Chapter 873 Huashan Sword Discussion
On the morning of April 16, 2003, Mr. Jin Yong and his wife arrived in Xijing. Song Tangtang, general manager of Shengshi Film and Television, and Zhang Baiyu, director of Qin Provincial TV Station, went to Xianyang International Airport to pick them up.
That afternoon, at the Sheraton National Hotel where Jin Yong and his wife were staying, Shengshi Film and Television and Qin Provincial TV Station held a grand welcome banquet. Provincial leaders and heads of relevant departments attended the welcome banquet, including relevant leaders of the Provincial Writers Association.
Chairman of the Writers Association Chen Zhongshi did not come because he went to Yanjing to attend the meeting. The other vice presidents in Xijing, Lu Yao, Jia Pingwa, Bai Miao, Gao Jianyong and some famous writers were also invited to attend.
But Fang Minghua did not show up.
It wasn't that he was arrogant but that he had a cold the day before. It showed signs of getting worse today. He had a lot of runny nose and tears, so he had to call to ask for leave.
After taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor, he fell into a drowsy sleep all day. When Song Tangtang came back from the banquet in the evening, he was still lying in bed.
Song Tangtang was naturally very concerned. The first thing he did when he came back was to go to the bedroom to check on Fang Minghua's condition.
"How's it going? Are you feeling better?" Song Tangtang asked with concern, and put his hand on Fang Minghua's forehead to touch it.
"No fever." Fang Minghua shook his head and replied in a low voice: "How was your reception of Mr. Jin today?"
"It was very successful. Minister Ma from the Propaganda Department personally attended the dinner in the evening, as well as top leaders from the Department of Culture, the Bureau of Radio, Film and Television, and the Tourism Bureau." Song Tangtang replied.
Minister Ma is a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. As an unofficial event, Qin Province gave Jin Yong enough face this time.
"Minghua, Minister Ma specifically asked you why you didn't come. I explained that you were sick and couldn't attend. I told you to take good care of yourself and to accompany Mr. Jin to climb Mount Huashan in two days."
Oh?
Targeted me.
"Mr. Jin is concerned about your condition, and even talked about his relationship with you during the banquet, saying that you had known each other more than ten years ago."
Indeed, that was in 1986. Fang Minghua attended the founding meeting of the Xiangjiang Writers Association as the deputy head of the delegation of the Chinese Writers Association. Later, under the introduction of Ni Kuang, a banquet was specially arranged for Jin Yong and several other martial arts writers to attend. It was that time when he met Jin Yes, it's the only time.
If we talk about getting acquainted, it was earlier. In 1984, "The Biography of Wukong" was written and published in "Ming Pao" owned by Mr. Jin.
"Today, Mr. Jin and his wife originally sat at the main table with Minister Zhang and other leaders, but later they took the initiative to be transferred to the writers' table next to them, and had a great time chatting with Jia Pingwa, Bai Miao and the others." Song Tangtang added.
Have a nice conversation?
Brother Jia and the others don’t want to participate yet.
Fang Minghua laughed secretly in his heart.
But you have to work hard to save face.
Three days later, after Jin Yong and his wife visited other historical sites, the last activity was to climb to the top of Mount Huashan for the "Huashan Sword Discussion".
Fang Minghua's body returned to normal. According to the staff's arrangements, he rushed to Jin Yong's hotel early in the morning, and then everyone took the train to Huashan together.
Song Tangtang, Zhang Baiyu and some martial arts enthusiasts went there.
This was the first time that Fang Minghua saw Jin Yong after seventeen years. Compared with the last time he saw him in Xiangjiang, Jin Yong was much older, but he was in good spirits.
"Hello, Mr. Cha." Fang Minghua took two steps forward and took the initiative to shake hands with the other party.
"Hello, Mr. Fang." Jin Yong also smiled: "We haven't seen each other for a long time."
"Yes, I remember it was in 1986. I went to Xiangjiang and Mr. Ni Kuang was the host. We had dinner together." Fang Minghao replied.
