Chapter 634 Workshop on "The Piano of Steel"
"I once went to Pengcheng and had dinner with a few friends. One of them is also engaged in real estate development. When I mentioned this, others were envious of those who are doing it now. Real estate can make a lot of money, but he sighed and said, "Who knows the difficulties involved?"
"Farmland is easy to say, but the biggest fear is that it is like a village in the city, which is very difficult and puts the people down." If you don’t agree, you can’t stand it. If you delay this project, you will have to resort to other shady methods.”
Zhao Hongjun said a lot about what he saw and heard. Song Tangtang was shocked.
Finally there was silence in the room.
After a while, Fang Minghua patted Zhao Hongjun on the shoulder: "Actually, it's good now. We can't make enough money. Let's just do a good job in the two major areas of book publishing and film and television production."
" I think so too, let’s create more spiritual food for the society, hehe.”
After returning from Haikou, Zhao Hongjun rushed to Shanghai within a few days to find a suitable place to build Shengshi in Pudong New Area. Book publishing building.
Song Tangtang led the staff of Shengshi Film and Television to visit the Planning Commission, Urban and Rural Development Bureau, Land Bureau and other departments in Xijing to prepare to build a photography base belonging to Shengshi Film and Television near the southern suburbs TV tower.
Fang Minghua is not idle either, and will rush to Yanjing again soon, where a seminar on his novel "The Piano of Steel" will be held.
"The Piano of Steel" was jointly published by Shengshi Books and Hainan Publishing House a month ago. It is grandly launched as the fourth work in the "Buhu Series" series.
Follow Su Bin’s publicity plan. In addition to holding book signing events in Yanjing and Xijing, another highlight is holding a work seminar in Yanjing.
In this era, after a famous writer publishes a book, he will always hold a seminar on his work, invite a group of literary critics to comment, and then send out several press releases in various media. Expand the visibility and influence of your work.
The first two books in the "Buhu" book series created by Shengshi Books, "White Deer Plain" and "Abandoned Capital", held work seminars respectively.
Especially Chen Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain", the participants believed that "this is an epoch-making masterpiece." The president of the People's Literature Publishing House who participated in the meeting is called Chen Wanchun, who is an expert on Lu Xun and is very familiar with this novel. He was so praised that he once publicly wrote an article in the People's Daily analyzing the content and writing skills of this book.
Although some erotic descriptions in the book aroused criticism from some people, they did not succeed and instead accelerated the book's sales. This made everyone, including Shengshi Books and Chen Zhongshi, heave a sigh of relief.
The seminar on "The Piano of Steel" was held in the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature.
In this era, the Modern Literature Museum has not yet moved to Chaoyang QU Shaoyaoju, but is still in the west courtyard of Wanshou Temple on West Third Ring Road.
Wanshou Temple seems to be a desolate place, but it actually has a bit of culture. There is an ancient road to the east. There are several ancient steles remaining beside the ancient road, and the writing has been blurred. The newly built Chinese Theater in the north is very beautiful, and there are always some shows performed in the theater in the evening.
When Fang Minghua arrived, Su Bin from Shengshi Books had already arrived as the organizer. There were many people invited, including He Zhenbang, a professor at Lu Xun Academy of Literature and a famous literary critic, Radar, writer Wang Meng, Modern Times Li Zhun, the then director of the Literature Museum, and more than ten people.
Li Jun is also a famous screenwriter and author. The novel "The Yellow River Flows East" won the second Mao Dun Award.
And of course there are reporters. Su Bin invited a reporter from the "People's Daily" this time, which is the largest official newspaper in the country, which shows that he attaches great importance to this seminar.
The meeting lasted for a day. At the meeting, the representatives evaluated the novel from different angles and praised it for describing real life using post-modernist writing techniques. They thought it was a rare novel. A masterpiece that reflects current social life.
In terms of narrative structure, the novel adopts a dual-clue narrative technique and revolves around the two sometimes concrete and sometimes abstract images of "piano" and "chimney", gradually deepening individual wishes into an elegy for the industrial age. .
This narrative technique not only breaks the convention, but also shows the social changes in the industrial age and the twists and turns of personal destiny through the interweaving of the explicit clue of "piano" and the implicit clue of "chimney".
In the afternoon, the discussion was basically over, and the atmosphere in the conference room became lively. Everyone started chatting in groups of twos and threes.
The so-called gossip is basically related to literature. When everyone was chatting about some works in the literary world in the past two years, He Zhenbang said with a smile.
“Today, I participated in the seminar on the works of Minghua’s "The Piano of Steel". Some time ago, I also participated in the seminar on the new books of Jia Pingwa and Gao Jianqun. Last year, I also participated in the seminar on the works of "White Deer Plain" written by Chen Zhongshi. "Seminars keep me busy."
"I told you, Ming Hua, you people from Qin Province are so aggressive, why are you writing long stories? My dear, do you want to go on a crusade?"
At this time Wang Meng interjected: "Professor He, if we talk about the Eastern Expedition, this should be the second one in Qin Province. I remember that around 1987, Minghua published "Crossing the Guandong", Jia Pingwa wrote "Impetuous", and Lu Yao Even more powerful, he wrote a novel called "The Ordinary World", which was jokingly called the "Qin Army's Eastern Expedition" in the literary world. "
"This time it is even more powerful, with more people. I estimate that they are not only going to march to the east, but they are also preparing for it. "Traveling to the Six Kingdoms."
Everyone laughed after hearing this.
Indeed, after entering the 1990s, writers from Qin Province suddenly emerged. Last year, Chen Zhongshi shocked the literary world with his novel "White Deer Plain". Later, writers from Qin Province successively published many novels:
Jia Pingwa's "Abandoned Capital", Jingfu's "Eight Miles of Love", Cheng Hai's "Love of Destiny", Gao Jianqun's "The Last Huns", and the last one is Fang Minghua's "The Piano", which caused a stir in the literary world sensation.
Of course Fang Minghua had to be humble after hearing this, and he was very happy in his heart. Unfortunately, Lu Yao was missing this time, and he was still writing the "Crash" at home.
Everyone was chatting casually in a lively atmosphere, but when I was talking and listening without intention, I was noted down by one of the participants.
Her name is Han Xiaohui. She is a newspaper editor and a well-known prose writer. She also has the identity of a reporter for "Guangming Daily"!
After the conference, "People's Daily" reported the news of yesterday's seminar in the "Literary Theory" section on the third day.
Of course Han Xiaohui saw it and the writing was quite good, but she felt that something was missing.
Fang Minghua's "The Piano of Steel" is indeed well written, but there are also many excellent works by writers from Qin Province in the past two years, right?
She remembered that in 1987, three writers from Qin Province published three works. Although the number was relatively small, both of them won the Mao Dun Literature Award.
This time it was even more intense, six books were published in one go!
Who knows how many contradictory literature awards there will be in the future, as well as the newly established World Chinese Literature Award? !
(End of this chapter)