After I was reborn, I became a great writer

Chapter 395 Can I recommend this novel?

Kyoto, the conference hall of the Ministry of Culture, the third plenary meeting on library collection activities has just come to an end.

The members who participated in the meeting gradually dispersed, but several bigwigs from the cultural circle gathered in the office of Minister of Culture, Tang Quanli.

Like director Shi of the Ministry of Education, Zhu Yanlin, president of the Writers Association headquarters, and several vice ministers and vice presidents.

"Everyone, there are less than two months left, and the review work of the three of us must be hurry up! Lao Shi, President Zhu, you must keep an eye on it."

Tang Quanli greeted the secretary to serve tea for everyone, while talking about work.

"Hehe, there are not many educational books this year, and there are even fewer online submissions. I don't have much pressure on my side, so I'll just look at President Zhu."

Chief Shi replied in a godlike manner.

The collection activities of the library are said to be organized by the three. In fact, the Education Bureau is the most leisurely, because the organizer is the Ministry of Culture. After all, the National Library is under its management, and the Writers Association is responsible for reviewing the most works.

"Minister Tang, the Writers' Association is fine. We have recruited staff from various provincial Writers' Associations."

Zhu Yanlin made a promise.

"That's good. Let me tell you, Director Shi, since there are few contributions from your side, why don't you share the burden with our two families?"

Tang Quanli looked at Director Shi's contented expression, and teased him aloud.

"Don't worry, there is a specialization in the art field! Let's do it according to the division. Besides, the fact that there are few submissions does not mean that our workload is low. In order to change this situation, we have taken the initiative to find someone to ask for manuscripts."

"Hehe, I've heard a little bit about this matter. Didn't you, Old Shi, go to Kyoto University last month? How is it? How did you chat with that kid?"

Tang Quanli continued jokingly.

"Old Tang, you can't talk nonsense. I didn't go to see that kid to ask for a manuscript. I went to criticize him. His "Ball of Fat" caused us to have an extra plenary meeting, which was noisy. After a long time, you said it should or should not."

Director Shi will not admit that he went to ask for a manuscript alone. After all, he is also a ministerial official, so he must have style.

"Haha, that's right, it's time to criticize that little guy."

Everyone in the room agreed, even Zhu Yanlin who had always admired Chen Tianhong nodded in agreement.

This kid is really too jumpy, dare to connotate everyone, it is reasonable to scold him.

The advantage is that you won't be scolded in vain. "Ball of Fat" has been confirmed to be selected like "Border Town".

"After some criticism and education from me, Tianhong admitted his mistakes and said that he would write a novel on educational subjects as a remedy."

"Oh? Educational ones? Novels?"

Hearing Director Shi's words, everyone became interested.

Zhu Yanlin even turned to look at his secretary. The secretary shook his head at him, indicating that there was no new submission from Chen Tianhong recently.

"Yes, that kid promised me so. I gave him two months. It has been a month now, and I don't know what he wrote. Tell me, should I rush it?"

Director Shi was asking in his words, but he had actually taken out his mobile phone.

Fortunately, this time it was not like Zhu Yanlin, and the call was connected quickly.

"Hey, Director Shi, I was just about to call you. The article you want me to write is finished. It's a novel. I'll send it to the public mailbox right now. Do I need to send you a copy privately?"

"No, by the way, don't you want to write a book to promote culture?"

Director Shi glanced at Tang Quanli and turned up the volume of the phone.

"I want to write, but I have to wait a few days."

"Don't worry, there's still time, let's do it first, I'll go and read your new novel."

As soon as the phone was hung up, Tang Quanli asked with strange eyes: "Old Tang, how did I hear that kid say that you asked him to write it! Also, he prepared two more books? One to promote culture?"

"Ahem, I'll talk about it later, Old Tang, log in to your mailbox and read the novel sent by Tianhong."

Director Shi coughed twice to cover up the topic.

Everyone didn't get entangled, they got up and gathered in front of the computer. Tang Quanli flicked and operated, logged in to the public mailbox, refreshed it several times, and finally received the email from Chen Tianhong.

Clicking on the next attachment, it took a few seconds to download. Just after opening the attachment, everyone was stunned by the number of words displayed in the document.

That's a full six figures!
"51 words? Am I reading it right?"

A vice minister of the Ministry of Culture said in disbelief.

"It's not wrong, what is this, he once set a record of writing a million words in a month."

"But it's an online novel, can it be compared with traditional literature?"

