Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 578 The best literary work of the 21st century! (6K monthly ticket request)
“Chen Linfeng likes to write about the future, and his work, She, is indeed something.

The writing style is immature, but the content is ingeniously conceived.

His thoughts on the future are very profound, and I have to admire him in this respect.

But the other books are not good. They have no nutrition and are full of young people's fantasies.

Of course, it is normal for him to perform like this at his age, and there is still plenty of time for him to improve. "

"Therefore, although he is still relatively low now, he has a promising future."

The noise from the audience could clearly be heard on stage.

Li Ao could obviously hear the discussion, but he continued as if he didn't care.
"Besides that, works like Jin Yong are not even of the mainstream and are not worth mentioning. They should not be included in today's discussion!"

There was an uproar.

Several of Chen Linfeng's works, which have sold tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of copies, are considered to be the fantasies of young people.

Jin Yong's martial arts novels are almost deified in this era when he is almost recognized as a master. Some scholars even want to include some of his excerpts in middle school textbooks.

The result was evaluated as inferior.

Although everyone knows that Li Ao is an arrogant person, this is too arrogant.

The university students in the audience were talking a lot and the noises could not be suppressed at all.

The eyes of the reporters around were shining. They felt that the trip was worthwhile. It was so exciting from the beginning. This news was bound to be a big hit.

As one of the key evaluation subjects, Chen Linfeng had a calm expression.

Li Ao has such a sharp tongue, the evaluation given to him is already quite good.

Without looking at the people beside them, Jin Yong's fans, Yan Jiayan and Ma Yun, had already looked completely gloomy.

Um, it seems like someone else was overlooked.

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

Huang Yi, who was ignored and previously classified as "something like that" by Li Ao without even his name appearing, had a stiff expression.

Li Ao, you can scold me if you want, but I am not even worthy of showing up, right?
He felt like he had made a mistake today and shouldn't have come.

Xiao Sa signaled to the audience to be quiet several times, and finally managed to stabilize the situation.

He looked at Chen Linfeng and said, "Teacher Chen, what do you think of Mr. Li Ao's evaluation of you?"

"Maybe there are some good points. I will try my best to improve my writing ability, but it may not be what Mr. Li Ao expects. I will still go in the direction he thinks is 'not nutritious'. That is my future direction."

Li Ao said, "Then you have really gone astray."

Ma Yun couldn't help but say, "Teacher Chen is a popular novelist. All he wants is to be liked by the public. If we really follow your advice, that would be putting the cart before the horse."

"Not only that," Ma Yun said unkindly, "What makes you think of Mr. Jin Yong like this?"

Li Ao laughed, "Do you need any qualifications to evaluate a person? If this requires qualifications, then do you need qualifications to debate?
Does that mean that, Mr. Ma, as a businessman, you have no right to sit here and discuss philosophy with me?"

Ma Yun said unhappily, "You are just making excuses!"

As one of the smartest people, he naturally understood the tactics used by the other party.

"I am just angry about your comments on Mr. Jin Yong. You turned it into a discussion of qualifications. This is not communication, but sophistry."

He looked at the people around him, especially Chen Linfeng, "Can we have this conversation this time?"

Chen Linfeng shook his head, "Of course not, we still need to show sincerity in communication."

Perhaps it was because Li Ao angered the public.

After he made this statement, several others also echoed him.

"Indeed, this kind of sophistry is not even acceptable."

"This is not a debate arena."

Li Ao was speechless for a moment.

"Okay, then let me talk a little bit about why I look down on Jin Yong."

He held up three fingers and said, "There are three reasons. First, Jin Yong himself is a sophisticated egoist, but in his books he promotes chivalry and likes to praise people who are generous and righteous."

"Isn't this good?" Ma Yun ignored the idea of ​​sophisticated selfishness. Who in this world is not selfish?

"Sir, you realize that you can't do it, but why can't you admire and yearn for these people from the bottom of your heart?"

"So he praised the hero's behavior while lowering his own employees' wages, making the old employees unable to bear it and have no choice but to resign?"

Is there anything wrong with this?

Although she really wanted to say this, Ma Yun knew in her heart that she couldn't say it so directly.

After all, it is not the time to be so inflated as to think that "996 is a blessing."

Therefore, he could only remain silent.

Li Ao continued, "When it comes to a matter, he will definitely choose the direction that is more beneficial to himself. This is his character.

However, "egoism" conflicts with the behavioral choice of "helping others when seeing injustice" in martial arts.

