In the blink of an eye, the National Day has passed and October has entered.
The October issue of "Youth Digest" is still in preparation, but a new issue of "Weiming Lake" has come out.
Lin Xiaoguang was eating in the Peking University cafeteria when Yang Lan's roommate Fang Yanan came over with a magazine, turned to one page, and handed it to him directly.
"What's going on?" Yang Lan leaned over.
He looked at it: "On the criticism of certain articles in Youth Digest."
After reading it, he was a little surprised and continued reading.
"Literature sits alongside philosophy, religion, law, and politics on the upper level of social architecture. It is the art of language and writing, an important form of expression of social culture, and the embodiment of beauty."
"Is there nothing wrong?" Yang Lan looked suspicious.
"Keep reading!"
"Literary works are works by writers who use unique language and art to express their unique spiritual world. Without these two unique characteristics, there will be no real literary works. An outstanding writer is the spiritual world of a nation.
The heroes, literature represents the art and wisdom of a nation."
"However, some people shamefully tarnish the sacred laurels by taking out vulgar and vulgar writing and openly claiming it as literature and art."
Lin Xiaoguang began to get interested, and as he watched, he became gradually moved.
It wasn't until he finished reading that he handed the literary criticism to Yang Lan, then sat on the stool and continued eating.
"Aren't you angry?" Fang Yanan was a little surprised.
"Why are you angry? If a dog bites you, why don't you go back and bite the dog?" Lin Xiaoguang asked back as if nothing had happened.
"Pfft!" Several girls heard this and laughed out loud.
"Your mouth is so mean." Tian Tian couldn't help laughing and almost spit out the rice grains just now.
After laughing, Fang Yanan asked: "You really don't do anything?"
Lin Xiaoguang shook his head: "I don't know why Weiming Lake, which never publishes literary criticism, published it in Youth Digest in a special way. I don't know whether the May Fourth Literary Society regards us as opponents or plans to start an all-out war. But
I'm not afraid."
He continued: "When they try to treat literature as a thing for a few people, no matter how literary it is, they will not be able to get the support of the majority of people."
"But many people just don't know how to pretend to understand. For example, in the Chinese department of our school, not many people like Youth Digest." Fang Yanan was a little worried.
Lin Xiaoguang replied: "Our original intention in establishing Youth Digest was not for people in the Chinese Department of Peking University, but for other non-Chinese majors majoring in literature, history, science and engineering. We are targeting the 99%, not the 1%.
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"It really doesn't matter whether people in the Chinese Department of Peking University read Youth Digest, whether they like it or hate it."
Since "Weiming Lake" published literary criticism for Youth Digest, many people have known about it, and people from the Tsinghua Literature Society are also discussing it.
Regarding this matter, the club held a special meeting.
Lin Xiaoguang pointed to this criticism and rebutted point by point: "They say that "Once Upon a Time Slow" is a pile of words, with flashy and monotonous emotions, and straightforward and unsubtle expressions. Then I don't understand. Do poems have to be like the Imagists, who are not aware of their harshness?
Only if it’s deep?”
"I love this land and I love homesickness. The former is patriotism, the latter is homesickness. They are both very simple feelings. They are not so monotonous. Do they have to be complicated?"
"Besides, Liu Bannong taught me how to miss her, to be honest, right? No one said it was vulgar."
"I still say the same thing, Youth Digest is not vulgar, it is vulgar just because you have no self-confidence. You do not regard yourself as the masses of the people, but regard yourself as a superior elite aristocrat. You think you are noble and look down on popular literature that serves the masses of the people.
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"Lu Xun defined "A Dream of Red Mansions" as a 'human romance novel of the Qing Dynasty,' and said, 'Confucian scholars saw the Book of Changes, Taoists saw lust, talented men saw lingering, revolutionaries saw rows, and gossips saw the secrets of the palace.'"
"A thousand readers have a thousand Hamlets. He thinks it is vulgar and vulgar because he himself is vulgar and vulgar."
“As for whether Youth Digest is vulgar or vulgar, the May Fourth Literary Society has no say, it’s the people who have the final say.”
"That's so good." Liu Yan couldn't help but applaud.
She took the lead, Pan Hong also started to applaud, Zhao Ziyu followed closely, and finally the audience burst into thunderous applause.
After the meeting, Pan Hong found Lin Xiaoguang.
"Xiaoguang, I think what you just said is very good. I think we need to fight back. The great man said that if we don't occupy the propaganda position of the proletarian revolution, the enemy will occupy it. So I want to find someone to sort out what you just said.
Publish his speech as the October issue and start a debate with them."
Pan Hong was very warm and polite: "However, considering that others don't know me as deeply as you, and you have thought it over carefully, you will definitely be able to do better, so I leave it to you."
"Can you do that?"
It was the first time that Lin Xiaoguang saw the president talking to him with such an attitude.
She was able to hold the position of executive vice president before, and now she is able to compete with Zhao Ziyu. She really has two skills.
When the president gave him face, he naturally wouldn't refute it and agreed immediately.
"Okay, leave this to me."
"Xiaoguang, you can do a lot of hard work. There have been a lot of things lately, so I'm sorry to trouble you." Pan Hong said with a smile on his face before leaving first.
After Lin Xiaoguang returned home, he took the time to write.
He was holding his breath now.
If you want to fight, then fight.
You started the war, and when the time comes the losers will lose their pants, so don't say you're bullying them because they have fewer people.
The September issue of Youth Digest featured the poem "Once Upon a Time Slow", which was criticized by them. Lin Xiaoguang planned to change the subject this time and defeat them in the field of popular literature.
It doesn't matter whether they admit defeat or not, as long as they convince the young students among the broad masses of the people, that will be enough.
So what should I write?
After careful consideration, he decided to sing the praises of love and write a tragic novel about love.
Two young Soviet people fell in love with each other and often met in the birch forest near the village. The girl planned to marry him, but at this moment, the war broke out and the young man rushed to the battlefield. The girl agreed to wait for him in the birch forest when he came back.
Waiting, she turned into an old woman, still waiting for him there, but she never waited until he came back.
That's right, it's the birch forest.
After he started writing, it took him three days to finish the short story, and then he revised it repeatedly until it was concise, concise and capable, and finally attached the songs and music score of Bai Birch Forest.
After finishing the novel, he started writing to fill in the previous holes, such as "Colonel's Daughter", "Workers' Courtyard", "Son-in-Law at Home", "Northern Wilderness", "The North Wind Blows" and so on.
After he had finished writing them all, the call for papers from Peking University students was still going on. Only after the editorial board selected some articles, the sample manuscripts were published.
Then it was submitted to Teacher Yu Jianxin and Director Yu for review, waiting for approval.
On this day, teacher Yu Jianxin came to Tsinghua Literature Society and handed him the sample manuscript of the October issue directly: "Xiaoguang, the September issue did well. The director asked you to keep up your efforts and create greater glories, but don't be proud and stay vigilant. Inside
The areas that need to be modified have been circled, you can just modify them as required."
Lin Xiaoguang nodded repeatedly: "Okay, Teacher Yu, I will modify it as required to ensure your satisfaction."
"Stop talking nonsense and get to work quickly."
As a result, the editorial board became busy again.
Finally, it was completed in mid-October, and there were still three days before the weekend. After submitting it for review again, I got the approved sample and published it directly.
On Friday, the October issue of Youth Digest was officially released.