Because of Han Shaogong's incident, Yu Hua and the others didn't like Zhang Yiwu very much.
Literature writers and critics have a bad relationship. This is normal, because in most cases, the relationship between the two parties is "hostile".
It’s just that Zhang Yiwu is not very reasonable and does not follow basic principles when writing literary criticism.
Moreover, this Zhang Yiwu is a bit too daring to take action. Han Shaogong has not yet gone to court to sue Zhang Yiwu, but Zhou Yan has read relevant reports before.
When Han Shaogong did not sue at first, Zhang Yiwu and several other so-called critics were very arrogant and fierce because they did not think that Han Shaogong would really sue them, nor did they think that they What you did was illegal.
In their view, speech is free, and their literary criticism is even more free.
But when Han Shaogong actually went to court to sue them, they gave up and began to argue that they did not say that Han Shaogong "plagiarized".
Zhou Yan read what Zhang Yiwu and Wang Qian said in an interview. They believed that the word "completely copied" was used in the article "Spiritual Lack of Lack" published by Zhang Yiwu, rather than "plagiarism", so they It is unreasonable and ridiculous to think that Han Shaogong sued them for slandering Han Shaogong for plagiarism.
Actually, Zhou Yan didn’t know whether Han Shaogong had plagiarized it at that time, because the “Hazar Dictionary” mentioned by Zhang Yiwu did not have a Chinese version at that time, and Zhou Yan had not read it.
It’s just that when Zhou Yan saw Zhang Yiwu and Wang Qian’s remarks, he almost laughed out loud. He really couldn’t understand that two professionals engaged in “literary research” felt that the word “completely copied” was of such a nature. "Plagiarism" cannot be covered.
They actually insisted that saying that Han Shaogong's book completely copied the "Khazar Dictionary" is not the same as saying that Han Shaogong's book plagiarized the "Khazar Dictionary".
This is pure lies and pure sophistry.
If Zhang Yiwu and Wang Qian could stand up for what they said in court and not act daringly, Zhou Yan would still be able to look down upon them.
"What is the origin of this "Service News for You"? It is quite efficient." Zhou Yan said.
A few days after "Space Traveler" was released, this newspaper published Zhang Yiwu's article. Not only was Zhang Yiwu very efficient, but their newspaper was also very efficient.
Yu Hua laughed and said, "This newspaper was only established the year before last. Their newspapers often like to make some innovations, that is, they want to be famous, so they always publish some bold commentaries. What they want is controversy."
Zhou Yan nodded. Nowadays, there are more and more popular newspapers. Most of them are gradually derived from the Evening News and City News. These newspapers are essentially the same as some entertainment newspapers. They like to publish controversial articles. Intended to arouse public opinion.
It is easy to understand that such a newspaper can publish "Spiritual Lack of Spirit" and "Spiritual Compromise".
Zhou Yan is very famous. If Zhang Yiwu comes to scold him, he will definitely attract a large number of readers.
In fact, their goal was achieved. As soon as this "Spiritual Compromise" was published, it attracted attention in the literary and film circles.
Zhou Yan had no intention of paying attention to Zhang Yiwu. He had been working on the manuscript of "Don't Let Me Go" these days.
Although Zhang Shouren did not directly urge the manuscript, he would call to "concern" every one or two days and ask Zhou Yan if he needed any help.
Zhou Yan wanted to write the manuscript as soon as possible to avoid being harassed by Zhang Shouren every day.
"Let Zhang Yiwu scold him if he wants to. I don't have time to talk to him now, and he may just want someone to talk to him. The purpose of these young 'critics' is to become famous."
< br>Yu Hua said angrily, "This kind of person cannot be allowed to be so unscrupulous. Han Shaogong said that he would prepare to sue them. I discussed with Tiesheng and others and prepared to jointly ask the court for justice."
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "It's okay to sue them, but there's no need to jointly put pressure on the court."
"We are not putting pressure on the court, we just hope that Han Shaogong will get justice." "Yu Hua defended.
"Your idea is definitely not to put pressure, but the fact is to put pressure on the court. You should stay less involved in this matter. If you want to support Chairman Han, there are many other ways."
“We don’t want to get involved, we are just worried… ..."
"There's nothing to worry about. Just leave it to the court. If you get involved, I don't know how the media will arrange it for you. If nothing else, someone will definitely say that you writers are in a group. Let’s bully young critics together”
Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Yu Hua was silent for a while on the other end of the phone, and then said, "Don't worry, Zhang Yiwu's article will have a bad social impact. Many people may not watch your movie because of his article." ?”
