Chapter 35 How can we steal other people’s things?

In the 1980s, young intellectuals who liked literature would be given a commendatory title - literary youth.

Among them, there are real literary youths and fake literary youths.

The former truly loves literature and enjoys the joy of freely imagining in the ocean of literature.

The latter likes the various benefits that come with literature, such as improving one's social status, and being able to feel the admiring gazes of beautiful female intellectuals without spending a dime.

They even invented a term as vicious as "lust and debauchery".

Teacher Ke is a real literary youth, and her literary level is not low, but the literary works she has read are basically pure literature, or serious literature.

The writing requirements for this kind of literary work are very high, but its readership is also quite picky.

Some people say that this type of literary work is actually written by a small group of people for another small group of people. Those who can understand it will find it more interesting the more they read, but those who can't understand it will not feel very good.

For example, if there is no teacher to explain a piece of writing called "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond", how long would it take for an elementary school student to appreciate its perfect artistic conception?

Popular novels are much more down-to-earth. Even a fifth grader can read The Legend of the Condor Heroes and understand it at a glance.

Online literature has gone a step further in this regard.

It no longer focuses on the beauty of words, but pays more attention to the description of the plot, with the purpose of constructing various plot pictures in the reader's mind, trying to attract the reader's desire to read.

So as soon as Mr. Ke read "The Lurker" written by Li Ye, he was attracted by his novel descriptive style.

Especially the superb first stage, the part where Yu Zecheng assassinates Li Haifeng.

[Li Haifeng reached out from the car window and threw the pistol in his hand to the ground, indicating his intention to give up resistance. He wanted to see who was ambushing him.]

[Li Haifeng saw Yu Zecheng holding a pistol and walked out quickly and vigilantly, and asked in disbelief: "Are you alone?"]

Yu Zecheng single-handedly used the fear of death to force Li Haifeng to drop his gun and get out of the car to become a prey. Li Ye used various rendering techniques to make the plot dramatic and fascinating.

In addition, the detailed description of Yu Zecheng beating three traitors to death and then touching their necks one by one to make sure they had no heartbeats made Teacher Ke fascinated.

There is no scene in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" where people are killed and then their necks are touched. All the characters in it are martial arts masters who can tell whether a person is dead or alive at a glance.

But "Insidious" is not like that. What he describes are real, ordinary people.

Teacher Ke read page by page, and unknowingly read to the last page, and then suddenly woke up,

When I looked at the time, it was already late at night.

[This novel seems to be useful]

Teacher Ke suddenly felt a light flash in his mind and thought of a possibility.

Her thoughts quickly diverged and her mind began to work rapidly.

I saw her sometimes frowning, sometimes ashamed, sometimes sighing, and sometimes gritting her teeth. Before she knew it, it was dawn.

. .

The next evening after self-study class, Teacher Ke invited Li Ye to his office.

Then she said to Wen Leyu, "Xiaoyu, please go out for a while. I have something to talk to Li Ye about."

Wen Leyu's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at his mother without saying a word.

Teacher Ke sighed and said, "Li Ye and I have some serious business to discuss. Can you go out, close the door, and keep an eye on it?"

Wen Leyu looked at his mother doubtfully, and after making sure that she was not going to cause trouble for Li Ye, he reluctantly left the office.

After Wen Leyu left, Teacher Ke started chatting with Li Ye about family matters.

"Student Li Ye, I heard that your grandfather was a veteran, and your father was also a glorious soldier, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Ke, the elders in our family did fight in wars."

"Then have any of the elders in your family, or the elders you have come into contact with, ever worked in the field of espionage?"

“.”

Li Ye looked at Teacher Ke and smiled, "No, they are all soldiers in the front-line combat troops. Why do you ask this, Teacher Ke?"

Teacher Ke said: "Student Li Ye, actually I read the novel you wrote yesterday. It was very exciting, but there are still some shortcomings in it."

"Lack?"

Li Ye was surprised, he didn't expect that Teacher Ke would ask him to come over so late at night and close the door mysteriously, actually wanting to discuss the novel with him.

"Yes, it is lacking," Teacher Ke stroked his hair and said calmly, "For example, when you described Yu Zecheng's identity, it was not clear enough. Zuo Lan's description was also vague."

Listening to Teacher Ke's "correction", Li Ye couldn't help but be stunned, because the deficiencies she pointed out were the many sensitive knowledge points that Li Ye avoided in order to avoid trouble.

"Of course, you can't be blamed for this," Teacher Ke said, "After all, you haven't met any professionals. If you rely on your imagination for many details, your description will definitely not be accurate enough."

Li Ye said modestly: "Yes, yes, I was inspired by "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" when I wrote this novel. I just imagined it out of thin air and wrote it for fun, hehehehe."

Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp is a spy war TV series that was first broadcast in 1981. It was very popular for a while and was also the excuse for the novel material that Li Ye had thought of a long time ago.

"Your writing for fun may put many professional authors to shame."

Teacher Ke pondered for a moment, and finally said to Li Ye: "Actually, I can help you to improve the flaws and omissions in your novel. In addition, I can also help polish some of the crudeness of the text."