I really don’t know how Jin Yong could write so many chivalrous stories. Wouldn’t he feel schizophrenic himself?”

"In addition, Jin Yong himself is rather hypocritical. When his son died, he once wanted to convert to Buddhism.

I said that Buddhism is pure and that those who enter Buddhism often abandon the secular world. Why don't you give away all your wealth and devote yourself to Buddhism?
As a result, he couldn’t utter a word.”

The corner of Chen Linfeng's mouth twitched. How could he say such a thing as letting others spend all their wealth?

Of course, in a broad sense, becoming a monk or entering the Buddhist monastery does have this meaning.

In this occasion, everyone is pursuing something grand and noble, and no one will speak up for Jin Yong on this point.

The same applies to the previous selfish part. It doesn’t mean that you have to write the kind of article based on who you are.

The spirit praised in the article is completely different from one's actual performance, which is actually very normal.

But this is the tradition in our country. Literature carries the message. Everyone respects writers and believes that what they write is what they think from the bottom of their hearts.

A typical example is Mr. Lu Xun, who has been practicing his ideas throughout his life and is a true warrior.

If you don't move in the direction of the spirit you advocate, how can you encourage others to learn?

This is what is called "education". The reason why writers have a high status is because they contain educational attributes.

What we are discussing on this occasion is literature, and this is what everyone is elevating to.

If Jin Yong is regarded as a literary master, it is indeed necessary for him to be able to convey moral truth through literature.

Therefore, Yan Jiayan, a literary critic who highly admired Jin Yong and had written many articles evaluating Jin Yong, remained silent from beginning to end.

Although his face looked a little ugly.

Ma Yun didn’t quite understand at first, but he was smart and soon understood it and stopped talking afterwards.

Many of the college students in the audience were studying literature. They understood this principle, so they gradually began to listen attentively.

“The third point is the most important.

Martial arts novels themselves are rather vulgar. Mr. Hu Shi once said that Jin Yong's martial arts novels are obscene.

I think so too, and therefore, I still think that Jin Yong’s novels should not be within the scope of our discussion.”

The scene was a little quiet.

"Mr. Li Ao,"

Chen Linfeng took the microphone.

"Well, Mr. Chen, you say."

"What Hu Shi believes is not necessarily right. Don't you advocate opposing authority and thinking independently?"

He was not very fond of Jin Yong, but he was even more disgusted by this certain Hu.

"That's right." Ma Yun immediately responded, "What Mr. Hu Shi said may not be right."

"Uh~" Li choked. He made a mistake. He shouldn't have mentioned Hu Shi.

In this era, people actually have a pretty good impression of Hu Shi. After all, not many people have begun to investigate what this guy did in history.

But as far as the contents covered in history books are concerned, his status as one of the pioneers of vernacular Chinese is still very respected.

He thought no one would refute Hu Shi's words.

But who would have thought that Chen Linfeng would appear.

"Hu Shi is a much worse person than Jin Yong. I don't deny your point of view, Mr. Li Ao, but if we follow this line of thought, Hu Shi will probably be excluded from the ranks of literary writers."

Chen Linfeng said jokingly, "I have read a certain review in your book The Sower.

During these forty years, it is really hard to find another person other than Hu Shi who has been able to consistently believe in what he believes in and firmly promote his beliefs without being confused, changing his heart or changing his final opinion.

If Hu Shih's philosophy is to keep a low profile, abandon the three northeastern provinces, and befriend Japan, then he is indeed consistent. "

Many students in the audience looked confused, as this content was really a bit difficult to understand.

Those who don’t have a special knowledge of past history really don’t understand what a low-key club is.

But the later giving up... the good ending...

They understood this part.

So everyone was a little surprised. Was this a criticism of Mr. Hu Shi?
This is rare.

As a college student, I am relatively open to new ideas, and I especially like to deny authority.

Now is the era of great deconstruction, and everyone wants to deny the history of the past.

Cao Cao is a good person.

Therefore, Chen Linfeng's speech has not caused much waves for the time being.

But the people on the stage are different.

Li Ao was speechless. Even if he admired Hu Shi very much, he couldn't lie with his eyes open.

Just like Ma Yun and Yan Jiayan were unable to refute before, he was also unable to refute.

Because these are all true stories.

Xiao Sa felt a sense of pressure. These intellectuals dared to say anything. What if it was censored?

"Well, everyone, we have discussed this for long enough, why don't we start the formal meeting."

"Okay, it's time to start." Li Ao agreed immediately.

The topics discussed earlier have already taken up too much time.

