If Shangguan Jin hadn't suddenly mentioned it, Zhang Qiuxi wouldn't have thought of it, tilted his head and thought about it and said, "Yes, it seems that I should really write a dystopian work, please allow me to conceive for a while." ”

"Isn't it, are you really?" Hongdou was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Zhang Qiuxi to be really interested.

Shangguan Jin said: "It's not bad, although many people in China are keen to discuss utopia and dystopia, but there are almost no influential works, and there is still controversy about whether Mr. Lao She's Cat City is a dystopian novel, and Xiaoqiu's words can just fill in the gap." ”

"The Story of Cat City" Zhang Qiuxi has also seen it, it is a work written by Lao She before the start of World War II, with this work Lao She almost won the Nobel Prize, but because he died in the world, he missed the award, which makes people sigh.

This work was an absolute outlier at the time, telling the story of an accident on a spaceship to Mars, only the protagonist survived, and the protagonist was taken to Cat City by cat-faced aliens and began a difficult alien life. The work uses the chaotic life and ugly behavior of the cat people to reflect the present, which is very in line with the dystopian style, but it is impossible to conclude whether it can be regarded as Zhang Qiuxi.

After thinking about it, I really hadn't seen domestic dystopian works in the original time and space, so I said: "I'm just just interested, but I haven't thought about the meaning of this." ”

When it comes to utopia and dystopia, Zhang Qiuxi actually knows nothing, after all, she was not a literati in her previous life, but just an otaku with a wide range of hobbies. These concepts did not originally come from literature, but from film and television.

In "Struggle", several protagonists engage in a heartbreaking utopia. Zhang Qiuxi came into contact with this word for the first time when he watched this TV, although this TV series is popular all over the country, and bars with this name are everywhere, so I couldn't resist my curiosity to learn about it.

Hongdou nodded, agreed with Shangguan Jin's words, and said, "It just so happens that you have nothing to do recently, and it should be time to serialize a new book." Speaking of which, I haven't really read a dystopian novel yet. ”

"Speaking of dystopia, the most well-known is the British writer Adolphus. Huxley. The great writer was active at the same time as Lao She, and his Brave New World is one of the most classic dystopian works of the twentieth century. "Speaking of these, Shangguan Jin talks eloquently, and many times she feels more like an editor than Hongdou.

Although Hongdou graduated from the Department of Chinese, he prefers entertainment-oriented popular novels. Shangguan Jin, who majored in law, is a lover of literature, prefers pure literary works, and likes to think, if she were not a lawyer, she would probably become a thinker and philosopher, but this is much more difficult.

Zhang Qiu was embarrassed, and Shangguan Jin said that he was a Taoist. She hadn't heard of Huxley, let alone seen "Brave New World", so she could only say, "Ugh. I can't write any kind of work that is lofty and has a heavy proposition that can make people think, but I can only come for entertainment. ”

"No one has to ask you to give your work any meaning, but what kind of story do you want to write?" If you are entertainment-oriented, red beans are more interested. It can be easily read as a science fiction novel, which is her hobby.

"Wasn't that what I was thinking?" Zhang Qiuxi said: "The so-called dystopia is an ideal society in terms of reflection, in which material civilization is generally higher than spiritual civilization, and the spirit is dependent on and controlled by material, although technological civilization is highly developed. But there is no freedom on the spiritual level......"

"You don't need to say this, we all know it except Qingqing." Hongdou interrupted Zhang Qiuxi's words again.

"Hey. Why are you pulling me up again? Ye Qingqing on the side protested dissatisfied.

Red Bean grinned and said, "So if you listen to it again, I thought you had turned off your hearing and concentrated on drawing comics." ”

Although Ye Qingqing hasn't spoken, she really listens to it again, she is not interested in literature, but everyone else knows that being able to talk so hotly makes her feel as if she is isolated, so she is actually eager to understand a little bit.

But she said: "You treat my ears as a computer program, and when you say turn it off, turn it off, can I not hear you when you say it so loudly?" ”

Zhang Qiuxi said: "I know that you and Shangguan both understand, and I didn't mean to give Qingqing science popularization, but just recalled the characteristics of dystopia, so as to think about how to conceive the story." ”

"Whether it's a utopia or a dystopia, context is really important." Shangguan Jin nodded and said, "The background of the brave new world is the future society under the highly developed mechanical civilization, and the so-called happiness is actually just a matter of being content with the status quo that human nature is deprived of. ”

Zhang Qiuxi followed and said: "Therefore, if you want to write such a story, you must first put the background in the future, and there must be an absolute ruler to control it." Since it is a new kingdom, I think it makes more sense to see through it and then establish it, so it is better to set it up as a new regime established in ruins after the great catastrophe. ”

"That's not bad, in the brave new world, society has a strict class and division of labor, each class engages in different labor and participates in different activities, and everyone is controlled from birth to death." Shangguan Jin asked again: "Do you want to learn from this setting as well, I think it's also very outstanding." ”

"The mention of borrowing in these years seems to be an excuse for plagiarism, so forget it." Of course, Zhang Qiuxi doesn't need to learn from it, she usually copies it.

