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

Chapter 261 Famous in North America! This is the true representative of Chinese literature! In terms of influence abroad, no one can match it!
Simon & Schuster is the largest book publisher in the United States. It was founded in 1914 and covers content including adult publishing, children's publishing, audiobooks and online publishing. It has cooperation with more than countries around the world and is one of the most important book publishers in the world.

The United States has only been around for two hundred years, but a book publishing house has been around for more than a hundred years.

This shows how long the history of Simon & Schuster is.

After learning that The Sun Also Rises was included in Simon & Schuster, Jiang Hai searched online for information about the publishing house and was somewhat surprised to find that -

Jiang Hai discovered that all literary works by famous writers both at home and abroad were included in this publishing house with a long history.

For example——

Márquez, a Colombian writer and representative of Latin American magical realism literature, is known as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. His two representative works are "Love in the Time of Cholera" and "One Hundred Years of Solitude".

Danish novelist Johannes Willem Jensen is famous in the literary world for his imaginative words and creative images. He is also known as the most imaginative poet in the North American literary world. His work "The Long Journey", which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944, is also included in the publisher.

The novels of German writer Hermann Hesse include "Knulp", "Demir" and "Siddhartha".

Representative works of the drama master Shakespeare include "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Jiang Hai discovered that after the works of these famous authors whose works were collected by Simon & Schuster were officially collected by the publishing house, the publishing house would give the authors of these works a long resume about the author's life:

In this way, the author's achievements and influence in the industry are shown to the world.

"The works collected by this publishing house seem to be all famous works by famous authors?"

Jiang Hai looked at the search introduction about "Simon & Schuster" on the screen and immediately fell into deep thought.

"In other words."

“Only works by famous literary figures will be included in this publishing house.”

"so."

"Am I also considered a celebrity in their minds???"

With this idea in mind, Jiang Hai began to browse the writers' homepages displayed by the publishing house.

His guess was indeed correct.

Since the mid-nineteenth century, any literary figure who has gained a place in the European and American literary world and has a good reputation will have his representative works collected and printed and published by Simon & Schuster.

Before the official launch of the "Cultural Exchange between China and the West", there were two Asian literary masters included in Simon & Schuster Publishing House:

One is Rabindranath Tagore from India.

One is Yasunari Kawabata of Japan.

There are no Chinese writers among them.

(Similar to the world-renowned Russian literary master Leo Tolstoy, his representative works are naturally included in Simon & Schuster Publishing House. However, due to geographical restrictions, all Russian writers are uniformly included in European literature and do not belong to the Asian category.)
After the official launch of the [Cultural Exchange between China and the West], Simon & Schuster Publishing House specially added three writers from China who have a certain influence in Asia:

One is Jia Pingwa, a representative figure of rural literature in Northwest China.

One is Liu Zhenyun, a representative of China's new realism school.

As for the last one, it is naturally Jiang Hai, who is looking up the publishing house information at this moment.

If Simon & Schuster hadn't ranked it this way, it would be hard to believe that in the eyes of the Western literary world, Jiang Hai's status was...

How could he be listed alongside Jia Pingwa and Liu Zhenyun, two literary masters with great reputations in China? ? ? ?
Beijing Normal University, conference seminar room.

Tie Ning, chairman of the China Writers Association, stared at the computer screen in disbelief.

She personally found it hard to accept that Simon & Schuster listed Jiang Hai's name alongside Jia Pingwa and Liu Zhenyun.

"How can this be
Nowadays, there are only a handful of writers who can make a name for themselves in the Chinese literary world.

It is obvious that writers Jia and Liu are the ones who can go abroad and promote world literature.

Although the two have their own controversies in the field of creation, it is undeniable that both of them have great reputation and status in the domestic literary world.

It is definitely the undisputed top one.

Ever since the beginning of [Cultural Exchange between China and the West], everyone has known that Simon & Schuster, the largest and oldest book publishing house in the United States, has extremely strict requirements on the quality of literary works included in the company.

First, any author included in the society’s literary works must have an extraordinary influence in the literary genre to which he or she belongs.

Second, the manuscripts submitted by the writer himself must be of high quality.

More than two-thirds of the famous writers from the China Writers Association who participated in the "China-Western Cultural Exchange" have submitted manuscripts to Simon & Schuster.

But the ending is no exception
Or, it will be rejected.

Or, you may have received a notice from Simon & Schuster asking you to transfer your publication.

For Simon & Schuster, they have their own selection process. If you want to be on Simon & Schuster's Wall of Fame, you can be ranked alongside other literary masters whose reputations are known overseas.

This is not an easy thing to do.

For other smaller literary publishing houses, having famous writers submit their works to them is something they would have loved to have.

But for Simon & Schuster, there is only one banner they put up for accepting manuscripts:

“We only include masterpieces that are so great that they can influence the world.”

In China, Jiang Hai belongs to an ordinary young generation. Although he has a good reputation in the domestic literary world, in the eyes of quite a few people in China -

He is just a junior.

But what no one expected was that when it went abroad, it turned out that in the minds of foreign readers
Is Jiang Hai the real giant in the Chinese literary world?

