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

Chapter 182: Showdown, I am Yuye! Only by experiencing extreme pain can you experience the beauty of Nirvana!
It is hard to imagine that a writer could have such a strong desire for revenge?

It is definitely inappropriate to use the word "vindictive" to describe Jiang Hai. After all, this word itself is not a good adjective.

but
You let your puberty-bound children read a dark, depressing, realistic tragedy-themed literary work like The Crucible?

Wouldn't this be a bit too inhumane?
Children, you are the flowers of the motherland and the future of the motherland.

Regardless of other things, Xiao Linyu, as an adult, felt a little overwhelmed when she first heard the preliminary idea of ​​the book "The Crucible".

Justice that will never be served.

The bodies of innocent children buried deep underground.

The principal who did all kinds of bad things finally escaped legal punishment, but reporters who wanted to speak for the children died one after another.

The police chief, who represented justice, became the umbrella for the trafficking of children's organs. The doctors who saved lives and healed the wounded also wielded the evil sickle on the children. The media, who were originally accused of revealing the truth, chose to remain silent when they witnessed all this, and even helped destroy the evidence under the coercion of the upper class.
The ugliness of human nature and the darkness of society are vividly described.

The helplessness of disabled children and the indifferent attitude of those in the know form a sharp contrast.

In the entire story conceived by Jiang Hai, there is no fairness or justice at all. The story makes people feel extremely depressed, so depressed that people can't feel the dawn at all, and can only feel endless despair and fear.
This is the kind of story that even adults find unbearable to read.

You actually regarded it as a children's book
Submitting to some youth literature journals?

You let children who are in the stage of forming their worldviews read this kind of story?

"If you are not a beast, then who is a beast?"

In fact, Xiao Linyu has always been a relatively elegant, well-educated woman. In her daily life, apart from scientific research, drama and writing papers, there is almost nothing else that can affect her mood, let alone the bad habit of swearing.

However, when Xiao Linyu first heard Jiang Hai's proposal, her first reaction was:

“You are a really good dog.”

In terms of realism, "The Wanderings of Sanmao" is the type of film that will make children feel uncomfortable for three days after watching it, and this is no exaggeration.

But when it comes to "The Crucible", this may not even consider the lives of the children.
The main point is that everyone must die?
Forget about the movies and TV shows. If children were really asked to read the entire book "The Crucible", it might really become a shadow of their childhood?

"After reading Sanmao, I felt uncomfortable for three days at most. But if you let me finish reading The Crucible, it might take me ten days or half a month to recover."

“It’s so painful for me as an adult to watch this.”

“Not to mention children whose values ​​and worldviews are not yet fully developed?”

Thinking of this, Xiao Linyu looked at Jiang Hai with a serious look:

"Sometimes, things can't be done too radically. My suggestion is to modify the plot of the book a little to make it brighter. You should also consider the readers' tolerance and not just cut the plot for the sake of cutting. The ending you wrote is too dark and too tragic. I am worried that a considerable number of readers and viewers will not be able to accept it."

"For example, the art teacher Jiang Renhao who wanted to save the children from the fire and water and also wanted to reveal the truth of this matter, he is one of the few positive characters in the play. You shouldn't let him die of cancer on the way to reveal the truth. I think you should rewrite his fate and let him witness the children being rescued from hell with his own eyes."

"This kind of ending may be a little brighter"

It is rare to see a book like this, or a film or TV script, that is actually written like this -

Just kill the main character directly?

In the book "The Crucible" that Jiang Hai wanted to write, he not only killed the protagonist, but also the protagonist's relatives and friends, as well as the people they risked their lives to save.
None of them had a good ending?

On the contrary, those villains who have done all kinds of bad things and made people hate them live more comfortably and more freely than each other.

The main point is that a scourge will last for thousands of years and good people won’t live long?
Regardless of other things, just the principal Zhang Guang, who harmed hundreds of disabled children, was able to escape legal punishment and lived to the end of his life.

Such an ending is obviously inconsistent with mainstream values ​​and is totally unacceptable.

As for Xiao Linyu's proposal, Jiang Hai answered confidently:
"What does the life and death of my readers have to do with me?"

"I don't know whether you find it comfortable to read or not, I only know that I feel very happy writing it."

On the one hand, Jiang Hai really felt it was fun to write like this. The silent and suffocating sense of despair revealed throughout the book made him quite satisfied.

On the other hand, Jiang Hai believes that he is not the original author and has no right to change the ending of the original book.

In addition, more importantly, in the real world——

Even though the beastly principal did all kinds of bad things, he finally escaped legal punishment, died of old age, and spent a very comfortable old age in a nursing home.

