1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 472 1986
The house has not been decorated yet, it has just been simply cleaned.

Jiang Xian brought Zhu Lin here just to take a look and had not prepared anything.

Zhu Lin was afraid that the bed was not clean enough, so she had to stand against the wall with difficulty.

It was a rare opportunity for the two of them since they had had their first love, and Zhu Lin was persuaded by Jiang Xian to completely let go and indulge in the affection between husband and wife.

Afterwards, Jiang Xian held her gently in his arms.

"Daughter-in-law, thank you for your hard work."

“My husband works the hardest.”

Zhu Lin looked at Jiang Xian with eyes full of love. She knew that all this was inseparable from her husband's efforts.

"Jiang Xian, I'm so happy."

"Where are we now?"

Jiang Xian hugged her and smiled, "Life will get better and better in the future."

"Isn't that good enough now?"

"There are better ones."

Realizing that his tone was too confident, and seeing Zhu Lin's surprised expression, Jiang Xian coughed lightly and explained:
“After all, the country is developing.”

"I know."

Zhu Lin smiled sweetly, "I also know that my husband is the most capable little man in the world."

"cough."

Jiang Xian couldn't help blushing when he heard this. Then he realized that it was his wife who was teasing him when he heard Zhu Lin's sweet laughter. He was slightly annoyed, but at the same time, he felt that Zhu Lin in his arms was extremely charming.

"Why again?"

"Um"

Half an hour later, the two cleaned up the scene and returned to the yard of Jingshan East Hutong. Jiang Xian handed the key to the Tuanjiehu house to Jiang Guoqing.

"Next, your task is to clean up the house for me, decorate it a little, and move all my things from No. 15 Hufang Road to me."

"I've found a house for you, so what? Do I have to be responsible for decorating it for you?"

"I don't have time, and Zhu Lin is busy filming. Aren't you the one who has the least time in our family?"

"."

Jiang Guoqing was furious, "I might as well just retire and work for you every day."

"Okay, then you can withdraw."

Jiang Xian's true intentions were exposed at this time. Old Jiang couldn't sit still anymore and jumped up from the sofa. "How old am I and I'm going to retire?"

"So what? Didn't my mother retire? In terms of professional title, my mother has a higher position than you."

"This"

Jiang Guoqing was suddenly speechless. These words really hurt Jiang Guoqing and made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Dad, I've actually wanted to talk to you for a long time.

If you really love your career and want to contribute to the country, I won't stop you.

But if it's just to support your family, then I think you can free up your time now. We've worked hard all our lives, so just enjoy the rest of your life and find some hobbies.

I remember that you like flowers and birds, don't you? In this way, you can play with them as much as you want, and if you can understand flowers and birds, cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, wouldn't that be a great achievement in life?

Well, I have said so much just to tell you that our family conditions are different now, and we are no longer living the hard life we ​​once were. I think you need to change your way of thinking. "

As soon as Jiang Xian finished speaking, Jiang Guoqing felt conflicted.

He had also thought about the fact that his son was a great writer, his daughter-in-law was a well-known actress, his daughter also acted in Dream of the Red Chamber, the factory where his daughter-in-law retired was a nationally famous raincoat factory, and one of his in-laws was a university professor and the other was a cadre in a health department.

Looking at him again, he seems to be unable to achieve anything even if he works hard at his current career.

After hearing Jiang Xian’s words, I couldn’t help but feel moved.

Actually, when you think about it, what he said is quite right.

Is Jiang's life going to be so obscure?

His son is so famous, and if he, as a father, fails to achieve anything, he would be a failure.

Many thoughts flashed through my mind, but my mouth remained firm:

"Okay, you idiot, you said so much, don't you just want me to help you pack up and move in?"

"Look at what you said. I just want you to realize your own life value."

"Okay, okay, I get it."

Jiang Guoqing waved his hand and said, "I'll tell you when the house is ready. Will you still live in this yard?"

"Stop."

Jiang Xian took a bite of the cucumber and said, "I live at both ends. Don't you know the term?"

"What? A cunning rabbit has three burrows?"

After making all the arrangements for Jiang Guoqing, Jiang Xian no longer worried about the move. After a long delay, it was already the beginning of 1986.

Speaking of January of that year, the literary and art circles were quite lively.

First of all, the animation industry.

That’s right, animation.

The domestic big company Shangmei Studio has made a big move. They have released a 13-episode paper-cut animation series.

——"Calabash Brothers".

Once the play “Calabash Brothers” was released, it quickly became popular all over the country and attracted many “Hulusi” players.

