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What is the hottest news in Peking right now?

Eight out of ten people answered "Memoirs of a Courtesan," a play performed by a group of prostitutes.

This play, which was initially denounced by many decent people as unsightly and indecent, swept the entire city of Beiping with an unstoppable prairie fire force.

The play was released for two weeks, and the theaters were full. Many viewers even bought duplicate tickets and watched many performances in one day. The prostitutes in the Bada Hutong are the main force of consumption. The rich prostitutes formed a group with their sisters to book the venue, and the poor prostitutes could afford to pay 20 cents for the ticket. No matter how many times they watch it, their eyes will turn red.

In the past, many decent people would not have bothered to be in the same room with these prostitutes. In the past, a female student in a girls' middle school in Peking chose to drop out of school because of the shame of being in the same school as a prostitute. For those decent people who maintain their own reputation and identity, prostitutes are a source of pollution. Even if they do nothing, they will pollute the air. Therefore, they have always drawn a clear line between them and prostitutes, wishing they could crush the prostitutes into ashes as a foil. My own pure and pure.

However, this phenomenon was easily subverted among the viewers who watched "Memoirs of a Courtesan". Even if some people had all kinds of prejudices against prostitutes before, they will get red-eyed after reading "Memoirs of a Prostitute", and some may even cry with the prostitutes.

Many people have also somewhat dispelled their prejudice against prostitutes because of this. At least they can tolerate being in the same room with prostitutes and watching a movie without shouting and killing them as soon as they come up.

In the audience, they all washed away their secular identities and returned to their equal audience status.

The prostitutes who had always been as shady as rats in the gutter received friendly treatment and basic sympathy and help from outsiders for the first time. This made many prostitutes cry with joy and feel the joy of being human again. And this play created by a team of pure prostitutes also allows them to see another path - it turns out that in addition to doing this flesh and blood business, they can also write scripts, compose lyrics and music, sing and act! For a time, many prostitutes' stagnant hearts were in turmoil.

Of course, compassion and empathy, the two most precious human qualities, are not possessed by everyone. There are always some beasts dressed in human skin that look like people.

Someone started a commotion in the theater. This man was well-dressed and looked like a young prince, but he spoke like a rotten scholar, which made most of the audience frown. This brother expressed his opinion like this: "It is true that the world has deteriorated and people's hearts have changed. Now such obscene lyrics and songs can be performed openly in theaters! Bitches are bitches, since they chose this for money." It’s a business for thousands of people to ride, so no matter what happens, it’s their own fault and they can’t blame anyone else!”

As soon as these words came out, the whole room was in an uproar. Some people were unconvinced and wanted to defend themselves, but they were blocked by the person: "You people say you sympathize with them, but why don't you marry them? It's just because you are too dirty!" When it came out, many people shut their mouths angrily.

This sentence captures the weakness of many viewers. They could show some condescending sympathy to the prostitutes, but they never thought of marrying them, just because of the "dirty" word in that person's mouth.

For a moment, the whole hall was silent, and the prostitutes on and off the stage had tears in their eyes and looked miserable.

Le Jing read about this incident that happened yesterday from the "Kongyi Bao". This incident developed in a twists and turns after that.

Le Jing saw that the reporter wrote in the report: "Just when everyone was speechless and the prostitutes on and off the stage were confused, a clear male voice came from the front of the auditorium: 'Who said no one will marry them anymore? ! 'I saw a good-looking man standing up politely. Di rushed to the stage and cupped his hands, and said loudly: "I am Zhai Yuanju, a native of Shandong. I have been visiting relatives in Peiping these days. I just wanted to watch a theater to kill time, but unexpectedly I met such a graceful lady - Miss Qiu Ju. I admire her deeply." You've been waiting for a long time, but I wonder if you would like to marry me?'"

Le Jing knows Qiu Ju, she is also the female lead in "Memoirs of a Courtesan". Because there are many scenes in the play, it is impossible to use the same cast all the time, so there are four actors who play the female lead Bai Moli in "Memoirs of a Courtesan". Qiu Ju is also a prostitute with character. She is a member of the Qingyin class in Bada Hutong. Because she has promised not to be a concubine, no one has been willing to redeem her life.

Sure enough, when she heard this honest expression of love and proposal, she was surprised but still confirmed: "You mean, you want to marry me as your first wife? Let's make a deal first, I will never be a concubine until my death!"

So the man smiled shyly and said gently: "This is natural. Our family's medicine has been passed down from generation to generation, and our ancestors have said that men are not allowed to take concubines."

Qiu Ju's eyes were as bright as wildfire, but she still said coyly: "My ransom money is a bit expensive..."

The man immediately said: "A certain person has been practicing medicine for many years and has a small family fortune. He should be able to pay your ransom."

So Qiu Ju happily jumped off the stage and shyly agreed to the man's proposal.

