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In order to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the founding of "Baihuazhou", the four-volume "30 Years of Literary Collection" is grandly launched. It is created by many famous writers. Thirty years of precipitation and thirty years of essence highlight the evolution trajectory of "Baihuazhou" and also reflect the changes in social life and culture in the past thirty years. These familiar and intimate words have established a lasting connection between the present and history. For today's literary reading and writing, they are undoubtedly an irreplaceable reference for the soul.

Huang An'an is 32 years old. He came to Guangzhou to work after graduating from university. He initially lived in a house lent to him by his company. The room was very small and the location was too remote. It took an hour's bus ride from his residence to his workplace. After working hard for several years, he had some savings and decided to buy a house by himself. The day he made up his mind, he felt very good, as if a huge burden was suddenly lifted from his heart. His whole body felt light and enlightened. He immediately went to a nearby restaurant, ordered two hometown dishes, thought about it, and ordered another bottle of beer, and drank it happily. After making up your mind, the first thing to do is to choose a location. In Guangzhou, the commercial housing market is quite developed, and a large number of newly completed houses are put on the market every year. Especially before the two Golden Weeks every year, all newspapers will publish full-page advertisements about new properties.

Bao Shi is originally from Heilongjiang Province and now lives in Guangzhou. Vice Chairman of the Guangzhou Writers Association, president and editor-in-chief of the Guangzhou Literary Newspaper and Periodicals, a contracted writer with the Guangdong Literary Institute, and a member of the Chinese Writers Association. Published short and medium story collections "Visiting the Village", "My Father and Mother", "The Sound of Sunflowers Blooming - Selected Collection of Bao Shi's Novels"; novels "Obsession", "The Year of Good Luck", "My Father and Mother"; Japanese version of the novel "The Road to First Love" (translated by Shiono Yonematsu, published by Kodansha), "The Road" "Mother·Cherry" (translated by Riko Miyoshi, published by Japan's Orient Publishing House), "The Story of Zizhou" (translated by Miyuki Sekiguchi, published in Japan's "Modern Chinese Literature", Issue 6, 2011), "The Sound of Sunflowers Blooming" (translated by Miyuki Sekiguchi, published in Japan's "Modern Chinese Literature", Issue 9, 2012), etc. His works have been selected by "Selected Novels", "Novel Monthly", "Selected Chinese Literature", "Xinhua Digest", "Selected Novels", "Works and Controversies", and have been included in various annual anthologies. The novella "In Memory of Me" was adapted into the movie "My Father and Mother". The film won the Silver Bear Award at the 50th Berlin Film Festival in Germany, the Outstanding Film Award at the 1999 China Film Huabiao Award, the Best Film Award at the 23rd Hundred Flowers Awards, the Best Film Award at the 20th Golden Rooster Award, the Grand Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States, and the Amethyst Award at the Iran International Film Festival. Both the novel and the film were selected as reading and appreciation textbooks for Chinese language classes at a university in Taiwan.

A new work by Bao Shi, the original author of the movie "My Father and Mother". An octogenarian old man, an inconspicuous southern island, three important historical nodes, witnessed the "magnificent" transformation of a fisherman's island into a tourist attraction. The novel has a large historical capacity and high artistic fullness. It covers a time span of nearly a century in less than 100,000 words. It is small and large, and there is an embarrassing emotional tension permeating between the lines. From the black land of the Northeast to the ocean, the author Bao Shi's perspective on the South and the ocean is obviously different from that of local writers who were born and raised here. This geographical span and cultural difference just provides the author with a unique narrative perspective.

I have been thinking about the title of this novel for a few days, but I have never found a suitable one, which makes me very distressed. Because I can't find the topic, I can't start writing. As the old saying goes, if the name is incorrect, the words will not be correct, and this is what it means. Later, I couldn't wait any longer, so I had to randomly pick one up, which is the one above. This time, I'm talking about buying a house alone. The man's name is Huang An'an. He is 32 years old. He came to Guangzhou to work after graduating from university. He initially lived in a house lent to him by the company. The room was very small and the location was too remote. It took an hour's bus ride from his residence to his workplace. After working hard for several years, he had some savings and decided to buy a house by himself.

This book collects 16 representative short stories and short stories written by Bao Shi in various periods. The novella "In Memory of Me" is his early representative work, which was later adapted into the movie "My Father and Mother", which has gained widespread influence. The series of works "Sketch Collection of the Northeastern Plains" is a set of short stories that express the rural features of Northeast China. It took more than ten years to write and gave in-depth reflections on the historical memory and humanistic features of that land. After its publication, it attracted attention from the literary world. The short stories "Old Stories in Xiguan", "The Story of Xian Afang", "Morning Tea in Xiaoxi Garden", "The Man Selling Boat Porridge", "Salt Water Song", etc. Are all novels set in Guangzhou. The works vividly depict the unique charm of urban life in this southern city, full of rich flavor of life and vivid southern connotations. Bao Shi's writing is known for its simplicity and persistence in his own feelings about the real world, which deserves attention.

The movie "Cherry" is the second collaboration between Japanese director Zhang Gabei and talented actor Miao Pu, who has won an excellent reputation for his superb acting skills in recent years. The film uses documentary techniques to bring it to the screen, and the script is written by the famous screenwriter Bao Shi. It tells the touching story of a mentally retarded mother deep in the mountains. Many media outlets were moved by the mother played by Miao Pu and cried continuously while watching the film. They also said that this is a film comparable to "Mom Love Me Again" and is worth recommending to some new generations born in the 80s and 90s.