"In my opinion, Wang Zixu is like this little kid who plays with fire. No, it should be said that in writing, he is an adult with a mind like a child.

"He has the ambition of an adult and the ignorance of a child, and he desires to achieve unprecedented achievements through the act of playing with fire.

"But he did not cook a table of good dishes. His clumsy and stiff attempts made the smoke roll, but he was not afraid of his losses to society at all, and he was complacent of the power of the flames!"

Kong Huaifang's words were so stern and direct criticism that everyone present was shocked.

Although the seminar was not a praising group, after Shi Tonghe spoke, everyone had already made predictions about the discussion.

But I still haven't expected that criticism will come with such intensity.

Even what Kong Huaifang just said was just beginning.

"There is a plot in the novel: In order to rescue the abducted women, the women in Xi Village formed a red light illumination army, invented "weapons" such as blade spinning wheels, rope pulling sky lanterns, and chanted spells and burned talismans and burned churches.

"Although these stories were told through the mouth of the "crazy grandma" who likes to add fuel to the fire, the book attributes the protagonist's rebellious spirit to this movement, and is generous with praise.

"It is clearly an act of ignorant fighting against civilization, but it is beautified by Wang Zixu into a national struggle and tragedy. This historical nihilism is a blasphemy of the national spirit.

"Deconstructing grand history from the perspective of small characters and writing real events with magical reality is not taboo. This narrative orientation is tantamount to playing with fire. And promoting this kind of work into "China's "A Hundred Years of Solitude" is even more devastating..."

Kong Huaifang talked endlessly, and began to talk about the point of "historical nihilism".

An Younan peeled an apple for himself, stretched his naked white legs to the coffee table, and said:

"Shi Tonghe really didn't accept my recommendation channels in vain. The person I was looking for was really hard to sing."

Duan Xiaosang covered his mouth and whispered: "I'm exaggerating and scolding you so hard."

"I thought that at most they would just demote Prince Xu to a scum, but in the end they wanted him to die."

When Kong Huaifang was speaking, Pu Yuyang, who was sitting next to Duan Xiaosang, his eyebrows became tighter and tighter, he scratched his head, and finally complained in a low voice:

"What are you talking about!"

Duan Xiaosang glanced at her. The little girl was obviously not mentally prepared outside the situation.

Kong Huaifang's interpretation is full of maliciousness and deliberately distorts the author's expression. As long as you read the book in depth, you will find that what he said is not the focus.

This interpretation is like a cow chewing a peony or scratching itch through the shoe. In short, it is to search for chapters and sentences on the details, and it has a mental outlook for literary inquisition.

"However, it is too untenable to say that the Boxer Rebellion is a fight between fools and people, and it is full of the stench of the Old Heshang Sect." Duan Xiaosang whispered, "Young people nowadays don't have this set anymore."

An Younan nibbled the apple and said, "That generation grew up listening to the Western mythology, and they all nodded like this. You see, they still nodded."

Duan Xiaosang said: "If Wang Zixu can't hold it in, he might be able to get back a little bit of the situation by seizing this fight later. At least it can cater to the mentality of some young people."

"It's useless." An Younan shook his head, "You refute directly and just said to them."

"Why?"

"A direct rebuttal is equivalent to focusing on the Boxer Rebellion. If you argue with others, it is easy to become extreme, and that will really become historical nihilism. And don't forget how can you argue when you sit on the referee's seat?

"And his book is so long, the focus must not be on this plot, right? When you catch this point, the news is about 'Young writers beautify violence and their views are not correct', and readers' focus is biased.

"Even if he wins the debate, it's amazing that he will beat the fifty boards each, but he will always offend a group of people. Your book is not correct, your ideological orientation is problematic, and you misogynistic... All kinds of labels are posted on you and you can't pick them off.

"There are always a minority of people who have read books. Nowadays, the reading style is impetuous. Everyone likes to watch ten-minute streamlined versions when watching movies. Readers do not have the patience and rationality to distinguish who is right. They will only simply determine who is good and who is bad, and then put labels and post..."

An Younan stretched out his index finger, pointed at Wang Zixu's back on the screen, and pointed at him from a distance - putting on labels and putting on stickers.

Duan Xiaosang didn't say anything. But she had to admit in her heart that An Younan was right.

An Younan is lazy and doesn't like reading, but she is really very transparent in some aspects.

Wang Zixu's best way now is to admit defeat. He will not fight back when he fights, and he will not fight back when he scolds him. He will do whatever others say. Pray not to be too eye-catching.

When the storm of this seminar has passed, no one remembers what he said at the meeting. Maybe in a few years, books will become popular due to the word-of-mouth effect.

And... because An Younan is interested in him, if he coaxes An Younan and helps him casually, he might turn over?

...

Xiao Mengyin put his hand on his mouth, sitting loosely, and under the cover of his fine eyelashes, his warm water-like eyes quietly moved left, detecting Wang Zixu's expression.

Kong Huaifang's comments, if she was criticized like this when she wrote her debut work, would have been furious. Even if she has been through a long journey, she would have to be restless and not be able to think about it.

But Wang Zixu looked like he was fine.

It should be said that it is like a chicken that is fine, a chicken that is as stupid as a chicken.

He lowered his head and stared at the paper in front of him. His face was like a flat lake and his back was slightly arched. He looked like a terminally ill patient who was planning to give up treatment and was listening to the doctor's life of various treatment plans.

