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

Chapter 274: Hurting Zhongyong? Not at all! A pear tree overshadows a crabapple tree! A dominance that is almost like a monster!
Jiang Hai seemed to possess some kind of strange magical power. He could always display amazing strong will and dominant power in the most unpromising and adverse situations.

When the works of famous literary figures such as Liu Zhenyun and Jia Pingwa failed in the North American market, everyone thought that this cultural exchange between China and the West would end in an extremely tragic ending. However, the sudden appearance of Jiang Hai directly rewrote and reversed this outcome!

"Everyone doesn't think highly of you, but you are the most competitive."

This sentence is enough to describe Jiang Hai’s experience!

China Writers Association, office building.

Tie Ning, the chairman of the China Writers Association and the highest-ranking leader in the literary world, looked at the assistant who was reporting on her work, her voice trembling slightly:
"Don't stop, keep talking, I'm listening."

The assistant, who was dressed in a black suit, nodded and began to report on the recent performance of major literary masters in entering the European and American literary markets.

Among them, the focus began to be on reporting the situation in Jianghai:

"According to market research from the book market, there was only one Chinese writer whose books were among the top ten in North American sales last week, and that was Jiang Hai!"

"Jiang Hai's The Sun Also Rises is called the 'representative of lost literature' by the North American book market. Traditional literary works of this type have begun to have an impact on Western society. It is the first time in recorded history that a Chinese writer has received such widespread popularity in Western society."

You can't say that The Sun Also Rises is a popular book for the general public.

Objectively speaking, the book "The Sun Also Rises" actually has a certain reading threshold. If you want to understand this book, you not only need to have a certain understanding of the social and economic structure and history of the Western world after World War I, but you also need to have a certain amount of philosophical knowledge.

The book not only describes the upper-class life of the middle class after World War I when capital inflation and social wealth rapidly expanded.

It also contains a lot of outlook on life, values, world view and philosophy.

If you read this book without thinking, you will probably just think it's nothing special. The highlight of the book is just the decadent, corrupt and shameless life of the middle class.

But if you use your brain to read this book, and try to see through the phenomenon to the essence, you will find that.
This is definitely a well-deserved masterpiece!

"According to the latest news, The Sun Also Rises has been rapidly circulated in major Western universities. No less than dozens of history professors have publicly stated on social media that Jiang Hai's The Sun Also Rises is the best book to understand the prevalence of consumerism after World War I and the lives of the people after capital inflation."

"Among them, 17 well-known universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, and Confederation Zurich, have included "The Good, Too, Too, Rises" in the list of '100 must-read books for those who are familiar with European history in the 21st century'."

The literary masters who were highly expected encountered repeated setbacks in this cultural feast of communication with the West.

On the contrary, Jiang Hai, a newcomer who was not favored by everyone on weekdays, once he showed his sword——

Just show off your talents directly?
"Why is this person such a monster?"

As a well-deserved literary master in today's literary world, Liu Zhenyun rarely uses the word "monster" to describe someone.

Having been in the literary circle for such a long time and accumulated experience for many years, Liu Zhenyun has seen many newcomers. These so-called geniuses do exist, but most of them are just flashes of inspiration. After writing a decent work -

Then, like a passing cloud, he disappeared from this circle and was completely lost in the crowd.

I have never seen anyone like Jiang Hai, who not only improves his writing skills repeatedly, but also seems to have never run out of inspiration.

One is better written than the other?
"This guy is really a monster, I'm sure!"

The first time Liu Zhenyun heard the name "Jiang Hai" was at the "Asian Literature Exchange Competition", where he and Japanese writer Haruki Murakami served as judges of the competition.

At that time, Jiang Hai was still a fledgling, unknown new writer.

Who would have thought that it was such a new writer who, in just one year—

How could it grow to this point?
Not only can he keep pace with many long-established literary giants in today's literary world, but his achievements are even beyond the reach of many literary celebrities.

This growth rate is really too rapid, so rapid that it is shocking!

Liu Zhenyun couldn't believe it. Even Jia Pingwa, a representative of Northwest local culture and a famous writer whose status in the Chinese Writers Association was even higher than Liu Zhenyun's, could only utter four words slowly from his mouth when he witnessed Jiang Hai's achievements:

"The future life is to be feared."

At the same age, I was in my early twenties and was still busy serving as an educated youth, going to the countryside to enrich my experience and broaden my horizons.

When I was in my twenties, I was poor and an unknown person.

But Jiang Hai, who is also in his twenties——

He has actually already broken out of Asia and headed for North America, selling his works to readers all over the world and achieving quite a huge response?

This kind of experience and this kind of talent are something that no other writer present has ever possessed.

There was a lot of heated discussion below the stage.

