[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-gen-z-artist":3,"chapter-gen-z-artist-gen-z-artist-chapter-31":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Gen Z Artist",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2217820,3967,"Chapter 31: Criticism and Fragmentation","gen-z-artist-chapter-31",31,"\u003Cp>In fact, there were far more than one or two articles criticizing Fang Xinghe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he committed a major taboo at the time—threatening a reporter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is hard for children who haven't experienced the 90s to imagine how arrogant the \"fourth estate\" was in the era of print media. They simultaneously held the power of interview, distribution, and dissemination, ultimately forming the power of definition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defining everything and everyone that happened, and then forming an authoritative interpretation, using \"me\" as the yardstick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary people had no channels to know the truth, nor the energy to verify the details, and could only passively receive the indoctrination, then pay high awe to the writers who held the pens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This created their noble and high status, and also fostered a temperament that claimed to be a \"sense of mission\" but was actually extremely stubborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, a little Fang Xinghe actually dared to challenge our authority?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a rebellion against heaven!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Renjie didn't even rank among all the attackers; he was just another piece of evidence that \"Fang Xinghe is unpopular\" because of his special status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides *Southern Metropolis*, more than 20 other national newspapers, including *Yangzi* and *Yangcheng*, followed suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They mobilized powerful influence, interviewing one celebrity after another—the media, education, and literary circles were all in an uproar because of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, a very strange situation was happening—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real world and the world in the media’s writing had a huge fragmentation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you are an adult who reads newspapers every day, you will find that at least 70% of the voices in society are criticizing Fang Xinghe, regarding him as a representative of a crazy, rude, rule-breaking, extreme, and irritable bad kid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such a huge volume, people like Zhao Chunhua, Wang Yali, Chen Danya, and others who were willing to explain for him were also suppressed and unable to cope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you are someone who doesn't read newspapers, then the years are quiet, and the world is peaceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Swallow is so cute, wages are becoming less and less enough to spend, Nokia’s Chinese-character display phones are so fashionable...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A teenage writer? Not interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if you are a middle school student who knew about Fang Xinghe before, then you would suddenly find that Brother Fang is radiating a deadly attraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is the kind of \"cool\" that couldn't be imagined in 1999.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, only girls liked to talk about Fang Xinghe, and boys mostly used disdain to cover up their jealousy. However, after the catalysis of \"Who hasn't turned 14 yet,\" that fragile sense of disgust was suddenly in jeopardy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, President Fang watched his star value, which had suddenly surged again, and smiled until his flowers bloomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a month ago, the star value was over 18 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with the intensification of criticism and counter-criticism, the star value grew steadily to 30 million, falling into a slump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, as soon as the *Southern Metropolis* report was issued, the star value surged by 10 million in two days!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following this trend, before the high school entrance exam, is there hope for the small treasury to touch 9 digits?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn't wait; he wanted to spend a lot right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attribute Panel]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Appearance: Looks 99, Physique 75\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Constitution: Strength 69, Speed 80, Stamina 70, Agility 75, Flexibility 73\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hidden: Coordination 72, Perception 69, Recovery 74, Immunity 69, Health 75\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Art: Writing 79\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a period of unremitting exercise, his stamina grew by 1 point, and his health grew by 2 points. Other than that, the attributes hadn't moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For attributes between 70-79, increasing by 1 point requires 1 million star value; 80-89 is 10 million per point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the original plan, Fang Xinghe added his stamina attribute to 80 points, consuming a full 19 million star value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh, my heart aches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silently feeling it, there was no particularly big change, just that his energy seemed a little more abundant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until the evening, when he finished the last set of math problems according to his usual habit, that the boy finally realized the power of 80 points of stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a time when he should have been very sleepy, he was not only not sleepy now, but even more clear-headed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then how about two more sets?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xinghe did problems until 12 o'clock before going to sleep, and then got up at 6 o'clock the next day as usual, full of spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stamina, as expected, is not just about physical endurance; it also increased his mental durability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just a pity that anything above 80 points is too expensive, and he can't afford to add it for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xinghe gave up the plan to add more stamina and, according to the original plan, added coordination to 80 points, spending 17 million star value, and the small treasury hit bottom again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the effect of coordination was immediately reflected. When he picked up the craft sword and thrust out the first sword, he felt extremely smooth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that he suddenly became much stronger, but a mysterious feeling—the exertion of force was smoother, the grasp of strength was more precise, the movements were agile and fluid, and it felt comfortable to practice and even more comfortable to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After morning exercise, he opened the panel and took another look at the skill proficiency. Sure enough, all his martial arts had increased a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although not much, the improvement in efficiency was visible to the naked eye. At this rate, sooner or later, he could rely on himself to practice his martial arts to the full level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I get more star value, I will supplement all main attributes to 79 points, and then go all out to improve coordination!