The next few days.
Tribes and blogs promoted the King of Short Stories events they held.
Between the lines, there is confrontation and open and covert struggle.
The competition between the two big capitals has sparked countless heated discussions among netizens!
Against the backdrop of an impending storm.
There are undercurrents in the short story world.
Lin Yuan has been typing silently in the studio.
He completed the remaining manuscripts one after another.
By the time he finished the work at hand, it was already mid-month.
This day.
morning.
Jin Mu suddenly knocked on Lin Yuan's office door and brought him a message:
"The tribe has just started this event. They changed the previous gameplay and first released a short story with a hidden author. This is a signal gun to announce the start of the war. Every hour for the rest of today, they will release an anonymous short story."
“What about the blog?”
"Keep following."
Lin Yuan nodded.
Lin Yuan has already finished writing the novel. This is the trump card he prepared for the blog. How to play this card with the tribe is what the editors of the blog literature department have to consider, and now the tribe has taken the lead in playing its cards.
Bang!
The starting gun sounded.
The battle for the king of short stories has officially begun!
…
The first short story published by the tribe is called "Mirror".
As soon as this novel was released, it immediately triggered rave reviews from netizens!
“This novel is quite good!”
"The tribe is indeed a golden team. The quality of the first novel is quite good!"
“It’s a pity that the ending is a little disappointing, but overall it is a very good work.”
"This novel is probably not the work of Fei Hong and Feng Hua. It feels more like the work of Zhou Yu. If it were in the previous issues, this novel would probably be firmly in the top three, but the lineup of writers in this issue of the tribe is too good, so it's hard to say what the final ranking will be."
“I feel a bit like Zou Ge’s work.”
"If this novel is published on the blog, it will definitely be in the top three. Apart from Chu Kuang, I can't think of anyone else on the blog whose work can surpass this one!"
"Speaking of blogs, have the activities on the blog started yet?"
"… "
Netizens are curious.
The tribe has already started to take action, how will the bloggers respond
Someone tried to open the blog's activity interface.
brush!
The blog’s activity interface has also been updated, and the first short story has appeared!
The title of the work is "The Last Leaf"!
“Ah, this!”
“The blog moves fast!”
"It seems that the two sides are really working hard. The tribe just released its first short story, and the blog followed suit and released a short story!"
“The two activities are exactly the same even in terms of how they are played!”
"If we single out the two for comparison, wouldn't the disadvantages of blogs be more obvious?"
"Compared to the tribe's lineup, the blog should only have Chu Kuang's work that's worth showing off, right?"
"Let's take a look at this first."
"I bet a bag of spicy noodles that the quality of the first blog post will definitely not be as good as the one in the tribe. Chu Kuang's work will definitely be published later as the finale, and by the way, save face!"
"… "
As netizens were discussing, they switched blogs and clicked on "The Last Leaf".
In fact.
Everyone pays attention to this blog purely because of Chu Kuang.
Among the authors on this blog, only Chu Kuang's works are worth looking forward to.
…
Hanzhou Arts College.
In classroom 1313 of the School of Arts.
Professor Logan's special open class!
Professor Logan is the golden sign of the College of Arts under Hanzhou Arts College. In addition to being a professor, he is also a very successful short story writer with many works to his name and is highly respected by students in the school.
Today's class was specially prepared by the school for Professor Logan.
Teacher Logan did not give a lecture today. Instead, he asked everyone to read the short stories published on the blog and blog today through their mobile phones and computers, and then discuss the novels based on their personal understanding.
A unique teaching method that combines real-time developments in the literary world.
At this time, everyone had just finished discussing the tribe's article "Mirror" and the enthusiasm was very high.
Logan looked at the blog and said with a smile:
"Everyone just said it very well. Next, please read the article "The Last Leaf" published on the blog and tell me your own understanding."
"OK!"
The students spoke in cooperation, and then clicked on "The Last Leaf" one after another.
Logan also clicked on this novel.
The short story activity of tribes and literature is a major event in the literary world. Logan specifically applied to the school to develop an open class around this event, and it seems to be working well so far.
This is also Logan's purpose.
He felt that this class was well taught and it would enable students to have a deep understanding of short stories.
“I don’t know which novel Chu Kuang will publish and when it will be published.”
This thought flashed through Logan's mind before he opened the novel to read it.
There are many writers on the tribe that Logan is looking forward to, but on the blog there is only one Chu Kuang.
However, although the lineup of writers on the blog is not as good as that on the tribe, they are all well-known short story writers in the industry, and most of their works are still worthy of study and thinking by students.
