1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 308 When Will You Come Back?

Wu Kelu didn't have time to eat, and immediately sent the article to Chen Huangmei.

"Another paragraph?"

Chen Huangmei held the manuscript and became interested.

He was very familiar with the manuscript of "Long Live Understanding". Not only had he read the contents of the report, he had also listened to Jiang Xian's two on-site reports.

So just go to the newly added page.

The first thing we saw was the third part, the front and the back. Jiang Xian had mentioned the front and the back in the second part, such as the "heartless letters" and "blow-out letters" that flew to the front line, and the memorable sentence: "When you go to the front line, I will prepare a coffin for you."

In this newly completed manuscript, Jiang Xian made additional additions on the front and back aspects.

He said that the front line was hot and humid, and the "cat ear caves" were like steamers, making it impossible for people to stay there. Water was even dripping from the walls, and many soldiers suffered from arthritis.

And there are 18 strange things in Yunnan, one of which is called "Three mosquitoes stir-frying a dish."

There are too many mosquitoes over there!

After the soldiers were bitten by mosquitoes, they developed sores. No matter how much they applied wind oil or cooling oil, the sores would not heal. After they were scratched, yellow liquid would flow out, and wherever the liquid flowed, the sores would rot. Their entire bodies were covered with sores.

Another situation is that there is a shortage of water on the front line, and each person only has one teacup of water per day, which is only enough to moisten the throat.

The weather in the south was bad. When it rained, the water formed trenches, which were knee-deep and sometimes thigh-deep. When the weather cleared, the soldiers were exposed to the sun. The soldiers wore rubber shoes on their feet and could not take them off at night. They slept with their shoes on. If something happened, they had to roll out of the hole to fight.

Over time, many soldiers' feet and rubber shoes became stuck together. When they changed their shoes, the skin and flesh would be torn off when they took them off.

But when Jiang Xian returned to the rear, he saw peace and prosperity, and an increasingly modern living environment.

But what hurt him most were the voices he heard.

"Those people are fools. Only fools would risk their lives."

"Go ahead and fight. If more people die, maybe we won't even have to implement family planning anymore."

Chen Huangmei couldn't help but frown. What Jiang Xian wrote was quite realistic. He had occasionally heard such sarcastic remarks. It was truly shocking.

“Understanding is not the same as experience. Understanding is an individual’s agreement with the logic of an event. It does not exclude personal experience, but it mainly means acknowledging the logical relationship of the event.

When officers and soldiers at the frontline talk about understanding, they are not begging for "compassionate understanding" for themselves, but hoping to gain understanding from the people in the rear at a higher level.

During this period, I realized from the audience's responses and extensive contact with society that the demand for mutual understanding has become the common call of the times. Advocating mutual understanding, mutual trust and mutual respect is not only a reflection of the construction of socialist material civilization, but also a need for socialist spiritual civilization.

Today, the Chinese nation has ushered in an unprecedented period of great changes in life and clashes of concepts. Not only the front and the back, but also the barriers between all age groups and occupations in the entire society are deepening with the great changes in social life.

Young people look down on the old people's lifestyle, and the old people sneer at the young people's thoughts and behaviors.

What we lack is a high-level understanding! An attitude of putting ourselves in the other person's shoes.

The mutual understanding between the front and rear contains the lofty spirit of patriotism and the great enthusiasm for revitalizing China! "

Chen Huangmei stood up suddenly.

"Okay!" He shouted with full energy and his expression was full of excitement and excitement.

“Very sublimely written!”

"It's so insightful and brilliant!"

sublimation.

Where else can we go to improve in this era? Of course, we should go to the main theme.

So Jiang Xian packaged the main theme and wrote it into the article, which immediately touched Chen Huangmei's heart.

After all, for an old veteran like him who is fond of realism, such a discussion mixed with the main theme is absolutely just what he likes, enough to make him scream and applaud.

"The deputy editor-in-chief would like to ask you to write a literary review for this report." Wu Kelu stated Xinhua News Agency's request.

Chen Huangmei couldn't help laughing. "Not only did you use the manuscripts from our Chinese Writers Association, but we also had to have our Chinese Writers Association write literary reviews for you."

Wu Kelu said embarrassedly: "The deputy editor-in-chief said that this article is so profound that only the best literary critics are qualified to write a review article, and the best literary critics are concentrated in the China Writers Association."

“I’ll just write this one.”

Chen Huangmei held the manuscript in his hand, ready to take action.

