Jane walked down to the applause of the crowd, turned and sat down on the empty chair in the front row. The person who is carrying out a relay with her is none other than Jia Youwei, the real protagonist today.

Although they are all literature lovers, none of them have been able to publish their works in an authoritative journal of fiction such as "Jingbei Literature".

Even if he is concise, he has published at most a short story on "Sprout". In addition, he has won awards in the school newspaper and various district and city essay competitions.

Jia Youwei was facing more than a dozen people sitting without any nervousness. With a smile on his face, he began his unscripted speech without hurrying: "Today, serious literature has fallen into an ice age, and the prosperity of the literary explosion of the decade of the last century has long been lost.

At that time, whether you really love literature or pretend, when you go on a blind date, you will inevitably write in the hobby column or in the message to the introducer, you must mention that you love literature.

It's like if you go on a blind date with someone else today, if you don't have a house, don't go on a blind date. Of course, the decade of the Big Bang was not the best era, but with a certain extreme.

Reform and opening up, the resumption of the college entrance examination, all cultural undertakings are in ruins, and people's thirst for knowledge is like a long drought and rain, which has created and brought about the fashionable nature that has become popular in society.

Even the first illiterate to make a fortune would wear glass-covered gold-wire glasses as standard, and a Parker pen pinned to the left pocket of their shirt. He is not afraid of others saying that he has no money, but he is afraid that others will say that he is not educated. It's not like it's reversed at all, I'm not afraid of others saying that I'm not educated, I'm afraid that others will say that I'm not rich. ”

He paused, and picked up a glass of water from the glass coffee table next to him. After two sips, he held the glass in both hands, and then said: "In the past, writer was a title that people were proud of and proud, and it was completely worth a lifetime of pursuit, and many of them voluntarily quit their jobs to write.

I'm not singing the praises of this kind of behavior. This is also an irrational and extreme act. The arduous path of writing is something that ordinary people simply do not understand.

Passion alone is not enough, it also requires perseverance, diligence, hard work, and talent. If you don't practice diligently in the first few years, you won't be able to meet the basic requirements of submission.

Mo Yan mentioned in the postscript of his work that he initially wrote day and night, with a full beard and a smell of smoke all over his body, and he was often rejected.

Even he has experienced such a difficult time, not to mention those who are far inferior to him in talent. This is not an exaggeration to describe it in four words.

Even if the submission is successful and published, the manuscript fee is pitiful, and it is difficult to satisfy the stomach, and there will be no situation where a small role like acting can make people completely turn over and become famous all over the world. ”

Jia Youwei paused again, took another sip of water, and said slowly: "Nowadays, writers are no longer satisfied with writing all their lives, and write a book that satisfies them the most and allows them to lie in the coffin and use them to put their heads.

Even if they don't give up writing, they will turn it from a main job to a side hustle. Often, the main business is either to teach or to do business.

As for creation, half of his mind is on this, even if he is worthy of the title of writer above his head.

Perhaps, some people can understand that due to their limited talents, they can't reach that peak, and some people have an epiphany about the true meaning of looking at money. I'm going to say that's all I have to say. Thank you for being patient enough to listen to my complaints. ”

Jia Youwei just put the glass glass in his hand on the glass coffee table next to him, but saw that Tang Weiwei, the owner of this bookstore, took the initiative to stand up, and said with a somewhat excited expression: "Teacher Jia, you said it so well." I have a question for you, can I?"

Jia Youwei regained his original position and said to the girl who looked like she had just come of age: "Please speak." ”

"What do you think of Chinese literature from the May Fourth Movement to today?" Tang asked slightly and bluntly.

"From the time I really started reading serious literature, it was from those world classics, which caused a contempt for Chinese literature in my heart.

Mr. Lu Xun said that Mao Dun's "Midnight" is the best novel after May Fourth. In my opinion, the core content of the whole novel is nothing more than four words, the conflict between labor and capital.

In addition, in the second half of the book, I mentioned the various effects of futures on some people in the financial market.

Ba Jin's main achievements are the Riptide trilogy "Home", "Spring", "Autumn". In my opinion, the most admirable thing about his place in the history of Chinese literature is not his works, but his courage to speak the truth in his later years.

Now that you are very young, I am afraid it is difficult to understand how great it is for a person to tell the truth, and it takes a lot of courage and guts. This is especially celebrities.

Slipping whiskers and slapping horses, lying a lot, being a ruffian and doing Guo Moruo's example, can be said to be the pinnacle. At the same time, Mu Dan, who dared to speak the truth, was a tragic end.

Contemporary Chinese literature, on the one hand, has not reached the level that some people and some avant-garde writers say so unsightly, and on the other hand, it is not as good as some writers who have been captive, Xiao Pink.

As far as I am concerned, there is still a big gap between the contemporary mainstream literature of China and the mainstream literature of the world. We should still be at the stage of telling a good story.

The world's contemporary mainstream literature has reached the height of philosophy, humanities, and digging deep into the darkness, ugliness, evil, and fables of human nature.

Of course, these are all my family's words, just for reference, and can also be regarded as drunken madness or dew.

With my own strength, even if I spend my whole life, I can't dream of changing reality, changing destiny, and even becoming famous all over the world by relying on a pen and a few pieces of paper. Jia Youwei has a saying.

Concisely and excitedly stood up, leading the warm applause of "popping", thus leading the others to stand up and applaud as well.

Not only did she enjoy a feast of thoughts, but she also felt that her face was bright. It was the first time that her book club had been established for so long, and it was the first time that there had such a teachable and exciting gathering.

As for the next thing, of course, I will try to pull Jia Youwei into the group and develop into a member. This can also make her reading group skyrocket.

In the future, there will be more members who actively and actively participate in offline gatherings, and there will be no excuses to refuse to participate in them on the pretext of being busy with work, overtime, etc.