"This is a humble room, but my virtue is fragrant. The moss on the steps is green, the grass is green in the curtains, I talk and laugh with great scholars, and there are no unlearned people coming and going..."
Xu Hong read every word one by one.
After reading it once, he read it again and again.
This article caused endless waves in his heart, and then, these endless waves gradually turned into admiration from within.
This article expresses the author's character of not being corrupted by the current society, keeping himself clean and not pursuing fame and fortune.
He thought of another classic article called "On the Love of Lotus".
There is a sentence in the article: "It emerges from the mud without being stained, and washes in the clear water without being coquettish."
He suddenly felt that "Praise of the Humble Dwelling" and "On the Love of the Lotus" were on the same level.
Xu Hong shook his head inexplicably, feeling something strange at this moment.
The article "Praise of the Humble House" is indeed a good article. If there is a certain chance, this article will definitely be passed down and read by other literati. However, if this article is applied to Lu Yuan, it always gives people a weird feeling.
You said Lu Yuan was extremely talented, he had no doubt about it, and even said Lu Yuan was so talented that he was close to being a demon, Xu Hong would have no problem with that...
But you said that Lu Yuan does not follow the crowd, keeps himself clean, and does not pursue fame and fortune?
This seems like a joke no matter how you look at it, right?
Don't go along with the crowd?
Lu Yuan is the dirtiest person in the entertainment industry. Who else would he want to be in the same boat with?
Keep yourself clean? Not seeking fame or wealth?
Although Lu Yuan had no scandals in the industry, after seeing the various hypes about Lu Yuan's fame on Weibo, as well as the phone call yesterday asking him to help promote the Chaoyang Entertainment News, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable. It was really difficult for him to connect the people in the article with Lu Yuan...
etc!
Why does it seem like Lu Yuan is just bragging?
After Xu Hong silently read "Praise of the Humble Dwelling" several times, this idea became stronger and stronger.
However, after doubting for a while, he remembered where Lu Yuan lived and what he ate when he was in Yinchuan...
He suddenly felt that Lu Yuan did indeed possess some character.
Thinking about this...
I also feel that this article seems to be a warning written by Lu Yuan to himself?
Xu Hong shook his head and didn't know whether the bastard was Lu Yuan or the hardworking person was Lu Yuan.
…
Xu Cancan also bought a copy of Chaoyang Entertainment News.
She read carefully to the end and then came across the "Praise of the Humble Dwelling".
After reading it several times, she lowered her head silently.
She thought of Lu Yuan in the past again.
The past does not seem to become blurred as time goes by, but becomes clearer.
Then……
She closed her eyes.
"It seems that you can never forget the hard days in the past..."
"You... haven't changed at all."
…
"Praise of the Humble Dwelling" became popular.
Almost everyone in the literary and art circles would buy a copy of Chaoyang Entertainment News to read, which indirectly helped advertise Chaoyang Entertainment News...
Chen Guanxiong, Lin Yu, Zheng Guolong, Zheng Jianguo, Chen Shaohua, Shen Chonghe...
These famous cultural celebrities in the literary and artistic circles all gave very high evaluations to this article, and some of the older generation even thought that this article was about them...
They feel very involved and they think their own character is like this too.
In the literary and artistic circles, this article was instantly highly praised. They felt that this article was very educational...
However, along with the popularity, the controversy is also growing.
"This is a good article, it is indeed worth reading. It is only 81 words long, but it really contains truth. However, it is a good article, but I don't think it is suitable for Lu Yuan. My impression of Lu Yuan is..." On Weibo, the famous scholar Wang Sicheng praised "Humble House" and then without saying anything, he brought up Lu Yuan and belittled him, pointing out all the messy hype Lu Yuan had in the entertainment industry before, and thought Lu Yuan was bragging...
"'Praise of the Humble House' is indeed good and gave me a very amazing feeling. However, this article actually appeared in an entertainment newspaper like 'Chaoyang Entertainment Bao'. For this, I must criticize Lu Yuan by name... I feel a strong sense of blasphemy and commercialism, Lu Yuan! Do you know what you are doing? You are now abusing your talent and selling it for the sake of favor! You are simply bringing shame to us literati!" Well-known scholar and critic, Wang Zhumin bluntly criticized Lu Yuan on Weibo.
"I feel the same way. At the same time, I also think Lu Yuan is really annoying. I don't know why, but I suddenly have a feeling that Lu Yuan is not doing his job properly. He is really a rotten wood that cannot be carved!" Well-known critic Tao Qian also followed suit and posted a critical Weibo.
"I think..."
A very strange situation has gradually emerged on the Internet.
All of them praised "Praise of the Humble House". In addition to all of them praising "Praise of the Humble House", there were also a lot of criticisms and accusations against Lu Yuan...
Moreover, this criticism seems to be getting stronger!
…
"Ayuan... our entertainment newspaper is selling like crazy. I didn't expect that your "Praise of the Humble House" would actually boost our newspaper's sales..."
"Well, how much?"
"Ayuan, guess how much we sold today?"
"One hundred thousand copies?"
“…”
"Could it be 200,000 copies?"
“…”
"Shit, it can't be 300,000 copies? That's pretty impressive..."
“…”
When Zhou Shuai called Lu Yuan, he was very excited.
But this excitement disappeared instantly after Lu Yuan said the number 100,000 copies.
He suddenly felt very suffocated. It only took him a few seconds to go from happy to speechless and then to embarrassed.
After a few seconds, Zhou Shuai was like a deflated ball, not knowing what to say.
One hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand...
Damn it!
Do you really think our newspaper is cheating like the game? Can it be played like this?
