Chapter 607 606 Carrying morality and justice with iron shoulders, writing articles with skillful hands
"Minghua, I think you are more and more interested in writing stories about small people in reality." Song Tangtang read the entire novel, raised his head and said to Fang Minghua 's first sentence.
"Haha, Lili said the same thing. Writing grand epic narratives is certainly popular, but I think this kind of stories about small characters have more social significance. They are easily ignored in this era of drastic changes. It’s worth speaking out for them,” Fang Minghua explained.
"What you said makes sense. A writer should have a sense of responsibility and mission, a strong shoulder to bear moral responsibility, and a masterful hand to write articles. This is how Minghua is. It would be better if your novel could be adapted into a movie. Yes." Song Tangtang said.
“Let’s wait until it’s published.”
It’s late July and this novel is finally finished.
It turns out that this movie also has some problems, such as: the vagueness of the story narrative, resulting in "another kind of obscurity"; the storyline is incomplete, the plot is too short, and many things are not explained clearly or adequately. As a result, the audience cannot understand clearly.
However, in Fang Minghua's novel, some problems no longer exist. The 70,000-word length is enough for the author to tell each story calmly and leisurely.
Narrative ambiguity is itself a common narrative technique in novels. For example, "Kong Yiji" written by Lu Xun, "Ulysses" written by the British writer Joyce, etc. all use this technique. kind of skill.
Also, criticism among ordinary movie fans: The ending of this movie does not have a happy ending like "The Piano", but has an open ending.
But in fiction, this is one of the strengths.
After Fang Minghua finished the first draft, he revised it carefully again, then printed it out and drove to "Yanhe" magazine to socialize with Bai Miao.
Bai Miao seemed very happy to see Fang Minghua come to contribute.
"Minghua, you are really timely. I am worried that there will be no suitable articles in the editor-in-chief's recommendation column in the next issue of "Yanhe"."
Fang Minghua was a little surprised when he heard this.
"No way? Not to mention anything else, there are so many writers who have signed contracts with great gods, but not a single article has caught your eye?"
"No way." Bai Miao smiled bitterly when he heard this: "This In April, none of the contracted writers sent in their own works. , I also made a special call to ask a few people, such as Yu Hua, Mo Yan, Su Tong, Liu Zhenyun, etc. who often contribute to us, and they all said that they have focused on writing novels in the past two years and have reduced the writing of short and medium stories. "
Fang Minghua nodded after listening.
This is indeed the case. After entering the 1990s, these young and middle-aged writers have become more mature in writing experience and skills, and began to write novels one after another.
Historically, the length and quality of novels written in the 1990s were higher than those written in the 1980s.
"Minghua, the editor-in-chief position is getting harder and harder to sit in. It's very stressful. I don't even want to do it anymore." Bai Miao sighed again.
Fang Minghua was naturally deeply touched, but he patted Bai Miao on the shoulder with a smile and said in a joking tone: "Comrade Bai Miao, you have done well, keep up the good work, we all think highly of you!"
"Okay, then you have to support me! How about at least one article per month?"
"You want to tire me to death? I am not as good as Ping Wa."
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The two joked for a while before Fang Minghua handed the manuscript to Bai Miao.
"You take your time and watch, I'll go back first."
"What's the hurry? Sit down and chat for a while, drink some tea." Bai Miao enthusiastically persuaded him to stay.
Fang Minghua glanced at Bai Miao and drank labor protection tea. He smiled and declined: "Forget it, I have something to do when I go back. Let's talk about it another day."
"Okay, I'll go first. Take a look at this novel you wrote." Two days later, Bai Miao called Fang Minghua and said that the novel was very exciting and was going to be published in the "Editor's Recommendation" column in the next issue.
"Minghua, your novel is a typical comedy novel with magical realism. It reminds me of "The Donkey Gets Water" you published ten years ago, but the technique is much more mature."
" Thank you for the compliment.”
“Hey, Minghua, I noticed that your novels have recently begun to focus on real people. Will you write more in the future?”
“Yes.”
In mid-August, the new issue of "Yanhe" magazine published this novella in the column recommended by the editor.
Editor-in-chief Bai Miao also commented: This is the second novel written by the writer Minghua that focuses on reality.
The author's exaggerated attention to the dilated pupils of marginalized groups in society towards the cruel reality and suffering of life, eloquently reveals the physical and mental splitting and individualization of little people in traditional reality who are consumed by gray experiences. of human concern.
The novel is about a small character who suffers from severe imbalance in character and psychological pressure, and the tone also outlines a cry of grief and indignation against the cruel society and miserable life."
Once the novel was published, it caused a stir. Attracting the attention of readers and the literary world, critic Radar soon commented on this novel:
"Hello! Mr. Tree" has a strong literary metaphor. In this film, you can watch it. To the shadow of Mr. K in Kafka's "The Castle" and Cosimo in Calvino's "The Baron in the Trees"
In the former, Mr. K took the initiative to approach a system, spent all his efforts and finally failed; in the latter, it seems that he is continuing this failure. "The Baron in the Trees" tells an attitude that completely breaks with ugly civilization and institutionalization. And an experiment in how to survive proudly after the break.
And "hello! Mr. Tree in "Mr. Tree" can be understood as Mr. K who lives in a tree. He tries hard to integrate into the real life in the countryside and squeeze into the mainstream of rural youth, but he often can only climb back to the tree after encountering setbacks and achieve success. A refuge and protection...
“It is said that Minghua’s last short story “The Textile Girl” has been adapted into a movie script by a very young director and is currently being filmed. It is expected to be available to the audience by the end of the year. I hope this There is also a director who has adapted the novel to the big screen, and I think it will be wonderful... But who can make a movie that is realistic yet absurd, plain yet magical, and a comedy that reveals tragedy? Said, it seems there is no such thing now."
When Fang Minghua saw this article published in "Literary Review", his family was traveling in Dalian.
I have discussed with my wife in advance that before Song Tangtang goes to Yinchuan to participate in the filming of "Westward Journey", we will take the children out for a walk during the summer vacation.
They chose Dalian and flew directly over with their children.
Dalian in the early 1990s was still very prosperous, with the trams on Dongguan Street, the lively Tianjin Street, Friendship City, and the seaside bathing beach in Fujiazhuang.
The children had a lot of fun. Very happy.
In his spare time, Fang Minghua bought this "Literary Review" from a street newspaper and read the article above.
I sighed in my heart: "Damn it, this radar is really good, it's like a map cannon.
But think about it, it does make sense.
The movie "hello!" Mr. Tree" belongs to the work of the sixth generation of film directors.
The sixth-generation directors like Wang Xiaoshuai, Wang Quanan, Lu Chuan, Guan Hu, Lou Ye, etc. have not yet started to stage their debut films.
It seems that the leading figure Jia Zhangke hasn’t been admitted to Yanjing Film Academy yet, right?
Fang Minghua is right.
At this time, Jia Zhangke was still a senior in high school and should not be a repeater of high school.
Unfortunately, I still didn’t pass the exam this year.
(End of this chapter)