Writers and authors from different regions, different schools, and different colleges all discussed Jiang Hai, a young man with great talent and outstanding potential.

"At first, I thought this was another 'Shang Zhongyong'. Even though his writing is full of spirit, he still has little experience. There have been too many young people like him in the past, which makes people wonder whether he will be a flash in the pan."

“Who would have thought that Jiang Hai was not just a flash in the pan, but would even become stronger as the battle went on?”

"Such experience, such knowledge, such achievements."

“I’m really far behind.”

That is when everyone was talking about Jiang Hai, a young writer.

The assistant who was standing in front of the stage analyzing the situation told the experts present a piece of news that shocked them:
“Just now, we received confirmation from the Zurich Institute of Technology that Jiang Hai’s new work, The Sun Also Rises, will be published next week——

“Nominated for the French Prix Goncourt!”

"As for whether he will win the award in the end? This news has yet to be confirmed."

The moment this news exploded in everyone's ears.

In an instant, the astonishment in everyone's eyes became more than words could describe.

This piece of news was like a C4 bomb, exploding in the house.

Everyone immediately started a heated discussion about Jiang Hai's nomination for the Goncourt Prize.

What is the Prix Goncourt?
If we distinguish them according to their importance, or explain them in a more popular way -

This is equivalent to the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the most prestigious award in the domestic literary world!
How important is the Mao Dun Literature Prize to Chinese literati?

The Prix Goncourt has a profound impact on the French literary world.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the hearts of the vast majority of French people——

The Goncourt Prize is comparable to the Nobel Prize in Literature!

The Prix Goncourt was established in 1903, just two years later than the Nobel Prize in Literature. It is awarded annually to French novels published in France that year. It is a prestigious literary award in France.

Based on the nature of the awards:

The Nobel Prize in Literature is mainly awarded to authors in recognition of all their works; the Goncourt Prize is awarded to works in recognition of a writer's new work in that year.

From this point, it is not difficult to see that, from the perspective of literary works themselves -

The Nobel Prize in Literature has certain political attributes.

The Goncourt Prize is more pure when it comes to literary works.

"Jiang Hai, as a Chinese, was nominated for the French Prix Goncourt?"

"Incredible, incredible!"

"This time, Jiang Hai is really going to become famous."

Compared with the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the Prix Goncourt is more valuable and better known internationally.

In the European and American literary circles and even in the Asian literary circles, you have to tell others that you have won the Mao Dun Literature Prize.

The person you are talking to will probably just look puzzled and ask, "What kind of literary award is this?"

“Is this famous?”

But if you say to him: "I won the Goncourt Prize."

Even if it's just a nomination!
As long as the other party has a little knowledge of these awards in the field of literature, there will probably be an extremely yearning look in his eyes:
“Then you are a great writer!”

"Amazing, then you are really amazing."

The Prix Goncourt was established in 1903.

The Mao Dun Literature Prize was established in 1981.

It is not surprising that the Goncourt Prize has a greater influence in the international community than the Mao Dun Prize in Literature, as it was established nearly eighty years ago.

This kind of literary award is extremely difficult to be listed in the French literary world, even for French writers. Once it is listed, it will be regarded as a lifelong honor by French writers.
For such a crucial award, a Chinese person can actually be nominated???
"Although I don't want to admit it, but." After hearing the news, Jia Pingwa was silent for a while, and finally whispered, "If this news is true and widely reported by the media, Jiang Hai might..."

“It will really make you famous!”

"He will become the first Chinese author in literary history to be recognized by Western society."

Everyone knows that they are witnessing history at this moment!
Witness a new history!

What the older generation of literati had failed to accomplish was accomplished by a young man named Jiang Hai!
And no one knows where Jiang Hai will end up.
Dedicated to the rise of Chinese literature.

During these thirty years, Tie Ning, Chairman of the China Writers Association, has seen and experienced so much.

The appearance of Jiang Hai was like a thunderclap in the stagnant literary world!
A genius of his generation suppresses the world's talents!
If this trend continues, Chinese literary world will continue to be influenced by Jiang Hai's writing style for the next thirty years.

Jiang Hai will become the mainstay of the new generation of Chinese literary world
There is hope for the revival of Chinese literature.

At this moment, Tie Ning, Chairman of the China Writers Association, burst into tears:

“This time, there is real hope for the rise of the literary world.”

Anyone can see that once the news of Jiang Hai's nomination for the Goncourt Prize came out, looking at the country——

No one can suppress it anymore.

Anyone with a discerning eye can predict that Jiang Hai will create a literary world that belongs to him alone with his own strength!

As if he was somewhat shocked, Liu Zhenyun turned his head to look at Jia Pingwa beside him:
"Have a cigarette?"

