The reporters present must have been slapped by Rist, if not all of them, at least 80%.
In addition to asking some questions related to the incident two days ago, these reporters then began to ask about the films that Yu Dong had participated in the production of. After the questions about these films were over, they asked about "Alive".
" and "Red Sorghum".
After they finished asking about the movie, they began to guide Yu Dong and the others to talk about future plans and literature-related topics.
And they did not favor one against another, and all four of them received their attention.
Over there, Mo Yan was answering reporters' questions, and Yu Dong lowered his head and looked at his watch.
He made an appointment with Clezio to meet at six o'clock, so the meeting must end some time earlier.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he looked up from his watch, he saw the hotel waiter leading a blond middle-aged man over.
Yu Dong recognized the man as Clezio at a glance, his appearance was quite easy to recognize.
A few years before Yu Dong was reborn, Clezio went to Jinling once. Yu Dong paid special attention to the news and was deeply impressed by him, because there were several Nobel Prize winners who went there, and Clezio was the one in literature.
The winner of the award is also the only one Yu Dong knows.
Seeing Clézio come in, Yu Dong was about to stand up to greet him, but saw the waiter inviting Clézio to sit down among the reporters and giving him a pen and paper.
This situation is indeed a bit strange.
Yu Dong was surprised that Clezio arrived so early. He didn't expect that he would not come to look for him after arriving. Instead, he sat among the reporters and took notes with a pen and paper.
This wasn't over yet. As soon as the last reporter asked Mo Yan a question, Clézio suddenly raised his hand, "Mr. YU, you came from Jinling. Don't you think Paris is useless?"
Yu Dong and the others didn't understand what he said because they didn't understand French, but the other reporters present suddenly turned their heads to look at Clezio, wanting to see which reporter was so bold to ask.
But when they turned around, some reporters discovered that it was Clezio sitting behind them.
"Mr. Clezio!" someone couldn't help shouting.
"Clezio?"
Some reporters don't know what Clézio looks like, but they have all heard of his name. The year before last, in a French reader survey, Clézio was selected as the most popular writer by readers, and he was already very out of the circle.
Seeing that he was recognized by the reporters, Clezio stood up with a smile and slowly walked to Yu Dong and the others.
At this time, Yu Dong and Mo Yan had stood up. Through the translator, Yu Hua and the others knew that the person who came was Clezio, and they also knew the meaning of the question he just asked.
"Hello YU." Clezio took the initiative to shake hands with Yu Dong, then looked at Mo Yan and the others, "Who are these?"
Yu Dong introduced him one by one, "This is Mo Yan, this is Bi Feiyu..."
Finally, when Yu Hua was introduced, Yu Dong smiled: "This is Yu Wa, the author of "Alive"."
Clezio didn't understand, but Yu Hua rolled her eyes because of it.
After rolling his eyes, Yu Hua shook hands with Clezio and said, "I have long admired you, Mr. Clezio."
"Mr. Yu Hua, your works impress me deeply." Clezio replied with a smile.
"thanks, thanks."
Yu Dong said from the side: "Mr. Clezio, I didn't expect you to come so early. It's not even five o'clock yet."
Yu Hua and the others were also surprised. After all, they had heard that it was usually not too early to have dinner in France.
Clezio smiled and said: "Because I know that in China, arriving early is a sign of respect for the host. I didn't know you were holding a press conference, otherwise I would definitely come later. When I came just now, maybe
The hotel staff misunderstood and thought I was also a reporter here to interview you. Seeing that I didn’t bring pen and paper, they kindly provided me with pen and paper.”
As he spoke, he raised the pen and paper in his hand.
"So, I took advantage of the situation and acted as a reporter and asked you a question."
Speaking of Clezio's question just now, Yu Dong smiled and asked: "Mr. Clezio, have you been to Jinling before?"
"That's not true, but I have been to Chang'an, and the architecture there impressed me deeply. I think Jinling, which is also an ancient capital, should be similar to Chang'an."
"Jinling is very good, but it is very different from Chang'an." Yu Dong said with a smile. At this time, Rest had brought a chair over, and he asked Clezio to sit down: "Since you are here,
Let’s sit down and talk together.”
Clezio did not refuse and sat down directly.
Seeing Clezio also sitting down, the reporters were ecstatic. They did not expect that there would be an unexpected surprise today.
Some people put Clezio, Modiano and Perec together and called them the French Three Stars.
Among the three French stars, Perec has been dead for more than ten years, and the remaining two are Modiano and Clézio. Modiano is reclusive and rarely gives interviews.
Clezio was better, but it was not easy to interview him. Many reporters present had made exclusive interviews with Clezio. Some were successful, but most of them were rejected.
As soon as Clezio sat down, a reporter couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Clezio, have you known YU for a long time? You have been to China. Did you know them at that time?"
Clezio shook his head, "I went there relatively early, probably ten years ago. At that time, many of them were probably younger, especially YU, who should still be in school."
"Ten years ago, Bi Feiyu and I were both in school, and I was still in middle school at that time," Yu Dong said.
"Ten years ago I was transferred to the County Cultural Center and I hadn't written a few novels yet." Yu Hua looked at Mo Yan, "You must have been more famous then."
"What's my reputation? We are almost the same."
Speaking of which, Clezio was the senior of Yu Dong and the others. He published his first novel "Litigation Notes" in the early 1960s and became famous instantly.
At that time, Yu Dong and Bi Feiyu were not even born yet.
But since they are sitting here today, there is no such thing as seniority. When discussing literature, seniority is a very stupid thing.
