寻找黄孝阳（2021.10.17星期日）

By Ouyang Yu


近有一南京朋友马铃薯兄弟（右前一），就购书事跟我联系，我想起曾在《澳中文学交流史》中提到过他，便把其中一张图片拍照发给他，也就是上面这张原照的影印件。他说很珍贵，希望能看到原照。

我于是花了很多时间去找。记忆中，我跟黄孝阳第一次见面，是在2011年，他们通知我那个什么奖入围——哦，是柔刚奖——说可以去。于是去了。我把2011年拍的照查了一个遍，没找到。后来上网查证落实，原来被入围是2012年。这一年的也全查，还是没查到。决定放弃。

次日想到了用PC查，因为苹果电脑虽好，但查找功能极差。一个关键词，可以查出成千上万相同或类似的东西，永远都不能pinpoint。反而PC更好。于是去查了，用了“南京”二字，一查就查到了。原来，这张照片拍摄于2013年的5月，应该是图中黄梵（右后二）请我去南京他那个大学讲学的时候，在咖啡馆喝咖啡时，请一个服务员照的。

由于这次见面，我的长篇小说《淘金地》得以出版，黄梵是介绍人，黄孝阳是我的责任编辑。他是江西人。40几岁。不抽烟，但我每次递烟都接也抽。很爱出汗，记得当时头上一颗颗的都是汗珠。我倒不觉得有那么热。

我没想到，座中三人还在，年龄也比他大，但他已经不在了。这真是让人很难受的一件事。







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