Urban Evil Emperor

Professor Yan's wife, Professor Lan Hanmei, is also employed by Jiang University as an associate professor in the Department of Foreign Languages. She is slightly younger than Professor Yan, about 42 or three years old, beautiful and graceful, with a smile on her face.

Ting Dong bowed to Lan Fan's parents respectively: "Hello Uncle Yan, hello Auntie."

Professor Lan said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, sit down quickly, Lan Fan, pour tea for your classmates, oh, you are Zhou Tingdong, I always hear about you from Lan Fan, you, Uncle Yan, have always wanted to see you, and have no time, hurry up, eat fruit."

Tingdong sat down on the edge of the sofa on one side, his body straightened.

Professor Yan, who had been silent all this time, nodded, and the bad impression caused by the four bottles of wine and two boxes of tea was relieved.

Professor Yan has taught and educated people for most of his life, and he has the moral integrity of traditional Chinese intellectuals who are deeply influenced by Confucianism. Although he experienced the devastation of the "May [-]th Movement" and the ten-year Cultural Revolution, China's traditional culture was devastated. But after all, there are thousands of years of civilization, and this is reflected in the veritable intellectuals like Professor Yan.

In the psychology of these people, following others is a typical villain's style.

Yan Lanfan refilled the teacups in front of his parents with boiling water, then made a cup of tea for Tingdong and himself, and sat down on the opposite side of Tingdong.

Professor Yan lit a cigarette, looked at the four bottles of Fenjiu and two boxes of Longjing tea under the coffee table, and asked in a moderate voice, "Did you buy this wine and tea with your own money?"

Ting Dong bowed slightly, and replied: "Yes, Uncle, I used my own money. I heard from Lan Fan that Uncle sometimes drinks some white wine, especially Fen Jiu. It is the first time he comes to pay respects. Lan Fan knows that although Ting Dong is young, , now that I can earn my own living, I dare not use my parents' money to embellish my sincerity."

"Okay, well said. He is neither humble nor overbearing. He is an ambitious child. It is not in vain that the proud Afan in our family is full of praise for you. It is rare, haha! However, listening to Afan talk about your family situation, parents They are all facing layoffs, and there is still a layer of old people above, so there are a lot of places to spend money, and it still costs you, kid."

Once he recognized Ting Dong, Professor Yan did not hesitate to express his sincere concern.

After listening carefully to Professor Yan's concern, Tingdong straightened up again, and said seriously: "To tell you the truth, through these months of hard work and everyone's help, Tingdong has already saved a little. , is still within my tolerance.

"You two elders are not only the elders of my best friend, but also the elders whom Ting Dong admires and respects. I read Uncle Yan's masterpiece "Once Upon a Time in the Northeast" two years ago, and I benefited a lot from it."

"Oh? Have you read my book "Once Upon a Time in the Northeast"? It's not easy, and it's not something young people like you can read." When talking about his own work, Professor Yan immediately became excited like talking about his own children. , and his eyes radiated a strange brilliance.

Tingdong also wanted to ask for some knowledge and conceptual difficulties, so he stopped being polite and relaxed a little, "Uncle Yan, your description of the tenacious fighting spirit of the early immigrants in the Northeast made me respect my ancestors. Respect, it has the taste of "Immigration" by American writer Fast, one of the top ten best-selling books in the world that year.

"Your book was published earlier than his, but why is your work not as well-known in the world as his? Also, the Northeast is an emerging immigrant area and rich in resources. Why can't we be in the same position as the United States?" World leadership?

"These questions have been lingering in my head for a long time without an answer. Can you give me an answer today?"

Looking at Tingdong's innocent gaze of seeking knowledge, Yan Zhenbang was sincerely relieved. His son's vision is good. This is a good seedling. If it is polished, it will become a dazzling jewel.

Then his expression became serious again.Slowly said: "It's not easy for you to think of such a problem at such a young age. It seems that you have read a lot, and even Howard Fast's "Immigration" has been read. It is better than my works. It's all a bit boring, and it's commendable.

"Your two questions can be summed up in one sentence: different national conditions and different cultures. Let me talk about the first question first. As far as "Once Upon a Time in the Northeast" and "Immigrants" are concerned, from the content point of view, both describe immigrants' reclamation and struggle. However, at a deeper level, "Once Upon a Time in the Northeast" is obviously insufficient in exposing the problem. This is the national condition.

"There are also cultural differences. Most of the early immigrants in the United States came from the European continent. These are more likely to be recognized by the current international community with European and American culture as the mainstream. However, Chinese culture, after nearly three hundred years of catastrophe, has gradually faded out of the mainstream of the international community.

"Simply put, I personally think this is the root cause of the difference between the two books."

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