Chapter 142 One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wang Zixu quickly introduced her: "This is junior student Lu Qingxuan. She is Xiao Mengyin's cousin."
"I know. I have known her much earlier than I have known you." Ning Chunyan said angrily.
Lu Qingxuan stepped forward and said, "Sister Xiaochun."
She stood tall and graceful with her legs together, a faint smile on her face, and Wang Zixu suddenly realized: No wonder he felt that this girl's temperament seemed familiar to him before, and she seemed to be a lady from somewhere. The upper class is a larger circle. It turns out that she and Ning Chunyan knew each other and should have known each other.
Ning Chunyan greeted Lu Qingxuan and pointed at the two of them: "How did you two meet?"
Lu Qingxuan said: "He came to register for graduate school. I am the examiner of this registration. After a little misunderstanding, we just... got to know each other. "
Ning Chunyan looked curious: "What is the misunderstanding?"
"Well..." Lu Qingxuan blushed a little.
Lao She said that a girl’s blush is better than a long confession. The 19-year-old Lu Qingxuan blushed and looked better. The 26-year-old Ning Chunyan felt the pressure of collagen and became even more angry. She poked Wang Zixu's arm with her finger:
"Zi Xu, your wife ran away, what did you do again?"
Wang Zixu felt wronged: "I said it was a misunderstanding, and now you misunderstand me even more , I didn’t do anything at all."
Lu Qingxuan opened his mouth: "You have a wife?"
Ning Chunyan said: " You can say no. But he’s already thirty, so you don’t care. Tell me what’s going on?” Lu Qingxuan pulled her aside and said briefly. Ning Chunyan laughed so hard at the whole story:
"Finally someone can understand my feelings! I was also a victim!"
She immediately told Lu Qingxuan how she had first met Wang Zixu. After hearing this, Lu Qingxuan looked strange, but she felt much better. She turned around and asked, "Then how did you become friends?"
p>Ning Chunyan said: "Tell him with affection and reason... Bah, why does it feel like I am stalking you when you say this? I told him at the time that it was impolite to talk to girls like this, and then continued I accepted his apology."
After saying that, Ning Chunyan turned to him and asked, "Why are you back to your old ways this time?"
Prince Xu said: "I didn't want to refuse, but my subconscious helped me."
Ning Chunyan said: "Not everything can be thrown to the subconscious!"
“Really,” Wang Zixu said, “She and I are so different in age and we don’t have much intersection in life. After becoming friends, we may say hello and chat a few words at first, but each is pushed by life, living a wonderful or ordinary life, and gradually forgets the other. Forget it, and finally become a silent presence on each other’s message list
“Sometimes I may suddenly think of it, but I think that if I haven’t contacted you for a long time, saying a few words rashly may disturb the other person’s life, so I throw away the thought. Learning about each other again after many years is a major moment in life, getting married or having a baby. At that time, I finally said hello again and carefully determined the relationship between the other party and myself, what kind of blessing I should send, and whether I should follow suit.
"When you wake up from your midnight dream, you may think that the other person may be very close to you. It would have been nice if you had chatted more. But so what if you chatted more? It just leaves more regrets. So, there is no necessary reason, I will not just add someone as a friend."
After Wang Zixu finished speaking, both Ning Chunyan and Lu Qingxuan looked horrified. After a long time, Ning Chunyan said, "You have thought too much. Being a friend has put such a heavy burden on you."
Lu Qingxuan thought for a moment, raised her finger and said, "He has avoidant personality disorder. It feels a bit like avoidant personality disorder."
Ning Chunyan thought about it and said, "It seems a little bit. Let me tell you, he had an ex-girlfriend before..."
As Ning Chunyan walked, she told all the stories about Wang Zixu. The two of them were talking to each other not far away from me, laughing sometimes and turning their heads to look at him from time to time. Lu Qingxuan's face sometimes showed a thoughtful expression.
The prince thought humbly that with Ning Chunyan’s character, sooner or later news about him would spread throughout Nanda.
He asked: "Where are you taking us?"
"The magazine," Ning Chunyan said, "My magazine is already in place. Don’t you want to visit? ”
The prince thought humbly, sister?
Lu Qingxuan asked: "What name does Sister Xiaochun plan to give the magazine?"
Ning Chunyan said: "New reward. New news, reward for reward."
Lu Qingxuan recited the name silently: "It sounds very good. "Have character."
"That's right!" Ning Chunyan put her hands on her hips, "My goal is to make "Xin Shang" the most unique literary magazine in the country!"
Wang Zixu cheered for her ideal, but felt that her ideal didn't sound very profitable.
Ning Chunyan’s “Xinshang Magazine” is very close to Nanda, or rather, it is almost integrated with Nanda. Wang Zixu felt that he had entered the magazine before leaving school.
This is a building with a sense of age. Half of the waxy yellow wall has peeled off, and the iron fence at the door is rusty. It seems that an unkempt man dressed in the Republic of China style will walk out of it at any time, dancing and talking about the Book of Songs.