This is what a good article is like. It can arouse the enthusiasm of critics and make them want to write down the inspiration they have gained from the article.

Chen Huangmei was in this mood at the moment.

Jiang Xian went back to rest for a few days and soon received a payment slip from Xinhua News Agency, which was for the article "Long Live Understanding".

The money was not much, just over 10 yuan in total, which included the basic remuneration of 10 yuan per thousand words paid to him by Xinhua News Agency according to the standard of famous writers, and the advance remuneration for the first print run of copies.

Jiang Xian didn't care too much about the royalties.

Although the remuneration he received was not much, he valued the opportunity to be published by Xinhua News Agency.

"Comrade Chen Huangmei wrote a commentary article for you, and spoke very highly of the two parts of content you added," said Wu Kelu.

"Although the article is written like this, I will still focus on the first two parts when I give a speech," said Jiang Xian.

For example, every time Cai Chaodong gave a report, he did not go through the entire text again. Instead, each time it was different, and he would pick out one part to focus on each time.

This is indeed necessary.

Jiang Xian felt that if he finished speaking such a long passage, he would have to pinch his neck and yell a few words the next day: "Baojuan, my throat!"

After receiving the money, Jiang Xian thought that it would not be appropriate to keep it for himself.

So he opened the drawer and took out a few tickets, then took Zhu Lin out together, riding a bicycle to the City Department Store on Wangfujing Street.

The products here are quite complete.

There were a lot of people there, all of them came to see Comrade Zhang Binggui grab candy.

However, Jiang Xian's target is somewhere else.

"The soldiers on the front line all like to listen to music. I might as well use my royalties to buy a few tape recorders and send them over," he told Zhu Lin.

Jiang Xian was very clear that although he wrote this report, it was actually a spiritual product written with the blood of the soldiers, and the royalties should be returned to him.

Zhu Lin had no objection to his decision.

The two went to the counter selling tape recorders and found that there were quite a few people there. They even had to queue up to buy a tape recorder.

Jiang Xian felt a little strange at this time.

Isn't it said that the current situation is difficult? Why do we have to queue up to buy a big item like a tape recorder?

This feeling is like someone in the future wondering, "Isn't it said that the economy is bad and houses can't sell? Why are there people buying houses here every day?"

After waiting for a while, it was finally the couple's turn.

Jiang Xian glanced at the counter. Due to the friendly relationship between China and Japan at the moment, and the fact that Japan's economy was indeed booming, the recorders on the counter were basically all Japanese brands, such as the well-known Panasonic, Hitachi, Sharp, and Sanyo.
"Buy Sanyo." Zhu Lin said, "It is said that Sanyo's recorders are of good quality."

Jiang Xian nodded in agreement.

Sanyo's tape recorders are indeed famous. In many places in China, tape recorders are even simply called Sanyo. This shows that they have made their own brand a synonym for their products.

What I bought was a single-cassette recorder, which can only hold one cassette. It is relatively small in size, but looks very thick, a bit like a brick.

Single cassette recorders are a bit outdated these days. Most young people use dual cassette recorders. After buying one, they hold the top of the recorder with one arm and put the other hand in their pockets. Then they stand on the street and enjoy the cool breeze while playing music. This is the most popular way for handsome guys to show off in this era. Jiang Xian bought a single cassette recorder because it was cheap and he could buy more.

He had plenty of tickets, and as he was lucky, the counter was also stocked, so he ended up spending 400 yuan to get three Sanyo single-cassette recorders.

The customers near the counter were all shocked, and everyone was envious and looked at him with fiery eyes.

"Oh my god, who are these young people?"

"That is to say, when you buy a tape recorder, you buy it by the pound!"

"Oh, I've learned a lot today!"

“No matter how rich you are, you will eventually lose everything.”

"It's too shameful to watch. The morals of the world are going downhill. This is moving towards capitalism."

Some people were amazed, some speculated, some were curious, and of course, the most inevitable thing was sourness.

Jiang Xian ignored him completely and walked away with Zhu Lin, holding the box.

After he walked out of the door and walked a distance forward, he was suddenly patted by someone. He turned his head and saw a sneaky and shifty-looking guy wearing a hat and a mask in the middle of summer.

"Dude, I'm shopping."

The society was not peaceful at the moment, Jiang Xian put Zhu Lin behind him and looked at him warily.

"What's up?"

The other party chuckled.

"Do you want a belt?"

"tape?"

Jiang Xian was puzzled. "What belt?"

