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Chapter 376 "War and Peace"!
  Hearing Sun Deyou's words, Ye Luo was stunned for a moment.

But he quickly reacted.

Dean Sun and the others came over in a hurry today, and Ye Luo knew that there must be trouble for him.

"I'll take a look."

Ye Luo didn't say too much, mainly because he didn't know much about the Johnson Literary Award. I can only say that I have heard of it before, but that’s all. As for the selection requirements, he had no idea.

Dean Sun straightened his face and said solemnly to Ye Luo, "Teacher Ye, now that the West is surrounded by people with uneasy intentions, the reputation of our Chinese literary world depends entirely on you alone."

Sun Deyou also knew that what he said was a bit untrue.

In such a huge Chinese literary world, only Ye Luo can support it?
  Especially at this time, Ye Luo can completely take care of himself. However, Sun Deyou had nothing to do.

In this case, we can only place all our hopes on Ye Luo.

"Teacher Ye, we don't expect to win the prize." Sun Deyou continued: "But at least there must be someone who can be shortlisted."

Ye Luo smiled bitterly and said nothing.

Can be shortlisted.

It sounds simple enough.

But in fact, how can it be so easy to do?

There are so many talented people in the Chinese literary world, but didn’t they all fail this time?

Is it because their writing is not good?

Are they not qualified?

neither!
  If you write well enough, you are qualified. However, we are just telling lies with our eyes open and will not let you be shortlisted.

What can you do?

To be honest, Ye Luo didn't think he could change anything.

In this case, it is no longer just a purely literary matter.

"Dean Sun, I can only say that I try my best." Ye Luo nodded slightly and said.

"Well, just try your best."

Dean Sun also knows that if it can be done, he must try.

Principal Sun said to Zhang Yongzheng next to him: "Director Zhang, please pass the relevant information to Teacher Ye later."

"Okay, I'll take them all with me."

After chatting for a while, Sun Deyou and the two left.

After they left, Ye Luo sat alone in the small conference room and silently lit a cigarette.

What he held in his hand was the relevant information left by Director Sun Yongzheng.

Ye Luo smoked a cigarette and watched silently.

Not to mention, this is a lot of information.

There is not only information related to literary awards, but also some information and data about the Western literary world.

Ye Luo first looked at the relevant information about the Johnson Literary Award, which was three pages long.

There is a list of previous award-winning works, as well as changes in the direction of the Johnson Literary Award over the years. It can be said to be extremely detailed.

One thing is for sure, many of these past award-winning works are familiar to Ye Luo. There are even some that Ye Luo learned when he was in school.

The Johnson Literary Award has such a great influence around the world, and its gold content is still very high. Although there must be some influence of political correctness in this, in the entire Western world, it is generally fair.

Of course, this fairness only applies to the Western world.

In fact, there is nothing we can do about it.

The founder of the Johnson Literary Award is a Westerner, and Eastern literature has suffered a great loss in terms of its originality.

Today's world order is still in the hands of the Western world.

This is the only way for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
  This road is full of thorns and puzzles, but it must be walked.

Just like this Johnson Literary Award, a Western award, does China have to care so much?
  The answer is that you must care!
  Just like the United States today, it is not only economically and militarily powerful, but also culturally the world's hegemon.

Only the Trinity is the true revival.

In ancient times, China had no shortcomings in economy, politics, culture, military, etc.

Ye Luo spent more than half an hour reading the Johnson Literary Award information twice in detail.

The analysis of these data is indeed comprehensive. However, Ye Luo feels that it doesn't have much effect on creation.

Because, judging from the data, if China wants to win the Johnson Literature Award, there is only one way - to conform to Western political correctness!

Once you write like this, it is tantamount to surrendering to the enemy and treason!
  Therefore, over the years, no one from China has won the award.

This is what Sun Deyou said, as long as you can be nominated. Because everyone has already given up hope on winning the prize.

Then, Ye Luo looked at other information.

For the rest, there are the latest rankings of world writers.

Ye Luo was quite interested in this ranking. Dean Sun said before that he was qualified to be in the top 20. Ye Luo felt that his words were more of a compliment.

But to be honest, not letting myself enter the top 50 is still a bit too much.

Even though the books written by Ye Luo have strong national characteristics, these works of his can definitely be regarded as the crystallization of oriental culture!

In this way, it didn't even make it into the top 50. The shady story was too obvious.

Ye Luo took a look and found that he happened to be ranked number 100 on the list of [-] people.

People like Yoshio Shiratori, Yusuke Hoshino, and Rie Arita from Japan were all ranked in front of him.

In addition to this list, there are many articles published by literati from the Western world.

Some people say that the Chinese literary world is lifeless, and this ranking of world writers is proof of this. In such a huge country, there are only eight people in the top one hundred. This is simply a shame for this ancient country.

There are also people who are exaggerating that no one from China will be nominated for the Johnson Literary Award this time.

Some people demonize the Chinese literary world, while others spare no effort to slander it.

It seems that they are all deliberately guiding public opinion, targeting the Chinese literary world, and trying to create a feeling that Chinese culture is the dregs of world culture.

After reading these articles and reports, Ye Luo finally understood what Dean Sun Deyou said just now.

Today's situation is indeed very serious!

Ye Luo didn't come out of the small conference room until after get off work.

However, he was in no hurry to go home today.

Instead, he returned to his office.

Ye Luo sat quietly in his chair and sent a message to Tang Rou, telling her that he had to work overtime tonight and could not have dinner with her.

It just so happens that Sister Rou will also be shooting night scenes tonight.

It's a crooked shot.

Ye Luo meditated quietly, sifting through the countless literary works in his mind.

"Journey to the West"?
  "Water Margin"?
  "Dream of Red Mansions"?
  These are the three books that Ye Luo first thought of.

