"Dingle bell."
The postman rode his bicycle through the streets and alleys, delivering letters one by one, and soon it was dialect's turn.
Put a stack of letters into the mailbox, then knock on the iron animal ring on the door, and shout something loudly.
When the postman almost disappeared at the entrance of the alley, Gong Qie opened the door, took the letter, and walked to the study.
At this moment, Fang Yan was concentrating on the creation of "Hunting". He stopped writing when he heard the "dong dong" knock on the door.
"They are all letters sent to you, some from Yao Ming, some from Ruoxue, and some from Jiahe and Shaw."
Gong Qie walked up to him and handed it over.
Fang Yan was the first to open the envelopes from Jiahe and Shaw Brothers. Inside were handwritten letters from Zou Wenhuai and Fang Yihua.
The content of the two letters is actually very different. They both said that people have been sent north to contact the film bureau for cooperation, and it is going very smoothly. Barabara, after talking about it, they have already met. As his own copyright agent, Pan Yaoming had a very pleasant negotiation.
As for the terms of the contract, both parties have confirmed that they are correct and are waiting for his signature. The contract will take effect immediately.
I looked at the two contracts sent with the letter, and then read the last few paragraphs of the letter. Every line revealed the concern and urgency of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest for the script. They asked about the progress of the creation, the details of the script, and the filming. Arrangements, etc., perhaps the only difference is that -
Shao asked questions about everything, no matter how big or small, while Jiahe completely delegated power and gave sufficient autonomy.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing his man shaking his head and laughing, Gong Qiao was surprised.
“It’s very similar to the behavior of the heads of the two companies.”
Fang Yan muttered to himself, then raised his head and asked about the situation of the storyboard script of "Baby Smart Stars".
“It’s almost done.” Gong Xie said, “But, are you really going to recommend me to be the assistant director of “Baby Wisdom Stars”?”
Fang Yan nodded and said: “ The filming of this film was not difficult. It's very suitable for a new director like you to participate."
Gong Qian opened his mouth: "But I'm afraid..."
"Don't be afraid, you are learning and acting in the name of assistant director. Assisted.”
Fang Yan comforted: "With the director and team of Shaw Brothers here, there won't be any big trouble. Besides, don't you have me to take care of you."
Gong Yue pursed his lips and said: "But Shao Will they agree to let me turn as an actor? Is someone from a type director joining the team?"
"How is it impossible!"
Fang Yan volunteered to take on the part-time job of "Baby Smart Stars", and it was not easy to arrange an assistant director and character actor.
Hearing this, Gong Zhen was completely relieved and smiled: "Since you said so, I will give it a try."
After we talked about each other tenderly for a while, Fang Yan opened Pan Yaoming's letter, which involved two things.
First, confirm that the contract between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest has no legal loopholes and traps, and you can sign the contract with confidence and boldness.
The second is where the two money will go after signing the contract. Is it investing in stocks, real estate, or even parking spaces in Xiangjiang as usual, or is it investing in a plan to speculate in Japanese yen and foreign exchange, or is there something else? investment plan. Just as he was thinking seriously, Gong Zhen suddenly let out an exclamation:
"You won a prize!"
"Oh, what prize?"
"Ruoxue said you won the Pulitzer Prize for History."
"That's right!"
Fang Yan took it from Gong Cie's hand and saw Bai Ruoxue congratulating him on the letter " Guns, Viruses and Steel" won the award.
This year’s Pulitzer Prize will be the same as previous ones. Hundreds of judges from all over the United States will gather at various schools of Columbia University at the end of March to evaluate journalism, literature, history, music, and drama. Various types of works will be reviewed.
Then in early April, three nominated works in each category are screened out and a report is submitted to the final evaluation committee. The selection results are usually announced and awarded by the president of Columbia University in late April or early May.
The Pulitzer Prize for History is the only award that does not require the author to be an American. Books about American history can win.
But precisely because of this, the entire jury had serious disagreements over whether "Guns, Viruses and Steel" could win the award.
The opposing side believes that the book "Guns, Viruses and Steel" is not strictly a historical work at all. Even if it is a historical work, it is not a work that specializes in American history, so it is not eligible to be selected for the Pulitzer Prize in History!
The supporters disagree. The Pulitzer Prize for History only stipulates that works that study American history are eligible for inclusion. Although "Guns, Viruses, and Steel" is not a monograph on American history, it does discuss the history of the Americas.
It is especially significant for the study of American history. America may not be the America of the United States, but the United States must be the America of the Americas!
The disagreements among the entire jury quickly spread to the entire media and academic world with the announcement of this year's Pulitzer Prize list.
The "Washington Post", "New York Times", "San Francisco Daily News" and other newspapers have all made extensive reports and comments.
These newspapers were obviously carefully selected before they were sent back to the country by Bai Ruoxue. They were basically all good reviews and praises.
But in fact, this is indeed the case, and a big discussion soon started in the American historical circles on the other side of the ocean.
Most scholars support dialects, but there are still a group of people who criticize dialects.
It is believed that writers like Fang Yan do not have the professional knowledge of historians at all, and the book "Guns, Viruses and Steel" is not a real historical work at all, but is purely a sensational and eye-catching "reading book for history amateurs" "That's all.
But contrary to expectations, since the mid-19th century, the German historian Leopold von Ranke founded the Ranke School, which became the beginning of the modern historical school. With the development of social sciences, Fehr The analytical historical school represented by Nan Braudel and the postmodern historical school represented by Michel Foucault came into being.
Among them, the school of environmental history is naturally indispensable.
Like the French Annales School, which focused on studying the constraints of geography and climate on human activities, and the frequent adaptation of humans to their specific environments, the American Frontier History School discovered more intense changes in nature in modern times, but was The ecological impact that may lead mankind to the abyss of eternal disaster is blindly arrogant.
Guns, Viruses and Steel takes into account the strengths of the French Annales School and the American Frontier History School. It is indisputably a classic work of the Environmental History School and has been discussed, studied and analyzed. , was extended, questioned, criticized...
The rise of the Chinese school of environmental history is basically recognized in later textbooks as beginning with the dialect's "Guns, Viruses, and Steel." It was precisely because of "Guns, Viruses, and Steel" that it won the Pulitzer Prize for History. The academic world attaches increasing importance to historical research.
In fact, many students and teachers have begun to study Fang Yan’s series of historical works. They not only regard Fang Yan as “the first person to introduce environmental history”, but he is also one of the founders of the Chinese school of environmental history. Although there are no systematic academic works around.
Although there was some controversy at the beginning of the 21st century, in 1985, as soon as the news that Dialect won the Pulitzer Prize for History spread in the mainland, the entire literary world, and even the whole country, exploded. The pot is as hot as winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Although, most people don’t know what the Pulitzer Prize for History is. (End of this chapter)