Chapter 65 Don't lose light

Behind us are towering twin-tower skyscrapers. I just came from the severe winter of Beijing to the hot Kuala Lumpur. I am really not used to talking with people under the scorching sun, but she didn’t allow me to retreat to the shadow of the palm trees, and followed me closely to ask questions.I was moved by her sincerity and stubbornness, so I stopped and looked into her eyes, determined to answer every question. I am one of the judges for the "Hua Zong Literary Award" of Malaysia's "Sin Chew Daily". In addition to casting a vote in Beijing to participate in the Global Chinese Literature Award, I was also invited to temporarily evaluate the Malaysian Chinese Fiction Award after arriving in Malaysia, and I was on stage Served as the unveiling guest

Immediate comments on participation.The winner of the Global Awards this year is Chen Yingzhen from Taiwan, China, and no one is surprised by this.However, who will win the novel award in MCA literary creation is a pure suspense for all aspects.It is gratifying that there are so many Malaysian Chinese who like to write in Chinese. However, when I read the copies of the 10 novels in Beijing, I felt that Somewhat disappointed.They have two common shortcomings. One is that they are written so darkly and gloomy for some reason, and the other is that many of them are written in a mosaic of fragments, lacking the motivation or confidence to tell a complete story.For the sake of the fairness of the award, the author’s signature of this award is all withheld. The 10 novels should be written by 10 different authors, but I feel that several of them seem to be written by the same person.Perhaps this is a new trend in world fiction writing?Maybe my view of novels is too old-fashioned?When I sat in the conference room of "Sin Chew Daily" and got together with the other two review writers, I couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Both masters asked me to express my opinion first. It is because of my personality. When things come to an end, I still can’t smooth things over. I have to bluntly say that 10 articles are not exciting enough, especially they lack light. One article is not satisfactory... Unexpectedly, the two famous writers also expressed similar opinions. Among them, Mr. Yao Tuo, an old local writer, even said that the more frankly we criticize, the more we can promote the progress of Mahua novels.So I went to the podium to announce the results of our review, and said, maybe the current world does have too much chaos and loss, maybe there is such an astonishing darkness in human nature, and the dark text has a low tone It also belongs to a genre of novel creation, but the 10 shortlisted novels all show such a tendency, but I have to appeal here: don’t lose the enthusiasm for searching and expressing the light of the world, human beings and human nature. The light I longed for is not so dazzling, and I even feel that it is not the real light, so I should persevere in finding another light.To brighten people's hearts, to give hope, to give courage, such words should be advocated the most!After I finished speaking, I heard applause, which was not very enthusiastic, but it was enough to support my confidence in my literary outlook.

So there was a scene of being chased and questioned after the show ended.The young lady asked: "The title of "Night Mist" is dark enough, why do you affirm it?" I told her that this novel is about a woman at the bottom of the countryside who suffers from her husband's abuse, especially mental abuse. The village woman couldn't bear the incest with her underage daughter in front of her. Finally, when her husband ordered her to prepare bath water, she put a poisonous snake in the bathtub. When her husband was bitten by a snake and went to the hospital, she was cold Said: "It's late." The novel ends in the rising night mist.I am not very satisfied with it, but in the calm narration, the author reflects the affirmation of the dignity of the weak and the painful protest against the patriarchal world. The novel itself is not bright, but it can somewhat inspire readers to get rid of the heavy night The fog ponders where the light lies.The young lady asked again: "How does light manifest itself? Does it have to be like what Mr. Lu Xun wrote, adding a small wreath on the grave of the martyr at the end?" I said that is of course not the best policy, but novels with depth always It should maintain the affinity of guiding readers to the truth, the good and the beauty, and encourage readers to love life and life no matter what, which is the brightness of the text.The young lady laughed, and she told me: "Actually, when we wrote that way, we didn't really feel that the morals of the world have become so dark that no one wants to live anymore. The main intention is that only subversive can be cool and satisfying, which also includes deliberately not telling the story. Clearly, let the text look like torn pieces of paper... Mr. Liu, can’t novels be written like this for fun?” So I also laughed: “I never thought that I would be so serious when I went to a foreign country. .” I guessed that she was one of the authors of the 10 novels shortlisted, so I asked her name by the way, and she immediately told me: “Don’t lose the light!” I saw a sly flash in her eyes, and I was feeling teased , she said heartily: "Don't worry, you were young too! I really appreciate you very much, I will really use this pseudonym to write in the future, after all, I will also mature, right?" She ran away quickly after saying goodbye Now, I looked up at the skyscraper twin towers, thinking that this conversation alone would not be a worthwhile trip.