A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 172 Life never stops, depression never stops! Winning an award can't stop me from killing people! (5k)

After 15 years, teachers and students of Chenghai Theatre Academy once again won the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award. Do you want to ask President Fang Zhenguo how he feels at this moment?
Cool!
That would just be very cool!

If one were to use one sentence to describe Fang Zhenguo's mood at the moment, it would be this:

"From now on, offense and defense will change."

Honestly, when hearing Fang Zhenguo's inexplicable reply, the president of the Central Academy of Drama, Hong Jianshu, was stunned for a moment:
"Do you want to see what you're talking about?"

"Who asked you?"

But who would have thought that without caring about how others felt, Principal Fang Zhenguo almost laughed out loud, as if he was talking about something irrelevant. He even came up to Hong Jianshu and raised his voice:
"Old Hong, how many of you from the Central Academy of Drama won awards this year?"

Although they are both one of the "three famous drama schools" in China, over the past five years, Chenghai Drama Academy has always been surpassed by the Central Academy of Drama.

Under the intense pressure of the past five years, Fang Zhenguo couldn't smile every time he attended such an academic seminar.

After all, as the head of a school——

Whether it's the school's student source or the achievements made by teachers and students, they are crushed in all aspects, so how can they laugh?

Now that he has finally caught a chance to show off, how can he not show off?
"Don't be discouraged, don't be disheartened. If you continue to work hard, your school won't necessarily be worse than ours."

"Can you please watch your face?" The president of the Central Academy of Drama, Hong Jianshu, frowned, pointed at Fang Zhenguo and looked at the others around him, "It's the students who won the award, not you, why are you so happy?"

"That's not interesting." Fang Zhenguo pointed out Hong Jianshu's mistake in a serious tone, "Jiang Hai is a student of Chengxi Opera, and I am the principal of Chengxi Opera. Jiang Hai's award is the same as mine. Is it okay for me to say that?"

"The students are doing this for us, and it brings honor to our school. As the principal of Chengxi Opera—"

"Don't you allow me to show off a little?"

Although these old scholars have a good relationship in private, when it comes to official business, they can turn against each other faster than turning the pages of a book.

If you want to say that I, Hong Jianshu, am not as good as you, Fang Zhenguo, that's no problem. Just say whatever you want. I'm broad-minded and won't argue with you.

But you are saying that our Central Academy of Drama cannot compare to your Chengxi Opera.
This is really unbearable!

The president of the Central Academy of Drama, Hong Jianshu, immediately frowned and began to refute Fang Zhenguo:
"Everyone has a glorious moment, but don't take it as if it lasts forever."

"It's just a Cao Award. It's not like we have teachers at the Central Academy of Drama who have won it before?"

"So what if you win an award? Even if you win an award, the number of candidates admitted this year will still not be as good as our Central Academy of Drama."

Fang Zhenguo really loves to see old man Hong Jianshu getting angry and frustrated.

He looked at Hong Jianshu without showing any sign of weakness, and immediately replied in a tough tone:

"so."

"The Cao Prize, one of the four great literary awards, turns into just a mere adjective in your mouth?"

"Want to compete with me in the drama? Do you have the strength to do so?"

On the eve of the college entrance examination every year, the Education Bureau will contact the presidents of various universities to hold an admissions seminar.

The purpose is to prevent meaningless comparisons between universities.

There are only a few top students who stand out in the college entrance examination every year. If you want to recruit them, you can set the following conditions for the students you want to recruit:
"Tuition is free, accommodation is fully included, as long as you can come to our school, the school will arrange scholarships for you every year"

Then the other school made the following conditions:
"Student, we not only provide you with free tuition and accommodation, and a four-year special scholarship, but as long as you come to our school, we will also give you a bonus of 100,000 yuan as a token of the school's care and guidance for you."

Isn't this definitely vicious competition?
What would happen if every school poached students like this?

The amount of research funding that the Ministry of Education allocates to colleges and universities each year is not fixed. If some schools take advantage of their own financial resources to recruit all the best students of this year into their own schools, they will do the same not only for this year, but also for the next year and the year after that.
If this continues, it will be disastrous!

Students are always the foundation of a school!
If a school, through its superior financial resources, gathers all the top students to its own school.
What about other universities?
Do other universities still need to develop?
In order to prevent this kind of malicious competition, the leaders of the Ministry of Education will repeatedly state at the meeting before each volunteer application:

"Please ask the admissions offices of all universities to respect the wishes of candidates and not interfere too much in their choices."

However, one thing is to emphasize it, but whether people listen to it or not may be another matter?

After all, as the person in charge of a university, who would want the school to decline under his leadership? Who wouldn't want the school to flourish under his leadership?
At the meeting, it was Fang Zhengguo's turn to speak, and the leader asked him to make a promise that he would never interfere with students' application forms and would never engage in malicious competition.

Fang Zhenguo immediately stood up and looked at everyone present in a very arrogant manner:

"Our Chenghai Drama Academy can still attract candidates to apply even if we don't use these crooked methods!"

