Chapter 41 Postscript Blessings and happiness

The Spring Festival is here, and sincere blessings are gathered in my mobile phone from all directions, which brings me great joy. Zhijun from Nanjing said: "From this night to tomorrow's day, your mobile phone will display blessings like goose feathers, and your mood will be mainly sunny. Affected by the joyful atmosphere, laughter will sweep around you. It is expected that the New Year , you will have smooth sailing and good luck in everything!" Jiu Xin from Beijing said: "I hope you are happy today, you are happy tonight, you are sweet tonight, you are going well this year, you are happy in this life, and you are worry-free in this life." Yes, you are smiling after reading the message! Happy Chinese New Year!"

Brother Zhao from Shanghai said: "The Spring Festival is here. Think about it, I don't have any gifts for you. Just give you 50 million. You must work hard! You must make progress! You must be healthy! You must be content! You must remember I am your best friend! Congratulations to your new work "Prosecutor No. 1" which ranked eighth among the top ten bestsellers in the National Hundred Bookstores! I wish the new "No. 1" a successful launch!" Yubao from Guangdong said: "Every snowflake falling, every firework lit, every second of time flowing, every thought conveyed, represents my sincere blessing to you: Happy Chinese New Year, great works come out frequently!"

Gao Nian of Bingcheng said: "Rain, nourishes you; snow, perfect; frost, flawless; ice, crystal clear; I, bless you... The 'No. 1' on the list of bookstores makes friends Proud, 'Series No. 1' makes us proud! Happy Chinese New Year! Create another masterpiece!" Hongfa of the publishing house said: "I clicked on the whole winter and saw your smiling face; I copied your smiling face and pasted it in my heart; I downloaded my thoughts and saved it forever; I opened my mobile phone to give you the best Wishes: Happy Chinese New Year! I can receive your new manuscript in the new year!"

... Warm and sincere blessings from friends can always bring unexpected gains. Mr. Wang Xiaojun brought me exciting news: Gansu People's Publishing House has decided to publish a collection of essays for me! In addition to my excitement, I was more sincere and sincere, and even a little ashamed.Because I know very well that my writing is too rough, how can it appear in front of readers in the form of an anthology?With the help and encouragement of my friends, I finally signed a contract with Gansu People's Publishing House to publish this set of humble works.In this regard, I also found some good reasons.After all, I have trekked on the difficult literary road for twenty-six years. If I don’t make a summary of my creative process and make a comprehensive report to my friends who care about me, it’s really a bit unreasonable.Just like a hard-working farmer, radish and cabbage, wheat and millet, potatoes and corn, "plant one grain of millet in spring, and harvest ten thousand seeds in autumn".Through the hard work of facing the loess and back to the sky, sweating in the palms of the hands and eye sockets, no matter how good the growth is or the harvest is high or low, it must be taken back and put into the warehouse, so as to be stable and have no worries about food and clothing.Which piece of land has a poor harvest, which variety has a low yield, find out the reasons in the winter slack season, sum up the experience, and ensure a better harvest in the coming year!One year's crops are suffering for two years, and it's not enough to just eat a full stomach!With the development of science and the progress of society, we still need to follow the path of industrialization of agriculture and high efficiency of agriculture.My creation is the same as a farmer working in the field. It is not enough to just store 26 years of grain in the warehouse, and requires great progress and new breakthroughs.How can I make a breakthrough in literature?This is the first consideration after my work is published in the form of a collection.After humbly consulting experts and friends, and summing up experience, I deeply feel that my cultural foundation, creative theory is insufficient, life experience and creative materials are lacking, so I decided to give up the literary creation that I have been passionate about for 26 years!This decision was never made to create a sensational news material for friends in the press: "The 'No. 1' writer has stopped writing!" A writer, what do you do if you don't write?Especially you, Chen Yufu, you are a professional writer with no salary. If you don’t write, who will support your wife who is also unemployed and your two sons who are in college?I solemnly declare here: I really don't write anymore!It's not never to write, but to temporarily stop writing!I want to go to my hometown to take a small job as big as a sesame mung bean, go among the most grassroots people, experience life, and learn about life.At the same time, I am going to apply for the amateur class for doctoral students in the Department of Literature of Lanzhou University. I am determined to study the theory of literary and artistic creation and other book knowledge systematically. Tomorrow is more fulfilling.

