In late May 1998, the third issue of Harvest magazine and the spring and summer volumes of the '98 novels were launched at the same time.

The two magazines are not only available at newsstands.

At the same time, it has also been placed in a prominent position in major bookstores, and the main blockbuster work is Xiao Fei's "Life and Death Fatigue".

The two issues of the magazine sold very well, with a first printing of 500,000 copies, and they sold out in just ten days.

Needless to say, people in the literary circle bought it for the first time to have a sneak peek, wanting to see how Xiao Fei's new work, which was blown by Cheng Editor, was rare in the sky and on earth.

And many literature lovers and ordinary readers who like to read are also enthusiastic to buy, and they are all running for Xiao Fei's name. After the foreshadowing of the previous books, the word Xiao Fei is now a symbol of fine literature in their eyes.

Especially the harvest of such a large page to send this novel, not to mention that the manual will never be bad, maybe it is really as Cheng Bian said, Xiao Fei's book is the best work since his debut.

Of course, after reading the book, these people were also shocked.

They found that Xiao Fei once again subverted his own writing style, not only the narrative perspective was refreshing again, but the narrative perspective was also unprecedented.

The novel takes the narrative perspective of the landlord "Ximen Hao", who has fallen into the "six reincarnations" and has been reincarnated as an animal repeatedly, as the main axis in the first person, from 1950 to 1998, this history covers all the major historical periods of the country, and in the context of the changing times, a huge historical epic is written, and a huge picture of the vicissitudes of the countryside is laid out.

It can be said that the narrative of "Life and Death Fatigue" is very grand. It not only has the length and system that a brilliant masterpiece should have, but also has its heavy, thick and dense content.

Because the perspective is the "animal eye". So a lot of the storylines in the novel are absurd and deformed. But at the same time, it has the power to move and shock people's hearts.

There are many details, and you can see people with tears in their eyes and grief.

I have to say that although this book uses multiple perspectives to tell the story, using a very elaborate and complex new narrative structure of "storytelling", this book is not difficult to read, but it is still very easy to read.

This also continues Xiao Fei's style: the novel is extremely readable and infectious, thought-provoking, and thought-provoking. Bewitching.

Insiders who have read this book have given praise and high praise.

This includes some of the country's most influential literary critics.

"This is a rare masterpiece since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it can be said that just such a novel is really enough for Xiao Fei to stand at the peak of the world literary world."

"Fatigue of Life and Death is a novel that is extremely difficult to write, it is groundbreaking on many literary levels, and its narrative angle is refreshing, it substitutes, and it substitutes, the six reincarnations, allowing a landlord to guard his land in the cycle of decades, and witness the vicissitudes of history in this land. This kind of writing has never been seen before! It's beautiful, it's really good-looking! ”

"Oh my God! Could this really be written by Xiao Fei? And this Xiao Fei is only 21 years old and weak! In time, what kind of great works will he bring to us? ”

"This is an unimaginable magnum opus, and this book is of epoch-making significance in the Chinese literary world! Xiao Fei relied on such a book. Not to make a splash in the world! ”

"I estimate that the Nobel judges will now take Xiao Fei as a key focus object."

For a time, in the newspaper. Literary journals and magazines are full of reviews of the book "Fatigue of Life and Death". It can be described as rave reviews.

Of course, there is some noise mixed in.

Some people tried to attract attention by criticizing Xiao Fei.

They said. Xiao Fei is propagating feudal superstitious thoughts, and the whole "Fatigue of Life and Death" is shrouded in a pessimistic fatalistic view, which is a dregs of feudal backwardness.

Still others have tried to make a sinister interpretation.

They say that Xiao Fei's "Fatigue of Life and Death" has a sinister metaphor in it.

This work is a satire on the revolutionary achievements of the party, and it is in opposition to the main theme of the country.

They find some passages and sentences in the book, interpret them little by little, and finally, they dream of beating "Fatigue of Life and Death" to death and making it irreversible.

These people's minds are still full of ideas of the Cultural Revolution, and they always feel that as long as they interpret "Fatigue of Life and Death" in this way, they can completely erase its literary value.

It's a pity that they were wrong.

After all, times are different.

The small actions of such a handful of people with ulterior motives were quickly refuted to the point that they were completely decent, and they were directly drowned in the vast sea of attacks by the people's public opinion.

A week after the publication of "Harvest" magazine, Xiao Fei's single book "Life and Death Fatigue" was also released.

The book is more than 540 pages thick.

The price is also as high as 39 yuan.

But its pre-orders once again broke through the million mark, and after the national distribution, it directly led the best-selling list of pure literary works again, leaving behind the works that ranked second on the best-selling list.

However, there is still a big gap in sales between popular literary works such as "Life and Death Fatigue" and "Notes on Tomb Robbery".

"Xiao Fei, on Saturdays and Sundays this week, why don't you come to the magic capital?"

