Chapter 350: The Voice of an Era
Zhang Hailei took the script of "Journey to the West" and left, he was moved by this script and began to do some preparatory work, and needed to find some investment.
After finishing this work, Bi Xia breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was empty, and he still had some unfinished business. I don't know what happened, he suddenly thought of the spoof of Journey to the West by some netizens in his memory, saying that Journey to the West should be read backwards, although it is a joke, but it reflects a phenomenon in modern society.
After thinking about it, he turned on his computer and began to write down the passage. Then he paused, hesitated for a moment, and then typed on the computer again, this time, he wrote "The Legend of Wukong".
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Early in the morning of his freshman year, Tang Jiongbo came to the company, opened the computer and habitually logged on to the PP and Shengshi starting point websites, and looked at the comment area of "Buddha is the Way". His screen name is "Little Brother Wants to Spit Up", and he is a general of the [Royal Forest Army], and he is also the deputy moderator of "Buddha is the Way".
Since Bi Xia's "Fake Hero" in 2013, he has followed Bi Xia all the way, and before he knew it, three years have passed, and he has entered the fourth year, and he has also become a graduating student from a freshman. Perhaps it was because he helped Bi Xia manage the fan group, organize events, and manage book reviews, and he found a job as an online media editor before graduating, which made him very happy, because he could go online at any time and continue to serve as a deputy moderator of Bi Xia's novels.
He habitually browses book reviews, and it is a very happy thing to communicate with book friends every day. Today's book review shocked him, and the book review area was all commenting on a novel called "The Legend of Wukong", which is the book review area of "Buddha is the Way", did anyone come to slaughter the version? He hurriedly clicked in to take a look......
"It's so exciting, Bi Xia is too giving, this "The Legend of Wukong" is intoxicating, I seem to see a monkey standing up to the sky......"
"Upstairs plus one, more than 100,000 words. Uploaded overnight, and it's all free, Bixia's perks are fantastic! β
"Let's not talk about it first, read the book, Bi Xia's works will be the first to top!"
As he browsed the post, he found out that Bi Xia had released a new book, which was a short story called "The Legend of Wukong", which was very popular with everyone. This time, he was also itching, and immediately opened the page of "Buddha is the Way", and sure enough, he saw a volume called [Fanwai: The Legend of Wukong]. He didn't want to delay for a moment to click on it and start reading.
Bi Xia placed an illustration on the first page of "The Legend of Wukong", this is a little monkey, standing on a high lonely peak, proud of the clouds, independent, bird's eye view of the world, this should be Sun Wukong, very domineering.
But for what looks like this. But feel a trace of sadness, a trace of loneliness? Tang Jiongbo muttered to himself suspiciously.
"I want this day to no longer cover my eyes, I want this earth to no longer bury my heart, I want all living beings to understand my intentions. I want all these Buddhas to disappear."
Under the picture, there is such a domineering leakage sentence, which seems to be the introduction of the book, or something else. Bi Xia didn't explain much, but this sentence has a hint of other flavor besides domineering-
I want all living beings to understand what I mean, what do I mean?
I want all these Buddhas to disappear. Why do you want the Buddhas to disappear?
Tang Jiongbo was immediately attracted by this, and he immediately felt that this book might be a work that subverted Bi Xia's previous style, and this sentence had never appeared before, that is, Bi Xia's original? This sentence was said by Sun Wukong?
With a reverent heart, he clicked on the next page......
For a long time, he sat in front of the computer, unable to speak for a long time, and a sentence in the book echoed in his ears:
"I don't know who told us back then, if the heavens crush me, if the heavens split the day, if the earth detains me and crushes the earth, I am born free, who dares to be high?" - The Monkey King who stands up to the sky.
I finally understood that the golden hoop stick in my hand could not reach the sky, nor could it explore the sea below, and there was no Monkey King, only a little monkey. - This is a monkey who mourns more than dies.
There is also the golden cicada who subverts the past and faces the challenge of Rulai, as well as the infatuated Zhu Bajie and the servile Sha Wujing.
