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

Chapter 278 Ambassador of Sino-French Cultural Exchange! Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France! Opening a new era
The Prix Goncourt is the most influential literary award in France. For readers who are not familiar with literary awards, the value of this award is equivalent to the Mao Dun Literature Award, which represents the highest honor for serious literature in China. It is even more valuable than the Mao Dun Literature Award.

It’s even more critical!

It's even more important!

The Palace of Versailles is known as one of the five greatest palaces in the world.

The Forbidden City in China, the Palace of Versailles in France, the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the White House in the United States, and the Kremlin in Russia are known as the five largest palaces in the world. These five palaces occupy a very important position in the political and cultural fields of each country.

A literary award, and its award ceremony can be held in such a solemn place as the Palace of Versailles?
From this we can see the value of the Goncourt Prize, or more precisely, its status in the French literary world and even in the hearts of the people.

Those who attended the award ceremony today included not only French literary celebrities and newspaper reporters, but also important political figures in Congress and even the President of France.

When the British gentleman dressed in his best clothes stood in the hall of Versailles Palace and shouted to the guests in the audience:
"The most popular author who won this year's Goncourt Prize is——"

"Jiang Hai, a writer from China"

The next moment, a tide of applause surged into every area of ​​Versailles, and the entire venue was boiling.

Inside the palace, there was an introduction to Jiang Hai’s award-winning work “The Sun Also Rises”, projected in front of everyone present.

"This is a story about the aftermath of war, about the era of desire that emerged in France."

The Prix Goncourt is the most important and influential literary award in France.

Since the award was established in 1903, no foreign writer has ever won this solemn and sacred award representing French literary world in France.

Obviously, Jiang Hai broke this constraint and became the first foreigner to win this award in a century. It can be said that—

Jiang Hai, he created a miracle!
Wait until the host finishes his acceptance speech for the literary work "The Sun Also Rises".

The French president came on stage with a smile on his face, and in front of AFP, Current Affairs and other local media, he congratulated Jiang Hai in public under the cameras:
"Let us congratulate Jiang Hai."

Although the Prix Goncourt is the most influential and valuable literary award in France, it stands to reason that no matter how important such a cultural award is, it is not enough for the head of a country to personally present the award to the writer in public. This standard is indeed a bit too high.

But by coincidence, it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. On this solemn and sacred day——

A Chinese writer has won the most representative literary award in France.

This special day -

It is very memorable!

With the development of the times and economic globalization.

China's strength at the international level is gradually increasing, and Western society seems to be moving closer to the East.

French senior officials are currently considering strengthening economic and cultural exchanges between China and France to gradually deepen the interactions between the two peoples, in order to open up foreign markets and alleviate the increasingly sluggish domestic economic situation.

It was at this time that a Chinese writer named Jiang Hai who won the Prix Goncourt appeared in France?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is worried about not being able to find a suitable opportunity to establish a good communication bridge with China, and everyone is worried about this.

It was at this critical juncture that a writer like Jiang Hai suddenly appeared, like a god descending from the sky.

Isn't this just like hitting the pillow just when you were about to doze off?
When it was confirmed that Chinese writer Jiang Hai had won the Prix Goncourt, the President of France went to the award ceremony in person and presented the award to Jiang Hai in his capacity as President.

Moreover, in front of all the media, he shouted to Jiang Hai:
"We sincerely welcome the writers delegation headed by Mr. Jiang Hai to come to France for communication and exchange."

Not only that, after announcing the award, the French President awarded Jiang Hai a [Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France] on the grounds of national will, and explained in public in front of reporters from various countries:
"Thank you Mr. Jiang Hai for your contribution to French literature and the history of world literature!"

"Here, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Publicity, I would like to induct Mr. Jiang Hai as a Knight of French Literature and Arts."

The French Knight of Arts and Letters was jointly established by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication in 1957 to honor French and foreigners who enjoy a high reputation in the fields of art or literature throughout the world, or who have made special achievements and outstanding contributions to the promotion of French and world culture. It is one of the four ministerial honorary medals in France and represents the supreme artistic achievement.

Before this, the French Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters had been awarded to famous writers from many European countries including Britain, Sweden, France, and Italy.

But it has never been awarded to an Asian writer, and it has never been awarded to a Chinese writer!
The news that Jiang Hai was awarded the Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature in France immediately set off a sensation once it spread.

"If I remember correctly, this cultural medal has not been awarded to anyone for five years. The last foreigner to receive the Knight's Medal was the black president of the United States, Jonathan. Five years later, another foreigner has received the French Knight's Medal? God, this is crazy!"

"I can't believe that a writer can be awarded the French Knight's Medal? This Jiang Hai seems to be the first person ever recorded? The stripes on the medal are military green with four white stripes. Is this the Knight's Medal for an officer?"

"A writer can actually be awarded the title of Knight of France, an officer of the Order of Merit? I have never seen anything like this in more than 20 years!"

