ryethenovel Chapter 37 Banning
Chapter 37 Banning
The second part of Yu Zhen's science fiction novel "The Truman Show" suffered a significant drop in quality, drawing strong negative reactions from readers. Within and outside industry circles, many have expressed the prevailing sentiment that the great writer Yu could not escape the fate of "running out of talent" and the tragic loss of a promising talent.
However, even under such unfavorable circumstances, the latest issue of Harvest magazine still easily surpassed the million-copy mark in sales.
This unusual situation has caused a great uproar both inside and outside the industry.
Furthermore, despite the readers' criticisms, they still welcome Truman's series of invincible feats after he grows up, such as building armed warships and wreaking havoc on all sides.
Even though the story had a major plot twist at the end.
Truman, who thought he had escaped his cage, had only stumbled into a much larger cage from a small prison like the live-streaming island, and still could not escape the fate of being controlled by the mastermind behind the scenes...
The story's pacing suddenly collapsed to such an extent.
Amidst the complaints and grumbling, readers, having heard that an even more exciting sequel would soon be released, still felt a renewed sense of anticipation after finishing the first installment. They eagerly awaited to see what earth-shattering events Truman, piloting an armed warship, would accomplish in the next chapter.
The plot's pacing has suddenly shifted to this point.
In industry jargon, that means the work has completely fallen apart.
In the eyes of readers, although it is still something they can grit their teeth and bear, and continue to look forward to the next chapter, no one would still consider it a so-called science fiction story.
Use the most common and basic understanding of readers to evaluate it.
That is: science fiction is not the same as wild imagination. It's not wrong for us to brag and make up a science fiction fantasy story, but please don't use the title of the first Chinese science fiction masterpiece to fool people next time.
In fact, most readers are quite tolerant.
Their limits of tolerance are often quite flexible.
After all, this is a unique science fiction story in the domestic literary world. There are no substitutes or imitators that have barely emerged. Their stories are even worse, with no trace of scientific fantasy. They are nothing more than ancient tales of gods and monsters dressed up with the skin of alien creators.
Therefore, people still have considerable confidence in the great writer Yu.
No matter what, Yu, the great writer, is a remarkable person who can produce 25 excellent stories for the magazine in a single winter.
So even if the story of "The Truman Show" falls apart, as long as the core audience remains, it can still guarantee to keep viewers entertained. A fabricated story is still a story.
Impoverished scholars in ancient times could fabricate fantastical and supernatural tales like "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio".
Keep making things up, and let's see if you can write an adult Truman story that spans the Milky Way and even escapes its confines...
Unfortunately, getting past the actual readership is easier.
On the contrary, some so-called celebrities and critics, both inside and outside the circle, and even those who had long been envious and were sharpening their knives, waiting for the great writer Yu to make a mistake, would collectively erupt in anger.
These people will absolutely not agree to this!
They were having a blast!
They wielded their pens like knives, launching a deluge of commentary articles, filled with sarcastic remarks and mockery, claiming that Yu Zhenjiang had lost his touch.
These are actually still very lightweight attacks.
Some influential figures simply label and criticize Yu Zhen's science fiction novels, claiming that they deliberately distort society's understanding of technological progress and development, and that his science fiction stories are a form of spiritual poison for young, uninformed readers.
Among these arguments, their main focus is on the claim that the novel's male protagonist possesses extraordinary intelligence and can create armed warships by hand, which completely deviates from the most basic common sense of scientific development.
They even elevated this plot design to the point that Yu Zhen was alluding to and mocking the current backward state of science and technology in China, insulting all the scientific engineers who silently forge swords for the country, and believing that the entire scientific research community combined is not as good as a cloned mannequin, not as good as a cloned mannequin that is arbitrarily raised in a laboratory by Western capitalists.
This wave of public criticism and revelations from prominent figures in literary circles began with a signed commentary by a rising writer surnamed Liu in Beijing.
Subsequently, local newspapers in various provinces and cities began to get involved in this major debate about whether there should be a creative bottom line for technological innovation and science fiction stories.
"Please, writer Yu, show some respect to the scientists and technologists who are truly dedicated to building the nation's technological foundation!"
"I really don't understand why the author Yu would set the adult protagonist as a serial killer, and with the intelligence of a single person completely crushing an entire high-tech group with massive financial power. What exactly is he trying to express with such an absurd and bizarre plot...?"
"Now that things have come to this, I have to make another wild guess: a mature writer who can casually create 25 high-quality story collection works in one winter, who has gained both fame and fortune, and is famous throughout the country and has received the attention of millions of readers, is in a situation where..."
Why would he risk public outrage by suddenly releasing such a maliciously malicious so-called science fiction story, as if poisoning the world?
"Indeed, we must ask you, as a well-known writer, where is your basic creative conscience?"
Whom are you creating this for?
You've fabricated such a moronic science fiction story, and who exactly are you trying to mislead...?
Negative reviews flooded in.
Overnight, Yu, the once-famous writer, was shattered.
Amidst this barrage of negative reviews and condemnations.
Good heavens, he's practically transformed, his true colors are about to be revealed, and he's finally about to expose his real, vicious nature.
In 1979, the Chinese people, especially in the civilian industrial sector, could hardly think of a single product that could be called a high-tech product.
When it comes to high-tech industrial products, the vast East is nothing more than a junior player.
It's not to say that it can be directly compared to the United States across the ocean.
Even within Asia, circling around the borders, it seems there are virtually no rivals in the field of technological strength that can truly compete.
To put it bluntly, Chinese people have an absolute inferiority complex in the field of high-tech civilian products, and they can't stand up straight at all.
There's nothing I can do; my skills are simply inferior.
Therefore, when the media and newspapers published a flood of negative articles, collectively dragging the topic into the gutter.
The situation began to spiral out of control.
At least within literary circles, there are already voices clamoring to kick the great writer Yu out of the circle and to completely blacklist him.
They even demanded that the eight major film studios directly ban the film and television adaptation opportunities for the 25 story collection works that had already been divided up.
In short, since you, surnamed Yu, lack even the most basic creative conscience, you have no right to profit from your writing in China.
Those who have already profited should be immediately recovered by the relevant departments.
Want to blame someone?
Then it's your fault, Mr. Yu, for refusing to conform to the mainstream literary trend back then.
Everyone is reflecting on the past and rethinking the way things are going.
You insist on taking shortcuts and being unconventional, engaging in so-called science fiction writing.
So what if you step on everyone's backs to show off your ability and intelligence?
The literary world does not allow such outliers to exist.
Suddenly, overwhelming pressure from fishing boats poured into the Shanghai municipal government, the Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, and the editorial department of the journal "Harvest".
Even the eight major film studios have indeed received so-called authoritative opinions one after another.