"How much is it? Why are you silent? Brother Zhou, don't keep me in suspense..."
"Forty thousand copies sold in total..."
"What? Forty thousand copies... Why are you so happy about forty thousand copies? It's just this little... Aren't you too easily satisfied? Don't call me if you don't sell more than a hundred thousand copies..."
“…”
Zhou Shuai was completely petrified.
The whole person suddenly felt as if he had seen a ghost.
For some reason, he felt that what Lu Yuan said made a lot of sense, and he was speechless for a moment.
Is 40,000 copies too few?
Is it too little?
After he hung up the phone, Zhou Shuai was a little confused.
etc!
This is not right!
Previously, the daily sales volume of Chaoyang Entertainment News was 4,000. I came here and increased it tenfold. Isn’t this considered crazy sales?
ten times!
Not four times!
Zhou Shuai turned on his computer again and asked someone to check the sales volume of "China Peripheral Entertainment News" today.
The sales of "Huaxia Peripheral Entertainment Newspaper" began to drop significantly due to a series of events that happened online, resulting in only 50,000 copies sold today, which was only 10,000 more than its own "Chaoyang Entertainment Newspaper"...
As for the sales of other popular entertainment newspapers...
Well, the sales of other newspapers are basically between 40,000 and 60,000 copies.
So my 40,000 copies must be considered pretty crazy!
Is there a problem with this?
Is there anything wrong with me saying that sales are like crazy?
Seems to be ok!
Zhou Shuai scratched his head...
He was puzzled, and then after looking at the sales of his own Chaoyang Entertainment News, he suddenly felt bored.
At this moment, Zhou Shuai suddenly remembered something Fatty Wei had said to him...
"Ayuan... is a very ambitious man. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, he will definitely be a hero!"
The hero...
wrong!
this……
I understand!
A Yuan is hinting!
He hinted that in the future our Chaoyang Entertainment News would have to rank first in sales among all these entertainment newspapers, strive to be the leader, and even create a sales miracle that no other entertainment newspaper could achieve!
So, that’s what he meant!
Thinking of this, he nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.
He lit a "Red Orchid" and looked into the distance again in a very pretentious manner, revealing an extremely outstanding smile...
In fact, he didn't know that Lu Yuan's mind was a little biased and not very professional.
He didn't even know that before Lu Yuan was ready to buy a newspaper company, he had opened the Soduwen interface and asked netizens how many newspapers a newspaper company should sell...
Netizens directly cited the sales of newspapers such as "Yanjing Daily" and "Chaoyang Daily" as examples...
Sales volume...
One is 700,000, the other is 500,000...
Then he gave examples of general daily newspapers, such as the sales of Shenyang Daily and Nan Fang Daily...
Three hundred thousand, two hundred thousand...
Then Lu Yuan subconsciously compared it with his own sales of 40,000.
Suddenly...
A feeling of boredom instantly arose.
…
"Good, this article is good, this article is really good!"
"Although contemporary scholars claim to have clear moral character, who can actually live up to this kind of clear moral character?"
"yes!"
"Teacher Chen, aren't you currently compiling our 2004 junior high school Chinese textbook? How about including this article in it?"
"Well, Director Chen, I actually have the same idea. Similarly, I think Xiao Lu's previous two poems, "Mercy for the Peasants" and "Happy Tour of the Plains", also have a certain level of meaning. I have also considered including these poems in the textbooks for the first and second grade of junior high school..."
"Yeah, I think it's pretty good. A scholar should have the character of Xiao Lu. However, I have to criticize Xiao Lu on one point."
"Which point?"
"I think Xiao Lu is not doing his job properly. He could have just focused on developing his poetry and literature. Would the country really let him starve to death? Why does he have to get involved in the entertainment industry? Isn't this not doing his job properly?"
"Yes, Director Chen, I suddenly feel that Xiao Lu is not doing his job properly. He is so young and talented. If he is willing to work hard in his studies, he may become a master in the future..."
"Yes, let's do this. I'll contact Xiao Lu later and tell him about the inclusion of the book in the textbooks. I'll also give him a hint..."
"Yeah, okay."
…
"Little Lu?"
"Um, hello, who are you?"
"I am Chen Guangye, the deputy director of the Education Bureau... We have met before at a piano concert."
"Oh, Director Chen, hello, Director Chen..."
"Xiao Lu, your "Humble House Praise" is really well written and full of talent. We really appreciate your article and plan to include it in the junior high school Chinese textbook. At the same time, we also took a fancy to your poems and plan to include them in the textbook. Well, I will ask my assistant to send you the subsequent contract procedures..."
"Oh, thank you, Director Chen..."
"Xiao Lu, apart from this, I have to criticize you by name."
"ah?"
"Didn't you see the hot spots on the Internet?"
"Uh... I didn't see it..."
"You are a scholar. I think you should concentrate on your studies and put aside other things. I know you are not the kind of person who seeks fame and money... Isn't it better to calm down and study hard?"
"Ah? Me? I can't..."
"Xiao Lu...I think..."
About half an hour later, Lu Yuan hung up the phone.
Do research?
What kind of knowledge do a fake like me have? Am I just asking this as a joke?
Forehead……
Included in textbooks?
wrong!
Will a group of students who need to memorize their lessons come and scold me in the future?
Lu Yuan shook his head when he thought of his time in school.
For a while...
Some of the five flavors are complex...
After thinking about scolding, he thought about what Director Chen said on the phone...
Forehead……
Are people scolding me on the Internet again?
real?
Lu Yuan opens the Internet...
Then……
He was stunned for a moment.