Literary Master 1983

Chapter 188 Yangcheng Literary Circle
After Yu Qie returned to Guangzhou, China, he found out:
Fang Shilon actually donated 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, and his name was written as "Mainland writer Yu Qie".

The news was told to him by several comrades from Xinhua Society over the phone - the news that Yu Qie "donated" 100,000 Hong Kong dollars was reported in Hong Kong news, and some local media in Guangzhou also reported it without any corrections.

Afterwards, you can buy a newspaper with this interesting story written on it at local newsstands in Yangcheng.

The "Yangcheng Evening Class" at that time recorded:

"Writer Yu Che raised $100,000 for Hong Kong children!"

At the bottom, there was another line of small print explaining: "Yu Qie didn't spend a penny. In fact, it was Hong Kong film and television star Fang Shilong who was inspired by him and took the initiative to donate 100,000 Hong Kong dollars!"

The smaller newspaper, Guangdong TV News, used far more exaggerated language:

“YNU young writers raised more than one million US dollars in total!”

This includes Yu Qie's donations to the mainland from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and others in Southeast Asia, and all of them are counted as Yu Qie's contributions.

The Yangcheng Daily specifically identified the source of the money:
"Beverage tycoon Xu Shubiao donated $100,000 for Yu Qie's work "The Way Out";"

"Thai Bank Union Chairman Zheng Wulou donated US$100,000 for Yu Qie's work "The Way Out""

"Chia Tai Group General Manager Xie Guomin donated US$150,000 for Yu Qie's work "The Way Out"!"

"..."

The list was long, and at the end it was "Hong Kong film and television star Fang Shilong donated HK$100,000 for Yu Qie's work "Against the Cold Water"!"

It seems that although the Yangcheng Daily had the idea of ​​investigating and collecting evidence, it made a huge mistake.

"Against the Cold Current" is not Yu Qie's novel!
Wen Ruian is so scared that he wants to come to Guangzhou, China! In history, he has sued many publishers in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong for copyright fees!

Yu Qie has several meet-and-greet events in Yangcheng.

His novel trilogy "New Reality" has been licensed to Huacheng Publishing House, a boutique publishing house specializing in poetry, essays and other literary works. At the invitation of the publishing house, Yu Qi met with readers in Guangzhou.

Later, I was invited to participate in a local writers' seminar.

Guangzhou has not been a mainstream literary city in recent years, which is inconsistent with its currently developed economic status. It seems that everyone is busy doing business.

Critic Zhu Ziqing published an article titled "Why is the Guangdong literary scene so quiet?", explaining that "the Guangdong literary scene in the 1980s was very conservative. At a time when various literary movements were sweeping the country, the Guangdong literary scene was almost silent..." He was very sad about this phenomenon.

Later, he published an article titled "Culture: Is Guangzhou becoming a desert?", criticizing it again. This is because Guangzhou had two cultural peaks in the 1970s and 1950s and 1960s. The "Pearl River School of Literature", "Pearl River School of Poetry", "Pearl River Literary Criticism", "Pearl River School of Thought" and so on were famous all over the country.

The sales volume of the traditional local fiction magazine "Works" in Guangdong Province once reached one million copies, almost comparable to "People's Literature" in Beijing, and was praised by the central government as the "three actives" in the literary world at that time.

However, just a few years later, the situation changed rapidly. At the end of this year, there was a national writers' conference in Yenching, and there were only a few writers from Guangdong Province, which was completely disproportionate to its economic size.

Putting aside the older generation of Guangdong writers such as Ouyang Shan, Cheng Canyun and Qin Mu, the local literary scene is now showing signs of a lack of successors, and the local Writers Association is very anxious.

Yu Qie's novel "The Way Out" and "Da Saba", which is particularly popular in the south, are considered to be novels that can be used for inspiration.

Ouyang Shan, then 76 years old, shouted: "Although the national economy depends on Guangdong Province, and Guangdong Province's economy depends on Pengcheng, we can't just focus on doing business - why hasn't reform literature appeared in Guangdong Province? It's ridiculous!" "Why hasn't the literary creation of Chinese immigrants appeared in Guangdong Province? I believe that Guangdong Province is full of talents, and it is not inherently inferior to others. It's just that we didn't do a good job in activities and our organization was not good! I should be the first to admit my mistakes!"

