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Chapter 171 This is the real power of dominance! A disciple does not have to be inferior to his master? Witness history today! (4k)

Apart from his student identity, if he was just an ordinary writer, or more precisely, an ordinary theater practitioner, he would have won the "Best New Screenwriter" award in his first national-level participation in the "Cao Yu Drama Literature Award" -

This might really be quite rare?

The Cao Yu Drama Literature Award is an important and influential art award event in the field of Chinese drama literature.

Its predecessor was the National Excellent Script Award founded by the China Dramatists Association in 1980. In 1994, the award was renamed the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award. This national drama literature award has had a very significant impact on the creation and development of contemporary drama literature.

And Jiang Hai, as a student, was able to win the Best New Screenwriter Award at this year's Cao Yu Drama Literature Award?
This is simply incredible!

Looking at the contemporary literary world, whether it is the young generation or the older generation of literary creators, there are always four mountains that cannot be overcome, they are:

Mao Dun Literature Prize.

Lu Xun Literature Award.

Lao She Literature Award.

Cao Yu Drama Literature Award.

These four major awards, as the highest awards in the domestic literary field today, are of great value. Each one is the lifelong goal pursued by countless literary creators throughout their lives.

The Cao Yu Drama Literature Award is held every three years. It has now been held for the 25th time. During this period, there will only be one winner of the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award:

Five works won awards and five works were nominated.

It includes not only drama and spoken drama, but also a series of literary creation types such as opera, children's play, opera, dance drama, etc.

In the "Drama" category alone, outstanding teachers, professors, and scriptwriters from all walks of life will create hundreds of excellent plays in a year.

What's more, all the other miscellaneous 'operas and dramas' are mixed together?
Anyone who can create a script and has the confidence to participate in the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award and be selected into the library of works -

They should all be the best in their respective fields or even industry leaders?

Among them, there are many veteran professors like Tao Chunfang and Ye Jingming who have been famous in the field of drama and opera for many years.

A lifelong honorary professor from Peking University and Tsinghua University.

Top scholars from the China Writers Association.

The academicians come from those who have returned from studying abroad.

These dramatists, who have honed their skills for three years and possess outstanding creative abilities, have all given their best performances and presented their long-prepared high-quality scripts, aiming for the 25th Cao Yu Drama Literature Award.

And Jiang Hai, it was under such circumstances——

Win the championship!

He won the 25th Best New Screenwriter Award for his performance in the traditional folk drama "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai"!
How incredible is this?

"In the 25th Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, a total of five plays won awards and five plays were nominated."

"There are ten works in total, and Jiang Hai alone owns two of them."

Ten literary works that will be recorded in the history of the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award were selected from thousands of giants in their respective fields!
Among them, let alone winning an award, it’s just a nomination——

This is enough to make the nominated contestants shine!

Why is Peking University's Chinese Department so strong that everyone generally believes that Peking University's Chinese Department is the most authoritative discipline in the field of Chinese in China?

First, Peking University has a strong faculty. It has almost the best group of literati and scholars in the country. Throughout history, a series of literati and scholars who are well-known in the literary world, such as Yan Fu, Lu Xun, and Shen Congwen, have worked at Peking University.

Second, the excellent talent pool. Without mentioning other things, just look at the young generation of the Chinese Department of Peking University. Yan Ruyu hasn’t even graduated yet.

It was directly nominated for the Mao Dun Literature Prize, one of the four major domestic literary awards!
Just because she was a beautiful girl and was nominated for the Mao Dun Literature Award while studying at Peking University, the Chinese Department of Peking University became famous both at home and abroad.

Now, as one of the four major literary awards in China, the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award is as famous as the Mao Dun Literature Award.

Jiang Hai not only got the nomination, but also won the award directly?
What a terrifying value this is!
What an exaggerated dominance this is!

The visiting media, reporters, and even the teachers and students who were watching the live broadcast were all shocked by Jiang Hai's achievements.

Watching the host on the news introducing the award-winning works in detail, Jiang Hai suddenly fell into deep thought:
"Why didn't I win the award for 'The Injustice of Dou E', which I prepared for so long, but won the award for 'The Butterfly Lovers', which I prepared in just one week?"

"What happened here? Why did my "The Injustice of Dou E" fail?"

Logically speaking, the creation of the drama "The Injustice of Dou E" is definitely not inferior to the drama "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" in terms of quality. Regarding this point -

Jiang Hai can absolutely guarantee that he is the original author.

Whether it is the literary attributes of the work or the artistic elements of the drama, compared with "Liang Zhu", "The Injustice of Dou E" is absolutely——

Only strong, not weak!

This is the painstaking work of Master Guan Hanqing, who is known as the "first of the four great Yuan opera masters"!