Zhou Yan laughed, “Comrade Yu Hua, you still don’t know much about public opinion propaganda. The final outcome of this matter is The result may be completely opposite to what you think?"
Yu Hua asked, "Completely opposite? Are you saying that Zhang Yiwu's article will not only not reduce the box office of your movie, but it will also increase it?"
“It’s possible.”
“I still don’t believe it.”
"If you don't believe it, just take a look in a few days. It won't take long, and it will be effective in a week."
"Okay, I'd like to take a look."
"Okay. No more chatting with you. I am working on the manuscript of "Don't Let Me Go" and Mr. Zhang has to come to urge me again."
"Haha, just get used to it. The more successful these editors are, the more clingy they are. Of course, the more clingy they are to you, the more they value your work. Write quickly. After you finish writing, , don’t give it to Mr. Zhang first, show it to us first.”
“Okay.”
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After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan immersed himself in writing the manuscript.
At this time, Wang Zuxian came over with a kettle to add water to Zhou Yan's cup, "Brother Yu Hua's call just now?"
"Well, he told me that a young critic criticized " A few words from "Time Traveler"
"A young critic?"
"No, he's a literary critic."
"Do literary critics also evaluate movies?" Wang Zuxian asked curiously.
“Some are like this. They like to express their views on art without limiting the type and scope of art.”
“It doesn’t have any impact, right?”
“No , Don’t worry, the feedback from movie theaters is very good, and ordinary audiences have good reviews of this movie, that’s enough.”
Wang Zuxian doesn't have much worry about the movie box office. As long as Zhou Yan doesn't worry, she won't take it to heart.
After so many years of making movies, what kind of public opinion has she not experienced? She wouldn't mind a little scolding at all.
What she cares about is Zhou Yan. After all, Zhou Yan is the director. She doesn't want these voices to affect Zhou Yan.
However, Zhou Yan has always been very strong in his heart and has never cared about these scoldings. "I heard from Sister Hong Xin that she had heard the pirated soundtrack of "Space Traveler" on the street," Wang Zuxian said.
Zhou Yan nodded, "I heard, there is such a thing."
Compared with pirated video tapes, pirated original soundtracks are easier to use, because you only need to bring a tape recorder to the cinema, not only Low cost and undetectable.
It’s just that no one has ever tried to get pirated movie soundtracks before, because few people bought them when they were pirated.
But "Space Traveler" is different. The soundtrack of this movie is too popular. The key is that the density of songs in it is high. It is easy to record a decent tape, and many people buy it.
“However, I heard that the quality is not good.”
"They don't have the original copy tape for copy editing, so the effect can't be good. It's not easy to record without noise."
If you just bring a tape recorder to the cinema to record, it is difficult to ensure that the audience will not Speaking, so basically the recorded tapes have a lot of noise, and the effect is very poor.
If you want high-quality pirated tapes, unless they can cooperate with people in the cinema to get original copies.
Another method is to book a session yourself and record it in a quiet environment. Although the recording effect of this method is not as good as the original copy, it is definitely much better than ordinary stolen recordings.
However, ordinary people cannot do this method, and the cost is too high.
Pirate dealers generally don't invest too much, because if they invest too much, they will only make wedding clothes for others. As long as other pirates get the tape, they can copy it at low cost and enjoy the profits.
Zhou Yan is not too concerned about these piracy matters. The current piracy in the Mainland is an objective fact and it is difficult to change. The situation faced by other movies is similar to them.
The elimination of piracy requires not only the cultivation of copyright awareness, but also the economic level to keep up.
At this stage, since piracy cannot be eliminated, it is better to calm down and regard piracy as a kind of alternative propaganda.
If the quality of the pirated audio tapes is really bad, Zhou Yan wouldn’t mind releasing some slightly higher-definition clips so that the audience can hear the music earlier.
He is not worried that these high-definition clips will reduce the sales of the original soundtrack. Anyway, people who listen to pirated copies will most likely not spend money to buy the original version.
And those who are willing to buy the genuine version will not give up the genuine version just because of some high-definition clips on the market.
On the contrary, because more people have heard the songs, the audience base that likes these music has become larger, and more people will choose to go to the cinema, or later purchase a genuine soundtrack.
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Zhang Yiwu criticized "Space Traveler", but Zhou Yan and others neither responded nor suppressed it.
Of course, it didn't add fuel to the flames.
After the incident came out, Zhang Youan suggested that it would be better to give Zhang Yiwu a push to make the matter more heated, but this suggestion was rejected by Xu Feng.
