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Zhou Hexuan faced the snow-white manuscript paper and smoked cigarettes one by one under the light. The plot content of the novel is there, but how to express it is a question worth thinking about.

Whether it is a movie adaptation of a novel or a novel adaptation of a movie, it is a secondary creation, and it is by no means as simple as copying. The same story, in the pen of different writers, will take on different looks.

The movie "The Goddess" is about a prostitute who gets pregnant unexpectedly, is forcibly taken over by bullies and becomes a money-making tool. She sold her life to earn money to support her son's education, but was ostracized by the school board and other parents, and the child was eventually expelled. In order to keep her son studying, the woman was ready to take her savings and go elsewhere, only to find that her money was lost by the bullies. Enraged, she picks up a bottle and beats the bully to death, and she herself goes to jail for manslaughter, and eventually the child is adopted by the old principal.

If the story is told in a straightforward manner, the content will appear dry. And this kind of thing is too common to show it in a special form, and it is difficult to attract attention and sensation.

Take Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman" as an example, if it were not narrated from the perspective of a madman, would it still be so sought after?

Although Zhou Hexuan studied history, he still has a love for literature, and his writing is also good, and he wrote a lot of travelogues to earn manuscript fees during his travels around the world.

For the various genres of world literature, Zhou Hexuan's favorite is magical realism, and he pondered writing "The Goddess" as a magical realist story.

Magical realist literature originated in Latin America, where economic poverty, political corruption, educational backwardness, the worship of ghosts and gods, and the people suffered greatly from the oppression and military rule of foreign powers, very similar to the situation in the Republic of China. Zhou Hexuan has a big heart, and he wants to show the current situation at the bottom of China's society in the article "The Goddess".

Zhou Hexuan did not start writing immediately, and for the next few days, he wandered around the slums of Tianjin, interviewing and witnessing the most real Republic of China. Especially in the red light district, he had in-depth exchanges with dozens of prostitutes, recording all the stories that happened to them.

At the beginning of October, Zhong Guanguan and Tan Xihong left Tianjin, and Zhou Hexuan also went to Beiping with Meng Xiaodong, accompanied by the child named Zhou Hang.

Leaving home for the first time, and separating from his lover, Zhou Hang seemed quite withdrawn, with a drooping face and reluctant to speak.

"Come, Xiao Hang, the sugar gourd I just bought." Zhong Guanguan smiled lovingly.

"Thank you, grandpa." Zhou Hang took the sugar gourd and hid behind the old gentleman in fear.

Several people got on the train, and Tan Xihong sent another invitation to Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou, if Peking University resumes classes, I hope you can come to be a teacher." ”

Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile: "When will Peking University resume classes?" ”

"Well, it should be soon." Tan Xihong said without confidence.

Historically, the chaos at Peking University lasted until three years later. Zhang Zuolin even directly abolished Peking University and merged it with eight other universities to form Beijing Normal University, until the Northern Expedition was successful, and the school was reopened with the support of the Nanjing Nationalist Government.

Why does Zhang Zuolin hate Peking University so much?

Because there are too many party members in the school, before the first congress of our party, more than one-third of the party members in the country were teachers, students and alumni of Beijing.

As long as Zhang Zuolin occupies Beiping, there is no possibility of Peking University resuming. He didn't need to use violent means, just let the Ministry of Education withhold the funds, Peking University would not be able to pay salaries, and the teachers would naturally not be able to sustain themselves - everyone had to eat.

Zhong Guanguan suddenly said loudly: "Mingcheng, I heard that you have a very personal relationship with Zhang Xueliang, why don't you let Zhang Shaoshuai persuade Zhang Zuolin?" ”

"Hehe, I'll do my best." Zhou Hexuan can only be perfunctory.

Zhou Hexuan went to Peking this time to attend Xu Zhimo's wedding. He also wanted to see with his own eyes what the legendary Lu Xiaoman really looked like.

