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

Chapter 329 This writer is sending readers crazy! Asian literature is ruled by depression! It's time to make a change

Although he is not Korean, Jiang Hai's status in the Korean literary world is rare in the world.

Even though South Korea is not a large country, judging by its per capita GDP and national pillar industries, it can indeed be called a developed country in the international community.

One problem that is bound to exist in developed countries is the uneven distribution of wealth.

A few people occupy the wealth of the majority, and the majority live in poverty.
Based on this!

Adhering to the original justice of the world, eliminating suffering and poverty.

Some South Koreans are beginning to feel dissatisfied with the existing order.
Launched an unprecedented attack!

You want to ask what this matter has to do with Jiang Hai?
"I'm a Chinese. What does the trouble caused by the South Koreans have to do with me?"

To be precise, this impact is not only related to Jiang Hai, but also.
It matters a lot!
Because when these people were making trouble, the slogan they used was a quote from Jiang Hai's book "The Crucible":

"We fight all the way, not to change the world, but to not be changed by this world!"

If you have never seen the light, then no one will be afraid of the darkness, but once you have seen the fire that symbolizes hope and dawn.
People who are in the darkness will have endless fantasies about the fleeting light, and even -

I will never forget it in my life!
For the Korean people, Jiang Hai's "Hope" and "The Crucible" are the true pinnacle of literature of suffering!
These two books deeply describe the current situation of Korean society!
The extravagance of the powerful.

The underlying numbness.

The helplessness and suffering of the disadvantaged groups are vividly depicted in the book, which makes people feel sympathy and fall into deep reflection.
It was precisely because the two books, "The Crucible" and "Hope", revealed the imperfections of the rule of law and the licentious lives of the powerful that a solid mass foundation was laid for the change of political power.

Seeing that the time was ripe, the subversive faction followed the example of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang and rose up directly:

"Kings, princes, generals, and ministers, are you a bitch?"

This night is destined to be an unforgettable night.

The next morning.

Jiang Hai woke up and saw the news all over the world about [South Korea's strict ban] and [Blue House is about to collapse], after knowing the whole story.
Jiang Hai did not say much, but on the social media platform, he quoted an ancient poet named Huang Chao, who said in the poem "Poems about Chrysanthemums after Failure", to cheer on these warriors who dared to speak for the toiling people:

"When autumn comes and September th, I will kill the flowers after they bloom."

"The incense formation soaring to the sky penetrates Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor."

kill!

kill!

kill!

Who could have imagined that the painting style of the writer Jiang Hai would be so bizarre?
In Japan, a book called "No Longer Human" directly raised the depression rate among Japanese teenagers. According to official Japanese statistics, the number of teenage readers who chose to commit suicide or died because of reading the book "No Longer Human" can be said to be countless.

In South Korea, a copy of "The Crucible" and "Hope" directly triggered a social revolution?

even.
A real-life CS battle broke out directly in Seoul and Gwangju?

Change can be divided into peaceful evolution and violent bloodshed.

Obviously, this social change belongs to the latter.

In other words, Jiang Hai accidentally
Another batch of readers were sent away?
"At first, I just wanted to write a book." Jiang Hai looked at the domestic media's reports on the South Korean coup last night, and as if deeply touched, he sighed and said, "Who would have thought that it would turn out like this today?"

“It has come to this.”

"Sin, sin"

Looking at the Asian region, the three most influential countries in Asia are:

China, Japan, and South Korea.

In China, a book called "To Live" has directly overturned the traditional Chinese literary world. While giving readers pain, it has also dealt this year's college entrance examination candidates a near-fatal blow.
"You want us to do a reading comprehension task that the author himself can't answer correctly?"

"You want us to analyze a question that the author himself can't even give a standard answer to?"

Chinese readers are devastated.
Japanese readers are not much better!
The value of "No Longer Human" is still rising!
According to official statistics from Japan, in Hokkaido and Osaka prefectures alone, the incidence of depression among teenagers has risen from 5.45% at the beginning to 18.65%. This means that if you walk on the streets of Hokkaido, out of ten passers-by, two will suffer from depression.

Depression is not scary.

What is scary is the suicide rate caused by depression.
Due to the small area and large population, Japanese people live in an extremely depressive atmosphere. Take Tokyo, the capital of Japan, for example. In Tokyo, a city with a total population of 3800 million, there are 6410 people per square kilometer. If we calculate based on the probability that two out of ten people suffer from depression, in Tokyo, there are people per square kilometer.
Nearly 1300 people suffer from moderate or even severe depression?

The most important thing to note for severe depression is to avoid being stimulated by external factors. Once the patient is stimulated by external factors, he or she is prone to do extreme things.

