Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 3
Subtitle of this chapter : Science fiction should still be the main focus.
A month ago, Mr. Lu Xun wrote a letter to Chen Duxiu, asking him who Mr. Hongjian was; a month later, Mr. Hongjian, the evil master, received the letter from Chen Duxiu.
While eating the supporting cake, the Yuan family read the letter from the Great Demon City of Seris. The letter was written by Chen Zhongfu himself:
"Mr. Hongjian, respectfully writes: Our company is pleased to receive Mr. Hongjian'sThe masterpiece "Wives and Concubines"...
It was too much trouble for him to read and write such a letter written by a great intellectual who had studied in a private school. In fact, the general idea was that "New Youth" was very honored to receive Mr. Hongjian's contribution. In their opinion, "Wives and Concubines" was so well written that it was simply an ideal template for vernacular writing. In addition, Mr. Hongjian was thousands of miles away in America, so he published it in their magazine before communicating with the author. They were deeply sorry for this and offered the highest standard of royalties as compensation.
Because when he wrote this letter, New Youth had not yet been closed down by the French Concession authorities. Editor-in-Chief Chen also said in the letter that New Youth was willing to invite Mr. Hongjian to write articles based on this standard, the more the better and the sooner the better. He also hoped that Mr. Hongjian would write some theoretical guidance documents on the vernacular movement.
Our Master Yuan naturally didn't care much about royalties. But he still had to continue to publish manuscripts and write theoretical guidance. Otherwise, how could he become the standard-bearer leading the direction of the vernacular movement?
He ate his breakfast in a hurry and went into his study, closed the door and began to think about his second Chinese novel.
Of course, when it comes to short and medium-length vernacular novels, there are too many to copy. So the first thing to do is to clarify the purpose of copying.
So what was Lao Tzu's purpose in copying books?
Nonsense, of course I want people all over the world to think that I’m awesome... No, I’m the awesomest!
Well, with this goal in mind, he can give up on those novels that lower his standards.
For example, rural novels.
In fact, the real rural novels refer to a group of writers who lived in the imperial capital and Shanghai in the early and mid-1920s, including Feng Bingwen, Wang Luyan, Tai Jingnong, Shen Congwen, etc. They used the local customs and people of their hometowns as themes, aiming to expose the ignorance and backwardness of patriarchal township life and express their homesickness.
In the 1940s and 1950s, under the guidance of Tianmo Chuanren's "Speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art", the "Shan Yaodan School" represented by Zhao Shuli, Ma Feng and Xi Rong (the two co-authored "The Heroes of Luliang") emerged. They completely abandoned the style of traditional literati and described rural life purely in the language and perspective of farmers.
After that spring breeze blew across the Chinese mainland, a new rural school emerged that was somewhat curious and "explored traditional virtues." Among them, Mo Yan and Jia Pingwa achieved the highest achievements.
And for Yuan Yanshu, a Chinese who studied abroad with a PhD and high education, to plagiarize this kind of rural novels describing rural China is really lowering her own status.
He is a time traveler who understands the correct direction of history and is more "advanced" than anyone else in the world. So how can his works go back and talk about "backwardness"? He should do the opposite of the localists...
In this case, only science fiction novels that describe advanced productivity are most suitable for our Master Yuan.
Well, now that we are talking about Chinese science fiction, let’s not be long-winded:
"Master Ball, check my B-coin balance."
"Host, your current B-coin balance is 123456."
This is the first time that his B-coin has reached six figures.
"Master Ball, please draw literature, Chinese, novels, science fiction, and works by Liu Cixin for me. "
As for why we chose Liu Cixin’s works?
Does this question need any explanation? The explanation is water injection!
"Ding ding ding, congratulations to the host for winning "The Three-Body Problem"..."
"Master Ball, you did this on purpose, didn't you? Could I have published this novel in 1920? Not to mention the huge amount of S points that would be generated by publishing The Three-Body Problem, who the hell would understand it today?"
"Host, you want to show off your quality, right? Isn't The Three-Body Problem high-quality? In your era, those who read such a novel can call themselves science fiction fans."
"This, that... Master Ball, stop talking nonsense and keep drawing!"
"Ding ding ding, congratulations to the host for winning the "Full Channel Blocking Interference"..."
"Master Ball... Keep! Drawing!"
"Ding ding ding, congratulations to the host for winning..."
"Master Ball, your conscience is still intact! Now let me make some minor changes... OK, print it out for me."
This broken system finally had some conscience and sense of propriety. Yuan Yan spent 30,000 B coins and drew a work that was extremely suitable for him.
What is "big-headed"? This novel is called "big-headed"!
As soon as this novel is published in Seris, those country bumpkins will surely be extremely impressed. It will definitely lead the trend of the times and become the first writer of Chinese science fiction... Well, it will be just around the corner for him to become the first writer of Chinese vernacular literature.
Well, his prediction was correct. After the novel was published, it not only led the trend of the times, but also triggered a storm of the times. The debate between literature and science that was supposed to take place in 1929 was triggered in advance by Master Yuan's science fiction novel.
Mr. Hongjian happily picked up the manuscript and signed his pen name. Then he thought about it and wrote an article about vernacular grammar himself.
The title of this article is "On the usage of the structural auxiliary word "de di de"."
He really couldn't stand the constant use of "底" in the vernacular works of this era. So he came to help everyone standardize the usage of these three homophones but should be in different positions.
In fact, the usage of "的地得" has been debated in later generations. A hundred years later, "的" and "地" have been interchangeable. However, Yuan Yanshu sincerely felt that in the early years when vernacular writing was just beginning to be promoted, it was better to clarify the three "的地得". This was not difficult for intellectuals at that time.
After finishing these two works, his shopping syndrome struck again. Since he still had so many B coins, he might as well buy a few more books.
"Oh, Master Ball, I have an infinite qualifier, 'morbid.' For 10,000 B coins plus this qualifier, I will draw literature, English, novels, science fiction, and works by Daniel Keyes (1927-2014)."
"Ding ding ding, congratulations to the host for winning "Flowers for Algernon"..."
Well, this novel can not only satisfy the "Frankenstein" Nikola Tesla who has been nagging in my ears recently, but also be published in the "SCP" magazine.
“Knock, knock, knock.”
"Ann, what's the matter?"
"Oh, here come Miss Gish and Mr. Griffith."
"Oh, I'll be right there."
Yuan Yan suddenly opened the drawer, took out a manuscript and put it in her coat pocket, then stood up and walked out of the study.
