At seven o'clock in the morning of April 11, 1997, Yao Yong, a former mizuki singer, suddenly received a phone call in his sleep. Putting down the phone, Yao Yong was almost there because of grief. He did not believe in any way that his most admired uncle had died suddenly of a heart attack in the early hours of the morning.
And his uncle is the famous writer Wang Xiaobo.
Speaking of Wang Xiaobo, in the second half of the last century, his reputation can be said to be known to everyone. Even his wife, Li Yinhe, once declared: "If Xiaobo does not die, or the Chinese who won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the earliest is him."
Li Yinhe's statement is inevitably a bit exaggerated. Judging from Wang Xiaobo's works, it seems that they do not match the selection criteria of the Nobel Prize. Winning the Nobel Prize seems a bit difficult. But we can say very responsibly that if Wang Xiaobo does not die, the territory of our Internet industry today may be completely different.
As we all know, Wang Xiaobo is one of the most influential writers in contemporary China. But few people know that Wang Xiaobo may still be one of the earliest programmers in China.
1994 is also the first year of the Chinese Internet, the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was the first to access the Internet, Ding Lei borrowed an account from his classmates to board yahoo, Zhang Chaoyang returned from MIT, Wang Zhidong founded Sitong Lifang, Ma Yun founded Haibo Translation Agency and saw the Internet for the first time in the United States, Zhang Xiaolong also graduated that year and directly quit his job at the Telecommunications Bureau and went to Guangzhou.
But who would have thought that compared with Ding Lei, Lei Jun, Ma Huateng, these future Internet giants, Wang Xiaobo is an authentic old predecessor.
Wang Xiaobo was one of the first people in China to touch the personal computer, and in addition to his hard work, he also made small inventions. And his invention was to write software. Wang Xiaobo, who loves to tinker with things, used his spare time to learn assembly and C languages, and compiled Chinese editors and input methods. And these software, perhaps only real bull geeks will try things.
Why does Wang Xiaobo want to be an amateur programmer? This was because Wang Xiaobo, at that time, was working as a lecturer in statistics at Chinese Min University. To do statistics, various analytical tools are essential, before people manual calculations, with a computer of course it is best to use a computer.
But in the 90s, the computer configuration was not powerful enough, not intelligent enough, and all kinds of software were even more scarce. Therefore, Wang Xiaobo had to write the software himself. He first learned VARIOUS LANGUAGES SUCH AS FORTRAN, ASSEMBLY, C, etc., and then learned about data structures, algorithms, and compilation principles.
After some tinkering, Wang Xiaobo really came up with a set of Chinese editors and input methods. In that era, domestic software was chaotic, and gradually formed a market trend. Wang Xiaobo's Chinese editing software can be described as a shocking creation, if it can be good at marketing and utilization. Wang Xiaobo's future may be unlimited. After all, Shi Yuzhu and Lei Jun's first bucket of gold were Hanka.
In fact, Wang Xiaobo is also interested in Internet entrepreneurship. The merchants in Zhongguancun are also eyeing Wang Xiaobo's self-created software. And Ding Lei of NetEase directly proposed to cooperate with him.
Wang Xiaobo's nephew Yao Yong recalled:
"He's a master of compilation. I wrote the Chinese character input method under DOS with assembly. The input method has a function that can add 4 sounds. General pinyin input methods do not have this function. This requires a correct pronunciation of Mandarin for the user. In the 1990s, there were not many Chinese character input methods. I've seen him type Chinese characters using his own input method. The speed is almost the same as typing English blindly. At that time, I was in college and was practicing guitar like crazy. I didn't understand what kind of technology he used. Although I have been using the Z80 and APPLE II since elementary school to do some machine code programming to make games. But in middle school for the college entrance examination, the computer is abandoned. ”
Yao Yong even sighed that if Wang Xiaobo had taken over the olive branch of these future bigwigs at that time, I am afraid that Wang Xiaobo would not only be a literary giant and compete with Mo Yan and Jia Pingwa; at the same time, he would also be honored with Ma Huateng, Ma Yun, Lei Jun and other Internet bigwigs to ascend to the throne, sitting on tens of billions of assets, and talking and laughing at the summit forum. According to the butterfly effect, if Wang Xiaobo lived for 20 more years, perhaps there would be nothing to do with Ma Huateng and Lei Jun.
Unfortunately, Wang Xiaobo quickly lost interest in software, after all, he had more interest in doing it - that is, writing.
Wang Xiaobo believes in liberalism and yearns for a more poetic life. In his heart, writing is his life's work. He wanted to be a freelance writer, to be a true writer, to be a king who served only his own truth. In 1992, Wang Xiaobo resigned from his teaching position and lived in a dilapidated and narrow 40-square-meter burrow, cooking and cooking.
However, in that era, supporting yourself as a freelance writer was almost like a fantasy. If you only work in the writer's industry, you will most likely not be able to support yourself. Taking Lu Yao as an example, when he wrote a bestseller like "Ordinary World", didn't he eventually die of poverty and illness?
And how does it compare to Lu Yao? Wang Xiaobo was probably even worse. Lu Yao's book was indeed rejected, but it was eventually recognized by knowledgeable editors. And Wang Xiaobo? His articles have been rejected again and again. Compared with the glory behind Wang Xiaobo, Wang Xiaobo's life was bleak and nameless.
So why was Wang Xiaobo rejected? This is also because his work was too rebellious and straightforward at the time, and its frank depiction of sex even made my young me think it was a yellow book. For editors at that time, if Wang Xiaobo's book, which was "yellow" and "sensitive", was published, it would be extremely risky.
