Chapter 396: Qin Army's Eastern Expedition

"Brother Jia, you have brought everything." Fang Minghua joked.

"Look at this day, the autumn weather is bright and refreshing, sitting in the yard of Zhongshi's hometown, smoking and drinking tea, the ancients talked about mulberry and hemp over wine, we are just rubbing a few rounds of hemp, this is also life."

The other two laughed when they heard it.

Jia Pingwa got on the car and sat in the back seat, and picked up another plastic bag.

"These are the new chestnuts produced in our hometown this year. Let's take them to Zhongshi to taste. Hey, Lu Yao, what's wrapped in your newspaper?"

"Lamb legs, also sent from my hometown."

"Oh. Then I'm in for a treat today, I want Zhongshi to open a bottle of wine!" Jia Pingwa said with a smile. "Now Lu Yao, you have changed your musket to a cannon, you are no longer the same as before."

Lu Yao's family situation has changed so much that Jia Pingwa began to wonder. They are both vice chairmen of the provincial writers' association and have similar salaries. How can he be so rich?

Royalties?

To be honest, among the few people in the past two years, he has written the most novels!

Last year, he wrote a book called "Fuzhuo", and this year he wrote a novel called "Shangzhou"!

In terms of royalties, he should have earned more than Lu Yao. Later, when the two chatted, Lu Yao revealed to him: the copyright income for the book "Ordinary World" he wrote was earned!

This made Jia Pingwa very envious.

However, despite his envy, he did not go to Shengshi Book Publishing Company.

Although his book "Shangzhou" was well evaluated in the literary world, from the perspective of reader feedback, it could not be compared with Lu Yao's "Ordinary World".

I heard that the private book publishing company mainly publishes popular publications such as martial arts and romance by buying book numbers, and focuses on economic benefits. "Ordinary World" is a special case.

From this perspective, my novel is a bit far behind.

But the next novel must be a sensational one!

We also want copyright income!

The car left Xijing City and headed east along the Ba River. It took about 40 minutes to reach Jiangxi Village, Chen Zhongshi's hometown, and drove along the dirt road to Chen Zhongshi's door.

The branches and leaves of the French plane trees in front of the door were still dense, but the gate of the small courtyard was closed.

"Zhongshi! Zhongshi!" Jia Pingwa shouted at the gate as soon as he got off the car.

A few minutes later, the door creaked open and a middle-aged woman came out. It was Chen Zhongshi's wife Wang Cuiying.

Wang Cuiying knew them all and smiled and greeted them: "Come in, Zhongshi is in the study."

Fang Minghua parked the car by the side of the road, carried his things and followed everyone into the yard, and saw Chen Zhongshi coming out of the study in the west, holding a homemade old dry tobacco in his hand.

"What are you doing today?" Seeing the three of them coming together, Chen Zhongshi was a little surprised.

"It's not good. I haven't seen you for a long time. Lu Yao and I thought about it and decided to come to see you and bring Minghua along."

Chen Zhongshi smiled after hearing this and saw the mahjong box in his hand.

"What? Are you still going to play mahjong?"

"That's right. What do you think men do together? Isn't it just drinking, bragging, playing mahjong, and talking about women? Let me tell you, Lu Yao brought a leg of lamb today!"

"Okay, then let Cuiying stew it for us, and then take a bottle of wine to have a good drink. Lu Yao, you can't drink." Chen Zhongshi also reminded.

"I don't drink, I'll watch you drink, okay?"

Lu Yao's words made everyone laugh.

Several people handed the things they were carrying to Wang Cuiying, and then those who moved tables and chairs moved tables and chairs, and those who made tea made tea. Before long, a mahjong table was set up in the middle of the yard.

The rules of mahjong in Qin Province are simple. There is no plum, orchid, bamboo, or chrysanthemum, and there are no missing ways to play. You can only touch but not eat, so you don't have to think too much when playing, and everyone chats while playing.

Jia Pingwa, with a cigarette in his mouth, arranged the cards, played a "red middle", and asked Chen Zhongshi: "Zhongshi, what have you been doing hiding in your hometown recently? I heard that you are preparing a long novel?"

"Yes." Chen Zhongshi did not hide it, and threw out a "get rich" card and said: "Look at the three of you, Minghua's novel has won the Mao Dun Prize, Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" has been selling well this year, and you, Pingwa, wrote two long novels in succession last year and this year, and the "impulsive" was published in the United States. Do you know what it is called in the literary world now?"

Jia Pingwa laughed: "The Qin Army's Eastern Expedition!"

"Yes, the Qin Army's Eastern Expedition! You all went east, and now I am left behind. Do you think I can't be anxious?"

Everyone laughed again after hearing this.

There was such a thing as the Qin Army's Eastern Expedition in history.

But that was in the early 1990s, when five writers from Qin Province, including Gao Jianqun, Jia Pingwa, Chen Zhongshi, Jingfu and Cheng Hai, wrote a long novel one after another and shocked the literary world.

Chen Zhongshi completed "White Deer Plain", Jia Pingwa created "Abandoned City", Jingfu revised "Emotion and Revenge of Eight Miles", Cheng Hai took out "Love Destiny", and Gao Jianqun wrote "The Last Hun".

At the symposium held by the Writers Publishing House for "The Last Hun", a critic from Yanjing said that "several novelists from Qin Province have successively launched their novels in various publishing houses in the capital", and everyone added one after another, jokingly saying "the people of Qin Province are going to march eastward".

The Qin Army's Eastern Expedition got its name

In 1993, a reporter from Guangming Daily also published an article entitled "The "Qin Army's Eastern Expedition" is popular in Beijing", introducing several sensational novels from Qin Province and the inside story of writers' creation.

However, Fang Minghua came to this era and wrote "Crossing Guandong" and won the Mao Dun Prize. The time for Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" to become popular was also advanced. In addition, Jia Pingwa published two novels in a row, so now in 1987, this title has been used in the literary world.

As another big shot in the Qin Province literary world, Chen Zhongshi naturally couldn't sit still.

"Teacher Chen, don't worry, you are a general in the army, you will be the last to appear, and you will make a big splash in the future." Fang Minghua smiled and comforted.

"I hope so, but this time I have decided that I must write a book that can be used as a pillow after death!"

Chen Zhongshi's tone was very firm.

"Pong!"

He casually played another card.

Lu Yao, who had not spoken just now, spoke; "Zhongshi, what are you writing about?"

"On this piece of land under my feet - Bailuyuan, I want to write about the rise and fall of a family." Chen Zhongshi did not hide anything.

"Write a family history novel? Is it the same type as Minghua's "Crossing Guandong"? Don't tell me, I also want to write one." Lu Yao said.

"You?"

The three of them looked at him, almost in unison.

"Rest!"

Lu Yao suddenly became depressed.

It's been almost a year since I took a break, and I still need to take a break?

No way, the doctor still told me not to write.

Just bear with it until next spring.

The mahjong game continued, and the chat was still going on, still talking about things in the literary world.

"Minghua, the novel you published recently in "Yanhe" is very interesting." Chen Zhongshi said.