Generation Z Artists

Chapter 111 Oh my god, the sky is falling again
The publishing plan of post-80s youth literature has long lost some of its popularity in newspapers, but in the minds of the real audience, this thing has always been fashionable and highly anticipated.

The first issue was the magazine "The Strongest Voice of the Post-80s Generation", which got off to a great start and sold over 100 million copies.

The second one is "Cang Ye Xue". Although the sales volume is always fixed at 300 million copies, its popularity cannot be measured by sales volume at all.

The third volume was a flop; it was Chen Jiayong’s Youth Essays, which only sold 17 copies.

But this result actually made it onto last year’s book sales list, which shows how depressed the current market is.

Chen Jiayong was very satisfied with this. If he hadn't gotten involved with Fang Xinghe, it would probably take half a year to sell 10,000 copies.

Fang Xinghe was also very satisfied with the result. Chen Jiayong's book served as a link between the past and the future, and it was just the right setting off for Han Han's "Triple Door".

The good performance of Triple Door will surely restore trust for subsequent new books.

Overall, the entire publishing plan has been completed.

Oh, by the way, the reason why Chen Jiayong’s Youthful Moan sold so many copies was also because he played the cricket Fang Xinghe in the book.

There is an article he wrote specifically for the leader, in which he praised and scolded him at one moment and was very confused and schizophrenic.

But Fang’s fans really like to watch it, and fans in the middle and above will not miss any opportunity to get to know their idols.

Fang Xinghe received 10 signed books sent by Chen Jiayong. He specially took out the article and read it, then sent a heart-wrenching message to Lao Chen.

"What do you mean by sending me so many books? You don't think I can really deliver them, do you? You even signed them specially... Old Chen, you are very humorous."

After reading the text message, Chen Jiayong sat calmly in front of his desk for more than half an hour before he finally stopped shivering.

"Fuck! Damn Fang Xinghe!"

Jiayong was not brave at all. He originally wanted to name the article "Damn Fang Xinghe", but he got scared at the last minute and changed it to "Fang Xinghe in My Eyes", which brought a lot of laughter to Fang's fans.

His writing style is quite nagging, the kind where he hides away and mutters to himself, with a rich inner drama but a stern face when faced face to face.

One of the passages reads:

"When I first saw Fang Xinghe, I didn't dare to look at him for too long. My eyes were fixed on his face for about 5678 seconds. I don't know, I don't remember, but I almost bumped into a pillar before I came to my senses and realized that I had lost my composure. I quickly turned my head away, and it took me a long time to look for him again. But I didn't know where this guy was. I breathed a sigh of relief for no apparent reason.

Because my home is not in Shanghai, I have to stay in a hotel, so I can always see him, but I was resistant the first time. I nonchalantly said to the soldier: Look, that's the cold-faced guy.

At that time, we didn't know his name. The girls quietly called him Xiao Pan, the Pan in Pan An, and the boys called him Yumian Xiaolengdan. These were relatively nice names. Don't ask me what the ugly ones were. I would never betray my good brother Han Zhiyong.

Later, my high school and Peking University classmates often asked me what Fang Xinghe looked like in real life. Was he as handsome as he looked in the photo?

I usually tell them, that's it, it's similar to me.

Friends, I'm not trying to brag, really not, I just don't know how to answer their subsequent questions, so I learned to gag first.

You always ask me what kind of person Fang Xinghe is. How would I know what kind of person he is?

Damn it, he sent an agent to contact me for such an important matter as publishing a book at his own expense. Would it be fatal if he called me personally? Is my classmate Chen Jiayong, the first prize winner of the first New Concept Competition for Peking University recommended students, so unworthy of attention?
And do you know what the only text message he sent me was?

"Xiao Chen, write well. You are not bad among them."

15 words. I gritted my teeth and wrote them for more than a month. I counted the days on my fingers every day, wondering when we could get together face to face again so that I could teach him a lesson.