“.”

Li Ye was really surprised.

Before coming, he had imagined various possibilities, such as discussing why he did not continue to be selfless and provide more and richer novel test questions for the whole class.

For example, she would adopt an attitude of "I'm doing this for your own good" and ask him to keep a distance from Wen Leyu and not have any improper thoughts.

But Li Ye would never have thought that Teacher Ke would help him "perfect" his novel.

Li Ye was silent for a few seconds, then slowly shook his head and said, "Teacher Ke, have you ever thought that if you follow the supplements and improvements you just mentioned, this book might not be published because it is too sensitive?"

“.”

Teacher Ke's eyes suddenly narrowed and he looked at Li Ye in disbelief. For a moment he was unable to cope with the situation.

Is he really an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy? How could he know such subtle things?

Or maybe this book was not written by him himself, but was guided by an expert?

Teacher Ke thought about it for a moment and said, "I really didn't pay attention to this. I thought the current situation was very good, so I didn't think about it that way."

Li Ye looked at Teacher Ke carefully and caught a glimpse of shame and disappointment in Teacher Ke's eyes.

He quickly analyzed Mr. Ke's intentions in his mind, eliminating all unreasonable possibilities.

After Li Ye comprehensively considered Teacher Ke's identity and current situation, he finally understood.

Li Ye immediately said, "Actually, I was just worrying for no reason. Teacher Ke, some of the ideas you mentioned are still very valuable. I will think about them after I go back and use them as soon as possible. Then I will be counted as a co-author with you, okay?"

“.”

Teacher Ke was really shocked.

Li Ye's behavior just now had surprised her greatly, and Li Ye's performance at this moment could be said to have touched her heart.

[How did he guess my intention? I didn't tell Xiaoyu! ]

Teacher Ke couldn't understand how Li Ye guessed his feelings.

She had this idea after reading Wen Leyu's manuscript last night, but she didn't tell anyone.

If you say it was a coincidence and that Li Ye just said it casually, then you are really disrespectful.

Just look at Li Ye's calm look at the moment, and his eyes which are totally inconsistent with his actual age, how could he act casually?

After all, a novel is not a paper. You can have a large number of co-authors after the first author, but novels rarely have second authors or co-authors.

More importantly, I can't help! I thought I was "lacking" something, but Li Ye didn't need it anymore, so why should I take advantage of him for nothing?

[What should I do? Should I agree? But wouldn't that be too shameless?]

"Okay then! I'll hurry up and organize some materials for you. See if you can use them. As for the co-author."

Teacher Ke was still very conflicted, and with a red face he did not agree directly.

But how quickly did Li Ye react?

He immediately stood up and walked out: "Then I'll go back first, Teacher Ke, just ask Wen Leyu to give me any materials."

Teacher Ke had no choice but to stand up and see Li Ye off, "Oh, that's good!"

However, after Li Ye walked to the door, he stopped and waited for two seconds. Only when the brisk and hurried footsteps outside the door disappeared completely did he reach out to open the door and walk out.

About twenty meters after walking out of the door, Li Ye and Wen Leyu passed each other.

The little mute twisted his hands behind his back, his eyes flickering, and he was obviously a little uneasy.

Li Ye smiled and said, "It's okay, go back quickly! You still have classes tomorrow!"

Wen Leyu looked at Li Ye, walked back quickly, and questioned Teacher Ke after entering the room.

"Mom, how could you do this? That novel is Li Ye's hard work. How can we steal his things?"

“.”

Teacher Ke was silent for a long time before he asked the stubborn and angry Wen Leyu: "Xiao Yu, do you miss your dad?"

“.”

Wen Leyu was suddenly struck by lightning, and his thin figure swayed several times.

Teacher Ke asked again: "Xiaoyu, do you miss your brother?"

Wen Leyu quickly lowered her head to prevent her mother from seeing the tears in her eyes.

The mother and daughter were silent for a long time. Wen Leyu whispered, "Dad told me in his last letter that he was doing well and told me not to worry."

"But I know my father is not doing well. He writes letters with straw paper and pencil."

"Ah~~"

Teacher Ke sighed softly and hugged his daughter.

When a couple is in adversity, they always report good news but not bad news.

The husband, who was thousands of miles away, had no idea that his daughter had become withdrawn and silent. He also hoped to encourage her mother to cheer up and be optimistic through his daughter.

Teacher Ke said softly: "Xiaoyu, you are already a big kid, there are some things you should know.

We need help now, but there are fewer and fewer people who can and are willing to help us."

Wen Leyu asked with a nasal tone, "But what does this have to do with Li Ye's novel?"

Teacher Ke said, "If they have connections, at least they can give us a reason to come in, meet some people, and talk a few words."

"A few words? Will it be useful?" Wen Leyu asked doubtfully.

"it works!"

Teacher Ke answered with certainty, but in her heart, she was not so sure.

But Teacher Ke understood very well that now he had to try his best to grab even a straw.

(End of this chapter)