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

Chapter 268 Who is the orthodox in the literary world? The new generation of tragic realistic literature! I am the chosen one, and the only one!

The actual influence is something illusory. You say you are more famous than him, and he says he is more famous than you. There is still no definitive answer on how to judge this thing.

For the literary industry, how do we judge whether a writer is famous or not, and whether he or she is well-known in the industry?
Without a doubt, it naturally depends on the sales of the writer's works.

Good works may not necessarily be box office hits. Take "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Sunflowers" for example. These literary works or paintings were not well received and were directly discarded at the time when the writers lived there.

But with the passage of time and the development of the times, these dusty pearls and jades will finally have their day of redress.

Although good works may not necessarily sell well, one thing must be made clear -

A bad work will not sell well!

In this era, there are too many writers who are conceited and think that their works are world-shaking masterpieces.

A considerable number of writers believe that the reason their works are not popular in the market is not because they are not good at writing, but that their words are too advanced and readers of this era cannot understand them. If their works want to receive positive feedback, they need time to settle.

Time will always prove everything.
They think they are the next Cao Xueqin.

They compare themselves to the Van Gogh of the new era.

Little did I know.
There aren't that many protagonists in this world.

A rotten orange is a rotten orange.

If it's not written well, it's not written well.

It’s not because my works are out of date. The reason why my works are not popular in the market can be summarized in four words:

Just practice cooking more!

The capital, the Great Hall, watched as Jiang Hai's single book sales remained firmly ranked first.

More than half of the writers' association leaders present said they couldn't believe their eyes:

"Jiang Hai, number one in the fault?"

“Isn’t this a bit too outrageous?”

The Northwest Native Literature School, headed by Jia Pingwa, the chairman of the Writers Association, directly raised doubts:
"You said that Jiang Hai's writings are popular among foreign readers. This is not surprising. I am not surprised."

"But you're saying that Jiang Hai's work can surpass the teacher's?"

“I really don’t believe this.”

Who is Jia Pingwa?

He is a true leader in the domestic literary world.

Even though there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts, you should praise Jia Pingwa as the leader of serious literature today and a new generation of living legend.
There should be few people who would question this point?
Jia Pingwa's own experience is a legendary modern history. He was born in 1958 and has experienced a series of historical changes in New China. His works have a strong local flavor. It is precisely based on his simple and realistic description that he has won almost all the famous literary awards in China.

He has won many awards, such as the Mao Dun Literature Prize and the Lu Xun Literature Prize.

But now, seeing that Jia Pingwa, who spent decades writing a documentary narrative book "Hometown" that contains the historical changes of towns during the reform and opening up, has lagged far behind Jiang Hai's "The Sun Also Rises" in terms of sales, when witnessing this scene with their own eyes, the writers of the Northwest local literature school headed by Jia Pingwa -

Directly, it means I can't believe it!

"Mr. Jia, they are literary masters, and they have already been planted in textbooks!"

"He is such a person, he actually..."

"Your influence in North America is not as great as that of a student like Jiang Hai?"

"What on earth is wrong with this world? Has it become so crazy?"

It is not just the Northwestern folk literature school that is shocked.
A new realist literary school headed by Mr. Liu Zhenyun.

Seeing that the name of teacher [Liu Zhenyun] was actually ranked behind [Jiang Hai], a strong sense of frustration suddenly rose in my heart:
"Jiang Hai is only twenty-two or twenty-three years old. His literary achievements at this age are already comparable to those of Mr. Liu Zhenyun?"

"We are both young people, why is this guy so perverted? And I..."

If an older person were to surpass oneself in literary achievement, most people would think it was natural:

"He is older than me and has been immersed in this field for so many years. Isn't it normal that he is better than me?"

However, when I saw the teacher whom I had always regarded as my mentor and even my role model being surpassed by a young man of the same age or even younger than me,
The person who was on the pedestal actually fell from the pedestal?

The person who defeated the 'God' was actually a young man of the same age as me?
This situation is hard to accept.
How many people, at the age of 18, were so ambitious that they swore in public to those who looked down on them:
"When I'm 20, I'll make a name for myself for you!"

Although, the slogans were shouted loudly.

But the fact is, let alone making something impressive at the age of 20, how many people have not made something impressive at the age of 21, 22, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9?
When they reach the age of thirty, how many people begin to swear to the heavens:

"I'm thirty years old. I must stand up this year!"

But the reality is that at the age of 30, not only did my career fail to gain momentum, but certain parts of my body also gradually became weak and could no longer stand up.
"Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river, don't bully young people into poverty!"

