At noon, Ba Jin came out of the house, and Yu Dong and the others accompanied the old man to bask in the sun for a while on the balcony.
It turned out that the old gentleman was very happy chatting with Yu Dong and the others, but while chatting, he began to feel uncomfortable again and his mood became depressed.
He insisted on sitting on the chair and looking at Yu Dong and the others, "I have nothing to offer now. I am always asking for things, which is of no use to the people or the country. Not only can I not write more for readers, I can't even
I can’t even chat with you young people. I ask the hospital not to use good medicine anymore..."
Yu Dong and others sat nearby, just listening to Ba Jin's words, but unable to make any response.
The old gentleman is over 90 years old this year, and he has been ill since his early years. Now he can only rely on medicine to maintain his health. Living is already a kind of pain for him.
It is both physical pain and psychological pain.
The physical pain may be bearable, but the psychological pain is unbearable.
He believes that the meaning of life lies in giving, but now his life is unable to give, only asking, which makes him feel ashamed.
After the Li Xiaolin siblings sent Ba Jin back to the house again, Li Xiaolin told Yu Dong and the others that the death of Cheyenne last year had a great impact on Ba Jin.
It is said that Cheyenne was in great pain before her death. After Ba Jin learned about it, he told Li Xiaolin and the others that if that day came, he hoped they would not resuscitate him and just euthanasia him.
This was also the first time Ba Jin mentioned euthanasia, which made the family very worried.
Hearing this incident, Yu Dong and others couldn't help but sigh.
"It's not easy."
Yu Hua sighed.
This sentence "it's not easy" is also meant for Li Xiaolin and the others. Ba Jin's current situation is not only painful for him, but also for Li Xiaolin and the others.
However, the mentality of the siblings is much better than they imagined. After all, such days are not just a day or two for them. As time goes by, they gradually get used to it.
When the sun was about to set, Li Xiaotang stayed at home, while Li Xiaolin took Yu Dong and the others to visit the Shanghai Writers Association.
There are many acquaintances in the Shanghai Writers Association, and they have been there before when Yu Dong got married and during the deep space annual meeting, so in addition to Yu Hua and Yu Dong who often visit, Bi Feiyu also knows them all.
After taking Yu Dong and the others around the various units of the Writers Association, the sun had set and it was time to eat.
Li Xiaolin originally wanted to take them to a small restaurant near the Writers Association for dinner, but Dudong stepped forward and invited them to the Yunhua Hotel, which is a little further away.
The reason is easy to find. When he got married before, there were too many people and he didn't entertain well. Today, he set up a table again. And some people didn't go there at that time, so they made up for the meal.
Li Xiaolin kindly helped them, so naturally it was their turn to treat them to this meal.
During the meal, everyone talked about Mo Yan's incident. Ge Fei said with a smile: "I don't think it is a big deal. It's just that some people reacted too strongly. The reason why these people reacted so strongly is nothing more than two reasons.
One reason is that the novel has really hurt them, and the other is that they are just bored."
This remark aroused Zhao Lihong's rebuttal: "What does it mean to be bored? It's just an opportunity to spray negative emotions. In the early years, those who wrote about throwing stones and spitting were probably like this." (Correction)
"In the final analysis, it's still boring. If I could produce more works and do more work, I wouldn't have so many things to do."
Ge Fei insisted that these people were like this just because they were too idle.
But Zhao Lihong retorted that most of the people who criticized Mo Yan this time were not idlers.
Ge Fei also said that whether you are idle or not does not depend on your position or reputation. Some people look busy, but in fact they are very idle.
Seeing that the two of them were gradually going off track, Li Xiaolin said, "Whether they are idle or not, all of us here will naturally speak up when it is time to speak up."
Ge Fei nodded, "Yes, actually I don't care whether these people like Mo Yan or Yu Hua. It's normal for a work to be loved by some people and disliked by others, but criticism
There is a bottom line and principles, but I don’t agree with the way these people criticize.”
After Ge Fei was the first to express his stance, others followed suit, saying that they would definitely help if needed.
There is no risk to them. Although many people have criticized "Big Breasts and Wide Butts", some people have helped and said good things.
Wang Zengqi was the first famous person to help put in a good word.
He said "Big Breasts and Wide Hips" is a serious, sincere, and symbolic work that has a great summary of China's century-old history. It is a breakthrough in Mo Yan's novels and a breakthrough in contemporary Chinese literature...
…
With Wang Zengqi's words in front of him, there was no burden on them to help and say nice things.
As long as they were willing to help and say good things at critical moments, Yu Dong never thought of asking them to help with the charge.
But what Yu Dong didn't expect was that Ge Fei actually charged.
