Shen Jiarui has read many stories and written many stories. In terms of clever design, literary metaphors and satire of reality, Shen Jiarui feels that "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" is really too simple and does not live up to the great reputation of Chu Kuang!
But the strange thing is that...
It was obviously a simple to read short story with a flavor of chicken soup for the soul, but it made Shen Jiarui cry. This was something Shen Jiarui had not expected beforehand. While reading the story, he even forgot that this was a competition.
Why
Shen Jiarui did not think that he was moved by simple warmth, because he had read hundreds of similar stories, even to the point of not wanting to write such stories. This novel must have its own special features.
Shen Jiarui flipped through the reviews.
Shen Jiarui will not be the first reader of "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles", and naturally he will not be the last reader of this story. Many people have already read this story at the same time, so the comment section is quite lively.
“It feels pretty average.”
"Chu Kuang has fallen short of his standards."
"Chicken Soup for the Soul-style hypocrisy."
These are some of the negative reviews that Shen Jiarui saw. He should have been overjoyed, but he was not as happy as he thought he would be. Instead, he felt an indescribable sense of heaviness. Then Shen Jiarui saw a popular review: "As a business, a few bowls of noodles are nothing, but this kind of care, trust and support between people is moving. If we only look at it from the perspective of economic benefits, it is not cost-effective to wait for the mother and her two children to come to the door. But giving comfort to the desperate and warmth to those in need is exactly what a society values."
Shen Jiarui suddenly understood something.
People do not live to eat, but there is a very powerful thing in the world that may seem useless but enables people to create more value later. This is the meaning of this story.
This hot comment has received a lot of likes.
It is conceivable that the reviews of Chu Kuang for this short story will be polarized. Some people will think that the story is pretentious and that Chu Kuang's creation this time is not up to standard and does not have the wonderful reversals that made people applaud after reading it in the past.
But there are also many people who would agree.
These people are more likely to have experienced the kindness of strangers. It may be just a gesture or even a look, but the power of it is definitely no less than the simple phrase "Give me a bowl of plain noodles" in the story.
Look at the rankings again.
His short story is titled "The Murderer", a mystery suspense story with an ending that readers would never imagine. The murderer turns out to be a brown horse. It is currently ranked first among short stories in March and has received very good reviews. However, Chu Kuang, who was favored by many people, is ranked second. It can be seen that not everyone is satisfied with his short story this time.
“Good ranking…”
It would be a bit hypocritical to say that Shen Jiarui was not happy at all. After all, he could earn a lot of bonus by getting first place, but he still felt a little emotional in his heart, because he felt that Chu Kuang's short story this time was actually very powerful, but this kind of novel was at a disadvantage when used to participate in competitions like rankings.
Describe it with music:
It's like using rock music yourself.
The other party sang a slow lyrical song.
The former can completely ignite the atmosphere of the stage, while the latter is a completely heartfelt way of playing, and heartfelt things have never been suitable for competition, so I became the first place, and if nothing unexpected happens, it seems that I can keep the first place until the end
…
Chu Kuang hadn't written a short story for quite some time. His new short story published on Tribal Literature in March naturally attracted the attention of the industry. As a result, when many people saw that this novel was ranked second, their first reaction was astonishment:
“Second place?”
“Is this a surprise?”
"Shen Jiarui can do it."
"In the previous story, Chu Kuang was competing against one of the three leaders of Qin Province, but this new story is only ranked second. Moreover, there are no strong opponents in the same period. Shen Jiarui should not be such a big threat to Chu Kuang."
“It was indeed a surprise.”
"I read both stories. Shen Jiarui's story was exceptionally good, while Chu Kuang seemed to have made some adjustments to his personal style. However, these adjustments were not very successful. One improved while the other regressed, which led to this result."
"… "
Since Chu Kuang debuted, he has been invincible!
Even when others are not optimistic about Chu Kuang, Chu Kuang can always create miracles and turn the tide!
But no one expected that this time, Chu Kuang, despite being favored by others, unexpectedly failed!
This caused a lot of controversy in the circle.
Also because of Chu Kuang’s defeat.
This controversy has gradually expanded, and even triggered some comments similar to the evaluation that the quality of Chu Kuang's short stories has declined. Some people even said something with truth in their words:
"If it's not because he can't write a new story, why hasn't Chu Kuang published a new short story for so long?"
Some people think about it and find it is true.
Chu Kuang had published short stories quite frequently before, and just four works have established his position in the short story field.
But after those four works were published, it took Chu Kuang so long to publish the fifth short story...
Why
No one thought too much about it before, but now the more they think about it, the more they feel that it is very likely that Chu Kuang can no longer write a new good story, so he has not published any new short stories.
Even though his ranking dropped, he did not take timely countermeasures.
If this is not the case, then why did Chu Kuang's new short story "A Bowl of Plain Noodles", which was published after such a long time, fail to gain popularity, and instead even failed to beat the short story writer Shen Jiarui, who was ranked much lower than himself
Logically speaking, after not releasing a new short story for such a long time, shouldn't you be brewing a big move to blow everyone away
The new short story that took so long to come out... is just this
"Are you running out of ideas?"
Some voices are speculating.
It is true that some writers who had very brilliant peak periods gradually became passers-by after publishing a few amazing works, but many people did not expect that such a thing would happen to Chu Kuang, especially when Chu Kuang had just completed a very best-selling novel.
However, there are naturally many rebuttals to this statement.
"There are always some people with ulterior motives who stare at Chu Kuang with a magnifying glass, and they will seize the slightest mistake. When Chu Kuang gets second place, they can't wait to jump out..."
In fact, this kind of voice is the mainstream.
Most people are willing to give space to the "Chu madmen".
The word "们" is used here because this is not the first time a similar rhythm has appeared on the Internet.
Colleagues are enemies, and the literary circle has a tradition of writers looking down on each other. This is even the area where peer bullying is most serious.
So over the years, whenever a writer has failed to reach perfection, he or she has received similar treatment.
In the eyes of some literati, this phenomenon has become a cancer.
These people were not targeting Chu Kuang, but everyone, including Chu Kuang, who had achieved success but failed to perform perfectly all the time.
However, what many people didn’t expect was that…
Just when the outside world was debating whether the quality of Chu Kuang's short stories had declined this time, the ranking of "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" inexplicably surpassed that of other works starting at nine o'clock the next day!
Almost everyone watched the number of votes for "A Bowl of Plain Noodles" continue to increase!
By two o'clock in the afternoon, "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" had already won the championship!
"I'm going, what's going on?"
Voting fraud is not allowed on Blue Star, and Blue Star hates this behavior to the core!
Anyone who dares to cheat in voting will have his reputation ruined!
Besides, the tribe’s technical department is not there to do nothing, so how could they allow blatant vote-rigging
Everyone was stunned.
If it wasn't a vote-rigging operation, why did "A Bowl of Yangchun Noodles" suddenly become so popular that it surpassed Shen Jiarui
“Look!”
Amidst everyone's confusion, someone suddenly reminded them, "Turn on the morning news on Zhongzhou TV. Chu Kuang's new short story has been reported by the official media!"
Swish, swish, swish!
Everyone immediately looked for news from Zhongzhou TV, and ended up seeing a news feature titled: A Train Station for One Person!
The subtitle is:
The real-life version of the story of "A Bowl of Plain Noodles"!
The status of Zhongzhou TV is equivalent to that of CCTV on Blue Star. It is a TV station that cannot be isolated by cultural walls. However, people in the industry never expected that Chu Kuang’s new short story would be recognized by the largest official media on Blue Star!
Everyone clicked on the news...