Liu Jingting stood on the podium, and was still taken aback in the face of the defense lineup in front of him, but looking at the expressions of the professors present, the stone in Liu Jingting's heart finally fell to the ground.

When I first chose "Waiting for Godot" as my graduation thesis, I didn't have any doubts, after all, when this work was first published, it encountered all kinds of criticism, and the adapted drama was condemned by the audience as "something of unknown origin" and "what kind of thing am I going to here", in short, at the beginning of the drama adaptation, basically no audience could insist on watching half of the content.

Later, after a series of interpretations and analyses by experts, the audience gradually understood and accepted this play, and in the later performances, everyone really had their own experiences, and the historical status of this drama was established.

Beckett argues that only art without plot and action can be considered true art, and his narration is completely cold and unemotional, allowing the reader to gain a clearer perception of nothingness in the desperate text.

Of course, that's where the critics critic criticizes.

The ultimate reason why Liu Jingting dared to bet on this is that he believes in these professors in Vientiane and believes that they can see the deep meaning behind this drama.

"It's absurdism," Liu replied open-mindedly, "as an exploration of this field." ”

Professor Yan asked, "Won't you worry about boredom?"

Professor Yan's expression suddenly became strange, and he continued: "Isn't the audience the first consideration in your previous works?"

"The first question is yes, but it's also part of it, and the second question. Consider the audience, but it's definitely not the first condition. Liu Jingting replied smoothly.

Professor Cao smiled and said, "You can switch between popular literature and pure literature so smoothly. What kind of tricks are there?"

"Get rid of discriminating. ”

Liu Jingting blurted out, and all the professors present looked at each other.

Liu Jingting then asked rhetorically: "I don't know if you teachers, have you watched "Journey to the West". ”

"Yes. ”

"I've watched it more than a dozen times. ”

"Wuzhuang Spectators steal ginseng!"

As soon as Liu Jingting's question came out, almost half of the professors said that they had seen it.

"Then the teacher thinks "Journey to the West" is pure literature or popular literature?"

The audience was quiet, in terms of storytelling, legend and communication, this novel is of course a popular novel, but from the perspective of beautiful sentences and clumsy rhetoric. This novel has the characteristics of pure literature, and for a while, these professors could not give a conclusive conclusion.

Liu Jingting looked at the professors. secretly said in his heart: "In the future, after "Dream of Red Mansions" comes out, I will ask this question again, I am afraid it will be more difficult to answer at that time." ”

"Liu Jingting, we understand what you mean, let's talk about the meaning of absurd literature itself. Professor Wen said suddenly.

Liu Jingting bowed politely. "Like the economy and technology. Literature is also developing with the development of the times, from the Book of Songs, Zhuzi Baijia to Tang and Song poems and songs, each era corresponds to a certain literary form, but the difference between literature and the latter two lies in its own independence, for example, the theme of ancient poetry reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty, although there was inheritance in later generations, but there was no great poet like Li Bai Dufu, which can be seen. Literary forms are also specific to a particular era. ”

Liu Jingting made a technical pause. After all, in front of the division commander, it is still not appropriate to talk blindly and eloquently.

"Go on. Professor Wen gestured.

The same is true of the development of Western literature, from classicism to romanticism, romanticism to realism, then modernism, and then postmodernism. ”

"Inspired by history?"

"Yes. ”

Liu Jingting's graduation defense lasted nearly an hour and a half, and judging from the atmosphere later, it could no longer be regarded as a graduation defense, but a small literary seminar.

In the end, Liu Jingting's graduation project was awarded without suspense, and even Professor Yan did not hesitate.

"Publish it, we will make a recommendation for you, and apply for the Nobel Prize in October. Director Kang finally said that he had been paying close attention to Liu Jingting's bet with Hesta.

"I'm going to think about this again, Principal, there's plenty of time. ”

Seeing that Liu Jingting was so confident, Director Kang smiled, and then nodded.

"So, I would like to ask all the teachers to keep this article a secret for the time being. ”

"That's no problem, our graduation thesis is kept confidential. ”

This is the end of Liu Jingting's university life.

……

July 17th, whether it is for "Journey to the West fans" or for Gu Yongsheng fans, it is an important day, on this day, "Journey to the West", which has been broadcast for nearly 11 months, ushered in the finale, and on this day, Liu Jingting, who has studied in college for four years, ushered in the graduation party.