"Okay, we just had a full discussion on famous contemporary literary writers. Although there are slight differences in opinions, the discussion itself is still very valuable." Xiao Sa concluded and then started the topic he had prepared in advance, "Mr. Chen Linfeng and Mr. Li Ao, what are your views on each other? Can you tell us?"

After saying this, he felt a little nervous. These two people just had such opposing views, they wouldn't continue to do this, would they?

Fortunately not.

The fact that Chen Linfeng agreed to talk with Li Ao shows that he can’t really like him, but he doesn’t hate this person too much either.

The same goes for Li Ao, otherwise he would not have said that the other party has a promising future.

Chen Linfeng said, "I think Mr. Li Ao is a man with a very distinct personality. His love and hate are very obvious."

When Li Ao was young, Hu Shi treated him kindly and also helped him when he was poor. Therefore, although so many people criticized him, he was spared.

"I admire Mr. Li Ao's firm attitude towards the unification of China."

"His consistent love for his motherland is also worthy of admiration."

Not everyone will always miss their hometown after leaving.

"He has great respect for teachers, which I agree with. There are very few people on the island who have the ability to study history objectively."

Of course, it is quite bold to try to change that person's poem beyond one's ability.

Li Ao couldn't help but smile complacently, this was exactly his point.

“However, I think Mr. Li Ao is also quite strange in some aspects.

On the one hand, he criticized Emily Ken, produced a lot of evidence of inhumanity in the history of the United States, and published books such as "Yang Wei's United States".

But on the other hand, he advocates total Westernization. This kind of thinking should be conflicting, right? "

"No conflict," Li Ao picked up the microphone and said, "In fact, the idea of ​​Westernization was my view a long time ago. At that time, Chinese did affect the progress of science and technology.

I rarely mentioned this view in the 1980s and 1990s.

The same was true of the previous opposition to traditional culture. The culture of the island of Taiwan, which was inherited from the feudal period, has too many dregs. This is different from the mainland, where the bad culture that still exists has almost disappeared. If it were in the mainland, I would definitely not say this. "

Chen Linfeng nodded.

"Then what does Mr. Li Ao think of Chen Linfeng?"

Li Ao laughed, "He is a genius, there is no doubt about that. It is not easy to be proficient in several fields in this era.

I won't say much about his achievements, as everyone knows them.

I will talk about something that is rarely discussed. "

Adjusting his sitting position, he continued,

"Chen Linfeng has a significant impact on the overall Chinese cultural industry.

In terms of literature, there are still many young writers in the mainland publishing industry who are able to sell well. I think this is thanks to Chen Linfeng.

Many people are learning from his plot rhythm and writing style, and this has gradually become a large-scale practice in the industry.”

Huang Yi couldn't help but nod, "Indeed, as far as I know, in the most popular online writing industry in the mainland, a large number of people also learn his writing style."

Yan Jiayan also said, "To some extent, he has opened up another path for Chinese literature."

Although everyone seems to look down on popular literature, people nowadays do like to read it, and the same is true in foreign countries.

Judging from the trend, popular literature is indeed the future.

There's no point in being stubborn.

Ma Yun added, "We can also see this from our company's data. The best-selling books all have some similarities with Chen Linfeng's past novels."

Xiao Sa was delighted.

Sure enough, when talking about Chen Linfeng, everyone spoke freely.

The atmosphere just now was a bit awkward.

After they finished their comments, Li Ao continued, "In terms of film and television dramas, influenced by him, many companies have begun to pay attention to the drama-centered system.

I think this is a good idea. Paying attention to script writing can improve the quality of film and television works to a great extent.

He also boosted the domestic special effects industry. In recent years, the special effects level of mainland TV dramas has obviously improved significantly, especially the Dragon and Lin dramas. I think he has made a great contribution to this.”

Ma Yun's eyes flickered as he talked about the film and television industry, which is also the industry he has been trying to enter in the past two years.

He actually doesn't really believe in scripts. Nothing is more intuitive and accurate than data.

Hearing what Li Ao said, he sneered, thinking that the drama-centered system was something that would be eliminated.

"The other is the novel 'She'," Li Ao couldn't help but praise, "This book is so wonderful, and the style is very different from his other novels. The ideas and concepts contained in it are worth thinking about."

Yan Jiayan nodded and said, "Most of the famous people in the industry highly praise the book "Her". Not to mention how accurate its predictions about the future are, many people have said this.

Just describing the entire society as a spider web, densely wrapping the protagonist, the deep sense of oppression is chilling.