He sat in front of the computer, motionless, and didn't know why the corners of his eyes gradually moistened. "Xiaobo, what are you doing, the editor-in-chief has been calling you for a long time." The colleague sitting inside pushed Tang Jiongbo, which woke him up.
"Oh...... Editor-in-Chief...... I'm sorry! Tang Jiongbo turned his head to look, and sure enough, it was the editor-in-chief's angry face, and he hurriedly fought and said.
"Tang Jiongbo, what the hell are you doing, if you don't give me an explanation today, I'll give you an explanation!" The editor-in-chief was so angry that early in the morning he saw the kid sitting there in a daze like a fool, and he called him a lot of words, but he ignored himself, which was really unbearable.
"This ...... This ......" Tang Jiongbo heard cold sweat on his forehead, his head turned desperately to find a reason, and suddenly his eyes flicked the computer screen, and his heart turned, there is! "Editor-in-chief, I was thinking about the report just now, and I was too engrossed in thinking about it to hear your words, forgive me!"
"Report? What kind ......of report, let's listen to it, if you can't say one, two, three, hum "The editor-in-chief is not such a foolish person, and he said with a rough breath in his nose and threatened.
"I'm definitely not lying to you, that's right, editor-in-chief, Bi Xia updated a short story on the Internet in the middle of the night last night, which is definitely the biggest news of the moment, so I'm thinking of a report to review this novel." Tang Jiongbo hurriedly said.
Bi Xia posted a new novel on the Internet? "What's it called?" The editor-in-chief asked. "It's called "The Legend of Wukong", and it's published on the page of "Buddha is the Way", which is an extra." Tang Jiongbo returned to the road.
It seems to be true, then you have to go and see, Bi Xia's works have always been very good, the editor-in-chief thought in his heart, this will make him angry a little, and said to Tang Jiongbo: "Then you write it quickly, and show it to me when you go back." β
"Good editor-in-chief" "Let's go, editor-in-chief" A dog-like voice sounded in the office.
The editor-in-chief returned to the office, quickly turned on the computer, and plunged headlong into the world of "The Legend of Wukong". It wasn't until Tang Jiongbo knocked on the office door that he pulled him back from the sea of books. "Tang Jiongbo, do you have something?" The editor-in-chief's tone was very unhappy, and he was enjoying watching it, but he was interrupted by this guy, is this a natural restraint with me? The editor-in-chief thought resentfully.
"You asked me to write the report, can you take a look?" Tang Jiongbo didn't know how he provoked the editor-in-chief, so he said cautiously.
"Oh, it's written. So soon, show me it. The editor-in-chief remembered that there was such a thing and took the manuscript in his hand.
"So fast? It's been three hours. Tang Jiongbo criticized in his heart.
"Immersion After the Beat" -
This was a surprise today, when I woke up and found that Bi Xia had actually released a short story "The Legend of Wukong". It's very exciting, this is a different story of Journey to the West, four different masters and apprentices, and a difficult road to the west. The novelty may not have much charm, but the idea of supporting wings and shining behind the words is exciting.
Love. There is no love in the story of the West Heaven. In Wu Chengen, love is just another way of it: desire. Zhu Bajie and Chang'e, banshees and Tang monks. Even the love between master and apprentice is so trance, and Sun Monkey's westward journey is only a hard labor in exchange for freedom in my eyes. Everybody is. But in "The Legend of Wukong" there is love, warm love. Bajie and Chang'e are handsome canopy and ethereal Ah Yue in this reincarnation; Tang Seng and Bailongma are the rivers that yearn for vague ideals and the little dragon girls who pay for love; And our hero seems to only have the "God of War", and Zixia's eyes only appear in a dream. I admired Bixia's ability to navigate the story. Han Bo said: "The world is too old, and people have said it. Bi Xia bravely wrote his journey to the west.
There is a taste of fate throughout the text, just like the little white dragon asked himself: Is it that if you choose any direction, you will swim to the same fate.