In fact, at three or four o'clock in the afternoon of the 17th, many fans and enthusiastic spectators from all over the world had gathered in the Confucian Square, and the square was full of chatting young people, who were either holding tablets in their hands or hanging cameras around their necks, they were dressed fashionably, talking and laughing.

The stage on the north side of the square had already been set up, and the huge screen hanging over the building had begun to play the preview of the evening program in turn, looking ready.

At five o'clock, groups of security guards and traffic police began to dispatch, and soon held the intersection of several roads near the Confucian Square, and the audience in the square had already chosen their seats, sat on the ground, ate their own snacks, and chatted with friends or new friends who came together.

The huge square was filled with people, roughly estimated to be close to three thousand, and there were crowds of spectators coming along several roads.

At around six o'clock, nearly 5,000 people gathered at the scene, and six or seven percent of the audience who came behind were parents with their children.

Then, various media outlets with press cards also arrived one after another, and the appearance of long guns and short guns caused a commotion among the audience.

"Thank you, audience, for coming. However, please be sure to follow the order and pay attention to safety, as the event will start soon. ”

Just when there was a commotion at the scene. Six or seven loud speakers sounded at the same time the host's reminder.

"Tonight's live broadcast on the big screen,In addition to celebrating the closing party of "Journey to the West", it will also be inserted into the graduation party of Vientiane School Park, as you know, this graduation party is also the graduation party of our Liu Jingting classmates. ”

As soon as Liu Jingting's name came out, screams immediately appeared at the scene, and the reporters standing around couldn't help but be stunned. They have participated in many fan meetings of big-name celebrities and met many crazy fans, judging by the current scale of Confucianism. Liu Jingting's appeal is not inferior to any of today's first-line stars.

The big screen suddenly turned, and the Vientiane Auditorium appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and many high school students on the scene had entered this auditorium and seen the grandeur and grandeur of it. Plus the inner desire for Vientiane School Park.。 So that they did not hide their amazement and the joy of "I have seen".

"The big screen is the graduation party of Vientiane School Park.,Liu Jingting will also appear later.。 ”

The host deliberately paused here, and sure enough, when he heard that Liu Jingting was still in Vientiane, there was a commotion.

"But rest assured, Liu Jingting will rush here before the broadcast of "Journey to the West". ”

"Oh - host, you have to finish your speech, don't scare us. ”

"Supporter, you did it on purpose, I have to throw away the water bottle in the mine. ”

The host looked proud of the success of the treacherous scheme. smiled and said: "Let's calm down and watch the party in Vientiane." ”

Vientiane Auditorium. The three hosts had already taken the stage, and as soon as the only female host, Sun Boya, appeared, winning the applause of the male audience in the auditorium and in the square.

Sun Boya, who is wearing a white dress, has a delicate figure that is fully revealed, and when hosting, she smiles and looks forward to her beautiful eyes, not to mention the male audience, even the female audience can't help but praise "so beautiful".

The opening program of the graduation party was a pair of modern dances, and the Vientiane Auditorium finally made its first public appearance in front of everyone.

This dance tells a story of war and parting, although it is an old theme and an old story, but under the careful interpretation of the two dancers in Vientiane, and the effective backdrop of the lighting prop stage, this story is still presented.

After the dance, Liu Jingting finally took the stage, and the scene in the auditorium was fine, after all, Liu Jingting was their alumnus, but the Confucian Square suddenly fell into a sea of jubilation.

Sun Boya interviewed Liu Jingting, talking about the past when Liu Jingting gave her milk tea, everyone was surprised to find that Sun Boya, who was standing next to Liu Jingting, was no longer the radiant queen Fan who held the audience just now, but a kind and cute and even a little shy girl.

Hearing her tell about her several encounters with Liu Jingting, the young audience, both men and women, were both envious and yearning.

"If she can be coquettish to me like this, I don't think I can resist what I am asked to do. ”

"If I can stand so close to Gu Yongsheng, I will definitely be more coquettish than her. ”

Liu Jingting's natural and humorous answer made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, in the minds of fans, it is actually difficult to accept that their idol is deficient in any aspect, even if it is a book, they think that when talking about cross talk, it is best not to show timidity.

……

At 6:40, the activities of Confucianism Square officially began, and in the first link, Zhu Yiyi, Huang Ye, Chen Hanting and other main creators of the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" crew sang songs.

With such a good advertising opportunity, how could Gong Chengpin let it go?