"I can't guarantee anything else, but as far as drama is concerned, no one and no school can snatch any high-quality students from us!"

"After I finish speaking, who is in favor and who is against?"

Jiang Hai’s award is completely different from the awards won by professors and old scholars at the Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy!
Jiang Hai, as a sophomore student at Chenghai Drama Academy——

Awards won by the national team and honorary professors from major universities.

It can be said that the value of Jiang Hai’s award is extremely high!
Although Mr. Cao Yu also wrote his famous masterpiece "Thunderstorm" at the age of 23 in the Tsinghua University Library.

But who is Cao Yu?
He is the pioneer of modern Chinese drama and the undisputed number one in the field of Chinese drama!
Although Jiang Hai's success has nothing to do with the school, in the eyes of the outside world -

How could Jiang Hai write a classic drama like "The Butterfly Lovers" which won the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award at the age of 20?
Apart from Jiang Hai's own talent, let's analyze it from an outsider's perspective.
How strong is the "Drama Literature" major at Chenghai Drama Academy?

"I originally thought that the Central Academy of Drama was the strongest in the field of [drama]. After all, the Central Academy of Drama is backed by the National Academy of Drama Performance. Who would have thought that [Chengdu Academy of Drama] would suddenly appear? I always thought that [Chengdu Academy of Drama] was the bottom of the three major drama schools, but who would have thought that it would be so powerful???"

"A student directly defeated the national team and the teachers who studied abroad? You call this the bottom? The students of Chengxi Opera are so strong, so how strong must the teaching staff of Chengxi Opera be? "

"My mom originally wanted me to apply to the Central Academy of Drama. She said that the drama major there is the best in China. She said that after I study there for a while, she would send me abroad to get some experience. Now I see, why would I apply to the Central Academy of Drama? Brothers, let's go to Chenghai Drama Academy!"

"Oh my god, I just saw that the provincial No. 680 student in our college entrance examination also applied for Chengxi Opera? His liberal arts score in the college entrance examination was over . This is a score that is good enough to apply for Peking University or Tsinghua University. Why did he give up those two schools to study Chengxi Opera?"

“This world is too crazy.”

Objectively speaking, although Chenghai Drama Academy has declined in popularity in recent years, as one of the three major drama schools——

Chengxi's foundation is really strong.

After all, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Although Chengxi has not made any decent achievements in recent years, its foundation is there after all. With the support of hundreds of domestic drama authorities, it can still be called the first echelon in the domestic [drama literature field].

Before Jiang Hai was announced as the winner of the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, there were three institutions ranked ahead of Chengxi in the field of domestic drama literature, namely:

Central Academy of Drama, Tsinghua University, Beijing Film Academy, and Chengxi Academy of Drama.

However, after the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award was announced as the final winner.

All of a sudden, Chengxi Academy's ranking in domestic colleges and universities rose directly from fourth to first. The latest professional rankings are as follows:
Chengxi Academy of Drama, Central Academy of Drama, Tsinghua University, and Beijing Film Academy.

If you ask a student, is it really possible to have such a great influence that he can raise the ranking of a school's major from fourth to first in an instant?
This is true.

Looking at the young generation of the same generation, no one has ever achieved such a feat as Jiang Hai. He was able to win an award and a nomination on his own at the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award held every three years!

Apart from the school's own faculty, Peking University has only cultivated a student like Yan Ruyu who was nominated for the Mao Dun Literature Award, which has made it the number one Chinese department in China. The Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, which is also one of the four major literary awards, is very valuable.

That’s not at all lower than the Mao Dun Literature Prize!
Jiang Hai not only won the nomination by himself, but also won the award! From this point alone, the [Drama Literature] major of Chenghai Drama Academy is ranked first in the country.

There is nothing wrong with this at all!

There wasn't even a need for much promotion; the phone number of Chengxi Academy's Admissions and Employment Office was flooded with calls.

For a time, all candidates and parents who were interested in the major of Drama Literature from all over the country turned their attention to Chengxi Opera. The admission score for Chengxi Opera's Drama Literature major rose from 603 last year to 667.
Looking at the rapidly rising score line, the director of the admissions office was completely shocked:

"This is too exaggerated."

Not only was the Admissions and Employment Office's phone flooded with calls, Jiang Hai's mentor, Teacher Tao Chunfang, who was Jiang Hai's guide in the field of [Drama Literature], her most recent phone call was -

It was also beaten up!

[Tutor of the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award winner], how impressive is this title?
During this period, as a doctoral supervisor, Professor Tao Chunfang received doctoral students who wanted to study with her, including but not limited to Tsinghua University, Peking University, the Central Academy of Drama, and Sun Yat-sen University.
There are even quite a number of students abroad who want to return to China to study drama and want to learn from Tao Chunfang. These students are studying at the St. Petersburg Academy of Drama, Yale School of Drama, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Are you asking whether Tao Chunfang is an authority in the field of domestic folk drama?

This, of course.

But in fact, Tao Chunfang also knows that relying solely on her personal influence will never be enough to attract so many outstanding overseas students to join her school.

