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

Chapter 277 Goncourt Prize! After the night comes the dawn! The disseminator of Chinese and Western tragic operas!
Chen Hanying is a very pretty and artistic girl. In the Central Academy of Fine Arts, where many beauties gather, she can be regarded as a T0-level existence. She has both beauty and talent, temperament and financial resources. Whether in the eyes of teachers or classmates, she is a well-deserved talented woman.

Her skin color is the kind of cold white skin that is extremely smooth and delicate to the touch, coupled with a high nose bridge and beautiful facial features, giving people a pleasing and unique look. If she had not chosen the path of animation rendering, I think she would have become an outstanding pianist based on her prominent family background?
Jiang Hai had always thought that Chen Hanying was a rich girl who was not interested in worldly matters and was ignorant of the ways of the world.

It's rare to see her like this, arguing with others in public without caring about her image.

When she shouted out:
"Did I force you to watch it?"

And tried to seek Jiang Hai's support:
"Jiang Hai, come here and give me your opinion."

Unexpectedly, when Jiang Hai said without hesitation:
"Look!"

For a moment, Chen Hanying was stunned. She couldn't tell whether the person coming over was a villain or a friendly force?

Chinese culture is broad and profound.

She immediately realized that there was some ambiguity in these words.

Do you want to see my graduation project?

I still want to see mine
Just when the scene fell into silence and the situation seemed to be going a little wrong.

Jiang Hai tightened his backpack and walked over directly:
"What are you thinking about?"

"Of course it depends on your graduation project."

Jiang Hai came over and picked up the tablet on the table. An animated short film called "La Dame aux Camélias" was playing on the tablet. This animated short film was drawn by Chen Hanying based on the literary work written by French writer Alexandre Dumas. The general content of the film is:
【Marguerite is a pure girl from the countryside. She is young, beautiful, kind and simple. She came to Paris to make a living, but was deceived and became a prostitute. Armand, a rich young man, fell in love with her sincerely and passionately, which aroused her yearning for love life. However, Armand's father was extremely opposed to this marriage and warned Marguerite again and again. She loved Armand deeply, but because of various reasons such as class, family background, and secular concepts, she had to leave her lover.】

[Armand was unaware of all that Marguerite had endured behind her back. He only saw that Marguerite was fickle, amorous, and money-worshipping. Under all kinds of circumstances, Armand gave up his initial innocence and began to humiliate the person he once loved deeply. Finally, after a series of hardships and setbacks, Marguerite was devastated and died in poverty and illness.]

[On the day when the truth came out, that is, after Marguerite's death, Armand learned about the series of dirty things his father had done behind his back. Armand regretted it and cried bitterly. Even though he was reluctant and regretful in his heart, he would never have the chance to make up for it.]

In layman's terms, this is a tragic love story, and the author wants to express only one purpose -

People who love each other still can't be together in the end.

When it comes to the writer Alexandre Dumas, most people will feel familiar with him.

On the one hand, it is because the writer Alexandre Dumas is very famous in the French literary world and is a well-deserved talented author.

On the other hand, it is because Dumas fils has a more famous father -

His name is Alexandre Dumas.

Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the illegitimate son of the literary giant Alexandre Dumas père.

This literary work "The Lady of the Camellias", published in 1848, has a profound influence on the European literary world and is also the first Western literary masterpiece to be translated into Chinese.

You have to know how bold it was for an author in 19th century Europe to use the profession of "prostitute" as the protagonist of a novel. Looking at the entire literary history, there was only one such author, Alexandre Dumas.

The most explosive thing is——

This literary work was not a fabrication by Alexandre Dumas, but a result of his real experience.

In "The Lady of the Camellias", Marguerite (pseudonym) is the prostitute who fell in love with Alexandre Dumas fils, the protagonist Armand is his stand-in, and the father who tried every means to obstruct their love and trip them up behind their backs is Alexandre Dumas père, who enjoys a high reputation in the European and American literary circles.

Alexandre Dumas, fils, is the son of Alexandre Dumas père. Even if he is an illegitimate child, he is definitely a member of the Western aristocracy.

It was simply impossible for the aristocracy to intermarry with commoners, let alone a prostitute.

It was precisely because the lovers could not be together that, after experiencing the death of his lover, Dumas fils wrote this tragic love epic that caused a sensation in the Western literary world, in order to satirize the materialism under the capitalist system at the time and criticize the darkness of the aristocratic bourgeoisie at the time.