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xinghe made a happy decision and went to school in high spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing new today; the *Southern Metropolis* report was still the focus, except that more people were following the trend to bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the most jumpy and crazy was a \"peer\" from Fang Xinghe’s previous life, Song Zude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fired fiercely in *Southern Daily*: \"I look down on Fang Xinghe! A so-called genius packaged and hyped up, a piece of middle school essay that is complete nonsense, a red-haired head that thinks it's handsome—he's actually just a little hoodlum! Besides teaching kids bad things, what other use does he have? If I were chosen as a judge, this kind of thing would never have happened. I would have thrown his piece of crap article into the trash can long ago!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, his younger brother Liu Xinda and several literary critics also issued \"manifestos\" in different newspapers that were more scolding than criticism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auntie Chen was afraid that Fang Xinghe wouldn't be able to hold on and specifically talked to him, but actually... just so-so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xinghe didn't have the slightest anger; he didn't even want to mention that kind of garbage, only curiosity about the Southern faction: what is the current stance of the South?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auntie Chen, as an insider, understood this deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The South was initially founded with the support of the reformists within the system. Their level is very high, and they have always been at the forefront of social hotspots, taking criticism as their duty, good at digging into the 'truth of things,' and penetrating the essence of society through the appearance of hotspots.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their newspapers and publications have different focuses. You have to be careful; this matter is clearly not over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xinghe pondered for a while, still half-understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So which side are they on now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jumping left and right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could really figure it out, Auntie Chen’s words came true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the latest issue of *Southern Weekly* on Thursday, editor-in-chief Yan Lieshan wrote an article called *Looking at the Failure of Traditional Education Through Fang Xinghe*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fang Xinghe is not wrong; he is even a winner. It is our traditional education that is wrong, defeated, and dysfunctional...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spearhead was pointed directly at education, boasting that \"there is no education below the county level,\" and criticizing certain departments for dereliction of duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Fang Xinghe himself, he was extremely gentle, not lacking in encouragement, and full of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good guy, playing this game with me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You are really swinging a big axe over Guan Yu’s head, driving a black car in front of a bakery...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The funny, wicked Yan made our President Fang laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This article needs to be pondered from two aspects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Fang Xinghe, Yan Lieshan’s attitude is clearly PUA—*Southern Metropolis* scolds, *Southern Weekly* praises, one presses and one lifts, clearly wanting to rub him back and forth, grind away his rebellion, and finally take him in as a dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsk tsk, if you want to talk about playing tricks, it has to be you black-hearted writers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this is incidental. The true core of the article is naturally to criticize the education system in the posture of a \"citizen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Xinghe didn't even need to see the final orientation; he understood just by reading a few sentences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"water army\" is a small circle where they can faintly perceive each other, and President Fang is particularly good at stripping away the skin through intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his framework, there are and only are four types of professional water army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first type: timid or having a bottom line, only digging for food in the entertainment industry; blacking or praising anyone is just for fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second type: as long as the profit is sufficient, they dare to take any order, dare to eat any human blood bun, have no likes or dislikes in their hearts, are money-supremacists who believe that \"the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish,\" called greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third type: give one yuan of dog food, do ten yuan of work, sincerely believe that your country is not good, not worthy of him—they are truly damn stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth type: receive ten yuan of funding, transfer eight yuan to let the idiots do the work, carefully hide themselves, never show their heads unless there is a good opportunity, know very clearly what the truth is and what they are doing—they are purely evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The representative of the first type is naturally Fang Xinghe himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second type, Zude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third type, Luo Taijun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth type, there are plenty in the cultural circle, such as the head who was sentenced for poisonous textbooks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, the second, third, and fourth types are distinct, but occasionally there are composite talents, both stupid, evil, and greedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such top-tier goods are not convenient to name; everyone has their own judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now their level is high, and the information the public can receive is limited, and their discrimination ability is not strong, so their living space is extremely broad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time of the era when Fang Xinghe was active, these people either died outside, wandered around picking up trash, or shrank in the country as street rats, and their lives and beliefs completely collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paying attention to them is purely giving them face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this mentality, Fang Xinghe decided to spend the last period of time before the exam in quiet study, ignoring external affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he is truly free in the future, he will find them one by one. The black-hearted wolves have plenty of slaps to return to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, he didn't need to move at all. *Sprout*, furious because its sales were affected, took the initiative to release its hidden ultimate move. ===== CHAPTER 32 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1928,"2026-06-17T13:04:52.661Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","df1896cd2cfeaae964ce256984f9a90d5a071822654437203aedc7dc2d14147f","gen-z-artist-chapter-32","gen-z-artist-chapter-30",150,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgen-z-artist-cover.jpg"]