"In fact, this ambiguous culture is not only based on the way of thinking and behavioral logic, but may also be related to religion."
Fang Yan looked at Haruki Murakami and his wife, and at Kadokawa Rihihiko.
"Religion?"
Kadokawa Rihihiko asked curiously: "Is it Shinto or Buddhism?"
"Nature is Buddhism."
According to dialect, there is a sentence in the Buddhist scriptures called "heart to heart", which means "enlightenment".
Since Buddhism was introduced to Japan in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it has gradually been popularized together with Zen ideas such as "all things exist in nothingness", so that "heart to heart" has become the highest tacit understanding between people.
To achieve this kind of tacit understanding, not only the same spiritual state is needed, but also mutual "ambiguity".
That is to say, there is no need to explain clearly, it is only necessary for each other to know what the other is thinking and what they want, the so-called communication of minds.
"It's exactly what Mr. Fang Yan said."
Murakami Haruki's eyes showed surprise and admiration, "For example, our 'stomach art'."
Fang Yan was surprised and cast inquiring glances at Haruki Murakami and Haruki Kadokawa.
"Fang Yanjun, what you are doing now is a kind of 'abdominal art'."
Kadokawa Rikohiko explained that abdominal art can be called "mind-to-mind communication" because Japanese people are not willing to express their meaning directly, clearly, concisely, and logically in communication, and always use rich facial expressions and length of silence. , and grunting sounds from the mouth to respond in a roundabout way. If a person needs help from a friend and is unwilling to say it outright, then he will give a hint.
The greater the need for help, the more vague the hint becomes, for fear of being too direct and leaving no room for maneuver.
"So that's it."
Fang Yan smacked his lips. No wonder when dealing with Kadokawa Rikihiko and Okuyama Rong, they were like riddlemen from time to time. Their answers were not crisp and clear at all. They were obviously already moved, but the more moved they were, the more vague they became. Speech, procrastination.
"We regard this inner language as the highest form of interpersonal communication in Japanese society."
Haruki Murakami said helplessly: "Of course, there are also many people, including me, who sometimes complain that the meaning is really unclear."
"Maybe it's because of this that delicate and ambiguous pure love novels like "Love Letter" are so popular among Japanese readers."
Fang Yan showed a faint smile.
After three cups and two cups of hot tea, everyone became more and more interested in chatting, until the store clerk knocked on the door and reminded that the autograph signing event would be held soon.
"I really benefited a lot from talking with Mr. Fang Yan today."
Haruki Murakami stood up, "It will also be of great help to my next creation."
Kadokawa Rihihiko asked: "Is Murakami-kun preparing for the next new work?"
"Ashamed to say it."
Haruki Murakami said that he won the Tanizaki Junichiro Award for "The End of the World and Grim Wonderland" last year, but he vaguely feels that he has reached a "stable period" or a "bottleneck period" as a writer, so he hopes to make a breakthrough in his new work. Using a writing technique that is different from previous works, of course I also want to write a youth novel similar to "Love Letter" at the end of my thirties when the memory of youth is still lingering.
Fang Yan immediately thought of "Norwegian Wood", and the result was not what he expected.
Kadokawa Rikohiko was puzzled: "Why do you want to call it this name?" Haruki Murakami said: "It is also a coincidence that before conceiving and writing a novel, I like to listen to a piece of music first and then get into the state. At that time, Yoko turned to The Beatles "Norwegian Wood", both the psychedelic rock style and the meaning of the lyrics, are exactly what I want."
Yoko Takahashi added half-jokingly, "His techniques for writing novels were all learned from music."
"Where do we start talking about this?"
Kadokawa Rihihiko couldn't understand it for a while.
"Maybe articles are like music."
Dialect comes out of the break: "You can create a sense of rhythm through the combination of words, sentences, paragraphs, hard and soft, light and heavy, balanced and unbalanced, punctuation and intonation. I don't know. Am I right?”
"White teeth!"
Takahashi Yoko covered her mouth in shock, then glanced at Haruki Murakami, and saw that his face was also filled with shock and disbelief.
Obviously, Fang Yan's understanding touched Haruki Murakami's heart. Today was obviously the first time they met.
Fang Yan smiled and said that he was both a writer and an editor in China. He once mentored a music teacher named "Liu Sola". Due to her lack of guidance and training in writing, her writing skills were a little rough and immature, so she asked her to Write a novel with the mentality of composing music.
"The most important element of music is rhythm, and the same goes for creation. If the article lacks rhythm, no one will want to read it."
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"That's absolutely right!"
Haruki Murakami seemed to have found a like-minded person, and said happily: "If the article has a rhythm and the story has a rhythm, then literary thoughts will naturally flow out. When I write, my mind will often automatically transform the novel into a voice, and use this voice to Establish a rhythm, then improvise a theme section in a jazzy way, and then quickly generate the next theme section, and so on until the whole song is written."
Kadokawa Rihihiko couldn't help but sigh: "This is really amazing."
Haruki Murakami asked eagerly: "Fang Yanjun, what work did the music teacher you directed write?"
Dialect said: "It's called "You, No Choice", and it's a youthful pain literature with rock music as the theme."
Including Haruki Murakami, everyone present was surprised. They had never heard of or seen "youth pain literature".
Dialect explained briefly, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly. After all, "Norwegian Wood" is the originator of youth trauma literature. Writers of youth trauma literature such as Han Han, Guo Jingming, and Annie Baby, all of them are considered Murakami. Haruki’s disciples and grandsons.
"This...this..."
The more Haruki Murakami listened, the more he felt that the youth novel he wrote seemed to be a literature of youth pain.
Kadokawa Harihiko found it difficult to understand that no matter how you look at the title "Norwegian Wood", it has nothing to do with youth pain literature.
"Maybe there is a forest deep in everyone's heart. Maybe we have never set foot in it, but it always exists, quietly waiting for us to discover." Fang Yan said: "Isn't that what youth is like? It should be in the forest. Those who are lost should get out of the forest.”
Haruki Murakami's heart suddenly suddenly jumped. His words not only hit the core theme of "Norwegian Wood", but also hooked his heartstrings like a hook. It simply touched his heart. Could it be that he and himself Has dialect reached the point of "heart-to-heart" in literature?
Noticing the subtle expression on her husband's face, Takahashi Yoko immediately understood his "abdominal skills" and said with a knowing smile:
“I don’t know if the autograph session will be over soon, what are your plans?”
"Well..."
Kadokawa Rihihiko originally wanted to go to an izakaya and have a good drink with Fang Yan to celebrate the initial consensus reached by Kadokawa Film and Shochiku on the co-production of "Love Letter", but when Fang Yan said "nothing" with a smile, he finally It was with hindsight that I heard the implication of the phrase "abdominal art".
The co-author invited them to read the manuscript of "Norwegian Wood"! (End of chapter)