Clezio is a very gentle man. Although he has traveled around the world and taught in many countries, he still maintains a curiosity and keeps asking about the current situation in China.
He seemed to like "Alive" very much. He mentioned this book several times in his speech and was very interested in some of the things described in it. He was also very interested in Yu Hua's language.
"Because I haven't watched the Chinese version of "Alive", I can only talk about it from the French version. The language is very concise and brisk, and I found a less obvious feature, that is, your sentence usage, always try to make a sentence very simple.
Shorten a long sentence into a very short sentence, and then repeat the short sentence. Not much, but I noticed it."
Yu Hua nodded, "Well, in my eyes, suffering and repetition are twin brothers."
"Suffering and repetition are twin brothers." Clezio said thoughtfully, "So the people in "Alive" are always dying, and this kind of death is also a kind of repetition."
In addition to being a writer, Clezio is also an academic. He is very popular in literary research, so his interpretation of the novel will always be from an academic perspective.
Yu Dong said, "Perhaps you can pay attention to his next book "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood", which will be available to French readers in a while. In this book, repetition is the main theme."
"Really, then I have to look forward to it." Clezio smiled and said: "YU, I have also paid attention to your works. I have heard a saying that my works belong to the new allegorical school. I don't think so myself.
On the contrary, I feel that your works can be classified as the new allegorical school. Every writer's novels are more or less allegorical in nature, and the allegories in your works seem to be particularly profound."
Yu Dong showed a puzzled expression. To be honest, he really didn't think his novel could be connected with the new fable school. If he had to forcefully push it, it would be towards magical realism.
Some domestic critics previously attributed "Going West" to magical realism, but also said that it was not a typical magical realism and distorted magical realism.
"You mean "Xiangxi"?" Yu Dong asked.
"No, no, no." Clezio waved his hands repeatedly, "I'm talking about "The Second World". I think this book is a very special existence. Although it is a science fiction novel, it can give us a lot to learn from.
."
Second world?
Everyone present was a little surprised, especially the reporters. Although they had asked some questions related to movies before, when talking about literary topics, they would still deliberately refer to books such as "Second World" and "Resident Evil".
It is separated from traditional literature.
But now, Clezio took the initiative to mention this very best-selling science fiction novel.
Yu Dong also didn't expect that Clezio would pay attention to "The Second World" and assign it to the New Fables Department.
"I wrote a novel called "War" more than 20 years ago." Clezio continued: "In that novel, I tried to reveal the material world by creating a strong sense of atmosphere formed by modern life.
And symbols cover up real life, as well as the ubiquitous materialization and automation in modern society, and resist materialism. I may have done some, but I think "The Second World" has done more. And in addition to the allegorical part
, you also made a lot of predictions about the future society, which I have studied in particular, and they are also of great reference significance."
After Jiang Jie finished translating such a long passage from Clezio, Mo Yan suddenly laughed: "Mr. Clezio, did you know? In Chinese, the pronunciation of allegory and prophecy are the same."
Jiang Jie was stunned for a moment before he realized what Mo Yan said was a fable and prophecy.
"Really, these two words actually sound the same?" Clezio was quite surprised, "Then, "The Second World" is not only a fable novel, but also a prophetic novel. You are not only
The new allegorical school, or the new prophetic school.”
This statement is quite clear when spoken in French, but when translated into Chinese, it is a bit confusing because it does sound the same.
Listening to Clezio's words, Yu Dong smiled. It was quite interesting to say that writers all have their own characteristics. They are summarized for the convenience of research, and most writers do not admit that they are in the same school as others.
When Clezio was a writer, he didn't like to be lumped into the same group as others, but when he studied other people's works, he began to summarize for others again.
Yu Dong himself is also like this. When he studies others, for the convenience of research, he always summarizes them into one group after another. But when it is his own turn, he doesn't feel that he is in the same group as anyone.
Including what Clezio said now, he actually didn't agree with it.
"Second World" does have elements of allegory and prophecy, but it is still very different from their new allegorical school, at least in his own opinion.
Then again, for these writers in the "New Allegorical School", according to Yu Dong, Tournier's works are indeed very allegorical, but the works of Modiano and Clézio in front of him are actually
There are not many allegorical parts.
Yu Dong likes a German writer, Kafka. His "Metamorphosis" also has a strong language, even more allegorical than the works of Modiano and others.
However, what Yu Dong thinks in his heart does not matter to the reporters present. What they are paying attention to now is that Clezio watched "The Second World" and concluded that YU is a new allegorical school.
Although many of them have never heard of the New Allegorical School, it does not prevent them from putting these things in the news.
The discussion about literature did not last long. After a while, Clézio's habit of complaining returned and he began to complain about Paris.
"The development of the city of Paris is really disappointing. I am walking on the streets of Paris now and don't even want to look up..."
"Europeans, especially the French, always impose their own things on others..."
"In a blind and arrogant civilization, it is actually not a strange thing for those two arrogant policemen to appear."
"I suggest that the Paris police make a sincere apology quickly, but I understand that it is not difficult for them to apologize, but it is not easy to make this apology sincere. In a fast place like Paris, it is difficult to find such sincerity.
Something."
He spoke so fast that Jiang Jie's translator couldn't even keep up.
Yu Dong and others looked at Clezio who continued to attack the Paris police, and were a little stunned. This guy was more than one round older than Mo Yan, the eldest among them, but his fighting power was equal to the four of them combined.
To be honest, Yu Dongdu was a little doubtful whether this guy came here specifically to stir up trouble. But considering his works, it is not difficult to understand.
It can only be said that Clezio's works, actions, experiences and thoughts are all unified.
Chapter completed!