Lin Zixuan knew that Chen Congwen's writing style would never get along with Luxun, and his rural literature did not match the revolutionary literature of this era at all.

In March 1948, Guo Moruo wrote an article titled "Declaring the Reactionary Literature and Art".

In the article, Chen Congwen is designated as a "reactionary" writer who "pink".

This article was posted on the campus of Peking University, and large slogans such as "Destroy the Crescent School, Modern Criticism School, and the third route of Shen Congwen" were hung on the teaching building of Peking University.

The conflict between Chen Congwen and Guo Moruo has long existed.

In 1930, Chen Congwen repeatedly pointed out that Guo Moruo's creation was a failure and was not suitable for writing novels. He talked too much, and Guo Moruo's novels "are not completely better than many young people at present."

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

In 1931, Chen Congwen published "On Chinese Creation Novels". When discussing the novels of Guo Moruo, Yu Dafu and Zhang Ziping of the Creation Society, he said: But among the three, Guo Moruo did not achieve much in his creation.

"In terms of novels, he should give up his status, because that is not the place where he develops genius."

It’s no wonder Guo Moruo wants to settle the score after autumn.

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

Therefore, in terms of Chen Congwen's writing direction and ideological awareness, he can only mix with people like Xu Zhimo who advocate pure literature, and he cannot understand the too complicated things.

Lin Zixuan brought Chen Congwen to Shihu Hutong. They were very nervous about rehearsing "Zidra".

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

Tagore spent most of his time in Peking and had to visit various places, which was very busy.

It was already afternoon when Lin Zixuan came back. At this time, Tagore had to take a lunch break and had to spend some time on meditation.

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

Although Chen Congwen's clothes were old and he knew at a glance that his family was not well off, he looked restrained and couldn't let go, but with Lin Zixuan's strong recommendation, I believe this young man will soon make a difference in the literary world.

Lin Zixuan doesn't praise others easily.

He specifically told Xu Zhimo that he would take care of Chen Congwen more in the future. After all, Chen Congwen's living situation was not very good.

He did not directly pay Chen Congwen or buy Chen Congwen a body-faced clothes. This seemed to be taking care of Chen Congwen, but actually hurt Chen Congwen's self-esteem.

This young man from Xiangxi is quite sensitive. As long as he is introduced to a figure in the literary world in Peking, I believe he can live a good life in this big city.

The rehearsal of "Zidra" continues.

Chen Congwen came to such a gathering of literati for the first time and introduced them to these famous figures in the literary world in Peking, as if he had found an organization.

He knew nothing about English, but when he watched the performances of several people on the stage, his heart was filled with joy.

In the afternoon, Xu Zhimo took Chen Congwen to listen to Tagore's lecture and then sent him back.

When Chen Congwen returned to the small house, he felt like he had a dream this day. He was unwilling to fall asleep, worried that when he woke up, he found that it was really a dream.

Of course, it was also because of excitement that I couldn't sleep.

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

Lin Zixuan and Shen Congwen made an appointment to meet at the editorial department of the World Evening News.

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

Chengshe, the founder of the newspaper, I have been an editor of Peking "Yishibao", organized a translation agency at Peking University, run "Zhengbao", and served as a secretary of the Ministry of Education.

But it seems that none of them can “say what they want to say or what the general public wants to say.”

So, I worked as a coat and watch in Chengshe. I raised 200 yuan and used my private home as a newspaper to run a four-page "World Evening News".

The first edition of the newspaper was an advertisement for the full version, and the second edition was a major news from China and abroad. The third edition included news from various places, news briefings, and the fourth edition was a supplement called "Lighting", and published serials of novels and literary essays.

The newspaper is located at No. 35, Shouba Hutong, Peking, and his wife is his good helper.

The newspapers do not have printing equipment, and the newspapers are printed by the private printing office.

Newspapers in this period are mostly purchased by newspaper dealers and sold in wholesale prices, and the wholesale price is generally 30% off.

Chengshe I intend to break the order of the book and newspaper market and propose a 50% discount. So newspaper vendors turned to the purchase of the World Evening News, which quickly occupied the market.

After a month, relying on the newspaper's style of daring to tell the truth and Zhang Henshui's "The History of the Spring and Ming Dynasties" attracted many readers, thus opening up sales and having more than 2,000 copies of sales.

At this time, the World Evening News can only be regarded as a tabloid.

Since Lin Zixuan's "Popular Novel Daily" became a daily publication, sales have increased significantly, with more than 30,000 copies, second only to "Shen Bao" and "News Daily", becoming the main newspaper for Shanghai citizens' entertainment.

He looked at the office environment of the World Evening News. To be honest, it was not very good, but Chengshe I am a talented person who runs newspapers.

Vientiane Bookstore has distribution outlets in Peking, but the barriers to regional culture in this era are relatively serious.

For example, the magazines that Shanghai people like to read are not necessarily liked by Peking people. Shanghai people like fashion trends, foreign news, Peking people like political topics, and domestic current political news.

Therefore, Peking people may not be interested in the best-selling magazines in Shanghai.

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

Taking "Vision Magazine" as an example, two versions can be made based on the cultural differences between the two places. The Shanghai version is distributed in the south and the Peking version is distributed in the north. Each version has content that locals like to read.

This is just like the American Time magazine, which later launched international editions, European editions, Asian editions, etc.

Lin Zixuan is preparing to talk to Chengshe, planning to invest in the World Evening News to establish a copy of the Vientiane Bookstore in Peking.

However, this matter cannot be urgent, it still needs to be observed.

When Shen Congwen came to Handkerchief Hutong, Lin Zixuan took Zhang Henshui and Shen Congwen to find a place to have dinner, introduced the two to each other, and asked about my character as Chengshe.

Zhang Henshui praised Chengshe very much. Although Chengshe is relatively frugal, even so frugal that he is stingy, there is nothing he can do about it. Who made him lose money?

In this way, Lin Zixuan felt relieved. He chose a partner, one to see his talents and two to see his character.
Chapter completed!