study.

Facing the snow-white manuscript paper, Zhou Hexuan smoked cigarettes under the light. The plot of the novel is available, but how to express it is a question worth thinking about.

Whether it is a movie-based novel or a novel-based movie, it is a secondary creation and is by no means as simple as copying. The same story will present different faces under the writings of different writers.

The movie "Goddess" tells the story of a prostitute who accidentally became pregnant, was occupied by a bully and became a tool for money. She sold herself to earn money for her son to study, but was rejected by the school board and other parents. The child was eventually fired. In order to let her son continue to study, the woman prepared to go elsewhere with her savings, but found that her money was lost by the bully. She was very angry and picked up a bottle of wine to beat the bully to death. She also went to jail for manslaughter. In the end, the child was adopted by the old principal.

If the story is told in a straightforward manner, the content will appear very dry. Moreover, this kind of thing is too common and it is difficult to attract attention and sensation without special forms.

Take Lu Xun's "The Diary of a Madman" as an example. If he did not narrate it from a madman's perspective, would it still be so popular?

Although Zhou Hexuan studied history, he was still quite fond of literature. His writing style was not bad. During his travels around the world, he wrote a lot of travel notes to earn royalties.

Zhou Hexuan likes magical realism the most about various schools of world literature. He thought about writing "The Goddess" into a magical realism story.

Magical realist literature originated in Latin America, where it is economically poor, politically corrupt, backward in education, worship of ghosts and gods, and the people are deeply oppressed by the great powers and suffering from military rule, which is very similar to the situation in the Republic of China. Zhou Hexuan had a great heart. He wanted to show the current social situation in China in the article "The Goddess".

Zhou Hexuan did not start writing immediately. In the following days, he wandered around various slums in Tianjin, interviewing and witnessing the most realistic Republic of China. Especially in the red light district, he had in-depth exchanges with dozens of prostitutes and recorded all the stories that happened to them.

In early October, Zhong Guangui and Tan Xihong left Tianjin, and Zhou Hexuan and Meng Xiaodong also went to Peking with him, and the child named Zhou Hang was accompanied by him.

Zhou Hang seemed quite introverted and reluctant to speak with his face when he was away from his lover for the first time.

"Come on, Xiaohang, I just bought the candied haws." Zhong Guanguang smiled lovingly.

"Thank you grandpa." Zhou Hang took the candied haws and hid them behind the old man for fear.

After several people got on the train, Tan Xihong sent an invitation to Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou, if Peking University resumes classes, I hope you can be a teacher."

Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile: "When will Peking University resume classes?"

"Well, it should be very soon." Tan Xihong said without confidence.

Historically, the chaos at Peking University lasted until three years later. Zhang Zuolin even directly abolished Peking University and merged it into Peking University with eight other universities. It was not until the Northern Expedition was successful that it was reopened with the support of the Nanjing National Government.

Why does Zhang Zuolin hate Peking University so much?

Because there are too many party members in the school, before the First National Congress of our Party, more than one-third of the party members in the country were teachers, students and alumni of Peking University.

As long as Zhang Zuolin occupied Peking, there would be no possibility of resuming the school. He did not need to use violent means. He only let the Ministry of Education seize funds, so Peking University could not pay the salary, so the teachers naturally could not hold on - people all had to eat.

Zhong Guanguang suddenly spoke, "Mingcheng, I heard that you have a close personal relationship with Zhang Xueliang. Why would you ask Young Marshal Zhang to persuade Zhang Zuolin?"

"Haha, I'll do my best." Zhou Hexuan could only do his best.

Zhou Hexuan went to Peking this time to attend Xu Zhimo's wedding. He also wanted to see with his own eyes what the legendary Lu Xiaoman looked like.

The train starts.

Meng Xiaodong peeled a pear and handed it over: "Brother Zhou, eat fruit."

"Thank you." Zhou Hexuan bit the pear in his mouth and took out the manuscript to continue to conceive the layout of the novel.

He was going to disrupt the storyline of "The Goddess", arrange time and space at will, and also flashbacks in various flashbacks. He arranged all the stories of the society collected these days, showing the life of prostitutes from childhood to imprisonment.

The entire novel is about 200,000 words in length, and there are also various folk legends of ghosts and gods, trying to make the novel mysterious and magical read. The accusations against warlords, powers and society are hidden in those magical chapters, making people feel absurd and unruly and chilling.

Tan Xihong came over and saw him writing and drawing on the manuscript paper. He seemed to be sorting out the story outline. He asked curiously: "Writing a novel?"

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "I want to write down the story of Xiaohang and his son."

"I will definitely read it when the time comes." Tan Xihong said with a smile.

Meng Xiaodong sat next to him and smiled without saying a word. She liked to see Zhou Hexuan working hard and felt that she had an intellectual temperament. So every night, she would prepare midnight snacks for Zhou Hexuan and bring them to the study to see the man's busy work.

When Zhou Hexuan conceived the novel on the train, Zheng Zhenduo was worried about the manuscripts of "Novel Monthly" in Shanghai. Except for the new author Lao She's "Lao Zhang's Philosophy", he has not found any other wonderful novels recently, and the quality of manuscripts from various places is not very good.

Since the rise of May Fourth literature, it has begun to decline from prosperity and decline, and it is difficult to make a new breakthrough.

Let’s talk about the situation of the May Fourth New Literature. In the past ten years from 1917 to 1927, it occupied an important position in the history of modern Chinese literature.

Marked by Hu Shi's "A Brief Discussion on Literary Reform" and Chen Duxiu's "On the Literary Revolution", the "May Fourth Literary Revolution" declares the beginning of which is an important part of the May Fourth New Culture Movement.

In the past ten years, there have been more than 100 literary societies, large and small, and corresponding publications across the country.

It is equivalent to an ideological enlightenment movement in the literary world. Vernacular writing allows the power of Chinese characters to be released, greatly improving the speed of dissemination of information and science. The ideas and concepts of intellectuals are further liberated, and freedom, democracy and science are sought after by people.

The May Fourth literary revolution also innovated the creative thinking of Chinese literature, which was roughly divided into "for life school" (realism) and "for art school" (romanticism).

"For Life School" believes that literature is a kind of work, it should reflect life, social reality, and explore some issues about life and society. Therefore, novels created by this school are also called "problem novels".

Lu Xun, the leader in problem novels, is the first to be the leader in "The Diary of the Madman" is a leader in this category. Among them, "rural literature" occupies an important position in problem novels, and his works are more or less influenced by Lu Xun, reflecting the sharp problems in rural China at that time.

The "Artist School" is just the opposite. They emphasize the writer's self-expression, among which Yu Dafu is the representative figure. This school of works pays more attention to literary skills and expression. While pursuing a good fortune, it is also full of desire and petty bourgeois mood. Of course, it cannot be generalized. Guo Moruo's revolutionary literature is often divided into "Artist School".

Whether it is "for the life school" or "for the art school", they are progressive compared to old literature and are all composed of May Fourth literature, but their expressions are different.

To this day, May Fourth literature has developed and entered a bottleneck period. Whether it is local literature, revolutionary literature, or self-narration stream of consciousness, it is difficult to give people a refreshing feeling. Various subjects have been written, and continuing to create can only be a way to pick up people's wisdom.

Some people began to turn their attention abroad, such as the upcoming "New Sentiment School", which was influenced by Japanese literature.

Once Zhou Hexuan's magical realism version of "The Goddess", once serialized in a magazine, it will probably shock countless writers and be in a daze overall.
Chapter completed!