After hearing Gu Jianian's question, Chi Yan was in a daze for a rare moment.
"Why does it have to be Shen Jin?"
Many people have asked him this question.
He Jitong asked, the editors asked, and the publishing house also asked.
Even he asked himself.
Why must Professor Shen write the preface
Is he too paranoid
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When Chi Yan was a freshman in college, he was already a well-known young writer.
He has serialized several novels in Qingyan, which is known as the last reserve in the literary circle. He has his own readership and unique writing style.
Thanks to his delay, Chi Yan's childhood life was very lonely and depressing, and reading became the only pastime that allowed him to live smoothly.
Since his family was not short of money, he was able to buy and read many books, and he began to develop a sophisticated literary taste at a very early age.
Chi Yan prides himself on being self-taught and having extraordinary talents. No matter how good his tutor is, he will still be a little arrogant in his heart.
Therefore, when dealing with the courses offered by Jida for freshmen, I had a "participation is the most important" mentality and did not feel that I could learn much.
It was the same when I first took Shen Jin's class.
He sat in the last row and slept most of the time, occasionally waking up to listen.
But it was the listening ear that gradually made him sit upright.
I think this old man has something.
After a few classes, Chi Yan truly understood the meaning of going to college.
Just like what he once said to Gu Jianian.
No matter how talented a person is, he cannot compete with the knowledge system and literary acumen accumulated by countless literati from generation to generation.
As for Mr. Shen Jinshen, when he was young, he traveled to Japan, Europe, America, and Russia, and studied literature from all over the world.
After returning to China, he began to study Chinese literature with great concentration. For ten or twenty years, he continued to deal with the writings passed down by his ancestors for thousands of years.
He is precisely one of the "literati" who stands at the top of the pyramid in contemporary China. At an age when he knew his destiny, it is not an exaggeration to describe him as rich in knowledge and talent.
His classes are very humorous, and he can make even boring introductions to literature interesting.
"There are different languages and writings all over the world, but as long as you open that door, you will find that literature is essentially the same."
In this way, the eighteen-year-old Chi Yan put away his arrogance and pretentiousness, and sat further forward during lectures.
On the day when he spontaneously sat in the first row, the husband looked at each other with admiration and provocation in his eyes.
"How about it, do you want to hang out with me?"
A man with a lot of knowledge speaks like a charlatan.
Chi Yan nodded sincerely, convinced.
After that, his mentor was by his side and devoted himself to guiding him.
Chi Yan truly and systematically opened the door to literature.
Shen Jin also read the books he wrote in high school, and was speechless for a long time after reading them.
He sighed with envy: "You boy, you are so lucky. You can write something like this without receiving systematic training. If I were born thirty years later, I would be jealous of you."
"You are still a little immature," he said, throwing to Chi Yan a stack of compiled bibliographies and documents, as well as his own reading notes that had been deleted and edited for many years and had never been seen before others. "As long as you stick to your true intentions, you will not be If you are confused by those glitz, the teacher will lead you down the path of literature from now on."