The reason why everyone chose her was simply because of her title as a fellow student of the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award winner?

Tao Chunfang is Jiang Hai's teacher. If one can successfully become her disciple, then according to the seniority,

Jiang Hai is their senior brother!

Whether at home or abroad, the academic community has always emphasized one thing:

We are from the same school!

Imagine a person introduces themselves like this in an interview:

"My mentor is Tao Chunfang, and my direct senior is Jiang Hai, the winner of the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award. Jiang Hai and I are from the same school."

Isn't this a very cool self-introduction?

Men of letters always like to pretend to be cultured.

If they can get in touch with Tao Chunfang and Jiang Hai, then for the development of these students in the drama field -

There are only advantages, no disadvantages.
Facing the submission of these students' resumes, Teacher Tao Chunfang was very clear-headed:
"Reject all resumes submitted recently until the current situation has passed."

To be honest, Tao Chunfang actually thought that she had not taught Jiang Hai anything at all. She only taught Jiang Hai some theoretical knowledge.
Is it just some common sense in the field of drama that cannot be more basic?
Even if there is no Tao Chunfang, there will be another Li Chunfang, Zhang Chunfang, and Wang Chunfang.
Jiang Hai’s current position actually has little to do with her; it’s all due to his own talent and hard work.

"But teacher," Xiao Linyu hesitated after hearing this, "among the students who submitted their resumes, several are very outstanding."

Regardless of other things, just look at the doctoral students who submitted their resumes to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. That is a prestigious school that even Xiao Linyu could not apply to.

Wouldn't it be a pity to give up on them just like that?

Facing Xiao Linyu's hesitation, Tao Chunfang spoke very clearly:

"Linyu, I hope you remember that no matter when, no matter what situation you are in——"

"What we need are people who are serious about learning and studying drama from beginning to end."

Tao Chunfang doesn't like people who are too utilitarian.

Only when the storm passes can we know who is swimming naked.

Rather than recruiting a few utilitarian people to influence the scientific research atmosphere in the team at this cusp, it is better to maintain the status quo and let the existing students in the team continue to study peacefully.
Tao Chunfang was teaching Xiao Linyu when she suddenly remembered something:

"Linyu, how old are you this year?"

"Twenty-six or twenty-seven?"

"Twenty-seven." Xiao Linyu blinked her innocent eyes and asked in confusion, "Teacher, why are you asking this?"

"Twenty-seven? That's perfect." Tao Chunfang looked at the pretty Xiao Linyu, "When you have time, spend more time with Jiang Hai. It's always good for young people to spend more time with each other. You both have common topics."

"Don't just think about scientific research. You are not young anymore. Sometimes you should also consider your personal problems."

Xiao Linyu is just a little naive, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t understand the implication of Teacher Tao Chunfang’s words?
Feeling teacher Tao Chunfang's expectant gaze, Xiao Linyu's face suddenly turned red for some reason.

"Teacher, please don't talk nonsense. Jiang Hai and I are just fellow students."

"Besides, I'm so much older than him."

It's like seeing through everything.

Teacher Tao Chunfang smiled kindly and advised Xiao Linyu in the tone of someone who had experienced it:
“When you are young and meet outstanding people, you should seize the opportunity as soon as possible.”

“Don’t wait until you are old and have lost something before you regret it.”

Is Jiang Hai really quite busy during this period?
He truly experienced the truth that "people are afraid of becoming famous, just like pigs become fat."

Ever since Jiang Hai won the award, no matter if it was his aunts and uncles, or friends and classmates who he hadn't contacted for hundreds of years, as long as they heard the news that he won the award, they all rushed to celebrate:
"Congratulations!"

When you succeed, everyone around you will be good people. Is this statement absolutely correct?
Four months ago, Jiang Hai was still a poor student who was madly mocked by the teacher in class as a "troublemaker".

Four months later, he suddenly became the hope for the revival of Chenghai Drama Academy?
Was he not used to this sudden change in attitude?

Looking at the collection of Longjing tea that Teacher Wang personally sent, Teacher Wang also repeatedly instructed in front of Jiang Hai:
"Jiang Hai, you are now a big star in our Chengxi Opera. Even if the teacher falls, you can't fall!"

“You must take good care of your health.”

For a moment, Jiang Hai didn't know what to say after taking the Longjing tea brought by Teacher Wang.

After a long silence.

I could only utter slowly:
"I still like your previous rebellious look"

People's sorrows and joys are not shared, I just think they are noisy.

At this moment, is this sentence a true reflection of Jiang Hai's inner feelings at this moment?
In the dormitory.

Jiang Hai sat down and opened the two letters in his hands.

One was a reply from Fenghui magazine:
[Dear anonymous author, hello! ]

[Your original short stories "Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Wolf is Coming" have been included in the "Feng Hui" magazine. The 321st issue of "Feng Hui" children's magazine is now on sale]

The other is a letter from the National Grand Theater:

【Dear classmate Jiang Hai, hello! 】

[Your original play "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" will be performed at the National Grand Theater this Saturday.]

(End of this chapter)