Because these three books and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are also known as the four great masterpieces of China. The popularity of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has also verified the gold content of the four masterpieces.

But soon, Ye Luo rejected these three books.

It’s not that they are poorly written, it’s just that they are inappropriate.

If you want to compete for Chinese awards, then these three books are perfect. No matter how high-level the award is, Ye Luo is confident that he will win the championship with these three books, let alone just be a finalist.

However, putting it here in the Johnson Literary Award will definitely not work.

Because the national characteristics of these four masterpieces are too strong.

If it is feasible, then the Academy of Arts and Sciences can just use "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". There is no need to be as distressed as now.

"Hua Xia's works will definitely not work."

Ye Luo looked at the problem very profoundly, and he directly focused on those Western works on earth.

"One million pounds"?
  "Wuthering Heights"?
  "Oliver Twist"?
  "Maupassant's Short Stories"?
  Classic works one after another appeared in Ye Luo's mind.

Ye Luo didn't know if there was any Johnson Literature Award on earth, but he believed that the Western literary works he had drawn must be the best of the best. If there was a Johnson Literary Award on earth, these works would undoubtedly win the award.

"Which one should I choose?"

Ye Luo is a little confused. Although these works are excellent, they are not all very suitable.

Many works have extremely strong Western cultural characteristics, which is not what Ye Luo wants.

It could be the background of the Western world, but he didn't want to use this method to achieve his goal this time.

If we say that he has been nominated for the Johnson Literary Award by virtue of his praise and praise of Western culture.

What's the point?
  A lackey of Western culture and a traitor to Chinese culture.

Ye Luo really couldn't bear such a name.

"The book "Millions of Pounds" is quite interesting."

This is one of the classic masterpieces of American writer Mark Twain. The work uses extremely satirical words to satirize the money worship that was prevalent in the Western world at that time.

The core of the book, even if placed in today's social context, is not outdated at all.

Ye Luo is quite fond of this book.

But there is also a problem with this book, that is, the number of words is too few.

This is a short and medium-sized novel, not suitable for awards and rankings.

Ye Luo designated this book as a candidate for selection, and then started searching with his eyes closed.

"Ok?"

""War and Peace"?"

When thinking about this book, Ye Luo suddenly opened his eyes.

This novel is the work of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.

Russia is actually a rather special country.

He is considered a member of the Western world, but because it once held high the great red flag in history, it is now being excluded and blocked by the Western world.

Its situation is somewhat similar to that of China.

Generally speaking, Russian literary works have the color of Western culture, but are obviously different from those of the United States, Britain and other countries.

Later, Ye Luo recalled the contents of the book in his mind.

The main content of this book "War and Peace" is based on Russia's Patriotic War in the early 19th century and reflects the major historical events in the past 15 years. Taking the experiences of the four nobles Bezukhov, Rostov and Kuragin as the main line, it connects many events and characters in the alternate description of war and peace.

The book cross-describes two lives and two clues of "war" and "peace", forming a magnificent encyclopedia-style epic.

And, most importantly, the ultimate purpose of this book is to promote the anti-war spirit! Promote the idea of ​​humanity and peace!

"This book seems quite suitable."

Ye Luo thought to himself, not only does it have lofty intentions, but it also does not include praise for Western culture. What is even more difficult is that it fits the current international situation!
  There is a fight going on over there in Russia and Wu!

The book "War and Peace" highly praises Russia's heroic performance in the Patriotic War in the early 19th century.

This coincides with the current international situation.

If this book "War and Peace" were to be published, I don't know how the Western world would view Ye Luo, but it would definitely cause a huge sensation in Russia.

In Ye Luo's view, it is already impossible to be nominated for the Johnson Literary Award simply by relying on literary works.

Unless I write some works that kneel down to the West, but this is also impossible.

Instead of doing this, it is better to change your thinking and try to open a breakthrough from other aspects.

Moreover, the current international situation is not peaceful.

There is unrest in many places.

With the theme of calling for peace, it can be used anywhere.

"That's it."

Ye Luo did not hesitate. After choosing the work, he hurried home.

By the time he got home, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening.

Sister Rou hasn't come back yet.

Ye Luo called the business director and learned that filming was still going on. Ye Luo felt relieved.

After getting a simple bite of food, I dove into the study.

……

In the next few days, Ye Luo's work focused entirely on this book "War and Peace".

Although he has the original manuscript in his mind, this time it is not about Leo Tolstoy. There are many plots in the original manuscript that need to be modified to fit the historical background of Blue Star.

This workload is much greater than directly writing "alternative history" such as Leo Tolstoy.

But with Ye Luo's super high hand speed, all problems seemed insignificant.

In just one week, "War and Peace", which has more than 150 million words after revision, was officially completed.

……

this day.

Ye Luo dialed Sun Deyou's phone number, "Dean Sun."

"Teacher Ye, do you have any idea about the new book?" Sun Deyou's face was full of excitement when he saw that it was Ye Luo's phone call.

If Ye Luo can make this call to him, it's probably because the new book has a creative direction.

However, what Ye Luo said next made Sun Deyou stunned.

"Dean Sun, it's not that I have a clue, but I've already finished the new book." Ye Luo's voice revealed exhaustion, "If you have time over there, let's meet. I'll pass the manuscript to you and we can chat by the way. Let’s talk about this book. If you have any questions, you can ask them in person.”

"Have you finished writing?"

Sun Deyou was stunned. He knew that Ye Luo was a quick shooter.

But, there’s no need to be so fast, right?
  How long has it been?
  For others, it would be difficult to even write a draft in this little time!

As a result, you have just finished writing?
  This is not an essay written by an elementary school student, this is for participation in the Johnson Literary Award selection!
  (End of this chapter)