"Well, it was in 1986. Later I heard that you came to Xiangjiang a few times, but I never saw you." Jin Yong said again. Fang Minghua smiled.
Indeed, Fang Minghua went to Xiangjiang several times later, but he never met Jin Yong. This involved some grievances in the publishing industry of martial arts novels in Xiangjiang.
Later, the book "Fighting Swordsman in the Snow" written by Fang Minghua was passed on by Ni Kuang's sister Yi Shu, and was finally handed over to the rival of "Ming Pao" publishing house: Luo Bin of Global Publishing House, for serialization in "Martial Arts World" magazine.
Of course, this is all in the past, and the two quickly changed the subject. Fang Minghua smiled and said, Mr. Cha, you are coming to Qin Province this time, and I will take you to appreciate the scenery of Mount Huashan.
There is still some distance from Xijing to Huashan Mountain. A group of dozens of people rushed there by train. When they arrived at the Yuquan Courtyard at the foot of Huashan Mountain, everyone started climbing Huashan Mountain.
Jin Yong was already old at this time, already 79 years old, so naturally he could not go up on foot. At this time, the Huashan Cableway had not yet been developed, but the organizers had already prepared a sedan to carry him up.
If tourists want to hike the entire Huashan Mountain, it will take seven or eight hours, but it will take less time to reach the North Peak. While everyone is climbing the mountain, the tour guide will explain the scenery of Huashan Mountain.
This is the third time Fang Minghua has climbed Mount Huashan. The first time was before he got married, with Song Tangtang, but that was more than ten years ago.
Thinking back to that time when he held the girl's hand, the two of them walked briskly, but this time they were only halfway up the climb, and Fang Minghua was out of breath.
Old.
Song Tangtang was also in the team, paying attention to her husband's condition from time to time. Seeing Fang Minghua like this, she quickly asked someone to find a crutch and hand it to him.
Hmm. My wife is still considerate.
After climbing for more than two hours, I finally arrived at the North Peak of Huashan Mountain. The staff here had already arranged it, with a circle of tables and chairs, and a giant stone tablet covered with red silk.
Everything went according to the agenda of the meeting. After a female host from Qin Provincial TV gave an opening speech, Song Tangtang and Zhang Baiyu, representatives of the two companies hosting the event, spoke respectively to express their warm welcome to Jin Yong.
Immediately afterwards there was a very important agenda, which was to unveil the covered stone tablet, which had calligraphy and inscriptions written by Jin Yong in advance.
"Mr. Fang, how about we unveil it together?" Jin Yong invited Fang Minghua.
"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders." Fang Minghua smiled and walked to the other side, and the two of them uncovered the red cloth on the stone tablet.
The four big red characters "Huashan Sword" appeared on the stone tablet, and the audience burst into applause.
Fang Minghua looked at it carefully. The writing was good and strong. It was very influenced by the style of Wei stele and mixed with Huang Tingjian's running calligraphy style.
Jin Yong made an impromptu speech again, "I mentioned Huashan Mountain in my novel before. I didn't see Huashan Mountain at that time, I just saw the historical records. Today I see such majestic and steep mountains as Huashan Mountain, and various mountain ranges are mentioned in the novel. They all put Huashan first.”
In the end, a group of people sat on the top of Mount Huashan and talked about the world and drank tea. It felt a bit like discussing swords in Mount Huashan, but the wind was a bit strong.
In addition to Fang Minghua, Song Tangtang and Zhang Baiyu, there were also a group of loyal martial arts fans present. In addition, Wang Wei, who played Yue Buqun in the 01 version of "The Swordsman", attended the forum.
Mainly Jin Yong was talking to a group of martial arts fans, and Fang Minghua rarely intervened.
In this situation, the protagonist is Mr. Jin, and he is just a representative of the Provincial Writers Association.
Jin Yong took the initiative to chat with Fang Minghua: "Mr. Fang, in the past few days since I came to Xijing, I heard that you held a reading salon in a bookstore to explain literary works from all over the world. It is very interesting."
(End of chapter)