This slogan is only suitable for cool novels.

The life of most ordinary people will only be——

"Don't bully young people into poverty!"

"Don't bully the middle-aged and poor!"

“Don’t despise the elderly and the poor!”

"The dead are great!"

Just when everyone has accepted their own mediocrity, they believe that geniuses only exist in novels.

Jiang Hai's sudden appearance made everyone present begin to doubt their lives:
"This discussion and exchange of Chinese and Western cultures should have been a battle between the two teachers, Jia and Liu. The literary schools headed by the two teachers wanted to choose through this cultural exchange between China and the West—"

“Who is the undisputed number one in today’s Chinese literary world?”

“Who would have thought that what was supposed to be a discussion between two top masters would turn into a solo show for Jiang Hai?”

At this moment, Gu Yucheng was sitting in the audience.

Looking at the two big, bright words "Jiang Hai" on the screen, I suddenly felt unprecedented frustration.

He has always regarded himself as a student of Jia Pingwa and is proud of it.

Even the last time I met Jiang Hai at a gathering of young writers, the first sentence he said when he opened his mouth to introduce himself was:
"I am Gu Yucheng, Mr. Jia is my teacher"

I originally thought that my level was about the same as Jiang Hai's, and Jiang Hai was just lucky to be ahead of me.

Who could have expected that after only a few months of absence, Jiang Hai would be able to
Can he actually fight back and forth with his teacher?

even.
And surpassed his teacher in all aspects?

"I think Jiang Hai and I are at about the same level. When it comes to creative ability, he can get 10 points, and I can give myself 8 points."

“Who would have thought that what I thought was really just a thought.”

Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships.

The same is true in literary circles.

Logically speaking, in this cultural exchange between China and the West, the works of Chinese writers are loved by foreign readers, and the leadership of the China Writers Association should be happy.

but!

This world is a huge world of fame and fortune!
Do you think this is just a simple cultural exchange seminar between China and the West?
of course not!

It seems that this is an ordinary exchange between Chinese and Western cultures, but in reality, different literary factions in China want to decide their own voice in the domestic literary world through this cultural exchange.

For example——

If the Northwest local literature led by Jia Pingwa wins in this cultural exchange between China and the West, the Northwest local literature school will receive a large amount of resources from the Central Propaganda Department. Once the promotion resources are increased, the ultimate beneficiaries will be the writers of the entire local literature school.

When Northwest local literature is established as the orthodoxy in the literary world, it will inevitably usher in more fresh blood to invest in the creation of local literary genres.

At this point, the local literature school will continue to grow. Similarly, if the writers of the new realism school, led by Liu Zhenyun, win in this literary exchange, then the writers of the new realism school will benefit from it. Once the new realism school camp is established as the orthodoxy of the literary world of this era, it is enough to use a word to describe the situation of this group of writers in the future:

Leave your name in history!

Why is Mr. Lu Xun regarded as an important representative of modern Chinese literature?
Why is the genre of "modern and contemporary serious literature" founded by Mr. Lu Xun still talked about and even unforgettable today?

The reason is because——

The serious literary school represented by Mr. Lu Xun wrote about the ideological state of the Chinese people in the old China and reflected the cruel social reality at that time. It is also based on this that the serious literary school represented by Mr. Lu Xun was judged by later generations as the orthodoxy of the literary world!

It is also because later generations established the orthodox status of "serious literature".

To this day, the mainstream literary market is still dominated by serious literary genres.

Regarding this point, we can see it from the winning works of the four major domestic literary awards: the Mao Dun Literature Award, the Lu Xun Literature Award, and the Lao She Literature Award.

The vast majority of literary works that have won these awards contain elements of serious critical literature.

If there are literary schools representing different camps that win in this cultural exchange between China and the West——

It is very likely to become the literary orthodoxy of the new generation!

This truly made history!

If Jiang Hai had literary masters like Liu Zhenyun and Jia Pingwa to back him up, then there would be no doubt that -

Jiang Hai's literary theme of "tragic realism" is very likely to win out in this cultural exchange between China and the West, and will be carried forward in the future.

But unfortunately, there was no one above Jiang Hai.

In other words, among the writers in the literary world today who belong to the category of "tragic realism", Jiang Hai is unique and he is the only one.

If you are alone and weak.
It is really hard to say who will be the final winner of this fight.

After pondering again and again.

Tie Ning, Chairman of the China Writers Association, looked at the senior members of the association around him:
"do not know"

"What do you think?"

