Shanghai Memories -- Her Story and Her Story: Her Story and Her Story

Author: Zhang Haoyin
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: That summer, I was unemployed at home. A friend wrote to me, "What should you write?" So I started typing thousands of words every day on a BBS called "Laughing and Smiling." This interactive writing style was completely different from the usual solitary writing experience—it felt like being thrown on stage for a solo performance. Thus, amidst the applause, laughter, and sighs, it gradually took the shape it is today; it is a story of sorrow and helplessness, condensing the shadows and hearts of many people, and perhaps even some coincidental experiences of you who are strangers. Long ago, I thought I had lost faith in love. But this novel, in the process of its birth, made me become a believer in love again. It needs to be explained that "Accompany You to Dawn" in the text is similar to "Accompany You to Dawn" in real life, so many readers wrote to me asking if it was the private life of a famous female announcer. In fact, it's simple because I wanted to be a announcer—it was one of my dreams, so I had the protagonist in the novel fulfill it. As promised, when the novel was published, I would write: "For a group of girls full of sunshine, laughter, and wisdom, for their 'Laughing and Smiling.'"
"Is there really a Meirui? By chance, I saw Shanghai Memories online, and I couldn't sleep for three days and three nights. Meirui couldn't just disappear like this—unless she is no longer in this world. If I were An, I would never let her leave my life, no matter how far apart we are, no matter how many light-years separate us, I would find her back. Thinking about it, this is ultimately a helpless love. If one can discard worldly prejudices, An and Meirui could have been the happiest people in the world, but how many people can truly transcend them? That's why there are so many ordinary marriages, and this truth has long been pointed out by countless people. Only after repeatedly questioning in the dark and uncertain did I realize that simplicity and composure are the true way."—Wei Qi