莫言曾回忆自己上世纪90年代的“下海”经历,他当时禁不住商业大潮的诱惑,“下海”写电视剧,一集挣一万五。而陈忠实、贾平凹等作家禁住了诱惑,潜心创作优秀作品,形成了“陕军东征”。看到“陕军”的作品后,他就觉得自己干的是小事,人家则成了大事;即使从赚钱的角度来说,也远不如人家多。所以,他体会到:在时代大潮中作家一定要有定力。所谓定力,就是在变化的环境中保持清醒的头脑,稳定自己的心态和行为,实现既定目 Mo Yan once recalled his experience of “going down to the sea” in the 1990s. At that time, he could not help but tempt the commercial tide. He wrote “TV drama in the sea” and earned a total of 15,000 episodes. However, writers such as Chen Zhongshi and Jia Pingwa have forbidden the temptation to devote themselves to creating outstanding works and have formed the “Shaanxi Military Expedition”. When he saw the work of “Shaanxi Army,” he felt that he was doing a trivial matter and that others became major events. Even from a profit-making perspective, it is far less than human beings. Therefore, he realized that in the tide of the twentieth century, writers must have a certain force. The so-called Ding Li, is in a changing environment to keep a clear head, stabilize their mentality and behavior, to achieve the established goal