After Chen Lu made tea for them, they drank tea and read their books. [Full text reading.]

After Chen Lu read a few pages of the book, he always felt unsettled and couldn't calm down, so he secretly glanced at Chen Qingdong, and saw that although Chen Qingdong was staring at the book, he seemed to be distracted, so he couldn't help but shout: "Secretary Chen." ”

Chen Qingdong raised his head to look at Chen Lu and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chen Lu smiled slightly and said, "We just talked a few words about Zhang Ailing, but we didn't enjoy chatting, I can't read a book, otherwise let's talk a few more words?"

Chen Qingdong was actually a little unsettled, so he smiled and said, "Okay, then let's talk a few more words, where to start?"

Chen Lu shook the book and said, "Let's start with this book!" Secretary Chen, have you read this book "The Memory of Sorrow"?"

Chen Qingdong nodded and said: "I have seen it, this is a collection of short stories, which contains three short stories, namely "Seeing Joy", "Floating Flowers and Waves" and the most famous "Lust and Caution". ”

Chen Lu was a little stunned and asked, "Is "Lust and Caution" so famous? I don't know yet! However, my favorite in this book is indeed the short story "Lust and Caution". ”

Chen Qingdong couldn't help laughing, he realized that he had made the mistake of consciousness first, although he was now very careful not to make this kind of mistake, but in some small things, he still inadvertently said something that others didn't know, but fortunately, it was all small things.

According to Chen Qingdong's memory, the reason why the short story "Lust and Caution" is famous and even regarded by many people as Zhang Ailing's masterpiece, most of the reason is that director Ang Lee adapted this short story into a movie in 2007 and put it on the big screen, and with the influence of stars such as Ang Lee, Tony Leung, Tang Wei, and the smacking "lust and love" scenes, it is famous all over the world in one fell swoop!

At that time, due to the film review policy of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the "Lust and Caution" released in the mainland was a castrated version that had been cut for 12 minutes, and even triggered a wave of saliva demonstrations by mainland nationalists, and a large number of scolding posts were pushed on the Internet, so that the protest of the majority of netizens against the film review policy of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television also reached an unprecedented **!

In addition, because the "Lust and Caution" released in Hong Kong is an uncut version, this once led to a tourism boom in Hong Kong, and countless mainland tourists went to Hong Kong in order to watch an uncut version of "Lust and Caution", and even led to many Hong Kong cinema prime times "Lust and Caution" movies being fried by scalpers at several times higher prices!

At that time, there was even a popular claim on the Internet, which claimed that at the end of 2007, Chinese were left with only two important things to do, the first was to speculate in stocks, and the second was to go to Hong Kong to watch "Color Ring".

And watched an uncut version of "Lust and Caution", which once became a sign of successful people.

After all, the cost of a trip to Hong Kong is not low, and ordinary people do not have this ability. Only successful people have enough time and money to make a special trip to Hong Kong to watch movies.

Thinking of this, Chen Qingdong couldn't help but smile and explained: "At that time, a professor in our Chinese department said that the article "Color Ring" was very famous, and asked us to write about this article after reading. ”

"I see. Chen Lu smiled, and then asked curiously, "Mayor Chen, how did you write this after-reading feeling?"

Chen Qingdong didn't answer and asked: "Chen Lu, don't you also like to read Zhang Ailing, otherwise, tell me your opinion on this article first?"

Chen Lu said with a smile: "Secretary Chen, you are a high-achieving student who graduated from the Chinese Department of Huai University, in front of you, a great talent from a scientific class, I don't dare to make an axe!"

Chen Qingdong pointed at Chen Lu and shouted, "Haha, you're laughing at me!

Chen Lu immediately shouted aggrievedly: "I'm laughing at you, but praising you sincerely! You can't just wronged people!"

Chen Qingdong was amused by Chen Lu's serious appearance, and said, "Okay! Okay! This isn't a violation of the agreement, okay?"

Chen Lu still said with some grievances: "This is not in the first place, although we have an agreement, but no one is allowed to wronged anyone!"

Chen Qingdong smiled: "Okay! Okay! Then let's expose this matter, Chen Lu, let's continue to talk about Zhang Ailing." ”

Chen Lu snorted and said: "Originally, I had already thought about it, but I blamed you for interrupting my train of thought, I don't care, now I have to punish you for speaking first!"

Chen Qingdong smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, then I'll say a few words first, the right is to throw bricks and lead jade!"

Chen Lu immediately glared after hearing this, and Chen Qingdong immediately explained: "I'm saying this modestly, but I'm not laughing at you!"

Chen Lu smiled: "Okay, then I won't be serious with you, Secretary Chen, then you can say it." ”

Chen Qingdong recalled the feeling after reading the article he wrote about "Lust and Caution", sorted out his thoughts a little, and then said: "Zhang Ailing once said in person that Zhang's "Lust and Caution", she has been writing for 30 years, as if there has always been a snake gnawing at her heart, and it seems that she has something that she can't let go, pick up and heartache, like a fish in her throat, and want to say goodbye. ”

After listening to Chen Qingdong's words, Chen Lu quickly entered the state and echoed: "Yes, I have also read what Zhang Ailing said. ”

Chen Qingdong smiled, and continued: "Zhang Ailing has spent decades and written dozens of articles, almost all of her protagonists are women with their own spiritual world in the old society, and all the protagonists should have some shadows of her, but only this one "Lust and Caution" is almost a portrayal of herself. ”

