Chapter 58: The Days Without Mobile Phones
Jia Pingwa, who is known as a master of contemporary literature, once published a collection of poems - "Blank", which includes more than 30 new poems written by Jia Pingwa between 1976 and 1986, which is the only collection of poems by Jia Pingwa so far.
As part of Jia Pingwa's early literary creation, although poetry is not as famous as his prose and novels, or even calligraphy and painting, it is the starting point of Jia Pingwa's experimental literary creation.
After Jia Pingwa watched "You Are Still by My Side", he was also full of praise for this poem, believing that it was a rare masterpiece in the first online original literature competition.
Although the whole poem is only more than 100 words, it is short and long, touching and profound, unlike other so-called modern poems that are empty and moaning without illness, and in the seemingly bland narrative, it expresses deep feelings for the mother, so that the reader has a feeling of instant tears after reading it.
In addition to Jia Pingwa, Wang Shuo, Wang Anyi, Yu Hua and others also spoke highly of the song "You Are Still by My Side" in Night Lonely City.
The only thing that makes them a little suspicious is that this song "You're Still by My Side" is too brilliant among a bunch of mediocre works, which makes people wonder if it is the original of Night Lonely City.
After all, plagiarism by authors is a very common thing in the literary world, both at home and abroad.
If this song "You're Still by My Side" is not an original in Night Lonely City, but plagiarized other people's works, but it got the noun in the first online original literature competition, then it would be a big trouble.
"Is this poem really written by Night Lonely City?"
Looking at Jia Pingwa's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, Chen Cun suddenly understood what was going on.
Chen Cun hurriedly said: "I think it should be original, as early as a few days ago, I talked to the author, he is a young man with a lot of ideas, and he is also a popular online writer." ”
Anne also echoed on the side: "I agree with my uncle's opinion, Lonely City's "E Net Love" serialized under our banyan tree is also one of the most popular online novels at present. ”
Jia Pingwa looked at Chen Cun with a surprised expression: "Is it? If he is really talented, then this poem is likely to be his original." ”
Wang Shuo said disapprerovingly: "This grandson, ahhh...... Didn't this kid just write a good poem? Who doesn't have a flash of inspiration, why do you have to be talented to write this poem?"
Jia Pingwa smiled and waved his hand: "Don't you know, the poem "You Are Still by My Side" seems simple, but it is actually ingenious, and the author's skills are extremely profound. ”
Wang Shuo looked at Jia Pingwa suspiciously: "I admit that this kid is talented, but he is not as evil as Mr. Jia, you said, right?
In Wang Shuo's view, the poem "You Are Still by My Side" is clean, simple, and simple, only relying on the natural law that several common things in life have disappeared with the passage of time, to compare the growth of children and the fact that it has become impossible to go back, it is indeed touching, but that's all, there is no need to hold it so high.
Jia Pingwa shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "First of all, he used surrealist brushwork to carry out bizarre imagination, placing the sub-body image in front of the poem and the mother image at the end of the sentence, depicting a kind of movement process from the sub-body image to the mother image, presenting a life phenomenon of exploration and return. ”
"If you don't believe it, you can see if the first five lines of this poem use five sets of imagery? Each line has a mother image and a child image. Jia Pingwa said, pointing to the manuscript of the poem "You Are Still by My Side".
"In the water of the waterfall going upstream, the parent image is the source of the waterfall, and the child image is the flowing water that goes up against the current to find the source;
In the image of the dandelion seed floating back from a distance and turning into an umbrella, the mother image is "a dandelion standing in place, and the child image is a seed flying back from a distance;
In the sun rising from the west and setting towards the east, the parent image is the east where the sun rises, and the child image is the sun moving from west to east;
The parent image of the bullet returning to the chamber is the chamber, and the child image is the bullet that is returning to the chamber;
The parent and child images of the athlete returning to the starting line, respectively, are the starting line and the athlete who is returning to the starting line. ”
Although Wang Shuo is a well-known writer, his attainments in poetry are far inferior to Jia Pingwa and others.
