Original migrant worker story "The Years of Educated Youth—I Add Color to Migrant Workers Literature"

I am now sitting in a spacious and bright editorial office on Guang'anmen South Street in Beijing, writing press releases. From time to time I stand up and open the bookcase to search for the information I need. Unexpectedly, one after another smells of ink. The "Xin Wan Ren" newspaper appeared in front of my eyes. I held the "Xin Wan Ren" newspaper and looked out the window at the bustling crowd. The breeze blew by, and I felt a chill on my body. Inexplicable melancholy and thoughts arose in my heart...

I worked overtime during the day and burned the midnight oil at night

I am a reporter from a TV station on the north bank of Henan-Huaihe River. In March 1995, a certain person in Zhengyang County Liang, a township supply and marketing cooperative, had a backlog of 5 tons of phosphate fertilizer that had expired and hardened over the past three years. He crushed it with a crusher and did not meet the trademark printed by a regular printing factory. He sold it to the public as "foreign phosphate fertilizer" and harmed farmers. After I learned about the situation, I immediately went to Pengqiao to interview the victims. I risked my life for in-depth investigation and covert inspections. I rushed overnight to write a press release titled "Pengqiao Township Investigates and Deals with Counterfeit and Substandard Fertilizer" and sent it to the editorial department. The Henan media quickly reported it. Immediately, it caused a strong response in the province. My boss intentionally made me wear small shoes, and I was unhappy at work. I felt that I should change my environment and take a breather, so I set my sights on the hot south.

In 1998, on the day I went south, I got off the bus at the Dongguan bus station with a university diploma and ten collections of works in my arms.

Because I lost my ID card, I decided to go to Dongguan to seek refuge with my cousin Luo Ye, who lived in a different village in the same town. He was already famous at that time. The provincial and regional newspapers in my hometown and the county TV station all reported on his success story in Guangdong, "From Handyman to Business Manager". A Cantonese-speaking security guard looked at my press pass, looked at my luggage carefully, and then interrogated me about my relationship with the manager. It took me a lot of effort to explain that I was here to join this man who had already left. When he became a manager, the security guard rang the phone number in the security room...

In this way, he entered his Weicheng factory under the guarantee of his cousin Luo Ye. I said: "Cousin, it's my first time to travel far away and I don't know anything. Should I start from the most basic job, or go to the workshop and become an ordinary worker?" But my cousin Luo Ye said: "You are a reporter. How can you be a common worker?" To save my face, join an office building as a clerk!" I entered the office building in the eyes of others with envy. This factory is not that big. There are eight beautiful girls in the office building, and I am the only one who is a man. The manager Luo Ye brought me to a beautiful lady and said to her: "A Ling, I brought you a handsome boy who worked as a reporter in his hometown and has good writing skills. When he is busy, he can help you write a report and reply to the client. Reply..." A Ling looked at me, nodded and said, "Okay."

The manager Luo Ye went over, and A Ling said to me: "Your job is to answer customer calls." , looking for workers, and also looking after security guards." After saying that, A Ling lowered her head and started doing her business on the computer. Since my cousin Luo Ye is the factory manager and has great power, my job is easier. I go to and from get off work every day and live happily and peacefully with everyone.

One day, security guard General Liu was working the night shift. In the early hours of the morning, he stole 50 spray guns from the spray department. Caught by the village security team. Because of this incident, the boss Su Sheng was very angry and cursed the manager Luo Ye. In order to protect his position and future safety, the manager Luo Ye fired me on the grounds that I was in charge of security work and had made a mistake in my work.

Later, my hometown mailed me an ID card, and I went to Dongguan alone to recruit reporters at the magazine "Dongguan Enterprise Style". Zhang Zibao joined the magazine as a recruiting reporter and worked as a reporter for half a year. I spent a lot of savings but didn't get a single order.