"This is incredible! This is truly incredible! Friends, I feel like I am really witnessing history."

The levels of the French Cultural Knight's Medal are divided into: Knighthood, Officer's Medal, and Knighthood.

Among them, all the artists who were awarded the title of knight were prominent national leaders.

For example, Jonathan, the first black president of the United States.
Receiving the title of Officer of the Legion of Merit is the highest achievement that a top artist can obtain in his or her field of expertise. But Jiang Hai was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of French Culture, which represents the highest honor for an artist?

The moment the news spread from the Palace of Versailles.

Media from China and France immediately began to report on this incident.
Chenghai Drama Academy, Principal’s Office.

A flood of reporters rushed into the office and began to interview the principal, Fang Zhenguo:
"Principal Fang, what do you think about your students winning the French Goncourt Prize? Could you please tell me your opinion in detail?"

"What do you think about Jiang Hai being awarded the Knight of the Order of French Culture by the French President?"

"Where is Jiang Hai now? Can you tell me?"

"Principal Fang, I am a reporter from Xinhua News Agency. I have a question for you."

The value of mainstream media is still terrifying.

If it was an ordinary media, barging into the principal's office to conduct an interview during a school day, Fang Zhenguo could have just said:
"I'm sorry, it's working hours now, please don't disturb my classmates' studies and my normal work."

"Please make way, everyone please make way."

But look at where the newspapers, media and reporters who came to interview today are from?
CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily.
What if Fang Zhenguo, an official media outlet like this, also finds an excuse to escape?

I'm afraid I really don't want to do it.
Of course, as the principal, I am happy for my student from the bottom of my heart when he wins such a prestigious award abroad.

On the one hand, I am happy for Jiang Hai’s achievements.

On the other hand, the literary awards that Jiang Hai won based on his personal abilities also indirectly reflect the teaching quality of Chengxi.

"Our school has produced an epic figure who has won the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, the Goncourt Prize, and the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France."

"From now on, who dares to say that the teaching level of our Chenghai Chinese Department is not good?"

The reporters and media who are able to enter the principal's office for interviews are all spokespersons for the current mainstream media.

These journalists, the media --

That is someone you absolutely cannot offend!
Principal Fang Zhenguo greeted everyone with a cheerful look on his face and asked them to sit down:

"Sit down, everyone sit down and talk, one by one. Don't be in a hurry."

"If you ask me, Jiang Hai is a student..."

It's not just Principal Fang who is being bombarded by the mainstream media.
When AFP, speaking in the voice of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced to the world literary world:
“Congratulations to Chinese writer Jiang Hai for winning the French Order of Arts and Letters and the Goncourt Prize.”

On the Chengxi campus.

Many media reporters rushed in instantly, from Jiang Hai's teachers, to Jiang Hai's classmates, to Jiang Hai's alumni, these reporters began to interview all those who were familiar with Jiang Hai, or knew him:

"What kind of person do you think Jiang Hai is usually like?"

Mr. Wang, Jianghai's teacher, stood in front of the camera and talked to the media reporters:

"Jiang Hai is a noble person, a pure person, and a person who is free from vulgarity!"

"Of course, Jiang Hai's achievements today are definitely inseparable from my sincere guidance!"

"Jiang Hai is the most outstanding student I have ever taught in my 20-year teaching career."

When Mr. Wang, who had previously called Jiang Hai a "troublemaker", heard that Jiang Hai was a "troublemaker", his expression changed in an instant and he began to praise Jiang Hai crazily and even flattered himself.

Many junior Chinese students immediately said:
"This is such a thick skin."

"I still prefer your previous rebellious look"

When a reporter heard that Jiang Hai was a member of the Literary Society of Chenghai Drama Academy, he immediately picked up a camera and rushed into the society.

We started interviewing the members who had joined the Gang Literary Society.

"Does Jiang Hai often go to the literature club?"

"What is your impression of Jiang Hai?" Inside the literature club.

Many shy male and female classmates scratched their heads and said awkwardly:

"We all admire Senior Brother Jiang Hai very much. Many of us joined the literature club because of Senior Jiang Hai. But in fact, as for Senior Brother Jiang Hai, many of us have only heard rumors about him and have never met him offline."

“Many times, we only hear of the name but never see the person.”

It's strange to say.

According to common sense, a writer of Jiang Hai's caliber, even if he didn't win an award in France, even if he didn't receive the French Order of Arts and Literature, a person like him -

He should be a famous figure in the school, right?

How is it that this mysterious figure is often missing and that no one is seen?
Is it necessary to be so careful?
Is it necessary to be so cautious?
The more the reporters wanted to know about Jiang Hai, the more they felt that he was too mysterious, and their curiosity about Jiang Hai was maximized.

It is precisely because after searching in many places, no consensus was reached.

Based on this——

Jiang Hai's classmates and even his roommates became the primary targets of these newspaper and media reporters.

