1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 424: The Float Representing the Literary and Art Circles
Xidan Leather Pants Alley, guesthouse.

"Which celebrity do you think will appear?"

"Will there be Nakano Yoshiko?"

Li Yong listened to the chattering of his companions in the room and smiled, "Who knows?"

Li Yong is 22 years old and has just started working. He is engaged in grassroots Youth League work.

Some time ago, their unit received an invitation to select five outstanding young league members to participate in the National Day celebrations.

Li Yong didn't expect that such a good thing that fell from the sky would fall on him!
The leader immediately arranged for him to lead five young role models to go to Beijing to participate in the "China-Japan Youth Friendship Gala" held in the Capital Gymnasium.

Hearing that several Japanese stars familiar to Chinese audiences had been invited to this "China-Japan Youth Friendship Gala" event, Li Yong and his team were deeply attracted.

Although no one said anything, Li Yong knew very well that this was definitely a desire in everyone's heart to see the true face of the popular Japanese star.

After chatting with his companions until the evening, Li Yong left the guesthouse and went to a small noodle shop at the corner of the street. He spent thirty-five cents to buy five taels of meat noodles, which he devoured in ravenous mouthfuls.

Li Yong licked the chopsticks and wiped his mouth with his sleeve. He saw a newspaper on the table, looked around and saw no one wanted it, so he simply took it, held it in his hand and started reading it, helping his food digest.

This was a copy of the Beijing Evening News. Li Yong read a few news items with great interest, and suddenly saw a section that was a special report on the "China-Japan Youth Gala".

Reporters revealed that singer Jiang Dawei will be the finale of the event.

Li Yong immediately became excited.

How popular is Jiang Dawei? He is at the peak of his career! His songs "Peony Song" and "Where the Peach Blossoms Bloom" have become popular all over the country!

He was excited and looked down again.

Hey!
"Baishō Chieko, Takakura Ken, Yoshioka Hidetaka, Kurihara Komaki, Shin Keli"

These are all famous Japanese actors!
At this time, Sino-Japanese relations were in their honeymoon period.

Since the reform and opening up, Japanese film and television dramas, from movies such as "The Chase", "The Call of the Mountains", "Love and Death" to the TV series "Blood Ties", have entered China one after another and became all the rage.

A large number of Chinese audiences remember these Japanese TV and movie actors, such as the tough guy star Ken Takakura and the beautiful Nakano Yoshiko.
These days, I keep hearing some of my friends talking about these names in the room. Li Yong believes that if they knew the news and knew they could get a glimpse of these actors’ real faces, they would definitely jump for joy.

Li Yong was also happy for them.

But deep down in his heart, Li Yong felt a little ashamed and sad.

The reason for shame and sadness, of course, is that these companions actually admire these Japanese so much.

Although Li Yong didn't say this, he felt a little guilty in his heart.

If we admire the Japanese, doesn’t that mean we feel we are inferior to them?
This kind of invisible competition in consciousness is an idea that cannot be erased from the minds of most Chinese people, even though the mainstream propaganda is friendly at the moment.

While thinking about this, Li Yong suddenly saw another report: "Chinese writer Jiang Xian met with Japanese actors Ken Takakura and Yoshiko Nakano."

With curiosity, Li Yong quickly read the article and his eyes lit up immediately.

This is so exciting!

The depression in Li Yong's heart disappeared completely!

Although our people admire your Japanese actors, your Japanese actors admire our Chinese writers.

This means that we Chinese are still better!

Beidaihe has always been a good place for recuperation.

After the liberation, they chose the West Mountain with the best scenery, took over or purchased the original villas, set up a sanatorium, and accommodated the disabled soldiers.

Later, in order to earn foreign exchange and develop tourism, all the sanatoriums were handed over and turned into hotels, and the mysterious central summer office in Beidaihe opened its doors to the general public.

At this moment, Feng Jicai and his wife were walking along the embankment of Beidaihe.

Two years ago, Feng Jicai had to stop writing due to overwork from writing and his heart was in bad condition, so he came to Beidaihe to recuperate.

It's quite magical to talk about this.

I don't know who spread the news, but it turned out that Feng Jicai had passed away.

What’s even more magical is that the writer Chen Jiangong heard this misunderstanding from somewhere and cried for him so emotionally.

"It's getting cold at night these days, so you should put on some clothes." Feng Jicai's wife, Gu Tongzhao, reminded him when they returned to their residence.

