"Novel Monthly", as the name suggests, only publishes one issue every month.
At the current rate, it will take at least a year to finish serializing "The Goddess".
As the plot develops, the scene becomes more and more grand, and a bizarre and deformed society is nakedly displayed in front of the readers. When the series reached its third issue, the Literary Research Association even held a symposium specifically for it. At the same time, according to Zhou Hexuan's explanation,
Name this form of fiction magical realism.
At this time, there are still about 40 years before the masterpiece of magical realism, "One Hundred Years of Solitude," comes out.
Later, the discussion of the origin of magical realism in the world's literary circles has always been a very distressing topic. Many European and American scholars believe that magical realism was born in China, starting with "The Goddess", and many similar works appeared in the next 20 years.
"The Goddess" came out at the right time, and now the new literature has begun to turn from prosperity to decline, and the creations of China's new writers have just entered a bottleneck period. Magical realism is like a bolt of lightning, cutting through the dark night sky, bringing many young writers
Brand new creative inspiration.
Just like the publication of Lu Xun's "Hometown", the genre of "native literature" was born and became the backbone of the Chinese literary world in the 1920s. Zhou Hexuan's "The Goddess" also set off a wave of magical realism creation trend, which was active from the 1920s
from the late 1940s to the early 1940s.
Some writers of the same genre even shouted: "I am Zhou Hexuan's lackey!"
Zhou Hexuan's fans didn't know his home address, so they sent letters to the "Ta Kung Pao" newspaper office one after another. They received at least hundreds of letters every month. Most of them were asking him for advice on literary creation. Zhou Hexuan felt that after answering a few letters, he felt
It's too troublesome and I have to hire a full-time secretary.
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When Zhou Hexuan became famous in the literary world, the war in the south was still going on.
Sun Chuanfang had been sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers. He wanted to use the Northern Expeditionary Army to deal with Wu Peifu, and then take the opportunity to annex the central and southern regions in the name of "aiding Wu". If the war went well, he also planned to deal with the Northern Expeditionary Army.
Sun Chuanfang's plan went very smoothly at first, and he won several battles, but the situation soon turned around.
In mid-October, the Northern Expeditionary Army, which had suffered a setback in its attack, adjusted its strategic objectives and moved to northern Jiangxi to launch an attack on Nanxun Road where Sun Chuanfang's main force was located. In early November, the Northern Expeditionary Army only took two days to cut off Sun's army's supply line. Sun Chuanfang's main force was instantly defeated and partially disarmed.
Surrendered, and some of them sat in the city of sleepiness.
It took the Northern Expeditionary Army another four days to completely wipe out the remnants of Sun's army in Jiangxi and occupy Nanchang without firing a shot.
Sun Chuanfang, who was arrogant before the war, saw the danger of being made into dumplings and ran away on a warship at the beginning of the decisive battle. As a result, his army was leaderless and had no fighting spirit. In less than a week, it was completely defeated.
As a result, Sun Chuanfang lost his ambition to conquer the world and went north to seek refuge with his mortal enemy Zhang Zuolin. He apologized in person and bowed his head.
Seeing the drastic change in the national situation, Zhang Zuolin could no longer sit still in Peiping. He moved his official residence to Tianjin and personally took charge of the rear headquarters. He ordered the Zhili Allied Forces to immediately go south to Xuzhou to coordinate Sun Chuanfang's troops in Nanjing and work together to deal with the Northern Expeditionary Army.
Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu, who occupied territory in Henan, were sent to Xuzhou by Zhang Zuolin without even returning home. The North-South War was about to break out.
At the same time, preparations for Zhou Hexuan's "Popular" supplement were also completed. Just as he was preparing to publish it, news came from Peking University that it was preparing to resume school in the near future and invited Zhou Hexuan, the nominal president, to give a speech.
Zhou Hexuan immediately took a train to Peking and met with many professors and lecturers from Peking University.
Well, "many" is just a function word. In fact, the number is not large, less than 30 people in total.
There is no way, given the current situation in Peiping, scholars from the south are not willing to be invited to teach. And many Peking University faculty members who are related to the Communist Party either go south to seek refuge or hide in Dongjiaomin Lane, where they will be arrested by the police as soon as they show up.
Peking University, which is famous all over the country, now only has more than 20 teachers left. Fortunately, teachers from Tsinghua, Sino-French, Yanjing and other universities have accepted the invitation of part-time lecturers from Peking University and can barely take on the teaching tasks.
At the gate of Peking University, before Zhou Hexuan got off the rickshaw, he saw a banner welcoming him hanging there, and the teachers of Peking University stood in a row to greet the principal.
This battle is not that big. If it were Cai Yunpei, the greeting place would definitely be at the station, not at the gate of his own school.
When Cai Yuanpei returned to China at the beginning of the year, teachers and students at Peking University thought he was going back to school, but they just took a day off to celebrate. That's prestige.
However, now and then, many teachers and students of Peking University are full of resentment towards Cai Yuanpei. They think that he abandoned Peking University at the most difficult time. This is the so-called deep love and deep responsibility.
"Principal Zhou, please keep us waiting!" Zhong Guanguang greeted him with a smile and shook hands with Zhou Hexuan enthusiastically.
Zhou Hexuan said: "Mr. Zhong, I am not very talented and knowledgeable. I cannot afford to be welcomed like this by you."
"I deserve it, I deserve it, haha, everyone's salary will depend on you in the future," Zhong Guanguang took Zhou Hexuan's hand and introduced, "This is Ma Yuzao, the director of the Chinese Department, and Li Shuhua, the acting director of the Physics Department
,Who is this……"
"Hello Mr. Ma!"
"Hello Mr. Li!"
"Hello, Principal Zhou!"
"..."
Zhou Hexuan shook hands with the teachers at Peking University one by one and greeted him. A young man caught his attention. His name was Ye Gongchao. He was so young. He was only 22 years old. At this age, he could still be a teacher at Peking University.
Zhou Hexuan inquired a few words and found out that Ye Gongchao was still a teacher at Beijing Normal University and the editor of "English Daily" and "Far East English Times".
The era of the Republic of China was a turbulent time, and countless talents who became famous at young ages emerged. I think Liang Suming was only 25 years old when he lectured at Peking University. It would be absolutely impossible for future generations to do so.
After Zhou Hexuan got to know everyone, he suddenly stepped back and bowed and said: "From now on, Peking University will leave it to you. I am very busy with worldly affairs and I'm afraid I won't be able to perform my duties as president. I can only run errands and ask for money from the Ministry of Education."
"What the hell, Principal Zhou's words are serious, I should thank Principal Zhou." Everyone said quickly.
Zhou Hexuan had three purposes for doing this: first, to show humility and leave a good impression on the teachers of Peking University; second, to show his attitude and promise not to interfere in daily school affairs; third, to show off his tactics, implying that he was the God of Wealth of Peking University and that he was responsible for education funds.
He needs to run.
With just a bow, politeness, promise and kindness, the teachers of Peking University immediately accepted him.
Even if someone looks down on Zhou Hexuan, the principal, they can only slander him in their stomachs, and it is absolutely impossible to refute his face in person.
That night, Zhou Hexuan stayed in the teachers' dormitory of Peking University, just waiting to give the opening speech tomorrow.