Literary Master 1983

Chapter 3 Headlines

Yu Qi's report caused a sensation. It was not only reported in the county tabloids, but was also introduced into the "Yushi Daily" two days later. This is the local top newspaper. "Hongyan" magazine is also a literary magazine under the Yushi Daily. The newspaper reserved a page to report in detail on this small town test-taker.

"The red bloodline is passed down from generation to generation, and our descendants will carry on the baton!"

Auspicious, auspicious.

Yu Qie only needed to repeat two years and get admitted to Yanjing University, but the reporters had a lot to consider.

It is hard to find another person like Yu Qie who has a good family background and outstanding abilities.

Yu Qie's family background was turned upside down. There were three brothers in his father's generation. His eldest uncle participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and served as a military doctor. After he returned home from demobilization, he died in the 1960s due to illness caused by overwork.

My second uncle also passed away early. He had the highest level of education and could speak Spanish, Russian, and English. He left a lot of foreign books for our family. He was selected to join the Northwest Two Bombs Project, where he was responsible for translating materials. He got cancer in the 1970s and passed away.

The only child left in the family was Yu Yuejin, Yu Qie's father. Apart from being a middle school teacher, his life was not as exciting as his brothers. He could not treat illnesses and could not speak foreign languages. However, he raised the first child to be admitted to Yanjing University since the resumption of the local college entrance examination.

Hope lies with the Yu family.

It can be foreseen that Yu Qie has inherited his family's infinite expectations, will make contributions that are beneficial to the country and the people, and fight on the front line of the new era.

The public was fascinated by copying out his golden sentences. At school, Yu Qie always received love letters from unknown sources through his father.

"Another girl has sent you a love letter. Look, Comrade Yu, your words bloom like sunflowers in my heart. Without you, I would be missing a part... How warm!" Yu Yuejin commented.

"They have no idea what kind of person my brother is!" younger sister Yu Xian was indignant!
It seems that the chicken soup made by Yu Qie is so delicious that it has become popular.

A writer who has not yet released his debut work, has already gained considerable coverage in this era because of his persona as a "small town test-taker".

Invitations to give reports came in from all directions like snowflakes. Yu Qie tried hard to decline them, but he still had to go to the largest local silk factory and another middle school to repeat his report. He was also invited by Wanxian Daily to write a short story about the college entrance examination, which would be published in batches in the daily's life column.

This is a formal commission, and you have to pay for it, my friends.

Yu Qie had exactly this intention, so he took up a position in advance and made the character of the small town test-taker solid and complete.

Many years later, when someone thinks of the masters of college entrance examination literature, I hope the first person they think of is Yu Qie.

Given Yu Qie's status, it is not surprising that he could write such a novel. It would be strange if he could not write it.

Yu Qie closed the door to visitors and concentrated on writing articles.

The subject he chose was "College Entrance Examination 1977", which was originally a movie of the same name. The general content was that a group of educated youth who had nothing to do on the farm received news that the central government was going to reopen the college entrance examination. As a result, these people's originally resigned and numb educated youth life would have the opportunity to end and return to the big city.

In this process, it is natural that some former lovers may break up, former friends will become suspicious, and the director of the Revolutionary Committee who once prevented the educated youth from going to school in the city and refused to give them places for further studies, becomes the strongest backing for the educated youth who are taking the exam.

As the saying goes, when luck is gone, heroes cannot be free, but when luck comes, heaven and earth will be on your side. Yu Qie's pen fell on the moment when these educated youth filled out their test papers and were about to hand them in... He did not give an answer. In fact, in this kind of story, it should be said that most people would find it difficult to win the college entrance examination competition, but Yu Qie stopped writing here and let the readers imagine that these educated youths later had a good life.

On December 1977, 12, the college entrance examination that changed the fate of a generation was revived on this day, and the nation that had been dormant for eleven years awakened.

The shackles have been broken and freedom is ahead!
His writing style is tender and the tone of his stories is positive.

The original background of "College Entrance Examination 1977" was a farm in Northeast China, but Yu Qie changed it to the southwest region. Some of the original character arrangements also had to be changed. For this purpose, Yu Qie carefully considered every word. Perhaps it would not take that long to write such an article, but it took longer to change it.

Because Yu Qie added some personal experiences in the novel, including test-taking skills for later generations, if any readers can read this article carefully, it will be of great help to their college entrance examination.