He is actually the true master of literature?
In the conference room.

After learning the news.

Many people have started to visit Simon & Schuster’s Wall of Fame and look up foreign literary circles’ opinions and impressions of Chinese writers. They found that when introducing the two writers Jia Pingwa and Liu Zhenyun, they only had two simple personal introductions:

【Jia Pingwa: A representative figure of Chinese rural literature. 】

【Liu Zhenyun: a famous Chinese writer.】

The two literary masters who enjoyed great reputation in the country were summarized and introduced in just two simple sentences.

But the resume of [writer Jiang Hai] is ridiculously long——

【Jiang Hai: A leader in China's pioneering documentary literature, representative works include "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", "No Longer Human", "The Crucible", "Suyuan", "The Injustice of Dou E", and "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai". Awards won: China Cao Yu Drama Award, Japan Izumi Kyoka Literature Award, and South Korea Blue Dragon Literature Award. Biography: The godfather of tragedy, the master of mourning literature, the founder of traditional Chinese opera culture, and has a high reputation in Asia.】

Perhaps, from other places, everyone did not feel the difference between themselves and a person like Jiang Hai.

However, it was not until the time when the foreign literary world gave Jiang Hai this wall of honor that he wrote.
Everyone finally realized the gap between themselves and Jiang Hai!

Because of his young age, Jiang Hai's status in the domestic literary world has always been classified as a younger generation and a rising star.

It is for this reason that whenever Jiang Hai sees famous writers from the Writers Association, he always says politely:
"Hello, teachers."

Originally, Jiang Hai was just a rising star in the literary field and a junior in the literary world.

But until I go abroad
Everyone realized that the qualifications and honors they were so proud of were not worth mentioning in front of Jiang Hai.

It turns out that Jiang Hai is in the foreign literary world.
Already famous???
For some reason, Tie Ning, chairman of the China Writers Association, looked at Jiang Hai, who was mediocre in China but highly praised by the foreign literary circles.

A sentence suddenly popped up in her mind:

"If you don't practice, you will see me like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky. If you practice, you will see me like an ant looking at the sky."

Tie Ning shook his head vigorously to clear out these messy thoughts from his mind.

After a while of silence.

Looking at the scene in front of her, she said slowly with a serious expression:
“Young people are to be feared.”

Don't even mention the writers who were in the meeting, even Jiang Hai himself didn't expect that he was abroad.
How could it be so popular? ? ? ?

Chenghai Drama Academy, in the classroom.

Jiang Hai was stunned when he saw the resume written by a foreign publisher.

"Am I already so popular?"

In Jiang Hai's opinion, he can feel that his status and influence in the literary world have expanded.

The most clear understanding is that -

In the past, when he went to the toilet to smoke, he would subconsciously hide the Liqun in his hand when he saw Teacher Wang:
"Teacher Wang, I don't want to smoke, I just come here to take a walk"

But now, whenever he ran into Teacher Wang in the toilet, he would change his usual serious look and come over with a smile on his face:
"Why call me Teacher Wang? That's too strange. From now on, just call me Old Wang!"

"From now on, we will talk about our own affairs. You call me teacher and I call you brother."

"Brother Jiang Hai, come and smoke, I'll light one for you."

Although Jiang Hai tried to explain again and again: "It's not Teacher Wang, uh, it's not Lao Wang!"

"I'm not here to smoke today. I really need to pee. I just want to go to the toilet."

But Lao Wang didn't care:
"Why can't you smoke when you pee?"

"Come, hold on with your left hand, I'll help you."

Although his status in the school has improved, Jiang Hai is the only student who can smoke under the nose of Lao Wang, the director of the Academic Affairs Office, and the only one in the school who can skip classes at will without asking for leave.

But even so, Jiang Hai himself did not expect
It turns out that he is already so famous abroad???

It turns out that I am the teacher in the eyes of others???

Just as Jiang Hai was looking at the personal information on the computer screen, he began to sigh inwardly:
"Am I actually already so awesome?"

"Fuck you!" Monkey rushed in from the classroom door. He took two steps at a time and rushed directly to Jiang Hai, scratching his head and face anxiously, "Fuck you!!!"

"brute!!!!"

"You're a fucking beast!!!"

The sound was so deafening that every student in the classroom could hear it.

If you want to know who is the biggest culprit for causing Monkey Zhang Wenle to repeat a grade, apart from his own extreme lack of self-discipline, there is another person who cannot escape the blame -

It can only be Jiang Hai!
Whenever Zhang Wenle gets tired of playing, he wants to study for a while.

Jiang Hai would appear beside him, shouting at him like a ghost:
"Going online?"

Zhang Wenle tried to refuse:

"Online?"

"No, I can't. It's almost the end of the semester and I want to review."

Whenever Zhang Wenle expressed his desire to make progress, Jiang Hai would appear beside him:
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and pack up and come with me to surf the Internet. I'll pay for today's Internet fee, instant noodles and drinks."

