Chapter 134 Timely Rain for Young General Fang
October 17th, noon.
In the office, Fang Yan and his colleagues gathered together to eat as usual.
Tian Zengxiang held a piece of carrot between his hands and said while eating:
“Have you received the news?”
"Old Tian, what other gossip have you heard?"
Fang Yan, Zhang Shouren and Zhang Zhong'e looked at each other in confusion.
“You don’t want to talk about the establishment of the Mao Dun Literary Award, right?”
Yan Ming poured hot water into the aluminum lunch box.
“Yes, that’s it!”
Tian Zengxiang looked left and right, but saw that no one was surprised at all, "Did you know this a long time ago?"
Fang Yan nodded. He could be said to be the first group of people to know the news. The selection will be officially launched this month, and the award ceremony of the first Mao Dun Literary Award will be held next year.
“The key is this selection range!”
Tian Zengxiang said: “For novels from 1977 to 1981, according to this standard, Yanzi’s works have a good chance of being selected.”
< br>Zhang Shouren said: “Even winning a prize.”
"It's hard to say, there have been a lot of good works in the past five years."
Fang Yan said: "It may not be my turn to win the award."
"Don't underestimate yourself, the first Mao Dun The literature award cannot be without Yanzi's works, just like this "October" love literature competition, it cannot be without "Hawthorn Tree Love"."
Tian Zengxiang raised his hand.
“What Lao Tian said makes sense.”
Yan Ming took a sip of the oily water, "Even if Yanzi is the editor of "October", he should avoid suspicion in principle, but for such a representative work as "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", he must choose what should be chosen. Otherwise, where is the authority, seriousness and honor?"
Zhang Zhonge was silent and sighed quietly as he watched Fang Yan, Zhang Shouren and Yan Ming chatting animatedly.
Tian Zengxiang’s analysis was very clear: "I estimate that "Latent" and "The Fission of the Qin Dynasty" have the highest chance of being shortlisted. Both of them represent the highest level of their respective literary fields."
"Impossible. Both films are selected, but only one of them can be selected.”
Zhang Shouren asked Fang Yan which one he hoped to be shortlisted.
Dialect blurted out, "That's "The Fission of the Qin Dynasty.""
Tian Zengxiang said: "I think so too. This is a masterpiece of reform literature, and it has the best chance of being selected and winning the award."
< br>"There are times in your life that you must have, but there are no times in your life. Don't force it. No matter what the result is, in short, I am lucky to get it, but I am lucky to lose it."
Fang Yan shook his head and laughed.
Rather than winning the award, what I care about is the value, authority, fairness, and most importantly reputation of the Mao Dun Literature Award.
"Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself."
Yan Ming smiled and said: "Yanzi's attitude is very good."
"Thanks to our "October" Literary Award The news was released at the beginning of the month. If it collides with the Mao Dun Literature Award..."
Tian Zengxiang shrugged.
Zhang Shouren said with emotion: "It is indeed the case. Now that other literary journals have seen the success of our literary awards, many of them are holding meetings to study and actively keep up."
Dialect ate quietly and listened to magazines and newspapers such as "Chinese Youth", "Contemporary", "Children's Literature", "Yenjing Literature", "National Literature", etc., all of which had this intention.
"In the final analysis, it is Yanzi's credit."
"Yes, thanks to Yanzi, "October" can become the first among hundreds of literary journals across the country to establish a literary award. Magazine!”
"There is also "Autumn Nostalgic" recommended by Iwako to the prose group. The sales volume of this issue continues the record set by the previous issue of "Life", stable at 650,000, and continues to rise."
“…………”
While everyone was talking about it, Fang Yan noticed that Zhang Zhong'e left without saying a word, and asked in surprise: "What's wrong with Teacher Zhang? He always looks worried lately?"
Tian Zengxiang nodded and said: " I feel like a new person after I come back. I am not as gentle at work and a little impatient."
"Zhong E has not changed, but he is anxious."
Zhang Shouren said bluntly.
Yan Mingdao: "We have passed this hurdle this time in the "Bitter Love" crisis, but Zhong E has a strong sense of responsibility and has been trying to find ways to restore the impact, make meritorious deeds, and prove himself again. But if there is no strong person, The work cannot be turned around at all.”
"At least it must be a work of the quality of "Life" and "Autumn Memories"."
Zhang Shouren glanced at Fang Yan, but hesitated to speak.
"I recently found a good novel from the submissions."
Fang Yan took out a manuscript from the drawer.
