Chapter 427 Progress
Yu Xinyao is an old friend. It can be said that Gu Lu’s fame in the literary world originated from him.
He has a very high opinion of the Little Prince, and of course he is also critical of "Bingguo", even though this current work, which is known as Gu Lu's semi-autobiography, has sold more than three million copies in China, Neon Sales exceeded one million, but Yu Xinyao still didn’t approve.
Let’s explain the background of Yu Xinyao’s writing——
There is no column in “People’s Literature” magazine, but Yu Xinyao is the first literary critic in China and has considerable gold content. There is no need to make a gimmick.
He clicked on writers such as Chen Xiaolong from the Northwest Circle who were yin and yang on the internet. They don't dare to say harsh words, they only dare to say sarcastic things behind their backs.
Why "People's Literature is the first literary journal in China. No writer has ever published it in four consecutive issues. It is too highly praised" and "Ask, what kind of background is required to open a column in People's Literature" Class words.
Yu Xinyao has a very bad temper.
[A circus clown was a dwarf, and when he woke up he found that he had become a handsome young "dwarf"; Dermush massacred a whole house because he coveted a record, and he refused to plead guilty in prison until Becoming a baby in "Dear Mush"; the protagonist of a detective novel escapes from the established plot in the book and wants to be a good person in "Repentance of a Thief". The battle between children and adults "Falling Back to Childhood". "
This issue's new work "Multiple Turtles" is about a strange village where every villager has two bodies. What will happen if one body is lost?
Nabokov said, "Any outstanding work of art is a fantasy, because it reflects a unique world in the eyes of a unique individual."
Gu Lu's short works can become "The People's" in four issues. Recommended works by "Literature", it is he who breaks the boundaries between absurdity and reality, not only absurdity, not just fantasy. He combines absurdity with reality. The difference from folk fantasy stories is that his works can always find truth in absurdity and absurdity in truth. ]
Yu Xinyao did not just praise, but also gave a preliminary analysis of how this kind of art is achieved.
After all, it is an article published in the People's Literature Journal, and it cannot be published simply by dissing or praising people.
Omit the long analysis above and only cut out the key parts.
[Gu Lu fictionalizes and absurdizes the story through techniques such as deformation, alienation, facialization, and anti-alienation. Roland Barthes calls it "catalysis." Through this description that strips away reality, he can grasp the development and direction of the story. The fusion of reality and unreality forms a dialectical and unified relationship of "overall absurdity and detail reality".
All absurd techniques are meant to show the bloody truth, and all truth is aimed at revealing the absurdity of the times.
Whether it is from absurdity to reality in terms of writing technique, or from reality to absurdity in terms of writing intention, these are Gu Lu's guiding techniques to trigger readers' thinking about social history through strong contrast. Camus believed in "The Myth of Sisyphus": The important thing is not to live the best, but to live the most. Therefore, it is difficult to say how to live the best life, and "more", that is, richness, has become a standard for measuring life. When evaluating the eight novels published by Gu Lu, we are not looking for real life, but looking for the imagination of life in each story...]
Looking at Fei Shen’s remarks, that’s about it. The subsequent analysis of the language style of these articles will be roughly skipped.
Yu Xinyao believes that it has reached the highest level of humor, that is, Mr. Lu Xun's "half-sulking" and Bernard Shaw's "smiling with thorns in it".
At the end, Yu Xinyao also made amway at the end.
[Among the eight chapters in the four issues, what surprised me the most was the series "Through the Wall" in this issue. The protagonist Dutierre accidentally discovered that he had the ability to walk through walls. He went from playing pranks to doing evil, and finally put himself to death. Trapped in a wall forever.
If "Through the Wall" is simply regarded as a fantasy story, this article is not difficult to read at all, but only by grasping the true words hidden in Gu Lu will the work make readers awe-inspiring respect. On the surface, this is a tragic story in which the protagonist Dutierre discovers that he has the ability to walk through walls and is accidentally trapped in a wall. But when I read "Doutier seemed to be cast in the heart of the wall. To this day, his body and the stone wall are still integrated into one." I suddenly discovered the core of the story...
This series of works reminded me Mr. Lu Xun's "New Stories" uses mythical stories as the background, and uses the same way of blending absurdity and reality to reflect China in the early 20th century.
Gu Lu's series of works are new stories of the new era. If anyone has any doubts about my evaluation, then please read "Through the Wall" and you will agree with me. ]
From this comment, we can understand why Aimee is the number one French short story of the 20th century. He obviously wrote about France in the 20th century, but when he wrote about China in the 21st century, he still thought he was reflecting the current situation. Just like in "Multiple Turtles", modern urban men and women have to get used to the theme of loneliness.