It wasn't until that crappy show was aired that I suddenly loosened my teeth and started smiling at people.

Just call it Xiao Chen, Brother Fang, whatever you say is right!
Because we award winners were planning a publishing project for the post-80s youth, we had each other’s contact information, and we were all scared that day.

A warrior? A warrior saint?!
During the rematch, Brother Fang was not very talkative and had a somewhat cold temperament, but he was not actually irritable.

On the contrary, he had a special kind of peace and calmness. He looked at people openly and didn't care at all when being looked at. No one could ever make him nervous.

Han Zhiyong was in the same examination room with him, and later he shared a little story with me with great excitement.

During the exam, all the girls in the examination room looked at him secretly. The difference was that some were very covert, and some were very unreserved. Fang Xinghe was originally very calm, and everyone thought that he would not give any response as he did in the past.

Then this bastard picked out a victim without warning and suddenly grinned at her - I believe he was aware of the lethality of his smile, but he did it on purpose.

Then the girl was so frightened that she screamed "Ah", and it is said that she shivered and hit her head on the table. She was in so much pain that tears came out of her eyes, and her face turned red with shame. She lay on the table and dared not to get up. In the end, she wrote "The girl's feelings after being bullied by a bad guy" instead of "The apple with a bite taken out of it".

Now that I’ve said this, you must have an impression, right?

In the second volume of the first New Concept Composition Anthology, her composition won the third prize and was selected into the collection because it was very interesting.

Hey, I didn't betray you, it was Han Zhiyong who did it..."

Chen Jiayong used his unique chattering style to talk a lot about Fang Xinghe and wrote a short essay of more than 1 words.

In fact, from a literary point of view, what he wrote is not very nutritious, but it is unexpectedly popular among Fang fans.

Nowadays, fans are happy to get a glimpse of the true side of their idols. Because the distance is too far, they like any information that can bring them closer.

What surprised Fang Xinghe was that the sales volume of this product, with only 17, actually converted it into 15 core fans, 1.5 die-hard fans, and more than 1000 enthusiastic fans in a very short period of time.

It was really outrageous, but there was nothing else happening at the time, just this one new variable.

So Gou Fang suddenly had an idea - when he enters the entertainment industry in the future, should he raise two paparazzi to write his life stories professionally?
Today's fans really buy into this...

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to list it as a matter for observation.

If the benefits outweigh the costs, then do it.

Modesty must give way to attracting fans. The head of the water army doesn't care what method is used, as long as it makes you feel good, it is a good method.

February was a "dud" for Chen Jiayong. However, in early March, Triple Door reawakened the middle school student community and the literary world.

On the day of its release, it sold 35 copies, second only to "Cang Ye Xue", and can be called the second monument in youth literature.

The content is still similar to the previous life, and even the loose structure is still exactly the same. The new version has all the melancholy, irony, confusion, and anger of the original. However, it is because of the addition of a character that this version of "Triple Door" has a clear theme and deeper metaphors.

An extra character, with no name or surname, nicknamed Bi Wang.

Really, it’s no exaggeration, the entire literary criticism community was amused the moment they saw the description of the appearance.

"When Bi Wang walked, he was as straight as a pine tree, with his chin always slightly raised, so the first thing Lin Yuxiang saw was his nostrils - the left one was like a knife, and the right one was like a sword, as if they could suddenly attack and hurt people at any time."

Aunt Chen quickly called Fang Xinghe and said with great delight: "Han Han wrote about you in a really funny way!"

It was quite funny, not because the good brother intended to be funny, but when it matched the real Fang Xinghe, it was full of absurd humor. Fang Xinghe was also happy: "I was watching it, I didn't expect him to be so interesting."

At this moment, the entire middle school community was watching for fun, watching how Fang Xinghe felt when he was written into a book by someone else.

Han Han is really good at writing all kinds of satirical quotes, and his inspiration is pouring out like a fountain.