At the end of the singing, the host reported: "Liu Jingting is already on his way." ”

Then, the big screen switches to the graduation party in Vientiane.

At 7:20, after a beautiful stage play in the Vientiane Auditorium, the screen switched back and the host of the Confucian Square took the stage.

The scene began to be uncontrollable agitated, and everyone realized that Liu Jingting had arrived.

"I still have a long string of words to say, but seeing everyone's reaction, I decided to give up because I was afraid that before I could finish speaking, the mineral water bottles flying up below would fire at me. ”

Everyone laughed.

"Without further ado, let's invite Gu Yongsheng, Zhang Xueyi, and Gong Chengpin to appear together to announce the beginning of the finale of "Journey to the West"!"

The screams instantly burst into the sky, deafening.

Faced with such a powerful scene, Gu, Zhang, and Gong forcibly held back the roar in their ears and kept smiling.

Half a minute later, the voice gradually subsided, and the three of them didn't say superfluous nonsense, and directly announced that "the finale officially begins".

"Journey to the West Overture" began to sound when the three of them stepped down, and the Monkey King who collapsed from the sky soon aroused the cheers of the children at the scene.

In July of the ninth year of Tingchuang, the finale of the TV series "Journey to the West" officially started!

On the same day, the novel "Journey to the West" was released nationwide!

……

As the TV series officially began, the scene gradually fell silent until it fell silent.

The last episode of "Obtaining the True Scriptures, Five Sages Coming True" tells the story of the four Tang monks and apprentices who finally arrived at the Great Leiyin Temple, saw the Buddha, and began to receive the true scriptures, but Ananda Kaye deliberately sent the wordless scriptures because the Tang monks and apprentices did not give personnel, and then the ancient Buddha sent the Venerable Baixiong to remind the four masters and apprentices, and the four had to return to the Leiyin Temple.

In "Journey to the West", the plot of Sun Wukong not being afraid of heaven and earth, sprinkling with the Jade Emperor, and playing tricks with the Lord of the Buddha is definitely a great cool point of the whole story, and the sense of substitution is so strong that there is no opponent.

After this turmoil, the four of them finally obtained the true scriptures and were canonized, but this is still not the end, because Guanyin Bodhisattva calculated that the four masters and apprentices suffered enough, and failed to reach the number of ninety-nine returns, so they made up for the difficulty of "the old turtle turned over".

At this point, the whole story is about to come to an end, when the four Tang monks and apprentices stood at the head of the clouds and shouted to the Tang Dynasty, "We have come back from the scriptures", everyone in the square consciously got up, and then began to applaud.

"Journey to the West" officially ended.

When the ending song "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is" sounded, many people at the scene began to sing along.

Instead of playing the end credits on the big screen, as before, it began to look back at the classic shots from before.

Sun Wukong apprenticed to learn art, made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, was pressed on the Five Elements Mountain, collected Zhu Bajie, collected the white dragon horse, and collected the sand monk......

The music also quickly cut to the lyrical tear-jerking "Daughter's Love".

The host took the opportunity to mess in, and after some sensationalism, he reminded: "Don't be in a hurry to leave, Liu Jingting has a little thing to tell you." ”

Including parents with children, no one left the scene.

Liu Jingting's voice rang out.

"Thank you all for accompanying me all the way, I really appreciate it, without you, I can't do this, we can't do this, however, today, with the ending of "Journey to the West", I still have something to report to you in person, at present, the "Sherlock Holmes series" and "Lu Xiaofeng series" have been written, but according to the arrangement, these two books will continue to be serialized in "Craftsman's Record" for a period of time, and then all of them will be published in a collection. ”

The music on the screen had been turned off, and the scene was so quiet that even the sound of plastic bags being blown by the wind could be heard except for the sound of reporters pressing the shutter.

"I want to report that during the serialization of these two books, and for a long time after their publication, no new works will be published by either Gu Yongsheng or Liu Jingting, and this situation will remain for at least three years. ”

The audience at the scene suddenly fell into an unpredictable dazedness, but the reporters who had been waiting for a night quickly raised the machine in their hands, aimed at Liu Jingting, and filmed wildly.

"That is to say," Liu Jingting continued, "I will seal the pen for three years. ”

"For ...... Why?"

"Why?"

At the same time, countless voices asked.

Liu Jingting smiled bitterly and said, "Because, I'm really a little tired." (To be continued......)