But this month, it is not "Calabash Brothers" that dominates the ratings, because there is another TV series released

——Journey to the West

In fact, the TV series has not been completed yet, so the number of episodes released is limited, only ten episodes have been released.

It can be said that Yang Jie was also harboring evil intentions.

These ten episodes just happen to be stuck on the episode "The Three Strikes on the White Bone Demon".

Everyone who has seen it knows that in this episode, Tang Seng is as blind as the husband outside the kitchen, as deaf as his colleagues in the tea room, as indifferent as the passengers on the tram, as cowardly as the employee who brings his boss home for dinner, and as confused as the parent who calls the teacher home for extra lessons.

No matter what the monkey says, he just can't tell good from bad.

At the end of this episode, Tang Seng not only recited the Tightening Curse, but also staged the most tear-jerking scene in Journey to the West, which can be regarded as the most humble attempt by Sun Wukong to stay in his life:
He used a magic skill to pluck out three hairs at the back of his head, blew a breath of magic air, and transformed himself into three travelers, making a total of four including himself. The four monkeys surrounded the master and bowed to him.

Then he was driven back to Huaguo Mountain.

"Journey to the West" comes to an abrupt end in this episode.

This made the audience very angry and anxious. Letters sent to CCTV were like snowflakes. The tone and manner of the letters were so humble that they begged CCTV to broadcast another episode and let Monkey King come back from Huaguo Mountain.

Of course, this was also a trick played by Yang Jie. She hoped that through the enthusiasm of the audience, she could force the station to grant her more funds for filming.

The film and television industry is very lively, and the literary world is also welcoming a major event

——The first “Lu Xun Literature Award”.

In just a few months, the "Lu Xun Literature Award" quickly went from being Jiang Xian's idea to becoming a reality.

Being named directly after Mr. Lu Xun, the great flag-bearer of China's New Culture Movement, means that this award is comparable to the long-form literary award "Mao Dun Literature Prize". In other words, winning this award means winning one of the highest honors in the literary world.

As an authoritative newspaper in the literary world, Literary Gazette solemnly announced the establishment of the "Lu Xun Literature Award" and published the list of the first winning works.

First, the short stories, five in total:
"The Heavenly Game" by Jiang Xian (People's Literature, People's Digest).

"The Wall" by Lu Wenfu (People's Literature).

"My Distant Qingping Bay" by Shi Tiesheng (Youth Literature).

"Topics of June" Tie Ning ("Hua Xi").

"Father" by Liang Xiaosheng (People's Literature).

There are nine novellas in total:
"You Have No Choice" by Jiang Xian (People's Literature, People's Digest). "Emerald" by Zhang Jie (Flower City)
The Divine Whip by Feng Jicai (Novelist)
"Xiao Baozhuang" by Wang Anyi (Chinese Writers)
Military Song by Zhou Meisen (Zhongshan)
Huo Da (Flower City)
"Old Man's Warehouse" by Jiao Jian (Wenhui Monthly)
"Green Tree" by Zhang Xianliang ("October")
The Elegy of Yan and Zhao by Jiang Zilong (People's Literature)
As soon as the list of winners was announced, the entire literary world was shocked.

For nothing else.

The quality of these fourteen winning works is so high!

If we say that the selection of the first "Mao Dun Literature Award" is still, in the eyes of many people, "everything is inferior, only the 'main melody' is superior."

The selection of the "Lu Xun Literature Award" this time truly implemented the policy of "letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend" as stated by the jury.

Almost every one of the fourteen winning works is of a different literary style.

Moreover, the names of these award-winning writers are fully recognized by readers and people from all walks of life in the literary world.

Of course, the most eye-catching person is the chairman of the jury for each award of the Lu Xun Literary Award, our Comrade Jiang Xian.

He won the first prize in the first "Lu Xun Literature Award" for short stories and novellas with his novels "The Heavenly Game" and "You Have No Choice" respectively.

Jiang Xian, an awards director, won two major awards in a row, which reveals the attitude of the selection committee.

Not only does he not avoid suspicion, but he is also extremely high-profile.

Faced with a result like yours, any writer would probably question whether there is some kind of trick involved and come up with a bunch of complicated and confusing conspiracy theories.

But this person is Jiang Xian.

The winning works were again "The Game of Heaven" and "You Have No Choice".

Then strange things happened.

Looking through all the literary newspapers and periodicals in the country, there is not even a single voice questioning Jiang Xian.

No one is stupid.

After the publication of the two novels "The Heavenly Bureau" and "You Have No Choice", they were not only enthusiastically sought after by readers, but also caused a phenomenal event in the literary world.

These two works are absolutely worthy of the awards.

