Chapter 165 Am I afraid of strong wind and waves?
“Hello!”
Fang Yan and Li Cunbao walked and chatted all the way.
I met soldiers on the road and greeted each other cordially.
Li Cunbao returned the military salute, and then looked at Teacher Fang with envy, who was very popular among the soldiers.
"Let's continue. Where did we just talk?"
Fang Yan glanced sideways.
“Speaking of the difference between military literature in war and peacetime.”
Li Cunbao continued the topic.
“Military literature is different from war literature. War literature focuses on the strategic battlefield of grand narratives, epic heroic epics, and battles with victories and defeats...”
Dialect said: "As for military literature, the surname 'Jun' is 'Bing'."
"As you said at the meeting that day, we need to return the focus to ordinary soldiers and put aside the stereotyped Heroism, even if you write about heroes, you must also pay attention to the hero's growth."
Li Cunbao humbly asked for advice.
"Not bad, for example, from a new soldier to a veteran."
"A little more romantic, from a coward to a king of soldiers..."
"Even from being ignorant before joining the army, to being tempered in the furnace of the army after joining the army, I became a prodigal warrior."
Fang Yan counted his fingers and gave examples one by one.
Li Cunbao's eyes lit up, "There can also be pampered young soldiers who have been baptized by fire and become fighting heroes."
Congratulations on your answer!
Fang Yan said with a smile: "Look, military literature focuses on human growth, so it is full of infinite possibilities."
"It's better than ten years of reading."
Li Cunbao said with emotion: "Before, I always thought that this subject matter was narrow and there was not much room for display and breakthrough. After listening to the new concepts of military literature you talked about, I finally I realized that I was shallow, but I didn’t expect The military theme is such an open space. "
"Yes, there is a lot of potential in the vast world!"
Fang Yan stopped, looked up at the sky, and then asked him if he had any creative ideas. Make an appointment for a manuscript, do you want to make an appointment?
“Teacher Fang!”
Li Cunbao said that he now has three things on hand.
One article is called "Moonlight on the Military Camp", which is a love-themed military literature. The other article has no name yet. It is about the military career of a heroic general. It is considered a typical heroic war literature. There is also another article, It is a story about self-defense | counterattack.
Fang Yan was overjoyed at first, but when he heard that two of the articles had been booked by "Liberation Jun Literature and Art" long before the symposium was held, he felt a little bit in his heart, wouldn't he be overtaken first?
“They didn’t take note of the article about self-defense and counterattack.”
Li Cunbao said with regret.
"Not interested?"
Fang Yan was relieved in his heart.
“The editor said it was too sharp and violated a taboo.”
Li Cunbao said awkwardly: “They didn’t dare to publish it.”
“What was written was so outrageous. Don’t you dare to post things you don’t have?”
Fang Yan was very interested and asked him to talk.
Li Cunbao said with a serious face: "This is when I went to the frontline troops once to collect information. I heard from the soldiers that a company cadre who joined the army from the countryside had a very difficult family situation and owed a debt. A large number of accounts , before he went to the battlefield, he confessed in a letter to his wife that if he died in the battle, he should live strong and the debts owed by his family could be paid with pensions..."
Here we go. , his eyes were slightly red, and he choked.
Fang Yan sighed longly.
Li Cunbao said that he told the story to the editors, but was unwilling to publish it. He only picked out the other two works. "I hope you don't mind. We have regulations for military writers..."
"Understand, understand."
Fang Yan waved his hand.
Manuscripts from military writers should be given priority to the military publishing house.
“Thank you for your understanding.”
Li Cunbao said awkwardly: “This is the only thing left, but the problem is that it touches the dark side. I wonder if you want it?”
"Yes! Why not!"
Dialect said firmly.
"Is this true?!"
"Of course it is true, we want "October"!"
"You have to think about it, If this story is published, you and October may have to bear some risks.”
"I'm afraid it's not just a risk, but also a storm."
Fang Yan asked back: "The key is, do you, the author, dare to write?"
"Dare! If you dare to post, I will dare to write. !”
Li Cunbao said: “I won’t hide it from you. "Originally, this is what I wanted to write most. After listening to your new concept of military literature, I even want to write this story into a novel and publish it."
"I am not afraid of you as an author." What are you afraid of? ”
"If you dare to write it, I will dare to publish it!"
Fang Yan disagrees, am I afraid of strong wind and waves?
You have forgotten what our young general did before!
Is the storm in "The Fission of Qin" big enough?
Is the controversy of "Bitter Love" big enough?
The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish!
…………
Before signing the contract with Li Cunbao, Fang Yan told Zhang Shouren and Zhang Zhong’e the whole story. After all, one was the deputy editor and the other was a medium-length novelist. Team leaders are all their superiors and must listen to their opinions.
“What do you think?”
“Yanzi, I don’t think it’s appropriate.”
Zhang Zhong'e doesn't want to repeat the same mistake and let "October" suffer another "Bitter Love" crisis, and he doesn't want Fang Yan to take the risk.
"I don't think it's that serious, at least not as serious as "Bitter Love"." Fang Yan said, "On the contrary, if it succeeds, it will definitely be the beginning of the new wave of military literature. "Ten Years" "You can stand at the forefront of this new wave."
"I feel the same way."
