Chapter 175: The Prelude to a New Era
At night, Rose Manor.
The black horse of the divine horse drove into the manor, and the Count of Henrietta got out of the carriage and dragged his tired body back to his study, he threw down his coat at will, and collapsed on the sofa to relax and relax, and as soon as he closed his eyes, his consciousness fell into a drowsy, and the phantom had kept him busy for a while.
He propped his chin and pondered, in addition to "The Count of Monte Cristo", there are people who use photographic crystals to shoot phantoms and want to cooperate with cinemas, but it is impossible for anyone to come up with any excellent works in such a short time, and a large number of so-called photographers come to the door to make Count Henrietta realize that the phantom business is not just about earning a vote.
"Maybe we should also shift our focus to the phantom career, after all, it is a mature field, and I am not a home, and I have never been able to stand at the peak of this field. The Phantom is a very different one, it is a new industry, sought after by people, and has a huge market potential, just like the railroad business that was only interested in decades ago, when it was thought that the railroad business was unprofitable, and now even the royal family needs to set up a special railway department to manage transportation. ”
The old butler knocked on the door and poured him a cup of black coffee, and then put the newspaper in front of him.
The bitter taste of the Count of Henrietta stimulated his spirits, and he picked up today's newspaper and saw at a glance that Harvey's new work "The Dark Age" was about to be published, and several literary newspapers would give separate comments in the future.
The content has not been officially disclosed, and the evaluation content of these literary newspapers does not seem very polite.
The controversial Bauhinia Award winner Harvey Adrian is about to release a new work "Dark Age", which is reported to be a fantasy epic, and the famous literary critic Mr. Occam Clark thinks that the selection of material is too frivolous and does not have much literary nature, and some people think that this is Mr. Harvey Adrian's preparation for the next phantom. - Norton Today
"Harvey Adrian's new work after two months may be to quell the recent controversy over his Bauhinia Award. - Little Canal Times"
"Mr. Renaud Scott, author of the poem "The Cold Branch Tree of the Cliff", believes that Mr. Harvey Adrian is not a pure home, and that the Count of Monte Cristo won the Bauhinia Award is driven by apparitions and has no reference value. - "Star Literature"
"Questioning voices! Count Henrietta, vice president of the Literary Society, was accused of operating behind the scenes. —Literary Times"
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"What's going on with these reports?" The Count of Henrietta frowned as he read the newspaper one by one, his face turning pale, and he was furious at these malicious speculations and irresponsible remarks. With so many newspapers and magazines publishing this at the same time, you can think of it on your toes that someone must be behind it, and the controversy caused by Harvey's recent Bauhinia Award is like adding fuel to the fire.
In addition to Harvey, the spearhead of the review also pointed to Count Henrietta himself, and the report accused him of being too utilitarian, and rarely took care of the affairs of the literary association in recent times, but "did not do his job" to tinker with the new industry of phantoms, and it was precisely because of the utilitarian attitude of the literary association that it was difficult for the kingdom to develop the literary world, and the Bauhinia Award was awarded to a family with only one work.
The content is false and real, the waves are dirty, the hat is buttoned and so on in one go, and the words are sharp, and the Count Henrietta is killed in the literary world at once.
"Father Faria said it well, if you want to know who is doing you harm, think about who is good for you." Count Henrietta sneered at himself as he tapped his fingers on the table, he had indeed sinned against many people, and there was only one person who had the power to command Norton's publishing world, the honorary president of the Literary Society, Vaughn Hall, the representative of the traditional literary school.
"It's too fast to say, this year's election of the president of the association, no wonder he is so anxious." The Count of Henrietta touched his chin and muttered to himself, his tone full of emotion.
The term of office of the president of the Literary Association is three years, and he can be re-elected at most once, and this year is the end of the term of the president of the Literary Association, and Honorary President Volne Hall and himself are the strongest contenders for the position of president.
If only half a year ago, Count Henrietta might have dreamed of becoming president of the Literary Society.
Yet since he had heard the dome of applause in the cinema a month earlier, Count Henrietta felt that his ideas had been completely reversed, and he clearly remembered the beating of his heart under that applause, the blood gushing, and the feeling of worship, as if his whole head had been immersed in hot water, and Count Henrietta felt for the first time that there was something truly worthy of his pursuit.
Focusing on the Phantom business, he didn't even notice the election of the president, giving Vaughn Hale the opportunity to launch the first round of attacks.
"Originally, I had no intention of competing for this position, Hall, if you want to play, then I will play with you." The Count of Henrietta sneered, he could not care about the reports that criticized him, but the evaluation of Harvey made it difficult for him to accept, before working with Harvey, he thought that he was a reader who was moved by "The Count of Monte Cristo", and really experienced the feeling of being enlightened by a Daigo that changed the concept of life.
The criticism of Harvey and the questioning of The Count of Monte Cristo in these literary journals are now overturning all this, which is unacceptable to either Harvey's collaborators or readers.
These malicious comments are all aimed at Harvey winning the Bauhinia Award to fan the flames, although not all, it must be able to provoke some of the dissatisfied Harvey to win the award, this part of the family just has the votes for the election of the president of the literary association, the solution to the problem is very simple, just slap the face with strength, as long as the work is good enough, all the gossip is self-defeating.
The Count of Henrietta had that confidence.
He instructed the old butler to bring the potion for refreshment and the original manuscript and outline of "Dark Age", which he had read all night a few days earlier, and his evaluation of "Dark Age" became a source of his confidence.
The Count of Henrietta studied it again until dawn wrote a special report on the Nights of Norton with a pen: "The real obstacle to the development of literature is the ridiculous [literary]." ”
Deciding on the title of the report, Count Henrietta smiled excitedly, he was a representative of the literary reformers, who had long been tired of the stubborn traditional ideas of the Literary Society, and now it was time to overthrow these traditional theories and open up a new literary era, "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Dark Age" could be the most powerful representatives of tearing apart these ridiculous theories.
"Literature is not a straight line, it can bend, it can turn at will, it can draw a three-dimensional pattern, and it can even paint a magnificent oil painting like a painter...
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Focusing on the so-called literaryness, limiting the subject matter and deep meaning of literature, and forcing literature to develop in a certain direction has become the biggest obstacle to the development of literature...
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It can be written by a woman, maybe this woman is not educated, does not understand the real truth, does not understand those beautiful words and words, but who can know the trivial things of life better than them? They have seen the market for themselves, they have dealt with the vendors, they know how to survive, they can see the real face of the people at the bottom, can this not be written into a book?
"The Count of Monte Cristo" made me understand a truth, literature is the manifestation of reason and desire, it is the representative of romance, it can be any one, or it can be a synthesis of all...
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The fiery rhetoric that overturns the reports of all literary journals is really a slap in the face of those who are the leading writers. If this report is published, Count Henrietta himself will definitely become the target of Norton's literary circle, he doesn't care, he still has a way out.
Moreover, these words are also his personal experience over the years, Harvey's appearance confirms his concept, and if it is not successful, it will announce the end of his career in the literary world.