Xiao Mengyin suspected, did he really give up? Or did he simply lose his fighting spirit?

Even if you really give up, it is better than being furious.

Seeing Wang Zixu looking up at her, she quietly stretched out her finger to the small note in front of him, reminding him to pay attention:

"Control your emotions!"

The prince nodded very lightly as if he had an illusion.

Kong Huaifang finally finished speaking. The audience was silent.

At this moment, even the most dullest people realized that the protagonist of this seminar was probably unpopular.

Kong Huaifang's speech clearly exceeded the boundaries that literary and artistic commentary should have, just like a better exchange of discussions, but the moves were all aimed at wasting people.

Tian Zhenlei was drinking tea at the attending seat, and his hands holding the water were shaking slightly.

Today is an unprecedented big scene. He was not excited, but on the contrary, he was a little scared.

He couldn't have a relationship with Wang Zixu. He just felt that the seminar should not be held like this and literature should not be done like this.

He felt that this was wrong, and he felt that it was possible to open a head with endless poisons, but he didn't know how to object.

There should be no one who thought the same as him in the field, but he glanced around and saw only gloating from most people's eyes.

He trembled, like a prophet who predicted the arrival of the flood.

Shi Tonghe seemed to be quite satisfied with Kong Huaifang's performance, and nodded slightly and looked to the side.

Professor Zhong still sat like a mountain, not moving at all; Li Minyang was a little anxious, as if he wanted to say something, but Shi Tonghe blocked his mouth with one sentence.

"Professor Zhong and Editor-in-Chief Li said no more. Then, next, it is Wang Zhongxing... By the way, do you have any opinions on Wang Zixu?"

Everyone's eyes were turned to Wang Zixu.

There was ridicule and mercy in the intertwined eyes, while Wang Zixu was still as stupid as a chicken and shook his head dryly.

Shi Tonghe said: "Wang Zixu, Teacher Kong's criticism of you may be a bit indifferent to you, but it is all good words, and you must pay attention to it."

After saying that, he turned to Wang Zhongxing and said, "Then Wang Zhongxing will speak next."

Wang Zhongxing licked his lips, picked up the speech materials and kneaded them on the table, as if he was eager to try.

"You may have read it. I once published a commentary article in Wanzhou Daily. At that time, I had already analyzed and evaluated the book "Stone Fire".

"But at that time, due to the haste, I only read it once, and the full text of "Stone Fire" has not been published yet, so the interpretation is not deep enough or thorough enough.

"In recent days, after watching the existing articles of "Stone Fire" for the third time, I have summarized three serious problems in the creation of this work:

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"First, the structure is loose and the show is serious; second, the characters are flat and the description is frivolous; third, the pattern is narrow and the style is not high."

After turning a page, Wang Zhongxing continued:

"By writing to see the author, I can feel that the author's mentality when writing, knowing that he has challenged such a subject, his writing skills are still shallow. In order not to be criticized, he deliberately shows off his skills.

"The most obvious thing is that every chapter is switching perspectives in a show-off style. Indeed, its perspective transformation is very clever, but is this skill that is clever for cleverness really needed by our literature?..."

Wang Zhongxing talked a lot, and his criticism of "The Fire of Stone" was even more pungent than Kong Huaifang's comments just now.

Kong Huaifang's comment just now was just a high-level view, and outlined from the perspective of values. It was about the directional issue and did not involve the novel itself.

From this point of view alone, there are many works with "wrong orientation" but wonderful content. Wang Zixu, a fledgling author, has received the attention and evaluation of various predecessors, which is a good achievement.

But Wang Zhongxing's denial was even more serious. He not only denied the entire book from the perspective of values, but even from the perspective of values.

Many authors do their own things. If they make excuses, they will most likely laugh it off, but if they say that they write poorly, they will fight you to the death.

Wang Zhongxing repeatedly danced in this minefield, as if he was deliberately trying to anger Wang Zixu.

"The last point is that the pattern is not enough. Many people will exclaim that after roughly reading this book, they will exclaim that this book is the Chinese version of "Hundred Years of Solitude", but after reading it carefully, you will find that its pattern is actually not high.

"The one who writes about the entanglement between two families is "White Deer Plain", and the one who writes a century of folk epic is "Hundred Years of Solitude". "The Fire in the Stone" combines it into one, but you can't tell whether it is for writing epics or for writing two major families.

"It means, where is its end?

"It's like writing about the boatman's horn on the Yellow River. The large brush is like a rough description of the sentient beings of the boatman and the passengers on the boat under a wide picture. However, "Fire in the Stone" is like using a lot of brush and ink to describe the muscle details of the boatman, which is called seeing the big from the small.

"Can this kind of thing be called epic? This also further confirms my previous idea - the subject matter is a good subject, but it was written by an inexperienced and lacking writing skills."

After saying that, Wang Zhongxing put down his manuscript and looked at Shi Tonghe.

Shi Tonghe had been holding his fists with his hands under his chin, with his eyes deep, as if he was thinking about something. After Wang Zhongxing finished silent for a long time, he came to his senses and looked around and said:

"Wang Zhongxing's analysis was meticulous and serious enough, and he also read such a long novel three times. This kind of responsible spirit is worth learning from."

He took the lead in applauding, and soon, the applause in the venue resounded with great relief.

Xiao Mengyin patted the palm of his hand twice, then put down his hand, bit his lip, turned to look at Wang Zixu, but found that he was still applauding. He secretly admired him for being calm and being a character.
To be continued...