When the writer Wang Meng was the minister of culture in the 1980s, at a press conference, an American reporter asked him: "What is the same and what is different between Wang Meng in the 50s and Wang Meng in the 80s?" ”
Hearing this question, Wang Meng knew that the American journalist had ulterior motives, because in 1956, Wang Meng was classified as a "rightist" for his novel "The New Young Man from the Organization Department". If you talk about personal experience and political fate at this time, it is very easy to give people a handle.
Wang Meng cleverly replied: "In the 50s, my name was Wang Meng, and in the 80s I was still called Wang Meng. I was in my 20s in the 50s and I was in my 50s in the 80s, and that's the difference. ”