The first time I watched this story, I thought it was about ideals, and I felt that I was a twin and a pig. I would rather suffer than forget my past life. Seeing Shuang'er's painful tears, and seeing Zhu Ba angrily spit out the forgetting pill that Ah Yue gave him, I felt the pain.
Later, I thought it was about love, and when Tianpeng and Ah Yue embraced each other, I seemed to see the purest love. Even heaven and earth are not in the eyes of lovers, all they care about is each other. There is also the little dragon girl, who can even be used as a horse all the time for the sake of Jiang Liu, helping him to pursue that somewhat empty ideal.
I often sigh over that sentence: you are different from them. Because you have a heart. In Wukong, who advocates absolute freedom, love is presented in a more tragic way, after experiencing all kinds of torture. His eyes were still shining, and only when Zixia said hurtful words did they dim.
Now I think it's about the gap between reality and ideals. Jin Chanzi questioned the Dharma, just like a young man questioned his predecessors, and Jin Chanzi began to prove himself right in his own way. Wukong's ideal is freedom, being a goblin is not free to be controlled by the gods, and being a fairy is not free or there are so many rules, freedom is like a broken canopy, snow falls, and fire burns. So contradictory. I have always felt that books are only successful if they can be read repeatedly, I have repeatedly read "Dream of Red Mansions" because of worship, "The Unbearable Lightness of Life" because of confusion, and "The Legend of Wukong" because I want to feel the calmness of the mind, the silence after the violent beating.
"Very good, not bad, that's all, electronic typesetting in a while, put the home page, publish!" The editor-in-chief said with a final word.
There are many more such comments, one by one floating like snowflakes, Bi Xia's "The Legend of Wukong" is blowing everyone dizzy, but desperately chasing.
Once upon a time, we were all lawless monkeys, but fate would eventually put us under a tight spell, and when we laughed at the flowers, we might even see the bouncing monkey in our eyebrows. Beijing Morning Post
A monkey sings and dances at the end of loneliness, a little more noisy than the millions of beings in this world. - "Star Entertainment"
Let every ordinary and gentle person have the courage to tear apart their fate, and also leave a mark on every piece of youth - "Easy Net"
The rebelliousness that has been suppressed for 500 years is destined to choose a moment to achieve a great sound, and the demons and the immortals and Buddhas dance together; The monkey overlooking the blue waves and yellow sand completed an incredible burning in his fiery eyes, which made me feel that he was standing in this era, faintly looking at the distant past. ββXinhua Times.
On this day, "The Legend of Wukong" was like a thunderclap on the ground, and it suddenly gave everyone a surprise. It almost only took one morning for it to spread quickly. The civilian spirit revealed in the book, or the civilian consciousness, whether it is Wukong, Bajie, or Tang Seng, what they yearn for is not to become immortals, but to live a free and easy civilian life. That kind of resistance, that kind of spirit. Let this book be admired by countless people.
And the next day, the Nobel Prize in Literature was won, and Mo Qiu's comments directly brought "The Legend of Wukong" to the top.
"The Voice of an Era"!
"The Legend of Wukong" is now very popular, written by the genius writer Bi Xia. The name Bixia is not unfamiliar, and his novels always have an unbridled imagination that no one else has. The words are not pretentious, they are not pretending to be profound, they are close to the people and civilians, this is my biggest impression of him.
Originally, I thought that it was really rare to be able to write "Dragon Babu" at Bi Xia's age, but after watching "The Legend of Wukong" again, I think. His limit is at the end of the cape.
[I want this day, I can't cover my eyes anymore, I want this earth, I can't bury my heart anymore, I want all living beings to understand my intentions, and I want all the Buddhas to disappear! This is actually Tang Seng's voice, and the one in "Journey to the West" who does not distinguish between loyalty and treachery. There is a world of difference between the stupid monk who stopped Wukong from killing the white bone spirit, Tang Seng no longer represents cowardice, at the mercy of others, and almost stupid in kindness, on the contrary, he has become a brave man, although his courage does not have the majestic momentum of making trouble in the heavenly palace; There is no uninhibited uninhibited purchase and sale of life and death books; There is no courage and perseverance of three dozen white bone spirits. But it permeates a deeper and far-reaching, firm and unshakable temperament of life.
