Chapter 46 The Dilemma of the Educational Publishing House: The President Takes Personal Action

The next morning.

Kyoto Ryukoku Education Press.

Several senior editors sat around the conference room, discussing the agenda for today's meeting.

It was placed in front of each of them.

These were none other than every poem and lyric that Wang Yueheng had written before.

They were all neatly printed out on A4 paper.

Including "Passing Lingdingyang", "Soldier's Poem", "Drinking Wine", "Leaving the Frontier", and "Manjianghong".

And Wang Yueheng's new poem "Chrysanthemums in Autumn," which he just released last night at the police academy.

"These poems were developed through discussions between us and renowned scholars from several universities, as well as some writers."

"It possesses extremely high literary and artistic value, and can be described as a rare and excellent work."

"It's even comparable to some of the poems in textbooks!"

Wang Chuncheng, editor-in-chief of Longguo Education Press, began his remarks from the head seat of the conference room.

"Therefore, the topic of our meeting today is to discuss whether or not to apply for the inclusion of these poems in primary and secondary school textbooks."

"If everyone agrees, I will immediately submit an application report to the relevant Ministry of Education department for approval!"

Editor-in-Chief Wang Chuncheng had just finished speaking.

The editors present immediately let out a murmur of admiration.

If these poems were written by a famous scholar or member of a writers' association.

Then there is no doubt about it.

They absolutely deserve to be included in national textbooks.

However, the data shows...

This creator, named Wang Yueheng, is only twenty years old and has a high school education.

And he is also a pop singer.

Judging solely from seniority.

Including the works of such people in textbooks is undoubtedly an extremely risky thing to do.

Putting the artwork aside...

What if this 20-year-old singer becomes famous and then gets all sorts of negative news?

Drunk driving, promiscuous lifestyle, drug use...

Both are possible.

What if something goes wrong? What will happen to these poems? Will they be removed from textbooks again?

This is also why there are few works by modern authors included in textbooks in China.

Since the deceased masters have already passed away and their fates are sealed, at least their works will no longer be affected by their personal character.

Unless some shady historical anecdotes are unearthed later.

But modern people are different.

Their thoughts and personality are constantly changing.

It's entirely possible that someone could be featured in a textbook today and arrested for soliciting prostitution tomorrow.

How should teachers introduce this to students when they give lectures?

Has the author of this text been imprisoned and reformed?

How can we teach and nurture students if we don't know how?

Even if it exists.

Most of them are literary giants or figures within the system who rarely appear in public.

People in the arts and culture field are less likely to get into trouble, and generally no one pays attention to them.

But Wang Yueheng is different.

Young and promising, with exceptional talent.

He was skilled in poetry, lyrics, and prose.

Such a person.

Even a fool could guess that the future will be filled with all sorts of shady temptations.

If his work is included in textbooks.

What if negative news breaks out later?

"Let me first share my opinion."

At this point, a deputy editor-in-chief of the publishing house spoke up.