Information about Ye Shengtao and Xiao Fuxing

To Xiao Fuxing's excitement, Ye Shengtao also invited the award-winning students to visit him. "At that time, Mr. Ye Shengtao was about 60 years old and approachable. He gave us a lot of encouragement. "

The literary fate of Xiao Fuxing and Ye Shengtao's father and son's "Forgetting the Year"

Xiao Fuxing is a key writer with rich works and high reputation in China literature since 1980s. His first impression is that he is warm and frank, speaks authentic Beijing dialect, and his voice is crisp and pleasant, and he sounds very young. He is wearing a pair of big glasses and a red knitted coat. He is both homely and bookish, which is different from ordinary family men. After pouring the tea, Xiao Fuxing sat on the single person sofa facing the north window and began to answer questions. He is really a good communicator and willing to communicate with others.

Ye Shengtao revised his composition word for word.

Xiao Fuxing said that he was full of curiosity and love for art when he was a child. Before liberation, Xiao Fuxing's father came to Beijing from his hometown of Cangzhou. 1947, his eldest son Xiao Fuxing was born, and his family lives in Polishing Factory Street in the south of Beijing. For his hometown, Xiao Fuxing has no childhood memories. "Although I went back to my hometown when I was a child, I was not impressed." . It was not until his mother died that he buried his mother and father in his hometown. This is the first time Xiao Fuxing has really returned to his hometown.

Xiao Fuxing still remembers that my sister l5 15 got her first job when she was five years old, painting various badges in Liulian Badge Factory in Binjiang, southwest of Beijing. Use something called burning blue, similar to shiny broken glass, stick it in the mold of the badge and burn it on the badge with an alcohol blowtorch. That's my sister. Piece by piece, she can't lift her head all day. She can make more than 200 badges a month and earn tens of yuan. After all, making a badge can only earn a few cents. At that time, my father's monthly salary was 70 yuan. My sister's money played a great role in the Xiao family who was struggling at that time. At that time, Xiao Fuxing's family of six lived in poverty. I heard that a director of the railway department who customized railway badges in a badge factory said that beijing-baotou railway, which is being repaired, needs people and earns more money. My sister didn't listen to the whole family's dissuasion and quickly resigned from Liulian Badge Factory.

These impressions of Xiao Fuxing's childhood are still in his mind, but the hardships of his family at that time did not obliterate Xiao Fuxing's love for life and appreciation of beautiful things. After embarking on the road of literature, his prose often takes music as the content, which stems from his love of music as a child. "At that time, my family was poor and it was impossible to engage in music now, so writing some essays related to music is also a continuation of this childhood dream."

"When we were young, there was a community in the yard, and my mother was a doctor, which can be said to be an intellectual family. His brother-in-law is an overseas Chinese in Indonesia and brought a vertical tape recorder from abroad. " This tape recorder, which was regarded as a "rarity" at that time, left a good childhood memory for Xiao Fuxing. The neighbor boy is several years older than Xiao Fuxing and likes reading aloud very much. "At that time, the radio drama" Lin Yuan "was being broadcast. He read aloud to the tape recorder and recorded it for our children." At that time, when Xiao Fuxing was in primary school, he was surprised and excited to hear the voice of the neighbor's children in the tape recorder.

Reviving the love of literature may be influenced by my father. His father is an employee of the tax bureau and likes reading books. Xiao Fuxing recalled that when he was young, his father told him many stories he had read in books, such as the classic Bao Gong case and Water Margin. "My hometown is close to Ji Xiaolan's hometown. My father once told me some anecdotes about Ji Xiaolan. "

When I was still in primary school, Xiao Fuxing's first literary work was "Shanghai Literature and Art" .. "The book I bought on the street was amazing after reading it. It turns out that in the world of literature, you can be unrestrained. At that time, I also copied some literary works, such as "Gan Jiashi". " In the third grade of primary school, Xiao Fuxing began to contact the composition class. "The teacher who teaches this course is the new head teacher Zhang Wenbin. More than 40 years old, with a strong foreign accent. I can't hear where it is. " Teacher Zhang is very strict. At that time, Xiao Fuxing was still quite afraid of Teacher Zhang. He can still clearly remember the appearance of Teacher Zhang standing in front of the podium table. "Straight waist, raven hair, fluffy hair, standing straight, always reminds people of the idiom' In a rage, I rushed to the sky'.

