Chapter 308: Being "beaten" by a group
On July 8, 1986, a seminar on the creation of the first part of "The Ordinary World" was held in a classroom of Lu Academy. Twenty people from Yanjing, Critics from Qin Province and Lu Yao himself sat at an oval conference table made of temporary school desks. On each table were placed a personal nameplate and two issues of "Flower City" magazine, which contained "Flower City" magazine in separate issues. "Ordinary World" Part 1.
Xie Wangxin, deputy editor-in-chief of "Flower City" magazine, presided over the meeting.
"Dear comrades, everyone has read the first part of "The Ordinary World" by Comrade Lu Yao. Just now Comrade Lu Yao also briefly explained his creative ideas and the subsequent second and third parts. Now I would like to ask everyone to express their opinions on this book and provide valuable opinions and suggestions to provide useful help for Comrade Lu Yao to complete the second and third parts.”
Xie Wangxin finished. During the opening remarks, there was silence in the conference room.
"Which comrade will speak first? Don't be polite, just say what you have to say. I think Comrade Lu Yao will accept it with an open mind." Xie Wangxin said with a smile again.
"Then let me throw some light on the topic and talk about my views on this book. If there is anything wrong, please criticize and correct me." A middle-aged man in his forties sitting opposite Fang Minghua spoke first. .
Li Tuo, deputy editor-in-chief of "Yanjing Literature".
Li Tuo was very active in the Yenching literary circle. After 1982, he became more engaged in theoretical criticism and was later honored as "Master Tuo" by the Yenching literary circle.
Of course. , now he is in his prime and has not yet reached the level of "grandpa", but he is full of fire when he speaks.
"I admire Comrade Lu Yao very much, and I really like reading the book "Life" written by him. When I first heard that Lu Yao was writing a novel, I was also full of hope. I hope that Lu Yao can bring us a novel comparable to "Life" this time. , an excellent novel that surpasses "Life". However, when I finished reading the first part of "The Ordinary World", there were only two words in my mind: disappointment. I did not expect that this book was written by the person who once wrote "Life" Writer Lu Yao? "
After hearing Li Tuo's sharp words, the expression of Lu Yao, who was sitting opposite him and was smiling, suddenly changed, and there were low voices in the conference room.
Li Tuo continued his speech: "Comrade Lu Yao, we expect you to write a better work than "Life", instead of reprinting or writing an expanded version of "Life"! And this "Ordinary Life" "That's exactly what happened."
"That's right! I think what Editor Li said is very reasonable." Another middle-aged man took over.
Fang Minghua looked at the nameplate in front of him.
radar.
Deputy editor of "Chinese Writers" and a famous critic. He has written literary reviews such as "Exploring the Art of Novel" and "The Youth of Literature".
The man continued speaking in a solemn Mandarin of Suzhou dialect:
“Although Comrade Lu Yao only wrote the first part, we can learn from the two main characters in the book— - It is not difficult to see from the descriptions of Sun Shaoping and Sun Shaoan that he actually divided Gao Jialin in "Life" into two parts. The one who stayed in Gaojia Village was called Sun Shaoan, and the one who stayed in the city was Sun Shaoping. Is this right? What’s the meaning? ”
“In addition, I remind Comrade Lu Yao that it is already 1987. What is popular in the literary world? Such old-fashioned writing techniques are no longer popular. Clearly outdated! ”
"Let me give you an example, the description at the beginning of the novel." Radar opened the magazine and read:
In February and March of 1975, it was an ordinary day, with a thin drizzle of rain mixed with a few stars. Snowflakes are falling to the earth one after another. The season is approaching, and of course the snow will no longer remain. It often disappears without a trace before it hits the ground. The cold and long winter of the Loess Plateau seems to be over, but the truly warm spring is still far away."
"Comrades, the long and long description of the environment at the beginning was as early as 100 This method has lagged behind many realist writers many years ago. Why? It's procrastination! "
Holy shit!
After listening to this passage, Fang Minghua suddenly remembered the "three golden chapters" emphasized in later online writing. Highlight the key points and go straight to the topic without any unnecessary descriptions. "This is also true.
Radar's speech continued:
"Everyone has read the novel "Madame Bovary" written by the French writer Flaubert. It is hailed as the end of romanticism and the beginning of realism. It is a literary masterpiece. A landmark work in history.
In the first edition, he spent a lot of time describing typical environments and characters, but he basically deleted all of them in the end.
"We are working on this. During self-study, suddenly the principal came in, followed by a new student not wearing student uniform, and a small school janitor, but carrying a big desk. "How simple and expressive!" With the speeches of these two people, the rest of the people present also began to express their opinions.
The story is old-fashioned
The writing is rough
There is no avant-garde novel writing skills
The criticism was almost complete.
Lu Yao's face looked ugly, but he didn't say anything. He was smoking heavily and writing something down in his notebook with a pen.
Of course, some think it is well written. For example, How to Come to the West thinks this novel is well written. This work has a main theme, a sincere understanding of farmers and their anxiety and pain about their living conditions
However, it is only the opinion of a few people. The vast majority of the evaluators here agree with the opinions of Radar, Li Tuo and others.
Looking at everyone's criticism, Wang Yu was also a little dumbfounded. He had participated in many seminars on his works, but he had never seen such criticism of his works!
And, the author himself was present!
He couldn't help it anymore, stood up and said: "Comrades, let me express my opinion."
Everyone looked at him.
“I think Lu Yao’s “The Ordinary World” is a literary work of great practical significance, from which we can see the shadow of the “History of Entrepreneurship” written by Comrade Liu Qing. "History of Entrepreneurship" is a great literary work that describes the historical landscape and the changes in farmers' thoughts and emotions during the socialist transformation of China's agriculture."
"And Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" describes. I think this is a work that is in the same line and is better than the previous ones."
Wang Yu said a lot, but Li Tuo came back with a sentence.
"Editor Wang, first of all, I think that Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" cannot be compared with Liu Qing's "Entrepreneurship History", both in terms of writing skills and language, and more importantly, I Personally, I don’t think “History of Entrepreneurship” is a very literary work.”
Hearing this, Lu Yao became angry.
He regards Liu Qing as his literary mentor.
Both his creative ideas and writing skills were greatly influenced by him. After Liu Qing's death, Lu Yao also wrote essays "Liu Qing in critical condition" and "Liu Qing's legacy", which were published in "Yanhe" magazine was used to commemorate Liu Qing.
Now that I hear someone say this about Liu Qing, I almost can’t hold back my anger.
You can say that my writing is not good, but how can you slander Liu Qing? !
Just as he was about to stand up, he was quickly held down by Wang Yu and Fang Minghua sitting on both sides of him.
Both of them knew Lu Yao's hot temper.
Don’t start a fight on the spot.
Xie Wangxin, who presided over the meeting, had a wry smile on his face and secretly regretted it in his heart.
Had I known this, I shouldn’t have organized this workshop in the first place!
How should I write the minutes of this discussion meeting in the future?
The article is full of criticism.
My head hurts.
At this time, a young man stood up: "Comrades, I want to express my views on this novel."
Everyone stopped talking, They all looked at him.
It's Fang Minghua.
(End of this chapter)