It has been five years since he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. What has Mo Yan been up to recently? What's the new work?
Recently, at the invitation of the China Society under the United Hong Kong Foundation, Mo Yan gave a vivid speech at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center with the theme of "The Fantasy of Yellow Land and the Opportunity of China Literature". He was humorous and eloquent, and won the audience's laughter at the beginning of his speech.
Mo Yan (right) was invited to give a speech in Hong Kong.
This lecture attracted many local students, teachers and cultural figures. Don't talk about Hong Kong literature and online literature, but also talk about your current situation and writing. He said he was also following the hit TV series in the name of people. Just two months after playing WeChat, I talked about the paragraphs and poems signed by Mo Yan circulated on WeChat. In fact, he didn't write many of them, but he hoped he did.
Personally, I am very cautious after winning the Nobel Prize. Why didn't Mo Yan publish a new book after winning the Nobel Prize? What are his writing plans in the near future?
In the lecture, Mo Yan said frankly that in the past five years, he basically didn't write anything, mainly giving speeches around the world. Because there are too many activities, some can't be shirked and some can't be refused. There are also many invitations in China. There are so many universities and institutions, and the demand is so great that "only one invitation is accepted for ten", which also makes him have several activities every month, and he is as busy as a bee. On the other hand, after winning the prize, I wrote more carefully. Some works can be published if needed before, but now they always feel bad, and they are still being polished and revised, hoping to be revised better.
The film Red Sorghum based on Mo Yan's novel. Network data map
Recently, Mo Yan is also sorting out his previous notes and old works. In the process of sorting out, it is found that during the past two years, 1984- 1986, when he was still studying in the Art College of the People's Liberation Army, he attended classes during the day and wrote at night. In two years, he wrote more than a dozen novellas with more than 800,000 words, such as Red Sorghum and Transparent Carrots. He lamented that this is an era full of vitality and creativity. Now, he feels that two years is a long time, and five years is also a flash.
He revealed that in the first half of this year, he began to write with a pen, and occasionally wrote a small, hot pen. I wrote an essay recalling the old professor's lectures in those years, and also wrote an essay shouting for reading.
Mo Yan said that he started WeChat in the last two months. He found that there were many paragraphs, articles and poems signed by Mo Yan on the Internet and WeChat, most of which were very positive. Some poems were well written, but they were not written by him. These seem to have no negative effects, and they acquiesced.
At a dinner party in Beijing, a very elegant lady said that she was a huge fan of Mo Yan and wanted to read a poem he wrote, "If only you knew me". After her affectionate reading, Mo Yan smiled and said, "If only I had written it!"
Mo Yan said that there are all kinds of experts and some beautiful poems on the Internet. "I really can't write it, but just publish it in my name."
He said that he also wrote poems secretly, but he was afraid to take them out. Writing poetry is a kind of self-expression, and sometimes I write some limerick. He thinks the style of limerick is actually very unique. For example, flattering a person and writing prose will feel too disgusting. However, writing with limerick means banter and humor, so limerick is a good style.
The characterization of in the name of people, a film and television hotspot, is particularly successful. "I am also paying attention to this drama. I watched 38 episodes the night before, "Mo Yan said.
Mo Yan and screenwriter Zhou of the popular TV series in the name of people are both artistic directors of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Film and Television Center. When a reporter asked him what he thought of in the name of people, Mo Yan said that he was also chasing it. Mo Yan said, "Although it has been 10 years since I was transferred from the Supreme Inspection Film and Television Center, the original unit still retains the nickname of director for me. Actually, I don't care about anything. "
Mo Yan introduced that during his work in the Film and Television Censorship Center of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, he participated in the creation of three film and television dramas, one of which was Mangrove, for which he acted as a screenwriter, and the other was a work in which he co-authored with others. But after these plays were broadcast, the response was not good. Because the scale was relatively small and there were many restrictions at that time, officials who wrote about corruption were only allowed to write at the prefecture level, and they could only write about the mayor's corruption, not the secretary.
At that time, Mo Yan was still a reporter in Procuratorate Daily. He said that he also said that the anti-corruption TV series is not to set a monument for the prosecutor, nor to shoot for the officials of the procuratorate, but to face the broad audience, so the prosecutor should be written as one person first.
Mo Yan was invited to give a speech in Hong Kong. Mo Yan once worked as a reporter in Procuratorate Daily and a screenwriter in anti-corruption drama.
He said that in the film and television drama creation of that year, prosecutors should not have legs shaking and extramarital affairs, but should portray them as Gao Daquan. However, the scale of in the name of people is very large, and the description of corrupt officials has reached a sub-national level. The means, guns and assassinations used by corrupt officials are also used. In the name of people's high ratings and great response have something to do with China's vigorous anti-corruption in the past two years. The reason why such a large scale is allowed is because there are such practical things in life, so it can of course be written into TV dramas.
He believes that the special success of the play lies in Gao He's distinctive personality in characterization. Mo Yan said that a good TV series, like a good novel, should put the screenwriter in the first place and take shaping the characters as the most important task.
Behind the network writers of network literature, there is a whip of interest. In the lecture, Mo Yanxiao said that his understanding of Hong Kong literature is superficial, his understanding of mainland literature is one-sided, and his understanding of writing and literature is also vague.
His humor, optimism and self-deprecation attracted warm applause and laughter from the audience several times. Mo Yan claimed to be a literary optimist. He doesn't think that literature is in decline now. He said that no matter how the society changes, literature will always continue with its own face.
Mo Yan believes that Hong Kong's popular culture, in a broad sense, can be included in the category of literature. Hong Kong itself is rich in resources and many outstanding writers. Jin Yong's novels are an important part of world literature, and he has read them crazily. If a literature museum is built in Hong Kong, Jin Yong should have an independent museum, which occupies a very important position. There are also outstanding writers in Hong Kong, such as Xixi and Huang Biyun. For example, the trilogy of Hong Kong tries to erect a monument to a city in a literary way, which is very remarkable.
Mo Yan said that he was very opposed to writing on the computer at that time, because computer typing affected thinking and thinking would be interrupted. It is better to write on the manuscript paper with a pen as a sense of pleasure and accomplishment. Write with manuscript paper, write a pile every day, pile it up, feel that I have written a lot, write on the computer, turn off the machine, and feel that I have done nothing. If the document is lost, I feel even more frustrated and feel that the whole day's work is in vain. But forced by the environment, I am used to computer writing now.
Mo Yan's attitude towards online literature is very open, saying that as long as there are 8 good works of 10, they will be recognized.
He said that many things are irresistible, just like the Internet. With the emergence of the Internet, online literature has become a very important literary force. In a large number of online literature, as long as there are 8 10 good works, it must be admitted. Many online writers have indeed made huge profits, and an ip sells for hundreds of millions, which is an amazing number, and their writing speed is still very fast.
Mo Yan said, "I used to write 10 thousand words a day." Everyone thinks I'm Aauto faster, but compared with the current online writers, this is nothing at all. I used to write 500 thousand words. I think it's a Jianghu novel. It's very long. But I have read a lot of online novels, with 654.38+0.5 million words, which is amazing. For research, I also tried to read an anti-corruption online novel on the Internet. I thought it was over when I saw chapter 150, but it was not over when I saw chapter 250. Later, I saw 500 chapters and didn't read it. "
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