Imagine if a person has suicidal thoughts, and a living person dies in front of him, like jumping into a river or jumping off a building.
Wouldn't he want to die even more?
One drives two, two drives four, four drives eight, eight drives sixteen, and so on.
Is this still available?

How many people left one after another?

Even though the situation in the island nation is already serious, to be precise.
It can be said to be quite serious!
but!

Even if the island country is already like this, it is better than its neighbor next to the island country.
South Korea!

You in Japan, just have more suicidal depressed patients, we in South Korea
Just start fighting with real guns and real weapons!

Directly started an unprecedented unlimited fight?
I don’t know why, maybe it’s because of the current situation of the two countries, the Chinese candidates who were tortured by Jiang Hai’s “To Live”
Do you suddenly feel relieved?
"We are just torturing people a little bit on 'To Live'. Look at Japan, and then look at South Korea?"

"Each one is more miserable than the other, each one is more miserable than the other, it's just too miserable to count."

If I didn’t do well in the college entrance examination, the worst that could happen is that I’ll be able to do it again in June next year!
The worst that can happen is going to college!

The worst that can happen is repeating the year!
But Japanese and Korean readers may accidentally
So maybe he will be a hero again 20 years later?
Obviously, these are relatively sensitive hot issues, and Jiang Hai should not speak too much on such matters.
but!

In response to questions from domestic reporters:

"Mr. Jiang Hai, what do you think about the rising depression rates in Japan and the recent events in South Korea?"

Jiang Hai's answer was also very direct:

"I didn't think about it."

“At first, I just wanted to write a book”

Who could have imagined that an ordinary literary work could have such a great influence?
Jiang Hai had never expected that these literary works he wrote would one day
Will it turn into the Grim Reaper's scythe?

Will it become a life harvester?

Realizing that things were rapidly developing in an uncontrollable direction, Jiang Hai said publicly in front of the media more than once during interviews:

“I hope everyone cherishes life!”

"Everyone must live well!"

"Everyone must love life and stay away from danger."

Even so, Jiang Hai's remarks were indeed made with good intentions.

but
When readers watch Xiang Jianghai’s interview video, they always have a very strange feeling?

"Not a buddy"

"You are the author of 'To Live' and you are here to call on us readers to be happy every day?"

"You are a writer who wrote No Longer Human, and you are here to call on us not to give up on life?"

"You are a writer who wrote "The Crucible" and "Hope" and is also a screenwriter. Why are you so private?"

"How could you laugh so loudly?"

"You can actually laugh so happily???"

Beijing Normal University, Student Activity Center.

I don't know why, but seeing Jiang Hai accepting the media interview with a cheerful and happy face, the students who witnessed this scene were shocked.
Why do I feel uncomfortable for no reason?
"Why do I feel that Teacher Jiang Hai..."

"Like irony????"

As if he couldn't see through Jiang Hai at all, Shen Yeyi, a senior student from the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University, looked at a pretty girl next to him who had a delicate appearance and a distinguished temperament: "Junior sister Shen Yue, I heard that you were a classmate of Teacher Jiang Hai before?"

"Has he always been like this?"

“Has he always been so optimistic?”

"He is this person"

"Have you always been this brave???"

It should be said that one can tell a person's character through his works. Jiang Hai is a writer of literature about suffering. His literary creation style has always been based on four words:

All must die!

Regardless of other things, just look at the protagonist Fugui in "To Live". His ending was so tragic that almost everyone he saw died. However, this was the case, and the author who wrote such a tragic plot actually called on readers.
To live a good life?!?!?
It's hard not to feel that he is being ironic.

Facing questions from senior student Shen Yeyi from the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University, when she mentioned Jiang Hai, Shen Yue, the iceberg beauty who is known for her quietness, showed some unusual emotions in her eyes:

“It has never changed.”

"He has always been like this."

As an exchange student from Chenghai Drama Academy to study abroad at Beijing Normal University, Shen Yue's life in Beijing Normal University has been uneventful in the past few years.

Thanks to her outstanding talent and outstanding appearance, even after attending Beijing Normal University, Shen Yue is still a popular iceberg beauty in the Chinese Department and has an unusually large number of suitors in the school.

For some reason, Shen Yue, who is usually very frugal with words and always calm, became unusually excited when she mentioned Jiang Hai. Through her beautiful eyes, one could see her complex emotions towards Jiang Hai.

As Shen Yue's number one pursuer, Shen Yeyi suddenly felt uncomfortable:
"You and him, before."

“After growing up?”

familiar?

It is familiar indeed.

