Literary Master 1983

Chapter 209 Like a God

After the three of them cleaned up, they came to the little girl Duanduan, who asked them where they had been.
They made up an excuse to get away with it.

"Duanduan, open your hands." Li Xiaolin said.

Duanduan did as she was told. When she spread out her hands, she found that the sugar pills in the plastic bag had become sticky, which meant that the vaccine had lost its activity. Fortunately, Duanduan didn't know about these things and was still very happy.

She thought it was White Rabbit milk candy, and it could still be eaten even if it was watery.

She handed the three candies to Alai and said in a baby voice, "Please give them to the children over there when you return to Aba. This is all the money I have saved."

As soon as these words were spoken, sadness surged in the hearts of the three adults. Alai even covered his face, and tears slipped through his fingers. He had written many poems about gods, but he knew that no gods could help him.

That’s 200 million kids!

There are tens of millions of words in various poems recording King Gesar, which makes "King Gesar" the longest poem in human history. However, even with such great achievements, if every word of the poem is the incarnation of his spirit, and he gave these words to those who need his help, this is far from enough.

Because King Gesar was still twenty times short!
Suddenly, the clock pointed to seven o'clock in the evening, which was eight o'clock in Japan, and the blessing of "Yu Che won the Akutagawa Prize" suddenly echoed in Alai's mind - did Yu Che get the nomination? Does Yu Che have a chance to win the final award?
If he can accomplish this unprecedented feat in a few months, will the novel he wrote be able to play a slight role?
Alai asked frantically: Where is the TV? Where is the radio? Or a phone will do!

Let me confirm a piece of news!
Li Xiaolin also understood what Alai was going to do, and she persuaded Alai to calm down. The foundation provided them with a phone, and after four or five transfers, they reached the editorial office of "Harvest" magazine.

The question is very simple, just one sentence:

“Has Yu Che been nominated for the Akutagawa Prize?”

"How do you know? He got the nomination! Our editorial department is currently analyzing Yu Qie's opponents... I think he has a good chance."

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The news also reached Xinxin Hotel.

At seven o'clock, which is eight o'clock in Japan, the Japanese Akutagawa Ryunosuke jury announced the new list of candidates. The news was announced by Japan's national television station NHK. Anchor Yuko Kuniya had met Yu Qie several times half a year ago. Unexpectedly, half a year later, she mentioned the name "Yu Qie" again.

This was much earlier than she thought.

"The nominees for the 92nd Akutagawa Prize have been announced. The novel Little Lady by Yoshiyuki Rie, a female writer from Kyoto, has been nominated. She is the only female writer this time."

"Masahiko Shimada, who is studying in the Department of Foreign Languages ​​at the University of Tokyo, was also nominated for his work "Music of the Kingdom of Dreams". His work won the Noma Literary Newcomer Award this year! Masahiko Shimada is a left-wing writer. When he was an undergraduate, his work "Divertimento for the Gentle Left" was shortlisted for the Akutagawa Prize - this is his second time to be shortlisted for the Akutagawa Prize."

"Dear audience, there is another writer worth mentioning. He is the young Chinese writer Yu Qie who was reported by the famous journalist Matsunaga Jihei in the Asahi Shimbun. If you have paid attention to the recently released Happy Hunting, you should know that he is a very strong competitor."

Kunitani Yuko's smile became sweeter, as if she was also caught up in the decision facing the treasure.

"Women, Japanese men, or Chinese... Who will win the prize in the end? Everything will be decided as early as February."

"These are the judges of the Akutagawa Prize this time, Endo Shusaku, Nakamura Mitsuo, Niwa Fumio... Yoshiyuki Junnosuke, and Inoue Yasushi, who had a meeting with Yu Qie."

On the other hand, the Hangzhou meeting that day was not very successful. In Yu Hua's private words, "Our discussion was too scattered. It was pleasant to talk about, but it was not helpful for writing. Looking back now, it was like everyone was showing off their knowledge."

Yu Hua took a train from the county town to Hangzhou to attend the first writers' seminar in his life. He was extremely disappointed after listening to the lecture, but of course he would not say it out loud due to his humble status.

But as soon as she returned to the hotel, Yu Hua couldn't bear it anymore.

The first day was spent chatting among literary theorists, all of whom were so knowledgeable that their conversation had no form or theme.

Li Duo, the editor-in-chief of "Beijing Literature and Art", talked about Western modernism for the whole morning, and then listed the people with modern elements in the current mainland literary world, and then evaluated them one by one, which took several hours; after that, Ji Hongzhen, a researcher at the Creation Research Department of the Writers Association, talked incessantly about Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in contemporary literature, and the whole morning passed.

In the afternoon, Ah Cheng, the writer of The Chess King, also talked about "modernism", but for some reason, he also talked about the tombstone of Huo Qubing from the Western Han Dynasty. He said, "There are lines on the stone carvings, and there are also several holes. I suspect this is abstract art, which shows that the term 'modern' is not unique to the West. Why aren't the things we write 'modern'?"

"Just like those lines and round holes!"

Yu Qie agreed with Acheng's opinion, but Acheng's arguments were simply "abstract" and had nothing to do with his conclusion.

Acheng's nonsense aroused the interest of the writers, and everyone started telling stories, and the afternoon passed like this.

What are we going to write?

What are the things we don’t have to write about that might even become outdated?
Everyone is completely unaware and just speaks based on their own feelings.

If Ah Cheng's expression is "abstract", Chen Jiangong's words are also quite absurd when he talks about "absurdity":

"When we wrote the article, it was like doing a medical experiment, swapping male and female organs and messing them up... At the end of the operation, we separated them again, leaving the male with the male and the female with the female. This is absurd."

Chen Jiangong was a graduate student in the Chinese Department of Yanda University. His situation was the same as Liu Zhenyun's, but Liu Zhenyun asked him: "Is this absurd or nonsense?"

Chen Jiangong was speechless.

Liu Zhenyun said: "My level is not high, please let Yu Qie tell me what the real absurd art is."

Yu Qie gave his understanding: "Using bizarre forms to directly attack the absurd nature of society and human nature, that is, there is a profound conclusion behind it, but yours only has the process but no conclusion, just like Leonardo da Vinci dissected corpses not for the development of science, but for fun, then Leonardo da Vinci is a pervert."

Chen Jiangong couldn't hold back his pride and said, "Yu Qie, we are just talking nonsense, don't be too strict."

Yu Qie said: "Is this a literary conference or a chat party? There should be a minimum range. For example, we can talk nonsense after class, but there is a limit during class."

As a result, the atmosphere of the meeting became a little tense.

Yu Qie is certainly one of the most talented writers among these people, perhaps the only one, but no one has a clear understanding of to what extent.

A message was needed to alert them, and it came promptly.

(End of this chapter)