I don’t know who started it, but the scene slowly burst into warm applause. As for the young man who made such nonsense before, not many people care about it anymore.

The reporter faithfully recorded this rare scene in the news, using words calmly and objectively, truly reproducing the whole process, without any personal description or comment. However, readers will only be impressed by this extraordinary story. I am deeply moved by love.

——And this is the reporter’s own emotional tendency. Excellent journalists are all masters of Spring and Autumn style of writing.

In addition to this news report in Gongyi Daily, other newspapers also have a series of articles commenting on Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan. There are criticisms and praises.

Most of the criticisms are focused on the three aspects that the cast of all prostitutes in the play Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan is too immoral and has a bad impact on social customs and women's education; the plot content is a whitewashing of prostitutes, prostitutes are idle and do not deserve sympathy, and you, the night watchman, can only shout slogans. Have you ever considered how prostitutes can make a living after they become good women? Many people have written articles to scold the night watchman, and some people questioned the authorities. Hasn't the author of the night watchman been banned? Why is he still performing a drama to attract attention?

Of course, there are also many praises.

It should be said that anyone with a basic literary appreciation cannot deny that the novel Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan is a good work, and the drama of the same name adapted from the novel is also a fine work with high artistic value. Therefore, quite a few big shots have come out to write articles to speak well of Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan. Among them was a professor from Tsinghua University, a great scholar who was well-versed in both Chinese and Western culture. He published comments from different angles for several consecutive days to support the novel and drama "Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan".

The great scholar's pen name is Chiyan. In response to some of the criticisms of "Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan", he wrote a commentary of more than a thousand words titled "Don't Wake Up Those Pretending to Sleep". The passage in it was so shocking that it attracted many newspapers to reprint and interpret it.

[A large ship had a hole and was about to sink. Someone woke up first, ran desperately, and shouted loudly, trying to wake up the sleeping passengers, so that everyone could work together to plug the hole and avoid the fate of sinking. So some people who woke up joined the team running and mending the ship. But there are still some people, there are always some people, who start to blame the person who woke them up after being woken up. Because although the ship had a hole, it would not sink for a while, they could have slept comfortably for a long time, but now they were woken up to do troublesome things like mending the ship. So the smart people among the people pretending to sleep said, let's just kill those idiots who clamored to repair the boat, so that there would be no troubles such as repairing the boat. This method seemed to be quite feasible, so they devoted themselves to defeating all those who wanted to repair the boat, because only in this way could they have a leisurely and long sleep.

And this is the origin of the criticism against "Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan". 】

The boss knows whether it is good or not as soon as he makes a move. This review is very incisive and portrays the ugly faces of those "pretending to sleep" to the core, and it was widely circulated for a while.

However, Chiyan's comments still have some of the usual gracefulness and metaphors of intellectuals. Although the content is extremely ironic, it is still not spicy enough and not strong enough. So Zheng Yiliang made a brilliant appearance in the vest of Xiaoyao Sanren, vividly demonstrating to readers what a textbook-like classic mouth cannon is.

[Recently, the barking of dogs has been disturbing me and I can't sleep well. Today I finally can't stand it anymore. I think it's time to teach these dogs who bully the weak and fear the strong and only wag their tails to beg for mercy from their owners a little color! I have always understood these domestic dogs. Only if you beat them once and knock out all their teeth will they run away with their tails between their legs and never dare to bark at you again.

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Some people listen carefully to the harsh barking of their dogs. Not only do they understand it, but they also regard these dog words as golden rules and spread them everywhere. In the face of people's doubts, these people actually took out the dog's words as evidence, which really made me dumbfounded and eye-opening. I can't help but want to ask you, when did it become the turn of dogs to interrupt when people are talking? 】

The title of this article is "Listen to People's Words". The full text of the article is more than a thousand words. Zheng Yiliang's pen is sharp and his words are spicy. He scolded the opposition thoroughly. After reading it, people feel as if they drank a bowl of ice water in the dog days of summer, which is indescribably refreshing.

Just when the newspapers were in an uproar over the drama of the same name "Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan" and the criticism was deafening, Le Jing's two novels "Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan" and "Rat Eyes Look Down on People" were finally published and placed in major bookstores in Beijing.

Many bookstores hung banners, and put the keywords "Night Watchman" and "Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan" in the most conspicuous positions. And some prostitutes in brothels and brothels also paid out of their own pockets to buy many books and give them to their patrons and sisters. Many audiences who have watched the drama "Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan" are also willing to go to bookstores to buy a copy of the original work for careful reading. And some readers who have not watched the drama or read the novel, out of curiosity about the quarrels in the newspapers in recent days, will also go to bookstores to buy a few books of the Night Watchman.

For a time, Luoyang paper was in great demand, and long queues formed in front of bookstores.

No matter whether they are supporters or opponents of the Night Watch, they all now involuntarily begin to pay attention to the same question - how are the sales of the Night Watch's new book?