novelslam Chapter 19: Identity Exposed
Chapter 19: Identity Exposed
The second issue of "Harvest" after its resumption of publication was a huge success, with sales of nearly one million copies, which speaks for itself and has shaken the national periodical and magazine industry.
At a time when the domestic literary scene is filled with various works on "scars" and "reflections," the emergence of the science fiction novel "The Truman Show" is undoubtedly a breath of fresh air.
Moreover, Yu Zhen's writing style completely uses "storytelling" level text, plus the "online wish-fulfillment novel" protagonist growth and strengthening template.
His writing is straightforward yet fluent. He never pursues the so-called elegance and fluency of words and sentences; his only goal is to allow readers to read through the text without any obstacles.
In addition, the core of the story is simple: it uses a completely fictional "live broadcast island" where everyone participates in the growth of the protagonist, making the reader feel as if they are personally involved in everything that happens on the "live broadcast island" while reading the story.
This kind of immersive experience, which transcends the written medium, makes readers feel as if they have discovered a new world.
After reading the story, everyone inevitably imagines:
Does such an island truly exist deep within the Pacific Ocean?
"You guys think there's probably a live-streaming island like that really existing deep in the Pacific Ocean, right?"
"I've heard that across the ocean, the United States has an extremely advanced television live streaming industry, with at least 150 million television sets nationwide, and 98% of households owning at least one television set. The author's ability to create such a live streaming island as the story's backdrop might actually stem from prior knowledge, which inspired him to envision such a future island brimming with high technology."
"That's right, that's right, I feel the same way. Only those super-rich and ruthless American capitalists could build a live-streaming island like that, and only Americans have the technological capability to create one!"
"Yes, that's true. After all, only Americans have successfully landed on the moon so far. They were able to land on the moon ten years ago. With their technological capabilities, creating a live-streaming island deep in the Pacific Ocean would be no problem at all!"
"Tsk tsk, anyway, this sci-fi story is written so realistically, so immersively. Don't laugh at me, but last night I dreamt that I went to a live-streaming island and even became Truman's neighbor..."
"You're something else, becoming neighbors with Little Truman. You should help him out more and find a way to escape that live-streaming island!"
"Exactly! If we can find a way to intervene on the island, we must stop that inhumane life experiment. Little Truman is so pitiful. He's being watched like a monkey in a zoo every day. What's even more disgusting is that so many capitalists are trying to manipulate and interfere with Little Truman's growth by rigging votes because they have money..."
"Ha, hurry up and stop with your cheap pity!"
"Hey, what do you mean by 'cheap pity'? What do you mean? In your opinion, we should just sit by and watch Truman be imprisoned on the live-streaming island, a plaything for the rest of his life?"
"Don't jump to conclusions. Don't forget, Truman is a super genius with an IQ over 180. He learns any skill instantly and is incredibly cunning, adept at concealing his true abilities. The author certainly didn't create this character to make us uncomfortable. Truman will definitely stage a comeback. Just wait and see the second half of the story. I believe that the adult Truman will find a way to destroy everything on the live-streaming island, break free from his prison with his own abilities, and successfully return to normal human society..."
Similar dialogue scenarios are spontaneously emerging among readers across the country.
Especially on university campuses in China, the vast group of young people who are passionate about literature have offered extraordinary and complex interpretations of the science fiction novel "The Truman Show."
Many college students yearn for the developed Western world.
They had already heard about the wonderful aspects of the overseas world through various channels.
Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon in 1969.
The words spoken by American astronaut Neil Armstrong on the moon, broadcast live on television, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," have been deeply etched into the minds of countless students.
The United States represents the highest level of high technology in all of humanity.
Therefore, when they read about the live-streaming island in the science fiction novel "The Truman Show," and through the words, they experienced the high-tech products and services that were integrated into people's daily lives on that island.
They naturally replaced that live-streaming island deep in the Pacific Ocean with the real state of the American world.
Harvest is a bimonthly magazine, and to see the ending of the next part of The Truman Show, we have to wait another two months.
Readers can't wait.
From all over the country, letters urging manuscripts poured into the editorial department like snowflakes.
The editorial office's phone is constantly ringing off the hook.
Moreover, as time went on, the number of readers who had read the novel continued to increase dramatically, and various commentaries and deconstructions on "The Truman Show" emerged in newspapers and magazines across the country like mushrooms after rain.
Until one day, a news article in the Shaanxi local newspaper, the Sanqin Metropolitan Daily, suddenly appeared, revealing that the newly emerging science fiction writer and poet, Comrade Yu Zhen, suffered from partial amnesia and whose identity remained "unknown," and completely ignited the curiosity of readers across the country.
This investigative news report details how, starting one day last winter, Yu Zhen was pulled awake from a snowdrift by local villagers, carried back to the village, and temporarily placed at a local educated youth settlement.
Then, how did Yu Zhiqing, after regaining her senses, try to write poems for the Poetry Journal, and after accumulating a whole winter, create an astonishing 25 stories for the Storytelling Magazine, which she submitted to the magazine and successfully received an urgent invitation from the magazine to go to Shanghai...
As soon as this news article from the Sanqin Metropolis Daily was published, it was immediately reprinted by newspapers and periodicals across the country.
The National People's Daily, the nation's leading state-run newspaper, also reprinted the relevant news report in its entirety.
Nowadays, people all over the country are inevitably curious and concerned about the background of writer Yu.