"The King of Force once again got first place in the school, but the degree of his raised nostrils did not increase by even a little bit. That was a posture he had carefully designed using the divine formula in advanced mathematics. It was flawless and made people feel powerless just by looking at it."

"Lin Yuxiang looked at the King of Force who was speaking calmly on the rostrum. He wrote his own speech and spoke his own truth. The truth was too great and heavy. The boy had nothing to say and could only grit his teeth."

"The king rejected xxx, the most beautiful girl in our school. The boys were filled with righteous indignation and gathered together to scold him for being ungrateful. But when he walked towards them slowly, they all fell silent."

"Because the real Bi Wang is not someone who 'seems like he will attack and hurt people at any time'. He really hurts people and never attacks when he can. When Lin Yuxiang sees him approaching, he often feels scared."

"The classic quote of the King of Boasting is: You can call me ugly, but you can't stop me from showing off. But he is actually the most handsome boy in our district. How can there be such a person? Everything that stands in his way of showing off will be crushed, without mercy."

"There are two types of narcissists: those who are extremely beautiful look down on others, and those who are extremely ugly look down on others, and both can only fall in love with themselves. King Bi goes a step further. He not only looks down on other people's faces, he also looks down on all his peers in the world, as if he is the only smart guy in the world."

"But what is it?"

"Lin Yuxiang thought for a long time but couldn't find any way to beat his opponent, which made him extremely frustrated."

"Later, Wang made a lot of money by shooting commercials. He didn't spend the money on himself, but used it to provide scholarships to poor students in school."

"When Susan praised the King of Bi in an admiring tone, Lin Yuxiang felt sad. He couldn't help but think: What's the point of money? When you die, fame, wealth, sorrow, love and hate are just a wisp of dust on the coffin."

"He later wrote this sentence in an article and published it in the school newspaper."

"As a result, on the day when the disciplinary order was issued, the King of Toughness personally found Lin Yuxiang and told him: Money is indeed meaningless, but pretending to be tough is very interesting and very joyful. Many people have no other skills to pretend to be tough, so they can only work hard to make money and use money to pretend to be tough. Then he looked at Lin Yuxiang and suddenly shook his head: As for you...you have to make a lot of money."

"Lin Yuxiang walked all the way to the school gate, thinking that his parents should be on the way... Maybe if he let go of all the troubles, he would feel more at ease. But he couldn't let go - it was like holding onto a convex rock with his hands, and there was an abyss under his feet. He knew he couldn't climb up, and his hands were bleeding from the pain... He didn't know whether he should let go or not, and his lonely face melted into the sunset."

From the main text, Han Han used not too much words to describe from the side how Wang Fang Xinghe was forced - it was something that everyone knew, so there was no need to cover up the truth.

But these few words add a lot of reading pleasure to the novel.

Moreover, the existence of the King of Force provides an extremely credible reason for the protagonist's confusion and bewilderment. The jealousy, timidity, bitterness and lack of confidence of an adolescent boy are vividly and convincingly portrayed.

Of course, the code name "Bi Wang" itself is enough to make people laugh.

Li Qigang immediately published a comment in the newspaper: "Han Han's Triple Door is relatively immature, but youthful enough - compared with Cang Ye Xue, Triple Door is the real youth we are familiar with in a broad sense. Han Han wrote about the youth confusion of a generation, rather than a very few special cases in special circumstances. So although its literary value and social artistry are not that strong, I still like this work very much.

In the article, Fang Xinghe's obscure appearance is more like a gorgeous unveiling of a grand metaphor - we all know who he is, but we still look forward to seeing how Han Han writes about him.

The final result is very interesting. Han Han extracted Fang Xinghe's characteristics with a kind of ironic ridicule and perfectly integrated them into the book. It not only became a wonderful symbol of the repressive education of "other people's children", but also carried a kind of absurd comedy that blended reality and fantasy, which made people laugh. "

Many people gave higher evaluation to "Triple Door" because of Fang Xinghe's appearance. This is not to praise Fang Xinghe, but Han Han's handling is indeed more mature than the original version.