In 2001, Zhang Zibao applied for the position of production supervisor at Youganpu Zhaoye Factory. In his spare time, Zhang Zibao felt bored and mentally empty, so he gave up his high salary. Until I walked into the vibrant Jiali Group, my wandering heart suddenly felt like I had returned to a long-lost home, feeling more cordial and warm. Zhang Zibao no longer feels sad and disappointed with life. This factory attaches great importance to corporate culture. There are factory magazines, a library, and dozens of national newspapers and periodicals in the library. It is the best for him to have so many books to read. Enjoy life. Zhang Zibao grew from an employee to a team leader, supervisor, and corporate editor.

At that time, a wave of migrant literature was emerging in the Pearl River Delta region.

I remember that in August 2010, our factory had a day off. I rode my bicycle to Fenggang Bookstore to read. Youganpu is not too far from Fenggang, and riding a bicycle is not very tiring. I wandered alone in the streets and alleys of Fenggang, and finally found a bookstore - Xinfeng Bookstore.

The bookstore is full of colorful newspapers and periodicals, and I don’t know which books are good to read. I was searching, and suddenly, I saw a book called "Southern Flying Swallows". I flipped through it and was surprised to find that this book was the paradise I should have been looking for long ago. It's too late to meet each other! To be honest, I really like reading columns such as "Recommended by this magazine", "Flying High", "Love and Love", "Working Years", and "Wandering in My Hometown". Especially the articles about the joys and sorrows of migrant workers are very touching. When I turned to the 9th issue of "Southern Flying Swallows" in 2010, I found that the "Wandering Hometown" column published an article I wrote "Jujube Trees in Hometown". I danced with joy, attracting people who were reading in the bookstore to watch. .

While working here, I did not give up my ideals and goals and continued to engage in his writing career. The company gave him a room and bought him a computer. After working for eight hours during the day, a People quietly enter the world of literary creation...

In order to buy migrant literature magazines such as "Jiangmen Literature and Art", "Migrant Literature", "Migrant Tribe", etc., I have to rush to a neighboring town to buy them, because this book There was nothing to buy in town, so it cost a lot of money to take a bus back and forth.

The most impressive time for me was when the factory was processing materials supplied by customers. A layer of newspapers was spread out on the chopping board. After the workers finished making the goods, they threw the newspapers into the garbage. When I was patrolling the factory, I found a paper called The supplement of the newspaper "Nanfang Gongbao" was full of articles written by migrant workers, which was very close to the lives of migrant workers, so I immediately wrote down the address. In the following days, I "submitted articles as soon as I had them." As a result, "every time I submitted an article, I was sure to win."

At that time, although the pressure of life and environment was suffocating, the creative passion was always surging in the body. It seemed to be a "revolutionary" era. Many migrant young people nearby were literary lovers. They were accustomed to wandering around to accumulate life experience, and then find a job. They worked overtime during the day and burned the midnight oil at night, writing constantly.

In the picture on the right: Zhou Chongxian, a young man from Sichuan, did not graduate from junior high school and went to the south to work and write. He has published 15 novels including "Aria of a Working Girl". He was awarded the Guangdong Provincial Newcomer and New Work Award by the Guangdong Provincial Writers Association. The state settled his household registration and house for him, and he is now the youth worker chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee.

In that era, especially in Dongguan and Shenzhen, migrant literature flourished. In Shenzhen, everyone in Anzi has the opportunity to be the sun; it may have inspired many working men and working girls. In Foshan, Zhou Chongxian, a young man from Sichuan, did not graduate from junior high school and went to the south to work and write. He has published 15 novels including "Aria of a Working Girl". He was awarded the Guangdong Provincial Newcomer and New Work Award by the Guangdong Provincial Writers Association. The state settled his household registration and house for him, and he is now the youth worker chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Committee. , batches of migrant workers who had the same experience as me recorded the life experience and life passion of that era with the pens in their hands. Some of us have fulfilled our "literary dreams", and some of us have changed our destiny with the pen in our hands.

Millions of people need spiritual culture

There are millions of migrant workers in Dongguan. With the development of the urban economy, while our material living standards have improved, our spiritual needs have also increased. Also improved. But at present, radio, television, the Internet and other media are far from meeting our needs. Until now, there is still a lack of a spiritual culture born for us, or more purely, a "work culture."