What Xu Feng means is to let things ferment by themselves. If it can ferment, let it take its course. If it doesn't, there is no need to invest in costs.
It turns out that they didn’t do anything and things still fermented.
After "Serving You" published Zhang Yiwu's article, some evening newspapers or city editions quickly followed up, such as "Yangcheng Evening News", "Xinmin Evening News", etc., as well as some tabloids, digest newspapers, and many newspapers They directly put the news on the entertainment page, because in their opinion, this is an entertainment event.
But soon, the situation became different again, because some professional newspapers also followed up, such as "Literary News" and "China Reading News" published relevant articles.
This was originally a matter in the film and television industry, but suddenly it became a matter in the literary circle. The reason for this is because Zhang Yiwu mentioned Zhou Yan's novel "Tree Hole" in "Spiritual Compromise". I think "Tree Hole" is just an imitation of Latin American literature and has nothing of its own.
Although Zhang Yiwu's article did not write much about "Tree Hole", because of this, newspapers such as "Literary Newspaper" and "China Reading News" had reasons to follow up.
The performance of "China Reading News" was very neutral. It basically just repeated Zhang Yiwu's comments about Zhou Yan, with almost no opinions of its own.
But "Literary News" is different. The article in Literary News was written by a critic named Luan Shuhai. He supported Zhou Yan in the article and believed that Zhang Yiwu's comments were narrow-minded and unprincipled.
Although there is a magical color in "Tree Hole", it is fundamentally different from Latin American literature, and it has a considerable degree of innovation in writing techniques, providing a new model for contemporary novel writing.
Moreover, he praised Zhou Yan's novels for their local content but international writing techniques. He is one of the few young writers in China who is at the forefront of the international community.
In Luan Shuhai's article, 90% of the space is devoted to the review of "Tree Hole", and only the last 10% extends to "Time and Space Traveler".
He believes that "Space Traveler" is a movie, and the soundtrack songs are all in English, which doesn't mean anything.
Just like Zhou Yan's novels, Zhou Yan tries to use a more international form to push Chinese works to more foreign audiences.
In addition to the fact that the soundtrack was composed of English songs, he did not see anything in the movie that belittled China or worshiped foreigners. On the contrary, he felt Zhou Yan's strong confidence in cultural dissemination from Zhou Yan's bold use of English soundtracks.
This kind of confidence is not possessed by many people in China today, such as the "very sensitive Comrade Zhang Yiwu."
As soon as this article from "Literary Newspaper" was published, "Serving You Newspaper" was like a chicken blood pump. It published many articles in succession, all of which were on the same front as Zhang Yiwu. They began to not only criticize "Time Traveler" also began to criticize Zhou Yan's literary works.
Some people are making a fuss about Zhou Yan's identity, saying that Zhou Yan is too unprofessional. He is obviously a music student, but he insists on writing articles and making movies.
They even secretly expressed that Zhou Yan’s article might have been ghostwritten by someone else. Otherwise, there would not have been no new works for such a long time.
Before the "Literary News" could fight back, Zhou Yan's hometown newspaper "Yangtze Evening News" rushed over and scolded the "Serving You News".
The words used by "Yangtze Evening News" are quite explicit, directly saying that "Serving You News" is a nutritious street stall newspaper, completely imitating Jinling's "Service Herald", but it has not learned any of the essence. , but breeds a pile of dross.
After scolding "Serve You", "Yangtze Evening News" scolded Zhang Yiwu and others, as well as Yenching University.
The reason why I criticize Yenching University is because Zhang Yiwu graduated from the Chinese Department of Yenching University and stayed at the school to teach after graduation. He was just named an associate professor this year.
The "Yangtze Evening News" has very strong words. The author believes that Zhang Yiwu's writing level is completely different from that of a graduate of the Chinese Department. He questions why the Chinese Department of Yanda should retain such a person and whether there is any unfair reason. operate.
With such an associate professor at Yanda, it is hard to imagine how badly its school spirit will be affected.
Yanda over there also had a headache. They didn't expect that such a thing could affect them.
Of course, Yanda is not innocent. As the highest university in China, Yanda is not a spotless place. There are many dirty things in the school.
There have been many problems among teachers and students at Yanda over the years.
They could only accept a few criticisms from local newspapers.
However, although Yan Da remained silent, Zhang Yiwu could not sit still. When interviewed by reporters, he stated that he would sue the Yangtze Evening News for damaging his reputation. (End of this chapter)