Whether it is the fame of the novel, its literary quality, or the discussion it has sparked, it is absolutely worthy of the number one position.

The Spring Festival is coming soon.

"Is it right?"

“It still seems a little crooked.”

"how about this?"

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Jiang Xian and Zhu Lin put up Spring Festival couplets in their house in Tuanjie Lake.

Years ago, the house here in Tuanjie Lake was already moved in, and Jiang Xian also moved in with Zhu Lin and Jiang Niannian, and started living in a building after a long time.

"Nian Nian, look who's here?"

The young couple had been busy for a while when Jiang Xian's father, mother and sister arrived, carrying large and small bags of things.

"Niannian, call me grandma."

"Grandma~"

"Oh, that's good."

Rao Yuemei was so happy to hear that, she smiled kindly and hugged Jiang Niannian, who was as delicate as a porcelain doll, and kissed her.

"What about me? What about me?"

Jiang Ke now resembles Shi Xiangyun in the way she walks and talks, and she is quite immersed in the role.

"Who am I?"

"Aunt~" Jiang Niannian looked shy.

"Good Nian Nian, you are so good! Look what your aunt brought you?"

As Jiang Ke spoke, he took out a tiger-head hat from his bag and put it on Jiang Niannian's head.

Jiang Niannian, who is already cute and naive, looks even more fierce and ferocious when she puts on the tiger-head hat.

Jiang Ke's heart melted, "Oh my, why is our Nian Nian so cute?"

Jiang Xian glanced at his daughter, then looked at Jiang Ke, "Where did you get the hat?"

"I got it from the crew." Jiang Ke said.

"You didn't steal it, did you?"

"how could be?"

Jiang Ke quickly explained, "I paid for it from the prop teacher."

The family members started talking to each other, and the house immediately became noisy.

Jiang Xian's family has decided to spend the Spring Festival in Tuanjie Lake this year. While celebrating the New Year, they can also warm up Jiang Xian's house.

Therefore, Zhu Lin's parents came soon after.

"Nian Nian, call me grandma~"

"Crooked mother-in-law~"

"Hey~"

When Dr. Liu saw his little granddaughter whom he hadn't seen for a long time, he couldn't let her go and took out the little clothes he had sewn for Jiang Niannian one by one.

The whole family had a lively day and soon it was time for the reunion dinner.

I turned on the TV and found that there was no Spring Festival Gala this year because of what happened last year.

"Ouch."

While eating the reunion dinner, Jiang Guoqing, who had already retired, picked up the wine glass, drank it in one gulp, and then uttered a puzzled sound.

"It's strange. You said there's no Spring Festival Gala this year, so why do you feel like something is missing during the Chinese New Year?"

Rao Yuemei also muttered, "Yeah, if it didn't work out last year, then it didn't work out. We should have continued with it this year, so why not do it?"

“Can we still do it next year?”

"Then who knows."

"It should be done." Jiang Xian said on the side.

In fact, this matter is also closely related to him.

Because of Huang Yihe's recommendation, CCTV contacted him and hoped that he would be in charge of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

But Jiang Xian refused.

Organizing an evening party is both time-consuming and laborious. He is a lazy guy and doesn't hang out in the evening party circle. He is happy to be someone who gives suggestions, but he is not willing to be the one who organizes the evening party.

After Jiang Xian refused.

CCTV went to find Ma Ji again.

Ma Ji is very angry.

Last year, a motorcycle that was part of a lottery draw was lost at the Spring Festival Gala.

This matter was absurd enough in itself, but no one knew which grandson spread the rumor that the motorcycle was stolen by Ma Ji. This false news spread more and more widely, and many people believed it. It was useless for Ma Ji to clarify it several times. Faced with such public opinion from the outside world, he was so angry that he swore that he would never participate in the Spring Festival Gala again.

Both of them postponed the Spring Festival Gala.

When they wanted to find someone for the Spring Festival Gala, they found that no one was available.

No one is stupid.

After what happened last year, who would dare to take over the mess of the Spring Festival Gala? If it fails again, can they withstand the pressure?

Therefore, no one dared to take on the responsibility of hosting this year's Spring Festival Gala, and the Gala was not held.

After the New Year, the China Writers Association took advantage of the heated discussion on the "Lu Xun Literature Award" in the outside world and immediately launched the long-planned Lu Xun Literature Award ceremony.

That day, Jiang Xian got up early in the morning, put on his silver-gray Zhongshan suit, and took the Volga train directly to the "Lu Xun Literature Award" award ceremony site.

Today, he is both the award presenter and the winner.

(End of this chapter)