Lin Zixuan and Hu Shi chatted for a few words, and Hu Shi asked Lin Zixuan to sort out the speech and publish it in newspapers.∑.

In this era, although the Chinese ideological community is chaotic, it is also open. All kinds of opinions can be put forward, and at the same time, it must face attacks from others.

Lin Zixuan was ready to face the attack. Anyway, he would go back to Shanghai in a few days. He had his own newspaper in his own territory and could spread his opinions to the fullest.

He didn't mind having a cross-regional debate with the elites in the ideological circle of Peking, and there were also a group of younger brothers who waved flags and shouted.

This is the benefit of being a boss. If you control the salary of employees, you will naturally be willing to serve.

At this time, a shy young man came over.

"Mr. Lin, I am from Xiangxi and I like the border town you wrote very much." The young man said sincerely, "I have also learned to write a few articles about my hometown. Please correct me."

The young man took out a stack of manuscript paper and handed it to Lin Zixuan nervously.

Lin Zixuan looked at the young man, and he should be about the same age as him.

This man is thin, old-fashioned, and yellowed manuscript paper. It is the cheapest manuscript paper that needs to be cut by himself. It can be seen that his family is not well off.

When Lin Zixuan was teaching in Shanghai, he would also encounter such young people who would recommend themselves. After writing a few articles, he thought he could publish them. He wanted to ask Lin Zixuan to praise him and double his value.

Lin Zixuan made the version himself and knew the tricks.

If you want to publish an article in a newspaper, you must first have good articles, with ideas and content, and secondly, it must have relationships. The treatment of articles that are recommended by someone in the editorial department is absolutely different from those that are not recommended by anyone.

He did not judge people by his appearance, but because he encountered such things too much, he became numb.

However, he still smiled and took the manuscript, gently encouraged the young man, and said that he would read it back. This is the basic routine. Otherwise, he would be said to have no celebrity demeanor.

After the young man left, Hu Shi couldn't help but laugh.

As a new literary leader with appeal in Peking, Hu Shi encountered more of this kind of thing, and everyone dealt with it in roughly the same way. As for whether they will read it in the future, it depends on whether they have time.

Lin Zixuan took the manuscript paper and said goodbye to Hu Shi, and walked outside Peking University.

In comparison, Hu Shi is much busier than him.

Although Hu Shi opposed the Eastern civilization advocated by Tagore. However, during his time in Peking, Tagore participated in many activities. This time Tagore's visit was a major event in the Chinese cultural circle.

Lin Zixuan is relatively free. In addition to some necessary activities, he can arrange his time at will.

He lives in the Songpo Library at No. 7 Shihu Hutong in Peiping, which is also the main settlement of members of the Crescent Society. He did not have his own car in Peking, so he had to take a tram back.

There was nothing left and right on the tram, and Lin Zixuan looked through the manuscript paper.

The handwriting on the manuscript paper is correct. It is standard small regular script.

However, the story seems a bit rough and scattered. In some places, the sentences are not very smooth. It can be seen that the author wrote it carefully, but his level is not that high.

The article also describes the story of characters from Xiangxi, with traces of imitating border towns.

Although Lin Zixuan has been copying famous works, he has copied too many of them and has gradually developed basic appreciation ability.

He felt that the author's educational level might not be high and had not received formal education, otherwise there would be no obvious sentence errors in the article. Moreover, the author is obviously still in the stage of imitating the articles of famous artists and has not formed his own style.

Despite all kinds of problems, this prose-style novel still has many highlights.

He flipped backwards and turned to the last page. He finally saw the author's name.

"Written on April 13, 1924, Shen Congwen."

When Lin Zixuan saw this, he suddenly realized that he was the original author of the border town.

Chen Congwen can be said to be the Beijing migrant tribe of this era.

He was born in 1902 and graduated from elementary school. He joined the army in western Hunan in his early years and participated in the warlord melee. He was used to seeing life and death, and finally realized that he took off his military uniform and came to Peking, the origin of the new literature.

In 1922, Chen Congwen came to Peking and wanted to be admitted to the Chinese class at Yanjing University, but his cultural background was too poor and he was not admitted, so he had to attend Peking University.

The days of moving to Beijing are very difficult, and it can be said that even eating is a problem.

He was preparing to write articles to make a living, and contributed articles to major newspapers in Peking, but none of them was willing to publish his articles.

Sun Fuyuan, editor-in-chief of the supplement of Peking Morning News, even threw a pile of submissions from Chen Congwen into a garbage basket in public at an editorial meeting, and sarcastically said that this was the manuscript of writer Shen.

There are many reasons for this. First, Chen Congwen's article was not very mature at that time, and second, Chen Congwen's article was inconsistent with the concept of the supplement edited by Sun Fuyuan.

There is also a story about Yu Dafu and Shen Congwen here.

In the winter of 1924, Chen Congwen had no choice but to live, and was hungry and cold, so he wrote a letter to many famous literary masters in Peking for help. Only Yu Dafu came to visit Chen Congwen after receiving the letter.

After understanding Chen Congwen's dilemma, Yu Dafu took him to have a meal.

This meal costs 1 yuan and 70 cents. Yu Dafu took out five yuan to pay the bill and gave the remaining three yuan and 30 cents to Chen Congwen.

Yu Dafu also wrote a famous public complaint to literary youths and complained.

He also advised Chen Congwen not to think about going to college. His diploma is useless and he can’t find a job even after going to college. He either returns to his hometown in Xiangxi or is better off as a thief. Life is more important than going to school.

Afterwards, Yu Dafu recommended Chen Congwen's article to the supplement of the Morning Post, allowing Chen Congwen, who was drifting in Beijing, to slowly enter the literary world.

At that time, the editor-in-chief of the Morning Post supplement was no longer Sun Fuyuan, but was replaced by Liu Mianji and Zhai Shiying.

It can be said that Chen Congwen was extremely embarrassed in the first few years in Peking, and even reached the point where he needed help.

It can be seen from this that there are risks in Beijing, so you should be cautious when entering the industry.

But who would have thought that it was this young man from Xiangxi who graduated from elementary school who became an extraordinary writer in the history of modern Chinese literature. His articles are unique, with a rural atmosphere, but extremely beautiful, and he was even shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Lin Zixuan took this stack of yellowed manuscript paper and thought about it.

Giving money directly to help Chen Congwen get out of trouble is simple and effective, but it may hurt the self-esteem of this young man in western Hunan.

It is better to publish his articles and give him the right reward.

Of course, Chen Congwen's article needs to be revised. Thinking about how he can modify the manuscripts of future great writers, Lin Zixuan also feels a little accomplished. Who made Chen Congwen's articles immature now?

When he returned to his residence, he first sorted out the content of today's speech, submitted it to the supplement of the Morning Post, and then revised the manuscript of Chen Congwen.
Chapter completed!