Hu Weishi commented: "Pressure should have a source. Pressure from society should be from society, pressure from education should be from education, and pressure from peers should be from peers.

A common problem among teenagers is to 'seek pressure from the void', 'magnify meaningless pressure', and 'create pressure just to feel pressure'. However, Han Han faced the real pressure in a self-deprecating way, which is remarkable.

Of course, the whole novel still has some problems. Compared with the extremely mature literary work "Cang Yexue", Han Han has many clever ideas and flashes of inspiration, but the structure is still too loose and the theme is not clear enough, which weakens the critical power.

Overall, this is a work that is worth reading. ”

Han Han finally became famous.

Anyone who can sell 30 books in a day can be said to be very popular.

And based on such solid facts, the defense department spent a lot of effort and brought their own dry food to promote him.

"Han Han's works are real youth literature! In comparison, Fang Xinghe's stuff simply stinks!"

"This is the true youth of our generation of kids, not fighting, arson, poisoning, alkali and murder!"

"From then on, Fang Xinghe was no longer the only one in the field of youth literature. New competitors entered the market temporarily monopolized by Fang Xinghe with a bewildered and confused attitude that was more in line with the psychology of teenagers. His works were fresh, ordinary, universal and healthy, bringing us a youth journey that could touch our hearts."

"Han Han is looking for himself, while Fang Xinghe is looking for only himself. The difference lies in these few words - extremely selfish and extremely egoistic."

"From the current situation, I cannot say that Han Han is stronger against my conscience, but looking to the future, Han Han will definitely go further, because he is the one who truly writes with his heart, instead of playing with people's hearts for utilitarian purposes. The hearts of ordinary people do not have that much space to accommodate Fang Xinghe's selfishness. What people have in their hearts is only justice."

It's a bunch of bullshit. In short, it's just praising Han and criticizing Fang.

Now, they are the only ones who dare to attack Fang Xinghe, and they will do so whenever they get the chance, all the time.

This time, it opened beautifully, after all, there was a reason.

Fang Xinghe's haters rushed forward like wild dogs smelling shit and began to cheer for Han Han.

However, Fang Xinghe killed them with just one sentence.

Xinmin Evening News devoted a large section to publishing only his one sentence:

"Don't you guys read the afterword when you read a book? Directions: the third to last paragraph on the last page. Damn, a bunch of idiots."

The group of haters led by 13 Ugly were stunned. Many people who had never bought "Triple Door" immediately went to buy it and asked: What does that paragraph say?
Starting from the fourth-to-last paragraph, there is a long passage of thanks, without any paragraphs. The densely packed text is piled in a small space, which can easily be regarded as nonsense.

But in the next paragraph, Han Han specifically thanked Fang Xinghe——

"Finally, I would like to thank Fang Xinghe for inviting me to publish a book and for spitting in my face to motivate me to become more angry. I do not agree with many of his views. He did not completely convince me, but he did lead me to think about more things. I do not have an answer for now, and if I do, it is completely opposite to his. There is only one thing I am willing to admit: among all the people who write in Chinese, Qian Zhongshu is first, Fang Xinghe is second, and I am third - this is the case for now, but it may not be certain in the future."

“I would like to dedicate this sentence to all those who are either in high spirits or in low spirits. It is very ordinary, but you must believe in yourself:

I am gold, I want to glitter."

It was difficult to prevent the ugly maggots in the department who were frantically encouraging Han Han to belittle Fang Xinghe from being completely dumbfounded.

What the hell!

I've already run two miles, and you're waving the white flag behind my back?!
You are my gold, you shine my light!

You bastard! You make me so angry!
From that day on, for two whole days, the names of Fang Xinghe or Han Han never appeared again in all the newspapers and magazines related to the Pan-Defense Department.

13 The ugly ones were totally at a loss, damn, the sky fell again...

(End of this chapter)