Who is Guan Hanqing?
He is truly a master of drama who single-handedly suppressed an era!

Are you saying that the famous work of a master of drama lacks literary quality, artistry and even dramatic expansion?
This is definitely impossible.

So, why did the superior "The Injustice of Dou E" fail to win the award, while the slightly inferior "Butterfly Lovers" stood on the award-winning stage with a glittering halo?
After much thought, Jiang Hai finally came up with two reasons:

First, times have changed!
From the perspective of the subject matter, in an era that advocates "as long as you are willing to endure hardships, you will definitely have endless hardships", everyone's daily life is already frustrating enough. At this time, you bring out a book "The Injustice of Dou E" and let everyone go to the theater to appreciate such a tragedy in their spare time after work.

Naturally, it will be questioned by many people.

"I'm already exhausted from work, and I want to watch a play to relax. Why are you torturing me so cruelly at this time?"

"Why should I suffer like Dou E? Can't I enjoy happiness for no reason?"

"In ancient times, people emphasized the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. This is certainly true, but if you want me to be like Dou E and not fight back when being bullied, I really can't do that."

It is destined to be a tragic subject and is inherently unpopular in the literary market.

In the case of congenital defects, you can expect a tragedy to become a masterpiece in one play.

Maybe this isn't very realistic?
So, why did "The Butterfly Lovers" win the award when they all belong to the tragic theme?

This involves a very important factor:

Carry forward the main theme of the times!
The birth of any excellent literary work is inseparable from the support of the times behind it.

In an era of fast-food love, frequent one-night stands, declining marriage rates and soaring divorce rates——

We really need stories of loyal love like "The Butterfly Lovers" as examples for young people of this era to learn from!
While shouting out "This is our Oriental Romeo and Juliet" in the award-winning speech, the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award judges also quoted the ancient style of "Butterfly Lovers" and cited a series of classic poems to promote the work:

"Life is precious, love is higher!"

"I wish to be a pair of wings in the sky, and a pair of branches on the ground!"

"If love lasts forever, why should we be together day and night?"

Of course, why "Butterfly Lovers" won the award and why "The Injustice of Dou E" was nominated are totally irrelevant to bystanders. The only thing they can feel is - awesome!
This is awesome!
In addition to Jiang Hai, there are four other winners of the 25th Cao Yu Drama Literature Award. They are:

Xu Wenwei, National Professional Scriptwriter of China National Opera and Dance Theater, Visiting Professor of Chinese Opera Literature Department of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Opera, Winner of First Prize of Tian Han Drama Award, Visiting Professor of World Culture and Art Department of University of Los Angeles
Yu Anzhi is currently the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Drama Association's "Chinese Drama Yearbook", a winner of the Wenhua Award, a winner of the "Five Ones" Project Award, and a participant in the revision of the Qing Dynasty history of the "Outline of National History".
Guo Chengwang, screenwriter and vice president of Northern Kunqu Opera Theater, is currently a first-class screenwriter of Yanjing People's Art Theater, vice chairman of Yanjing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, chairman of Yanjing Dramatists Association, and currently a visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Opera.
Cao Xiuwen is a visiting professor at the School of Drama and Literature of Sun Yat-sen University. He is currently the director of the Southern Yue Opera Scriptwriting Department, a drama award judge, and the director of the Guangdong Drama Federation.
Looking at the other four winners of the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, all of them are active players on the national team, and all of them are masters in their respective fields of expertise!
But looking at the rivers and seas, there are only a few words of introduction:

【Winner: Jiang Hai. 】

【Graduated from: Chenghai Drama Academy, sophomore in the Chinese Department. 】

【Award-winning experience: None. 】

Jiang Hai, who can even be called a "three-no person", is named -

How could he be ranked before these four people?
How exaggerated is this?
How horrible is this???
"No, buddy, have I recently poked a hole in the nest of geniuses? First, [the math saint from a technical secondary school suppressed the young generation of Peking University and Tsinghua University], and then [a mediocre undergraduate student and a national honorary professor went head-to-head], and they both won? What's wrong with this world?? Is this world so crazy now???"

"Even if you beat me to death, I still won't believe it. How can an undergraduate student be so awesome?"

"There are so many explosive news recently that I can't keep up. I actually saw a 'three-no person' listed alongside the 'lifetime honorary professor' of our Central Academy of Drama."

"Can you believe that according to the news reports, this Jiang Hai is actually experiencing drama for the first time?"

To be honest, as a school founded on drama, Chenghai Drama Academy has a profound and long history. Before this,

There have also been professors and teachers who have won the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award.

However, that was a competition between the best screenwriters in the school and the most outstanding screenwriters in China.