Jiang Hai took a look at this animated short film adapted from "The Lady of the Camellias", which was a total of fifteen minutes.

Jiang Hai picked up the tablet and read it from beginning to end.

After a while, wait until the screening is over.

He then raised his head and looked at the people who were arguing in front of him:
"I think the painting is very good, what's the problem?"

This animation adapted from "The Lady of the Camellias" has a tragic feeling of expressing unrequited love. It actually tells the story of a young man from upper class and a Lady of the Camellias from lower class, and their tragic love.

The point is tragic!
The point is tragedy!
Short stories and literary works on this subject matter are very much to Jiang Hai's taste.

Previously, Jiang Hai and his classmates from the same department as Chen Hanying at CAFA began to argue from a professional perspective and tried to explain to Jiang Hai:

“From the perspective of an industry insider, don’t you think the entire animation short is too dark and the information is too mixed?”

Unexpectedly, before the man in front of him could finish his words, Jiang Hai directly denied it:
"I don't think so."

The man in front of him was stunned for a moment, and then began to argue:
"Then don't you think that this kind of short animation is a bit crude in terms of the quality of the graphics, and it doesn't meet the requirements of the master's thesis of CAFA at all?"

Jiang Hai gave the same answer:

"I don't think so."

Immediately afterwards, the boy in front of him began to argue with Jiang Hai on multiple dimensions including subject matter, video length, and picture quality.

But without exception, Jianghai gave the following answers to the questions he raised:
"I don't think so."

"I do not think so."

“That’s fine with me.”

There is a kind of people in this world who only support what is right and not their relatives. What this means is that as long as what you say is reasonable, they will blindly support your opinions and suggestions. Even if the person you are arguing with is their friend, they will firmly stand on the side of truth.

But Jiang Hai is obviously not that kind of person. Jiang Hai has the domineering temperament of "I don't care what you think, I only care what I think". In his world, there is no such thing as helping the right and not the relatives. He always helps his relatives and not the right.

Facing the other party’s questioning:
"According to what you said, this graduation short animation has all the advantages——"

"Is there not even the slightest problem with it?"

Jiang Hai nodded. He glanced at Chen Hanying beside him. Although his tone was casual, his attitude was unquestionably firm:
"As long as she draws it, it's fine."

Actually judging whether a work is good or bad is itself a very subjective issue.

There are a thousand different Hamlets for a thousand people.

Everyone has different cognitions. As human beings, we have subjective initiative.

Originally, this graduation project was a rough draft made by Chen Hanying in her spare time. She made such an animated short film about "La Dame aux Camélias" during her spare time. She did not plan to show this work to other people and also planned to refine it.

Who would have known that these CAFA students who also came to Chengxi Academy for exchange studies would see the tablet on the seat and actually start looking at her graduation project without her permission?

Some even commented while watching:
"Not here."

“Not there either.”

It was for this reason that when Jiang Hai first entered the classroom, Chen Hanying angrily shouted at those who were finding fault:
"Did I force you to watch it?"

I have to say, when a group of people are picking on you, saying you are not good at this and that.

At this time, someone suddenly appears and stands firmly on your side:
"As long as she draws it, it's fine."

This feeling of being firmly chosen is really subtle.

Chen Hanying is a girl studying art. During the years she studied at CAFA, she has met many so-called handsome guys and also met many so-called talented people who learned from famous masters. Although she has met many handsome boys, these boys are simply more handsome than Jiang Hai.

But, I don’t know why.

After shouting this sentence, Jiang Hai, who originally looked ordinary, suddenly began to grow taller.

At this moment, Chen Hanying felt that Jiang Hai was glowing.
If you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same door. When the fat boy Yang Wei, who was late, rushed to the classroom from the dormitory, he saw Jiang Hai arguing with other strangers in the classroom.

Looking at Chen Hanying's graceful body and her face that is so tender that it looks like you could pinch water out of it.

He came up and said directly:
"I don't even need to ask why. I can tell whose fault it is just by looking at their faces—"

"Apologize!"

Who is Jiang Hai?

Don’t even mention these students. Just speaking from the professionalism of animation production, he is even more professional and has more say than any of the mentors here.

