Generation Z Artists

Chapter 69: Sharpening the Sword

The new program of Jilin TV still needs at least a few days of preparation. Before that, the flies that smelled the stench started to move.

It is a difficult defense system.

This time, the editors did not rush to launch an attack, but instead dispatched some famous "literary critics".

On September 9, Nanfang Daily published three critical articles against Fang Xinghe, from the social section to the literary section.

Wang Yali was so angry that she called right after the morning self-study get out of class: "They have never been so outrageous!"

That's because you haven't met me before...

Fang Xinghe replied with a smile: "It's okay. I'm quite happy to be back on the center stage. By the way, how are the sales of the collection of essays?"

"You, you, you!"

Wang Yali sighed helplessly twice, then began to read out the data in a low voice.

"We sold more than 20 units on the 7th. We originally expected it to drop to around 5 units yesterday, but the drop was minimal, with 62000 units sold. It's hard to predict the trend today because all the major newspapers reacted quickly and began to criticize you. We can't judge how many people will be affected by them..."

Fang Xinghe glanced at the crazy falling number of floating fans in the Starlight Panel and thought: It must be a lot.

At the very least, the superficial goodwill of those middle-aged people was almost shattered by my buddies in one fell swoop.

He was not worried about himself, but only about Wang Yali.

"It's just a collection of essays by a middle school student. It should be OK if it sells to this level?"

Wang Yali chuckled: "Of course! Without you, I don't know if I can sell 5 sets in a month. The company is already satisfied with the current results. Don't worry, I have only merits, no faults."

"That's good."

Fang Xinghe was about to hang up: "Then I'm going to class. Let's talk tonight."

After the first math class, Fang Xinghe strolled to the vice-principal's office and asked as soon as he opened the door: "Have you bought all the newspapers?"

Liu Dashan raised his head from the pile of newspapers, his expression a bit like the grin of someone who has not fully recovered from cerebral palsy.

Brother Dashan now finally understands what it means to be in agony.

The "friendly reminder" from Fang Xinghe earlier now seemed like a sledgehammer, bang, bang, bang, hitting him on the head one after another.

He replied with tears in his eyes: "My ancestors! Wherever there is a hornet's nest, go there and poke it. This pile of newspapers makes my blood pressure soar!"

What a crappy description! Are you a poet too?

Fang Xinghe walked over and flipped through the newspapers, and found that his name was on most of the newspapers. Hey, he was really angry.

“Which ones are the key ones?”

Liu Dashan pouted: "Nanri, Nandu, Xinqing, Yangzi, Yangcheng... Zhongqing, Beiqing, Xinmin, they are speaking for you, do you want to take a look too?"

Fang Xinghe only took the first five newspapers.

"Forget it. My urine has been yellow these past two days. I don't want to hear people praise me. I only want to hear people scold me to cool down."

Liu Dashan was stunned. He didn't react until Xiao Fang closed the door and walked away.

So, is this kid crazy or a genius?

……

Nanri guest commentator Tu Fu: "Genius or madman? Madman!"

"Everyone praises Fang Xinghe as a literary genius, but I don't think so.

Only when a person's talent, ability and ideological realm are balanced on both ends of the scale can we classify him as a literati. For example, Lu Xun, he scolded everyone he met, but he was concerned about the country and the people, and devoted all his passion and sincerity to the great cause of national rise, so we call him a literary giant.

What is the difference between a literary giant and a cultural hooligan?
One wanted to light the torch, and the other one relied on his personal ability to show off. Although what they wrote clearly had no artistic or ideological value, they were complacent and proud of it.

I can't say that Fang Xinghe's words are not sharp. Everyone who has been scolded by him knows that this guy's words can hurt people very much.

But the core of his thinking is garbage.

Looking through all his articles, I can sum it up in one sentence: What’s most important is that I feel good, what do you think of me?
I don't understand why Mengya and Writer's Publishing House present such articles to the public. Saying it is literary garbage is insulting garbage. These things are clearly literary poison.

Apart from polluting children and teaching them to be selfish, I can't think of any other meaning of it.

In my opinion, Fang Xinghe is really like a domineering and naughty boy whose mentality is still at the age of 6. He pesters his elders for this and that, and if you don’t give it to him, you are a bad person. Then he will cry and curse at the top of his lungs, and roll on the ground.

When others saw this, they said: Oh my, how can an adult like you bully a child?