There is only one working magazine in Dongguan, "Nan Feiyan", but in my opinion, its operation is not satisfactory. For example, they do not use some articles that truly reflect working life, which leads to It may not truly reflect the original ecology of working life.

More sunshine, less gray. We don’t necessarily reflect the dark side of society, or how cruel reality really is.

What we have to do is to inject the integration of literature, thought, and art into the "migrant literature" we advocate, so as to correctly guide the living conditions of migrant workers and promote a positive and enterprising attitude towards life.

When I came to Dongguan, I was just a worker in the factory, busy on the assembly line every day;

I have been working in Dongguan for decades, and I have worked in some publications I have published a lot of works in the Internet, and I have also worked as an internal magazine editor. I am relatively well-known in the migrant literature circle. Young people often call or send letters, asking me to help review manuscripts or recommend them to magazines for publication.

Gradually, everyone is like-minded and hopes to have such a platform. "I remember that a literary friend named Liu Jinshan gave me some advice and said something from his heart, which gave me the idea of ??starting a newspaper. The literary friend Liu Jinshan said:

Of course, Many people are discriminating against migrant literature, saying that it is just the emotional diaries of some migrant workers, and that popular literature is low-grade literature. A piece of rags in the city. Please turn your pen around and give us some warmth! Our souls are so desolate.

When we are in a foreign country, loneliness is like a steel knife that cuts through bones. We build tall buildings with our own blood and sweat, but we cannot live in the buildings we built. We are like cattle and horses, working tirelessly on the assembly line just to use our meager salary to give gifts to our families. However, in a foreign land, we still have to be looked down upon by others, like robots during the day and like human beings at night. . The boss is like an oil-extracting machine, mercilessly extracting the blood and sweat of the workers. When everything, oppression and injustice invade our hearts, we realize that for this city, we are always this city. We are just passers-by. After working for a few years, we will eventually return to our hometown. It is our home and our roots. However, this city can only become my hometown in my memory. How many years have we lived in this city? For this city, we will always be strangers and have no connection with this city. Although my body has settled in the city, my soul will always flow with the blood of the farmers who gave birth to me. The hometown that raised me has truly become a home that I can’t go back to, a foreign land that I can’t stay in, and a home that I can’t go back to. But one day, when I return to my real home, I can’t go back. My hometown. After I have adapted to city life, can I still go to the fields to tend crops like my fathers did? Can I still live on those two acres of thin land? I think I will never be able to do that. The separation between the city and the countryside. Of course, this is a popular term - migrant workers. I am not a farmer, nor a worker. I think I can think of migrant workers. The person who uses words is really a genius!

Of course, migrant literature is also an inevitable necessity produced in the context of the times. Writing originates from the cry in the hearts of migrant workers and is a kind of soul. Dialogue. This kind of writing makes my heart feel like an electric shock. It is clearly written by the author with blood and tears.

Literary friend founded "Xinwanren" newspaper

In August 2007, Liu Jinshan stood and turned on the machine for 11 hours. He finally got off work at 9 pm. His whole body seemed to be falling apart and he lay in bed not wanting to move. .

At this time, Zhang Zibao, the editor of a company monthly, sent a message asking Liu Jinshan to attend a party to discuss starting a "Xinwanren" newspaper.

After a difficult walk. , finally arrived at the old gathering place for working-class workers - the open space in front of Baichang Shopping Mall in Fenggang Town.

The summer night wind blew away the excess heat from the earth. Under the bright night sky, the stars were revealed, and the crescent moon hung quietly. Liu Jinshan thought of the inspirational singer Zheng Zhihua's "Stars Light Up" 》

The stars light up the lamps,

illuminate my future,

let a ray of light warm the children’s hearts...

Liu Jinshan is far away I suddenly saw Editor Zhang. He was tall, thin, with a smile on his face and bright brows. His whole body gave people a shrewd and capable feeling, and he looked like a very knowledgeable intellectual.