"Hey, Minister Han, what you said is wrong. You forgot "Ball of Fat"."

"Ahem, I didn't mean that. I meant a long traditional novel, which was written in a month. Is it quality?"

"Whether it's true or not, you'll know if you don't see it. What's the matter, everyone, will you read it with me, or should I have someone print it out?"

"Forget it, Old Tang, I'll go back and read it. There are more than 50 words, and I won't be able to finish it in a short while. Let me leave. By the way, Tianhong did say that day that it will write another book about promoting culture."

Director Shi was the first to bid farewell, and before leaving, he specially confirmed the information to Tang Quanli.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yanlin also left, leaving only Tang Quanli and his secretary in the office.

""Wolf Totem"? Is it about wolves? Is there anything worth learning from wolves? Is this really a novel about education?"

With doubts, Tang Quanli read the text.

The story background of "Wolf Totem" took place in the late 20s, in the last primitive grassland near the border of Huaxia NMG.

The protagonist Chen Zhen is a young man from Kyoto with a certain level of education. He voluntarily came to the NMG prairie to practice, and because of the wolf, he merged with the herdsmen.

The local herdsmen retain the ecological characteristics of the nomads, relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to drink water, relying on the grassland to herd sheep and horses, and maintain the ecological balance of the grassland with the powerful and cunning wolves.

The protagonist Chen Zhen met Bilig, the most prestigious old man among the herdsmen, as his father, and learned a lot about the grassland from him, especially the story of the wolf on the grassland.

He discovered a very interesting phenomenon. The herdsmen hated wolves because wolves were enemies that invaded their homes and would eat the cattle and sheep they grazed.At the same time, they are in awe of wolves, regard wolves as wolf totems, and learn wisdom, team spirit, and hunting talents from them.

They even have a custom called celestial burial. Whenever a herdsman dies, the family will take off all the clothes of the deceased, roll up the body with a felt, put it on a carriage, and send it to the celestial burial. The horse gallops until the deceased is thrown off the carriage.

Then the family members who follow will open the felt and turn the dead person up to the sky, just as innocent and magnanimous as he just came into the world. At this time, the deceased has belonged to the wolf, and the wolf will send him to Tengger (Heaven).

As a result, the protagonist Chen Zhen became very interested in the "wolf culture" among herdsmen. He once witnessed female herdsmen and children fighting hand-to-hand with wolves that attacked the flock of sheep. Under his command, he successfully hunted hundreds of gazelles in one fell swoop.
In order to study wolves, he even secretly kept young wolves for feeding during a wolf den digging activity, hoping to explore the habits and philosophies of wolves through the growth of a little wolf.

It's a pity that it didn't last long, because of the greed of some people, they robbed the food stored by the wolves, and the wolves attacked the army and horses in order to retaliate. Regardless of the opposition of the herdsmen, the outside cadres started a large-scale battle to hunt the wolves. The wolves suffered heavy losses.

The dignity and sacrifice spirit of wolves before their death shocked many people who participated in the hunting, and also terrified the cadres. While carrying out wolf extermination operations, they increased the amount of grazing on the grassland, destroying the ecological balance of the grassland, and the grassland environment began to deteriorate. deterioration.
At the same time, the little wolf raised by Chen Zhen finally died because of the untamed spirit in his bones, and the old man Bilig who explained the wolf totem to the protagonist also passed away. He became the last person to perform sky burial on the grassland.

Sadly, it was the White Wolf King who had also become a lone wolf who sent his soul back to Tengger.

Finally, Chen Zhen returned to Kyoto. The herdsmen on the grassland ended their nomadic life and began to live in sedentary life. The wolves on the grassland basically disappeared. The sandstorm from the Mongolian grassland has ravaged the surrounding cities. Human beings finally tasted The bitter fruit sown by oneself.

It was already a week after Tang Quanli finished reading the story of "Wolf Totem". After all, he couldn't read all day. As the Minister of Culture, he had a lot of work to do, so he sacrificed his rest time.

After reading it, his mood was very complicated, and he didn’t know how to define this novel. He said it was good, but some of the views on “wolf culture” described in the story were not correct. Philosophy, religious thought, and even ecological awareness.

"Forget it, forget it, since Lao Shi wants it, let's ask him what he thinks."

After muttering, Tang Quanli picked up his mobile phone and called Director Shi.

It took a while for the phone to connect, and the voice on the other side of the phone was very noisy, as if many people were arguing about something.

"Hey, Minister Tang, what's the matter? I'm so busy."