But this river
When I saw the name "Jiang Hai" with my own eyes, I found that it was ranked before Xu Wenwei, Yu Anzhi, Guo Chengwang and Cao Xiuwen, four leading figures in the field of domestic drama literature.

The Dean of Academic Affairs of Chengxi was completely stunned:
"Where are you coming from? Is this still China?"

The media reporters rushed to Jiang Hai like a tide and asked him questions:
"Student Jiang Hai, I'm a reporter from Phoenix TV. Can you tell us how you feel now?"

"Student Jiang Hai, according to your instructor Tao Chunfang, this is your first time to come into contact with literature in the field of drama. Is this true?"

"Student Jiang Hai, do you have anything to say about winning the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award this time?"

"Student Jiang Hai."

If this was just an ordinary award ceremony, it might not have caused such a sensational response?
However, Jiang Hai, as an undergraduate student, beat so many honorary professors from different schools and even won the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, one of the four major literary awards in China.
There is indeed a big difference!
First, there was [the saintly girl from a technical secondary school defeated the students from Peking University and Tsinghua University], then [the proud son of heaven defeated the eminent professor]. In the same period of time, this series of events happened successively.

It’s hard not to connect these two things together!
"This is too exaggerated."

Jiang Hai looked at the invitation letters from various political parties, organizations, and literary groups in his hand and immediately fell into deep thought.

He just stood in front of the camera for a while and didn't even say anything.

Jiang Hai successively received invitations to join from the Municipal Writers Association, Provincial Writers Association, Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, some art troupes, and even some drama and literary organizations from other provinces.

Normally, if you want to join an organization like a provincial writers' association, the requirements may be quite strict?
You have to publish articles in some larger magazines and journals, such as "Harvest" or "People's Literature", and then find a relatively reputable introducer in the Writers Association. The introducer will recommend you, and the organization will assess the materials you submit. After the chairman of the jury unanimously votes in favor, you can finally join the provincial writers association.
In the meantime, there is a rather tedious period of assessment.

But now, those cumbersome processes have disappeared in an instant, and have been replaced by a very simple set of processes.

A considerable number of people shouted to Jiang Hai:

"Come in!"

"As long as you come, we will take you!"

For a while, there were questions from reporters and invitations to membership from people from various parties.

You say something to everyone, and I say something.

Jiang Hai didn’t even know who to answer first?

"Speak one by one, and slow down. I can't hear what you are saying clearly."

Taking advantage of the chaos, some college admissions directors even started poaching people on the spot:

"Jiang Hai, have you ever considered Tsinghua or Peking University?"

"If you are interested in Tsinghua, we can recruit you as a special talent at the graduate level and admit you without taking an entrance exam."

Something seems to be wrong with the development of things?
Seeing that the admissions teachers of other schools were ignoring me and poaching students right under my nose?
The Dean of Education took the initiative to come forward to help Jiang Hai out:
"Wait for me, all of you."

The moment when Jiang Hai was announced as the winner of the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award in the news.

It wasn't just Jiang Hai himself who was being interviewed.

Even Jiang Hai's mentor Tao Chunfang and senior sister Xiao Linyu were also being interviewed.

"Teacher Tao Chunfang, as far as we know, although you are an authority in the field of drama, in your career -"

"I guess he has never won the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, or even been nominated?"

"What do you think of your student Jiang Hai, who won the Best New Screenwriter Award for the first time he was nominated for the Cao Yu Literature Award?"

In response to the reporter's tricky questions.

Teacher Tao Chunfang was not angry. She looked at the reporter with an extremely pleased look:
"First of all, I am very pleased that Jianghai has achieved such results. I am proud of Jianghai's achievements."

"Secondly, a disciple need not be inferior to his teacher."

Xiao Linyu responded to the reporter's questions:

"Student Xiao, what kind of person do you think Jiang Hai is?"

Thought for a long time.

Xiao Linyu raised her head, her tone and eyes full of seriousness:

“I think he is a very pure and powerful person.”

If one were to pick out someone in the world who would be happier than Jiang Hai about Jiang Hai winning the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, that person would have to be the president of Chenghai Drama Academy.

Fang Zhenguo!
At the academic seminar for presidents of various universities.

Fang Zhenguo looked at the news of Jiang Hai's award, his expression full of pride, the smile on his lips was even harder to suppress than AK:

"This is our Chengxi student."

At this moment, Hong Jianshu, president of the Chinese Academy of Drama, one of the three major drama schools, walked in from outside the conference room.

Hong Jianshu saw Fang Zhenguo sitting in the middle of the meeting room and shouted to him:
"Lao Fang, have you eaten?"

Fang Zhenguo couldn't help but smile. He raised his head and replied directly:
"Yes, first place in the country."

"Hey, Lao Hong, how did you know that our Chengxi Opera has an award-winning student?"

(End of this chapter)