Sitting next to me was the author Chen Zijian, who had a honest and simple face. Seeing Liu Jinshan coming, the two of them stood up in a hurry to greet me. Immediately afterwards, literary friend Sun Yifeng also came. Liu Jinshan saw that his face was sweaty, and he must have hurried from the factory after get off work!

Editor Zhang said first: "The wine and food are ready, just waiting for you two."

On the iron table in the narrow square, there were 2 packages of salted dried peanuts, 1 package of biscuits, and 4 bottles of Kingway beer.

Editor Zhang toasted us, raising the cup between his necks, everyone was smiling, and his face was glowing. There was no delicacies from the mountains and seas, no good smoke and good wine, but an open-air gathering of literary friends could not be experienced in a hotel restaurant. Such a happy feeling.

With the 4 pieces of gold in their stomachs, they all spoke loudly and began to talk about the current migrant literature and the purpose of running newspapers. They also talked about migrant workers Zhou Chongxian, Yan Wenjiang, Luo Luoyuan, Zheng Xiaoqiong...

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Editor Zhang concluded: We must use our collective wisdom to run this newspaper, record the working years with great enthusiasm; enthusiastically sing and lead the brave men in foreign lands; confidently expose the shortcomings of the times; and mercilessly punish bad bosses …".

Chen Zijian also generously asked: "We have nothing but youth, labor, and literature. We have only dreams and sustenance. We must use the plain land of "Xinwanren" to cultivate, sow, and harvest." !

Sun Yifeng said: "Xinwanren" newspaper will become a new spiritual food and literary holy place for migrant workers!

Liu Jinshan said: "We are all obsessed with literature. , has the confidence and ability to successfully run "New Guanren" and let her influence and change the world!

Editor Zhang's final comment: We work in Dongguan, how about calling it "Xinguanren"? Everyone After some discussion, we unanimously agreed to use "Xinwanren" as the title of the publication, with Zhang Zibao as the chief editor, the three of us as editorial board members, and hiring Zhou Chongxian, dean of Foshan University of Literature, and Xue Yue, senior editor of "Jiangmen Literature and Art", as consultants. Wonderful! Nowadays, some people think that economy is important and literature has no future. This is a one-sided idea. What is literature? The spiritual experience of being willing to go with the flow and endure it silently, a pure land that is not polluted by commerce. Although we do not get power, money, sex, house, or car from it, from another perspective, we are very rich in spirit, especially the migrant literature, those The words filled with blood and tears are not gorgeous, but they can move readers and inspire them to change their destiny.

Whenever I publish a work and add a little flower to the spiritual home of mankind, I am proud. So proud! In order to help more migrant workers understand the true meaning of life and feel the power of literature, the founding of "Xinguan People" is the call and need of the times!" ...

The first issue of "Xinwanren" newspaper has been published. It has no issue number and no distribution rights. However, through various channels, more than 20,000 copies of the newspaper have successfully reached readers from all walks of life. They were distributed as gifts, and some were mailed to some provincial newspapers and magazines. Some private publications in Dongguan, Guangzhou and other places have made free advertising for the first issue of "Xinguanren" newspaper; here we would like to mention that the one who has made the greatest contribution is Zhong Xiu, the editorial board member of our "Xinguanren" newspaper. When I had the opportunity to work overtime, I volunteered to help deliver the "New Wanren" newspaper to the workers for free; Li Xinchun, a migrant worker, called to ask Cai Lishuang, chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Literary and Art Circles, to write an inscription for the "New Wanren" newspaper; some readers called and wrote to us. The report provides feedback; there are also many submissions, and the authors include some migrant workers and editors of some literary magazines, as well as some writers who pay attention to migrant literature.

This shows that everyone is relatively supportive of us. I look forward to this newspaper having a greater impact.

"Xinguanren" is well-received

- Sweat and tears condensed into "working literature"

News from this newspaper: the afternoon of August 1, 2007 At three o'clock, the news of the launch of "Xinguanren" was first reported in "Guangzhou Daily", "Nanfang Daily", "Southern Metropolis Daily", "CCTV", "Guangdong Satellite TV", "Dongguan TV" and "Voice of Overseas Chinese". Immediately, more than 40 literary websites such as China Literature Network and Sina Network forwarded the news, and it became a hot topic among everyone. Phone calls and emails from all directions continue to harass young writer Zhang Zibao's publication of "New Wanren". In just 5 days, 2,000 copies of "New Wanren" were sold out through online publicity alone, and the number gradually increased to 5,000...

