When Lu Yao created "Ordinary World", he almost hit the street.

At the beginning of 1986, Zhou Changyi, the young editor of "Contemporary" magazine, got the first manuscript of "Ordinary World", "there is no suspense, no accidents, and I can't read it before I have time to move." Then, the writer's publishing house also rejected the manuscript.

Finally, the novel was published in full in November 1986 by the not-so-mainstream No. 6 issue of Flower City, and in December 1986, by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing Company. In the summer of 1987, when Lu Yao finished writing the second part, because of the great differences of internal opinions, "Flower City" was reluctant to be released. It was published by the more marginal Yellow River magazine.

It can be said that he has been hitting the street and has not been favored, until he broadcast on the radio and won the Mao Dun Literature Award, which rose to the sky in one fell swoop.

History has also proved that "Ordinary World" can be called this year, and it is also one of the most influential and vital works in the previous Mao Awards.

There are many works of the Mao Dun Literature Award, which can actually be divided into three categories, one is historical dramas, novels written with some historical stories, such as "Li Zicheng", "Young Son of Heaven", "Baimen Liu"; One is historical and genre novels, which are still written historical novels, but only focus on some small characters to reflect the great changes in history, such as "The Funeral of Mu Silin", "White Deer Plain" and "The Dust Settles";

There is also a category of nostalgic military works, which write about the stories of the Red Army, the People's Liberation Army, etc., which happened decades ago, such as "The General's Yin", "The East", and "The Sky of History":

There are also novels that describe the reform, such as "Ordinary World", "Skywalker", etc.,

There are also some niche categories, such as Zhang Ping's "Choice", which is anti-corruption: Mecca's "Secret Calculation" is spy warfare.

Among the many works, "Ordinary World" may not be the most brilliant, it may not be the most excellently written, but it is the most immersive.

A good novel is often a strong sense of substitution, and reading a novel is no longer a novel, but a look at life, looking at your own life.

Many people like to read historical novels, mostly to pass the time; Historical and genre novels, there are also many people who like to read them, after all, they have characteristics; And those military works are also very exciting, after all, the scene of fighting devils can make people's blood boil; And those novels that describe urban scenes are also very interesting, love triangles, four-cornered love, and it's a pleasure to watch.

But I just like it, I just look at other people's stories and appreciate other people's stories, which is very far away from myself and lacks a sense of substitution.

lacks a sense of substitution, so many novels are just novels.

A lot of literature is still in the circle, and even some works that are applauded by critics only reverberate in the literary circle for a while, and it is difficult to reach the readership of ordinary non-literary professions. In this way, the influence of these well-received works is confined to the attic where they are commented on in literary circles, and they are completely unfamiliar to readers from all walks of life, not to mention the magnitude and existence of influence.

Just because, there is a lack of substitution.

Novels are just novels, far away from the common people, and far away from classic masterpieces.

And "Ordinary World" has a sense of substitution, just because it creates two protagonists, one protagonist is a farmer and the other protagonist is a migrant worker, mainly telling the experience of these two types of people struggling to survive. Even more than 20 years later, these two groups still make up the majority in China.

Many readers read this book with a strong sense of substitution, as if they are not reading other people's stories, but telling their own stories.

There is a strong sense of substitution.

Among the award-winning works of the Mao Dun Literature Award, "Ordinary World" may not be the most literary and may not be the best, but it is the most real and the most immersive.

Some novels are just novels, and they are just booming; But there are novels that are not written in novels, but in life.

Of course, "Ordinary World" is very well written, but there are many shortcomings, the storyline is flat and straightforward, there are no ups and downs of the plot, there is no story**, and there is not much literary brilliance at all.

No wonder they almost hit the streets, they deserved it!

Of course, when a novel has too many advantages and gets too many praises, the so-called shortcomings are not the same thing.

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"Ordinary World" is so well written, it almost hit the street.

It can be seen that in the world of literature, the phenomenon of hitting the street is a normal event, even if it is a classic masterpiece, there may be an experience of hitting the street.

"Maxima is often there, but Bole is not. It's just that in the world of literature, there are too many horses, and Bo Leduo is picky, and it is easy to miss some excellent works! Li Qing said lightly: "Just relying on Bole to select Maxima is too unreliable, and it is easy to miss some excellent works!" ”

"Therefore, there is, online literature, and zero-threshold writing!"

"Some people say that the essence of online literature is fast food culture, but they are wrong. The essence of the online novel is zero-threshold writing, abandoning Bole's selection of Maxima, but putting a group of Maxima together for a competition, whether it is a mule or a horse, and pulling it out to slip away. Whoever runs the fastest is a maxima! ”

"Online literature is an army of displaced people, as long as it is an individual, it can join, there is no threshold. The outcasts are numerous and of inferior quality, but it doesn't matter, after a tragic battle, in the fight again and again, the last one who survives is the elite and the strong! ”

"Of course, this kind of abandonment of Bole to select Maxima, but completely recognized by readers, the selection of Maxima, the disadvantages are not small, there may be bad money to drive out good money, there may also be some unfair competition, there may also be some editors to suppress the author, there may be a phenomenon of mainstream literature suppression......"

"In short, there are many problems, but it is easier to broaden the author's path than traditional literature, and it is more recognized by readers!"

"A work is always a good novel if it is recognized by readers. And those novels that are recognized by readers are not necessarily high-quality works, and some may be junk literature. However, the phenomenon of blindly staying in the circle of literature, being recognized by critics and peers, but not by readers, will eventually change ......"

Constantly elaborating, Li Qing expounded his understanding of online literature.

"The production and sales of goods, market positioning is the most important, many commodities fail, not because the product quality is not good, but because the market positioning is wrong!" Lilac nodded with satisfaction, "I know how to run sales, but I don't know how to write online literature; And you know online literature, but you don't know marketing, only the combination of the two, can do the best. ”

"Some of my previous designs were also wrong. Many literary websites fail, and it seems that they are mispositioned! ”