But on the other hand, on the surface, it seems that the protagonist is happily chatting with his online girlfriend, as if they are in a passionate love relationship, and the whole description is full of joy and happiness.

Comparing these two, and adding the fact that the online girlfriend is actually a system in a server, it is not even the artificial intelligence in science fiction novels.

It makes the story even more tragic. These two strange emotions keep overlapping in people's minds, creating a very unique reading experience."

He looked at Chen Linfeng, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​writing this work in this way?"

Others, including the audience, also looked like him.

Most of the people present had read the book "Her".

This book is highly regarded on university campuses, especially in academia.

Of course, this is also related to the novel's continuous winning of awards abroad.

But even putting this aside, "She" still has a high literary status.

You know, the first people who kept praising "She" were actually the domestic literary circles.

At the beginning, there was even a phenomenon where both the left and the right thought that the novel was in line with their own ideas.

After becoming a big hit in the domestic literary world, it gradually spread to Japan and then became famous throughout the world.

Some critics say that this novel is much more brilliant in terms of literature and sociology than Mo Yan's award-winning novel Frog.

Many people agree with this view.

Therefore, when this novel is mentioned, everyone can't help but express their curiosity.

After all, Chen Linfeng has hardly ever publicly spoken about his creative ideas for "Her".

"Well, for this book, actually when I first started writing the outline, my idea was just to write a novel that incorporates my thoughts about the future."

He smiled and said, "I was writing an outline at school at the time, and Shu Chang and Xixi asked me again.

When I introduced the book to them, I compared it with the "new book" and the earliest book I wrote, "Book of Life and Death".

"The Book of Life and Death describes some future technological products, but this new book mainly imagines the future social form."

That’s what I said at the time.”

Yan Jiayan asked, "Then how did it become like this?"

“During the writing process, I had some new ideas, and at the beginning I set up a real artificial intelligence.

But I think that if it is real artificial intelligence, I will like it if I like it, and there is nothing special about it.

If artificial intelligence has the ability to think, it is just a Platonic love. There is no lack of such examples in history, which makes it not sad enough. "

Chen Linfeng said, "I had an idea at first. I've been writing popular literature and people always criticize me. Why not try serious literature?"

There was laughter from the audience.

It was hard for them to imagine that Chen Linfeng would be criticized by others.

In their impression, this person has always been a darling of the media. Even in the literary world, most critics either remain silent or praise him highly.

Yan Jiayan knew Xiao Chen's past history, so he continued to ask,
"So you want to try your hand at serious literature, and that's why you want to change the artificial intelligence into a less intelligent, more modern AI system?"

"Yes, but as I was writing, I felt that it was a bit too sad and looked very depressing, so I changed it again, trying to make it look as cheerful as possible."

Just like adding noodles when there is too much water, and adding water when there is too much noodles.

"Another thing is that I still want the public to like my novels."

Chen Linfeng said a little embarrassedly, "So I deliberately designed a lot of more joyful scenes, and the overall atmosphere was more joyful.

I don’t really like serious literature, the kind that always describes the suffering.”

"Is that why the current style of writing seems a bit joyful at first glance, but once you look closely, it is filled with a chilling and pathetic atmosphere?"

Yan Jiayan sighed, "This is really a coincidence."

He couldn't help but complain, "When you write it like this, it actually makes it more bitter in my opinion."

indeed.

Many college students who had seen it nodded in approval.

Li Kang also recalled his experience when he first watched "Her".

When I first watched it, I felt it was okay, at most it felt a little weird.

But then, he saw a review article with an analysis online and went back to read it again.

That guy was almost in tears when he saw it.

I feel suffocated by the suppression from society, family, friends and company.

Who would have thought that I would have to muster up the courage to start a relationship with my girlfriend online, and I would have to do it in front of the system.

Even the protagonist himself knows it, but he is addicted to it and can only seek joy and comfort in front of the computer.

Reality is no longer worth it.

This is too tragic. Life is so miserable.

The audience was talking about it, and it was obvious that they were all deeply touched, especially the society today, which felt that it had begun to have some similarities with the book, which made them feel more involved.

Li Ao interrupted the whispers in the audience, and his critic side was aroused.

“As Professor Yan just said, both the deduction of society and the atmosphere and style of the article under this kind of coincidence are extremely excellent.

Being able to create this creepy reading experience and stimulate readers' thinking is the true meaning of literature.

In my opinion, this book "She" can really be called the best literary work since the 21st century."

"none of them!"

(End of this chapter)