There is another thing worth mentioning. Before the Spring Festival, I moved my family to a quiet and satisfying new residence in Yantan, and I had a study.Now I am sitting in the study of my new house, which has no name.It’s not that I don’t want to be nameless. A group of friends gave me a lot of names when I “warmed the house”, such as “No. 1 Zhai”, “Wenxin Pavilion” and so on. No. 1 workshop" forget it, because the "No. 1 series" novels are produced here.I said, I don’t follow this trend, and I don’t call it a name. I just call it a study, because I like the study so much!Next, they furnished my study room.In this small world of 20 square meters, they placed three potted flowers and one bonsai for me.The flowers next to the desk were brought by the Yongze brothers. They are two meters high, with broad green pig's ear-like leaves densely packed, like a green pillar.In just a few days, new leaves have grown.The new leaves are a bit crimson, probably because of the abundant sunlight. They are rounder than the old leaves, like a plantain fan.The two pots of Clivia on the desk were sent by Brother Fan Wen, one of which was just in bud when it arrived, and today it is in full bloom.There is also a beautiful pot of bonsai, which was bought by Shangjun and his wife at a great price... I love my study, and I love these spring flowers sent by my friends. These flowers make my study, living room and all The room is full of vitality.

After moving to my new home, with the repeated encouragement of Mr. Wang Xiaojun, deputy editor-in-chief of Gansu People's Publishing House, and Mr. Zhang Xudong, planning editor, I published nearly 100 short stories and 30 novels published in newspapers and periodicals during the 26 years from 1978 to 2004. The literary scripts of the novella and 20 movies were dug out, and they were printed out according to the theme and handed over to the publishing house.Mr. Zhang Xudong selected thirty-nine short stories, eight novellas, and eight film literary scripts, forming selected collections such as "Goddess of the West" and "Life's Struggles".In the novel, I am not satisfied with some short stories.Especially a small part that was published more than 20 years ago, I do not advocate being selected.However, Mr. Xudong said that it is precisely the few articles that you think are not satisfactory that are the most convincing.You are not born a writer, the process of producing and growing as a writer begins as a toddler.His words deeply moved me.

My initial idea was to select four novels from the "No. 1 Series", and the rest, such as novellas, film scripts, documentary literature and short stories, would not be published as a collection.Especially short stories, although they were all published in newspapers and periodicals in different periods, most of them were fake.Mr. Xu Dong said: "This statement is wrong! Your literature started from that indecent short story twenty-six years ago. Don't heal your scars and forget the pain, don't forget the past when you have some so-called fame .If literature is your lover, then the text twenty years ago is your "first love". Forgetting the past means betrayal, and a writer forgetting "first love" means stagnation and stagnation. In particular, you must After sorting out the short stories, this collection not only includes the good works of today, but also the poor ones from more than 20 years ago. Your literary journey, Chen Yufu, is just like this step by step.”

Yes, literature was my "first love".In my memoirs, life, study, and work are inseparable from the lover of literature.The words written more than twenty years ago were immature, superficial, and even lacking in thought.However, "If you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't form a river." Without those crude words, it would be impossible for me to be where I am today, and it would be impossible for me to have the "No. 1" that readers still like today. Series" novels.My literary journey started at the age of eighteen, and I walked through it step by step with difficulty. It was very hard, and I really walked for twenty-six years.My writing environment is the same, at first in a muddy house in the countryside, under a kerosene lamp... Now I am in an elegant study in a bustling city.Therefore, in addition to the 4 volumes of "Selected Novels" ("Wanted Order No. 1", "Villa No. 1", "Task Force No. 1", "Prosecutor No. 1") in this anthology, there are Selected Volumes of Short Stories, Selected Volumes of Novellas, Selected Volumes of Film Literature and Scripts, and Selected Volumes of Documentary Literature.

Say a few words off topic.Among my friends, many are loyal readers of my "No. 1" series of novels, and many are my students.They wrote to ask me to talk about my creative experience.Every time I open my mailbox, I can see enthusiastic and colorful emails from friends I don’t know, which makes me very moved.However, I am very sorry that I did not reply to these dear friends (including my students) one by one. Through this collection, I want to tell my friends: It is not difficult to be a writer.Persevere, persevere, and you will succeed!I have compiled eight volumes of crude text in "Chen Yufu's Works Series", which have been published but still have many deficiencies into a book, and present it to you as a gift. I hope you can criticize and correct me, and thank you for your concern and support.

Finally, forward the blessings sent to me by friends at the beginning of this article to everyone: I wish my dear friends and readers all the best!