There was a hint of excitement in Zhang Shouren's tone. "Publishing is of great benefit."
Dialect said: "If you don't publish it, the loss will be huge."
"But the risk is also huge, too risky."
Zhang Zhong'e was bitten by a snake once, and he was afraid of well ropes for ten years. "October", which had just got on the right track, encountered another Waterloo.
“I think this risk is worth taking.”
Zhang Shouren pondered for a moment and spoke out in support.
"Shouren, why do you think so?"
Zhang Zhong'e reminded Li Cunbao that this story touches on the dark side, and if the scale is not well controlled, it can easily lead to trouble.
"Zhong E, contradictions will always exist."
Zhang Shouren shook his head and said: "I support Yanzi and Li Cunbao in writing this story, and writing it boldly. This You can’t write about it, you can’t write about it, how can China’s military literature talk about development!”
“This…”
Zhang Zhonge opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
“Teacher Zhang, you don’t have to worry too much.”
Fang Yan said: “How about I ask Mr. Feng and the others?”
“Ask Mr. Feng and the others? ”
Zhang Shouren and Zhang Zhonge looked at each other.
Fang Yan nodded. Both he and Li Cunbao felt that the story was not vivid enough, did not show the growth of the hero, and did not highlight the new concepts of military literature.
Therefore, Li Cunbao volunteered to go to southern Xinjiang again to go deep into the army to collect information and investigate.
Visit and investigation tasks like this, especially those to military areas, must be approved by the relevant departments.
Compared with "October", whether it is the General Political Bureau of Culture or the Writers Association, it is better than the name of the editorial department.
“Cun Bao?
Feng Mu listened to Fang Yan and smiled, "I didn't expect that you actually got an appointment for his manuscript."
Fang Yan asked doubtfully: "You know Comrade Cun Bao?"
"How could that be? I don’t know him.”
Liu Baiyu joked that they have a teacher-student relationship.
Fang Yan opened his mouth and said that he was the same generation as Li Cunbao. He kept saying "Teacher Fang", but he took advantage of it.
"Mr. Liu, Comrade Cunbao's request to go to southern Xinjiang..."
"You are not the first to make such a request."
Liu Baiyu said seriously: "There are already Many comrades attending the meeting took the initiative to request that they go to southern Yunnan Go visit with the troops in western Guangxi."
Fang Yan asked: "What do you mean?"
"I strongly agree with a point mentioned in the symposium that military literature writers must Go to the grassroots level.”
Liu Baiyu said that he was going to organize the participating writers and make unified arrangements.
Fang Yan said: "That's the best thing to do."
Liu Baiyu smiled and said: "After talking about Li Cunbao, it's time to talk about you, Xiaofang, do you have anything? Planning for creation?”
“Me?”
Fang Yan was stunned.
"After you proposed the concept of a new era of military literature at the symposium, didn't you think about writing something?"
Feng Mu and Liu Baiyu looked at each other.
There are so many things that can be thought of in dialect.
But there is not much about the counterattack against Annan.
Either war themes like "The Sky of History", "Armageddon", and "Band of Brothers", or military themes like "Soldier Assault", "I Am a Special Forces Soldier", and "Out of the Amazon", Or like "Operation Red Sea" and "Operation Lightning", using special forces as the entry point, it will be a military science fiction theme...
"Comrade Hu Muqiao is not here today, but including him, we are all looking forward to what kind of military works you can write."
Feng Mu cast a meaningful look, "After all, this new era of military literature You came up with the idea.”
Fang Yan asked weakly, is this a hard task?
"Of course it's not a hard requirement. The key depends on whether you have the intention to write. Creation is never forced."
Liu Baiyu smiled.
"But I still don't know what to write?"
Fang Yan shook his head and laughed.
“Literary and artistic creation is inseparable from life practice and investigation and research. Good literary and artistic works cannot be produced behind closed doors and made up randomly.”
Feng Mu added.
“That’s the truth.”
Liu Baiyu said: "Go to the army, go to the battlefield, go in front of the soldiers, see and listen to their stories and experiences, maybe you will think of what you want to write."
"Just Comrade Wei Wei would not have been able to write "Who is the Loveliest Person" if he had not gone to the Songgu Peak front line for interviews? "
Feng Mu said: " How about going to the army? For example, stay in the 112th Division for a while and experience military camp life?" Fang Yan said seriously: "If I want to go, I would actually like to go to Guixi with Comrade Cun Bao. Military Region, or the Southern Yunnan Military Region.”
“It is common for editors to follow the author to conduct grassroots research.”
Feng Mu reminded, "But it is the front line of border conflicts, and there may be personal safety issues."
Liu Baiyu said that the General Secretary is planning to arrange for these writers who have volunteered to work in the name of the "Cultural Support Army" to Going to the Guangxi Military Region can not only express condolences to the troops, but also facilitate investigation and visits.
"Guixi?"
Fang Yan murmured on his lips.
"When the time comes, someone in the army will make arrangements for you."
After Liu Baiyu finished speaking, Feng Mu added, "I'm afraid this is not enough. It would be best to find a few people in the local area to take care of me." , if you need help, ask them to try their best to solve it, what do you think?" Liu Baiyu stared at Fang Yan.
Fang Yan was thoughtful, and gradually thought of a person.
Guo Baochang of Guixi Film Factory.
(End of this chapter)