Less than a week after leaving Shanghai and returning to Jinling, Yu Dong and the others saw Ge Fei's article in the "Literary Newspaper".
[On the Death of a Critic]
This is the title of the article, very direct and crude.
In the article, Ge Fei expressed his concerns about the Chinese academic community through some recent criticisms of "Big Breasts and Wide Butts".
He believes that some critics like to imagine themselves as writers, while other writers always imagine themselves as critics.
These people do things they shouldn't do, and they always don't do them very well. In the end, it is the academic community that has the most profound impact.
Because no matter whether a person is a critic or a writer, once they engage in literary criticism, their influence will definitely be on the academic world.
Therefore, Ge Fei pointed out at the end of the article that if this continues, critics will die.
Yu Dong and the others were very surprised when they saw this article, because less than a week had passed since they had dinner with Ge Fei.
This time was not enough to finish writing this article and then send it to "Literary Newspaper". Finally, "Literary Newspaper" came to them for printing.
This also means that Ge Fei's article was probably written and sent to the "Literary News" before that meal.
"This Ge Fei has no wind at all." Looking at the newspaper, Yu Hua couldn't help but mutter, "Why, are you afraid that others will think he is taking credit?"
Bi Feiyu smiled and said: "Now that people read this article, it will easily cause misunderstandings and make people think that he is a cannibal."
Yu Dong raised his head and glanced at the two of them, then stared at the "Literary Journal" in his hand and said: "Once Ge Fei's article came out, things will not be that simple."
Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu both nodded, they thought so too.
A scolding war, a scolding war, naturally requires opponents from both sides in the arena. It was always those people who were scolding before, but Mo Yan and Yu Hua never retorted, and their scoldings were lackluster.
Now, although Mo Yan and Yu Hua did not play, Ge Fei acted as a vanguard. These people had opponents, so they naturally became enthusiastic.
Thinking about it, after this article, the battle will definitely become more and more intense.
…
Fang Yanwu was painting in front of the birdcage at home and was in a very good mood.
After Yu Dong released "To the West", he said some critical words, and was later counterattacked by the Yan Normal University gang. He lost the scolding battle ugly and lost face.
And since then, everyone in the unit knew that he had offended Yan Normal University and did not want to get close to him.
This time Mo Yan was scolded, and he finally found an opportunity to pick on Yu Hua.
The reason why I was picking on Yu Hua was because during the last argument, before Yu Dong came out, Yu Hua jumped out and called for battle.
And he said it very harshly, comparing him to a eunuch.
So this time Fang Yanwu didn't hold anything back and directly labeled Yu Hua as FD.
The other party has not responded yet, and it seems that he has been frightened by this trend. This time, because of Mo Yan's incident, many well-known figures in the JL literary circle have come forward with great momentum. Yu Hua and the others are also afraid of him.
As expected.
As he whistled, even the hand holding the paintbrush became lighter.
Dong dong dong——
When Fang Yanwu was drawing the bird wings, someone suddenly knocked on the door. He couldn't help but frown: "Who is it?"
"Teacher Fang, it's me, Li Youxue."
"Youxue, it's you."
Fang Yanwu put down his painting brush and went to open the door for Li Youxue.
This Li Youxue was his good friend in the Writers' Association. Although he was a few years younger than him, the two of them cherished each other, admired each other, and often discussed academic matters together.
Moreover, Li Youxue particularly liked his paintings and even financed them before.
"I'm painting right now. I'll bring it back to you when I finish." Fang Yanwu said cheerfully.
Li Youxue entered the room and glanced at the unfinished painting on the table. A trace of imperceptible disdain flashed in his eyes, and then he looked flattered, "How can this be so embarrassing?"
"I don't paint for money. Instead of giving it to others as a gift, it's better to give it to you, a knowledgeable person." Fang Yanwu pulled up a chair for Li Youxue and asked, "What did you come here for today?"
Li Youxue did not sit down, but took out a copy of "Literary News" from his bag, turned to the second page and showed it to Fang Yanwu, "Teacher Fang, Ge Fei published an article in "Literary News", targeting Fang Yanwu directly.
Teacher, your words are fierce and murderous."
Upon hearing this, Fang Yanwu's smiling face suddenly disappeared, replaced by a frown and a shadow.
Swearing is a pleasant thing, but being scolded is different.
"That Ge Fei from East China Normal University?" Fang Yanwu asked.
"Who else could it be? He is the one who wrote The Lost Boat and The Brown Birds. He is a fan of Borges and he is not very old either."
Li Youxue deliberately added "not too old" because Yu Hua, Yu Dong and Su Tong are all not very old, but these young people are now more and more crazy and have no respect for their old comrades at all.
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Fang Yanwu said nothing more, but picked up the "Literary Journal" and read it with a gloomy face.