"understood."

Feng Jicai sat down at the desk, took out an apple, then picked up a few newly bought newspapers on the table and read them while eating.

"I've fallen in love with you again. You should take more rest." Gu Tongzhao's voice was gentle and concerned.

Feng Jicai raised his head and said, "I have to take a closer look, otherwise I won't know what's going on outside."

"You." Gu Tongzhao knew he couldn't stop him, so he sighed, "Okay, don't forget to drink some hot water. I'll go cook."

This couple is well-known in the circle for their respectful and harmonious relationship.

Feng Jicai picked up the thermos, poured a cup of hot water into the jug, took a sip, and soon saw the Beijing Evening News.

"Chinese writer Jiang Xian met with Japanese actors Ken Takakura and Yoshiko Nakano." A report in the newspaper attracted Feng Jicai's attention.

Of course he knew Ken Takakura and Yoshiko Nakano.

Du Qiu and Mayumi!
He has watched "The Chase" so many times that the densely packed buildings in the movie seem like another world, which left a very deep impression on him.

Another scene that left a deep impression on him was the one where Mayumi took off her clothes in front of the police officer. He also saw this uncut part by chance. Oh, that figure. The Japanese really dared to take pictures.

In short, Da Feng is very familiar with the two names, Ken Takakura and Yoshiko Nakano.

But the name Jiang Xian
He is more familiar!

He and Jiang Xian are writers who came out almost at the same time, and they have been friends for many years.

It can be said that I have witnessed with my own eyes his growth from a minor writer to his current influential figure in the literary world.

But how come his name appears together with Ken Takakura and Yoshiko Nakano?

With deep curiosity, Feng Jicai quickly read the report:
"Recently, in the grand atmosphere of cultural exchange between China and Japan, legendary stars of the Japanese entertainment industry, Ken Takakura and Yoshiko Nakano, met with the famous Chinese writer Jiang Xian at the Yanjing Hotel.

Ken Takakura is a household name in China for his resolute and stern image in films such as "The Hunt", and has become an idol in the hearts of a generation. Nakano Yoshiko is deeply loved by Chinese audiences for her passionate and brave image as Mayumi in "The Hunt". As an outstanding representative of Chinese literature, Jiang Xian's many works have enjoyed high reputations both domestically and internationally, showing human nature and social phenomena with delicate brushstrokes and profound insights.

The atmosphere at the meeting was warm and harmonious.

It is reported that Ken Takakura has a strong interest in Chinese literature. He came across Jiang Xian's works by chance and was deeply attracted by his profound thoughts and beautiful words. He once privately told his friends that Jiang Xian's works gave him a deeper understanding of Chinese culture, and he could feel the unique charm of Chinese society and the rich emotional world of the Chinese people from his books.

Nakano Yoshiko also made no secret of her love for Jiang Xian's works. She mentioned many times in public that Jiang Xian's writing was like opening a window, allowing her to see a colorful and charming China, and the stories and character portrayals in his works left a deep impression on her.

The China-Japan Youth Gala is about to be held, and the two Japanese actors' love for Jiang Xian will surely become a memorable story in the cultural exchanges between China and Japan.

This event also proves once again that literature, as a bridge across national borders, is constantly narrowing the spiritual distance between the people of China and Japan and injecting new vitality into the cultural exchanges between the two countries.

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Feng Jicai was dumbfounded.

What this report means is that Jiang Xian is a writer that Ken Takakura and Yoshiko Nakano like very much.

It turns out that the author Jiang Xian’s readers are no longer limited to China, there are even some older readers in Japan!

"Awesome." Feng Jicai cursed in a daze.

He has basically been recuperating in the past two years, and has not released any works, but what about Jiang Xian? He has become so popular!

Thinking back, he and I started writing almost at the same starting line.

Not really.

Because at that time his "The Chess King" had just been published in "Capital Literature", but his novel "The Boxer Rebellion" had already been published by Renwen Publishing House.

So in literature, Feng Jicai is ahead of Jiang Xian, and Jiang Xian even has to call him teacher.

But now?

Feng Jicai couldn't help feeling a little sad. The status of the two was obviously getting worse and worse, and they could no longer return to their original revolutionary friendship.

Maybe next time we meet, he will call me Runtu and I can only call him Master.
"Da Feng, what are you looking at so intently?"

"news."

He picked up the jar that had been emptied at some point, then put it down again, "Jiang Xian is on the news."