Originally, the script had already been written. In this cultural exchange between China and the West——

Or, the Northwestern local literature led by Jia Pingwa will win, be established as the orthodoxy in the literary world, and then be promoted and developed with official resources from the Central Propaganda Department.

Or, the new realism led by Liu Zhenyun has emerged as a new generation of literary orthodoxy that transcends local literature.

But who would have thought that Cheng Yaojin would appear halfway and Jiang Hai would suddenly appear?

Even though Jiang Hai is the only one who belongs to the genre of "tragic realism" literature, it is undeniable that Jiang Hai's works of tragic realism are...

Is it true that he can fight!

How could one person be so overwhelming to such an extent that all the literary giants were barely able to breathe?

I heard that Chairman Tie Ning was asking for opinions.

Jia Pingwa, who was sitting at the main table, still had that solemn demeanor. He raised his eyelids and looked at Tie Ning:
“I think further research is needed.”

There is no doubt that under the leadership of Jia Pingwa, the discourse status of rural literature in today's literary world is growing stronger.

He has worked hard in the literary world for decades before he has achieved his current status.

He saw that the local literature that he had promoted was finally going to replace Mr. Lu Xun's critical realism literature and become the orthodoxy in today's literary world.

How could he give up such an opportunity?

"As far as I know, Jiang Hai's works are mostly based on foreign perspectives. If these Westernized works are regarded as the mainstream of the literary world and widely publicized in China."

“I think it might not be appropriate?”

In fact, whether the literary work is written from a foreign perspective or from a Chinese perspective, it is an expression of the intention of the literary work.

Even Jia Pingwa, the representative writer of local literature, has also continued to write stories from the perspective of foreigners with Chinese thinking for the sake of this cultural exchange between China and the West.
Obviously, if you really look into it, Lao Jia's rebuttal does not hold water.

"Zhang Ailing, a Shanghai-style writer who studied abroad and returned, is also known as a representative of the New Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School of literature. Not to mention telling stories from a foreigner's perspective, she has written more than a dozen pure English novels in her lifetime."

"But this cannot in any way shake her position in the contemporary literary world, nor can it affect her being named one of the 20 outstanding women who have influenced modern Chinese history."

That is, when a writer was whispering in the audience.

Tie Ning, Chairman of the China Writers Association, glanced at Liu Zhenyun standing beside him:
"Zhenyun, what do you think?"

In fact, from Liu Zhenyun's perspective, no matter what the foreign perspective or the Chinese perspective is, as long as the work can become famous and recognized by Western readers and even the Western literary world.
No matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it can catch the cat, it is a good cat!

Logically speaking, Jiang Hai's "The Sun Also Rises" has caused such a sensation in the West after only being released for a week.

Such excellent works should be promoted vigorously regardless of the cost.
but!

Perhaps it is because the glory of these four words "leave a name in history" is too tempting.

Or perhaps it is because of the pride in the bones of literati that they do not allow themselves to bow their heads like this.

After a moment of silence.

Liu Zhenyun nodded and actually agreed with Jia Pingwa's proposal:
“I think we may need to wait and see.”

It is because of this little bit of vinegar that dumplings are made.

From the perspective of the China Writers Association, the biggest winner of this cultural exchange between China and the West is——

Otherwise, it is the Northwestern rural literature led by Jia Pingwa that has the right to speak.

Otherwise, it should be the new realism led by Liu Zhenyun that profits from it.

Who would have thought that Jiang Hai would suddenly appear and create such a drama called Nezha Conquers the Dragon King.
This was something no one expected!
The development of things obviously exceeded his expectations.

Since both parties have expressed their opinions.

At this time, Tie Ning, as the chairman of the China Writers Association, naturally could not say anything more.

After hesitating for a while, she nodded heavily:
"Okay, let's take a look."

For Jiang Hai——

He doesn't care about leaving a name in history.

He also didn't care about literary orthodoxy.

In Jiang Hai's life dictionary, there has always been only one sentence:

"I just open Word and do it!"

At this moment, in the dormitory of Chenghai Drama Academy.

Jiang Hai frowned as he typed frantically on the computer screen.

It's like a fountain of inspiration.

His hands kept flying and jumping on the keyboard.

He treated the screen as an opera house and the keyboard as a piano, as if he was composing the most beautiful music in the world, and was almost obsessed with it.
I don’t know how much time passed.

Perhaps, half an hour had passed.

Or maybe, it took a whole night.

Jiang Hai looked at the words "Final Draft of the Script of I Am Not the God of Medicine" on the screen and slowly put out the cigarette in his hand:

“Finally, I’ve finished writing.”

(End of this chapter)