Chapter 40

Finally, Ye Xuan also refused the Nobel Prize in Literature, and everyone needed an oxygen tank to gasp again!

Even the major media outlets, which have always been the most particular about timeliness, were a bit overwhelmed at this moment.

Ye Xuan, can you act like a human being?!

Can you give everyone some buffer time?!

Although they were thinking this in their hearts, the actions of the major media outlets were not slow at all.

【UC: You must know the story of the man who refused the Nobel Prize in Literature!】

【Phoenix: The only slap in the face in the hundred years of the Nobel Prize in Literature!】

【Sohu: Ye Xuan, the washed-up celebrity who refused the Nobel Prize in Literature!】

【Baidu: Pig-farming Big Shot's true identity exposed?! It's actually Ye Xuan!】

【The Paper: From Nobel nomination to winning, the one who defeated countless literary giants is actually a retired minor celebrity?!】

After one well-known news official account after another issued articles, the discussion about Ye Xuan soared.

At this moment, the search rate for the two words "Ye Xuan" climbed rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it occupied the first place in the popularity index of major keywords.

It even left the related popularity of a certain big star's divorce far behind.

For a moment, everyone was discussing the major event of Ye Xuan refusing the Nobel Prize in Literature.

In an antique room.

"Nonsense! The Nobel Prize is a major event for the country's cultural world; how can it be refused by a mere child?!"

A middle-aged man of about forty, with a natural air of majesty in his brows, saw this scene in front of the TV, and his brows couldn't help but knit together.

The middle-aged man is Wang Shen, the president of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and is the backbone of the academic world.

The tone at this time was clearly filled with anger.

This is the Nobel Prize in Literature!

To put it lightly, it is the supreme honor in the highest hall in the hearts of countless scholars.

To put it deeply, it is an important step for Chinese literature to officially enter the world literary scene!

How could it be refused just like that by a young brat?!

Just then, an elderly voice suddenly sounded.

"Little Wang, you are not as clear-sighted as he is."

An old man wearing a black Tang suit, nearly seventy years old, but with bright eyes and no sign of old age, walked over slowly.

As soon as the voice came out, the middle-aged man called Little Wang showed no dissatisfaction and immediately bowed, clearly showing great respect for the old man.

You must know that the old man is Zhang Lao, a literary giant of the Chinese literary world, a big shot who really makes the literary world tremble when he stomps his feet.

However, the middle-aged man still showed confusion.

"Zhang Lao?!"

Clearly asking why Zhang Lao came to such a conclusion.

Seeing the dissatisfaction in the middle-aged man's eyes, and thinking of the calls and messages that were just jumping with joy because of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Zhang Lao sighed.

"Do you remember the content that the two Nobel judges asked this kid to modify?!"

"Naturally I remember, they asked to remove that Chinese civilization is the source of world civilization..."

Halfway through the sentence, the middle-aged man's words got stuck in his throat, clearly realizing something.

Zhang Lao stood in front of the spread-out rice paper, waving his brush, his voice neither slow nor fast.

"The Nobel judges are clearly attacking the advancement of Chinese civilization and elevating the superiority of Western civilization."

"But the more they do this, doesn't it prove that they are more guilty?"

As the voice fell, he just happened to drop the last stroke.

Chinese Culture.

The four big characters, with powerful brushwork and majestic momentum.

Even those who don't understand calligraphy can't help but clap and praise it.

Zhang Lao's deep tone came out, like the bell of a temple, dispelling the fog in the middle-aged man's heart.

That's right.

Why modify the words that Chinese civilization is the source of world civilization?!

It is precisely because of Chinese culture that there is the powerful Eastern power today.

Chinese culture is the sanctuary where all Chinese people bathe their spirits; how can it be allowed to be modified by others in a few words?

Through five thousand years of wind and rain, Chinese civilization still stands tall!

Perhaps it was questioned, perhaps it was destroyed.

But it is still it, unburnable and inextinguishable!

Time and time again, it is reborn from the ashes, time and time again, it reappears in a prairie fire!

With clarity restored in his eyes, the middle-aged man turned his head to look at the TV again, just in time to see Ye Xuan's departing figure.

"You are right, I am not as good as him." **Chapter 43**