"Forget it, I..." Jia Pingwa, who had already quit smoking and subconsciously wanted to refuse, was halfway through his words when he saw Chairman Tie Ning on the podium with tears in his eyes.

The thought that the Northwestern local literature that I have been deeply involved in for many years may be replaced by the tragic realism school founded by Jiang Hai in the future makes me feel proud.

Suddenly, a depressed mood came over me.

"Forget it, just draw it."

A writer's literary talent is generally proportional to his smoking addiction.

When inspiration flows, writers will keep writing without stopping, conceiving their own stories.

However, whenever I stop and start thinking about the subsequent plot of the story.

The first thing most writers do is:

"I want a cigarette"

As the founder of the tragic realism literary genre, the news that Jiang Hai's new work "The Sun Also Rises" has caused a huge response in North America spread quickly within the Chenghai Drama Academy.

For a while, almost everyone in Chenghai Drama Academy was discussing a senior named Jiang Hai:
"Hey buddy, you're so awesome! I originally thought that Senior Jiang Hai was just the best in the young literary world. I didn't expect that even Jia Pingwa, a famous writer I only saw in textbooks and news, couldn't beat him? Isn't this kind of talent a bit too exaggerated?"

"With Jiang Hai here, looking at the domestic literary world, which other colleges and universities dare to mess with our Chengxi Chinese Department? What Peking University Chinese Department, what Tsinghua University Chinese Department, if anyone dares to show off in front of me, I will send Jiang Hai back."

"You know, the Chinese department of Chengxi Opera is now ranked second only to Peking University's Chinese department in China! Exchange students from the University of Tokyo in Japan cannot go to Peking University as their first stop, they have to go to Chengxi Opera first! What do you mean by face? This is face. Okay, studying the same major as Jiang Hai, I'm so damn proud!"

"I have a feeling that the score line of Chengxi Opera will surge again this year, just like the surge in A-shares this year. The bull market is coming!"

"Luckily, I started school early and enrolled before Jiang Hai came in. Otherwise, with the skyrocketing score lines in the past few years, I would only be able to go to a junior college nearby, let alone Chengxi Opera."

In classrooms.

in the corridor.

On the playground.

In school, students from Chengxi Opera discussing Jiang Hai can be seen almost everywhere.

Even though Jiang Hai has made great achievements in literature, he has become the founder of the tragic realism literary genre in the eyes of outsiders, which almost confirms his achievements in literature.

However, Jiang Hai’s achievements in the film and television industry cannot be ignored!
Shanghai Film Studio, film and television base.

The shooting scene was extremely chaotic with people coming and going.

This was the first time that Jiang Hai came to the shooting location to supervise on site.

Even so, Jiang Hai looks very young, just a young man in his twenties.

But on the set, these stagehands, extras, and staff——

Regardless of identity.

Regardless of background.

Regardless of age.

When they saw Jiang Hai, they all shouted to him respectfully:
"Teacher Jiang Hai~"

"Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Jiang Hai~"

A person's ability has no absolute relationship with his age.

Everyone in the crew knew that a great writer and a very capable screenwriter supervisor had come to the set. Out of trust and respect for Jiang Hai, when everyone saw Jiang Hai passing by, they would shout to him very respectfully:
"Hello, Teacher Jiang Hai~"

In fact, Jiang Hai doesn't know much about how to act.

But I wrote the script myself, and as for the play-talking aspect, that means telling the actors how to grasp the role itself and perform the feeling I want.

Jiang Hai has a lot to say on this point.

In "Dying to Survive", the role of Liu Sihui, a single mother whose daughter has leukemia and can only dance pole dancing in a bar, was given to actress Liu Tao. In fact, Liu Tao's figure and temperament are very suitable for this role, so when Jiang Hai saw her for the first time, he quickly decided that she was the best candidate to play Liu Sihui.

In a dim bar.

Jiang Hai is explaining the play to Liu Tao:
"Liu Sihui is a nightclub dancer. Although she is middle-aged, she still has her charm. So I think your performance just now..."

"The movements could be a little bigger, a little more charming."

"Teacher Jiang Hai, so what you mean is..." Liu Tao pondered for a while, then looked at Jiang Hai and answered slowly, "I need to be more seductive, open my legs a little more, and bend over a little more, right?"

"Okay, I understand."

There is only one key point to whether you can successfully play the role of "Liu Sihui" or not, and that is whether you can make the audience's eyes light up and make the audience have a strange feeling of "You are so sexy.jpg" when they see you for the first time.

After a brief rehearsal, Jiang Hai gestured to the lighting technicians, signaling them to dim the lights a little more. Only in a dark environment can the dancer's most primitive nature hidden in her bones be stimulated.

Then, he called to the sound team through the intercom:
"Then the music begins, and the dance continues."

(End of this chapter)