Chapter 684 The Masterpiece of Contemporary Novel Art

It is precisely because of Lin Chaoyang's important influence in the international literary world that the news that he won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature not only continues to ferment in China, but also has attracted widespread attention from international media.

The media from Xiangjiang and Wandao joined in the fun. On the same day when the news of Lin Chaoyang's award came, they appeared on the news program of Asahi TV and NHK TV.

For example, Japanese newspapers such as "Asahi Shimbun" and "Daily Shimbun" also reported the news.

Among the media that interprets Lin Chaoyang's award-winning news, the articles on the portal Yahoo Japan are very distinctive, with the titles filled with strong Japanese style "The Rise of Chinese Literature".

Of course, the article is just a relatively second-class title. The content is actually a summary of Lin Chaoyang's creative career, which is equivalent to abbreviated version of the creative chronology.

The article is signed by Shimizu Akishi, a Japanese scholar who specializes in studying Lin Chaoyang's life.

In recent years, thanks to his exquisite research on the research subject "Lin Chaoyang", Shimizu Akiji has been promoted to a professor in the Faculty of Literature of Osaka University.

His article has received a lot of praise after it was published in Yahoo Japan. The main reason is that Lin Chaoyang has many readers in Japan, but the humorous and witty article of Shimizu Hashiha has indeed attracted the interest of many readers.

In just two days, "The Rise of Chinese Literary" exceeded 300,000 clicks. Zhangsi Qingshui also received an appointment from the website editor, inviting him to continue to create comments and promote articles based on Lin Chaoyang's life or works.

Shimizu Zhangsi, a professor who is used to sitting on the bench, suddenly became a popular figure because of Lin Chaoyang's Nobel Prize in Literature.

This incident was once attracted by fellow scholars from the Lin Chaoyang (Japan) Literary Research Association.

Outside Japan, the most enthusiastic news about Lin Chaoyang's award was the United States.

Thanks to the influence of the "Lin Chaoyang phenomenon" and the adaptation of several works such as "Trumen's World", "Parasite" and "Father", Lin Chaoyang has a lot of loyal support in the United States.

And there are many cultural figures and public intellectuals who have the right to speak in these places.

After the news of the Nobel Prize spread, the New York Times wrote a special article saying:

"Lin's literary achievements make most contemporary writers ashamed. In any aspect, he is the most successful writer in contemporary China and even Asia.

He deserves the award of this Nobel Prize in Literature. Not dragging Lin’s award to the 21st century is the most correct decision the Swedish Literature Academy has made in the past decade.”

As an old friend of Lin Chaoyang, the New Yorker presented his most sincere blessings for his award and published an article by Robert Gottlieb, one by one, "He Let Chinese Literature Shine the World Literature".

"He is a unique existence in the contemporary Chinese literary world. His language style is unique. He inherits the concise poetry of classical Chinese, and boldly draws on the creative techniques of Western modernism and the narrative techniques of Latin American magical realism.

As the New Yorker praised ten years ago, he wrote like a master.

In his works, you can see every aspect of China, an ancient country, but his creative tentacles are not limited to Chinese history and Eastern culture.

He wandered between Eastern and Western cultures, and played the role of a cultural bridge with ease, easing the collision between contemporary Eastern and Western civilizations and promoting the integration of both sides.

He verified the truth that culture should not be bound by language and borders, but should become the common spiritual heritage of mankind and have a profound influence on the world.

There is no doubt that he was the most shining star in the world literary world in the 1980s and 1990s.

It is also because of his existence that the charm and style of Chinese literature have attracted worldwide attention."

The news about the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature is definitely not just reported by the New Yorker and the New York Times media, but as the most representative authoritative media in the American cultural circle, the New Yorker and the New York Times are undoubtedly the most influential ones.

Their praise for Lin Chaoyang naturally caused a great response among ordinary Americans. With Lin Chaoyang's fame among ordinary Americans, it is actually difficult for these news to gain further influence.

But he will inevitably improve his literary status. To put it bluntly, he is a stubborn personality.

With the blessing of the Nobel Prize in Literature and the high recognition of media from many countries, Lin Chaoyang's status in the international literary world has deviated from the level of internationally renowned writers and has entered the ranks of "masters" with half a foot.

With the high praise from many authoritative foreign media for Lin Chaoyang's Nobel Prize, domestic media have reprinted it.

At this time, the benefits of owning a lot, especially foreign countries, are revealed.

Looking at the fancy flattery of these high-ranking foreign media on weekdays, domestic media directly climaxed.

In the past, everyone only knew that Lin Chaoyang was very influential in the international field, but he never expected that his influence in the international field was so high.

Some of these foreign media's statements even made some media feel a sense of shame that cannot be explained.

It is really unimaginable that a Chinese writer in Lin Chaoyang has received so many international media praise!

Chinese literature has stood up from now on!

Some media are used to looking up to Western countries and media, so it is not surprising that they have such ideas. We must admit the gap created by the times and have a heart to become a strong person.

The heated discussions caused by overseas public opinion and the domestic Nobel Prize boom continue. Amid the waves of news, Lin Chaoyang is the well-deserved protagonist.

During this period, domestic cultural departments such as the Ministry of Culture, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Association of Literary and Art Circles sent congratulatory letters to Lin Chaoyang through public channels. For several consecutive days, the congratulations from multiple official channels pushed Lin Chaoyang's award to a climax.

Everyone in the whole country knew it, and everyone knew it, and the response from the cultural and intellectual circles was even more turbulent.

The value of China's first Nobel Prize winner in Literature is beyond doubt. Lin Chaoyang's award has become a grand event in the cultural and intellectual circles.

The official also contributed to the fire. The Nobel Prize in Literature seems to be a cultural event, but in fact it is also a reflection of comprehensive national strength and a kind of foreign propaganda.