Well, I have no other choice but to stand up and tell everyone: Don't be fooled by the fact that this child seems very smart. In fact, he is sick, and his illness is quite serious. He is selfish and conceited, and he thinks he is the only one in the world. Don't speak for him. No matter how much you help him, he will never treat you as a human being, let alone be grateful to you.

What kind of genius is this?
Just because there are no parents, people are repeatedly encouraged to rebel against them. What kind of behavior is this?
To describe it in a less harsh way——
Has the lack of parental love twisted you so much that your mental state is no longer normal?
Anyway, I feel that his new article is extremely lacking in the value of analysis and commentary. It is just a bunch of emotional garbage that is eye-irritating when you open it.

For those who haven't seen it, I suggest you don't watch it.

For those who have seen it, I suggest you just treat it as a fart and don’t have too much interaction with this mentally abnormal child.

Anyway, I suddenly realized that the work quality of our country's civil affairs and medical departments is still quite far from that of advanced countries in Europe and the United States. The attention and care given to orphans and the mentally disabled is almost non-existent.

If such a child were in the United States, he would have been sent to a mental hospital for compulsory treatment. Doctors would take good care of him until he was 18 years old, and only when they were sure that he had recovered and would no longer endanger others after being released could he be allowed to return to the normal social system with the mayor's signature.

This is good for everyone as it not only protects everyone but also fulfills the responsibility of raising orphans.

But in our country...

Such a person is actually worshipped as a literary genius!

Well, now your great genius is pointing his finger at you and calling you useless pieces. May I ask, what do you think now?
My advice: satisfy him.

Since he wants to be knocked down so much, then just knock him down, send him back to where he belongs, and let him fiddle with those two lazy guys and entertain himself slowly."

……

This person is very smart. He is not very good at writing serious articles, but he is very good at using the opponent's own weapons to attack him.

From the perspective of provoking emotions, he succeeded.

Most people who felt uncomfortable after reading the article "Youth" will immediately feel refreshed when they read this article - yes, since you want to be defeated so much, then I will scold you too.

It’s your choice, Master Fang!

……

Professor of Chinese Department of Peking University: "Fang Xinghe has successfully proved that in the current impetuous era, selfish and self-interested villains are more popular"

"Recently, the so-called 'Chinese 80s literary genius' Fang Xinghe has published another outrageous article, which has caused a sensation in all quarters and aroused great excitement in thousands of schools.

My students asked for my opinion as soon as possible. To be honest, I have no opinion on how Fang Xinghe wants to write the article. It is his freedom, and no reason can prevent him from expressing his views in the article.

But I have a problem with my students not being able to criticize him on their own. Why do you need to ask me about this? Not fearing power is the first rule of literary criticism. His popularity, his many fans, and his popularity among many literary figures are not reasons for you to be afraid.

Has his article reached the point where there is no room for criticism?
There are so many loopholes, is there nothing to write about? I immediately assigned homework to the students, which was to talk about Fang Xinghe's article "Youth". They could praise it or criticize it, but they had to be realistic.

In less than half an hour, all the homework was handed in, and the students all said it was very easy.

The students also asked me to talk about it, but I waved my hand and said I wouldn’t talk about it, it was meaningless and the article was not at that level yet.

Everyone laughed, and then the squad leader said, "Let me make a summary and you can see how to deal with it later."

I didn't have much to do with it, so I sent it directly to Lieshan. I told him to handle it as he pleased. As a result, I was notified that evening to publish the original text, and they only asked me to add a few sentences to sort out the cause and effect.

This is the cause and effect. I am too lazy to organize the language, so I will just use sloppy words to describe sloppy words.

"Many Criticisms of Fang Xinghe Qingchun's Article"

1. The text is rough.

Fang Xinghe's ability in using words is very poor. He basically uses those common characters and words. As a result, the text of the article "Youth" is extremely boring to read. You can just glance over it and find that the whole article is full of nonsense and is very boring.

2. The writing style is deliberately rough.

This is closely related to the first point.

Because of poor writing skills, they have to use a lot of swear words and deliberately create a writing style that seems very rough and wild, but in fact, this style lacks necessary regionality and class characteristics. It is very subcultural and belongs to the routine vulgarity that is prevalent in small circles of gangsters on a daily basis.

Fang Xinghe grew up in that kind of environment and had long been accustomed to that kind of expression style. Far from being sophisticated, it was ridiculous, like a child deliberately imitating a gangster boss.

3. The core argument is totally wrong.

Is the people-pleasing phenomenon real? Of course.

