Chapter 53: Live with a smile But, a year ago, there was a report...
However, a year ago, there was an article published in a newspaper criticizing Li Daohua for being too ambitious and having too narrow an understanding of the Nobel Prize.
She was criticized for writing novels that lack substance and depth, and for being unworthy of her position.
Now that the news of the Nobel Prize nomination has come back, public opinion has instantly changed.
On the contrary, the newspapers that had previously praised Li Daohua or recommended Li Daohua's novels only briefly mentioned the Nobel Prize nomination, and some newspapers even called on everyone to look at it rationally.
“It’s great to win an award, but not winning an award doesn’t deny the excellence of the work. We look forward to seeing more outstanding authors and works.”
The new book printed overtime by Peking Literature was also successfully put to use.
After being nominated for the Nobel Prize, not only adults but also many schools recommended students to read more of Li Daohua's novels, especially Li Daohua's "Once Upon a Time in Wall Street".
The name of the domestic work has not been changed, mainly because the name "Billionaire" does not really conform to the current domestic aesthetic standards and is not as good as "Adventures".
"Billionaire" seems too materialistic, too money-oriented, and too capitalistic.
"Daohua is a very famous writer in our country. She has been obsessed with literary creation since she was a child. When she grew up, she wrote many excellent works, which were translated into many languages and published. Now she has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
This award selects the best works from all over the world every year. The fact that Daohua has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature means that Western developed countries have also recognized our country’s outstanding works.”
In a town-level junior high school, a teacher is teaching students. Today's class is a writing class, and the content of their writing is the reading experience of "Confessions of a Rural Woman".
In fact, what the school most wanted us to write was a review of "Maybe Someone's Got Away on Wall Street", but there was nothing we could do because not many middle school students in the town had read this book.
The students couldn't afford it, and there was no library in the town, only the county, so the students had no chance to read the book.
The school does have a small library with not many books in it, but this library is just for show and is usually closed. It is only opened when leaders come to inspect.
Find a few well-behaved students to go in and pretend to do the job, and then deal with the matter according to the instructions.
They would like to let students read extracurricular books, but the school has no money and no funding is available from above.
If the library really has to open every day, the books inside will not last long before they are torn apart by students. There will be no money to replenish them, and by then no funds will be allocated. We may even be asked to close the library.
In comparison, "Confessions of a Rural Woman" was much easier. Teachers directly copied content from newspapers or Li Daohua's collection of works onto the blackboard.
Just read the book with the students once, or study it once, and then they can write a book review directly.
This is not just the content of the composition class for a certain class, but the content of the composition class for the entire school this week. Everyone, from the lower grades to the higher grades, has to write it.
In the 1980s, the country was not rich and strong. We tried our best to protect the country, but there was still a long way to go in development.
We are a developing country, while many Western countries are developed countries. The word "developed" gilds the Western countries, as if they are top-notch in every aspect and we are inferior to them.
At least in this era, many people think so. Even some patriots believe that being recognized by Western countries means that we are more developed.
So when Li Daohua denied the Nobel Prize in Literature, many people thought she was crazy and narrow-minded. These people did not necessarily yearn for the West or America.
Some people are truly patriotic from the bottom of their hearts and hope that their country will become better and better, be recognized by Western developed countries, and thus join the ranks of developed countries.
In fact, many times, the more they deny us, the more we are doing the right thing.
Your opponent does not want to see you succeed. It is more anxious than anyone else to see you become excellent. It will be happy and celebrate when it sees you fail.
Integration is not success, but failure. We don’t need the recognition of others, nor do we need to be cautious under the rules set by others.
Because we are the rule makers.
All the newspapers were reporting on the Nobel Prize nomination, and many of them even sent people directly to interview Li Daohua.
Li Daohua refused at first, but the reporters who were sent here also had to complete their mission.
Later, we simply organized a meeting, gathered all these reporters together, and had them take turns asking questions, and only needed to collect enough questions to write an article.
When the reporters heard that Li Daohua was going to be interviewed, they all felt that they had finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel.
"Actually, I understand Teacher Daohua. Look, there are so many of us. If we interview everyone one by one, how can they live? If it were me, I would also refuse the interview."
Reporter Cui Yong was writing an article while chatting with other reporters in the same room.
The manuscript he is writing now will be used during the interview and will be used to ask questions when it is his turn to speak.