Tian Zengxiang and Zhang Shouren immediately surrounded him.
"He's actually a co-author?"
Tian Zengxiang focused on "Geng Geng Can't Sleep".
“Yes, Ke Yunlu and Xue Ke are husband and wife.”
Fang Yan briefly described the background and plot of the story.
Although this "Geng Geng Can't Sleep" is not as mature and sophisticated as Ke Yunlu's later "New Star" and "Year of the Dragon Files", it is vaguely an innovation of reform literature, and its focus is not on reform. Rather, like an official novel, the reformers and the conservatives fight against each other, fighting to the death, and in the end the evil will not prevail against the good.
"This novel is good, do you want Yanzi to be given to Zhong E?"
Tian Zengxiang, Zhang Shouren and others guessed his intention.
"What does 'let' mean?"
Fang Yan waved his hand and said, "Teacher Zhang is the leader of the medium and long-length section. All manuscripts to be published in "October" must be approved by him. Once again, it’s just that I have too many things to do right now and I can’t spare the time to continue following this manuscript, so I can only ask Teacher Zhang to do it for me.”
"Yes, yes!"
Tian Zengxiang reacted first and secretly gave him a thumbs up. Zhang Shouren and the others looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
Justice! General Fang!
True timely rain, unparalleled benevolence and righteousness!
Everyone couldn’t help but praise him.
"Where, where."
Fang Yan did this because he had many things to do and wanted to focus on the creation of prose, and it was also out of friendship to help Zhang Zhonge.
After all, Zhang Zhong'e is a very good person, he can handle things, he can tell the truth, and he manages the team in an orderly manner, making it easier for him to fish.
"While Teacher Zhang hasn't come back yet, let's do the sum total?"
Seeing that the dialect is so righteous, Tian Zengxiang and others will not stand idly by. They are all comrades and comrades in the literary trenches.
"Yanzi, shall we have dinner together?"
Tian Zengxiang patted him on the shoulder.
“Let’s make an appointment another day.”
Fang Yan said: “I will go home to eat today.”
…………
When I returned to the alley after get off work, I saw Fang Yan after school, laughing and playing with her friends, jumping and shouting:
"Thunderbolt from the clear sky!"
"Meteor chasing the moon!"
"What kind of fun are you doing?"
Fang Yan called to the little girl with interest.
"Brother, this is Junko Xiaolu's 'Thunderbolt from the Clear Sky'."
Fang Yan made a volleyball smash gesture.
Listening to the girls chattering, the dialect finally became clear.
The co-author is "Volleyball Female Players"!
This Japanese drama about the Japanese women's volleyball team was one of the most popular TV dramas in the 1980s. Almost every local station regarded it as a ratings guarantee and broadcast it repeatedly. Its influence was even far greater than the "Football" that was later introduced to the country. "Junior" and "Slam Dunk".
Just like the "Tiger Shot" in "Captain" and the "Spin Serve" and "Tezuka Field" in "Prince of Tennis", the important characters in "Volleyball" also have their own special moves.
Spiral flying balls, meteor fireballs, meteors chasing the moon...
Thunderbolt in the clear sky is the protagonist Xiaolu Junko’s unique skill. She jumps high, performs a front flip in the air, and uses centrifugal force to move the ball. He buckled it out and smashed Newton's coffin board down.
Therefore, "Volleyball" is called "Killer Volleyball" just like "Killer Football", "Killer", "Killer Tennis" and "Prince of Tennis", but this does not affect it as a classic.
At the time of broadcast, the theme song was played on the TV.
"Pain and sadness,"
"Like the ball,"
"Coming to me..."
"Hey, catch the ball, smash,"< br>
“Come on, see it.”
"On the court, the victory flag is flying in the wind,"
"On the court, the fire of youth is burning!"
Yang Xia, Fang Hong and Fang Yan remained motionless, holding bowls in their hands, He stared at the TV, afraid of missing any picture.
Fang Yan also watched it with gusto, and suddenly had an idea:
"Sister, is there going to be a women's volleyball competition soon?"
"Yes."
Fang Hong said that the newspaper published news that the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team was nervously preparing for the third Women's Volleyball World Cup in November.
Fang Yan slapped his thigh, "That's it!"
Yang Xia and the others were startled by his surprise.
Fang Yan smiled and said, "Sister, let's design a cultural shirt."
"What is a cultural shirt?"
Fang Hong and Yang Xia looked at each other, their minds filled with questions.
(End of this chapter)