Literary Master 1983

Chapter 202: Everyone from Literary Gazette
Who attended the Hangzhou meeting?

It was proposed by Yu Qie that the "Symposium on Literary Innovation in the New Era" be held in Hangzhou jointly by Shanghai Literature, Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House and Hangzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

Referred to as the "Hangzhou Conference".

Because of the words "new era", most of the writers attending the conference are young and middle-aged writers who have just entered the field and have wild and imaginative ideas.

Because of the word "symposium" in its name, it became a semi-official and semi-private literary salon, bringing together editors of many literary magazines such as "Capital Literature", "Harvest" magazine, and "Wenyi Bao".

The literary trends in the conference can be quickly spread across the country through these magazines.

Yu Qie played a great role in this. After returning from Japan, he invited female writer Qu Tiening, military writer Guan Moye and others to the Hangzhou meeting, although these people had never appeared at the scene in history.

He also invited old friends like Alai and Liu Zhenyun, who became successful later, to attend the meeting in Hangzhou in advance so that they could succeed earlier.

When Wang Meng heard about this, she specifically asked Yu Qie to go to the scene.

He said: "Everyone knows that you have been very busy recently, but this meeting would feel like something is missing without you as the initiator. Li Xiaolin from Harvest magazine asked someone to ask me to urge you to come to Hangzhou."

"Otherwise, if you go to Ba's family in Shanghai again, his granddaughter Duanduan will no longer recognize you as her disloyal brother!"

Duanduan?

When did I become her brother? Her mother and I are equals!

Yu Qi immediately thought of the little girl who pointed out that he "wrote faster than he copied" and couldn't help laughing.

"Editor-in-Chief Wang, I will definitely go to Hangzhou, but I need to bring someone with me."

"Who to take with you? Oh..." Wang Meng suddenly realized, and a scribbled figure appeared in his mind, "You want to take Yu Hua with you, right? My other brother Yu!"

He asked Yu Qie: "Does Yu Hua really have the ability? He has been in Yanjing for more than a month and has not yet written a satisfactory article."

Yu Qie explained: "Yu Hua is not a professional, nor does he live in Beijing. He has been working behind closed doors in a small county for a long time. If such a person is given a bigger stage, he will surely shine."

Wang Meng agreed with Yu Qie's words, but still said: "The day of the advanced training class is getting closer and closer. If he still can't write a good article, he can only wait until the next session... Who were the people who came to our first session? Guan Moye, Qu Tianing... They are all already famous."

"Yu Qie, even though you appreciate him, he still needs to work hard on his own."

Of course Yu Qie understood this principle.

In late November, Yu Qi completed his critical article "Why Scar Literature Is Bound to Disappear" and gave it to Feng Mu of Literary Gazette.

The address of the Literary Gazette is Shatan North Street, Dongcheng District, which is right behind the old Yanda University, the May Fourth Square. There is a simple two-story office building on the square, where the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Writers Association, the Literary Gazette, and several other associations of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles all have offices.

Therefore, Yu Qie rode a motorcycle from the current campus to the old campus.

When they got to the bottom of the two-story building, Feng Mu came out to take Yu Qie in after the announcement. The two-story simple building was bulging with organizations. The upper floor was the news department and a small conference room, and the lower floor was the deputy editor-in-chief's office, editorial affairs, administrative office, and reference room. There was no air conditioning or heating, so it was cold in winter and hot in summer, and the working conditions were very difficult.

These were the conditions for being the most authoritative literary and art review publication in China at the time.

Feng Mu was embarrassed: "Yu Qie, since you became famous, you have been to places like Hong Kong, Thailand, and Japan, and were all received with great ceremony. Our place... is a bit shabby, I apologize to you." Yu Qie shook his head and said: "The quality of literature does not depend on the quality of conditions."

"Yu Qie is right!" A strong voice came from inside. Yu Qie looked in the direction and saw that the person who spoke was a man in his seventies who looked very familiar.

Feng Mu introduced: "This is Mr. Lu Sun, he is also the editor-in-chief of our magazine."

Lusun?

Yu Qie remembered this person, he was a literary critic and essayist, with a high status in the industry. In 81, Lu Sun, Cao Yu, Ba Lao and Ouyang Shan left a group photo of the "Four Heavenly Kings", representing one of the most experienced predecessors in the past of the mainland.

Yu Qie took the initiative to introduce himself to Lu Sun, but Lu Sun laughed and said, "I have never seen you, but I have heard about you many times from my friends. Mr. Ba told me about you once and praised you as one of the hopes for the future. During your time in Guangzhou, Ouyang Shan also wrote to tell me that you are very humble."

"Now that I have finally met you, I should write them a letter to tell them about my impression of you!"

Yu Qie asked, "What does Editor Lu think of me?"

"Great, very good!" Lu Sun slapped the table and said, "At least, he looks like a good representative of our mainland literary world... Ma Shi Tu really got a good disciple. I envy him so much."

After a few pleasantries, the group went to the small meeting room upstairs. The day Yu Qie arrived, he happened to encounter the monthly briefing of the Literary Gazette. This briefing had two things to do:
Comrades returning from business trips reported on the situation in the literary and art circles in various places and their research results; while Feng Mu and Lu Sun reported on the relevant instructions from above to the literary and art circles.

Therefore, there were a lot of people in the Literary Gazette at that time, and many of them had never seen Yu Qie, so they all ran to the small conference room and stood on tiptoe to see what Yu Qie looked like.

Yu Qie is a mysterious person, but he always appears in their literary and art criticism articles. He can be said to be the "breadwinner" of the literary and art critics.

And now, the parents who provide the most for you have even written literary reviews.

What is the level like?

"Why Scar Literature Will Disappear" is only about 5,000 to 6,000 words long, which is equivalent to the opening report of an undergraduate thesis in the future. Yu Qi tried his best to bring up what he had said in the New Reality Society and expressed it more tactfully.

Feng Mu had heard his theory, and after a quick glance, he did not read it any further, but handed the manuscript to Lu Sun. Then, he asked Yu Qie: "I heard that you were nominated for the Akutagawa Prize. Is this true?"

Yu Qie said: "I'm afraid we won't be able to get a final conclusion until December. In Japan, awards are given twice a year. The list is announced in December, the results are announced in February, and the awards are presented in March."

"Is that so? Then why don't you go to Hangzhou for the meeting? Isn't that a good time to announce the nominations? I hope the Japanese won't let you down!"

Feng Mu stroked his chin, as if he had already seen Yu Qie heading to the meeting with the "foreign award certificate".

What a beautiful scene that would be.

Some writers happened to be students in the advanced training class and were not necessarily convinced by Teacher Yu, but this could serve as a warning to Yu Che when he took office.

He suddenly asked in a low voice: "I later heard Mr. Ba dictate your article "Happy Hunting". Foxes, machines, nuclear wasteland... It's really something that no one has ever written before. I didn't expect the Japanese to appreciate it! I feel that our theoretical research at the Literary Gazette is not profound enough. We should pay more attention to the world's literary trends in the future."

"Yu Qie, you have a theoretical level, do you have any suggestions?"

(End of this chapter)