Mixed in 1980

Chapter 13: War of Words
"Son, are you really okay?"

Guan Yuemei took a newspaper and looked at the article, and couldn't help frowning.

Eulogy, false literature, no literary value... these are the labels that the reports have given to "The Most Beautiful Youth".

What we want is to deny you from the root.

Chen Fan didn't care. Many of the stories in "The Most Beautiful Youth" were based on forestry workers. It was about the main theme and positive energy. How could it be denied by a few dog barks?
In my two lifetimes, I have never seen a main theme being taken off the shelves because of a few criticisms.

Every one of those who wrote these reports is engaged in the work of scar literature. At best, it is a case of literary jealousy and bullying among colleagues. It is of no use other than increasing his popularity.

As for being scolded, Chen Fan didn't care at all.

It is far inferior to the cyber violence in later generations, and the level of insults is also not good. Just look at how Mr. Lu Xun insulted others.

Cursing Chen Yuan: "A stinky toilet full of maggots" and "a lying dog".

He cursed Ma Yinchu, Ding Xielin, Zhou Ensheng, Gao Yihan, Li Siguang and others: "They are all random people coming from various places", "they come to Beijing to cheat for a living", and "the likes of city foxes and community rats".

Scolding Guo Moruo: "From a distance it looked like a dog, but when I got closer I saw it was Mr. Guo Moruo."

In comparison, the level of insults in these articles is too low, they are full of trivial things and not even worthy of making people angry.

……

After comforting his family, Chen Fan put the matter out of his mind. Instead of thinking about these things, he might as well think about what dishes to send to Xu Jinqiu tomorrow.

The next day, Chen Fan made a dish of tiger skin chicken feet. The skin was crispy, the meat was tender, and the color was rich. It was particularly tempting and could be eaten with rice or as a snack.

"Didn't we agree not to send you off?"

Xu Jinqiu bit her lip, and depressedly accepted the lunch box and the note. After opening the note, she burst out laughing again.

It says on it: A man’s mouth is a lie.

Comrade Chen Fan is a strange man as he can act so confidently.

"Uncle Ma, he has to deliver food again tomorrow. Please ask him to wait. I have something to talk to him about."

"Okay, I'll call you tomorrow."

After Uncle Ma left, Zhao Yuanyuan grabbed a chicken claw and started chewing it: "It's true, Chen Fan, this old chicken, has really good cooking skills. Even restaurants can't compare to him."

As he said that, he stared at Xu Jinqiu and said, "Qiu'er, you're not really into her, are you?"

"Eat yours."

Xu Jinqiu rolled her eyes at her bestie and said unhappily, "Chen Fan has too many tricks up his sleeves and is not sincere at all, but he's still quite interesting and we can be friends."

Zhao Yuanyuan looked at her best friend strangely. It is easy for opposite-sex friends who are not annoying to become boyfriend or girlfriend. Doesn’t this girl understand this?

There is also Chen Fan, who has many tricks.

Qiu'er can't grasp it.

Xu Jinqiu didn't think much about it. He took out the newspaper he bought yesterday and went to the newsstand early the next morning to buy some more.

There were even more people cursing Chen Fan.

They said his articles were eulogistic, empty in thought, without warmth of emotion or passion of language, and not even a single memorable sentence.

"What a huge hatred!"

Xu Jinqiu sighed secretly. She had also read "The Most Beautiful Youth". It was very well written. Although it could not be said to have great literary depth, the story, characters and spiritual core were still quite touching.

Why were they attacked by so many people?

At noon, he handed the newspaper to Chen Fan and asked cautiously, "Are you okay?"

Put yourself in their shoes. If you were scolded like that, you would definitely lose your temper. If you were really angry, you would even throw paint at the entrance of the newspaper office.

"Are you concerned about me?" Chen Fan said with a smile.

"Don't be so conceited. I'm just afraid that you won't be able to get over it." Xu Jinqiu rolled her eyes.

"What's there to be upset about? No matter how harshly they scold me, it won't affect my royalties."

Chen Fan took the newspaper, counted the number, and looked at the date. Wow, this has stirred up a hornet's nest of Scar Literature.

There are more and more reports of this every day.