Even though art teacher Jiang Renhao was a good person, he was eventually persecuted by the chaebol class. In addition, he suffered from a long-term illness and finally died on the road to saving disabled children.
"I'm just a plagiarist. What right do I have to change the ending of the original novel?"

"Although the ending of the story is dark, this is reality, isn't it? There's nothing wrong in letting innocent children face reality as early as possible."

“As the saying goes, the world is hell.”

Thinking of this, Jiang Hai felt a little excited. He couldn't wait to see what expressions the children would show when they read "The Crucible".

And what will the reaction be?
"Hehehehehe" As if inspiration suddenly burst out, Jiang Hai picked up the pen on the table and began to sketch the endings of various characters in "The Crucible" on the draft paper, "This one has to die, this one also has to die, you all have to die"

"I'm so happy, hehehehehehe"

Is there really someone in this world who can laugh while writing when the kind-hearted character he carefully created in his book dies?
This kind of situation, looking at the entire creative world——

That is also extremely rare!
"I didn't understand it, but I was shocked."

Seeing Jiang Hai's frenzied look, even Xiao Linyu, who was always calm, could not help but utter a sentence slowly:
"You are such a pervert."

During this period, Xiao Linyu has been discussing many opinions with Jiang Hai on the adaptation of "The Crucible".

But who would have thought that after much discussion, he still couldn't change his mind, and in the end he ended up with -

An ending where everyone has to die?

This was something Xiao Linyu found hard to accept.

For creators, in their cognition, every story they write actually exists.

Even though the reality is so dirty and dark,
If possible, Xiao Linyu still hopes that the children in Jiang Hai's novel "The Crucible" can have a good ending?

"I think we should reconsider it." Xiao Linyu looked at Jiang Hai with some hesitation, "If the ending you write is too gloomy, then I'm worried that your book will most likely not pass the review in China."

"If you can't even pass the review, then everything you do now is useless. From the perspective of passing the review, I personally still think that"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Linyu didn't even finish her words.

Xiao Lin, who was on duty at the door, walked in directly from outside and looked at Jiang Hai cheerfully:
"Brother Hai, someone is looking for you again."

These days, Jiang Hai is a well-known celebrity in the cultural center.

Everyone knows that although Jiang Hai looks young, his literary talent is extraordinary!

At such a young age, he is already a famous writer!
Although Jiang Hai is young, he was able to serve as the chief writer for an authoritative domestic literary journal such as Ta Kung Pao when he was in his early 20s.

As you can imagine, Jiang Hai’s reputation as a writer is...

That reputation is well deserved!

When the director of the cultural center announced to the staff, Jiang Hai had published a long comic strip titled "The Wanderings of Sanmao" in the Ta Kung Pao, and called on everyone to learn from Jiang Hai.

The staff in the museum almost immediately ran to the nearby bookstores and newspapers and bought a copy of Ta Kung Pao. Everyone wanted to see how amazing the paintings of Sanmao's Wanderings serialized by Jiang Hai were.
It has to be admitted that, as a children's magazine, "Sanmao's Wanderings" written by Jiang Hai is indeed a bit too tragic.

This has caused a considerable number of parents and children to be uncomfortable. But it is undeniable that the philosophy of life revealed in the comic "Sanmao Wanderings" does make sense.

"Although our teachers taught us to be helpful when we go out, if you really saw an elderly person fall down on the street, would you dare to help him if you didn't have a million or eight hundred thousand in savings?"

"Although the teacher has been teaching us that the world is a very beautiful place, do you really want to use your life savings to bet on someone's thank you?"

"If you see two strong men fighting each other while walking on the street, when you want to step forward to stop them, you should understand that being brave may not necessarily bring you a medal, but may also result in injuries or even your own precious life."

As a person, you must learn to say no.

As long as you are indifferent enough, you can reduce 90% of the troubles.

This is the truth of life that Jiang Hai wants to tell children through "Sanmao's Tragic Experience"
Although adults with a little social experience understand these principles.

But in the eyes of some radical parents——

Jiang Hai should not reveal the dangers of society to innocent children too early at this important stage when their values ​​are being formed, which is not conducive to the growth of children's values.

Therefore, ever since "The Wanderings of Sanmao" began to be serialized in the Ta Kung Pao, many parents from higher positions have begun to come to the cultural center to cause trouble for Jiang Hai.

"Who is it this time?" Jiang Hai looked up at Xiao Lin who came to report to him, as if he was quite helpless. "You come to me three or four times a day. Isn't it annoying?"

“It really never ends.”

Clerk Xiao Lin first glanced at Xiao Linyu, who had an extremely outstanding appearance and temperament, without leaving a trace.

Then he looked down at Jiang Hai with a slightly envious look:
"You misunderstood. It's not the parents who are looking for you this time."

"It's a girl."

