Lin Zixuan knew that Shen Congwen's writing style would never be mixed with Lu Xun, and his vernacular literature did not match the revolutionary literature of this era at all.

In March 1948, Guo Moruo wrote an article entitled "Rebuke Reactionary Literature and Art".

In the article, Shen Congwen is defined as a "reactionary" writer of "peach".

The article was posted on the campus of Peking University, and large slogans such as "Down with the Crescentists, the Modern Critics, and the Third Route of Shen Congwen" were hung on the teaching buildings of Peking University.

The contradiction between Shen Congwen and Guo Moruo has long existed.

In 1930, Shen Congwen repeatedly pointed out that Guo Moruo's creation was a failure, not suitable for writing novels, and that there were too many empty words, and that Guo Moruo's novels were "not completely better than many young people now."

He also said that Guo Moruo's articles are only suitable for essays, manifestos, and telegrams, and "are not suitable for novels at all."

In 1931, Shen Congwen published "On the Creation of Novels in China", in which he talked about the novels of Guo Moruo, Yu Dafu and Zhang Ziping of the Creation Society, he said: But among the three, Guo Moruo has not achieved much in terms of creation.

"He ought to have given up his position in fiction, for that is not the place where he developed his genius."

It's no wonder that Guo Moruo wants to settle accounts after the autumn.

In fact, Shen Congwen did not belittle Guo Moruo's achievements in other aspects, but as far as novels are concerned, Guo Moruo is really not good at it.

Therefore, in terms of Shen Congwen's writing direction and ideological awareness, he can only be mixed with people like Xu Zhimo who advocate pure literature, and he can't understand things that are too complicated.

Lin Zixuan took Shen Congwen to Shihu Hutong, and their time for rehearsing "Zidra" was very tight.

As Tagore's translator in China, Xu Zhimo had to accompany Tagore throughout his activities. He only had time when Tagore was resting, and the time of Lin Huiyin's father and daughter also needed to be coordinated.

Tagore spent most of his time in Peking lecturing. It is very busy to visit various places.

When Lin Zixuan came back, it was already afternoon. At this time, Tagore had to take a lunch break and have some time to meditate.

He introduced Shen Congwen to the members of the Crescent Society, praising Shen Congwen for his talent in writing.

Although Shen Congwen's clothes are old, he knows that his family background is not very good at a glance, his expression is restrained, and he can't let go of it, but with Lin Zixuan's strong recommendation, I believe that this young man will soon make a difference in the literary world.

Lin Zixuan is easy not to praise people.

He deliberately told Xu Zhimo to take care of Shen Congwen more in the future, after all, Shen Congwen's life situation is not very good.

He didn't give Shen Congwen money directly. Or buy Shen Congwen a decent dress, which seems to be taking care of Shen Congwen, but it actually hurts Shen Congwen's self-esteem.

This young man from Xiangxi is quite sensitive in his heart, as long as he is introduced to the figures in the literary circle of Beiping, I believe that he can live a good life in this big city.

The rehearsals for Zidra continued.

The first time Shen Congwen came to this kind of literati gathering, he introduced each other to these famous figures in the Beiping literary circle, and he seemed to have found an organization.

He didn't know anything about English, but watching the performances of several people on stage, his heart was full of joy.

In the afternoon, Xu Zhimo also took Shen Congwen to listen to Tagore's lectures. Then send him back.

When Shen Congwen returned to the small house, he felt that the day was like a dream, and he was reluctant to fall asleep, worried that he would wake up and find that it was really a dream.

Of course. It's also because I can't sleep because of excitement.

But thinking that he would have to meet the editor-in-chief of the supplement of the "World Evening News" tomorrow, he forced himself to lie down and rest, and could not go to see Mr. Zhang Jianshui in a state of exhaustion. After all, he will have to live by writing manuscripts in the future.

Lin Zixuan and Shen Congwen made an appointment to meet in the editorial office of the "World Evening News".

The Evening World was founded on April 1, 1924, and is still a relatively new newspaper.

The founder of the newspaper, Cheng She, was the editor of the Yishi Daily in Beiping. He organized a compilation agency at Peking University and ran "True Newspaper". He worked as a secretary in the Ministry of Education.

But it seems that none of them can "say what they want to say, say what the public wants to say." ”

So, I became a company and worked as a coat and watch, scraped together 200 yuan, used my own private house as a newspaper, and set up a four-page "World Evening News".

In the early days, the first page of the newspaper consisted of full-page advertisements, the second page devoted to important Chinese and foreign news, the third page contained news and briefings on various places, and the fourth page consisted of supplements, called "Luminous Moon," which published serials of novels and literary essays.

The newspaper office is located in my residence at No. 35 Handkerchief Hutong in Beiping, and his wife is his good helper.

Newspapers do not have printing equipment, and newspapers are printed by private printing offices.

During this period, newspapers were mostly purchased and sold in bulk by newspaper sellers, and the wholesale price was generally discounted by 7%.

I deliberately wanted to break the order of this book and newspaper market and proposed a 5% discount, so newspaper sellers turned to buy the "World Evening News" in batches, so that the evening newspapers quickly occupied the market.

Over the course of a month, relying on the newspaper's truth-telling style and Zhang Zhenshui's "The History of Chunming" attracted many readers, thus opening up sales channels and selling more than 2,000 copies.

At this time, the "Evening World" could only be regarded as a tabloid.

Lin Zixuan's "Popular Fiction Daily" has seen a huge increase in sales since it became a daily publication, with more than 30,000 copies, second only to "Declaration" and "News" in circulation, and has become the main newspaper for the entertainment of Shanghai citizens.

He looked at the office environment of the "World Evening News", and to be honest, it was really not very good, but I was a person who ran a newspaper.

Vientiane Bookstore has distribution outlets in Beiping, but the regional cultural gap in this era is more serious.

For example, the magazines that Shanghainese like to read, Peiping people don't necessarily like them, Shanghainese people like fashion trends, foreign news, Beiping people like political topics, and domestic political news.

So the best-selling magazine in Shanghai, Peking people may not be interested at all.

Lin Zixuan wanted to find a newspaper worker who was familiar with the environment in Beiping to open up the situation for Vientiane Bookstore.

In the case of Vientiane Magazine, for example, there are two editions based on the cultural differences between the two places, the Shanghai edition in the south and the Beiping edition in the north, and each edition has content that the locals like to read.

This is the same as Time magazine in the United States, which later launched international, European, Asian editions, and so on.

Lin Zixuan is going to talk to me about Chengshe, and plans to inject capital into the "World Evening News" and establish a copy of Vientiane Bookstore in Beiping.

However, this matter cannot be rushed, and it needs to be observed.

When Shen Congwen came to Handkerchief Hutong, Lin Zixuan took Zhang Jianshui and Shen Congwen to find a place to eat, introduced the two to each other, and inquired about my personality by the way.

Zhang Zhenshui praised me for the company, although I was more frugal, even thrifty to the point of being stingy, but there was no way to do it, who made him have no money.

In this way, Lin Zixuan was relieved, he chose to cooperate with him, one to see his talent, and the other to look at his character.

At this time, the supplement of "Morning Post" published Lin Zixuan's speech at Peking University, and his idea of taking into account both traditional culture and Western culture caused great controversy in the cultural and ideological circles of Beiping. (To be continued.) )