Chapter 777 Where will the end be?
At dusk, birds gather to sing, and the water and trees are clear and beautiful.
It describes the beautiful scene of the setting sun, weary birds returning to their nests, gathering on the branches, the clear light of the water, and the beautiful trees. The word "Shui Mu" in the name of Shui Mu University is taken from this.
Lin Weimin's "God Bless America" has been on sale for three days and is as popular as ever. In addition, due to the various rumors that came out before the publication, many readers are looking forward to this novel even more.
Right now, the first group of readers who bought the book have skimmed through the contents as quickly as possible, and a heated discussion is taking place in the reading group at Shuimu University on the contents of the novel.
"The traces of deliberate smear campaign in the novel are too strong. Lin Weimin has always harbored ill will towards the United States, and this novel is even more excessive. The contents in it are all his conjectures and fabrications, and there is absolutely no factual basis."
"I think you're wrong. Novels are not historical materials, and it's okay to have a certain amount of artistic processing. Take the war mentioned in the novel as an example, this dialogue between the characters is very accurate.
'In this country whose history is so short that it cannot even be written into a history book, war is its most powerful driving force for development. In addition to the only civil war, the 14 foreign wars supported the backbone of the United States of America. Without war, how do you think we, the United States, defeated the Soviet Union, a huge monster, and became the world hegemon?'
'No, you are wrong. Our victory in the United States is not just about war. In fact, since the end of World War II, we have not won any battles against evenly matched opponents in more than half a century. This was the case in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and even in the Afghanistan War, where we destroyed their government and armed forces with great ease, but 20 years later, we still had to withdraw from that land in disgrace.
Your Excellency, you must understand that the United States is great because of the universal values and culture we believe in. Democracy and freedom are our strong ships and powerful guns that are invincible all over the world. Going to war with the Eastern powers is not an option. It is true that our weapons can destroy them countless times, but they can destroy us once, and that is enough. '
This conversation is between the President of the United States and his staff discussing the possibility of going to war with China. In the article, the President mentioned the United States' foreign wars. I don't know if you have counted them. What the book says is correct. The United States is a terrible war machine. In its short history of founding, it has launched more than ten foreign wars, and the longest interval between them is only 30 years. After the end of World War II, the United States stole the fruits of victory in World War II and became even more arrogant. It launched two large-scale wars in Korea and Vietnam. Have you forgotten?
Such an ambitious and expansionist country, although it keeps promoting democracy and freedom, its actions are contrary to its words. "
"You are blurring the focus. What I just said was the fictional content in the book, not the real record mentioned in it. According to your theory, Emperor Wu of Han reigned for 54 years and launched foreign wars for 40 years. Wouldn't he also become an executioner?"
"I think you are blurring the focus. Emperor Wu of Han had no choice but to launch foreign wars. China is located in the Central Plains, and the surrounding barbarians have been invading us constantly, harming our people and occupying our territory. The Han Dynasty launched foreign wars more to ensure its own interests and strategic depth.
The North American continent is located overseas and is rich in resources. Apart from the few foreign wars fought at the beginning of the country, how many of the subsequent wars could threaten the US mainland? "
"Why not? Didn't the bomber bomb Pearl Harbor in the United States?"
"It has brought this upon itself. You know what role the United States played in World War I and World War II, don't you? You haven't forgotten when they joined the war, have you?"
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The discussion in the reading group became more and more heated. Both sides insisted on their own opinions and argued until their faces turned red. In the end, a classmate had to come out to act as a peacemaker and persuaded both parties who had already become angry with the debate to calm down. However, both sides still disliked each other.
It was a good reading discussion, but it ended in a bad way.
Since the 1970s and 1980s, positive propaganda about developed Western countries has been deeply rooted in the country's hearts and minds. Not only college students, but also many ordinary people firmly believe that Western countries are the symbol of democracy and freedom, with prosperous culture, developed economy and happy people. The gap between China and these countries may not be caught up in a hundred years.
However, the emergence of "God Bless America" has broken the inherent impression of the Chinese people on the United States, a representative Western country, and this break is comprehensive.
Just like the golden body of Buddha statue in the temple, believers worship it every day, believing that the Buddha body is made of gold and is extremely efficacious.
But suddenly a child poured a basin of water on the golden body of the Buddha statue, and the gold body melted. It was just a clay statue with a layer of gold powder on the surface.
All that glitters is not gold.
Some people will be angry when they find out that they have been deceived, while others think that this is a deliberate attempt by others to smear and frame the beacon of freedom in their hearts, and they hate the person who "throws water" on them.
The publication of "God Bless America" completely put Lin Weimin on the opposite side of the domestic "pro-American faction".
When Lin Weimin wrote "Burning" before, he at least used a Chinese protagonist, and the focus of his criticism was mostly on capitalism itself.
