Literary Master 1983

Chapter 51 Influence

Luo Yihe said: "This national outstanding novella award is an award determined by our Writers Association itself, with appropriate reference to the audience's voting results, and finally representative works were selected."

“How many novels have won awards?”

"No more, no less, exactly twenty. The results will be announced in the new issue of People's Literature."

"Twenty? That's so many?" Yu Qi was a little shocked. Bro, it's only one twentieth?

Luo Yihe smiled and said, "Indeed, there are more and more! The Writers Association is discussing that in the future, a special journal will be used to publish the winning works, and it will be distributed by the publishing house in southern Fujian... It took four years to select the works in the first session, and there were too few novels at that time."

"——Then, every year there are more and more works to be selected. This year, there are more and more works to be selected, and the judges are getting better and better. You may not know that the chief judge this year is Ba Lao, and the deputy judges are Feng Mu and Tang Yin... Everyone is arguing over which works can be selected. It's really lively."

"But in the end, there are a few novels that are not controversial..."

Yu Qie asked curiously, "I want to know which ones they are?"

Luo Yihe introduced, "Li Cunbao's "Nineteen Tombs in the Mountains" is a military-themed work; Liang Xiaosheng's "There Will Be a Snowstorm Tonight" is about educated youth; Ah Cheng's "The Chess King" is also a novel about educated youth; and Deng Gang's "The Charming Sea" reflects the beautiful marine scenery of our country..."

Wait, why is there suddenly someone here who I haven’t heard of?
Yu Qie asked: "How did this "Enchanting Sea" get in? I didn't know much about this subject before."

This author Deng Gang did not seem to write any more shocking works afterwards and seemed to have disappeared from the public eye.

Luo Yihe said: "Because there are several criteria for the selection, one is that the people like it, the second is that it can be put on the table, and there is also an implicit one, which is that it must reflect certain social realities and play a role in advocacy and publicity. Think about it, we have had many major marine events this year!"

Oh, it plays a guiding role.

Yu Qi immediately understood.

This year is the first year of the ocean after the reform and opening up. This year, China carried out environmental protection inspections for the first time, established the Marine Surveillance Agency, and promulgated the Marine Protection Law.

Two more big things:

One was that my country was snubbed and not allowed to attend the international conference on "Antarctica Expedition" held in Australia (most likely because foreign countries looked down on China's ocean-going capabilities at the time), so the delegation regarded it as a great humiliation, and the higher-ups were also shocked...

Finally, at the end of the year, the Blue Water Army led the way and directly converted the active ships into civilian scientific research vessels. They were returned to the factory for repairs and modifications, and began the country's first long-distance voyage to Antarctica.

Another one is that the offshore oil drilling ship jointly developed by China and the United States encountered a strong typhoon, and all 81 Chinese and foreign people on board were killed...but they still had to continue drilling for oil.

Until 93, China was an oil exporter. In the s, more than a quarter of China’s pitiful foreign exchange reserves came from oil exports.

How can one not love "The Charming Sea"?

Luo Yihe said: "The literary and art circles should play a guiding role in public opinion and contribute to our cause. "Charming Sea" is a work that can draw people's attention to the ocean."

"Our ocean is huge and precious, and we all need to pay attention to it."

"So, back to 'A Moment of Romance' that you wrote. It deals with such a big issue and caused such a sensation. There is no way it will be left off the list."

After that, Luo Yihe didn’t finish yet. He added, “From the perspective of popularity, A Moment of Romance is the novel king of this year… Although we haven’t ranked them, this is indeed the case.”

Although Yu Qi knew how to write a novel before, he didn't know the details of the selection process. Now he understands it. The military, society, educated youth, women, reform and opening up, rural areas... everything must be taken into consideration.

It turns out that the novel awards in the 1980s were similar to the awards in the film and television circles later, with rewards being given out.

No wonder, after "A Moment of Romance" became popular, Huang Xingbang of "Red Rock" wrote to him again and again to urge him to submit his manuscripts, and even wanted to come to Yanjing to find him.

Huang Xingbang probably already understood that after "A Moment of Romance" became famous, Yu Qie would most likely be poached.

Of course, in the following period, magazines kept coming to Yu Qie to ask him to write articles. The magazine "Mengya", which had a large circulation, even offered a price of 11 yuan per thousand words.

However, Yu Qie's mind was completely focused on the New Reality Trilogy, so he rejected them all.

The style of "The Sprout" is not as good as "October", and it is definitely not as capable as "October" - what's more, "The Sprout" is in Shanghai, and the movie tickets, drama tickets and other benefits are not something I am lucky enough to enjoy.

Soon, "Novel Monthly" handed over to Yu Qie the letters from readers across the country, which filled a large package.

Pour it out: splash ~ all over the floor.

The magazine "Novel Monthly" specializes in selecting short and medium-length novels from across the country. It is extremely popular, and many readers only read "Novel Monthly" and do not read any other literary magazines.

"Teacher Yu, we receive at least 5,000 letters from all over the country every month, all addressed to you. I implore you to pick a few more letters and reply to them."

How many letters are there in five thousand? Some are seeking love, some are asking for money, some are asking for advice... it is almost impossible to reply to them.

There were two letters packed separately, they were sent from public institutions.

One was a letter from Shanghai Film Studio, in which an actor said that he watched A Moment of Romance and was deeply attracted by the love story, so he wrote this letter. However, the actor seemed very reluctant to reveal his identity, and only said that he liked the story and hoped that the story could be adapted into a comic book.

Yu Qie also replied with an ordinary, polite letter, and he was a little cold.

The other one was from soldiers in the south. For some reason, the novel A Moment of Romance was very popular in the military. After the last letter, more soldiers wrote to Yu Qie.

The political commissars on the front line would use the story lines in the novel when doing their work, telling the soldiers not to lose faith in love.

The huge popularity of "A Moment of Romance" shows that in the hearts of female comrades across the country, love that is undeterred by wind and rain is still the most important thing. The love that has been tested by brothers braving bullets and shells is of course more valuable than gold and harder than steel!
During this period, there was a news report that a certain reconnaissance staff officer had his calf injured by an explosion, and had to have it amputated and his right eyeball removed. He was already depressed, and his fiancée ran from the capital to the southernmost part of the country, traveling thousands of miles to express her love:
"No matter what you become, I will never leave you."

The news was widely reported, and many writers used it to create military romance novels to soothe people's hearts.

Because the farewell letters from the front line were like snowflakes, it really affected the fighting spirit and made everyone very negative. For this reason, the army mobilized female nurses and female doctors to come to the field hospital to serve the wounded soldiers on the front line.

There are also some lovely girls who volunteered to come to the south to work as nurses. They truly expressed their support.

Writers, of course, have a role to play as well.

Therefore, Yu Qie wrote this reply letter very seriously, and he reiterated his position once again, "As a person in the literary and artistic circles, I will always support you."

　In fact, it was issued in 84.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)