1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 317: Aren’t they just a few cowardly natives?
As women, Zhang Dening and Wang Anyi really can't help but like a female character like Dai Fenglian.

Or in the novel "Red Sorghum", they saw women transcending their own gender.

Although it is still somewhat narrow.

For example, what Dai Fenglian is most proud of is her pair of bound feet which were bound when she was 6 years old.

This also shows that ideological awakening does not happen overnight.

"With so many literary reviews published during the same period, it seems that People's Literature attaches great importance to the novel Red Sorghum," said Zhang Dening.

The 1982th issue of "People's Literature" in 6 not only published the novel "Red Sorghum", but also three review articles on "Red Sorghum".

Moreover, the authors are all famous critics in the field of literary criticism.

For example, the literary critic Li Tuo wrote in "Feelings and Creative Imagination: On the Novella "Red Sorghum":
".
"Red Sorghum" is written in a beautiful and majestic style, and is even more extraordinary from the perspective of language art.

The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression from the perspective of "Red Sorghum" breaks through the mainstream narrative mode of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the previous decades, which featured the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the militia guerrillas as the protagonists.

Jiang Xian chose a group of marginalized bandits who had never been noticed as the protagonists of the novel.

They spontaneously fought a desperate battle with the Japanese devils, and their own lives were full of the wild folk tradition since the Water Margin, with their courage to love and hate, and their hatred of evil.

Isn’t it just as Li Tuo said?

Yu Zhan'ao was a reckless man. Because he liked Jiuer, he killed the father and son of the Shan family. Such a bandit-like character, when the Japanese came, took up arms and organized anti-Japanese resistance.

Such people exist in our land, and this perspective has always been ignored.

Those with a bigger reputation, such as the mountain king in Shanxi.
In addition to Li Tuo, "People's Literature" also published literary reviews by Comrade Yan Gang and Wang Meng, the editor-in-chief of "Beijing Literature".

Wang Meng highly praised the novel Red Sorghum in his review article, saying:

“As soon as Jiang Xian started writing, there was a thick fog.

From the novel Red Sorghum, I saw Jiang Xian’s terrifying fermentation ability of narrative.

After reading it, I gained a certain kind of artistic satisfaction, just like drinking the sorghum liquor described in the novel, and drinking it heartily. "

Each issue of People's Literature has less than 20 words. Two-thirds of this issue is almost entirely about the novel Red Sorghum and its discussion and evaluation.

As editors, Zhang Dening and Wang Anyi naturally understood that such a heavyweight event showed how much importance "Red Sorghum" was attached to the People's Literature.

In their opinion, the quality of Red Sorghum itself is indeed worthy of People's Literature's unremitting efforts to promote it.

"An Yi, how is your root-seeking literary work going?" Zhang Dening remembered that Wang Anyi was also conceiving a "root-seeking" literary work not long ago, so he asked her about it.

Wang Anyi looked embarrassed and muttered, "Still writing."

At this moment, when she thought of her pride in the article "Xiao Bao Zhuang" not long ago, her face felt a little hot.

Both are about "seeking roots" and both are themes with a strong local flavor.

The answer Jiang Xian handed in was so perfect that Wang Anyi now felt that every word she wrote looked so ridiculous.

Thinking back to not long ago, she was still confident that her attainments and understanding in the field of root-seeking literature were enough to catch up with Jiang Xian and become his rival.

After reading Red Sorghum, Wang Anyi woke up as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on her.

How could she be considered a match for Jiang Xian?
The opponent is the kind that chases me one moment ahead and the next.

The relationship between him and her was such that Jiang Xiankuku moved forward and she couldn't even catch up with his shadow, and she was getting further and further away from him.

Is this the opponent?

Wang Anyi was really a little depressed.

At this moment, anyone who has knowledge of the cultural world would probably not compare her, a peer of Jiang Xian, with him when judging literary creation achievements, because they are simply not on the same level.

If we really want to compare, we can only find someone who doesn't understand literature to be the judge.

Because Wang Anyi seems to be more powerful.

When she and Jiang Xian walked to that station, she suddenly gave people the feeling that she was the author of "Red Sorghum".

"You don't have to be too self-deprecating."

Zhang Dening saw that Wang Anyi was withdrawn and tried to comfort her: "Just write your own stuff and don't be influenced by others. Although Red Sorghum is wonderful, it is a novel written by Jiang Xian after all."

Zhang Dening's meaning was very clear. She was very worried that after being shocked by Red Sorghum, Wang Anyi would abandon her original style and turn to pursue words and sentences similar to Jiang Xian's.

In her opinion, Jiang Xian's amazing narrative style is impossible to imitate.