Director Shi's voice was full of exhaustion.

"What? Are you busy? I have nothing to do, I just want to ask if you finished watching "Wolf Totem"?"

"I've finished reading it. I finished reading it last night. No, I'm having a meeting to study it now."

"Research?"

"That's right. I'm almost arguing about whether studying this novel is educational or not. I won't talk to you now. Are you free at noon? I'll go to your place to have a cup of tea and rest my mind."

"free."

After hanging up Director Shi's phone, Tang Quanli called Zhu Yanlin again. It turned out that this guy had just finished watching "Wolf Totem" not long ago, and he couldn't be better than him. He heard that Director Shi was going to the Ministry of Culture for a drink at noon. After tea, he said that he would come too.

So, after a week, the three bigwigs from the cultural circle met again in the office.

Director Shi was the last one to arrive. He sat down on the sofa and yelled for Tang Quanli to serve tea quickly.

"Old Shi, what's the result of your discussion?"

Tang Quanli and Zhu Yanlin exchanged glances, and asked first.

"There is no result. Half of the people support and half of the people are against it. What do you two think?"

Director Shi picked up the tea that the secretary had just served, and said while blowing the wind.

"Hehe, Minister Tang and I disagree. I think "Wolf Totem" is worth recommending. As far as the story itself is concerned, through dozens of organic and coherent wolf stories, it depicts the survival strategy of wolves. The family affection and friendship, the relationship between wolves and all things on the prairie, can learn a lot of positive "wolf culture".

"Especially the realistic description at the end can cause us to reflect on the ecological environment. Under human interference, the wolves became victims, and the grassland began to desert. Caused by the destruction of natural ecology?"

Zhu Yanlin expressed his own point of view, and he approves of this novel.

"That's right, President Zhu is right. There are a lot of spirits in wolves that we can learn from, such as the crisis and fighting spirit that exists all the time, as well as teamwork and the spirit of the overall situation. It should be said that this is the way of wolves. It can encourage Aspiring young people unite like wolves and hold together to fight the world
In terms of ecology, wolves have also made an indispensable contribution to the prosperity and ecological balance of the entire grassland. "

Director Shi took over the conversation and spoke eloquently. It sounded like he agreed with it more than Zhu Yanlin.

"What you are talking about is only superficial, we have to look at the deeper meaning. After reading it, don't you feel that the descriptions in the book say that the farming people are meek and obedient, and the nomadic people are brave and unyielding. Isn't this a theory of merit? "

"Also, you can't just look at the good side of the wolf. It kills the herdsmen's sheep and attacks humans. Even if it is full, it will kill its prey. In my opinion, its nature is cruel and violent. , can such a "wolf culture" be promoted? Can such novels be recommended?"

Tang Quanli held a different view, and even vehemently refuted it.

"Well, what Old Tang said makes sense. This kid is indeed a bit insinuating. The migrant workers represented by Old Wangtou in the book poached the wolf's frozen gazelle, forcing the wolf to besiege the army and horses. Stolen swan eggs used as bait to shoot swans
Even those foreign cadres single-handedly created the demise of the wolves and caused great damage to the grassland. I have reason to suspect that he is deliberately tarnishing the image of our Central Plains. "

Director Shi suddenly patted the table down, and became filled with righteous indignation again.

His actions left Zhu Yanlin and Tang Quanli at a loss for what to say.

Why does this guy have no position at all? Is there a piece of grass that the wind is blowing over there?

"Old Shi, I finally know why you are so exhausted in the meeting, you are purely double-faced!"

Tang Quanli scolded with a smile.

"What is double-faced, what you say is very reasonable! Do you two think that "Wolf Totem" can be published and promoted as an educational novel?"

Director Shi threw the question to the two of them. He picked up the teacup and drank water on his own.

His question has another meaning. He said whether it can be used as an educational subject, which means that he fully approves that "Wolf Totem" has been included in the collection of the National Library of China.

Regarding this, Tang Quanli and Zhu Yanlin have no objection, but whether it can be regarded as an educational novel, one of them supports it, and the other does not support it.

After exchanging glances again, the two brought the ball back.

"Your Education Bureau decides for itself."

"Hehe, if our quarrel ends, I'll come here and ask what you guys are doing. Forget it, I'll call that brat and ask him to write an educational novel for me. Is that how he deals with me?"

Director Shi pretended to be angry and took out his mobile phone, and called Chen Tianhong in front of the two of them.

(End of this chapter)