Night, in the northwest, in a provincial capital.
Inside the villa where Jia Fuqing lives.
More than a dozen big names in the Northwest literary circle gathered together.
Basically, they are all Jia Fuqing’s students, or friends of his students, and they are in the same circle.
A dozen people were sitting on the sofa and chairs. A middle-aged woman was holding an open tablet and reading the contents on it. The ups and downs of the tablet sounded extremely pleasant and nice. The contents on it were the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Qian Qian Jing had been listening to...
Zhang Yue was chatting with several senior authors from the Northwest Writers Association.
"This Wang Qian is really a monster. He updated so much today. I read every chapter over and over again, studied every description, and even compared every word carefully."
One of the bald middle-aged men frowned and said in a surprised tone: "But I didn't find anything different. He still maintains the original style and quality, as if there has been no interruption. This is incredible."
The people around nodded in agreement.
Zhang Yue said: "The most important thing is that the amount of updates he made today is also very large. For such a work, even if I were asked to copy it, I would not be able to write it so quickly. He still needs to create and sort out the previous content... If it were me, it would take me at least half a year just to study the previous content and get the feeling..."
When the other people heard this, their faces were full of admiration.
They are all senior writers in the industry. Perhaps they are unknown in the eyes of most ordinary people, but they are very famous in the traditional writer circle. They have all published some literary works, but the sales are not very good. Most of them are works to complete policy tasks.
Only Zhang Yue is the most successful novelist.
Jia Fuqing, lying on a recliner, squinted his eyes slightly, listening to his students' storytelling and Zhang Yue's discussion, and said softly: "Such a monster cannot be judged by common sense. Don't bother studying those flaws anymore, and now study how to get something from his novel."
The reason why Jia Fuqing has been able to stand firm in the Northwestern literary circle for decades and become a banner figure in the Northwestern literary circle is definitely not because of his real literary skills, but because of his sense of policy. He follows the policy steps closely and then carries out targeted creation to gain support.
Zhang Yue nodded slightly, understanding what the teacher said.
He is already planning a historical novel.
The Three Kingdoms is set in the late Han Dynasty and took advantage of the high popularity of the Han Dynasty.
Zhang Yue also plans to use another extremely popular dynasty as the background, that is the prosperous Tang Dynasty!
Zhang Yue created a historical romance novel with the prosperous Tang Dynasty as the background. He believed that with his own strength and popularity, once released, it would definitely not lose to Wang Qian's Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Several other talented writers are also considering creating similar works.
They all sensed the government's strong support for Wang Qian and its intention to promote The Three Kingdoms and Wang Qian's many Chinese studies works.
This is obviously to vigorously promote the local Chinese culture in order to awaken everyone's cultural confidence.
So, is it okay to publicize more of the history of the peak dynasties of ancient Chinese culture and rebuild national confidence
Zhang Yue suddenly remembered something and looked at his teacher Jia Fuqing and said, "Teacher, in a few days, Wang Qian will go north to the capital. As far as I know, his trip to the capital this time will not be so smooth! He made such a big move in the south and was officially called a contemporary poet, calligrapher, writer, etc. Those guys in the Beijing circle will not admit it so easily."
"We are also part of the northern literary circle. Should we get involved when the time comes? Let's see if Wang Qian, a writer, poet, and calligrapher, is good enough?"
The dozen or so people in the room stopped their whispered discussions. The middle-aged woman who was reciting Romance of the Three Kingdoms lowered her voice and looked at Zhang Yue.
A bald professor immediately said, "Our Chang'an Jiaotong University is also one of the top ten universities in China. We invited Wang Qian, but he ignored us. Our college has organized a group of professors and students and plans to leave for Beijing next week to attend Wang Qian's lectures at Beijing University, Shuimu and other famous universities."
"Several of our professors and alumni have met and are planning to communicate with Wang Qian in class."
The bald professor was very polite and asked to exchange ideas.
But, isn't the purpose of communicating in class to challenge Wang Qian
Everyone understood what he said.
Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Indeed, I am very much attracted to Wang Qian's poems. I will find a chance to ask him for advice in class."
Another professor said, "Mr. Zhang, you are also good at modern poetry. When the time comes, you can take out your carefully prepared modern poetry works and let Wang Qian give you some pointers!"
Zhang Yue smiled but said nothing, but he was already planning something in his mind.
Jia Fuqing opened his eyes and said softly, "Shuimu and Jingda have already made arrangements and have invited me. I'm an old man, so I won't say anything when the time comes. I'll just wait and see what you say. This is the largest-scale north-south exchange in the past decade or so, so don't bring down the reputation of our Northwest community."
There has been no in-depth communication between the northern and southern cultural circles for more than ten years.
Moreover, with the rapid development of China, the gap between the cultural circles in the north and the south has become increasingly deep, so they dislike each other and naturally do not like in-depth exchanges.