Yes, you can tie my hands, but you can't stop my heart from flying; You can raise the clouds, but you can't stop my eyes from discerning; You can negate every word I say. But your denial doesn't make them weightless. The temperament of this new Tang monk is exactly what the youth of this era yearn for - to get out of oppression, out of power, and to have real freedom.
If Tang Seng is a brave man who is eager to try, then Sun Wukong should be said to be a hero who has gone through vicissitudes.
He rebelled. There have been struggles and victories, which make people tremble and revere. However, everything has passed, and he and his race have worried about survival, but after he erased the book of life and death, he and his race have become a different kind - demons. God is hypocritical and cruel, but they are in control, and although you can make them lose their armor for a while, you will eventually find that what you have done is worthless, and your rebellion will bring pain to yourself and to those who follow you. You think you can bring freedom and pleasure, but when you suddenly find that things have backfired, this kind of pain is the most fatal. Sun Wukong is like this, so he was lost after the worst of the time, he didn't know what he should do, he didn't dare to love what he wanted to love, he didn't want to hate what he wanted to hate, whether it was God's action or his own sinking, in short, life was only a struggle for him.
However, this kind of Wukong is no stranger to us, our rebellious heart bursts out of the rock of oppression, however, when we are tossing and turning for freedom, we are covered by an invisible treasury, and at this moment we suddenly realize that the freedom we are pursuing is just another kind of prison, and the world will not let us go, just as God will not let go of Wukong. When the young heart is gone, we feel weak and tired. We can only shout in pain, "Don't burn my Huaguo Mountain!" βγ
Although Zhu Bajie is ugly, he is very gentle. Everybody says that. So for this, we should give him a beautiful love. A love that transcends time and space, and this love even transcends the appearance and the existence of living beings.
Give him an original beautiful appearance, let a very beautiful girl stay quietly with him for tens of thousands of years, and decorate the sky with the most beautiful decorations. Let that girl say a touching line to him again: [I said you are stupid, in fact, I spent so much time making the Galaxy of Stars, and you are the only one who appreciates it, and I put it one by one, just because you are happy to see it...... What I really care about in my heart, don't you understand]
The ugly Eight Precepts are not wise men like Tang Seng who pursue the enlightenment of all beings; It's not Wukong's warrior who strives to change the world. He is so innocent, whether he is a canopy or a little pig, he has no pride, he doesn't need to be proud, he just needs to be true to love and his true self.
Can this authenticity be a kind of faith? Though some will laugh at its stupidity, but perhaps just behind this mocking face, in the depths of those manic minds, this stupid and lovely faith is germinating, and you can't resist it, yes, you can't resist it.
Monk Sha, I know that many people are laughing at Monk Sha, laughing at Monk Sha's 'slave surname', laughing at Monk Sha's 'pedantry', laughing at Monk Sha's 'obedience', and only becoming a servant of the fairy curtain with his efforts five hundred years ago.
But I couldn't laugh, Monk Sha actually represents most of the people in the world, representing you and me. Sha Monk, he is powerless to resist, his strength is not enough for Sun Wukong, and his wisdom is not enough for Tang Seng, what can he resist?
He just wants to live a peaceful and stable life, even as a servant, in fact, this is also the wish of most people, safe and stable, simple, but this wish that seems so simple is a luxury for Monk Sha, his fate has long been doomed, he can't control himself, and he can't resist the arrangement of fate. Monk Sha represents the weak and obedient side of the surname, everyone has this side, and laughing at him is laughing at ourselves.
Reading "The Legend of Wukong" is an indescribable feeling, tragic, poignant, and there seems to be a voice in the darkness, questioning heaven and earth, and attracting me to find something that does not belong to this world.
"The Legend of Wukong" is definitely a work worth reading.
Mo Qiu's comments directly made "The Legend of Wukong" a work comparable to "Dragon Babu" and the most popular term nowadays. (To be continued......)