Chapter 687 Yu Hua is proud of the spring breeze
The Second World Chinese Literature Award Ceremony was held on March 3, 1995 at the Xijing People’s Grand Theater.
The five best works of the Chinese Literature Award were announced at the party. As expected by Fang Minghua: the best novel award was won by Yu Hua's "Alive", and the best novella award was given to Wang Xiaobo 's "Golden Age".
The best short story was won by Su Tong's "The Age of Tattoos". The best prose award went to "The Sixth Hand" by Taiwanese writer Bai Xianyong.
It is worth mentioning that Bai Xianyong’s father is the famous Bai Chongxi.
The poetry collection award actually went to the famous Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa's collection of poems "Looking at the Blue of the Sky"!
Tanigawa Shuntaro is a famous contemporary Japanese poet, playwright, and translator. At the age of twenty-one (1952), he published his maiden collection of poems, "Two Billion Light Years of Loneliness," and was known as the cosmic poet of the Showa era.
The name Shuntaro Kawa is no stranger to the Chinese poetry world. After the 1980s, his poems have been published in "Foreign Literature", "Poetry Magazine", "Flower City", "Everyone", "Wild Plains" and so on. Ten Chinese magazines have published albums of Shuntaro Tanigawa's poetry and research papers about Shuntaro Tanigawa. It has an important influence on contemporary Chinese poets.
While Fang Minghua applauded the old poet who was over 60 years old for coming to the stage to receive the award, he couldn't help but sigh:
Domestic poetry is really in decline.
After the ceremony, Fang Minghua privately invited some writers to his home, and Song Tangtang and the nanny personally prepared a table of delicious dishes for everyone.
Yu Hua, Su Tong, Mo Yan, Wang Anyi, and Liu Zhenyun, these are the five writers whose works were shortlisted this time. They came to Xijing to attend the awards night. Of course, there are also Chen Zhongshi, Lu Yao, and Jia Pingwa. and white seedlings.
The treat is not about literary achievements but about closeness.
In addition to Qin Province Chen Zhongshi and others, Yu Hua and Fang Minghua have been in contact with each other since the early 1980s. These young literary lovers have now become the backbone of the Chinese literary world.
At the wine table, Yu Hua, who won the best novel, became the focus of everyone's attention, and they kept toasting to him in the name of congratulations.
Yu Hua has indeed been very proud of himself in the past two years.
After his first novel "Shouting in the Drizzle" was shortlisted for the first Chinese Literature Award, his subsequent novel "To Live" directly won the title of Best Novel at the second Chinese Literature Award.
Yu Hua's drinking capacity was quite good, but he could not withstand the attacks of these people. He soon became so drunk that he could not straighten his tongue when speaking.
"Don't, please, don't congratulate me. He, he, Su Tong won't win the prize either?" Yu Hua held the wine glass in one hand and pointed at Su Tong sitting next to him.
"Isn't his novel "Honey and Concubines" also made into a movie by Zhang Yimou? You should congratulate him."
Su Tong immediately retorted:
"Yu Hua, although my novel was made into a movie by Zhang Yimou, my novel was just a novella and it was not as successful as your "Alive". Hey, tell us what you are doing. "The royalties given to you by Shengshi Books are several hundred thousand, right?"
Yu Hua just giggled and didn't answer.
How much royalties are received is a personal secret. It is estimated that only Yu Hua himself and Shengshi Books’ finances are clear about it. But what everyone knows is that last year Yu Hua bought a large 120-square-meter house in Fengtai Fangzhuang Community, where the rich live in Yanjing!
I bought a house in Yanjing, married a lovely wife and had children. For a time, Yu Hua had a double harvest in love and career.
"No, we can't go to Minghua to treat us. Yu Hua and Su Tong, you two who won awards this year, also want to treat us!" Liu Zhenyun said, half joking and half serious.
"No problem!" Yu Hua agreed: "Minghua, please arrange a place to eat."
If nothing else, of course, this time I won a prize of 100,000 yuan. Want a treat.
So, Fang Minghua and others drank for two days in a row, and in the evening everyone went to sing at the Roman Karaoke Hall in Yaowang Cave, Lianhu Lake.
In the 1990s, dance halls were still in the ascendant, but karaoke parlors began to rise. This format with private rooms where you can order songs at will is very suitable for gatherings of friends. Of course, the price is not cheap either.
Su Tong, Liu Zhenyun, and Wang Anyi sing quite well, especially Wang Anyi, who has a Wu accent and sings some songs by female singers softly and very pleasantly.
Yu Hua’s singing was difficult to listen to. He had a male duck voice and liked to order some fast songs, so he ended up singing a song called "Platform" by Liu Hong.
"My heart is waiting, forever waiting
My heart is waiting, forever waiting
Ghosts cry and wolves howl.
This reminds Fang Minghua of the summer of 1987, when Yu Hua sang that song in the dormitory of the Luyuan Academy workshop.
I am also crying like a ghost and howling like a wolf, and I have not made any progress over the years.
Yu Hua was singing above, and the others were sitting on the sofa drinking beer and chatting.
"Sister An Yi, I remember going to Nanjing to attend a seminar on realist works last winter. You said you were writing a novel. How is it going?" Fang Minghua asked with concern.
"The first draft has been completed and I am revising it now." Wang Anyi said truthfully.
"Sister An Yi, when you finish writing, you must let me read it." Fang Minghua said.
"Okay, take a look at it then and give me some advice."
"Sister An Yi, what novel are you writing?" Su Tong, who was sitting next to him, asked curiously road.
"The book is called "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", but it's not that Bai Juyi wrote about Emperor Ming of Tang Dynasty and Concubine Yang." Wang Anyi explained with a smile: "I just used this name, mainly to write about the 40s of Shanghai. In the 1990s, a beautiful girl named Wang Qiyao wrote emotional stories for nearly 40 years from a middle school student to her old age. ”
"I accidentally saw a piece of news a few years ago. It was about the girl on the cover of the "Beautiful" brand cigarettes who was harassed by a young man. The young man committed a crime and killed the cover girl. I got inspiration from it and wrote it." Wang Anyi explained.
"Hey, Sister An Yi, I am also writing a long story based on the story of a group of blood sellers from Henan Province coming to our Haiyan to sell blood."
I don’t know when, Yu Hua heard Sing along and chime in.
"The Story of Xu Sanguan Selling Blood"? !
"Yu Hua, have you finished writing?" Fang Minghua raised his head and asked.
"It will be completed soon and I will send it to you after I return to Yanjing." Yu Hua said.
Fang Minghua nodded after listening.
"Alive" and this book "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" can be said to be Yu Hua's pinnacle works.
Hearing that both of them had new novels, Su Tong became excited.
Although he is now very famous in the literary world, he writes novels one after another, but so far he has never written a full-length novel!
No, go back and write one quickly.
Fang Minghua noticed that Mo Yan was sitting aside and didn't speak, so he smiled and asked: "Mo Yan, what did you write?"
"I just completed a novel and sent it to Shengshi The book is called "Big Breasts and Wide Butts", Mo Yan said slowly.
(End of this chapter)