Chapter 702: Poetry Exchange Between China and Japan

After Tan Yue drove for half an hour, he came to a busy commercial street.

The place to have lunch today is right here, Jiudawan, a well-known restaurant in Beijing.

Tan Yue had heard of this restaurant before, but had never been there. This restaurant is famous for its nine special dishes from the old capital, which are served in nine large bowls. This is where the name of this restaurant comes from - Nine bowls.

There was a separate parking lot in front of Jiudawan Restaurant. After Tan Yue parked the car, he put on a mask and sunglasses, got out of the car and walked into the hotel.

The decoration of Jiudawan is quite in the style of the old capital. The walls are dyed in vermilion, and yellow glazed tiles can be seen everywhere in the lobby. A large screen after entering the door is a replica of the Nine Dragon Wall in the Imperial City, which is quite impressive.

A waiter in blue overalls came forward to greet him. Tan Yue said he had an appointment and went straight to the second floor.

The first floor is the lobby, and the second floor is the private room. When he arrived, Chen Ye sent a message to Tan Yue, saying that she and her father were already waiting in the hotel.

Arriving at the reserved box, Tan Yue raised his hand and knocked on the door. Then he heard footsteps coming from inside, and soon the door was opened from the inside.

After the box door opened, Tan Yue saw Chen Ye's face. Next to Chen Ye was a slender middle-aged man with a smile on his face.

"Teacher Tan Yue, hello, I have long admired your name." Before Tan Yue could speak, the middle-aged man spoke first.

The other party had a good attitude, and Tan Yue also had a good attitude towards him. He responded with a smile, "Are you Professor Chen Jian? It's your name that I have admired for a long time."

While the two were talking, they entered the box and Chen Ye closed the box door behind them.

While talking to Chen Jian, Tan Yue sat at the dinner table. He heard Chen Ziyu say before that Professor Chen Jian was arrogant. When he came, Tan Yue was still thinking about whether Professor Chen Jian would be difficult to deal with. , but now after getting in touch with him, I have discovered that Professor Chen Jian is actually not difficult to deal with. On the contrary, Chen Jian often takes the initiative to find topics to talk to him.

Chen Ye had already ordered the dishes and asked Tan Yue to add some. Tan Yue drank until midnight last night, but now he didn't have much appetite and didn't want to add anything. Moreover, he saw that the dishes Chen Ye had just ordered were already quite a lot, and they were all nine. Big bowl of signature dish.

After notifying the waiter to start serving the food, the three of them talked while eating the food.

"Teacher Tan Yue, the Mid-Autumn Festival poem you wrote before is really amazing. I have read it to many old friends, and they all said it was well written. I hope we will live long and share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles apart. Now think about it. Many of the sentences in the first poem have a feeling of excitement. It is hard to imagine that in this era, there are still people who can write such beautiful words. "

When talking about other things, Chen Jian still felt a little polite, but when talking about poetry, Chen Jian's eyes seemed to be shining.

Tan Yue smiled and said, "Professor Chen, you're welcome."

Tan Yue said modestly. In fact, he wanted to say that the poem was not written by him, but if he said so, there would inevitably be other troubles in the future. For example, who wrote the poem? Who is Su Shi? Why is there no trace of this person in history? Among the eight great families of the Tang and Song dynasties, there was no such number one person.

After talking for a while, Chen Jian finally revealed the purpose of inviting Tan Yue to dinner, which made Tan Yue understand his original confusion.

Tan Yue had thought before that he and Chen Jian had no friendship before. Even if Chen Jian thought that the poem he wrote was very good, it would be a bit awkward to invite him to have dinner together because of this. It was probably because of other reasons. something.

This was just Tan Yue's guess. It was only now, after Chen Jian asked, that Tan Yue suddenly felt that this was right.

"Teacher Tan Yue, our Beijing Poetry Association will have a friendly exchange with the Japanese Poetry Association in the near future. Several outstanding poets have emerged in Japan in recent years. There is also a lot of pressure on our Beijing Poetry Association. I hope you can Go to the scene and work together to defend against foreign enemies!”

Perhaps because of historical factors, many Chinese feel gritted teeth when they mention the Japanese, such as Professor Chen Jian in front of them.

If poets from other countries came to China, Chen Jian would treat it as a simple exchange, but for the Japanese...

After listening to Chen Jian's words, Tan Yue was stunned for a moment. He was not from the circle of Chinese poetry, and he didn't know many things. For example, whether there were frequent exchanges about poetry in the Chinese poetry circle, and why Japanese poets This time, there was a sudden exchange competition with the Beijing Poetry Association. Didn't it mean that Japanese poets had visited other provinces in China before, making Chen Jian look like he was facing a formidable enemy?