"To be precise, she's a pretty girl."

A pretty girl?
Find me?

Jiang Hai was wondering who the girl who was looking for him was.

Shen Yue, who was wearing a plain long dress and looked quite iconic, walked in with a pink cloth bag printed with Hello Kitty on it.
"Jiang Hai, my father asked me to come and look for you"

In fact, I was selected for the youth training class of Lu Xun Academy of Literature.

Last time, Teacher Tao Chunfang had already told me through Senior Sister Xiao Linyu.

only.
Jiang Hai really couldn't understand.

Is it really worth it for Shen Yue to take a plane all the way from Yanjing to Chenghai and even go to the cultural center to tell me about this?
"Why don't you just send me a message and let me know? Is this just a small matter worth a special trip?"

Facing Jiang Hai's question, Shen Yue smiled helplessly:

"I happened to go back to school yesterday to pick up some things, and I thought that there seemed to be only two of us in our class who were shortlisted for the youth training class, so I thought of stopping by to tell you."

"When we go to Luyuan together, I can take care of you."

For some things, it's okay to just appease others.

But is this the reason you want to use to fool Jiang Hai?

Even dogs wouldn't believe that.

From Yanjing, take a plane to Chenghai, and then from Chenghai Opera School, go to the Cultural Center?
This is too much of a coincidence.
"Okay." Jiang Hai didn't expose Shen Yue's little thoughts, and directly followed her words, "Anyway, in short--"

"Thank you anyway."

In fact, although Jiang Hai didn't have a good impression of Shen Yue, a "talented woman", he didn't hate her either.

Shen Yue's shortcomings simply come from her arrogance.

Her pride comes from the bottom of her heart.

Jiang Hai also expressed that he could fully understand her arrogance.

This is like if you scored 700 points in the college entrance examination, which should have allowed you to go to Tsinghua University or Peking University. However, because of a poor performance, you were directly downgraded from the key universities of Tsinghua University or Peking University to an ordinary university. You have the same learning ability as the top students of Tsinghua University or Peking University.

But ended up becoming classmates with students from second-rate colleges?

Can you adapt to this gap?
Is it possible that this person doesn't have a bit of arrogance in his bones?
When Shen Yue shed her inherent arrogance and began to become sincere and kind, Jiang Hai felt that the person standing in front of him was not so annoying anymore.

Jiang Hai was free anyway, so he chatted with Shen Yue in the office. Taking this opportunity, Shen Yue revealed a message to Jiang Hai:
"The classmate who reported you for plagiarism to the outside media was Mu Tingting."

Although he had expected this, when Jiang Hai really confirmed this information from Shen Yue, he felt a little helpless:

"Confucius never deceived me."

"As expected, only women and villains are difficult to raise."

Shen Yue is from Yanjing, and she rushed all the way back to Chenghai during the holiday.

On the one hand, it was because of her father's instructions. Her father wanted to know about Jiang Hai's recent creative experience.

After all, Jiang Hai has been making quite a fuss recently.

From "Sanmao's Wanderings" to "Hachiko: A Dog's Story" to the "The Crucible" novel and film and television script that he is currently working on.

If each of these items is taken out separately, for ordinary screenwriters or authors——

That’s a huge amount of work!
But why did Jiang Hai accomplish it so easily?
Although he is the dean of the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University, Shen Xuelin still wants to ask Jiang Hai why his creative speed is so terrifying.

On the other hand, the reason why Shen Yue came all the way to see Jiang Hai was to resolve a knot that had been bothering her in her heart for a very long time.

"Jiang Hai, I want to ask you a question. You can choose to answer or avoid it."

"No matter what your answer is, I will never force you."

Feeling the seriousness in Shen Yue's eyes.

Jiang Hai silently lit a cigarette:
"You ask."

"Actually." Shen Yue took a deep breath, as if she was doing some psychological preparation. After hesitating for a while, she finally said her guess, "You just bring an umbrella but not a knife on a rainy night, right?"

"Whether it's "The Poor Man's Two Thousand Years" or "My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant", they were actually written by you, right?"

"You are the one who brings an umbrella but no knife on a rainy night. You are the one who brings an umbrella but no knife on a rainy night. That is actually you."

In fact, Jiang Hai had imagined what Shen Yue would ask.

But he didn't expect that Shen Yue
How could it be so vigorous?

She actually started to take off her own identity right away?

Although there are some things that you really want to hide, the truth will eventually come out. No matter how hard you try to hide it, there will always be a day when the truth comes out.

Now that the matter has been laid out in the open, why not just admit it and appear to be open and honest?

After a long silence, Jiang Hai put out the cigarette in his hand and looked at Shen Yue calmly:
"Yes, I am Yuye."

(End of this chapter)