It's just a pity that the falling flowers have feelings, but the flowing water is ruthless
While the two were talking, someone in the crowd began to shout loudly in the direction of the multimedia classroom:

"Teacher Jiang Hai, I have finished the interview."

“He’s out!!!”

Accompanied by Su Tong, a professor at Beijing Normal University and vice chairman of the China Writers Association, Jiang Hai walked slowly towards the door.

Beijing Normal University is the birthplace of the magazine "October". This time, teachers from Beijing Normal University participated in the reading comprehension of the Chinese language in the college entrance examination. With such a big thing happening in South Korea this time, coupled with the reading comprehension of the college entrance examination, it is normal for Jiang Hai to be interviewed by reporters at Beijing Normal University.

It is completely opposite to the impression people might have imagined, that the person is filled with deep hatred and resentment.

In reality, Jiang Hai gives others the impression of...

It's so refreshing
With a smile on his face, he cheerfully greeted the students around him while walking towards the exit of the multimedia classroom:
"Hello, hello~"

Just as Jiang Hai was waving, he glanced and saw his old classmate Shen Yue standing in the crowd, graceful and elegant like a blooming lotus.

When their eyes met, Jiang Hai smiled calmly:
"Long time no see~"

Obviously, Shen Yue was surprised and a little delighted by Jiang Hai's proactive greeting.

He, still remember me?

"Okay, long time no see~"

When people are young, they always make mistakes of one kind or another. At the time, these mistakes seem to be major events that will affect their entire lives.

For example
During a midterm exam, you were caught cheating by the teacher and reported to the whole school. You would feel extremely ashamed.

During an extracurricular activity, you climbed over the wall to go to the game room, and the teacher told your parents.
Even so, these things would seem extremely serious at that stage, and you would feel that this was a huge event that had blown the roof off the world.

But many years later, when you look back and look at these so-called "big things" again.
In fact, you will feel that it is just like this?
After not seeing each other for more than two years, when Jiang Hai saw Shen Yue again, he no longer had the disgust he had at first.

Some of it is just nostalgia for those green years.

"Long time no see." He simply said hello, then smiled and nodded.

Jiang Hai followed Su Tong and left the multimedia classroom hall without looking back.

Looking at the look in Shen Yue's eyes when she looked at Jiang Hai, that look contained a hint of disappointment in her excitement, and a hint of expectation in her disappointment.

Shen Yeyi was very familiar with this kind of look.

As if his emotions were somewhat complicated, he looked at Shen Yue beside him uncertainly:
"so."

"You like him, don't you?"

From the moment Shen Yue came to Beijing Normal University, Shen Yeyi, who could be described as a handsome man in the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University, began to pursue Shen Yue vigorously.

During these two years——

No matter how he pursues it.

No matter how he confesses.

Shen Yue always directly and calmly rejected his advances:

"I'm sorry, I don't have any feelings for you."

"We are not suitable."

Shen Yeyi could feel that Shen Yue had someone in her heart, but he had no idea about her past, the person she liked, and the things she had experienced.
He knew nothing.

Now, seeing the look in Shen Yue's eyes when she looked at Jiang Hai, Shen Yeyi understood a lot in an instant:

“But, you can’t do that.”

Shen Yue understood this without Shen Yeyi saying much. She had long known that she and Jiang Hai were from two different worlds.

Looking at Jiang Hai's departing back, Shen Yue's smile was filled with relief:
"I like him, it has nothing to do with him."

"Of course, it has nothing to do with you."

As a writer who is determined to make positive contributions to society, Jiang Hai feels that—

It can't go on like this!

We cannot let readers think that the names Jiang and Hai are extremely scary when they hear them!
We cannot let readers think of tragedy, suffering, and depressive literature as soon as they hear the name Jiang Hai. This is of course not a big deal in the short term, but in the long run.
Who will read their own books after that?
I was stabbed once, it was unintentional.

Being stabbed twice, I couldn't help it.

I was stabbed three, four, or even five times.
That's really stupid!

After observing for a while, Jiang Hai found that in today's literary market, when his name is mentioned, it is definitely associated with pain and suffering. Based on this, a considerable number of readers will directly avoid Jiang Hai's books when they see him.
To eliminate this stereotype, don't introduce any prejudice to readers.

Jiang Hai felt that it was time——

Make a change!

Beijing Normal University, seventh floor of the library.

In Jiang Hai's hand, he held a letter of invitation from the American magazine "The New Yorker".

He frowned and fell into deep thought:

"Science Fiction Writing Competition, the First Year of World Science Fiction?"

"If I'm writing a fairy tale, this is really my weakness? But if I'm writing a science fiction essay, it seems..."

“Can I still make a small contribution to the human imagination?”

(End of this chapter)