Chapter 572 Forced
Only now did Fan's parents realize they had been deceived by Ling Pingying. Now that they thought about it, they had never met Ling Pingying before, so why would Ling Pingying help them? Unless Ling Pingying and Gu Siqing had a grudge against each other.
"People in the same industry are enemies!" Fan's father said with a long sigh.
In fact, the reason they were deceived by Ling Pingying was because Ling Pingying said that Gu Siqing's family could find a job for their son. When people are faced with interests, it is easy to lose their minds and only see the interests and nothing else.
Of course, Mr. and Mrs. Fan would not admit this.
"What should we do now?" asked Fan's mother.
Father Fan smoked again, this time smoking several cigarettes at once before saying, "Let's go apologize to Gu Siqing, tell her we were possessed by evil spirits, and ask her to withdraw the lawsuit."
"This is the only way," Fan's mother thought for a moment and said, "When Xiaobo first came to Kyoto, they took such good care of him. That means he's not a bad person. We should talk to him nicely and everything will be fine."
"I hope so." said Mr. Fan.
Although they said this, they also knew that it was not easy to get Gu Siqing to forgive them.
After handing the matter over to Xia Yi, Gu Siqing stopped caring about it and went to work and wrote every day as usual. That morning, she received a call from Xie Jihua, a professor at Peking University, who asked her about the dispute between her and Ling Pingying. Gu Siqing told him in detail.
After hearing this, Xie Jihua said, "Ling Pingying came to me and said she wanted to invite you out for dinner. She meant to reconcile."
Gu Siqing remained silent. She didn't know what Xie Jihua meant. Was he trying to be a peacemaker or was he just passing on a message for Ling Pingying?
Then Xie Jihua added, "Not only did she invite me this time, she also invited several heavyweights in the literary world to act as peacemakers."
Gu Siqing understood that Ling Pingying was trying to use these heavyweights to force her to make concessions. She really didn't expect Ling Pingying to use such a trick.
"Siqing," Xie Jihua continued, "I've read your novel 'Knowing the Way.' Although it's still short, I can already tell it's a very good work. It's very likely to win the next Huaying Literature Award. The people Ling Pingying invited this time have all served as judges in previous Huaying Awards."
Gu Siqing understood that this was not only coercion, but also a threat. She was very angry, extremely angry, even angrier than what Fan Yangbo had done.
She knew that there were unspoken rules in many things, and the literary world was no exception, but she really didn't expect such blatant coercion.
Taking a deep breath, she said, "Teacher Xie, do you think I should reconcile with Ling Pingying?"
Xie Jihua could hear that Gu Siqing was unhappy. He felt that since young people had not experienced much, it was normal for them to be angry when encountering such a thing for the first time.
He gently advised, "Siqing! We'll all be in the same circle from now on. We'll see each other every day. There's no need to make things so awkward."
Gu Siqing understood, and she said, "Let me think about it."
"Okay, think about it. Everyone has given high praise to your "Zhi Tu", so don't act on impulse." Xie Jihua advised again. Young people are hot-tempered, and he was afraid that Gu Siqing would lose her mind and confront him head-on, which would not be good for anyone.
Gu Siqing hummed and hung up the phone, then sat there staring at the sky outside the window in a daze. She was not a fool, having lived two lives, she naturally understood that people who were smooth in their work were more likely to succeed.
But she didn't want to be without any edges. If she was reborn and still lived a suffocating life, she would be too incompetent.
Besides, her original intention of writing was to write the stories she wanted to write and express the views she wanted to express. She didn't think about how to become famous or how many awards she had to win.
Therefore, there was no need to care about those messy people. If that circle was so filthy, there was no need for her to fit in.
After thinking it over, her frustration subsided a lot. She wasn't an angry young person, she wouldn't get angry about something bad happening in society, and she hadn't considered using her own strength to change it, but it was okay for me not to participate or integrate.
At lunch with Han Zhengping, Gu Siqing told him about the incident and her unwillingness to compromise. Han Zhengping wanted to say that Ling Pingying had a way to force her to reconcile, and he also had a way to make Ling Pingying lose more than she gained.
Are those big names in the literary world so easy to invite?
Even if Ling Pingying had connections, he still had to pay a lot. To put it bluntly, it was all about profit. What Ling Pingying could give to those people, he could give more.
But seeing Gu Siqing's resolute expression, he understood what she meant. If those people could be bribed by Ling Pingying, there was no need to play along with them. It was just an award, so he didn't care. What else could he do?
Besides, the readers are the ones who can truly judge whether a book is good or not.
"If you don't want to meet them, then don't." Han Zhengping said, "Besides, there are more than just a few judges. As long as the book's value is high enough, this kind of literary award is not only available in China."
"Actually, I never thought about winning an award when I wrote this book, and it's still the same now," Gu Siqing said. "After all, I'm a newcomer in the literary world. In terms of experience, depth of thought, and writing skills and style, I can't compare with those long-established authors."
This is Gu Siqing's true thought. Although she was reborn, she might be able to make some money by taking advantage of the opportunity, but things like literature and thoughts do not make you better than others just because you are reborn.
If a person is stupid, he cannot become smart after rebirth. If a person's thinking and literary literacy are not high, he cannot become a writer after rebirth.
She hadn't been involved in literature in her previous life, so even after her rebirth, she was still a newcomer in the literary world. Even though seniority wasn't important in this industry, established writers were better than newcomers in many ways.
For example, Ling Pingying, although her character is not very good, her writing skills are indeed very strong.
Without desire, there is no need to seek. She had never thought about this book winning an award, so there was no need to bow to certain rules for the sake of an award. As for whether she would use connections for so-called awards in the future, she didn't think she would.
If an award can be obtained through connections, then it is better not to get the award.
After making up her mind, she called Xie Jihua and said, "Teacher Xie, I'm busy with work right now and don't have time to go out for dinner."
This was a polite refusal, which was quite unexpected for Xie Jihua. In his impression, Gu Siqing wasn't a conservative person. He said, "Siqing, why don't you think about it again? After all, your future is the most important thing, isn't it?"
"Thank you, Teacher Ji. I've made up my mind." Gu Siqing didn't say much to him. Since people with different ideas cannot work together, there is no point in saying anything.
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