The language of criticism has become increasingly sharp. It is no wonder that these people are angry. The characters of scar literature are mainly educated youth and intellectuals. The most beautiful youth is also about educated youth and intellectuals.

Scar literature writes about suffering and tragedy. The most beautiful youth also has suffering, but it is more about struggle and dedication in suffering, which is an upward spirit.

The same background, characters, and subject matter, but they show two completely opposite cores.

This is creating confrontation!
If themes like "The Most Beautiful Youth" become popular, it would be like digging up the roots of scar literature and would be equivalent to cutting off someone's financial resources.

Chen Fan just smiled at this.

Scar literature is a product of a specific era and its life span is extremely short.

Starting with "Scars" written by Lu Xinhua in 1978, scar literature quickly entered its peak period, and a series of representative works emerged, occupying a dominant position in the literary world, but by 1981 it was rapidly declining.

The glory lasts only three years!

Putting aside these thoughts, Chen Fan looked at the girl in front of him: "Tomorrow is Saturday, do you have anything to do? There is a mutton hotpot restaurant near the Summer Palace that is quite delicious."

Seeing that he looked indifferent, Xu Jinqiu felt relieved, but she couldn't help but roll her eyes at her suggestion: "Are we going to visit the Summer Palace or eat shabu-shabu?"

"Of course, we had shabu-shabu mutton and visited the Summer Palace. As the old saying goes, if you are here, it would be a pity not to visit."

"Okay, but it's my treat."

"no problem."

"Let me make it clear first, if you rush to pay the bill tomorrow, I will turn around and leave," Xu Jinqiu added.

"Okay, let's leave at nine tomorrow morning?"

"Sure!" Xu Jinqiu replied.

"See you tomorrow, let's go back and have dinner." Chen Fan turned around, the corners of his mouth curled up, he secretly clenched his fist and took it.

Back at Yard No. 46, the aunties from the intelligence unit were chatting.

"Xiao Fan, I heard that many people scolded you in the newspapers?"

"I don't know who said it, but a lot of people criticized your novel. Your novel is going to be removed from the shelves."

……

Zhang Jianjun's strategy was very successful. When he told the news to Aunt Wang, not only the aunties in the yard, but half of the people in Maoer Hutong knew about it.

The aunties were quite enthusiastic about watching the gossip. It was a rare thing for a writer to emerge from the yard, and now he was being scolded in the newspapers, which was even more novel.

It’s such a lively place, we have to join in!

Guan Yuemei was so proud of herself a few days ago, now let’s see if the Chen family will be anxious or not.

Chen Fan is not an actor, so he has no obligation to satisfy their spectators: "Aunties, what's the old saying? People in the same industry are enemies. We are stealing other people's jobs, so why shouldn't we let people scold us? Anyway, the royalties are not reduced by a penny, so let them scold us."

"What a crap article. What's the point of it?"

With a bang, Chen Xiaoxian slammed the newspaper on the table: "Look at that little guy, he is nothing. What kind of nonsense is praising the merits of others? How can it be considered praising the merits of others?"

"What's the matter again?" Zhang Tianshan asked curiously.

"See for yourself."

Chen Xiaoxian threw the newspaper over and slammed the table in anger: "These intellectuals have blocked their anus and are full of dirty stuff. What the hell is this? We Saihanba people haven't done anything practical, so what? How come it's just praising our merits?"

Zhang Tianshan watched for a while and slammed the table in anger. "What a jerk! He has no ability of his own but he throws dirty water on others. I have been planting trees for more than ten years, how come you are singing their praises? Go find the director, this matter is not over yet."

De Lan's second nature refers to someone who has no ability and cannot get anything done.

The people at the Saihanba Forest Farm worked under the wind, sun, rain and frost for more than a decade and finally built a forest of nearly one million acres. But in the mouths of these bastards, it became fake literature?

They didn't curse Saihanba, but they cursed Chen Fan's novel just the same.

The most beautiful youth is written about Saihanba.

It is about the people in the forest farm.

The couple was so angry that they took magazines and newspapers and went straight to the director of the forest farm.

After learning the whole story, the director of the forest farm was so angry that he picked up the phone and started talking. If no explanation was given, no one would be able to escape harm.

　Working hard~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)