, a Hong Kong university student, screamed, "Ah! I know this person. He is a young writer from the mainland. He is famous in the mainland, Southeast Asia, and Japan. I have read many of his books. I didn't expect that he also wrote about Hong Kong!"

Mr. Chen said: "There is also a photo of Mr. Yu on it. Judging from the sign and the architectural style behind it, he should be in Southeast Asia, Thailand!"

The lady sitting next to me kicked her legs and almost fainted. All I saw was the photo above. Yu Qie was standing outside the Buddhist temple, dignified and compassionate. Everyone in the photo was looking at him and gathering around him.

"Ahhh! Qi Shaoshang! He is willing to protect his beloved, and he has a sense of justice. His love for his country and family is just as strong as anyone else's! How can I not like him?"

Uncle Fatty smiled and said, "I'm afraid what you like is Yu Qie!"

"Wen Shengyi said that Qi Shaoshang is Yu Qie, and Yu Qie is Qi Shaoshang. I like them, and they are the same person!"

The housewife took out a large bill and waved it: "Today, I will use this bill to buy his newspaper!"

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The atmosphere inside Ming Pao has been good in recent days.

The general manager of Ming Pao at that time was Zhang Jianbo, who was the business promoter of Ming Pao.

He held up the newspaper that contained the serial "Against the Cold Water":

"Mr. Cha, since the publication of Against the Cold, Ming Pao has been sold out in Hong Kong. Today, there are as many as 200,000 copies! The special edition has also sold 150,000 copies, which is comparable to your serialized novel!"

"Is it really selling so well?" Cha Liangyong said.

"It's really selling well!" Another editor-in-chief named Dong Qiao nodded. "Although Ming Pao has now transformed into a comprehensive newspaper that focuses on current affairs commentary, the most popular ones are still the serialized martial arts novels - I plan to organize a 'cultural salon' and invite Ni Kuang, Yu Guangzhong, and even some famous mainland writers to do interviews. Readers like to read their opinions."

“Who are you going to ask to do the interview?”

"I think the mainland's Yu Qie is very good. I read his novels and now understand his foresight."

"What did he foresee?"

"Others only see dregs in dregs, but he sees hope. We have wronged Yu Qie before."

This made Cha Liangyong very unhappy. However, Ming Pao is no longer just Cha Liangyong's newspaper today. Many people formed a "golden combination" and created the heyday of this newspaper.

If Cha Liangyong proposed now to remove "Against the Cold Current" from "Ming Pao", he would undoubtedly be in danger of being condemned by the world.

He then made another appointment to meet Wen Ruian at his residence.

"Brother, since you wrote "Against the Cold Water", why did you also write Yu Qie into the novel and praise him in the newspaper? How can I live with myself if you do this?"

“Then I sent the novel to other publications, and Oriental Daily News was eager to serialize it.”

"Why is it so? Why is it so? You and I have known each other for a few years. How did it come to this?"

"Because I am not a citizen of the world, I am a Malaysian Chinese. I not only see the Kowloon Walled City, I also see Southeast Asia and my nation."

It was raining heavily in Hong Kong that day. The typhoon was passing through Hong Kong and might cut the city in half. The slums represented by Kowloon Walled City would definitely be the hardest hit.

August and September are always the months when typhoons sweep through Hong Kong. Last year, a typhoon named "Ailun" hit Hong Kong, killing 10 people and leaving 12 missing. Landslides occurred in many parts of Hong Kong. At that time, the owner of a grocery store and his five children, aged from a few months to 7 years old, were buried alive.

Now the heavy rain and storm soon hit the living room of the mansion. The glass windows on the second floor suddenly burst into spider web cracks, and the salty rain arrows penetrated the gauze curtains. The servant Lao Zhou hurried down from upstairs, holding the film master tape of Ming Pao wrapped in oilcloth in his arms: "It's bad! Master, the printing factory said..." The voice was shredded by the strong wind. Cha Liangyong saw that the section of Qiao Feng's suicide on the film was leaking water, and suddenly grabbed a paper cutter to cut the hem of his suit, and pressed the cloth tightly to cover the gap in the master tape.

Wen Ruian seized the opportunity and said, "Qiao Feng is a Han Chinese, not a Liao Chinese."

Cha Liangyong's heart was shocked.

Then suddenly a bolt of lightning struck, illuminating the sky and earth, and then there was a loud thunder.

The fax machine suddenly screamed and spat out a half-finished message: "…the Causeway Bay branch was flooded and stopped publishing…"

Why should we discuss the cotangent?
Let’s get through this level first.

The whole family took action, rushed upstairs to block the windows, and carried all the books, tapes, artworks that could not be exposed to the rain to the first floor. Then they huddled together and waited for the storm to pass.

"Is there another typhoon this year?" Cha Liangyong sighed.

"It's a small typhoon. No one will die. At least it won't be a big deal for you." Wen Ruian said.

In the early morning, the storm was indeed smaller. It seemed that the typhoon had only touched the harbor. However, the power of nature made him a little moody, blurring the difference between life and death. Old Zhou lit a candle so that the distinguished guest Wen Ruian could continue chatting with Cha Liangyong.

In the candlelight, Wen Ruian said, "Why don't Mr. Cha meet with Yu Qie himself to talk and clear up the misunderstanding? He is going back to the mainland soon."

Cha Liangyong was undecided.

"Mr. Cha, you are still stubborn!"

Wen Ruian immediately became angry again and stood up to leave. Cha Liangyong tried to stop him but failed. Wen Ruian pushed open the door and said to him in the heavy rain and knee-deep water: "Let me be drowned, hit to death, or crushed to death by falling debris on the road today... I don't want to stay here any longer!"

"Different road non-phase plan."

Well, Cha Liangyong naturally accepted it.

"I agree to everything you said, please come back!"

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On the other hand, Yu Qie soon received an official letter inviting him to attend a literary salon hosted by Ming Pao before returning to the mainland.

Since he had participated in many such activities recently, he did not think much of it, but the Ming Pao article made him feel strange, because Zha Liangyong had written an editorial criticizing him before.

Maybe Ming Pao also needs sales?
Wen Ruian's "Against the Cold Current" is being serialized, and the story has also spread to Thailand. For some reason, Yu Qie has become the muse of inspiration for this novelist, and has been inserting his personal opinions into his novel crazily.

"Against the Cold Current" has become a political satire novel in the guise of a martial arts novel, used to criticize Malaysia's systematic restrictions on Chinese education. This guy is probably done with this in his lifetime, and he can forget about returning to Malaysia.

In the past few days, Thailand has also suffered heavy rain and strong winds, which delayed the original medal award ceremony for two days. Sirindhorn secretly told Yu Qie that because of the recommendation of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, he might be awarded the Thai Cultural Third Class Medal.

Therefore, Yu Qie was dressed elegantly today in a suit and tie. He originally wanted to wear those shorts. Ji Xianlin almost went crazy when he saw it. As an old man in his seventies, he wanted to beg Yu Qi not to do anything stupid.

Thailand has five levels of medals, and the third and fourth levels are often awarded to foreigners. When Mei Lanfang from China visited Thailand for a performance, he also received a third-level medal for promoting exchanges between China and Thailand.

The first-class medal was awarded to figures such as John D. Rockefeller IV and the First Lady of the United States, while the second-class medal was won by actress Irene Dunne. Another representative figure is the French explorer who discovered the Buddhist holy site "Angkor Wat".

It is conceivable that unless Yu Chet wins a Nobel Prize, the Thai royal family is unlikely to "condescend" to compromise.

In fact, Sirindhorn had a quarrel with her brother over the level of his awards.

(End of this chapter)