Chapter 67 Campus Symposium
Liu Hongmin's words did not make his classmates let him go. He said helplessly: "Without people like you, how can the author evaluate his own work?"
But no matter what he said, everyone was not going to let him go.
"Okay, everyone, be quiet!"
A professor walked in through the crowd and said, "Students, I know you want Liu Hongmin to talk about his creative experience, so why don't we hold a symposium?"
When the students heard this, they cheered.
"Hold a symposium!"
Liu Hongmin was helpless and wanted to refuse. The symposium was just a bunch of people praising the works, which was meaningless.
The professor saw that Liu Hongmin was unwilling, and said with a smile: "Student Liu Hongmin, the students are so enthusiastic, so don't refuse."
Liu Hongmin looked at those pairs of eager eyes and found it difficult to speak.
"Okay! But the symposium and other things will have to wait for a few days."
"It's okay, we can wait!"
The professor said to the students around him, "Everyone go back and wait for news. I will take care of this matter. After the time is confirmed, I will post the time and place of the symposium on the blackboard on the first floor of the Chinese Department teaching building."
After hearing this, the students dispersed.
Liu Hongmin's eyes turned and he thought: This matter should be over if it is delayed.
Unexpectedly, the professor seemed to know what Liu Hongmin was thinking. "Student Liu Hongmin, the final exam is in a few days. Why not schedule it on the first day after the final exam?"
Liu Hongmin: "Then it's a holiday!"
"It's because it's vacation time, so everyone has time! And the classrooms are empty, so I'll use the public classrooms in the Chinese Department. I'll apply to the school."
"It's a bit bad to delay everyone's vacation!"
"It's okay for everyone to go home for a night or two since we can attend the symposium. I heard that your family came to Beijing to celebrate the New Year? Don't try to escape! Otherwise, I will send someone to your house to arrest you!"
Liu Hongmin opened his mouth and asked, "Are you a professor? Or a scoundrel?"
The professor didn't care about him. "It's settled. Just do your best on the exam and I'll take care of the rest."
After the professor walked away, Liu Hongmin muttered, "I haven't agreed yet!"
The symposium was settled, and Liu Hongmin could only prepare for the final exam. This final exam was a bit problematic because when it came to the Song and Yuan dynasties, the current textbooks had a big deviation from Liu Hongmin's view of history.
The main reason is that the time spent on compiling "History of Song Dynasty" and "History of Yuan Dynasty" was too short. It actually took one and a half years to compile "History of Yuan Dynasty" in the Ming Dynasty, and two and a half years to compile "History of Song Dynasty" in the Yuan Dynasty. Many things were copied directly from other history books. The content was complicated and the quality was worrying.
Before he traveled through time, Liu Hongmin liked to read online novels. He could finish reading online novels with millions of words in a week. He could read ten lines at a glance. He could finish reading an A4-sized page with densely packed words in two or three glances.
When reading the Twenty-Four Histories before, Liu Hongmin went through them in the same way and got a general understanding of the content, but only left an impression and could not remember the specific content at all. Therefore, he was able to read more than half of the Twenty-Four Histories in half a month. However, when reading the last half, he just couldn't continue. Starting from the "Old Book of Tang", the "History of Song" and "History of Yuan" are more complicated and more difficult to grasp. There is too much information in it, and there are many records of the same thing, making people wonder which one to believe.
Liu Hongmin likes to do textual research and often integrates the information in ancient books into history. This is fine for historical research, but not for exams.
The exam must have a correct answer, so the mainstream historical view will be selected. In order to pass the exam, Liu Hongmin had to revise his historical view. While his family was in Beijing, he took a leave of absence to read textbooks at home. For this reason, he did not even write the outline of "The Ming Dynasty 1566" to avoid being distracted and failing the exam.
There are eight hundred pairs of eyes staring at him in the History Department. He must have failed the course, and these people will definitely cause trouble.
Liu Hongmin had good adjustment ability and passed the exam smoothly. Only then did he have time to worry about the symposium.
It was impossible not to go. The professor was Professor Yin Falu, who specialized in classical literature, and Liu Hongmin was very familiar with him. Ge Chaoguang and his friends went to the courtyard to study ancient books only on weekends at first, but later they went from Monday to Friday as well. It was Professor Yin Falu who gave them the green light.
In this way, Liu Hongmin also owed him a favor, so he had to give him this little bit of face.
After the exam, Liu Hongmin did not go back to the courtyard directly, but stayed in the dormitory and sorted out his thoughts when writing "Tang Dynasty" overnight.
The next morning, Liu Hongmin, surrounded by Zhao Zhizhong and others, went to the open class classroom of the Chinese Department.
This classroom is very large and can accommodate two to three hundred people, which is equivalent to a multimedia classroom in the future.
It was in this classroom that Cha Jianying held a reading club before. Now, Liu Hongmin felt no ripples in his heart when he revisited the old place. He felt that he had let it go.
Professor Yin Falu had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Liu Hongmin coming, he immediately smiled and said, "I thought you were backing out!"
Liu Hongmin smiled awkwardly, "How is that possible? Professor, I must give you face!"
Professor Yin Falu pointed to a group of middle-aged people in the front row and said, "Actually, I was asked to do this. You should know all these professors of literature, right? They wanted to hold a symposium, but they were embarrassed and didn't dare to tell you. So, I volunteered to take on this task."
Liu Hongmin knew that these professors of literature were embarrassed to approach him. Firstly, they were not familiar with each other, and secondly, he and Cha Jianying had just broken up, which had had a huge impact on him and he almost couldn't recover.
However, he also had some guesses about Professor Yin Falu's behavior. Professor Yin Falu must have known his situation, so he wanted to help him get to know more people who could have a say in the D organization.
"Thank you!"
Liu Hongmin's sincere thanks made Yin Falu feel that his efforts were not in vain.
"Do a good job, I'm optimistic about you!"
Soon, the open class classroom was full of people.
Professor Yin Falu gave an opening speech and then handed the podium to Liu Hongmin. "It's your turn now."
Liu Hongmin placed the manuscript on the table and looked at everyone below.
"Teachers and students, I am Liu Hongmin. A few days ago, many students wanted me to give an evaluation of "The Great Tang Dynasty". I said at that time: When the author evaluates his own work, it feels like Wang Po selling melons. Today, I still hold this view. I cannot evaluate my own work. However, I can talk about what I was thinking when I wrote "The Great Tang Dynasty"..."
(End of this chapter)
