In January 1927, the English translation of the novel "1984" was completed.

Lin Zixuan plans to publish an English version in the United States first to test the reaction of the Western world, and then publish a Chinese version later.

According to his estimates, Germany and Italy, with the exception of the Soviet Union, could ban the publication of the novel, and it is difficult to say that France and Britain have many times had an undemocratic side to such self-proclaimed democratic countries.

Needless to say, the image of Big Brother in "1984" also has the shadow of Hitler.

The cult of personality and totalitarian rule were common features of Stalin and Hitler.

In France and England, all kinds of social trends are rampant, and "1984" is bound to be boycotted by many people.

There are two sides to everything, and you can say that this novel is an anti-totalitarian classic, or you can say that this novel risks instigating people to go down a totalitarian path.

For example, the novel describes a terrifying torture chamber 101.

After the prisoner is caught, in the torture room, he thinks that the police will torture the prisoner with what the prisoner fears most.

For the protagonist of the novel, the biggest fear is to be put on his head in a cage full of rats.

Room 101 was set up to break the last psychological defenses of the inmates by subjecting them to what they hated the most, forcing them to betray their closest ones.

This method of interrogation can easily be imitated and cause adverse effects in society.

In fact, such incidents did occur, and the leader of an evil sect in the United States is said to have made the novel a classic and promoted the novel practices in his sect to control the followers.

This is one of the reasons why 1984 is banned in some countries.

Comparatively speaking, this novel is the safest to publish in the United States.

Compared with Lin Zixuan's previous novels. "1984" is too dark and obscure. It is not a best-selling novel, it can only be spread through word of mouth. This kind of political satire is a favorite of Western literary critics.

In particular, the part alluding to the Soviet Union must have caused quite a stir in the American literary circles.

Lin Zixuan has a foundation in the American literary world, has a readership base, and is fueled by literary critics, so there should be good sales.

The masses have a herd mentality.

If a novel is highly rated in the United States, then British readers will be curious, and British critics will think it is good, and it will lead readers in other European countries.

Wait until after the novel became popular in Europe and the United States. It is the turn of Chinese readers to be curious, and when the time comes, publishing a Chinese version will be twice as effective with half the effort.

If the Chinese version of "1984" is published now, it will definitely cause fierce criticism in China, and Lin Zixuan needs to wait.

At the same time, Lu Xun resigned from Xiamen University and went to Guangzhou to serve as the director of liberal arts and the director of academic affairs at Guangdong University.

His work experience at Xiamen University was not pleasant.

Xiamen University was founded in 1921 by patriotic overseas Chinese Chen Jiageng.

There are 7 departments of arts, science, education, law, business, medicine and engineering, with a total of 24 departments. There are about 400 students.

Lu Xun taught courses on the history of Chinese literature and the history of Chinese novels at Xiamen University, with four classes per week, and was also a research professor at the Academy of Chinese Studies.

Before coming to Xiamen, he had thought about it. Teaching must never be regarded as a lifelong vocation, so he sees teaching as a short-term "recuperation" and to accumulate a little necessary money for later life.

He and Xu Guangping will meet again after two years. However, only three months have passed. Lu Xun left Xiamen University.

There are many reasons for this.

Xu Guangping's urging in Guangzhou was one reason, as well as the exclusion and suppression he received at Xiamen University.

Lu Xun's impression of Xiamen University is very bad. In a letter to Xu Guangping, he sarcastically described Xiamen University as "a row of bungalows placed on the shore of a deserted island".

He and Lin Wenqing, the president of Xiamen University, were in constant conflict.

Xiamen University is a private university, and unlike Tsinghua University and Peking University, it is more practical.

As soon as Lu Xun arrived at the school, the school authorities asked about his resume, his writings, his plans, and what results he had published at the end of the year, hoping to produce more results quickly and make a name for the school.

Xiamen University attaches great importance to investors.

When a banker came to Xiamen University, the university authorities were very busy, and Lu Xun despised this trend of revolving around the word "money".

Someone dragged Lu Xun to accompany the banker to take pictures, but he resolutely refused.

It is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, only that their respective positions are different.

Private universities pay high salaries to hire prestigious professors, the purpose is to produce results and build the reputation of the school, private schools do not have the financial support of the Ministry of Education, and can only rely on self-financing.

When Lu Xun was in Beiping, he only taught part-time, and his serious job was a civil servant.

Therefore, after he came to Xiamen University, he was extremely unsuitable for this utilitarian atmosphere, as a civil servant of the Ministry of Education, he was asked by others to do things, where is there a reason to accompany the banker to take pictures and eat.

It can be seen that Lu Xun has not changed his identity.

He now has a high salary from Xiamen University, and he is an employee of Xiamen University, and if an employee does not listen to the instructions of the leader, he will naturally be blamed, which is the difference between public universities and private universities.

Even in a public university, professors who often contradict the president may not be able to do it for long.

As he said in his letter to Xu Guangping: "I thought Beijing was dirty, and even Xiamen, but now that I think about it, it can be described as delusional. ”

In fact, it's all the same there, it's the law of the workplace, and if he doesn't change his mentality, this kind of thing will happen.

This may be the reason why character determines fate.

Lu Xun did not stay long in Guangzhou, and came to Shanghai with Xu Guangping a few months later.

At this time, Hu Shi received a doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University in the United States and was preparing to return to China.

He has been teaching at Peking University for many years and is known as Dr. Hu, but in fact he does not have a doctorate certificate.

This is because, in 1917, he did not pass the doctoral dissertation defense at Columbia University.

His doctoral dissertation was called "The History of Pre-Qin Famous Studies", and the American scholar could not understand ancient Chinese culture and did not let him pass.

At this time, Cai Yuanyuan sent a letter of appointment to Hu Shi and hired him to be a professor at Peking University.

Since he became more and more famous after returning to China, no one questioned the issue of his degree.

At the beginning of this year, he returned to Columbia University and submitted a doctoral dissertation entitled "The Evolutionary History of Ancient Chinese Philosophical Methods".

The American scholar still didn't understand, but he saw that Hu Shi was already famous in China, so he didn't feel embarrassed and issued him a doctorate certificate.

Hu Shi got his doctorate and was about to return to China, when he received a letter from China, telling him that there was a war in China.

In the past, he had attacked Sun Zhongshan and supported Duan Qirui, and was probably judged by the Guangzhou Nationalist Government to be a counter-revolutionary, and many friends persuaded Hu Shi not to return to China for the time being.

Hu Shi was very worried, he did not return to China, but stayed in Japan, waiting for news from China.

Subsequently, he came to Shanghai.

In this way, Lu Xun, Hu Shi and Lin Zixuan gathered together, and the three heroes of new literature finally lived in the same city.

In the years that followed, the three of them sometimes cooperated and sometimes struggled because of their different positions and insistences.

Not for the sake of personal self-interest, but for freedom and revolution, for the sake of the country and the nation, for the road ahead.

This was the most fierce confrontation between China's cultural and ideological circles since the May Fourth Movement.

It is precisely because of this that the most magnificent page in the history of modern Chinese literature has been written. (To be continued.) )