The Northwest cultural circle is a semi-independent circle. It nominally belongs to the northern cultural circle, but it has not been completely integrated with the Beijing circle. It has its own circle and style...
certainly!
The Yangtze River Delta cultural circle in Shanghai, where Wang Qian is located, is only half of the southern cultural circle. The other half is the Pearl River Delta cultural circle!
As for the Southwest cultural circle, it is somewhat similar to the Northwest cultural circle. It belongs to the Southern cultural circle in name, but is independent of the outside world.
In academia, factions are numerous and complex, and have always been so.
Wang Qian is about to go to Beijing for academic exchanges.
Everyone knows that Wang Qian would not be able to limit his musical exchanges to the Central Conservatory of Music, but would definitely have to visit several famous universities in Beijing.
It is no secret in the academic circle that Kyoto University and Shuimu University have already extended invitations to Wang Qian.
The bigwigs in the cultural field of each region are already ready to make a move. Some have already received invitations from famous schools in Beijing, or have taken the initiative to use their connections to ask for places to attend classes.
Therefore, Wang Qian's trip to the north this time has great significance in the cultural field.
This is the largest gathering and exchange in the field of Chinese culture in nearly twenty years.
same…
Everyone in the circle knows that when Wang Qian goes north this time, he will definitely face attacks from the entire Beijing cultural circle. Everyone is looking forward to whether Wang Qian can survive it!
Moreover, everyone knows that this time when Wang Qian went to the north, it was not only the largest gathering in the domestic cultural field, but also the largest gathering in the world's cultural and artistic fields, with more cultural and artistic figures gathered than when Wang Qian lectured at the Juilliard School.
At this moment, the entire capital city has become the most eye-catching place in the world's cultural and artistic fields.
Wang Qian has not yet confirmed the specific date for his arrival in Beijing, but many cultural and artistic masters or enthusiasts from all over the world have already gone to Beijing through their own channels. They want to enter early and get tickets to several prestigious universities, for fear of missing Wang Qian's lecture.
In this atmosphere...
How could it be possible that the bigwigs in the major cultural circles, who value their reputation the most, would not take action
With the whole world watching, is there anyone who wants to embarrass Wang Qian in public, and then prove himself? And thus make himself famous all over the world
Yes, and there are countless of them!
When Jia Fuqing and others were listening to Wang Qian's Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The Beijing airport is busier than usual.
The number of international flights from all over the world has suddenly increased a lot.
In the past week, international flights from Europe, America, Japan, South Korea and other places are obviously insufficient. The number of people booking tickets is much higher than usual, and first-class seats are the most popular. It can be seen that people who book tickets are basically wealthy.
Li Xiyan was wearing a Tang suit, with his gray hair combed neatly. He was standing at the airport waiting quietly with a middle-aged man and a young woman.
The middle-aged man was wearing a suit and the young woman was wearing a simple shirt and jeans. Both of them were simple and capable, yet revealed confidence and shrewdness.
"Grandpa, has Kyoto University agreed to let Ken Buncang come to China?"
the young woman asked softly.
Li Xiyan said calmly: "Why don't you agree?"
The young woman said with a slight complaint: "He wanted to come visit you three years ago, but Kyoto University refused to let him. They heard that he was too weak and they were afraid that he would get seriously ill if he came here. They were afraid that this master, one of the three great literary masters of the island country, would get seriously ill..."
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I heard that it was Mr. Bunkura Ken who forced them to do so. Kyoto University let them go, but there are quite a few people accompanying them this time."
Li Xiyan said calmly: "When you see him later, call him Uncle Shi."
The middle-aged man agreed respectfully: "Dad, I know!"
The young woman asked curiously, "Grandpa, what's my name?"
Li Xiyan: "You can just call me grandpa. You haven't mastered calligraphy yet, so you can't be considered an entry level calligrapher!"
The young woman complained again, "Grandpa, you have changed your calligraphy and become Professor Wang's master of thin gold calligraphy. Does that count as betraying your master?"
Li Xiyan glared at his granddaughter.
The middle-aged man also immediately scolded: "Be calm, don't talk nonsense!"
Li Xinjing chuckled, lowered his head and said nothing.
Li Xiyan said calmly, "Wen Cangjian and I are from the same school. Our teacher did not specialize in a certain type of calligraphy. We learned from him the attitude towards studying. Back then, Wen Cangjian admired Chinese culture and came from an island country to become his disciple. The teacher saw that he had good talent and admired Chinese culture, so he accepted him."
"However, the teacher has set a rule that requires Wen Cangjian to never say anything insulting to the Chinese nation, otherwise he will be expelled from the sect and will never be recognized as a disciple again."
"Bunkang Jian wrote a letter of commitment, and that letter of commitment is in my hands now."