Classic works are like this. They are divided into two categories. One category is groundbreaking. For example, if you don’t understand the background of "The Decameron", what kind of crappy work will you think is a masterpiece? But it was the first short story collection in Europe and set the tone for Italian prose and short stories.
The second category is a sharp description of human nature and society, which can be a mirror in any era, as is the case with "New Stories" and "Selected Short Stories of Aimee".
Of course there is also a combination of the two, which will basically be mentioned in textbooks.
Needless to say Yu Xinyao's influence, his extremely high evaluation immediately caused a sensation in the literary world. And it is a bigger hot topic than "praising the little prince" a few years ago, because Gu Lu is now one of the most famous writers in China.
Comparing Gu Lu and Lu Xun, are you kidding? !
"Through the Wall" is comparable to "A New Story", are you kidding?
Everyone who knows Mr. Lu Xun knows that the new story is a very special work.
Some people scolded Yu Xinyao without even looking, saying that Yu Xinyao's old eyes were dim.
More and more people went to see it, with the mentality of "I want to see what is so exciting about Walking Through the Wall that it deserves such a high evaluation."
Even with preconceived hostility, I was conquered!
Through the Wall is one of Aimee's best works. A bronze statue carved by French actor Jean Marais on Earth in memory of Aimee. This is the influence of the author. On the high wall beside the building of Aimee's former residence, there is a person with one arm stretched out and half of his body leaning out. That is Dutierre who is forever trapped in the center of the wall. This is the influence of the work.
This work has been remade and adapted countless times in Europe, but it is so good!
"Gu Lu... I also want to write a work like "Through the Wall"."
"Before reading: Yu Xin, Teacher Yao must have taken the money. After reading: Yu Xin Teacher Yao’s praise was too conservative.”
"Gu Lu seems to be writing martial arts novels on the Internet recently. Some people say that his writing style is overflowing. If he writes seriously, he may be able to create a new work comparable to Jin Gujue. With this in mind, when I read "Through the Wall", it is indeed overflowing. ”
“I have always thought that Gu Lu is a genius in popular works, even if he has The Diplomacy Trilogy is a model of popular narrative. It turns out that I was blinded by the blindness of my eyes. Gu Lu’s works have become so profound over the past five years.”
“Next year’s Lu Xun. Gu Lu should be the youngest winner of the Literature Award."
Wait for discussion.
The Northwest Circle disappeared.
Of course, for that circle, the most serious thing is not that they disappeared, but that writers like Chen Xiaolong who made sarcastic remarks were resented by the editorial board of People's Literature.
Some things can be said in private or in person, because as long as you don’t tell me, you can pretend you didn’t hear me and don’t know. But we can’t make the whole world discuss it.
Now the whole world knows about your strange character Gu Lu and People's Literature. Unless you write a shocking work, it will be difficult for you to appear in a publication of the People's Literature series again in this life.
The difficulty of accessing other literary publications will also increase. After all, no one likes people who are particularly loud.
"Should I pay a visit to Mr. Yu?" Gu Lu thought to himself. The last time I wanted to visit was a few years ago, and I asked Uncle Jian to be the intermediary to help introduce him. The reply was: Literary critics should keep a sufficient distance from writers. Whether the personal relationship is good or bad will make the evaluation lose its objectivity. Without objective comments, it is just emotional noise and has no effect.
It seemed to make sense, so Gu Lu went back home.
“Even though I know that Yu Xinyao’s evaluation is due to the excellent quality of the copied works, but because the benefits brought by the evaluation are real, I still want to thank you.” Gu Lu sent a message to Uncle Jian, It is estimated that if he wants to meet again, he will be rejected, so let Uncle Jian help express his thanks.
For example, this time, helping to take revenge greatly damaged the vitality of Chen Xiaolong and other writers, but with the support of Yu Xin Yao, Gu Lu took another step forward in the field of serious domestic literature.
Look clearly, this is the field of serious literature, and in the field of popular novels, Gu Lu is priced at the ceiling. In the annual novel sales list, Gu Lu's works have entered the top 3 for six consecutive years, and there are more than one in the top 10, showing full dominance.
"The chance of winning is very high." Gu Lu has no particular pursuit of the literary award at the moment, but the Lu Xun Literature Award is different. Even if he just uses Mr. Lu Xun's name, he still wants to win it.
Speaking of serious literary novels, he currently only has one "Alive". The rest were missed. It also proves that Golden Finger is mainly a best-seller.