The train starts.

Meng Xiaodong peeled a pear and handed it over: "Brother Zhou, eat fruit." ”

"Thank you." Zhou Hexuan bit the pear in his mouth, took out the manuscript and continued to conceive the layout of the novel.

He is ready to disrupt the story line of "The Goddess", arrange time and space at will, and bring flashbacks in various flashbacks. The stories of the lower classes of society collected these days are all arranged to show the life of prostitutes from childhood to prison.

The whole novel is about 200,000 words long, and there are various folk legends of ghosts and gods, so as to make the novel read mysterious and magical. And the accusations against warlords, powers, and societies are hidden in those magical chapters, which make people feel absurd and chilling.

Tan Xihong came over and saw him writing and drawing on the manuscript paper, as if he was sorting out the outline of the story, and asked curiously: "Write a novel?" ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "I want to write down the story of Xiaohang's mother and son." ”

"I'll read it then." Tan Xihong said with a smile.

Meng Xiaodong sat next to her and smiled silently, she liked to see Zhou Hexuan working hard, and felt that she had a unique intellectual temperament. So every night, she would prepare a supper for Zhou Hexuan and take it to the study to see this man busy.

While Zhou Hexuan was conceiving the novel on the train, Zheng Zhenduo was worried about the manuscript of the "Novel Monthly" in Shanghai. Except for the new author Lao She's "Lao Zhang's Philosophy", he has not found any other wonderful novels recently, and the quality of manuscripts from all over the world is not good.

Since the rise of May Fourth literature, it has begun to turn from prosperity to decline, and it is difficult to make a new breakthrough.

Let's talk about the situation of the May Fourth New Literature, the decade from 1917 to 1927 occupies an important position in the history of modern Chinese literature.

Marked by Hu Shi's "Discussion on Literary Reform" and Chen Duxiu's "Theory of Literary Revolution", the "May Fourth Literary Revolution" was announced, and it was an important part of the May Fourth New Culture Movement.

In the past ten years, there have been more than 100 large and small literary societies and corresponding publications across the country.

It is equivalent to an ideological enlightenment movement in the literary world, and vernacular writing has unleashed the power of Chinese characters and greatly increased the speed of information and science dissemination. The ideological concepts of intellectuals have been further emancipated, and freedom, democracy, and science have been sought after by the people.

The May Fourth Literary Revolution also revolutionized the creative thinking of Chinese literature, which can be roughly divided into "for life" (realism) and "for art" (romanticism).

The "For Life" school believes that literature is a kind of work, which should reflect life and social reality, and explore some issues about life and society. Therefore, the novels created by this school are also called "problem novels".

Lu Xun is the first to be the leader of problem novels, and "Diary of a Madman" can be called a leader in this category. Among them, "vernacular literature" occupies an important position in the problem novels, and his works are more or less influenced by Lu Xun, reflecting the acute problems in rural China at that time.

On the contrary, the "Wei Art School" emphasizes the self-expression of writers, with Yu Dafu as the representative figure. This school of works pays more attention to literary skills and forms of expression, and while pursuing a good one, it is also full of desire and petty bourgeoisie. Of course, it cannot be generalized, and Guo Moruo's revolutionary literature is often classified as "artistic school".

Whether it is "for life" or "for art", they are all progressive compared to old literature, and they are all components of May Fourth literature, but their forms of expression are different.

Today, May Fourth literature has matured and entered a bottleneck period. Whether it is vernacular literature, revolutionary literature, or the stream of consciousness of the autonarrative school, it is difficult to give people a refreshing feeling, and all kinds of themes have been written badly, and continuing to create can only pick up people's teeth.

Some people are beginning to look abroad, such as the soon-to-be-emerging "New Sensibility School", which is influenced by Japanese literature.

Zhou Hexuan's magical realism version of "The Goddess", once serialized in the magazine, is estimated to make countless writers shocked, and the overall state of confusion is present.