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042. Shocking America

Hearing that Zhao Taidou finally told the truth, Xi Wendian covered his face in exhaustion.

"Teacher Zhao, if this happens, our country's Nobel Prize will be..."

He hesitated to speak.

Zhao Taidou patted him on the shoulder.

it is more than words.

The awarding rules for the Nobel Prize are very strict.

In both cases, they won't award the prize.

One: No awards are given to dead people.

Second: Those who have already won the Nobel Prize will not win again.

For example, Einstein never won a prize for his theory of relativity.

He won the award for the photoelectric effect.

Afterwards, even though the theory of relativity was slowly proven to be correct, the Nobel Prize was not awarded to him again.

The Nobel Prize is a lifetime honor and it is absolutely impossible to award it to the same person twice.

This is why he has been blocking Zhao Taidou from telling the truth.

What would be the consequences if the Nobel Prize jury knew the truth?

Thinking of this, Xi Wendian wanted to curse.

Liu Chenmin and his gang have no idea how big a trap he has created!

In the studio, Gao Xiaobai's plump body just got up from the floor, straightened his chair, and said sweatingly:

"This floor is so slippery."

Jupiter asked curiously: "Teacher Yu, Teacher Gao, do you know all the people on these three new Nobel Prize certificates?"

Yu Hua smiled bitterly: "More than just acquaintance, have you never read "Norwegian Wood"? Haven't you read "The Catcher in the Rye"?"

Jupiter exclaimed: "Ah, I have read it, but I usually don't look at the author's name when I read books..."

Yu Hua explained: "Norwegian Wood is the work of Haruki Kawabata, and The Catcher in the Rye is the work of Hemingway Faulkner."

Jupiter said: "As soon as you said that, I knew it. Then there is another one? That one is called... Tolstevsky."

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 then turned to Gao Xiaobai and asked:

"Teacher Gao, can you introduce it to the audience...and me by the way?"

Gao Xiaobai wiped the sweat from his head and said: "Okay, I will give you a brief introduction. In fact, these are all famous people. I am just adding some knowledge to the audience who don't know them."

“Who should we start with? Let’s start with Hemingway Faulkner, who was associated with García Borges.”

"When we talked about García Borges just now, we mentioned that he pioneered magical realism, and One Hundred Years of Solitude is a great book about magical realism."

"In fact, he has predecessors. This context is very obvious. In the history of literature, many literary researchers have discussed where did Garcia Borges' inspiration come from? It came from Hemingway Faulkner.

of."

"Nine years ago, a novel that caused a sensation in the literary world was born. The name of this book is - "The Sound and the Fury."

Jupiter's expression seemed to say that she had never heard of this book.

Gao Xiaobai said: "It's normal to have never heard of it. This book is extremely obscure for ordinary people, but its narrative technique shocked all writers around the world - can it be written like this?! Everyone basically thought the same way at the time.

"

Jupiter wondered: "What's so strange about the narrative technique?"

Gao Xiaobai said: "I won't do anything about it at this point. Let Teacher Yu Hua explain it."

Jupiter turned his head to Yu Hua, and Yu Hua said slowly:

"Didn't I say it before? I have two teachers, one of whom is García Borges."

"The other one is Hemingway Faulkner?" Jupiter asked.

"Yes," Yu Hua said with a smile, "the other one is Hemingway Faulkner."

He crossed his arms and said: "Actually, literature is spiraling forward by stepping on the shoulders of predecessors. No one can write from birth. He must rely on imitating others.

"First imitate others, then go your own way, and then try to surpass. This process of transcendence is like fighting with the teacher."

"Some people win the fight and find their own way. Some people keep fighting." Yu Hua said, "You are like Mo Yu, who has been fighting with Garcia Borges. Another example is me.

Always wrestling with Hemingway Faulkner."

Jupiter understood and asked: "You and Teacher Mo are already top figures in the Chinese literary world. Can't you get out of the shadow of your predecessors?"

Yu Hua smiled and said, "If you don't write a book, you won't be able to understand the fear of being dominated by them."

After saying that, he suddenly realized something was wrong and changed his words: "I said it wrong, it's not 'them', it's 'him'!"

Jupiter was absent-minded for a while.

After listening to them talk so much, she couldn't imagine that so many outstanding people were the same person.

Gao Xiaobai opened his fan and said at the side: "Hemingway Faulkner, and a book that is very popular among the niche literary youth - "The Great Gatsby"."

Jupiter nodded: "Yes, I've heard of it. This was also written by him?"

"It's him. Many people know this book from "Norwegian Wood". Unexpectedly, it was written by one person."

Having said this, he shook his head and continued: "He also wrote a book, which may be known to junior high school students and high school students in recent years, "The Old Man and the Sea"."

Jupiter clapped his hands and said: "Oh! I know this too, it's in the textbook!"

Yu Hua interrupted: "This book alone is enough for him to win a Nobel Prize."

Jupiter stared: "Is this book so powerful?"

On the screen, a barrage floated across:

"I cried while watching "The Old Man and the Sea"..."

"That's right, I think it's pretty good. When I was in Chinese class, the teacher was teaching other texts, so I turned to the section "The Old Man and the Sea" first, and ended up finishing it accidentally..."

“I didn’t feel the same when watching The Old Man and the Sea, but I cried when I watched The Catcher in the Rye.”

"I cried while watching "The Catcher in the Rye" 1"



After sighing, Gao Xiaobai continued to popularize science:

"I just said that García Borges is a cultural phenomenon in the United States. If you don't know him, you would be embarrassed to say that you are in the cultural world.

"Actually, it's a bit exaggerated. In the United States, if you don't know García Borges, you still have room for survival. But if you say you don't know Hemingway Faulkner, then it's a big deal and you'll be expelled from the country.

Can.

"Hemingway Faulkner was considered an American by default for a long time because most of the stories he told were American stories.

"He made huge waves in the United States, both in the literary world and among the people - no exaggeration, only the word huge waves can be used to describe it.

"Half of the young people in the United States are holding a copy of "The Catcher in the Rye" in their hands, imitating the protagonist's speech and attitude towards life.

“This book has also been listed as a ‘must read for middle school students across the United States’ and is recommended by all schools and parents. All American youths know it and have read it.

"Okay, half of the young people are holding "The Catcher in the Rye", but what about the other half? They are holding "On the Road".

"After the book "On the Road" was published, it drove hundreds of millions of sales of jeans and coffee machines, tricking countless American youths into starting a wandering life, running around all over the United States.

"Yes, this book was also written by Hemingway Faulkner.

"A copy of "On the Road" and a copy of "The Catcher in the Rye" jointly established the hippie culture, which is still popular in the United States today."

Yu Hua said: “He has also written The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Absalom! Absalom!… These books are as powerful as nuclear bombs in the literary world.

"

Gao Xiaobai concluded with his fingers: "Young people admire him, the literary world respects him, and the cultural world respects him. In the United States, Hemingway Faulkner's status can only be described as 'unparalleled'!"

After saying that, he wiped his sweat again.

According to his opinion, this kind of person who "shocked the United States" cannot be Chinese.

But he was so slapped in the face about what happened to Garcia Borges just now that he didn't dare to jump to conclusions now.

Jupiter took a deep breath: "Then... now it is revealed that he is actually Chinese, what will happen?"

Gao Xiaobai was still smiling, and a dark smile appeared on Yu Hua's face: "God knows, maybe he will shock the United States again."

Gao Xiaobai didn't want to talk about this topic, so he changed the topic and said: "Not to mention what happened to the United States, if this matter is exposed today, the Japanese and Russians will definitely collapse even more."
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