Traveling back in time to the Nancheng courtyard in Beijing in 1950, Lin Wenyuan became a working-class boy who had not finished junior high school.
In his previous life, he had a doctorate in literature and was deeply involved in the history of modern and contemporary literature. With a wealth of famous works from later generations, he took root in the fireworks market.
Apart from Lu Xun, the old Cao of Maoba in Luguo, other literary giants are still alive and became his guiding elders by chance.
He lay dormant in the courtyard, writing words one by one, and the stream of consciousness, rural and hazy styles appeared in turns. Zhao Shuli from the Yaodan School, Sun Li from the Hehuadian School, Liu Qing, Lu Yao, Chen Zhongshi and Jia Pingwa from the Shaanxi School, Wang Anyi and Feng Jicai from Beijing Jinwei School, as well as Bei Dao, Shu Ting and Shizhi and many other literary young people met him one after another.
He not only silently wrote works, but also the thoughts in his words inspired a generation of local writers, allowing them to prepare their own masterpieces in advance.
From short essays and novels, to later writing cross talk and sketches on stage, participating in Spring Festival Gala scripts, working as a cross-border screenwriter, and getting to know Ma Ji, Liu Xiaoqing, and Tang Guoqiang.
In the literary world, there are confidants who admire him and there are also opponents with contradictory ideas.
Taking Beijing's Zayuan as the starting point, his pen and ink spread to various schools of literature across the country. In an era of scarcity of materials but ardent ideals, he used words to awaken the times. He gradually grew from a boy in a Zayuan to a literary master who shocked the entire Republic.