Zhang Wenle's original intention was to review his studies, but when he heard Jiang Hai shout out -

Internet fee, instant noodles, happy water, all included
In an instant, desire overcame reason, and he picked up his schoolbag and started walking out the door:
"Study? What a waste of time!"

"Hurry up and log in, watch me fight him till the end of time."

As the end of the semester approaches, Zhang Wenle wants to review and consolidate his academic performance.

But every time he wanted to learn, Jiang Hai would run to him and say:
"Online?"

And every time, Zhang Wenle could not resist the temptation and followed Jiang Hai to the Internet cafe to surf the Internet.

"Let's go online!"

Again and again.

Three gives birth to all things, endlessly.

Finally, the final exams were approaching and the deadline finally arrived.

Monkey Zhang Wenle thought that there was nothing to be afraid of even if he failed the exam. No matter what, he would always have Jiang Hai to accompany him.

after all--

While I was studying, Jiang Hai was surfing the Internet.

While I was surfing the Internet, Jiang Hai was also surfing the Internet.

Since both of us failed the exam, there was certainly nothing to be afraid of.

But just when Zhang Wenle was fantasizing that he and Jiang Hai would both fail the exam, and then the two of them would wait together for the trial to retake the exam.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Jiang Hai suddenly took out a leave request from his pocket:

"I'm sorry, I'm a free agent."

When I learned that Jiang Hai could be promoted to a higher grade without taking the final exam.

In an instant, Zhang Wenle's mentality completely collapsed:
"Why didn't you tell me earlier that you were going to be admitted???"

"So you really made a fool of me, didn't you?

If it were just this level, it wouldn't make the monkey lose his temper and want to kill someone.

When I learned that Jiang Hai's status in the domestic literary world was on par with Jia Pingwa and Liu Zhenyun, literary masters whom I had only heard of in Chinese textbooks,
The monkey's mentality was completely blown away.

At this moment, he was staring at the river and sea in front of him with gritted teeth:
"Why?"

"What the hell is this based on???"

"Why are you so awesome???"

"I don't understand, you might as well just kill me."

I am afraid that my brother will suffer, and I am also afraid that my brother will drive a Land Rover.

This should be the true reflection of Monkey Zhang Wenle's inner thoughts at this moment?

This feeling is a bit similar to
We were both street thugs, but I naively thought we were both losers. I was so sincere to you, and I saw that you were having a hard time, but I still gave you five dollars a day to buy you a Daqianmen.
Then one day, you suddenly drove a Rolls-Royce, holding a fair-skinned, beautiful young model with a good figure in your left hand, and stopped beside me with your eyes fixed on me:
"I'm not pretending anymore. I'm telling you I'm not a loser. I'm a rich second generation."

"My father is Lao Ma"

I thought we were all small-time scoundrels who were not presentable, but one day, my brother suddenly turned out to be a handsome, rich and good-looking man?

Who can accept this huge psychological gap?
Looking at the monkey Zhang Wenle whose teeth were bared and almost bit his lips until they bled.

Jiang Hai hurriedly advised him:

"You are still young, you must not go down the path of crime."

"Calm down, you have to stay calm."

The monkey bit his lips and stared at the river and sea in front of him:
“I heard from others”

"You are now as famous as Jia Pingwa and Liu Zhenyun, right?"

"Your influence abroad is actually the same as that of teachers Jia and Liu???"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hai immediately said seriously:
"Rumors, this is pure rumor!"

"Who did you hear that from?"

"This is just nonsense, it has no factual basis at all."

After hearing Jiang Hai's advice, the anger on Monkey's face eased a little:
"so"

"Whether it's Teacher Jia or Teacher Liu, you can't compare to them, right?"

"If you say so, I feel relieved."

It was the time when the monkey felt at ease.

Jiang Hai's face was serious. He turned the computer on the table and pointed it at him:

"Who told you that I am as famous as Teachers Jia and Liu?"

"Before you determine the truth of something, you must state the facts and present the evidence"

Jiang Hai pointed at his ranking on the foreign online literature forum and looked at Zhang Wenle:

"My name is listed before these two teachers, and my personal profile is more detailed than theirs."

The name comes before the two digits, what does this mean?
This means that Jiang Hai's discussion and influence abroad are stronger than the latter two.

The completion of the personal profile is more complicated and detailed. What does this mean?
This means that the foreign literary world values ​​Jiang Hai more than Jia and Liu.
"Look, I think the word 'on par' is not quite accurate." Jiang Hai tried to explain to Zhang Wenle seriously, "Just from the data given by the forum, I have obviously 'surpassed' them. I should have surpassed these two teachers in terms of influence."

"Before discussing the truth of a matter, we have to state the facts and present the evidence, you see."

Just when Jiang Hai wanted to discuss further.

“Ka-Shua——”

A muffled sound rang out directly in the classroom.

Monkey Zhang Wenle suddenly tore his short-sleeved shirt into pieces.

Then, as if stimulated by something, the monkey Zhang Wenle shouted at everyone in the classroom:
"I'm not gonna live anymore!!!"

The next second, he jumped out of the window.
(End of this chapter)