Just as it was written in the congratulatory letter from the Ministry of Culture published in the People's Daily:

"Comrade Lin Chaoyang's outstanding literary achievements have been highly recognized by the international community, showing the unique charm of Chinese culture and history to the people of the world, and making indelible contributions to the dissemination and popularity of Chinese literature around the world."

The official word selection and sentence selection have always been extremely sophisticated. It is very appropriate to use the word "dissemination" as a writer, but it is different if the word "popular".

What is "popularity"?

It expresses the dissemination of culture and habits, which must be widely accepted by mainstream society and the public, and it is accepted on a large scale, and even changes people's thinking and living habits in the current society to a certain extent.

According to surveys and statistics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, over the years, Lin Chaoyang's works have accumulated a total of 105 million copies of overseas publications.

Such works have unprecedented sales among mainstream writers from all over the world, and it is probably difficult for them to come later.

What is even more rare is that various adaptations of Lin Chaoyang's works have not only won many international awards such as the Xiana Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, the Academy Awards, and the Tony Awards, but have also been welcomed and loved by people from all over the world.

Therefore, in a sense, Lin Chaoyang's Nobel Prize in Literature is also a national event.

Under the influence of political factors, the popularity and intensity of Lin Chaoyang's Nobel Prize in Literature this time was far beyond his previous awards, and it was not comparable to the influence of many foreign writers winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.

However, no matter how lively the news is, it will pass.

The news that Lin Chaoyang won the Nobel Prize in Literature has been lively in China for more than a week. As time goes by, the news popularity gradually decreases, and various reports are becoming less and less. The incidents slowly cool down.

Although the popularity of winning the award was cold, Lin Chaoyang did not rest as idle.

Since the award results were announced, he has been interviewed almost from morning to night today.

With his personality, of course he does not want to be disturbed too much by the media.

But this time it doesn't work. The Nobel Prize in Literature is not his own business, it has been elevated to the height of the country and the nation.

Even if he doesn't want to, he has to show up.

In addition to endless interviews, there are also various activities.

The Association of Literature held a meeting, gave a university speech, and officially commended Lin Chaoyang for being as busy as a top. He was almost unconscious in the more than a month after winning the award. When he was surrounded by public opinion, the sixth and last volume of "Celestial Dynasty" finally made its debut with the expectation of hundreds of millions of readers.

On October 15, the special account of "Harvest" (the sixth issue) of "Celestial Chronicle" was launched as scheduled.

Since the first volume of "Celestial Dynasty" was published on December 15, 1999, it took 10 months. This brilliant masterpiece with a total number of words totaling 2.8 million words has finally come to an end.

With the general trend of the author Lin Chaoyang winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the special account "Harvest" was launched early in the morning. Before the day of its launch, a large number of enthusiastic readers who came to buy magazines were gathered in front of major bookstores in Yanjing.

Many of these readers were waiting in line at the bookstore in the early morning. This situation seemed to be back to the 1980s when everyone was crazy about literature.

There are three main effects on the reasons why readers are so crazy.

One is the excellence of the work itself. In the past six months, "Celestial Dynasty" has published five volumes. It has won high praise from the domestic cultural community and the vast number of readers with its profound epic narrative and concise artistic aesthetics. It has countless.

The second reason is naturally because Lin Chaoyang's popularity in winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The third reason is the scarcity of special accounts.

At the beginning, Li Xiaolin decided to set the number of special numbers to 1 million copies, but simply considering the sales issue after the novel was published, hoping to make way for publication.

She quickly regretted this decision because she really underestimated the efficiency of pirated booksellers.

Less than half a month after the first volume of the "Celestial Dynasty" special account was published, and the single version of the Humanities Club version was delayed.

"Harvest" means giving up the blank period between the special account and the single-line release to those pirated booksellers.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages. Lin Chaoyang has a large readership group and "Celestial Chronicle" is particularly popular. After "Harvest" hit the number of special numbers, it accidentally aroused readers' desire to buy and collect the special accounts of "Celestial Chronicle".

This situation was not obvious when the first and second volumes of "Celestial Dynasty" were released. By the time the third volume was released, the trend of buying rush became more and more intense, and even there were cases of buying books at a higher price, scalpers reselling, etc.

The last volume of "Celestial Dynasty" was published, and readers' enthusiasm for buying is naturally better than before.

Not only in Yanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan—

This spectacular buying wave has appeared at the entrances of bookstores in major cities in China. In 2000, when literature declined, readers could even queue up to buy books, and many people are surprised by this.

But after learning about the works that everyone has rushed to buy, no one finds anything strange, after all, this is Lin Chaoyang's book.

Amid the enthusiastic buying of readers, the sixth volume of the "Celestial Dynasty" special account created an unprecedented feat.

In just half a day after it was launched, the inventory of bookstores in various places was sold out.

Such a crazy phenomenon has shocked the major publishing houses, and even more so readers who have not obtained the book will do nothing!

If you can't get a special account, you can only wait for the Humanities Club version to be a single version.

Of course, there are also readers who are not short of money who buy from elsewhere with a price increase, but this is a rare situation after all.

At this point, "Celestial Chronicle" finally presented it to the world in a complete manner.

Six volumes of books are magnificent and 2.8 million words. In terms of size alone, "Celestial Chronicles" ranks at the peak of contemporary Chinese literary world, but this is not the success of "Celestial Chronicles".

Its success lies in Lin Chaoyang's extraordinary efforts and devotional creative attitude, and in his extraordinary artistic charm, the first full moon of the sixth volume of "Celestial Dynasty", a post titled "Forever" appeared in the "Yanjing University Journal" entitled "Forever
To be continued...