"What's wrong again?"

"I met two Japanese actors."

"Oh."

Gu Tongzhao was not surprised at all. He just said things like "Isn't Jiang Xian on the news every day?" and "I don't know how many eyes are watching him every day", which made Feng Jicai feel a little jealous again.

But what’s the use of acid?
In fact, I should have realized long ago that Jiang Xian and I are not from the same world.

The first day of February.

Before daybreak, Jiang Xian jumped out of bed, washed up, put on the Zhongshan suit that he had customized in Hongdu, and carefully adjusted his collar in front of the mirror.

Zhu Lin also got up and took out a "national defense green" dacron military uniform from the closet that she rarely wore.

She was from the Communications Corps Art Troupe, and later returned to the Inspection Institute after demobilization, where she served as a soldier.

"Sister-in-law, hurry up." Jiang Ke shouted outside the door.

"Okay, okay." Zhu Lin agreed.

"I'll leave first." Jiang Xian said.

"Don't want to eat?"

"It's too late. I'm not hungry anyway." Jiang Xian said, and then reminded, "Be careful."

"Don't worry." Zhu Lin agreed.

Jiang Xian went out alone and separated from his family.

Today he went to watch the ceremony as a cadre and could not bring his family.

He also didn't let Xu Chenhui come to pick him up.

The area around Chang'an Avenue has been controlled and not even a single car can move.

Since their home was not far away, he rode his bike there.

"Hey, Jiang Xian, you look really smart." Wang Meng teased him as soon as she saw him.

Jiang Xian smiled disapprovingly, "Today's occasion is quite formal."

He looked around again. A large group of cadres from the Writers Association had gathered here, including the silver-haired Ba Jin, the hunchbacked Bing Xin, Feng Mu, Chen Huangmei, and Zhang Guangnian.
All the respected elders in the literary world were present, as well as many musicians, filmmakers, and painters.
All together, there are only about forty or fifty people, and this small group of people represents the highest status in the literary and art circles.

At this moment, they were all chatting enthusiastically with their acquaintances, creating a thriving and lively scene.

"Jiang Xian, you're in for a surprise soon!" Wang Meng said again.

Jiang Xian was also helpless, "Teacher Wang, you have been keeping me in suspense for a month."

"No rush, it will be revealed today, right?" Wang Meng said jokingly.

"Jiang Xian."

Li Xiaolin waved at him and said, "Your article "Going on a Long Journey at the Age of Eighteen" is really beautifully written. Although Dad didn't express his opinion publicly, he praised you for your good writing in private many times."

"Sister Xiaolin, time is tight today. I'll chat with you about this manuscript when we have the chance." Jiang Xian said with a smile.

Li Xiaolin also knew that this was not the place to discuss the manuscript, so he nodded and joked:
"Jiang Xian, you tricked me into going to your house. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

"Sister Xiaolin, I am innocent!"

"You're using your daughter to trick me into giving you a red envelope, right?"

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"Don't worry." Li Xiaolin smiled warmly, "As an aunt, I will definitely give my niece a big red envelope."

As they were talking, the group, led by the staff, went up to the city gate tower.

There are more people here, not just in the cultural field, there are also countless reporters and cameras.

Jiang Xian squeezed through the crowd and looked down at the city gate. The whole square was a sea of ​​colors.

Magnificent and colorful.

No matter who sees this scene, there are only two words to describe it: shocking.

This military parade, which took place after a lapse of 25 years, is of extraordinary significance. It is not only a celebration for the whole country, but also a major action to deter surrounding scoundrels.

Jiang Xian looked at everything around him in a daze, until a parade team of tall and straight figures, carrying guns and marching slowly towards him with powerful steps.

Following the order to chop with guns, everyone moved in unison, shaking and chopping.

Three-stage splitting gun.

The sound of gunfire was heard in the team.

The gleaming spears seemed to come to life in their hands.

The moment the bayonet was chopped out, a strong visual impact made Jiang Xian feel extremely excited.

The “three-stage” spear splitting technique never appeared again, which is one of the reasons why this military parade became a classic.

After the military review, the parade passed by.

Floats were popular at this time.

People from all walks of life sent floats representing themselves to celebrate for the motherland.

And when a float with the design of the movie "The Garland under the Mountain" slowly passed by the square.

In an instant, the eyes of the people around turned to Jiang Xian.

Because this float is the only one that represents the entire literary and artistic community!
(End of this chapter)