Chapter 221 The boiling of the Cambridge campus
Shakespeare is known as Zeus on the Olympic Mountain of Human Literature, and has an extremely noble status. "Hamlet" is undoubtedly his most important representative work. The profound core presented by this work has made countless "Shaologists" obsessed with it.
This is also the reason why the saying "Survival or death is a problem" has been passed down to this day.
Although there are not many people coming to the auditorium tonight, as a top ten prestigious university in the world, their appreciation level should not be underestimated. Not to mention the exciting plot, just the classic lines that appear frequently will really bring them a lot of shock.
I was originally holding the audience who passed the time and was ready to leave at any time. After watching the entire drama, I even forgot to leave and still immersed in an unprecedented drama viewing experience.
The students who can pay attention to such a small-scale performance are of course loyal fans of drama. Since they are loyal fans of drama, they can certainly capture the greatness of "Hamlet".
When the actors came out to thank the scene, Liu Jingting, who was sitting in the front row, stood up first to applaud, and then all the audience stood up one after another to give their applause to the actors on the stage, with many cheers.
At this time, the host appeared at the right time, said a cliché that was suitable for all stages in the world, and raised his voice and said, "Tonight there was a VIP, a VIP from China Vientiane Academy. Why do you say that? Because the wonderful drama you just saw was made by him. Let us welcome the author of "Hamlet", our Chinese friend - Mr. Liu Jingting!"
Some of the British students present may not know Liu Jingting, but almost all Chinese students know each other, and there are even a few international students who come here to see Liu Jingting.
Ye Jue, Sun Boya and two teachers of Wanxiang clapped their hands and let Liu Jingting walk out of the audience. At this time, Liu Jingting was no longer unfamiliar with this situation, and at the beginning of the drama, Ye Jue had already reminded him to go on stage later.
Liu Jingting smiled sincerely and walked onto the stage quickly. Before he could stand firm, he heard someone shouting in the audience: "Gu Yongsheng, good looks!"
It seems that Gu Yongsheng's martial arts fan was also present today. Liu Jingting nodded to greet him, but the students in the UK were a little confused. Didn't it mean that it was Liu Jingting? Why did he become Gu Yongsheng again?
The quick-responsive host quickly explained this doubt to everyone: "Gu Yongsheng, this should be another pseudonym of Mr. Liu, right?"
"yes."
"As it turns out, okay, now we will start asking about the drama. Mr. Liu. What kind of evaluation do you have after watching the entire drama? How many wonderful presentations of the original work?"
Liu Jingting pondered for a moment and said seriously in English: "First of all, I want to confess to you one thing. Although the story of "Hamlet" is based on the background of Denmark, it belongs to the United Kingdom. Students who are familiar with British history must understand the meaning of this sentence."
Someone from the audience agreed.
Liu Jingting continued: "Secondly, although the actors' performances are not smooth. I think that should be because of insufficient time, but overall, it is already very surprising. Thank you all the actors."
Although Liu Jingting firmly believed that the British could understand the script better and faster before actually watching the performance, Liu Jingting still felt a little nervous. After all, if such a masterpiece cannot be widely circulated, the world will be too gloomy. Fortunately, these Cambridge elites did not disappoint him.
"Finally, well, I hope this drama will be better and more people will see it," said that, and looked at the two teachers sitting in the audience, remembering what they said, and adding: "I also hope that this cooperation will give a different color to the China-Europe Cultural Year."
As Liu Jingting's speech ended, the audience in the auditorium began to end, and several Chinese students rushed to the stage with several martial arts novels to find Liu Jingting's signature.
After signing the autograph, the two directors of "Hamlet" finally seized the opportunity and took Liu Jingting to chat, which of course was what Liu Jingting wanted to do most in one night.
So the three of them chatted all night.
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"From understanding what drama means, I have been exposed to drama. Over the years, I have watched no less than 200 dramas. The drama I watched casually last night was the most incredible drama that made me feel in history, history, love, rationality, philosophy, I don't even know which angle to analyze it from. What surprised me even more was that this drama was actually made by a Chinese boy. Yes, I saw that boy from ancient China last night. I heard from Chinese students that he was also a writer who wrote kung fu novels, an unimaginable oriental genius!