In this era of materialistic desires and false popularity, I am determined to write and devote myself to literature. There are so few people here that many people would rather spend thirty or forty yuan on a bottle of wine than spend one or two yuan on books and newspapers! Why is "New Wanren" so enthusiastic? Why does his publication affect the hearts of readers so much, especially the millions of working readers?

Because the migrant literature in "Xin Wan People" is authentic, flesh and blood, and records the living conditions and spiritual history of Xin Wan people. Our declaration: Xin Wan people live like masters in a foreign land. ! Pay attention to the low-level working group! Witness the wandering life! Its fresh and vivid artistic images infect people from all walks of life...

"New Wanren" is a banner of struggle against fate, a tear-jerking cry, and the most authentic voice from the bottom of the heart. Because it is true, it is loud and clear, and because it is true, it is full of power.

Just as Luo Yuan, a working poet in the "Entrepreneurship" magazine of the Yangcheng Evening News Group, wrote in the inscription for this magazine:

We are iron-clad wanderers

Holding high the wandering The flag moves forward bravely

We refuse temptation and have longing

We have fallen but we have risen again

We have suffered discrimination but we will never abandon ourselves

The assembly line of youth

We use pens and heavy responsibilities

to build an immortal working spirit

Leading to our happy ideal home

May these warm poems illuminate your lonely soul, and may all working friends find a happy and ideal home through their own efforts.

The following are the comments from major media literary editors on "Xinwanren":

Li Jingze, editor-in-chief of "People's Literature" said: "I saw "Xinwanren" sent by literary friend Zhang Zibao "People", those tearful words touched me, and I seemed to have returned to the era of low-level literature among educated youth."

Sun Chunyun, editor of "Migrant Clan", commented: "You guys work a lot overtime. In the evening, I worked on the newspaper with literary friends in my spare time, and my spirit is commendable."

Song Shi'an, editor-in-chief of "Jiangmen Literature and Art" said: "After the Dongguan Municipal Government changed the names of all the working people and working girls to Xinguan people, You should hurry up and start a newspaper called "Xinwanren" immediately."

Enthusiastic literary friends Su Chunyan, Sun Yifeng, Zhong Xiu, Zhang Jianwei, Luo Qing, Peng Yijin and others commented: "Those who are crying are crying. The words written in blood are not gorgeous, but they can move us and inspire us to change our own destiny. Every time we see our articles published, we feel a sense of indescribable pride and pride!"

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"Xinwanren" published its second issue. During this period, I received partial sponsorship from Hong Kong and Beijing, which enabled me to Confidence increased. I said that in fact, in places such as Shanghai and Beijing where migrant workers are concentrated, migrant literature is still widely circulated. There are migrant workers and professional writers among the creative groups. Many works have great influence and the readership market is also huge. ,lt;CCTVgt;,lt;Guangzhou Dailygt;,lt;Southern Metropolis Dailygt;. and other media reported it.

The city is developing rapidly, and the working culture is also developing.

I think that during the more than 15 years of working life, I have witnessed the development of Dongguan working literature bit by bit. I know very well that today, with the decline of migrant literature, the future of magazines and newspapers is not very optimistic. He is more concerned about whether his newspaper can touch the migrant culture that has been dormant for a long time and become a force that promotes its breakthrough in this land where migrant literature once became popular.

During that time, migrant literature was very popular. It had a special group of readers and creative groups. It was what was most needed among the migrant workers, and it was also a way that could best reflect the voices of the migrant workers.

At the same time, batches of illegal publications full of vulgar content such as pornography and violence have greatly reduced the style of migrant literature and disrupted the entire literary market, making some famous magazines no longer Migrant literature provides a platform, and some editors even throw away manuscripts without thinking about them as long as they see them. They misunderstood what we meant, and our ideological position was gradually lost. At that time, I managed to escape from the ranks of migrant workers.