Chen Lu asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

Chen Qingdong said: "This is related to her own experience, as we all know, her husband is Hu Lancheng, and Hu Lancheng is a high-ranking official of Wang Jingwei's puppet government, and before he married Zhang Ailing, he had actually been married twice. However, a proud woman like Zhang Ailing is completely devoted to Hu Lancheng, and she once wrote such a sentence on a photo given to Hu Lancheng that later became widely circulated: When she saw him, she became very low, low to the dust, but she was happy in her heart, and flowers bloomed from the dust. ”

Chen Lu took a sip of tea and said, "I also know this sentence, it turns out that this is what she wrote on the photo she gave to Hu Lancheng! Alas, if a woman can say such things to a man, she must love him to the core!"

Chen Qingdong continued: "Yes, Zhang Ailing is definitely a person who puts love first, in her eyes, the current situation, the overall situation, and even the national complex, these things are not as good as personal love, or can't say that, for Zhang Ailing, she shouldn't have compared these things at all, love and politics are completely different things for her." Later, when public opinion scolded her for being Han J, she said: I never thought of needing to confess, but in the past year, I have often been discussed, and it seems that I am listed as one of the cultural Han J, and I am also baffled. The articles I have written have never touched on politics and have not received any allowances. I don't remember exactly what I said, but that's what it means. ”

Chen Lu said with admiration: "This sentence of hers comes from a short article called "A Few Words to Say to Readers", and that's what she said. Secretary Chen, I really admire that you can still recite this passage! You can't have memorized Zhang Ailing's book, right?"

Chen Qingdong said with a smile: "Of course I haven't memorized Zhang Ailing's book, but I was a very stubborn person when I was in college, no matter what, either I don't do it, I must do it well! After the professor assigned this paper, I soaked in the library for nearly half a month, and I turned over the books of Zhang Ailing that I could find in the library, in fact, I can't remember most of the content for a long time, but because the paper I wrote is called "A Brief Analysis of the Connection between the Female Tragedy in Zhang Ailing and Her Own Destiny" , so she read the article "Lust and Caution" several times, and read a lot of articles that can reflect her thoughts, so I remembered these. ”

Of course, Chen Lu also understands Zhang Ailing's life experience, so she said: "You said that "Lust and Caution" is a portrayal of her own life, so Wang Jiazhi in the middle is herself, and Mr. Yi is her ex-husband Hu Lancheng?"

Chen Qingdong nodded and said, "So to speak." Of course, from life, and higher than life, the content in this article is definitely not what happened to her and Hu Lancheng, we also said earlier, Zhang Ailing's middle definitely does not talk about politics, all of them are written with the word "love", just like this "Lust and Caution" , Although it is written as a story of a patriotic young man assassinating Han J, in fact, the protagonist of the story, Wang Lanzhi, has never taken the initiative to do this because of strong national feelings, but at the instigation of others, she did it in a passive and somewhat trance attitude, it seems that for her, it is right to do this, but why do this, she has not really thought about it. ”

Speaking of these, Chen Qingdong seems to have returned to the time when he wrote this paper in college, and with Chen Lu, a loyal listener who understands these things, Chen Qingdong's nature has become more and more high, and he continued: " Also in the middle, Wang Jiazhi temporarily changed her decision in the jewelry store, chose to betray her companions, and let Mr. Yi go, the reason is definitely not because of the jewelry that Mr. Yi gave her, but completely because personal feelings have surpassed everything else at this moment, Zhang Ailing also wrote such an inner monologue to Wang Jiazhi: This person loves me. That's the whole answer. This is not only all of Wang Jiazhi's answer, but also Zhang Ailing's all of her answers. With this sentence, it can explain why she married Hu Lancheng, who has been divorced twice, and is also a Han J, and has a bad temperament and often prostitutes. Just because these external factors are insignificant to Zhang Ailing, all she cares about is the word 'love'. ”

After listening to what Chen Qingdong said, Chen Lu pondered thoughtfully, and then asked: "Since Zhang Ailing writes 'love' in this article, why does she name it "Lust and Caution". ”

Chen Qingdong said: "First of all, the word 'sex' definitely does not refer to 'pornography', but only to 'love', and the word 'quit' refers to her hope that women can quit their dependence on men, that is, she hopes that her own can quit her dependence on Hu Lancheng." This article was written in 1950, and she and Hu Lancheng divorced in 1947. In her 1947 letter to Hu Lancheng, she wrote: 'I don't like you anymore, but you don't like me anymore, I spent a year and a half thinking about this matter ......', it can be seen from these words that when Zhang Ailing wrote this, she must have been full of grievances against Hu Lancheng in her heart, and regret that she married Hu Lancheng in the first place, so she named "Lust and Caution", which stems from the strong contradiction in her heart!"

Chen Lu exclaimed: "What you said is so reasonable! Secretary Chen, after listening to your interpretation, I don't know how much my understanding of "Lust and Caution" has deepened! I used to just read it as a story, and it's too simple to think about! I think that as a woman, you should really put love first, the country belongs to men, and women should not go into battle. Well, I'm going to have to re-read this one again today!"

Chen Qingdong looked at Chen Lu and smiled, and then suddenly thought that in the past few days that he has been with Chen Lu here, should he also think about the word 'color caution'!