Oh yes, I recommend that students who love dramas should not miss this "Hamlet", because it will make you regret it for many years. At the same time, I recommend that students who don't like dramas for the time being should not miss it, because you will fall in love with dramas because of this."
This post comes from a public forum at the University of Cambridge. It may be because the id of this post is more convincing on the topic of drama. So less than ten hours after this post was posted, it attracted three to four thousand clicks and more than three hundred replies, and it became the hottest post on the forum for a while.
Affected by this, students who watched the drama last night posted to express their feelings, and there were many praises about "Hamlet" between the lines.
One-sided reputation can naturally arouse the curiosity of a number of students, but it will also cause great hatred for the drama, especially the drama is made by an exotic man.
"I don't understand why I didn't get any news about this so-called performance, but I can understand why so many classmates who praised that drama suddenly appeared in the forum. This should be an unanimous recommendation. To show the great friendship between the two countries, there are enough motivations, and there is no need to give examples. I would like to advise you to make a recommendation. Remember to make different voices. Such a consistent speech is difficult to win the trust of others."
This post was supported by countless supporters, and then the forum was divided into two factions and began to debate. Like all debates, in the end, everyone basically ignored the original topic.
After lunch, the forum's topic has become "How can a Chinese student write a drama that makes the British like?"
The emergence of this topic instantly expanded the scope of the battle. Some local students who did not know the truth couldn't suppress their inner anger just when they saw this topic and posted decisively to attack. Many Chinese students who also did not know the truth naturally refused and joined the battle group decisively.
This debate caused by "Hamlet" set off a lively scene that had not been seen in the Cambridge Forum for a long time. Sensitive campus reporters had already rushed to Liu Jingting, who was directing the rehearsal of the drama. Liu Jingting, who was devoted to the drama, really had no time to accept an interview. In the end, he was so entangled that he had no choice but to throw the sentence that was listed as a classic by the literary critics to the reporter:
"For a thousand readers, there are a thousand Hamlets!"
After Liu Jingting said this, he completely threw the reporter away and kept communicating with the drama director in a low voice. Seeing this scene, the reporter knew that he would not ask anything if he could continue to stay. Moreover, this sentence sounded simple, but in fact it had shown his attitude. It was useless to say more. He observed quietly for a while, and then wrote down some things in his notebook, and left quietly.
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The quarrel about Liu Jingting continued, everyone's emotions gradually got out of control, and the atmosphere of the forum became tense, and finally it finally attracted the attention of the school. The head of the school quickly found Liu Jingting, and Liu Jingting realized that the reporter's problem seemed to be the same problem.
"I don't know what I can do. In this case, I can only speak with facts, right?"
The "facts" that Liu Jingting said naturally refer to the full performance of the drama. Unexpectedly, the person in charge of Cambridge, whether intentional or unintentional, immediately continued: "Since that's the case, please send a text to the "University Journal" to explain this matter so that the students can focus on other things."
Liu Jingting immediately understood the appearance and understood the person who came. He smiled bitterly and nodded in agreement. The head of the school breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction and was about to get up and leave, but was kept by Liu Jingting.
"Wait, the text you want will be available soon."
Liu Jingting said as he borrowed a pen and a notebook paper from Austin and began to write.
The school came and was surprised and speechless. Austin and several of the people in charge of the drama also walked over curiously.
Under everyone's viewing, Liu Jingting wrote Shelley's immortal poem "Ode to the West Wind":
【Oh, the violent west wind, the breath of autumn life】
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【Winter is here, will spring be far away?】
Half an hour later, Liu Jingting handed the paper full of English to the person in charge of the school.
A day later, the song "Ode to the West Wind" blew to every corner of Cambridge University, and the quarrel about Liu Jingting on the forum stopped in an instant.
At the same time, Liu Jingting's sentence "One thousand readers has one Hamlet" was also published in the headlines of the University Journal.
Chapter completed!