Chapter 111: Controversy
There are many female readers like Chen Qingle who are attracted by the mandarin duck and butterfly style of "Smoke and Rain", and the readers' response is very strong, and it can be said that it is an instant hit!
After all, the magazine still needs to attract readers through content, and many female readers may be attracted by Wang Defu's handsome photos at first, but when they tried to read the content of the articles in the magazine, they found that this "Red Rose" was not a loss at all.
Of course, how many people like the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly faction of "Smoke and Rain", then there are also some people who hate such works, in their eyes, this kind of popular pastime for the public, that is, works that are completely unworthy of being called literature.
"This "Red Rose" magazine is just a business magazine after all, and it is a waste of time to read this kind of magazine, because it has no literary character at all.
A student named "Yan Zhenxiang" at Suzhou Women's Normal University, unceremoniously complained about "Red Rose", she thinks she is a talented woman and literary young woman in the entire Women's Normal University, and the works she reads on weekdays are of course mostly poetry and prose, even if she does, she must see the kind of very literary, otherwise she feels that she is wasting her life.
Just now she finished watching the serialization of "Smoke and Rain", and then naturally showed a wave of superiority and expressed her disdain for "Red Rose", but it is also possible that because her relationship with Ding Mei is not very good, she uses the way of complaining about "Red Rose" to belittle Ding Mei's taste.
Of course, Ding Mei is also a literary young woman, she is also a part-time editor of "Red Rose", a female college student who is more trusted by Ling Jingsu, and she is also Wang Defu's pen pal, but unfortunately she often writes five letters, and I don't know if I can receive a reply from Wang Defu.
When she noticed Wang Defu's coldness, Ding Mei did not continue to write to him that kind of letter without any actual content, but really asked some literary and philosophical questions, so she was surprised to find that the frequency of Wang Defu's replies had become higher, although it was still concise and to the point.
Ding Mei only woke up at this time, the premise of being able to get Wang Defu to reply to the letter was that the letter she wrote by herself was indeed substantial, not the kind of letter that had no actual content, all kinds of parents were short, and Rory was verbose, Wang Defu would never waste time on this kind of thing.
Ding Mei heard Yan Zhenxiang's complaint at this time, just smiled slightly, and replied: "Whether "Red Rose" is literary or not, you can't just read a serial in it, and just make a conclusion, you must know that this time Wang Defu of Soochow University also published a short story of more than 6,000 words on it, do you think Wang Defu's work will be literary?" ”
Yan Zhenxiang really hasn't read Wang Defu's latest short story "The Necklace" yet, but this does not prevent her from continuing to argue with Ding Mei, because they are both in the classroom at this time, and there are many classmates around them to watch these two talented young women in literature and art routinely tear apart.
"Wang Defu's prose is indeed okay, I have seen him write in those famous prose magazines, and the article "The Subservient Status of Women" is also quite ideological, but such an author to create, I am afraid that I will not be able to grasp a degree of readability and literature, so now although I haven't read "Necklace", but presumably after reading it, it won't let me feel anything, besides, this time "Red Rose" is not sold by Wang Defu's works at all, more with his looks, such a marketing method, It's really disgraceful, I really don't know why a writer with style like Wang Defu would cooperate with such a magazine full of copper smell. ”
Yan Zhenxiang didn't seem to be polite to Wang Defu at all because of his appearance, but it was still a burst of criticism, probably because she naturally hated those people with good looks, after all, she herself was really ordinary-looking, and she was not as good as a beautiful female college student like Ding Mei.
Ding Mei heard Yan Zhenxiang say this, she still stood on the side of "Red Rose", washing the floor for it in various ways: "I remember that you publicly said that your favorite work recently was "Love and Sex", saying that it achieved a perfect balance of readability, literature, and artistry, did you forget that this work was serialized in "Red Rose" before?" Doesn't this also show that "Red Rose" is not as commercial as you say? ”
Yan Zhenxiang seemed to be more energetic now, as if Ding Mei had stepped into her trap, and her voice became louder: "Let me first correct the book you mentioned, don't insult it with the name 'Love and Sex', its real name is "The Unbearable Lightness of Life", and because I really like this work very much, so after reading its single book, I also went to see the serialized version, the difference between the two is very obvious, that is, some descriptions of the serialized version are too vulgar, what does this mean? It shows that the magazine "Red Rose" is too commercial, and it almost ruined "The Unbearable Lightness of Life"! I guess this is also the reason why the lady Yiren did not continue to be serialized in "Red Rose" later, this magazine is not worthy of Ms. Yiren at all! ”
Ding Mei was dumbfounded by Yan Zhenxiang for a while, this single book of "The Unbearable Lightness of Life" has indeed been overhauled by the original author, and the content that ordinary readers like to see at the beginning has been reduced, and replaced by various philosophical reflections.
Speaking of which, Ding Mei is also very curious about the true identity of "Ms. Yiren", but unfortunately there is no news after the other party wrote "The Unbearable Lightness of Life", and she also wrote to ask Wang Defu, because she heard that "Ms. Yiren" seems to be Wang Defu's sister.
However, Wang Defu didn't answer her question at all, as for the new book of "Ms. Yiren", when Wang Defu wants to play with and depress readers again, maybe he will use this pen name again, anyway, everything is Ms. Yiren's fault and it will be over.
What does it have to do with me, Wang Defu?
After Yan Zhenxiang found that she had been speechless about Ding Mei, she finally turned the "Red Rose" magazine to the page of "Necklace" written by Wang Defu like a fighting after victory.
Although she expressed her distrust of Wang Defu's creative strength just now, her body is still very honest, and she wants to see if there is anything commendable about this short story.
If not, then she can suppress Ding Mei again, and it's enjoyable to think about it......