One day in mid-June, Xiao Fei received a call from Editor-in-Chief Xiao.

"Teacher Xiao, is there something wrong?" Xiao Fei asked.

Editor-in-Chief Xiao said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that there is someone who wants to meet you." ”

"Who?" Xiao Fei listened to Editor-in-Chief Xiao solemnly, obviously wanting to see that he was not a small person.

"It's Ba Lao, he has long wanted to talk to you, this time after your "Life and Death Fatigue" came out, he read it for the first time, and after reading it, he appreciated it very much, saying that this novel is indeed a rare masterpiece, and he is even more interested, and wants to see you." Editor-in-Chief Xiao explained.

"Oh! Okay, Mr. Xiao, I'll fly over on Friday night. Xiao Fei said.

In fact, after Xiao Fei won the Lu Award this year, it was the award given to him by Ba Lao himself, but the old man was not in good health and needed to rest after the event, and Xiao Fei did not have the opportunity to meet him.

Does Ba Lao appreciate "Fatigue of Life and Death"?

This made Xiao Fei very excited.

For no other reason, Ba Lao is the director of the Mao Dun Literature Award Committee, and he has a great say in the evaluation of this award.

If you can get the appreciation of Ba Lao, then your chances of winning the award will increase a lot.

Xiao Fei also knows that the old man is very supportive of young people, and he has given a lot of help to many young writers.

Xiao Fei had heard from Cheng Editor that Ba Lao had to read books every day, and he had to look at every important manuscript of "Harvest" magazine.

Cheng Bian also said that Ba Lao had carefully read all of Xiao Feifa's works on the harvest and had a good evaluation.

After receiving the call from Editor-in-Chief Xiao, Xiao Fei began to think about what he should do and say when he met Ba Lao.

When he meets any important person, he will make meticulous preparations.

He believes that this is the only way to ensure that he does not make some low-level mistakes.

Well! First of all, I have to bring a few copies of my "Life and Death Fatigue" single book, and I have to write a message to Ba Lao, so I just wrote to ask Ba Lao Axe.

If you can coax Ba Lao to write a review-like article for yourself.

That's even better.

You know, nowadays, Ba Lao rarely writes reviews for people, and rarely writes prefaces or anything.

This is because, one is old and lacks energy, and the other is that Ba Lao, as a leader in the literary world and the only remaining literary leader of the republic, will be interpreted by others for his every point of view and action.

While Xiao Fei was making these preparations, Xu Fengjuan came to look for him.

"Xiao Fei, our Chinese student union wants to ask you to give a writing lecture to the students of my department, look, do you have time recently?"

Xu Fengjuan said eagerly when he entered the house he rented.

Xiao Fei saw that her face was flushed, and there were fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and he knew that she had walked a long way.

It's a hot day in June.

Especially now that almost all students are studying for exams, the final exams of the next semester are coming.

Recently, Xu Fengjuan has almost devoted herself to reviewing and preparing for the exam, and she rarely comes to Xiao Fei.

Xiao Fei pulled her to the sofa and sat down, wrung a towel for her to wipe her face, and finally brought her a bowl of mung bean water she boiled to quench her thirst.

Then, with a smile, he asked, "Why are you asking me to give a writing lecture now?" At this time, everyone is busy preparing for exams, right? ”

"If you don't prepare for the exam, that's it."

"The key is that your "Life and Death Fatigue" is too stimulating for the students of our department, everyone is a scholar of literature, and they all think they are quite talented, and they have been brutally suppressed by you studying history, and they don't even have a chance to turn over, which makes everyone very discouraged."

"My classmates say that a work like 'Life and Death Fatigue' can make all Chinese students desperate, even if they use their strength to catch up, don't want to write such a masterpiece."

"Everybody is curious about how you came up with such a genius idea and how you managed to write so many popular works, huh! Several of my classmates have made it clear that they want you to be their research subject. So, they're desperate to have a symposium with you. ”

Xu Fengjuan held the mung bean water brought by Xiao Fei in her hand, sipped it in small sips, and said slowly.

"Fatigue of Life and Death" also made me desperate......

Xiao Fei said in his heart.

He smiled and said: "Juan'er, since you have gone out in person, there is nothing to say, there is no time, I have to squeeze out some time to support you." ”

"Well, we're going to do this lecture on Saturday morning this week, okay?" Xu Fengjuan said.

"Huh?! Looks like I have something to do on Saturday to go to the magic capital. Xiao Fei said about the recruitment of Ba Lao, "It's better than Friday afternoon, how about it?" ”

"That's fine, I'll go back and discuss it with my classmates in the student union." Xu Fengjuan said.

When Xu Fengjuan returned to the college and said this, what she didn't expect was that a symposium with only a dozen people actually asked almost all the students of the department to participate, and the scale suddenly expanded to several hundred...... (To be continued.) )