But should children's respect, trust and obedience to their parents and teachers be twisted into pleasing others? Of course not.

This is a substitution of concepts, which is extremely absurd and vicious.

I am still trying to "please" my grandparents. Even though some of their requests are obviously illogical, I still coax them in a gentle and kind manner. This is the most important core virtue in Chinese culture, filial piety.

However, in Fang Xinghe's writing, such beautiful emotions became the target of criticism, which shows how selfish this person is.

4. The arguments lack persuasiveness.

Fang Xinghe puts the focus of the contradiction onto his parents, teachers and elders, trying to prove what kind of people are worth pleasing and what kind of people are "incorrect". Apart from the bias in his thinking itself, the argumentation process is also full of mistakes and omissions.

The core idea is that certain fixed sentence patterns, such as rice and salt, road and bridge, suppress children's nature.

How can this be used as evidence?
Anyone who has been a parent knows that the energy of a child just before puberty is too much for adults to handle.

You patiently explain a question to him, but he still has 100 questions waiting for you. By the time you have explained all 100 questions clearly, he has completely forgotten the previous questions and will ask you again next time.

This situation has a profound endogenous logic.

That is: teenagers, limited by their knowledge structure and social experience, do not have a good ability to accept most complex issues.

There is absolutely no point in explaining it to them in depth. This is a fact that many parents have verified personally!
As a university professor, I find it difficult to explain subjects to a group of top students with excellent grades. They often fail to fully understand such simple things, let alone younger teenagers?

Adults also have their own things to do, and they also feel very tired, so most of the time they can only perfunctorily get by. This is not a lack of love, nor is it a discipline, it is a compromise of life to education..."

Seeing this, Fang Xinghe's eyes suddenly lit up.

This professor has something!

There is truth in his fallacy, and scheming in his pretense. He seems to be much more difficult to deal with than people like Song Zude.

Very good, it’s him!

Fang Xinghe immediately called the deputy director: "Have you watched today's Nanri? Yes? Well, can we invite that professor and his students to be the audience and guests?"

The deputy director was so frightened that his forehead was covered in sweat.

My dear, do you have to pick such a heavyweight to challenge?

They are professors and students from Peking University. I can’t even imagine it!
"What, is it difficult?"

"No, I think they would be happy to come."

The deputy director thought, I am afraid that you will have difficulty, and if you mess up, you will lose face...

"But do you have to...find such a professional opponent?"

"Huh?" Fang Xinghe was surprised. "For your TV station, isn't it good enough to have an exciting show?"

"That's good, but we can't just focus on the effect, we also have to pay attention to the results!"

The deputy director really spoke with great sincerity, even going so far as to bring out the deeper issues.

"Our province has always been weak in culture. We have a lot of bandits, with three or two in each city, but young cultural forces like you have been the only ones since the founding of the country.

Xiao Fang, I tell you the truth, our Northeast is an area severely affected by layoffs, an area severely affected by smears from the South, and even more of a desert dune for cultural and educational discourse power.

As soon as your interview about fate came out, our leader slammed the table and shouted "good thing".

Coupled with the added value of reading, the leaders along the entire line will admire you very much, so do you understand what I mean?

Just don't worry, take your time. Although our province has limited power in this regard, we are willing to spend a lot of effort to protect you, do you understand?
The station definitely wants ratings. Everyone wants results.

But we also have to consider it from a global perspective and not create pressure on you for no reason.

You want to make it so big, I..."

"You can't make the decision, right?"

When the young man's cold voice came, the deputy director's tongue was almost tied up with anger.

I've talked about so many key points, and you just understood that I can't make the decision?!
Just as he was feeling angry, he heard Fang Xinghe say again: "Then please apply. Some of his ideas are exactly what I didn't explain clearly due to the limited space. I would like to discuss it with him."

"Ah? Is that so?" He was stunned.

"Well, this guy's articles are very misleading. If we don't take him down, I'm afraid there will still be many fools who can't figure out who is distorting concepts and facts."

"Then..." The deputy director hesitated, "Should I really apply?"

"Don't worry, come on. It's a normal confrontation. I'm not afraid of it, whether it's verbal or physical."

That is, Xiaofang is good at using the knife, and Dafang is good at using the key, and together they are known as the masters of knife and key.

People of this age probably cannot understand its value.

The matter was tentatively settled, and Fang Xinghe entered the second period of sharpening his sword while revising the second draft.

The fermentation of public opinion changes day by day...

(End of this chapter)