Ning Chunyan used a small key to unscrew the U-shaped lock on the fence door, raised the rolling shutter door, and placed the iron hook in the umbrella bucket next to the door. He led the two people up the narrow stairs to the second floor, opened the office door, dusted the table with a towel, and invited them to sit down.
She feels very familiar with what she does. Wang Zixu's previous impression of her was that of a very delicate rich lady, and it was difficult to imagine the scene of her working with her own hands. Now seeing her busy in the ruins like a wife with a difficult family situation, I suddenly realized that this Ningchun Banquet really wanted to make a career.
“So,” Ning Chunyan sat down opposite Wang Zixu, “Now let’s start the interview. Classmate Wang Zixu, what have you been doing these past few months?”
Wang Zixu said: "Is this a question that should be asked in an interview?"
Ning Chunyan slammed the notebook on the table and said fiercely: "I have the final say on what to ask in the interview!"
The prince thought humbly that he was just the commander of the magazine and started to make a show. If the family becomes big in the future, what will happen to God?
But he still answered honestly: "Stay at home and write."
Ning Chunyan said: "Look, this shows your insincerity and inattention. It has been several months since we last saw each other. Didn't you do nothing but write? Didn't you eat or chat with your colleagues at work? Nor did you talk to Ye Lan. Playing cards and drinking? "
"Does this have anything to do with the interview?"
"Of course it does. Our magazine has such a small staff, and hiring an editor might affect the corporate culture. Do I need to know more about it?"
Wang Zixu said: "In the past few months, I have basically done nothing except writing at home. I go out once every three days to buy groceries. While buying groceries, I observe humans and collect materials. I go home and write for two hours in the morning, and spend two hours in the afternoon organizing the outline, revising the previous article, and then writing again. Write for an hour and then cook..." Ning Chunyan stopped him and asked, "There is no human interaction?"
"No." Wang Zixu shook his head.
Ning Chunyan looked at him with a little pity: "You are too miserable. Does writing have to be so miserable?"
Writing is not all so miserable, but Wang Zixu has a lot to write. In addition to submitting manuscripts for the Fischer Literary Award, he also had to write two scripts every day. So he was either writing or preparing to write every day, and couldn't stop at all.
Ning Chunyan asked again: "Have you brought the manuscript you wrote?"
Wang Zixu said, "I have brought it." He turned around and took out a thick stack of portfolios from his bag and threw them in front of Ning Chunyan.
Ning Chunyan took the manuscript: "What's the name?"
Wang Zixu scratched his head: "I haven't decided on the name yet. I want to tell a story about 'eternal recurrence' this time."
Lu Qingxuan came over to watch. While opening the archive bag, Ning Chunyan asked: "Nietzsche's eternal recurrence?"
"Yes. History is a series of infinite cycles, and I want to express it on a relatively micro scale."
Ning Chunyan tilted his head and asked: "How do you want to express it?"
"On January 1, 1900, the first generation of male and female protagonists were born in a small village on the eastern coast of my country. The male protagonist's father was a tenant of the female protagonist's family. He participated in the Boxer Rebellion and died tragically when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China. The male protagonist was later adopted by the female protagonist's family, and the two were childhood sweethearts. After the Revolution of 1911, the female protagonist's father set up a factory, and the male protagonist became their family's apprentice..."
"Wait a minute," Ning Chunyan interrupted him, "'First generation male and female protagonist,' you want to write a story about more than one generation?"
Wang Zixu nodded: "Yes, I plan to write about four generations, from 1900 to 2020."
Ning Chunyan Taking a deep breath: "My dear, the Chinese version of "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?!"
Wang Zixu said: "Don't interrupt. This is just the beginning, let me continue..."
Ning Chunyan and Lu Qingxuan were stunned and heard a story with the most ambitious ambitions.
The first generation of male and female protagonists both grew up. The female protagonist became a female college student at Yenching University, and the male protagonist worked as a worker in the factory of the heroine’s father’s family. The male protagonist was kicked out of the house by the female protagonist’s father for participating in the strike movement, while the female protagonist participated in the May 4th Movement as a student.
The male protagonist fled to a foreign country, was raised as a young man, and was later captured in the battle, and then became a member of the Red Army. The female protagonist was attracted by the cadres of the Kuomintang Party and was pursued wildly, but she never agreed because she always cared about the male protagonist.
The male protagonist later joined Special Branch and became an underground worker. He was sent to his hometown and lurked under a fake identity. There, he and the female protagonist met again. At that time, the organization assigned a fake wife to the male protagonist. After the female protagonist found out, she angrily married the Kuomintang cadre who pursued her, while the male protagonist was sad and had sex with the fake wife. After that, they each gave birth to a son and a daughter, and they were born on the same day.
After the July 7th Incident, the city where the hero and heroine lived fell, and the heroine’s family planned to flee westward. The hero chose to entrust his wife and daughter to the heroine, stayed with a gun to defend the city, and then died fighting. The young children of the male and female protagonists grew up in the war, and they are the second generation of male and female protagonists.