Before the novel was finished, Wanxian Daily started reporting on local celebrities again, titled "Local Power". In order to select materials, interviews and conversations were conducted with the people being reported.

Those present included role models who have made outstanding achievements in certain fields in recent years.

Yu Qie is a representative figure of the education system. As a student who repeated two years of study to get into Yanjing University, to some extent, he represents the ultimate fantasy of some of China's early shut-ins.

Also interviewed were a barefoot doctor in his seventies, a female worker in a silk factory, and self-employed businessman Mou Qizhong.

As soon as Mou Qizhong saw Yu Qie, he asked, "I didn't expect you were from Yanda? That's incredible!"

Yu Qie replied: "I wish the boss a prosperous business." This surprised Mou Qizhong, but he was very happy. Because nowadays people are reluctant to talk about money, and are ashamed to talk about money. People in mainland China certainly won't say "Congratulations on your prosperity" when greeting the new year, so of course there will be no prosperous business.

In 79, there was a guy who roasted melon seeds in Zhongjiang City. He hired people, which violated the "seven up and eight down" law. This triggered a heated debate among theorists across the country. In the end, he managed to avoid being sent to jail thanks to the leader's talisman of "taking another look".

You say, in this situation, can business prosper?

Mou Qizhong's face flushed red, and he promised excitedly: "When you graduate, my business will definitely be big... Then come and work for me, little brother, and I will guarantee that you will be the general manager!"

Yu Qie couldn't help laughing.

College students are too valuable, especially those from Yanda University.

The factory director in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province, found that the highest level of education in the entire factory was high school and the cultural level was too low, so he went to the university admissions office to recruit a college student, but the admissions office directly rejected him.

You are a private enterprise, and you also want college students? Are you worthy?

In this interview, Yu Qie made another golden quote. He said, "The next 20 to 30 years are the best time for studying. There will never be such a good opportunity in the future. Comrades, cherish the time..." and summed up his thoughts with the sentence "A pig can take off even if it stands on the wind."

Can a pig take off if it stands on the wind?!
The people at the scene were shocked by these words. These did not sound like something a young person would say. Instead, they sounded like something entrepreneurial pioneers would say, like Chen Chunhua, the number one person in Zhongguancun, or Director Lu who had previously gone to the admissions office to recruit college students.

Mou Qizhong was also shocked. He pondered over the beauty of this sentence. How could it be so wonderful?

Simple, plain and powerful!

It is possible that I am a "pig", but it is unlikely that I am a pig.

Knowing that Yu Qie was an economics student at Yanda University, the reporter asked him a question that went beyond the syllabus: "Do you have any opinions on the future transformation of state-owned enterprises?"

Yu Qie thought it was not a good idea to be the first to do so, so he shook his head and said, "I am not very knowledgeable and I don't know."

What about Mou Qizhong?

He likes to be in the spotlight, so he took the initiative to take the conversation, "Where will the Chinese economy go? I have thought of some plans, and I hope to share them with more people..."

Soon, the interview ended.

"Yu Qie! Classmate Yu!"

As soon as he stepped out of the door and got on the car, Yu Qie was stopped by the local richest man. Mou Qizhong looked very anxious and his eyes were full of expectation. He said:

"Student Yu, what you said is so good. I'll give you five dollars. Can I say this sentence again in the future?"

"no!"

"Fifty dollars won't do?"

"no!"

Mou Qizhong said disappointedly: "You are going to make the headlines this time, but sooner or later, I will also make the headlines!"

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A Chinese entrepreneur named Wang An invented the "storage magnetic core" and became the fifth richest person in the world and the richest Chinese with a net worth of $20 billion. ——1983 Forbes Rich List.

my country's foreign exchange reserves have reached US$111.25 billion, 1981 times more than at the end of 1.33. -- National Statistics Department.

A person from Shanghai bought a folding umbrella in Pengcheng, but found that it was shipped from Shanghai to Hong Kong and then back to Pengcheng. The person from Shanghai was very happy because it was a few dollars cheaper than buying it in Shanghai. The person from Pengcheng was very happy because they made a few dollars. The department store in Hong Kong was also very happy because they also made a few dollars. ——"China on the Col"

Since the resumption of the college entrance examination, the first Yanda student in our county was born. ——The front page headline of Wanxian Daily

(End of this chapter)