Yu Dong has participated in the poetry reading party Liu Changmin mentioned many times, so he is no stranger to it.
In later generations, the term "artistic youth" may have some different meanings, but in today's era, "artistic youth" means "artistic youth" in a literal sense.
Anyone who has read books for a few years is somewhat of a literary youth.
Everyone usually likes to get together to read books and poems.
The poetry reading circle of Liu Changmin and others is very small, consisting of some teachers at Jinling Academy of Art, and only about seven or eight people participate at a time.
The popular ones in the past two years are Beidao, Haizi, Gucheng, Shuting, etc. The Misty Poetry School is very popular.
Today's poets, like the stars of later generations, all have fanatical fans. People who like their poems do more than simply appreciate their works.
Things like "My brother should work harder" are already leftovers from playing.
Fans will dedicate their hottest hearts to their idols and regard them as gods-like existences.
Later, some people said that the 1980s and 1990s were the most prosperous period of Chinese modern poetry. Not only were there many outstanding poets, but even ordinary readers could participate in it.
In fact, there's nothing fancy about it, it's just another form of fan culture.
Yu Dong clearly remembered that even in Liu Changmin's small circle of seven or eight people, there were often disagreements.
For example, Gu Cheng.
Gu Cheng has been living in New Zealand for the past two years and lives on an island with his wife. However, there are rumors that Gu Cheng engages in polygamy and lives with other women on the island.
There are many theories about this woman. Some say she is a foreign woman Gu Cheng met in New Zealand, while others say she is a woman Gu Cheng met in China before.
Such statements angered Gu Cheng's fans. They believed that these messages were completely poured out by people who didn't like Gu Cheng. All these things, such as polygamy and other affairs, were all false.
Their Gu Cheng is an innocent man like a fairy tale. He loves his first wife deeply, and they will live happily on the island for the rest of their lives.
In the poetry club, if someone says something bad about Gu Cheng, they will definitely be criticized by Gu Cheng's fans.
Besides Gu Cheng, the most popular one in the past two years should be Haizi.
Haizi was already well-known in the literary and art circles, but he really reached the top after he fell into disgrace.
Someone once said: People generally prefer works by dead people.
Although this sentence is a bit biased, it is not unreasonable. Literary and artistic workers always gain a higher reputation after death.
And Haizi did die very "literary".
I don’t know since when, suicide and terminal illness have become the standard features of literary masters. As long as a certain writer is alive or dies normally, then they are not literary enough.
Is Haizi an excellent poet?
Of course he is.
But in the eyes of many people, Haizi has become the god of modern poetry. Whenever modern poetry is mentioned, people can only think of Haizi.
This is obviously wrong.
After the New Culture Movement, various schools of poetry emerged one after another. The Mengwu School of Poetry is just a handful of clear water in the long river of history. There are many poets better than Haizi and Gu Cheng, and there are many poems better than their poems.
But only Haizi and others are remembered, not only because of their good poetry, but also because of the way they died.
Yu Dong actually didn't like modern poetry very much, but he agreed to Liu Changmin's invitation because he wanted to meet acquaintances from those poetry societies.
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The next day, Yu Dong took the manuscript of "Mending the Sky" to Zhongshan Magazine.
This time, Yu Dongqing was familiar with the road and walked straight through the magazine lobby and knocked on the door of the editor-in-chief's office.
When the door was opened, Yu Dong looked at the person who opened the door with a surprised expression.
The person who opened the door was a middle-aged man whom Yu Dong had met before. He was the man who asked for directions at the door when he first came here.
When the other party saw Yu Dong, he was a little surprised at first, and then laughed again, "You are Teacher Yu Dong, right?"
"If you don't want to be a teacher, just call me Yu Dong, hello." Yu Dong nodded and said.
"Haha, you're here to submit a manuscript, right? I'm done with my work here. You can go in." The man smiled, then walked past Yu Dong and entered the office next door.
Yu Dong glanced at the door of the office next door, which had the words "Deputy Editor's Office" written on it.
He raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that man to be the deputy editor of Zhongshan Magazine.
"Why, have you known each other before?" Su Tong, who was sitting behind the desk, said with a smile.
Su Tong saw everything that happened at the door just now, so he asked this question.
Yu Dong walked towards Su Tong and said as he walked: "I can't say we know each other. When I came here last time, he was the first one I saw and asked him the way. He is the deputy editor of the magazine?
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"Well, he is the deputy editor-in-chief He Yongle, an old man of the magazine. He joined the magazine as a literary editor not long after it was first published." Su Tong lit a cigarette, then waved to Dong Dong, motioning for him to sit on the sofa.
The two sat down opposite each other on the sofa. Su Tong took the manuscript from Yu Dong's hand. He did not rush to read the content, but weighed the weight of the manuscript with his hands.
"This manuscript is not light, is it just one?" Su Tong said somewhat unexpectedly.
Regarding the length of the manuscript, he had told Yu Dong and others before that the manuscript needed to be compiled this time was between 3,000 and 8,000 words, and the manuscript in his hand definitely exceeded 8,000 words.
"Well, it's just one article, with a total of 1010 words." Yu Dong said.
"Ten thousand and a hundred words." Su Tong frowned, "I mentioned the space limit before, Yu Dong, have you noticed?"
Yu Dong nodded and replied: "Of course, three thousand to eight thousand words."
"That……"
"I know it's too long, but there's nothing I can do. I've revised it several times and I can't delete it anymore. I came here this time just to let you, Senior Brother, take a look at the manuscript. If it's okay, it's fine. If not..."
Yu Dong's meaning is very obvious, if it can't be done, then forget it.
It's not long before the next issue is finalized. Even if Yu Dong is asked to revise it now, I'm afraid there won't be enough time. Although Su Tong asked Yu Dong to compile the manuscript, he definitely wouldn't put his eggs in his basket.
Have a backup plan.
Therefore, even if Yu Dong's manuscript cannot be used, the impact on the magazine will not be too great.
Su Tong nodded with a responsible expression, "Okay, let me read the manuscript first before talking about the rest. You sit here and wait for a while. I will read the manuscript now."
"It's okay, I'll wait."
Su Tong hummed, and then read the manuscript of "Mending the Sky" carefully.
Su Tong had high hopes for Yu Dong, but he also knew that Yu Dong lacked writing experience and might not be able to produce outstanding works.
Chapter completed!