The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

"Novel Monthly", as the name suggests, only publishes one issue every month.

At the current speed, it would take at least a year to complete the serialization of "Goddess".

With the development of the plot, the scenes become more and more grand, and a bizarre and deformed society is displayed naked in front of the readers. When it was serialized to the third issue, the Literary Research Association even held a symposium specifically for it, and at the same time, according to Zhou Hexuan's explanation, named this form of novel Magic Realism.

At this time, there are still about 40 years before the publication of the masterpiece of magic realism "One Hundred Years of Solitude".

Later, the discussion of the origin of magic realism in the world literary circle has always been a very distressing topic. Many European and American scholars believe that magical realism was born in China. It started with "The Goddess", and many similar works appeared in the next 20 years.

"The Goddess" came out at the right time, and now the May Fourth New Literature has begun to turn from prosperity to decline, and the creation of Chinese new school writers has just entered a bottleneck period. Magic realism is like a flash of lightning, piercing the dark night sky and bringing new creative inspiration to many young writers.

Just like the publication of Lu Xun's "Hometown", the genre of "local literature" was born, and it became the backbone of the Chinese literary world in the 1920s. Zhou Hexuan's "Goddess" also brought about a wave of magic realism creation trend, which was active from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.

Some writers of the same type even shouted: "I am Zhou Hexuan's lackey!"

Zhou Hexuan's fans did not know his home address, so they sent letters to the "Ta Kung Pao" newspaper office, and at least hundreds of letters were received every month. Most of them asked him for advice on literary creation. Zhou Hexuan felt that it was too troublesome to reply a few letters, and he had 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 and watching the tigers fight before, and wanted to use the Northern Expedition to solve Wu Peifu, and then take the opportunity to swallow the Central South region in the name of "aiding Wu". If the battle goes well, he also plans to deal with the Northern Expeditionary Army.

In the beginning, Sun Chuanfang's plan went very smoothly, and he won several battles, but the situation soon reversed.

In mid-October, the Northern Expedition Army, which had been frustrated in its offensive, adjusted its strategic goals and moved to northern Jiangxi to attack Nanxun Road where Sun Chuanfang's main force was located. In early November, it took only two days for the Northern Expeditionary Army to cut off Sun Jun's supply line. Sun Chuanfang's main force collapsed in an instant, some surrendered and others sat in distress.

It took another four days for the Northern Expedition to completely wipe out the remnants of Sun's army in Jiangxi and occupy Nanchang without firing a single shot.

And Sun Chuanfang, who was invincible before the battle, ran away on a warship at the beginning of the decisive battle because he saw the danger of being made dumplings. So much so that his army had no leader and no fighting spirit, and it was defeated in less than a week.

As a result, Sun Chuanfang lost his ambition to fight for the world, and went north to seek refuge with his arch-rival Zhang Zuolin, apologized face to face, and bowed his head as a minister.

Seeing the great changes in the national situation, Zhang Zuolin couldn't sit still in Beiping anymore, so he moved his official residence to Tianjin and personally took charge of the rear headquarters. He ordered the Zhi-Shandong Allied Forces to go south to Xuzhou immediately to support 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 the Henan circle, were sent to Xuzhou by Zhang Zuolin without even returning home, and the North-South War was imminent.

At the same time, preparations for Zhou Hexuan's "Dazhong" supplement have also been completed. Just when he was about to publish the publication, news came from Peking University that it was planning to resume school in the near future and invited Zhou Hexuan, the nominal principal, to give a speech.

Zhou Hexuan immediately went to Peking by train and met with many professors and lecturers of Peking University.

Well, "many" is just a function word. In fact, the number is not many, and there are less than 30 people in total.

There is no way, because of the current situation in Beiping, scholars in the south are unwilling to be invited to teach. And many Peking University faculty members related to the Communist Party either went south to take refuge or hid in Dongjiaomin Lane, and they would be arrested by the police as soon as they showed up.

Peking University, which is famous all over the country, now has only more than 20 teachers left. Fortunately, teachers from Tsinghua University, Sino-French University, Yenching University and other universities accepted the invitation of part-time lecturers from Peking University, and they were barely able to undertake teaching tasks.

At the gate of Peking University, before Zhou Hexuan got out of his 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 too big. If it were Cai Yuanpei, the meeting point 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, the teachers and students of Peking University thought he was going back to school, but they just took a day off to celebrate, which is called prestige.

But now and then, many teachers and students of Peking University are full of resentment towards Cai Yuanpei. It is believed that he abandoned Peking University at the most difficult time. The so-called deep love and deep responsibility are like this.

"Principal Zhou, you make us wait!" Zhong Guanguang smiled and greeted him, shaking hands with Zhou Hexuan enthusiastically.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Mr. Zhong, I have little talent and learning, but I can't afford to welcome you like this."

"It's worth it, it's worth 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 dean of the Department of Chinese Literature, and this is Li Shuhua, the acting dean of the Department of Physics. ,Who is this……"

"Hi Mr. Ma!"

"Hi Mr. Li!"

"Hello, Principal Zhou!"

"..."

Zhou Hexuan shook hands with the teachers of Peking University one by one, and a young man caught his attention. This gentleman's name is Ye Gongchao, he is really too young, he is only 22 years old, and he can be a teacher of Peking University at this age.

After Zhou Hexuan asked a few questions, he found out that Ye Gongchao was still a teacher at Beijing Normal University, and also the editor of "English Daily" and "Far East English Times".

The era of the Republic of China was turbulent, and countless young talents emerged. When Liang Suming gave lectures at Peking University, he was only 25 years old, so it is absolutely impossible for future generations.

After getting to know everyone, Zhou Hexuan suddenly stepped back, bowed and said, "From now on, Peking University will be counting on you all. I am busy with ordinary affairs. I am afraid I cannot perform the duties of the principal. I can only run errands and ask the Ministry of Education for money."

"Where is it, Principal Zhou is serious. I should thank Principal Zhou." Everyone said quickly.

Zhou Hexuan's move has three purposes: 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 with daily school affairs; Need him to run.

With just a bow, politeness, promises and favors, he was immediately accepted by Peking University teachers.

Even if someone looks down on Zhou Hexuan, the principal, they can only slander him in the stomach, and it is absolutely impossible to refute his face in person.

That night, Zhou Hexuan lived in the teachers' dormitory of Peking University, just waiting for the opening speech tomorrow.