If Wang Anyi pursues that kind of thing and writes in the style of Jiang Xian, she will always be just a small follower under Jiang Xian and will never be able to achieve a breakthrough.

Zhang Dening’s reminder was very timely and Wang Anyi quickly came to her senses.

Yes, that was Jiang Xian after all.

His language is recognized by many as an art.

Why must she regard him as her goal? Why must she try to surpass him?
After realizing this, Wang Anyi smiled bitterly and finally felt much more at ease.

In the following period, Zhang Dening and Wang Anyi paid close attention to the response that the novel Red Sorghum aroused among readers and in the cultural circles.

The "Jiang Xian phenomenon" that states that Jiang Xian's novels will definitely be popular in society and cause a great sensation has been verified as usual.

After the sudden emergence of Red Sorghum, Contemporary Writers Review, a bimonthly literary review magazine with great influence across the country, published four articles reviewing Jiang Xian's works at once in the third issue of 1982, and all of them were special discussions on the novel Red Sorghum.

Critic Radar, "The Soul of History and the History of the Soul: On the Artistic Originality of "Red Sorghum":
"I am amazed at the strange and rich imagination of the author Jiang Xian. The trembling and screaming Chinese people half a century ago in his writing are not only living beings, but also immortal souls."

Li Qingquan, "Whether to praise or not - About "Red Sorghum":
"I think Red Sorghum is a mixed chorus of strong folk customs and awe-inspiring national righteousness. Some parts of the famous Yellow River Cantata can be referenced and reflected in some parts of Red Sorghum in terms of hearing and vision."

Ji Hongzhen's "Melancholy Land, Unyielding Spirit - "Red Sorghum":
"It highlights the rise of the anti-Japanese forces among the people, and the characters in the work show strong national integrity and national spirit, which is particularly eye-catching in the current rising wave of nationalism."

Writer Cong Weixi's "Rowing a Light Boat at the Foot of the Five Old Peaks - Thoughts on Reading "Red Sorghum":
"Exploring new ideas on old themes" is a chic work that "suddenly sees a small boat" on the theme of revolutionary history and war.

"Wulaofeng" refers to the "Wulaofeng" of revolutionary history and war themes mentioned in the editor's note: old themes, old stories, old types, old themes and old techniques.

Wei Xi's words "rowing a light boat under the Wulao Peak" fully outline the literary significance of the novel "Red Sorghum" in today's era.

"Red Sorghum" caused a sensation in the city, but Jiang Xian, Zhu Lin, and the crew of "Traffic" boarded a train to the capital of SX Province.

The China Film Association will hold a grand ceremony to present the 1982 "Golden Rooster Award" and "Hundred Flowers Award" in XA City, the capital of XA Province.

"You said I was really busy this year."

Jiang Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he stepped on the yellow land. "In less than half a year, I went to the southwest, then to the northeast, and now I'm in the northwest."

Zhu Lin thought, isn't it just as Jiang Xian said, "Looking around will be good for your creation."

Jiang Xian also thought it made sense.

He needs to go and see more and gain more knowledge. Otherwise, if he writes about Altay one day, others will say that he has never been to Altay, so how could he write about Altay.

Although this is not uncommon.

After all, there is a very strange phenomenon in the literary world: some writers have never been to that place, but have written famous works about that place.

Like Li He, who was known as the "Ghost Poet" in the Tang Dynasty, who wrote "Song of the Prefect of Yanmen", the lines "Dark clouds press down on the city, as if it may collapse, armor shines like golden scales in the sun" are heart-wrenching and moving. In fact, he never went to Yanmen County.

Fan Zhongyan wrote Yueyang Tower, but he had never been to Yueyang Tower and had never seen it. Su Shi was even more interesting. He mistook Hubei Chibini for Chibi during the Three Kingdoms period and wrote Preface to Chibi, Postscript to Chibi and Nian Nujiao: Reminiscence of the Past at Chibi after visiting it.

They all went to the wrong place, and wrote Red Cliff as if it were real.

In 82, XA City was obviously not as prosperous as Beijing or Changchun.

Jiang Xian and Zhu Lin walked around and saw many women squatting on both sides of the road. They were dressed a little rustically and had woven bamboo baskets filled with eggs in front of them.

Nowadays, many people call this the "chicken butt bank".

This is not an insult, it refers to the act of saving money by "selling eggs".

The sky is high and the Yellow Emperor is far away, so the environment in Xi'an is relatively relaxed.

At this time, the land responsibility system reform has been implemented to each household, so farmers would raise some free-range chickens and ducks in their spare time between farming, and sell the eggs they lay for a few cents to supplement their family income.

There are many interesting things in Xi'an.

The northwest is quite dry. In 1974, several farmers dug a well near Xiyang Village, Lintong District, XA City.

This blow will be disastrous.