Whether it is "The Wanderings of Sanmao", "The Divine Chef Xiao Fugui" or "Year Hare Affair", these works are definitely well-deserved classics in the field of animation!

It is really difficult for future generations to surpass it!

The boy who was originally arguing with Jiang Hai wanted to argue again:
"You are too biased. You don't even start from the actual situation and your judgment is too subjective."

Unexpectedly, he didn't even finish his words.

The classmates around him pulled him up and started walking out the door.

As he walked, he apologized again and again:
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

Just at this moment, the class bell rang.

The students arrived one after another.

The teacher entered the classroom.

Jiang Hai sat down next to Chen Hanying and began to ask her about her original intention in making the animation "La Traviata":

"Why did you choose to make an animated film about a tragic love story like The Lady of the Camellias for your graduation project?"

In fact, the reason why Chen Hanying started with "La Dame aux Camélias" was not just a momentary impulse.

She has her own ideas.

I also have my own considerations.

For Chen Hanying, who grew up in an artistic family, she has long been never tired of listening to tragic love operas like "Romeo and Juliet".

Since she was a child, she has been thinking:

“When will our country be able to produce a tear-jerking love opera like Romeo and Juliet?”

She has watched "The Lady of the Camellias" since she was a child.

She also watched "Romeo and Juliet" since she was a child.

Over the years, she has been looking for a love opera in China that is attractive enough to replace "Romeo and Juliet".

The result, of course, was a failure.

Just when she felt that hope was slim and wanted to give up.

until
Some time ago, a love opera called "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" suddenly appeared on the market.

She checked online and was surprised to find that the author of the opera was——

It’s actually Jiang Hai?

"I want to translate The Butterfly Lovers into Chinese in the form of an opera for foreign audiences, so that they can know that the East also has its own Romeo and Juliet. Love should be universal. I also want the story of The Butterfly Lovers to be remembered and even praised by foreign readers, just like the story of Romeo and Juliet."

“But I’m not sure this approach will work.”

When he said this, Chen Hanying blinked her big, lively eyes and looked up at Jiang Hai in front of her:

“So, I wanted to practice with The Lady of the Camellias, which is also a tragic love story. If the story of The Lady of the Camellias can be accepted by domestic audiences, then I will follow the operation model of The Lady of the Camellias and translate The Butterfly Lovers into an animation and push it to foreign readers.”

Chen Hanying’s idea is worthy of encouragement.

She wanted to translate the tragic love story from a foreign country into Chinese and promote it in the market.

Then we translate China's tragic literature into English for foreigners without any changes.

Today, let’s take a look at how sad the story of the Lady of the Camellias is.

Let’s take a look tomorrow to see how tragic the love story between Liang Zhu is.

If Chen Hanying really did it, then both Chinese and foreigners would live in fear of being dominated by tragic love.
Jiang Hai immediately affirmed Chen Hanying's idea:
"come on!"

"I support you!"

Chen Hanying lay on the table, her bright eyes flickering, and she began to think about the follow-up operations:
“Although this is just a preliminary idea, I am confident that as long as the direction is correct, it will succeed.”

Just as Chen Hanying began to envision a grand blueprint for the future, it was definitely not an option to work in isolation.

Whether it is animation or opera, at least someone should discuss the plot and even the rationality of the work with her and act as a guinea pig for her.
Jiang Hai answered directly:

"You can come to me, I'm fine."

"Even if I don't have time, you can still force me to watch it."

After receiving Jiang Hai's affirmative answer, Chen Hanying nodded with confidence:
"it is good!"

"That's what you said!"

"Then I really force you to watch it."

Time always slips away silently.

I don't know when it started, but a trend of "lost literature" has swept through the French literary and art circles.

At sunset.

In the church.

Coastside.

Almost everywhere, at every resting place, there are devout believers stopping and praying devoutly to God:
"Everything will eventually pass, and after darkness comes dawn."

"The sun will rise as usual"

January 1th of every year is the day when China and France establish diplomatic relations.

On this solemn and sacred day.

Under the spotlight.

The annual Goncourt Prize officially began its award ceremony at the Palace of Versailles in France.

The host, dressed in his best clothes, walked up to the stage and announced to the guests:
"The most popular author who won this year's Goncourt Prize is——"

"Jiang Hai, a writer from China"

(End of this chapter)