Time magazine first sent out Lin Zixuan's interview to test the reaction of American readers, and if readers can accept Chinese as cover characters, then they will have the confidence to publish Wu Peifu's interview again.

At this time, Time Magazine was not as strong as later generations, and it also had to move readers' reading interest for the sake of sales.

If sales of this issue drop, it means that most American readers are indifferent to news from China, and if sales of this issue are soaring, it means that readers are curious about that ancient country.

In this way, Time Magazine will be able to report more news from China in the future.

The sales of this issue of Time Magazine were very good, and although they did not skyrocket, they also had a significant increase.

After investigation, the magazine found that the increase in sales came from Chinese living in the United States, and these Chinese were more excited to see Chinese entering the mainstream media in the United States.

This reflects the grim living conditions of the Chinese in the United States, that is, they are not accepted by the mainstream society in the United States.

This interview about Lin Zixuan has spread widely among Chinese Americans, and Lin Zixuan is considered to be the pride of Chinese, of course, the English translation of "Qinyuan Spring" has been complained by many Chinese.

Zhang Kangren wrote the original version of "Qinyuan Chun" and published it in the Chinese tabloids of the Chinese community to correct the name of the poem.

After reading this report and the song "Qinyuan Spring," the Chinese in the United States could not help but feel a lot of emotion, imagining the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland, and hoping that China would be reunified and become strong at an early date.

Unlike the excitement of the Chinese in the United States, in China, the interview caused an uproar, especially in the cultural and intellectual circles.

Because this is the first appearance of the Chinese in the mainstream media in the United States, the Chinese media attach great importance to it.

Chinese reporters in the United States sent the full text of the Time Magazine interview back to China by telegram.

Two days later, it included Shanghai's "Declaration" and "News". China's mainstream media outlets, such as Tianjin's Ta Kung Pao and Beiping's Morning Post, have reprinted the interview with Mr. Lin.

Ordinary readers think that Lin Zixuan has won glory for the country, which is a good thing, and they have praised Lin Zixuan.

But it has caused great controversy in the cultural and intellectual circles, because this interview has shaped Lin Zixuan into a fighter in the ideological world, and they have become the villains in the interview.

No one likes to be a villain, so they think it's Lin Zixuan lying to the Western media.

They have evidence to prove that what Lin Zixuan said is untrue.

It is not true that Lin Zixuan led the literary revolution as written in the interview. Chen Duxiu first disagreed, and he and Hu Shi were the leaders of this literary revolution.

In 1915, when he founded "New Youth", Lin Zixuan had not yet graduated from middle school.

When he, Hu Shi, Lu Xun and others advocated vernacular writing, Lin Zixuan studied in the United States and did not participate in it at all.

He believes that Lin Zixuan's contribution to the new culture is minimal, and he is just a false idol that has been touted.

He criticized Lin Zixuan for wanting to steal the fruits of new culture, lying to foreign journalists, being a villain, and a scum in the literary world.

There is some truth in Chen Duxiu's statement. He, Hu Shi, Lu Xun and others were the pioneers of the new culture, Lin Zixuan and Guo Moruo belonged to the second batch, and later young writers such as Shen Congwen were the third batch.

In the Chinese literary world, where seniority is arranged, this interview exaggerates Lin Zixuan's influence in the Chinese literary world, which will naturally cause dissatisfaction among these old qualifications.

In fact, Lin Zixuan mentioned the achievements of these people when he introduced the new Chinese culture.

In particular, Hu Shi and Lu Xun were introduced.

However, in the interview, Western reporters only mentioned the names of the two men, and did not introduce their achievements. is also ranked behind Lin Zixuan, as if he is a follower of Lin Zixuan.

As for Chen Duxiu. didn't even mention it at all, so it's no wonder that Chen Duxiu was very dissatisfied.

At least Lu Xun and Hu Shi showed their faces, and he was directly ignored.

This is mainly due to Chen Duxiu's later transition to the ideological world, and he did not make much contribution to new literature, Hu Shi wrote the first collection of vernacular poetry "Attempt Collection", and Lu Xun wrote the "Scream" novel collection. These are all real achievements.

Chen Duxiu bombarded Lin Zixuan, opening a new round of polemic mode.

Hu Shi and Lu Xun's followers were also dissatisfied with this interview, and followed up one after another, launching a small climax of criticism of Lin Zixuan.

Scholars in the Chinese intellectual circle are even more dissatisfied with their status as villains, and you, Lin Zixuan, have become a hero in the eyes of Westerners. We have become sinners who hinder China's ideological emancipation, which is reversing black and white and confusing right and wrong.

They demanded that Lin Zixuan explain the real situation to Western reporters and apologize and admit his mistakes.

If you don't understand the situation in China's cultural and ideological circles in this era, and see the repeated critical articles in the newspapers, you must think that Lin Zixuan is extremely evil and has aroused public anger.

In fact, this is just the norm in China's cultural and intellectual circles.

Speaking of which, it's all about fighting for that little bit of fame.

As long as someone is famous, someone will attack and suppress it, which is a strange situation in the Chinese literary world.

They thought that if Lin Zixuan admitted his mistakes, Westerners would recognize their status, and they could be as famous as Lin Zixuan in the world, and no matter how bad they were, they would be able to make a name for themselves in China.

If Lin Zixuan had just crossed over and encountered such a big battle, he would have been bluffed.

However, in the past few years, he has experienced a lot of debates, and it is no longer strange that he understands the virtues of these people in the Chinese cultural and ideological circles.

Therefore, Lin Zixuan only wrote a few letters to Lu Xun, Hu Shi and others, explaining why this situation occurred.

As for the others, let them go.

To put it mildly, with Lin Zixuan's current status in the literary world, there is no need to ignore those little miscellaneous fish, and he has lowered his status in vain.

No matter how noisy they were, Lin Zixuan's prestige would only get higher and higher, leaving them in the dust.

He has more important things to do, and taking advantage of the boom that Time magazine has sparked in the United States, he wants to quickly sell the new literary series, which may be able to arouse the interest of American readers.

Lin Zixuan wrote to Pearl Race and Yu Dafu to urge the draft, Bingxin is in the United States, don't worry.

At this time, Lin Yutang of Beijing Women's Normal University wrote to him, wanting to translate Lu Xun's "The Scream" novel collection, not mentioning the matter of discussing with the publishing house.

Lin Yutang said that he was studying in the United States, but he had actually been studying in Germany, and he obtained a degree from Harvard University by transferring credits, but in fact, he did not go to Harvard University for long.

He didn't know Lin Zixuan's influence in the United States, so he thought Lin Zixuan was a liar.

He has a doctorate in linguistics and does not look down on Lin Zixuan's bachelor's degree in economics.

Seeing the interview of "Time Magazine" this time, he really felt the popularity of Lin Zixuan in the United States, and he is a genuine world-class writer. (To be continued.) )