Li Xinjing and her father Li Yanghai both understood what was going on.
Unexpectedly, Bunkura Ken, one of the three great masters of ancient culture in the island nation, actually wrote such a letter of commitment in his father's hand...
After Ken Buncang returned to Japan after completing his studies in China, he quickly rose to become one of the cultural leaders of the island nation.
The island country itself is a member of the Chinese cultural circle, and its culture is a branch of Chinese culture. Although it has undergone several changes, it is still the core of Chinese culture, and its upper class people are proud of being proficient in Chinese culture.
Ken Bunkura is a master of Chinese calligraphy and has a deep understanding of Chinese culture. He is a leading figure in the island country. He is currently the director of the Department of National Studies and Culture at Kyoto University and also serves as vice president. He is more famous and has a higher status than Li Xiyan.
A few years ago, Wen Cangjian wanted to return to China, but because of his poor health, Kyoto University rejected the proposal and asked him to recuperate first, fearing that he would become seriously ill if he went to China...
Li Xiyan knew that Wen Cangjian was afraid that he would not live long due to poor health, so he wanted to return to China to visit his teacher's grave and say goodbye to Li Xiyan...
Thinking of this junior fellow student whose talent was even higher than his own, Li Xiyan felt a little admiration in his heart. His moral character was impeccable.
Li Xinjing suddenly called out in a low voice: "Grandpa, look, is that Grandpa Wen Cangjian over there?"
At the front exit, a dozen people surrounded an old man wearing a Tang suit and walking slowly.
There were more than a dozen people dressed differently, some in Western clothes, some in kimonos, some in Tang suits, and they were of different ages, young and old, male and female!
However, everyone centered themselves around the old man in the middle, and was always very cautious, fearing that something might happen to him.
Li Xiyan looked over and recognized him at a glance, nodding and saying, "Yes, it's Wen Cangjian."
Wen Cangjian, who was surrounded and protected over there, obviously also saw the old man Li Xiyan standing over here.
Wen Cangjian is very conspicuous, and similarly, Li Xiyan is also very conspicuous here.
Wen Cangjian was stunned for a moment, then tears flowed from his eyes. He immediately walked quickly towards Li Xiyan, and suddenly seemed to be decades younger.
Everyone around Wen Cangjian hurried to catch up and watched carefully, fearing that Wen Cangjian might suddenly fall.
The two men wanted to step forward to help Wen Cangjian, but he pushed them away and scolded them in Chinese: "Get out of the way, I can walk on my own in front of my senior brother."
The few people had no choice but to wait carefully.
Wen Cangjian quickly stepped forward, came in front of Li Xiyan, and bowed: "Wen Cangjian greets senior brother."
Li Xiyan helped Wen Cangjian up with both hands: "Get up, don't be so formal."
Wen Cangjian stood up, tears still on his face: "I haven't seen you for more than ten years. Brother looks younger than me. I am very sad that I haven't been able to visit Master in these years."
More than ten years ago, when their teacher passed away, Wen Cang Jian had the opportunity to come here once, and he never came again after that.
Li Xiyan held Wen Cangjian's hand and said, "It's okay. The teacher won't blame you. Let's go to my house and have a rest."
Buncang Jian looked happy, without any of the attitude of one of the three great masters of calligraphy in the island nation, just like a young man meeting his elders: "Brother, I heard that you finally broke through to the realm of calligraphy master, congratulations."
Li Xiyan shook his head and said, "I had a sudden realization and found a calligraphy that suits me. It was just luck. However, many people in the Beijing circle don't recognize me, hehe..."
Although Wen Cang Jian lives in an island country, he also knows what happened to Li Xiyan.
Because he became a calligraphy master by practicing Wang Qian's Slender Gold calligraphy, people in the field of Chinese studies in Beijing do not really acknowledge this.
Wen Cangjian didn't mind this and said in a positive tone: "They are just conservative and jealous of talented people... I have studied all of Professor Wang Qian's works. He is the most talented person I have ever seen. He will definitely become a unique cultural master in Chinese history in the future..."
"I was fascinated by his lecture videos, but unfortunately I have never been able to witness them in person. This time, I will definitely not miss it..."
Wen Cangjian expressed great admiration for Wang Qian in his words.
Li Xinjing was speechless, but when her grandfather introduced her, she smiled and called out to Wen Cangjian, "Grandpa is right next to them." She looked at the group of people from the island country who followed Wen Cangjian, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
Because she saw Senba Zhenzhu, the second place winner of the island country's Voice of China competition, in the crowd.
She glanced around, trying to see if Miyuki Nakamori was participating in the world competition!
Unfortunately, she didn’t see Miyuki Nakamori…
However, when she glanced around, she saw a figure walking quickly not far away.
It seems like, it’s Miyuki Nakamori