In the current "God Bless America", he has completely stopped pretending and fully demonstrated his greatest malice towards the United States, a free country.
In order to discredit and attack the United States, Lin Weimin used every possible means in his novel. He had absolutely no bottom line and abandoned the ethics and dignity that a writer should have.
Such arguments can be seen everywhere on the campuses of major universities and in the cultural circles in China. Many people who have a strong favorable impression of the United States hate Lin Weimin's new novel.
Similarly, in these places, there are many people who support "God Bless America".
But it's just like the Internet: people who like something or someone often won't deliberately publicize how much they like it, but those who hate it will definitely slander it.
Less than ten days after the publication of "God Bless America", the discussion it sparked in the country seemed to be more intense than any of Lin Weimin's previous works, and the word-of-mouth evaluation became completely polarized.
As these discussions became louder and louder, the influence of the novel continued to expand, and many people who originally did not read literary works gradually began to pay attention to this novel.
One week after the publication of "God Bless America", the first print run of 1 million copies was sold out, and Guowen Publishing House urgently printed 500,000 copies, but it still took less than a week. After another reprint, the total circulation of the novel reached 2 million copies, and at this time it was only half a month since the novel was put on the market.
This speed not only broke the sales record of domestic book publishing, but also caught up with the sales speed of Lin Weimin's other previous work "Spirited Away".
However, you should know that "Spirited Away" had been serialized for more than half a year before it was published. It had already made a name for itself in the field of children's literature in China and had many readers who loved it.
"God Bless America" not only does not have this advantage, but it is also disliked by some domestic readers because of its content. However, it is still able to achieve such huge sales in a short period of time, which is enough to prove that this novel is more popular among a wider readership.
Zhao Xin has been busy with the reform of the "Literary Story Newspaper" and the creation of a best-seller list. She finally had some free time this afternoon. As soon as she entered the office, she heard everyone discussing Lin Weimin's new book.
"What a ruthless guy! He didn't spare their respect at all. If you didn't know better, you would think the editor-in-chief smashed their windows!"
"The editor-in-chief's new book has received much less favorable reviews this time than before. These past few days, newspapers and magazines have been full of criticism of him."
"Have you read the novel and these reviews? Do you think these people are really here for the novel itself?"
"What's the meaning?"
"You can tell by looking at the comments. Anyway, my feeling is that these people were hurt by the editor-in-chief's novel. This is called a stress reaction."
"Not really? Let me see!"
Zhao Xin came in and made herself a cup of tea, then asked, "What new articles are there?"
"It's still the same old stuff, saying that the editor-in-chief is talking nonsense and that he is eating Americans' food and blaming Americans' pots. There is nothing new at all." A colleague replied.
"But I think the criticism the editor-in-chief has received this time is much more serious than before. Apart from anything else, I remember that the editor-in-chief's novels were well received by college students before, but this time it's a bit unpopular. Two of my junior classmates told me that now in their school, whenever the editor-in-chief's novel is mentioned, there is a lot of criticism."
Zhao Xin was surprised, "Is it true?"
"Of course it's true. I don't know if it's the same in other schools now, but every year a large number of our school's graduates are looking for ways to go abroad, and most people's first choice is the United States, so..."
The man didn't say anything else, but his colleagues already understood what he meant.
"In recent years, there are indeed more and more college students going abroad. They are all trained by the country at its expense. Now they are just being given away for free to outsiders. Sigh!"
An old comrade sighed, and Zhao Xin said, "Some of them came back too!"
"Not even one in a hundred."
"What if that person is Mr. Qian?"
My colleagues all laughed and said, "You are still optimistic!"
Zhao Xin added, "It's not good to be pessimistic. Just like everyone says that Teacher Lin's novels are not well received on university campuses, think about it from another angle. Those people who want to criticize the editor-in-chief must have read the novel and know where to start, right? Doesn't this contribute to the editor-in-chief's sales?"
Colleagues couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, "You are worthy of being a leader. Look at your mentality and your perspective on things!"
After joking for a while, Zhao Xin said, "Anyway, the sales of the editor-in-chief's novel are real. Two million copies in half a month, even if there is some inventory in the channel, this number still breaks countless records. It proves that the novel is still popular, but many people who like this novel have not spoken out, which is also normal."
When it comes to novel sales, everyone has a new topic.
Although "God Bless America" has only been on the market for a short period of half a month, anyone can see that this novel is bound to break a series of sales records, not only for Guowen Publishing House, but also for the entire domestic publishing industry and book market.
What everyone is most concerned about, of course, is where this novel will end.
I saw some book friends mentioned the double monthly tickets and asked for more chapters. Because I have to go out for study this month, I have to save some manuscripts. I can't add more chapters recently. I will wait until the end of the month. I still owe the Silver Alliance for more chapters. Don't worry, I won't forget.
(End of this chapter)
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