But this formidable teacher has a unique teaching method, which makes Xiao Fuxing admire in retrospect. Under the leadership of teacher Zhang, Xiao Fuxing and his classmates went to the children's cinema on Chang 'an Avenue to see a movie before the first composition class. Today, Xiao Fuxing still clearly remembers that the film was Shangganling. Many years later, he recalled the happy childhood episode in vivid language: "At that time, the children's cinema was just built, and it was brand new inside and outside. The seat of my ticket is upstairs, and the chairs are stacked from low to high, just like Xiao Xinwei on the terrace. At the beginning of the film, a white light came out of the small square hole in the projection room behind me and passed over my shoulder like a silent silver waterfall. I really want to reach out and grab it. I really want to stand up naughty and show a strange shadow on the screen. What makes me feel fresh in particular is that there is a small light under each row of seats, which gives off a soft and dim light, so that the small audience who are late don't have to worry about finding seats. "

After watching the movie, Teacher Zhang arranged a composition for everyone to write about the movie. He said, "Write what you think." Xiao Fuxing described all his feelings when watching movies. Unexpectedly, in the second week's composition class, Mr. Zhang read Xiao Fuxing's composition aloud to the whole class and gave him praise and comments. Xiao Fuxing, the teacher's suggestion for revision, has now been forgotten, but his strong foreign accent still makes Xiao Fuxing feel so kind in retrospect. This successful attempt made young Xiao Fuxing interested in writing for the first time.

From then on, Xiao Fuxing fell in love with composition, and composition class became his most anticipated course. Teacher Zhang often reads Xiao Fuxing's composition when commenting on it. Teacher Zhang also attaches great importance to him and often says to him after class: "read more extracurricular books!" " "In Xiao Fuxing's eyes, Mr. Zhang has become kind, especially his hard hair is no longer" furious "and has become much softer.

Xiao Fuxing began to write short stories and essays when he was in junior high school in Beijing Academy of Fine Arts. At that time, there were two wall newspapers as big as table tennis tables in the school, and both teachers and students could contribute. On the second day of junior high school, Xiao Fuxing had a whim. He said to his classmates, "Let's run a wall newspaper ourselves!" As soon as they started, they ran a "Little Hundred Flowers" wall newspaper, and Xiao Fuxing was elected as the editor-in-chief. In each issue, he posted a 400-word manuscript on the blackboard and put it in the classroom. Later, the small blackboard was placed in the corridor and was well received by the teachers and students of the school.

An article printed in type is a portrait. It was Xiao Fuxing's third year. His composition "A Portrait" was recommended to participate in the Beijing Children's Composition Competition and won the first prize. The prize is a Xinhua dictionary. What Xiao Fuxing will never forget is that this composition has made him and Mr. Ye Shengtao, then Vice Minister of Education, have a precious "literary fate of forgetting to make friends".

That summer vacation, the teacher took a mimeographed "A Portrait" to Xiao Fuxing and told Xiao Fuxing that Teacher Ye Shengtao had revised the composition word for word. It turned out that Ye Shengtao attached great importance to this essay contest, reviewed and revised all the winning works, and wrote comments at the back of each article. Later, these award-winning works, together with Ye Shengtao's comments, were compiled into an anthology, My Sister and I Fight for the Champion. To Xiao Fuxing's excitement, Ye Shengtao also invited the award-winning students to visit him. "At that time, Mr. Ye Shengtao was about 60 years old and approachable. He gave us a lot of encouragement. I was a child at that time, and I was glad to get the advice of a great writer. This is also the first time I have met a great writer. "

Ye Shengtao's eldest son, Ye Zhishan, was also a "noble person" who helped Xiao Fuxing when he first set foot on the literary road. 197 1 In the winter of, Xiao Fuxing, who had jumped the queue to Qixing Farm in Beidahuang, was sent to the pig number in l8, which is far away from the farm, to feed pigs. There are 200 pigs in the pig, including the monitor, a local farmer and even Xiao Fuxing, and a street child from Shandong. There are only a few people, there is nothing to do, and no one can be seen. Loneliness and desolation are tightly wrapped around Xiao Fuxing's heart like a net.

In this situation, Xiao Fuxing wrote prose and his own life of jumping the queue. He wants to send the prose to Ye Shengtao and ask him for advice. But at that time Ye Shengtao had been included in the downfall list, and Xiao Fuxing dared not contact him, so he sent the letter to Ye Shengtao's eldest son, Ye Zhishan. Ye Zhishan wrote back to Xiao Fuxing soon, saying that it was well written and could be published, and revised Xiao Fuxing's prose word for word and made comments. Some articles have changed a lot, so he copied them again and sent them back for fear that Xiao Fuxing could not read them clearly. Ye Zhishan was then the president and editor-in-chief of China Children's Publishing House. He has just returned from the May 7th Cadre School in Henan and is "idle" at home. Like his father, he cared and helped Xiao Fuxing, a young stranger, and gave him great encouragement and confidence. Looking back on Ye Shengtao's father and son's encouragement and care for themselves, Xiao Fuxing's interlingual gratitude naturally shows, "They gave me selfless help and played an important role in my literary career".