Therefore, although the editor believes that Wang Xiaobo's pen and imagination are amazing, he has never been able to make it public. And Wang Xiaobo's drawer has also been returned more and more manuscripts. Wang Xiaobo dreamed of passing on his words to the world, but in front of him always seemed to be an invisible wall, and this wall was called prejudice.
Books could not be published, Wang Xiaobo's writing fees were very small, and most of the living expenses naturally fell on the shoulders of his wife Li Yinhe. As for his own embarrassment, Wang Xiaobo is not mentally prepared, he once said to his friend: "A writer means the possibility of starvation at any time." ”
Of course, Wang Xiaobo is not only mentally prepared, Li Yinhe is also backing her husband with her perseverance and trust. For a while, his brother Wang Xiaoping couldn't look at it anymore and said to Li Yinhe: "Xiaobo can't make a living by writing novels." And Li Yinhe is very determined:
"Xiao Bo is a genius, it is a pity that literary talent is wasted, and literature is his life, if he does not write novels, he is a walking dead, in that case, even if the material standard of living is high, it has no meaning." 」
In his lifetime, Wang Xiaobo never broke through the wall of prejudice. However, on April 11, 1997, Wang Xiaobo slammed into the wall. And this wall is the wall of his own home.
Wang Xiaobo's father was an expert in Chinese logic and was even valued by Chairman Mao. At the age of 69, he died of a heart attack at home. Wang Xiaobo, on the other hand, unfortunately followed in his father's footsteps.
In the early hours of that morning, Wang Xiaobo suddenly suffered a heart attack. At that time, his wife was studying abroad, so Wang Xiaobo stayed at home alone. It is really called heaven and earth, and the earth is not spirited.
Afterwards, Li Yinhe found that Wang Xiaobo's forehead was scarred, and the wall left traces of teeth scraping. Apparently, the huge pain caused Wang Xiaobo to crash into the wall and finally swallow his last breath.
On the morning of April 11, Yao Yong rushed to Wang Xiaobo's burrow, used a trembling hand to his aunt Li Yinhe, who was studying in Britain, and sent the bad news of his uncle's death by email.
When he opened the computer, Yao Yong burst into tears, where there were his uncle's unfinished "Black Iron Age" and unpublished essays. However, this tall knight could never turn back.
The tragic death of his uncle made Yao Yong gradually put away the rebellion and fearlessness of that year. In 1998, Yao Yong gave up his music career and stayed in school to become a programmer. In 2002, Mizuki Nianhua's lead singer Lu Gengshu invited Yao Yong to "join the group". Yao Yong hesitated, but still agreed.
In 2003, Yao Yong showed signs of premature beats in his heart. After much thought, Yao Yong withdrew from the Mizuki years of the day and re-entered the network industry in people's side eyes. In 2007, Yao Yong made a famous game for Ma Huateng- "QQ Dance", which copied "Audition Troupe".
But after all, it is Wang Xiaobo's nephew, who copied the scolding on CSDN.
"No one forced the next game to copy it all."
Yao Yong, who once rocked and rolled and advocated rebellion, eventually returned to turbidity. Not everyone is Wang Xiaobo, for the dream in their hearts, let alone money, even life can not be. Wang Xiaobo was born a rebel, and he was an unparalleled loner in the world.
Just when Wang Xiaobo crashed headlong into his own wall, the wall of prejudice also seemed to crack due to this impact, and finally collapsed. And Wang Xiaobo has also become known to the world from no one, and the praise and compliments have rolled in. Ironically, at Wang Xiaobo's funeral, none of his colleagues came.
In literary circles, perhaps only death is valuable. The painter Van Gogh was like this, the writer Kafka was like that, and so was the poet Haizi. And Wang Xiaobo followed in their footsteps,
After Wang Xiaobo's death, Li Yinhe became her husband's number one fan. It is precisely because Li Yinhe spares no effort to run back and forth that Wang Xiaobo has become a phenomenon, even a symbol, a natural symbol of rebellion, freedom and magnificent imagination.
And for people who like Wang Xiaobo, "Wang Xiaobo" seems to be a secret code. When it comes to Wang Xiaobo, they all smile vaguely and tacitly. Just like people who like JOJO, they often say to each other: "It turns out that you are also a stand-in messenger!" ”
Now that society has opened up, in the eyes of the public, the sex depicted by Wang Xiaobo has shed the dirt imposed on him by his descendants and has become frank and frank, just like Adam and Eve who have not yet eaten the forbidden fruit.
Today, Wang Xiaobo's fans have spread to all levels of society. Gao Xiaosong said he was "China's Kafka", Feng Tang said he was Wang Xiaobo's dog, and Lu Yu was also a loyal fan of his. His "Times Trilogy" "A Maverick Pig" and "The Silent Majority" often topped the sales charts, and for a time Luoyang paper was expensive. Among them, his era trilogy is the most well-known and best-selling.
And what I admire most is his bravery and boldness, he never goes with the flow, dares to expose social abuses, lives a simple and pure life, but profound and connotative. In the hearts of many readers and fans, perhaps it is this point of telling the truth that can most trigger soul tremors and emotional resonance!
When I was a child, I read the "Times Trilogy", and when I first read it, I felt a sense of surprise, my face was red, and I even had the feeling of reading a small yellow book. But when I grew up and looked at it again, I felt a strong sense of self-deprecation and pity. Combined with Wang Xiaobo's own experience, the tragic pornography carried in his jokes is even more vividly foiled.
Therefore, if you want to maintain a little sobriety in the hustle and bustle, if you want to pursue interesting souls in ordinary life, start reading Wang Xiaobo! Wang Xiaobo's "Times Trilogy", which originally cost 143 yuan, including "Golden Age", "Silver Age" and "Black Iron Age", is now priced at only 98 yuan, and a meal can make you meet this most interesting soul!
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