My achievements were unusually outstanding, and the superior leader was promoted to a media outlet in the capital.

God rewards those who work hard. In the group, Zhang Zibao became the editor-in-chief of the enterprise newspaper. Boss Li has a keen eye and recruits Zhang Zibao as his assistant. In this way, Zhang Zibao put forward a lot of rational suggestions within the party branch and made suggestions for the party branch.

Zhang Zibao has a set of experience in external promotion. He adapted the novels "When Kindness is Used..." and "Garbage Woman Gives Love" by Zhang Zibao into sketches, and organized staff to rehearse and perform for two months. , and also formulate stage training objectives and material selection plans. At the same time, we must also consider selecting works with diverse styles to intersperse rehearsals to keep the rehearsal work fresh. The sketch "Garbage Woman Offers Love" was awarded the Excellent Award by the provincial government and the second prize by the municipal government. It was submitted to the cultural evening hosted by CCTV and won the third prize. The party branch is rated as an advanced party branch by the province every year. After the experience of the advanced party branch was reported by the media, it attracted great attention from the top leaders of the central government. When He Guoqiang, a high-ranking official of the central government, visited Dongguan, he personally met with Boss Li and said that your advanced party branch experience will be promoted nationwide. After finishing speaking, they took a group photo.

During this period, it was the golden period for me to publish articles. I devoted myself to creation. Zhang Zibao published more than 200 articles in national newspapers, magazines, networks and other media, and won national awards. He won 8 grand prizes and 6 provincial awards. After being favored by the newspaper leaders, Zhang Zibao worked as an undercover reporter for Southern Metropolis Daily. Furthermore, Zhang Zibao also proposed 10 anti-corruption suggestions for the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, 5 of which were adopted. He was later hired by Bole Li Mei. She discovered me and recommended me to work in Beijing media.

In these 10 years, Zhang Zibao learned a lot of knowledge that is difficult to learn from books and how to be a competent anti-corruption reporter. He introduced his advanced experience in protecting himself undercover to his colleagues at a journalists’ gathering. Recently, he and the president went to the United States (Voice of America) to learn anti-corruption experience.

During the holidays, others hugged their wives and took their children to visit relatives and friends, while I drove around and did interviews. In the evening, I went to a small restaurant near my work to have dinner, and I stayed at my desk writing until late at night. I cherish this short time to ask the old president for advice in person. I never take the opportunity to visit the scenery or the city. I often stay in the guest house all night to revise the manuscript. Places of interest such as Chu Chu, Tanzhe Temple, and Baiyun Temple are still unfamiliar to me.

I cherish everything that has been hard-won. He has been telling himself this since he started reporting on the undercover team in the south, and do a good job. Each of my news topics and manuscripts. Starting from an ordinary anti-corruption undercover reporter, I ran on the road to the news scene countless times. My manuscripts began to be moved to the headlines of the media. Now he has been promoted from an ordinary reporter to a deputy news reporter. This makes me very excited. This profession has given me a long-lost sense of identity and satisfaction. With the help of my senior colleagues in the journalism field, I have gradually grown up and it seems like I am dying. His work has finally been recognized by the industry.

Looking back on that year, this may be the only thing he is proud of...

Resume of the protagonist of this article:

Zhang Zibao, senior media person, Zhengyang, Henan Province A native of the county, he graduated from the Department of Communication, Hebei University, and studied in the writer class of Lu Xun Institute of Literature in Beijing. Editorial board members of many publications, moderators, consultants and critics of websites, he has been fighting corruption since 1992. He has been cordially received by senior leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and spoke highly of him for defending his rights in many special cases. During his many years of work, he has published several commentaries and documentary works. From the time he took office to the present, he has used multiple pseudonyms to expose and deal with 50 senior corrupt officials at the central and provincial levels. Rated by the people as: "Anti-corruption warrior, a caring person of the masses!"

"Written by: Liu Minghui"