In fact, as Jia Pingwa said, there is a life relationship between the maternal image and the child image in the poem "You Are Still by My Side", and the life of the child is given by the mother, and the life journey of the child begins from the mother.
Obviously, the water of the waterfall flows from the source, the dandelion seeds fly away from the dandelion's body, the sun rises and moves from the east, the bullets fly out of the chamber of the gun, and the athletes start running from the starting line.
These child images are inseparable from the parent imagery, and together they form an interrelated living body.
The original author uses these images to express the flesh-and-blood emotions between children and their parents, and when children leave their parents and wander abroad, they will inevitably experience the return of this emotion, parents are the source of children's lives, no matter where children go, they will try their best to go home, even if the body can't go back, they will let the heart walk on the way home.
No matter what, Lin Weidong's song "You Are Still by My Side" successfully attracted the attention of the judges and won unanimous praise from the judges present.
In the evening of the same day, the color of Mu deepened, and the Mei'an campus was still noisy.
After eating and separating from Scarlett in the dining hall, Lin Weidong just walked to the door of the dormitory building, and his aunt called him at the window: "Lin Weidong, a woman is calling to find you!"
Lin Weidong was stunned, he had just been separated from Scarlett for a while, it couldn't be a call from her, so he walked over and asked the dormitory manager: "Auntie, who called me? What is your name?"
The dormitory manager glanced at Lin Weidong and said casually: "I don't know, she didn't say her name, she only said that she called from Shanghai." ”
"Female?Shanghai?"
Lin Weidong didn't have to think about it, he could guess that it was Anne, because in Shanghai, there was only one woman with his contact information.
Although Lin Weidong had Annie's contact information, he did not memorize her mobile phone number.
It can be seen that no matter what era there is no mobile phone, it is a very troublesome thing.
Thinking of this, Lin Weidong immediately went back to the 403 dormitory to get the phone book, and then the dormitory manager was here and called Anne.
As soon as the phone was connected, Anne asked straight to the point: "Lonely City, I want to verify one thing with you, and you must answer me frankly." ”
Lin Weidong was inevitably a little apprehensive when he heard her serious tone, and hurriedly said, "If there is anything, Sister Annie, you can just say it." ”
Anne nodded and said, "Okay, then I asked, did you write the poem "You Are Still by My Side"?"
Although this poem is indeed not Lin Weidong's original, Lin Weidong still said to Anne: "Of course I wrote it, it must be me, what's wrong?"
Anne smiled and said, "It's okay, as long as you write it, I believe in your character." ”
Subsequently, Anne told Lin Weidong the news that "You Are Still by My Side" was praised, and also told him that Chen Cun was also looking for him and asked him to call back.
Hearing Annie's words, Lin Weidong turned his head while holding the phone and asked the dormitory manager: "Auntie, do you have a pen?" ”
So, Lin Weidong took the ballpoint pen he borrowed from the dormitory manager and wrote down Chen Cun's mobile phone number in the phone book.
Soon, Lin Weidong dialed Chen Cun's phone again.
Chen Cun told Lin Weidong on the phone that "You Are Still by My Side" is very promising to win the first prize of the competition, and the publication of "e-Net Love" is likely to have a drama.
Lin Weidong was very excited, but he controlled his emotions, and did not show too much in the conversation with Chen Cun, but just said thank you to Chen Cun vigorously, praised him for his ability and so on.
Chen Cun was very happy to be praised, and promised Lin Weidong with a smile: "Don't worry, Uncle will help you keep an eye on the matter of publishing, even if Huacheng Publishing House is unwilling to publish, Uncle will help you contact other publishing houses." ”
Lin Weidong hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you uncle, I will be the east when I go back to Shanghai, and we will have a few drinks ...... happily."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Weidong pondered that if "E Net Love" could be successfully published in the mainland, he must buy a Nokia mobile phone, otherwise it would be too convenient.