The strict hierarchy and the fact that people are not free to be accused to the point of madness is a characteristic of dystopia, of course, these can no longer be regarded as references until now, because this genre is inherently so, and it is not a dystopian type of work if you don't learn other works to make human morality degenerate and oppressed.

Zhang Qiuxi then said: "First of all, we divide the country after this catastrophe into thirteen districts, thirteen is the most ominous number in the West, and foreigners seem to have a different feeling." These thirteen wards are mainly responsible for supplying the capital with natural resources and a variety of products. ”

"One year, these thirteen districts jointly launched a rebellion, but they were quickly pacified by the high-tech capital, which completely destroyed the thirteenth district in order to make an example of the monkeys, so that almost no one knew that there was a thirteenth district."

"It's all the background here, what about the plot?" Hongdou couldn't help but ask, Shangguan Jin was also curious about how Zhang Qiuxi would set up the scene where humans were accused, strictly speaking, this is not a plot, but a part of the background setting.

Of course, the plot also relies on the background to unfold, Zhang Qiuxi continued: "In order to let the people remember history and maintain peace, the capital actually set up an arena to punish rebellions and maintain rule. ”

"Ancient Roman Fighting Beasts?" Shangguan Jin is worthy of being a literary and artistic youth, and he also knows a lot about dystopia, and immediately guessed Zhang Qiuxi's intentions, the ruling class enslaves and controls the civilian class, which is really a bit like ancient feudal society, but dystopia is even more cruel than this.

"Almost, but not a beast, but a man-to-man struggle." Zhang Qiuxi continued: "The capital requires each administrative district to offer a pair of boys and girls as tribute every year, and enter the arena to fight each other. There are no rules in the arena, the main thing is to kill, and the one who survives in the end is the winner. ”

Ye Qingqing, who had never spoken, finally couldn't help frowning and said, "Let the teenagers fight each other, this is too cruel, right?" Now I suddenly feel that Hongdou is really right, Mr. Xiqiu, you seem to be really dark in your heart. ”

"It's not that I'm dark, it's that dystopia is so good in the first place." Zhang Qiuxi is helpless about the subtle changes in his image, everyone actually has a dark side, maybe they can comfort themselves, or use it as an excuse.

"Machine Qì Cat" is an innocent children's work, even the villain Fat Tiger will become an image of love and righteousness when he arrives in the theater version, immersed in such an atmosphere of the work every day, it is natural that Ye Qingqing can't accept this cruel setting. It's like a person who is influenced by the pure love works of the cute system every day and encounters the three-episode rule, and he will be depressed immediately.

"That's why I wonder why there is such a thing as dystopia in the world, isn't it good to be true, good, and beautiful? If you have to come up with this type, the founder is probably also extremely psychologically distorted. Ye Qingqing was still indignant.

How dystopia came about is not clear to Zhang Qiuxi, it is easier to understand than the existence of utopia, after all, good things are what everyone looks forward to.

Zhang Qiuxi said: "I'm not a primary school student again, how can there be so much truth, goodness and beauty in the world, Xunzi also said that human nature is inherently evil." Everyone has a dark side, and this must be faced. ”

The excuse that came to mind was immediately used, but Ye Qingqing didn't buy it at all, shrugged her shoulders and said, "Anyway, I don't understand, of course there is no need to understand, you continue to talk about yours." ”

"The premise is about this, twenty-four men and women between the ages of twelve and eighteen are selected by lottery from the twelve districts, and they are thrown into a huge outdoor arena to fight, and everyone must watch the broadcast. For the arrival of the capital, this is a festival once a year, to be celebrated, and for the people of the 12th arrondissement, there will be a judgment every year. ”

"The final winner will receive a capital reward, which may be a benefit not available in other districts, and the winner's district will also receive a subsidy for free food for one year."

"The food is also controlled, and the people in these 12 districts may also rush to this kind of fight, not only may they not sympathize with the selected teenagers, but if the people in their own district lose, they may also scold them for being incompetent."

The subject matter was already relatively heavy, Shangguan Jin couldn't help but sigh and asked, "What is the name of this story you plan to call?" ”

"It's just the Hunger Games." Zhang Qiuxi snapped his fingers and said. (To be continued) R580