Chapter 513 What is a Master?
During the ten days since Wang Yian came to Yanjing, he can be said to have felt like a fish in water.
Both the teachers and classmates in the study class gave her a lot of help. Through more than ten days of classes, she gained a lot of new insights into her own writing.
Therefore, an idea that was rather vague in the past is now slowly becoming clear.
I've even started trying to write it.
She knows that her level is still a little bit lacking at this time, but she believes that through her own efforts, she will be able to write better and better in the future.
"Yian, go eat quickly. After dinner we should go to class." Jin Ying came to Wang Yian and said with a smile.
Wang Yian glanced at his watch and said, "Isn't there still ten minutes before dinner? Why are you going so early?"
"As long as we can catch up for dinner, that's fine."
In the past, if Wang Yian said this, Jin Ying might have waited a few more minutes.
But this time, she said hurriedly: "Yian, let's go eat quickly."
"I heard that Cheng Xuyuan is giving us a lecture today. I have a lot of questions that I want to ask him."
When Wang Yian heard Cheng Xuyuan, he immediately stopped writing.
Since the opening of their study class, many big names have come.
There are many people who are more famous than Cheng Xuyuan, such as Wan Lao, Wang Meng, etc.
But among the young people, Cheng Xuyuan is still the most popular one.
In the words of one young man, this person lived the life he most wanted.
Just this one sentence actually says it all.
"Is it really Cheng Xuyuan who is coming?" A woman in her thirties asked Jin Ying quickly.
"Sister Tang, it's really Cheng Xuyuan."
"I heard it from a relative, it's absolutely correct."
Jin Ying said: "I heard that he only taught us one morning, but that's enough."
Wang Yian thought of Cheng Xuyuan's work and felt that he was indeed qualified to attend the class, but when she thought of her good friend's son, she felt a little uncomfortable.
Cheng Xuyuan is a man of talent, but he is really...
Just when all kinds of thoughts were surging in Wang Yian's mind, he heard Sister Tang say, "Let's go and have dinner."
"Please take a front seat later. My favorite is Soldiers Assault. I happen to have another copy here. I'll ask him to sign it later."
At this point, she glanced at Wang Yian and the other person and said, "I heard that this talented man is a college student who is still unmarried?"
When Wang Yian heard that he was not married, he wanted to say that he was not married, but his child was already two months old.
"Don't talk nonsense, I heard he's already engaged, and his wife is a classmate from college." Jin Ying said with a smile, "It's really enviable!"
Wang Yian didn't want to comment, but when she heard what her good friend said, she couldn't help but snorted.
Jin Ying was the one who could most clearly sense the changes in her good friend's expression. When she heard her friend's hum, she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just feel a little uncomfortable in my nose." Wang Yian said with his head down.
Although Wang Yian had a lot of complaints about Cheng Xuyuan, he was still pulled by Jin Ying and others and quickly ran to the cafeteria to have breakfast.
However, when she arrived at the classroom, she found that the whole classroom was a little restless.
In particular, several young male students were arguing excitedly about whether "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" or "Soldiers Assault" was Cheng Xuyuan's representative work.
"Isn't it just Cheng Xuyuan who is coming? Is there any need to be so excited?" Wang Yian said to Jin Ying with a look of impatience.
Jin Ying smiled and said, "Although Cheng Xuyuan is still a young writer, he is the only author who has won a major award in the United States recently."
"What's more, he is still so young."
"In addition to liking his works, everyone also admires him and hopes to become someone like him."
Wang Yian did not doubt what his good friend said.
Even though she felt that Cheng Xuyuan was a bit cruel, Wang Yian still liked his works very much.
Just when everyone's hearts were filled with anticipation, Teacher Jin from the Institute of Classical Chinese walked in with a young man.
Although Teacher Jin didn't say anything, everyone knew who this handsome young man was.
For a moment, all eyes were focused on this young man.
"Everyone, I believe some students have already known the news." Teacher Jin looked at the students present and said with a smile.
His words caused everyone to laugh.
Amidst the laughter, Teacher Jin continued, "Even if everyone already knows it, I still want to introduce it to you."
"The teacher who will be teaching you today is the author of The Pursuit of Happiness, Soldiers Assault, Qiu Ju Goes to Court, Things About the Ming Dynasty, Cultural Journey... The Shawshank Redemption, etc."
"Cheng Xuyuan, winner of the O. Henry Short Story Award."
Listening to Teacher Jin's introduction, everyone present looked serious.
Although everyone can basically name Cheng Xuyuan's works, after listening to Teacher Jin's words, they suddenly realized that Cheng Xuyuan already has so many works.
It turns out that the gap between me and Cheng Xuyuan is so huge.
Wang Yian felt this feeling most clearly.
Because of Shen Yumo, she often treated Cheng Xuyuan as a peer, as Shen Yumo's divorced husband, and as the father of Shen Yumo's child.
But now, listening to Cheng Xuyuan's works, she realized that she was still a newcomer who was working hard to learn literature.
But they already have a lot of works.
Just based on this point, I can't compare.
"Although Cheng Xuyuan is young, he has great talent in literary writing..." Teacher Jin's introduction was basically full of praise for Cheng Xuyuan.
However, after hearing these words of praise, most people felt that Cheng Xuyuan's work made him worthy of such praise.
"As the saying goes, a teacher is someone who has achieved success. Although Cheng Xuyuan is younger than most of us, he is a senior we should learn from in terms of literary creation."
"Now, let's give a warm round of applause to welcome Cheng Xuyuan to give us a lecture."
As Teacher Jin spoke, a warm applause rang out in the classroom.
After the applause started, Cheng Xuyuan gently suppressed it with his hand, meaning that everyone should stop clapping. However, his action not only did not reduce the applause, but made the applause even louder.
It took a full half minute for the applause to subside.
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jin, for introducing me, but I want to say that I am just a student on the road of writing."
"So, this time I'm not here to teach. I'm here just to discuss something with you guys."
“I hope you guys can give me some advice.”
Cheng Xuyuan's humble words made Wang Yian feel a little better, but she began to have doubts: Was he being modest? Or did he lack confidence in this class?
(End of this chapter)
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