Besides.
What if this "The Last Leaf" is written by Chu Kuang
Several thoughts flashed through Logan's mind. He had already entered the formal
In a small community west of a certain square, the streets stretch out in all directions and split into small alleys...
The background of the story is introduced in the early stage.
A very conventional way to start a short story.
Logan thought calmly and continued to read the text.
Two minutes later.
An inexplicable sound suddenly came out of Logan's mouth.
"Um?"
His heart beat slightly faster and Logan slowed down his reading.
This short story is not complicated...
The heroine of the novel, Johnsy, suffers from severe pneumonia in the cold November, and her condition becomes increasingly serious.
As a painter, she placed her hope for life on the last vine leaf outside the window.
She felt that the day the vine leaf fell would be the day her life would end.
Many people who give up on themselves in the face of illness inevitably have some vague ideas.
Johnsy's best friend was very sad about this, so she told the old painter Behrman about Johnsy's idea.
Behrman was a man with a hot temper who drank all day long. He had been painting for nearly forty years but had achieved nothing. He said every day that he wanted to create a masterpiece, but it was always just empty talk.
When he heard this, he cursed a lot, but there was nothing he could do.
However, in the following days, a miracle happened:
Even though the wind was blowing so hard outside and the edges of its serrated leaves had withered and turned yellow, it still grew on the tall vines.
Johnsy was deeply moved when she saw the last leaf still hanging on the tree.
Leaves can survive the biting cold wind, so why can't I
She regained her faith in life and survived tenaciously...
What does this mean
As long as you believe in miracles, miracles will definitely happen
If the story ended like this, Logan would definitely scold the author severely.
Are you just going to force chicken soup into your readers’ mouths
Frowning slightly.
Logan continued to read.
In fact, there is no more content behind it.
The story ends with the best friend's words to Jonesy:
Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia to-day in the hospital. He had been ill only two days. On the morning of the first day the janitor found him in his room downstairs helpless with pain. His shoes and clothes were wet through and icy cold. They could not imagine where he had been on that dreadful night. Then they found a lantern, still lighted, and a ladder that had been dragged from its place, and some scattered brushes, and a palette with green and yellow paints on it, and—look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn't you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew so hard? Well, dear, that leaf was Behrman's masterpiece—he had painted it there forever the night the last leaf fell.
Gurgle.
I swallowed subconsciously.
Logan's frown moved to his forehead, forming clear circles of forehead wrinkles!
This moment!
Logan was stunned!
In a trance.
The following picture seemed to appear before his eyes:
On a stormy night, the sixty-year-old painter Berman leaned on a ladder and waved his paintbrush with difficulty.
The last leaf was formed under extremely difficult conditions!
In the last moments of old Behrman's life, this old painter who had achieved nothing due to his painting skills finally completed a shocking masterpiece!
Reversal!
A classic twist!
Logan's scalp felt slightly numb!
Countless emotions are rising in my heart!
At this moment, a name flashed through Logan's mind—
Chu mad!
Logan could almost conclude that "The Last Leaf" was definitely the work of Chu Kuang!
He has studied Chu Kuang's short stories.
This is a very classic Chu Kuang style ending.
Chu Kuang is very good at giving a shocking reversal at the end.
This is also the reason why Logan admires Chu Kuang the most!
Let out a breath.
Logan's inner feelings:
"What a surprising twist. Just like the original "The Gift of the Magi", the ending is unexpected, yet reasonable."
Look up at the audience.
In this classroom filled with hundreds of students, some people finished reading the novel one after another.
Logan could clearly see the subtle changes in the expressions of the students in the front row.
surprise!
move!
Shock!
All these different emotions were revealed on the students' faces, and some sentimental girls even had tears in their eyes.
And when everyone finished reading the novel, the whole classroom burst into noise!
The students excitedly exchanged:
"This work must have been written by Chu Kuang!"
“It’s so well written!”
“The final twist is so touching!”
“I’ve never been so moved by a short story!”
"Before seeing the ending, I almost thought it was a clichéd ode to miracles..."
"The tribe's work was directly compared to nothing!"
"There is no comparison at all. This novel has completely crushed the one about the tribe!"
"I can't fault it at all!"
"… "
After several minutes of heated discussion, Logan knocked on the table slowly and said in a heavy voice:
"Now, let's talk about this novel..."
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ps: This chapter will definitely be criticized, don't worry, the rhythm requires it. The content of the first article is a sample standard and it always needs to be described in detail. The following articles will not be so detailed.