I actually dug out a few pieces of clay.

The further we dug, the more something seemed wrong.

Pottery soldier heads, pottery horses, bronze weapons.
When these things were taken away, the whole commune was shocked.

Later, a reporter from People's X Newspaper went home and wrote an article after learning about this incident and published it in People's X Newspaper.

Everyone was curious about it, and the country quickly took it seriously, so they organized an investigation.

We couldn't figure it out at first, but then we pulled a few people over from the cowshed to study it and come up with a plan.

Oh my god, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang!
The Terracotta Warriors have not yet been named the eighth wonder of the world.

But it is also very famous, and the city of XA has built a museum for tourists to visit.

With the mentality of being here since they were already there, Jiang Xian followed the excited director Wang Haowei, Zhu Lin and other main creators of "Traffic Heavy Traffic" to visit the museum.

There was no navigation at the moment, so I could only ask the locals for directions.

The citizens looked disdainful.

"Terracotta Warriors?"

"What's there to see with a few rotten natives?"

Really real in the world.

Fortunately, they still told them the route, and when they arrived at the place and took a look, they were truly shocked by the things left behind by their ancestors.

Zhu Lin, Wang Haowei and others were staring at it.

"It has a nose and eyes."

"It's so clever and vivid."

"This skill was so advanced back then."

It is no longer possible to go down into the pit to view the Terracotta Warriors up close.

Although the management was lax, everyone was quite conscious and didn't dare to go down, for fear that they would be fined and unable to pay the compensation.

The Terracotta Warriors are part of China's cultural tourism. In 84, when Reagan and his wife Nancy visited China, the first place they visited when they came to Xi'an was the Terracotta Warriors of the Qin Dynasty. They were also allowed to go down into the pit to have a close look.

Jiang Xian looked at these natives and felt strange.

He also came to see the Terracotta Warriors in later life, and they looked exactly the same as what he saw before his eyes.

Changes in the sea.

The Terracotta Warriors have remained unchanged for decades, but the world has changed into a completely different look from this era.

The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards "double award" ceremony held in Xi'an brought a vibrant and joyous atmosphere to the entire city, presenting a joyful scene everywhere.

Even the city walls had banners hanging:

"Warmly welcome the second 'Golden Rooster Award' and the fifth 'Hundred Flowers Award' awards ceremony to be held in this city!"

10th, 7pm.

The conference was held at the SX Provincial Stadium.

The stars are shining tonight, and the newly decorated stadium is flying colorful flags and brightly lit.

On the left side of the judges' seats is written "The 2nd Golden Rooster Award", and on the right side is written "The 5th Hundred Flowers Award". It is not so simple as to use a big red banner, but with large gold-plated letters, and in the middle there is the logo of this year's award ceremony.

More than 2,500 mass representatives from all fronts came from all directions, together with thousands of onlookers, making the stadium filled with noise.

That’s right, although there is no such thing as fans these days, the people’s admiration and enthusiasm for their beloved actors is just as great.

There is no need to be deliberate. Even in an environment like this in China, movies can create stars. This is an inherent attribute of movies.

There was no red carpet. The actors from each crew were brought in by buses and then went on stage one by one to greet the audience.

Jiang Xian walked last, giving the opportunity to show his face to the actors and directors.

He listened to the host's introduction through the loudspeaker, and the scene gave him the illusion that "now, the one coming towards us is the representative team of "Traffic Heavy Traffic", uh, the crew."

It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just that it’s very unique to us.

Well, in order to demonstrate its strength to the Golden Horse Awards, the Golden Rooster Awards was later moved to Xiamen, which is separated by a sea.

This has a good implication.

As a result, the award ceremony turned into sharing a cake, just like kindergarten teachers distributing red flowers. You give one, he gives one, and then the kids all keep working hard.

Chunchun made a fool of the Golden Horse Awards.

Too lazy to spray.

How are awards given these days?
Even if it is not issued, it will not be issued randomly.

Take the first Golden Rooster Awards last year as an example. The male actors in all the popular films did not have many roles, and there were not many candidates for the Best Actor award. In the end, the judges unanimously agreed to leave the award vacant.

There was also the third Golden Rooster Awards in 1983, when there were two candidates competing for the Best Actor Award, namely Da Shichang from "Middle-Aged Man" and Zhang Fengyi from "Camel Xiangzi".

Although both actors performed well, the jury ultimately decided not to give the award to anyone.

Because they think that no male actors have made major breakthroughs in the past year.

After saying hello, Jiang Xian, Zhu Lin and the main creative team of "Traffic" sat down together.

The awarding process was very slow. The local leader spoke first, and after he finished speaking, Xia Yan, honorary chairman of the jury, spoke next.

Then the awards began.

(End of this chapter)