In 1993, Chen Zhongzhong suddenly received a letter, which was unbearable, and the whole person sat on the ground. His wife was so frightened that she hurriedly came over to help him, but Chen Zhongzhong smiled and said to her: Wife, we don't need to raise chickens!
The beginning of Chen Zhongzhong's life should start from the morning of the Qingming Festival in 1988, when he picked up his notebook and wrote the first sentence of "White Deer Plain" with a pen in his notebook.
At this time, no one could have imagined how much this book would change him and how much impact it would have on the Chinese literary world.
Chen Zhongzhong was born in a peasant family, and although his family was poor and even dropped out of school for a year because he could not afford to pay tuition, Chen Zhongzhong still maintained a pure love for words in his heart.
However, no matter how firm Chen Zhongzhong's dream was, his family background still had a great impact on him, and Chen Zhongzhong later recalled that time, and the picture of his father holding an oil lamp and letting him take a year off from school has been frozen in the depths of Chen Zhongzhong's memory.
He felt inferior to his family background, he wanted to write poems and articles, but because of his background and poverty, he had to bear the eyes of others.
Especially when the poems he wrote were identified as plagiarism by his teachers, Chen Zhongzhong felt more deeply the negative effects of poverty.
Later, Chen Zhongzhong's talent was finally recognized by the teacher, and he was even recommended by him to participate in the provincial essay competition.
Chen Zhongzhong, who graduated from high school, became a teacher, and occasionally published some articles in newspapers, but then the whole literary and artistic world went dark, and Chen Zhongzhong could only lie dormant temporarily.
After everything got better, Chen Zhongzhong continued to insist on writing, but there are too many famous authors who write well, Chen Zhongzhong is not the most famous one among them, seeing that his friends around him have become famous, Chen Zhongzhong's heart is very dull.
He decided to write a novel, so he returned to the countryside and kept an undisturbed environment to concentrate on his work.
His wife sent him daily necessities, and because he did not have much source of income, the family was so poor that he could not even afford the children's school fees.
It took Chen Zhongzhong 8 months to write the first version of "White Deer Plain", but it took him a full four years to revise the novel to a satisfactory level.
When his wife sent dry food for the last time, Chen Zhongzhong said to his wife that there was no need to send it in the future. At that time, his wife asked him a sharp question: "What should I do if I can't publish it after writing?" ”
Chen Zhongzhong's answer is very firm, if you can't finish writing, you will raise chickens. After all, raising chickens was a good job at the time, able to feed a family.
However, their worries did not happen, after "White Deer Plain" was sent to the publishing house, the publishing house was very satisfied, and in June 1993, the novel was successfully published and published, and it exploded as soon as it was released.
Chen Zhongzhong was born in the countryside, which gives his words a strong breath of life, and in his words, a picture full of vitality jumps on the page, which can be called an epic masterpiece.
Just like himself, even in the face of adversity, he still does not give up on his dreams.
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