Ouyang Shan was the honorary chairman of the Guangdong Federation of Literary and Art Circles at that time. He usually did not show up in public, but this time he seemed very excited.

Wang Meng, who had just become the administrative boss of the literary world, was on a business trip in Yangcheng at the time. He regarded Yu Qie as a life-saving magic weapon and asked him to explain the current embarrassing situation of the Guangdong literary world.

Yu Qie thought for a moment and said, "I don't think commercial culture is not a kind of culture... In fact, many cultural celebrities from Guangdong Province are currently creating works in Hong Kong. For example, among the four great talents in Hong Kong, Cai Lan and Huang Zhansen are both from Guangdong Province."

"Hong Kong culture has played a siphoning role. They not only siphon off Guangzhou readers in terms of aesthetics, but also in terms of talent."

"We often talk about Marxism-Leninism, emphasizing that matter determines consciousness! But when you talk about the Renaissance, without the three great men of the Renaissance... it's hard to say whether the Renaissance would still be so great! When creating, you still have to believe in a little bit of 'anthropic theory'."

Ouyang Shan laughed: "You are so young, but you are trying to save our face and excuse us... Alas, I feel even worse when you do this."

"I really think so." Yu Qie said.

Wang Meng was trying to smooth things over, speaking in official language: "The current situation in the Guangdong literary world is definitely short-term, and it is possible that young people have not come around for a while - if I meet a young writer from Guangdong in the future, I will definitely pay attention to him!"

Having said that, Wang Meng privately complained to Yu Qie: "I have been in Guangzhou for half a month. People here watch TV on Jade Channel, listen to songs on 'Golden Songs', and read novels from Hong Kong... You don't know, you are the best-selling novel among our northern writers! Even Ba Lao can't sell more than you! The atmosphere of serious literature is too weak here!"

Yu Qie said, "I am from Sichuan Province, but how can I become a northern writer?"

Wang Meng slapped his head and said, "Oh, since I met you in Yanjing, I almost forgot about this matter. Then you Sichuan people are really amazing!"

Afterwards, Yu Qie spent two days shopping in Guangzhou. This time when he went to Southeast Asia, he did not bring any gifts for Zhang Li except a Thai king badge.

During the heavy rain in Thailand, Zhang Li was only concerned about whether he "got wet".

How could this not move Yu Qie?

Guangzhou was one of the first coastal cities to open up, and some of the "first rich" who later became rich are now doing business in Guangzhou. This spring, when Mr. Qiao visited Shenzhen, Wang Shitou passed by on his bicycle and found that the China World Trade Center was surrounded by men in hats to maintain order. When he asked, he found out that the leaders had come - he and Mr. Qiao were only 160 meters apart in a vertical distance!

Later, he felt that "something big was going to happen", so he started a reselling business. Although he made his fortune by trading agricultural products and coupons, he really made a lot of money by acting as an agent for various well-known Japanese multimedia device brands, such as Sony.

Yu Qie borrowed a bicycle, a local specialty "Wuyang brand"! He rode leisurely in the streets and alleys of Guangzhou. Guangzhou was not as hot as it was later. If he rode fast, he could even bring a slight cool breeze.

He bought a Japanese Sanyo tape recorder on the foreign trade black market for more than 600 yuan, and also bought an automatic folding umbrella with a similar box changer at a stall of an individual business owner on Gaodi Street for 18 yuan.

The boss insisted that it was imported from Hong Kong, but Yu Qie said it was made in Shanghai. As a result, the label of the umbrella had the words "made in Shanghai". Yu Qie thought he had found absolute evidence!

"Look, it's made in Shanghai. This is made in Shanghai, then exported to Hong Kong, and then returned to Guangzhou... Do you know why? Because the umbrella factory has a quota. After going through this circle, the price can be lower than the official guide price through the import channel!"

However, the boss pointed at the pinyin of "沪市" and said, "What are you talking about? I don't understand. This is the English of Hong Kong!"

Give Yu Qie a treat!

(End of this chapter)