Didi——
Oh? Did Uncle Jian reply to the message? Gu Lu's cell phone rang with a notification tone. He opened it and saw that it was a message from Guo Dafa.
The book market sales report for the third quarter of 2019 is out.
"The Devotion of Suspect X" ranked first in the quarter with sales of more than 1.7 million copies in two months.
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Then "The Little Prince", "Bingguo" and "Yesterday's Park" also entered the top twenty. Due to the promotion of the spiritual sequel to "From the New World", Algernon ranked 25th in the third quarter with sales of 290,000 copies.
The top level of popular novels just mentioned is now more concrete.
"Whether a person is capable can actually be seen from his words and deeds." Gu Lu thought of what Yu Xinyao said in an interview many years ago.
The fact that the top few on the book sales list are fixed just shows that the creative power of the market is shrinking and that most people no longer read books.
Like The Little Prince, is it really because there are new readers every year? Not at all.
While Gu Lu was distracted, his cell phone rang again. This time it was President Jian.
[Uncle Jian: No problem. This guy, Lao Yu, posted such a review and didn’t even tell me. Also, Xiao Gu, please remember our appointment. ]
It’s no problem to reply immediately. Gu Lu must have not forgotten what he agreed to do.
Forgetting what he was doing, Gu Lu looked at Durant's preface to "The Haze in Weymouth". His English is pretty good and he can barely read, and when he encounters words he doesn’t understand, he can just look them up in the dictionary.
Gu Lu is the author and does not need to think too much. He only needs to work hard to copy. On the contrary, Yao Xiaoju has a lot to think about.
"Mr. Tom, you..."
Before Kane became nervous, Yao Xiaoju quickly took out his trump card, "Mr. Kane, please look here, the thank you letter sent by Gu not long ago . ”
It feels like Kane has already summoned Cthulhu in his heart. Yao Xiaoju stared at each other closely.
After hearing Gu Lu, Kane withdrew seventy or eighty sentences, "What kind of thank you letter?"
[Thanks to Mr. Kane van Zestone for his outstanding contribution to the Cthulhu Mythos.
There is no clear mythological system or framework in my works. Mr. Kane successfully depicts a mythical system with a dualistic concept of good and evil, blurring the background environment without good and evil, and creating another route for the series.
Part of the Cthulhu genealogy I compiled also comes from Mr. Kane’s framework. The ancient gods are the old gods, and the old gods who once dominated the earth are the old rulers. God is an alien god...
Mr. Kane van Zesestone is the true King of Cthulhu. ”
That's right, when Gu Lu and Yao Xiaoju held a video conference, they received help. The solution he had in mind was to wear a high hat.
The Father of Cthulhu felt that he was much more powerful than the King of Cthulhu, so Gu Lu went out separately.
Besides, to be honest, Gu Lu only wrote a dozen Cthulhu articles, while Kane kept writing for several years and wrote more than fifty articles in the Cthulhu series, and there are two more novels. There seems to be nothing wrong with being known as the King of Cthulhu.
"Ahem..." The edges on Kane's face softened, and his temperament changed from a wolf to a husky. He wanted to say something in his mind, but his throat was not prepared and he choked.
"King of Cthulhu, this is too high a compliment. I'm ashamed." Kane took a long time to sort out his words before responding.
"No, no, no, Mr. Kane, since Gu said this, he must have a point." Yao Xiaoju said, "You are the King of Cthulhu!"
"We still need to tell Cthulhu The series continues to build momentum," Kane said.
Look, it really works. Kane calmed down instantly and chatted normally.
But after chatting for a while, Kane suddenly asked a question. The question is a bit off topic.
"Head of the Outer Gods: Azathoth, the god of blindness and ignorance, the core of the original chaos, the head of the demon gods, and the lord of all things, is Mr. Gu Lu who appeared in "Night Demon" last week 's god," Kane said.
"Ah, um." Even though Yao Xiaoju is very busy, every time there is a new draft from a writer, he will still read it immediately.
[In the center of the chaos grows the blind and foolish god Azathoth, the lord of all things. He was surrounded by hordes of mindless and shapeless beings...] By far the highest-ranking deity described in the Guruk Sulu series.
"Azathos is described as having no wisdom, so he is called blind and foolish. This characteristic also makes him have no believers." Kane asked in a change of subject, "Is he the way of heaven? In Chinese mythology "The Way of Heaven."
Are you speaking Chinese? Oh no, are you speaking English? Yao Xiaoju doubted his English level for the first time.
(End of this chapter)