With the founding of New China, the second generation of male and female protagonists have also grown up. The son of the first-generation female protagonist was sent to the countryside due to family issues, while the daughter of the first-generation male protagonist chose to go to a poor area to support her. She happened to be assigned to the village of the second-generation male protagonist and became a village cadre.
The two had very different identities, experienced many entanglements, and ultimately did not come together. After they got married, they gave birth to a son and a daughter on the same day of the same month and year.
After that, the second-generation male protagonist saved half of the village from the flood, but also died of exhaustion. After his death, he finally washed away his original sin of "bad composition". According to family tradition, the heroine adopted the son of the hero's family and raised her with her own daughter. This is the third generation of male and female protagonists.
The third-generation male and female protagonists grew up in the same family but have different views. The male protagonist hopes to take root in the hometown and contribute to the motherland, but the female protagonist only wants to study abroad and obtain a U.S. green card. The two of them are also the pair who love each other the most.
The male protagonist has a lot of strength and is hardworking and willing to work. Even if the female protagonist wants the moon in the sky, he will make a plan to save money and figure out how to buy the moon. But because of different ideals, the two have been separated and reunited. In order to get the opportunity to go abroad, the female protagonist cheated, cheated, and did anything. The male protagonist was chased by a school girl. In the end, the male protagonist hurriedly got married under social pressure, and the female protagonist got unexpectedly pregnant.
On the day when the male protagonist’s wife was giving birth, the female protagonist summoned the male protagonist to accompany her during the birth and gave birth to a daughter. On the same day, the male protagonist’s wife also gave birth to a son.
After the third-generation heroine gave birth, she finally managed to see the moonlight and get the opportunity to go abroad. She left her son to the third-generation hero and went abroad secretly. The hero decided to raise her son in order to repay her family's kindness of adoption. Because of this, his relationship with his wife broke down and they got divorced.
Ten years later, the heroine returned to her hometown. At this time, she had obtained a U.S. green card and married a foreigner. Unfortunately, she no longer had the ability to have children, so she returned to her country to take her daughter to the United States. Another ten years passed, and the fourth generation of male and female protagonists also grew up.
The fourth-generation female protagonist became a well-known performer and returned to China to develop her career, while the male protagonist used the Internet to make a fortune and became an invisible rich man. The two reunited at a performance, but did not know each other.
There seems to be some kind of fate lingering between these two families. They adopt their own children and love each other bitterly. However, due to differences in thinking, ideals and beliefs, they have never come together. The fourth-generation hero and heroine finally broke this fate. After a series of entanglements, they came together and ended this family history that lasted for hundreds of years.
After listening to Wang Zixu’s story, Ning Chunyan couldn’t breathe evenly for a long time.
This story of Wang Zixu spans 120 years, and its elements include history, espionage, love, war, ethics, city, marriage, crime... The love and hatred of four generations have always been closely integrated with the fate of the country.
If he can really write this book to a high degree of completion, it is possible to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, let alone the Fei Shi Literary Award!
But the writing difficulty is also Nobel Prize level!
Ning Chunyan picked up his manuscript: "Your idea is grand and epic, but I don't know how complete it will be when written."
Wang Zixu said: "I have already written 50 Ten thousand words, only one ending is missing. However, Xiao Mengyin said that there are too many words, so I am hesitating whether to delete it. "
Ning Chunyan said: "Don't worry, I will look at your beginning first."
In terms of novel creation, conceiving is one thing, but actually writing it is another.
There are many people with wild and unconstrained ideas. They can talk about their ideas with you for a whole day. It sounds very interesting, but when you actually write it down, you will find that it is actually a piece of shit.
Ning Chunyan has read two of Wang Zixu’s novels and knows that he is by no means the kind of novice who knows nothing about creation, but she also knows that the longer the novel and the more elements there are, the easier it is for a writer to show cowardice.
For example, "The Ordinary World" is only the story of a pair of brothers. In just a span of ten years, the writer Lu Yao almost exhausted his energy in writing it: he read extensively on politics, economics, philosophy, history, religion, agriculture, meteorology, taxation, etc., and read the combined editions of five newspapers in the past 10 years year by month, and it took 3 years of preparation to write such a book.
At this point, "The Ordinary World" is not well-received by the mainstream literary circles, and has been repeatedly rejected. After the first part was published in "Flower City", the critics at the symposium had very harsh remarks on this work, almost completely denying its value. When writing the second part, Lu Yao himself was poor and ill, and encountered a power struggle within the magazine "Flower City". The second part was rejected and never published. The third volume was published in a relatively marginal magazine.
It wasn’t until 1988 that China Broadcasting Corporation broadcast this work as a long-form program, which caused a sensation among readers, with an audience of 300 million, and the book became an instant hit. In 1991, this book won the Mao Dun Literature Award.
A year later, Lu Yao passed away.
Ning Chunyan was amazed by Wang Zixu’s ambition, and admired his idea that it was not inferior to "One Hundred Years of Solitude". But was this ambition based on hard work or overestimation of one’s capabilities? Ning Chunyan was unsure.
With some trepidation, Ning Chunyan opened the first page of Wang Zixu’s novel.
Lu Qingxuan came over quietly.
(End of this chapter)