After only seeing half of it, he slapped the newspaper on the ground and cursed: "You're a bad guy, you can't be saved!"
Seeing that Fang Yanwu reacted so fiercely, Li Youxue also scolded: "Indeed, this guy is young and doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth. He thinks that he knows a lot about literary criticism after studying in the Chinese Department for a few years and teaching for a few years. In fact,
It’s really unreasonable that he dares to speak so arrogantly even though he’s only scratching the surface. Although this article didn’t directly mention you by name, the target of the article is you, Teacher Fang, both inside and outside the words, which is really annoying.”
Fang Yanwu snorted coldly: "I'm just a villain, I only dare to be secretive like this."
Li Youxue bent down and picked up the "Literary Newspaper" from the ground, pointed at it and asked: "Then this..."
"This matter cannot be settled like this. I am going to write another article to argue with this Ge Fei."
But Li Youxue shook his head and said, "Teacher Fang, why are you arguing with him? As the saying goes, shoot the man first, shoot the horse first, and capture the thief first, capture the king. Ge Fei is just a little minion, and the main culprits must be Yu Hua and Yu Dong. You
No matter how much you talk to Ge Fei, you might as well keep a close eye on Yu Dong and the others."
Fang Yanwu held the table and thought for a while. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that what Li Youxue said made sense.
Ge Fei was nothing. Although he had earned some fame before, it was nothing compared to Yu Hua and Yu Dong.
Moreover, it is really difficult to criticize Ge Fei's works, because his works are very mysterious and the subject matter is not very controversial.
Seeing that I was wavering in Fang Yan, Li Youxue added more jealously beside him: "I heard that the association may invite Yu Dong and Yu Hua to the Writers' Congress at the end of this year, which is not good. If such people can attend the Writers' Congress,
Then what bright future does our Writers’ Association have? Therefore, for the sake of the Writers’ Association, we cannot let them continue to be so arrogant.”
These words directly hit Fang Yanwu.
There will be a Writers' Congress at the end of the year, and he will definitely attend on behalf of the Yanjing Writers' Association. If Yu Hua, Yu Dong, and the others also go there by then, there will be no room for his old face.
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Li Youxue knew that the matter was done, so he nodded: "Then I will go back first and wait for your good news, Teacher Fang."
After Li Youxue left, Fang Yanwu sat at the table and pondered for a long time before finally picking up his pen.
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Have you been scolded today?
Recently, the first thing Yu Dong and others asked today has changed from "Have you eaten?" to this sentence.
Ge Fei's article is like a stone thrown into a grass hole, exploding a group of pheasants.
There are more and more scoldings, the scope is getting wider and wider, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger.
At first, they only scolded Mo Yan and then Yu Hua. Now basically anyone who has anything to do with Yu Dong and the others will be scolded several times.
Even Ruan Xiaohu was not spared.
When Yu Dong saw the article published by his old rival Fang Yanwu in "Literary News", there were only two days left before the Deep Space Short Film Competition.
This article was shown to Yu Dong by Feng Ming.
Recently, there have been more and more articles mentioning Yu Dong, but Fang Yanwu scolded him the most, so Feng Mingcai specially gave it to Yu Dong.
This time, Dialect I didn’t dig into Yu Dong’s words, but directly labeled him as fd.
Let’s start with the title of the book.
[Going to the West, just the title of the book already contains evil intentions. What is the West, what is the East? And why go to the West? 】
[Which writer travels abroad every few days? Because he is loved by foreign readers? Then how can he be loved by readers? Is it because he has written something that Westerners like to read? 】
[I heard that the so-called "Chinese Literature Series" sells very well abroad. Many people think it is a good thing at first glance, but I want to ask these authors whether they deliberately write something to please Westerners for the sake of sales.
Things? Is the money you earn all the result of looking down on yourself?】
[I haven't read the novel "Resident Evil" because I basically don't read such sensationalist works. However, in order to fully study the author, I endured the disgust and read it. I just read the beginning and felt something was wrong.
, a Chinese author, why is the protagonist in his novel a blond and blue-eyed foreigner...]
"This person is too good at making excuses and subverting concepts. Oh, according to his point of view, as long as the work is liked by foreigners, it is not a good work. Damn, I can't even criticize at this level!"
Feng Ming was very angry, and his face, which was already dark, became even darker after reading the article.
Yu Dong comforted him in turn, "Old Feng, is this thing worth your anger?"
"Aren't you angry?"
"It's not that I'm not angry at all." Yu Dong smiled, "It's just that the school is holding a short film competition these two days, and I really don't have time to care about him."
"You are so calm. If I had scolded you, I would have scolded you back."
Chapter completed!