"Jiang Hai, do you have any hobbies?"

If you talk about Jiang Hai's hobbies, this is actually quite common.

Hearing the reporter's question.

Fatty Yang Wei didn't even think about it and blurted out:

"Smoking, drinking, and perming your hair."

"He burned my butt with a cigarette butt yesterday afternoon"

The fat man's words stunned the beautiful reporter in front of him. She looked at Yang Wei in astonishment.

Take the cigarette butt.
Burn your butt?!?!
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Realizing that something was wrong, Teacher Wang slapped the fat boy on the back of his head, stopping him from speaking in time, and then stepped out to continue to control the situation, "Student Yang Wei means to say--"

"Student Jiang Hai, you always like to help others."

Hearing this, the beautiful reporter nodded in sudden realization, then took out her notebook and wrote down:
“Being helpful is a necessary quality for a good writer.”

After writing this sentence down in the notebook.

The beautiful reporter in front of her blinked her eyes, then raised her head and looked at Chu Tianjiao in front of her:

"Do you have any other hobbies?"

"As Jiang Hai's roommates, you should know him well, right?"

Chu Tianjiao originally wanted to say that Jiang Hai particularly liked to enlighten others.
Feeling irritable?

Just guide it.

Feeling sad about a breakup?

Just guide it.

Emo thinking about ex-girlfriend late at night?

I definitely won't want to think about it anymore.
However, when the words were about to come out of his mouth, Chu Tianjiao swallowed them back.

Complain about Jiang Hai’s identity as a mentor in front of the central bank?

He dares to say it, but CCTV may not dare to broadcast it.
After hesitating for a long time, Chu Tianjiao thought about it again and again, and finally pointed out one of Jiang Hai's few advantages.

"Jiang Hai, I really like playing chess."

Hearing this, the beautiful reporter instantly became interested.

"Is it Go?"

"No."

"Is that chess?"

"Not at all."

"Could it be shogi, military flag, gobang, or chess?"

"neither."

I mentioned seven or eight kinds of chess that are common in the international market, but the answers I got were all negative without exception.

This made the beautiful reporter fall into deep thought:
"That"

"What chess are you talking about???"

Not wanting to keep anyone in suspense, Chu Tianjiao looked at the reporter in front of him seriously.

Then, he uttered four words very seriously:
"Cloud Top Game."

? ? ? ? ?

After receiving this reply, the reporter once again began to doubt his life:
"Electronic chess???"

As if he had already anticipated the reporter's reaction, Chu Tianjiao shrugged helplessly:

"Who says electronic chess can't be called Go?"

It is not difficult to see that the school wants to make Jiang Hai a talented writer with excellent academic performance, artistic talent and personal characteristics. The personality of this talented writer can be roughly established as follows:

Excellent in both character and learning, concerned about the country and the people, with great artistic talent and personal charm, worrying about the world before worrying about himself and enjoying the world after he enjoys himself
Logically speaking, it is not surprising that an author who has won unanimous praise from domestic writers has such a calm personality.

However, what the reporter heard from the students was the real Jiang Hai——

But it is another matter???

In particular, reporters heard from classmates who were reading books that Jiang Hai often immersed himself in his own world when writing in the library.

He often pounded away on the keyboard, muttering to himself with a smile:

"This one must die, that one must die, damn it, all of you must die!"

"All of you go to hell, hahahahahaha."

It's hard for you to believe.
This is the man who wrote The Sun Also Rises.

It's hard for you to believe.
Is this the person who wrote Xu Sanguan Selling Blood? ? ?
Realizing that something was amiss, Hua Feng's character began to gradually change from a serious person to an outrageous beautiful female reporter. He immediately seized on this point and began to dig deeper:
"Please elaborate on this. I need to learn more about it."

"Deeper, deeper."

That is when reports and interviews about Jiang Hai were being carried out all over the world.

CAFA Animation Studio.

In the conference room.

Song Huimei, director of the animation studio, sat next to Jiang Hai.

Jiang Hai looked at the two comrades in front of him who were wearing Zhongshan suits and wearing the national emblem. They came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Peiping. After understanding their purpose, he raised his head and looked at them:
"So, what you mean is"

"Let me, as a Chinese writer, accompany the delegation to France and serve as an ambassador for cultural promotion and exchange between China and France?"

Sitting on Jiang Hai's left, this middle-aged man with a square face and black-framed glasses, who looked very down-to-earth at first glance, smiled and nodded to Jiang Hai:

"Yes, Comrade Jiang Hai, you understand it very well."

Logically speaking, serving as an ambassador of cultural exchange between countries should be a good thing.

But for some reason, Jiang Hai always had a feeling of insecurity:
"Can I say no?"

"Of course you can. It's your right to refuse. We have no right to interfere." The middle-aged man smiled and nodded to Jiang Hai, then began to tell him the pros and cons of this matter.

"But we still don't want you to miss this opportunity to serve your country."

(End of this chapter)