"Yellow belt."

The other party looked around, then pulled him to a street with fewer people, and immediately looked at one of his accomplices. It should be that a customer had just bought something from his accomplice. When he saw Jiang Xian coming, he put the things into his clothes, lowered his head nervously, and walked away quickly.

"What kind of tapes do you have?" Jiang Xian asked.

"You choose it yourself."

Jiang Xian is very skilled.

“Are there any from Japan or Korea?”

"No."

“What about European and American ones?”

"No."

"There are always some in Hong Kong and Taiwan, right?"

"Have!"

The man was very enthusiastic. "Do you listen to Teresa Teng? She is the most popular now. Go to Guangdong and ask around. You will see who doesn't listen to Teresa Teng."

That’s right, the so-called yellow tapes are of course music tapes, and Teresa Teng is a famous artist in this field.

Jiang Xian once read a book published by the People's Music Publishing House called "How to Identify Pornographic Songs".

Songs like "Don't Pick Wild Flowers by the Roadside" and "Roses Bloom Everywhere" are marked as pornographic songs in the book.

The song "When Will You Return" reinterpreted by Teresa Teng is listed as a typical example among them, and is one of those Mandarin pornographic songs that you have to listen to in secret.

This is not something to be surprised about.

Every era has its own limitations.

As a person from later generations, Jiang Xian did not think there was anything sad or funny about this.

After all, such limitations still exist even in his time in later generations.

Jiang Xian picked out a few tapes and completed the transaction neatly.

Carrying the big box and the small box, I went back with Zhu Lin.

After returning home, he quickly closed the doors and windows and drew the curtains.

Zhu Lin was very satisfied to see that he was so self-conscious. She put down her things and cooperated and went back to the bedroom.

As a result, he sat on the bed for a long time without looking at Jiang Xian or anyone else.

After calling him several times but getting no response, she turned over and went to the living room in her slippers. She found that Jiang Xian was wearing headphones, which were the Sony Walkman he bought from Japan.

"Beautiful flowers do not bloom forever, beautiful scenery does not last forever, worries are turned into smiles, tears are shed on the belt of longing, after we part tonight, when will you come back?" Jiang Xian listened to Teresa Teng's re-interpretation of "When Will You Come Back". The voice was very much in the style of Teresa Teng, very clean and ethereal.

In "How to Identify Pornographic Songs", it is introduced:

"This song was sung by dancers in the old society when they persuaded guests to drink. In recent years, it has been reinterpreted by capitalist female singers. It is a typical pornographic song that promotes pornographic, obscene and decadent content, corrupts people's hearts and is a spiritual corrosive to the masses."

"It's just a song." Jiang Xian muttered, taking out the tape from the cassette.

The tape was not an original one, but was copied from a blank tape. It had no cover and only some numbers written on it as a mark.

Jiang Xian put the tape recorder away.

Xie Jin will come to Beijing to select actors later, but the filming location will still be at the front line.

That’s right, “The Garland under the Mountain” was filmed on the front line.

Jiang Xian still remembers someone complaining in the comments section of "The Wreath" that "the war scenes were so badly shot, so fake, the soldiers had to roll before charging out of the trenches, which was inexplicably funny."

The replies below are all scolding him.

Because the movie "Wreath" was shot on the front line, many of the war shots were real combat scenes.

If the shots in this film are not real, then no war film in the world will be real.

As for the soldiers rolling down before rushing out of the trenches, this is the most realistic charge scene.

When a real war breaks out, the soldiers' charge is not like in later movies and TV dramas, where they leap out of the trenches like Wu Jing, rush forward screaming with guns in hand, and every bullet can kill an enemy, and they don't even need to change magazines.

When charging, the soldiers usually come out of the trenches and roll forward first. This is to reduce the probability of being shot. Then they decide how to charge according to the situation. Most of the time they crawl and roll forward.

"Will your superiors punish you for sending these songs to the front line?" After listening to the song "Night Jasmine", Zhu Lin's heart beat fast and she also started to worry about Jiang Xian.

"I bought these songs for my own listening. How can I give them to the soldiers?" Jiang Xian said.

Everything is sensitive now, especially this year, after all, a die-hard fan of Teresa Teng flew a plane to chase her idol.

So even though Jiang Xian knew that the soldiers must love to listen to Teresa Teng, he still had to be cautious.

He didn't want such a good thing to end up as a bad thing.

"I'll come back and buy another hodgepodge."

(End of this chapter)