Hearing Zhao Taidou finally tell the truth, Xi Wendian covered his face tiredly.
"Teacher Zhao, if this happens, our Chinese Nobel Prize..."
He hesitated to speak.
Zhao Taidou patted his shoulder.
Everything is implied.
The Nobel Prize awarding rules are very strict.
In two cases, they will not give out awards.
First: Awards are not given to people who are already dead.
Second: People who have already won the Nobel Prize will not win the prize again.
For example, Einstein never won an award for his theory of relativity.
He won the award for his discovery of the photoelectric effect.
Afterwards, even though the theory of relativity was gradually proven to be correct, he was never awarded the Nobel Prize again.
The Nobel Prize is a lifelong honor and it is absolutely impossible to give it to the same person twice.
That's why he had been stopping Zhao Taidou from telling the truth.
What would be the consequences if the Nobel Prize committee knew the truth?
Thinking of this, Xi Wendian wanted to curse.
Liu Chenmin and his gang have no idea how big a mess he has made!
In the studio, Gao Xiaobai's plump body just got up from the floor, straightened the chair, and said with sweat on his forehead:
"This floor is so slippery."
Ju Xing asked curiously, "Teacher Yu, Teacher Gao, do you recognize the people listed on these three new Nobel Prize certificates?"
Yu Hua smiled bitterly: "More than just knowing each other, haven't you read Norwegian Wood? Haven't you read The Catcher in the Rye?"
Jupiter exclaimed, "Ah, I've read it, but I usually don't read the author's name when I read a book..."
Yu Hua explained: "Norwegian Wood is the work of Haruki Kawabata, while The Catcher in the Rye is the work of Hemingway Faulkner."
Jupiter said, "Now that you mention it, I understand. What about the other one? The one called... Tolstoyevsky."
Yu Hua said: "That one, that one is even more important."
Yu Hua didn't say much, and seemed to be still immersed in shock. Jupiter turned to ask Gao Xiaobai:
"Teacher Gao, could you please introduce it to the audience... and to me as well?"
Gao Xiaobai wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Okay, I'll just give a brief introduction. Actually, these people are all famous, and I'm just adding some knowledge for those who don't know them."
"Who should I start with? Let's start with Hemingway Faulkner, who is related to García Borges."
"When we talked about García Borges just now, we mentioned that he pioneered magical realism. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a great book of magical realism."
"In fact, he had predecessors. This lineage is very obvious. In literary history, many literary researchers have discussed where García Borges's inspiration came from. It came from Hemingway Faulkner."
"Nine years ago, a novel that caused a sensation in the literary world was born. The name of the book was - The Sound and the Fury."
Jupiter's expression seemed to say that she had not heard of this book.
Gao Xiaobai said, "It's normal that you haven't heard of it. This book is extremely obscure to most people, but its narrative technique shocked all writers around the world - it's possible to write like this?! This was basically everyone's thought at the time."
Jupiter wondered, "What's so special about the narrative technique?"
Gao Xiaobai said: "I won't teach you about this. Let Teacher Yu Hua explain it."
Jupiter turned his head to Yu Hua, and Yu Hua said slowly:
"Didn't I tell you before? I had two teachers, one of whom was García Borges."
"The other one is Hemingway Faulkner?" asked Jupiter.
"Yes," Yu Hua said with a smile, "The other one is Hemingway Faulkner."
He crossed his arms and said, "In fact, literature is a spiral that rises by standing on the shoulders of predecessors. No one is born knowing how to write. They must have learned by imitating others.
“First imitate others, then forge your own path, and then try to surpass them. This process of surpassing is like fighting with your teacher.”
"Some people win the fight and carve out their own path. Some people keep fighting," Yu Hua said. "You're like Mo Yu, who's always fighting with García Borges. Or me, who's always fighting with Hemingway Faulkner."
Ju Xing understood and asked, "You and Teacher Mo are both already top figures in the Chinese literary world. Are you still unable to step out of the shadow of your predecessors?"
Yu Hua smiled and said, "If you don't write a book, you won't understand the fear of being dominated by them."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something was wrong and changed his words: "Wrong, it's not 'they', it's 'he'!"
Jupiter was stunned for a moment.
After listening to them talk so much, she couldn't imagine that so many great people were actually the same person.
Gao Xiaobai opened his fan and said, "Hemingway, Faulkner, and another book that's very popular among the literary youth—The Great Gatsby."
Jupiter nodded: "Yes, I have heard of it. Was this also written by him?"
"It's him. Many people know this book from Norwegian Wood. I didn't expect it was written by the same person."
At this point, he shook his head and continued, "He also wrote a book that may be known to junior high and high school students in recent years, The Old Man and the Sea."
Jupiter clapped his hands and said, "Oh! I know that too. It's in the textbooks!"
Yu Hua interrupted, "Just this one book is enough for him to win a Nobel Prize."
Jupiter glared, "Is this book so powerful?"
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