You can't just prepare one question. After all, everyone takes turns asking questions, and someone before you might have already asked the question you wanted to ask.
Don't ask the same question repeatedly. This is something everyone knows. It can avoid wasting opportunities to ask questions and also make them appear more professional.
Sharing the room with him was a roommate from another newspaper. The guesthouse they were staying in was too crowded and there were no single rooms, so they had to share a room.
Fortunately, there are enough desks so they don’t interfere with each other’s work.
"Hey, I heard that Teacher Daohua has a bad temper. Is that true?"
"It's fake." Cui Yong answered firmly.
"Ah? I see she seems to often quarrel with other authors in the newspapers..."
Cui Yong closed his pen and turned to face another person: "My classmate is from Peking Literature. It was she who discovered Teacher Daohua's first novel, and I often interacted with Teacher Daohua afterwards.
She said that Teacher Daohua did often engage in lawsuits in the newspapers, but he was a very nice person in private.
Enthusiastic, invited her to dinner when moving, generous, invited her to dinner when moving..."
Before he could continue, another reporter interrupted him and said, "So, if I treat her to a meal, it means she has a good temper and is warm and generous?"
Cui Yong stopped talking. In fact, Liang Ning had told him a lot. After listening, he felt that with the way they were dealing with Li Daohua now, they could only get in touch with Li Daohua at a superficial level.
From a superficial perspective, Li Daohua can definitely be described as a person with good moral character, but if you get to know him more deeply, it depends on the person.
"Anyway, we are here to interview you about the Nobel Prize in Literature. As long as Teacher Daohua accepts the questions, that's all."
The next day, Li Daohua formally held a press conference in the conference room of the Peking Hotel. Many reporters came from other places.
Without further ado, after a brief opening statement, it was time for reporters to ask questions.
"Teacher Daohua, do you think you can win the award this year?" The first reporter who stood up asked the question that everyone wanted to know most.
"No way, next one."
"Wait, Teacher Daohua, I want to ask, why do you think it's impossible to win the award?" The reporter did not sit down but asked the question anxiously.
"Because time is limited, in order to give more journalists the opportunity to ask questions, each person can ask one question. Your question is the second one. I refuse to answer it. Next person."
The temporary roommate who was sitting with Cui Yong murmured in his heart, "He really has a bad temper. He won't tolerate any more than one question."
The first reporter who asked the question had no choice but to sit down. The second reporter stood up and asked neatly, "Teacher Daohua, why do you think it is impossible for you to win the award?"
The first and second looked at each other and said, "Yes, brother, I understand you. I will complete your mission for you." This is the transmission of mission.
“I said at the previous exchange meeting that the Nobel Prize would not be awarded to a pure and patriotic Dongda student like me. They would only award it to their own people, and it is impossible for me to become one of their own people.
Whatever you say about me, I stick to my opinion."
There was an uproar at the scene. No one expected that Li Daohua still insisted on this view even though she had already been nominated.
By saying this, aren’t you afraid of offending the other party and really preventing her from winning the award?
You have to know that winning a prize and not winning a prize are two completely different lives. Even the most unknown person can become famous overnight if he wins the Nobel Prize, not to mention someone as famous as Li Daohua.
"So what do you think is the way to win the prize?" This was the third reporter. He was already a mature reporter and knew what a relay race was.
Now, everyone needs to carry on this relay race well, and each latecomer must improve the problem as much as possible until a problem is truly solved.
"Perhaps you could become an American citizen, or write something that denigrates your country and your people. This would make it easier to win the Nobel Prize."
This is not her nonsense, this is the real situation. The Nobel Prize has become more and more like a joke, and this is also a reason. Of course, this is only part of it. There are sex scandals and collusion with the odds list...
In short, anyone who truly believes that it is fair, just and open is a fool.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Some people always think it is strange that foreign countries are more fair and more inhumane.
You feel that people in other countries are inhumane. Is it possible that it is because you have not reached the level of human nature? Other countries still use the system of recommendation and the system of nine-rank selection.
You can get into other schools directly with just a letter of recommendation. Where does the letter of recommendation come from? No one would think that the recommender has identified talent among a vast number of talents and has a keen eye for talent.
"Will you become an American citizen?"
"Of course not!"
Just kidding, she didn't intend to die. She was born in 1960. By 2019, she would be only 59 years old, not yet 60 years old, not yet the age to die. She still wanted to keep living.
If I really become an American citizen, then I will be waiting for death.
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