3 1 year-old "senior citizen" sign up for Chinese opera

Now, whenever the Central Academy of Drama enrolls students, students from all over the world flock to sharpen their heads and squeeze into the door of Chinese opera. Xiao Fuxing graduated from Chinese opera, but he became attached to Chinese opera by accident. In l966, on the eve of Xiao Fuxing's high school graduation, art colleges enrolled students in advance, and the Central Academy of Drama came to Huiwen Middle School to recruit students who could create and perform, hoping that the school would recommend outstanding students. "At that time, the school recommended me. The teacher let me have a look. " Xiao Fuxing was the president of Jiao Jiao Student Union when he was in middle school. He organized literary activities and performed small programs, but his dream was to be admitted to Peking University, and he didn't know much about Chinese opera. "Dean specially find me, say you can go. If you don't want to take the exam, you can't force it. " So, Xiao Fuxing walked into the examination room of Chinese opera. He remembers performing a small program and telling his own experience. "The teacher who interviewed probably thought that my conditions were right and took me backstage." Xiao Fuxing passed the interview and re-examination. In May, Chinese Opera sent an acceptance letter to Xiao Fuxing. However, when the Cultural Revolution broke out, Xiao Fuxing's road to study was ruthlessly cut off.

However, his fate with China Opera has not been interrupted. In l974, Xiao Fuxing happily returned to Beijing from the Great Northern Wilderness, and became an educated youth in rural areas and an unemployed youth in cities. Xiao Fuxing, then 27 years old, couldn't find a job for a long time and was given a cold shoulder, so he had to work as a substitute teacher in a primary school. 1976, he went to Beijing Dongtieying No.2 Middle School as the head teacher to teach Chinese. That spring, Xiao Fuxing called the reception office. There is a newspaper on the desk. He stumbled upon a central drama and a college enrollment brochure, and his heart was pounding. The admission notice for Chinese Opera requires candidates to be between 18 and 3 1. Xiao Fuxing was just 3 1 year-old, and had published poems and novels in Poetry magazine and People's Literature. When he went back with the newspaper, he told his colleagues. Those teachers all say that if you haven't stopped reading and writing, you can pass the exam again. Encouraged by his colleagues, he signed up and won as soon as he passed the exam.

1978 When Xiao Fuxing entered the Central Academy of Drama with a notice, l2 years passed and he had mixed feelings. Self-deprecating as "second palace." "In Chinese opera, I studied scriptwriting, but my interest is not there. The script is a collective creation, which is not suitable for me. But China opera has also taught me a lot. " After graduating from Chinese opera, Xiao Fuxing stayed on as a teacher. "There are classes every week, and I feel that teaching delays time." Xiao Fuxing's interest lies in writing, hoping to engage in writing career. "The dean kept me and gave me great freedom", but he walked out of Chinese opera without hesitation and became a professional screenwriter.

The son said "look down" on the professional writer's father who can only write.

In recent years, emerging young writers such as Han Han have been heated up in the publishing industry, and young writers have been heated up for a time. In this regard, Xiao Fuxing said: "The growth rate of children far exceeds our expectations, and it is inevitable that the times will write about their own lives and emotions. However, the overheated business operation at present encourages young people to write, which is harmful to innocent teenagers. Juvenile writing is not a unique phenomenon in China. I have read Crazy written by Benjamin Lebert, a German boy. He is 16 years old this year. In my opinion, too light and too commercial is far from the essence of literature. "

Xiao Tie, the son of Xiao Fuxing, began to publish his composition in the Chinese newspaper for primary school students in the fourth grade. After his book "Transfer Students" set off a whirlwind of juvenile writing in the literary world, he turned to the college entrance examination and was admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University, becoming one of the youngest members of the Chinese Writers Association. He published several novels, and the response was good. Xiao Tie remained in a state of disappearance throughout his college life. It was not until seven years after he became famous that he published the novel Flying Black Boy.

Regarding the choice of his son, Xiao Fuxing said that "it is really distressing and very gratifying". He said: "My son has been a' good boy' since he was a child. After the first novel comes out, he will be on cloud nine, but he will soon understand what he should do. The college entrance examination is a hurdle he must pass. " Talking about the difference with other young writers of the same age, Xiao Fuxing said, "In fact, my son's rebellious thoughts are also there, but it is not easy to show them on the outside."

It is reported that although Xiao Tie likes writing, he still looks down on Xiao Fuxing, the father of a professional writer who knows nothing but writing. Xiao Tie wrote this novel after intense study. Xiao Fuxing said, "Xiao Tie still hopes to be a scholar writer who has both knowledge and ability to write books. How many novels can't be written after learning? "