Chao News Client Reporter Liu Yuhan
Speaking of the ever-changing spy war stories, we often think of places like Shanghai, Chongqing, Harbin, and Nanjing.
Why is it rarely seen in other cities? What does the spy war in Jiangnan look like?
With this kind of thinking in mind, Haifei launches the new work "Big World", a spy war story with a strong Jiangnan flavor slowly unfolds in Zhenhai, Ningbo: The screw is tightened in the south.
The scene of the reading party for Haifei's new work "The Big World" Photo courtesy of Haixiaoqiangqian Charity Children's Library
html On the afternoon of May 19, "The screw is tightened in the south - Qianbao Reading Club × The reading party for Haifei's new work "The Big World" "" was held at Haixiaoqiangqiang Charity Children's Bookstore. This is also the first issue of the "Story Reading and Enjoyment Meeting" that the children's bookstore hopes to continue.Novelist and screenwriter Hai Fei and famous writer Zhe Gui, deputy editor-in-chief of "Jiangnan" magazine, and Xia Lie, professor and doctoral supervisor at Hangzhou Normal University and chairman of the Hangzhou Literary Critics Association, talked about their thoughts on the new book. The reading meeting was organized by Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Wang Xiaole hosted the event.
"The Screw is Tightened in the South" comes from the review title of Haifei's friend and critic Liu Zhaoliang, which succinctly summarizes the main idea and theme of the book. Many poets, including Bian Jiansong, Li Yucong, Liang Xiaoming, Jiang Li, Sun Changjian, Shen Wei, Yu Xiangping, etc., wrote poems with the same title for "The Big World" and showed the readers the combination of novels and poems at the reading club. Linkage.
Haifei composed the poem "The Screw is Tightened in the South" with the same title
Talking about the original intention of writing about the spy war in the south of the Yangtze River, Haifei said that he had visited the Siming Mountain Revolutionary Base Area in Yuyao, and based on the old ruins of the repair shop, bank, newspaper office, etc. He was deeply touched: This is the little Yan'an of Jiangnan, and the spy war in Jiangnan has not been well written yet. As a result, "Big World", a classic spy war in the south of the Yangtze River, was born in the "atypical" spy war city of Ningbo.
Haifei revealed that he plans to continue writing about these little-known "spy cities", Zhoushan, Dalian, Xiamen, Hankou... slowly spread out, gradually building Haifei's spy world.
Zhegui, a famous writer and deputy editor-in-chief of "Jiangnan" magazine. Photo courtesy of Haixiaoqiangqian Charity Children's Library
The most exciting novel
Zhegui commented that Haifei is a recognized model worker: he can write until two or three in the morning, and he starts writing again when others get up, and he can also take care of both at the same time Novel writing and screenwriting work.
"His spirit has been consistent for 20 years, and it is fully reflected in the people in this book. This persistence in the world and never giving up on life are vividly displayed in the themes and characters of the novel. "Zhegui said, "This is the most exciting novel among Hai Fei's works. "
"Big World" tells the story of Zhu San, a magician at the Shanghai World Amusement Park who transformed himself overnight. It becomes another person’s story.
In the spring of 1944, the third year after the fall of Ningbo, Zhu San from Zhenhai witnessed agent Chen Kun being shot and falling to the ground on a rainy night. Zhu San, who wanted to go home to save his marriage, was forced to live for this dead man. From Shanghai to Ningbo, Zhu San lost his name and everything related to his name; the three-month incubation period originally promised was eventually extended to nine years. When he completed his mission and finally returned to his name, he had to face more problems. Lost...
"The characters in this novel are vividly expressed from a human perspective, from a human perspective, and from a life perspective. When you read this book, you will be moved by the characters in the book."
Philosophy Gui shared the three characters that moved him the most: Pan Shui who "lived towards death", Fu Cancan who "resurrected from the dead", and Tang Shuying who "parted from life and death" - each of them made the most important decisions in their lives because of the love in their hearts. Important choices, vivid and moving.
"Good novels should be good at describing love."
Xia Lie, professor of Hangzhou Normal University, doctoral supervisor, and chairman of Hangzhou Literary Critics Association.Photo courtesy of Haixiaoqiangqiang Charity Children's Library
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Group portrait is one of the styles of this novel. Hai Fei hopes that in this novel, the stories of the protagonists can be equally divided and each has its own excitement. Therefore, unlike the more focused narratives in previous works, "The Big World" lays out a picture of the relationships between men and women in turbulent times.
In the story centered on Zhu San, countless little characters appeared in turn, came and went, and performed their "insignificant" lives in that chaotic era, forming an indelible history.
Xia Lie also particularly noticed that in Haifei's previous works, the protagonists mostly portrayed mature espionage elites; while in "The Big World", they depicted a group of amateur espionage personnel.
The "East China Sea" group, which was later renamed "Big World", was led by a former amusement park magician, and its members were composed of cooks, grooms, cleaners, and accountants. It was a veritable "Grass Team", which Haifei called "Team of losers."
Xia Lie pointed out that Haifei is very good at placing the characters and heroes in the story at the critical point of the mission, making the expression very story-telling and full of characters. In this work, these unprofessional, inexperienced, and full of flaws constitute the spy war situation in Ningbo City, allowing readers to see the other side of the characters and stories in that great era - not so tall. , heroes with vulnerability, and spy war stories with human touch and pyrotechnics.
Author of "Big World", novelist, screenwriter Hai Fei Photo courtesy of Haixiaoqiangqian Charity Children's Library
History is in the story
"The literary nature of genre novels lies in whether its genre is good or not. Has this genre been included in the novel? From this perspective, Haifei’s spy novels undoubtedly promote and promote China’s current genre literature, especially the spy genre literature. He presented a sample of Haifei’s book at the reading meeting. Lie evaluated this new work from the perspective of genre literature.
Xia Lie pointed out that Hai Fei’s genre literature written with traditional literary techniques created something intrinsic from the two texts.
One is a revolutionary historical text.
"History is in stories. Why can stories assume the function of history? It is because the writer carefully read a large number of historical texts. Haifei saw the story structure in the archives of revolutionary history and biographies; in turn, he These materials are becoming more and more clear and familiar. An author who respects history and various archives and materials, after long-term reading, enters the creative world for transformation. "
Another text is local, Cultural and folkloric texts.
"This kind of knowledge, materiality, and folklore is a kind of homework in Hai Fei's writing, and it is also a kind of normal human feelings and human nature. He treats this period of history and the people in it seriously, and he writes Ningbo, I actually have feelings and knowledge about this city. "It's not just a list, but an organic integration with the plot and characters."
Xia Lie believes that because of its strong traditional literary flavor, Haifei’s writing actually goes beyond general genre literature writing: “Hai Fei’s writing contains a lot of artistry and folklore, which makes such a genre literature It has become a compatible type that can make the grand ambitions of history and literature come easily."
Wang Xiaole, chief editor and publisher of Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House Photo courtesy of Haixiaoqiangqian Charity Children's Library
"I don't just want to write about a belief. I want to write a story about immortality and unchanging principles. I also want to write a complicated and embarrassing life. I want to see the laughter in the ordinary years, and the story of contemplation and sadness after the book is closed."
This is Hai Fei's story. What he said during the discussion on the creation of "The Big World" is just like what he wanted to share at the reading meeting: it is not just the South that tightens the screws, but the entire life of each character.
"Big World" book and movie
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