Even Chen Ye next to her was stunned. She had just learned that her father had such a purpose in inviting Tan Yue to dinner. She thought that her father simply wanted to have dinner and talk about poetry. If Tan Yue was invited to dinner earlier, Knowing that her father had such a plan, she would never help her father invite Tan Yue.

As Tan Yue's assistant, Chen Ye knew very well how busy Tan Yue was. He almost didn't have time to eat on weekdays. How could he still have time to participate in the exchange competition between the Capital Poetry Association and the Japanese Poetry Society? ? ?

Chen Ye frowned, put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked at his father, and said, "Dad, Mr. Tan is very busy, and he is not from your circle, so he is not suitable."

It was she who helped her father invite Tan Yue out. Chen Ye felt that he could not cause trouble for Tan Yue.

Although Chen Ye can't write poetry, he has seen pigs run even though he has never eaten pork. He often sees his father staying in the study for many days to write a poem. If Tan Yue does the same, the Brilliant Entertainment Company will not be completely paralyzed, and the pace of development will probably slow down.

However, Chen Jian ignored his daughter. His daughter's value has been used up. Tan Yue has already made an appointment. What's next is for him and Tan Yue to talk about.

This time, Chen Jian invited Tan Yue, and he was also somewhat forced to do so. In recent years, a group of excellent poets have emerged in Japan. In comparison, there are not many such excellent poets in China.

A few days ago, this group of Japanese poets had visited several provinces in China and won beautifully in many exchange competitions, but at the same time, they also made the Chinese poetry world lose face.

You know, poetry originated in China and is a cultural treasure of China for thousands of years since ancient times. It was just learned by the Japanese pirates during this period. However, from the Tang Dynasty to modern times, even though Japan absorbed Chinese civilization like a sponge, it was still far behind China in terms of poetry culture.

If China lost to Japan in the poetry exchange meeting between China and Japan in modern times, it would be really embarrassing. Not only would it lose its own people, but also its ancestors.

As the capital of China, Beijing is the last stop of the Japanese Poetry Society's exchange competition with China. If the Beijing Poetry Association also loses, then this person will definitely lose a lot. There is no doubt that the Japanese media will report it extensively at that time.

Just thinking about it, Chen Jian has a headache.

A few days ago, the Mid-Autumn Festival poem written by Tan Yue in the 40th episode of "Wulin Wai Zhuan" came into Chen Jian's eyes. Chen Jian was amazed by the poem. Later, he showed it to some friends, and they all praised the poem.

After that, Chen Jian went to check some of Tan Yue's poems and lyrics, and felt the talent in Tan Yue's belly. Some friends also suggested to try to invite Tan Yue to the exchange meeting to help.

After Chen Jian had an idea, he arranged for his daughter Chen Ye to set up today's game.

"Teacher Tan Yue, what do you think? Poetry culture has been the orthodoxy of our Chinese since ancient times. During the war, Japan destroyed many of our cultural classics. Now it wants to challenge us in poetry. How can we accept it?!" Chen Jian said in a sonorous tone.

This tone is a bit like a middle school boy, but that's what a literati is like.

Tan Yue pursed his lips slightly. To be honest, he was not very interested in the poetry exchange competition between China and Japan. His main energy is still on movies and TV series.

However, what Chen Jian said did move him a little. Art has no borders, but people have borders.

Tan Yue's identity destined him to stand on the side of China.

Moreover, Tan Yue had a bad impression of Japan, which was a hatred engraved in his bones.

Thinking of the Japanese winning the Sino-Japanese poetry exchange competition and then showing off their power, Tan Yue couldn't help but feel a little stuffy in his chest.

But he still had a lot of things to do now, and it was impossible for him to put too much energy on this folk exchange competition.

Tan Yue thought about it, he looked at Chen Jian and said, "Professor Chen, I want to know the process of this poetry exchange competition."

Chen Jian was relieved to hear that Tan Yue did not refuse, and smiled and said, "This is a private exchange competition between our two countries. It is not a formal competition held by the official. There is no fixed process. It is just that the two parties get together, randomly give questions on the spot, and then write poems and lyrics according to the questions, and then the poets from both China and Japan evaluate the quality of the poems on the spot."

Tan Yue nodded, and after listening to Chen Jian's introduction, he had some ideas in his mind.

Chen Jian and Tan Yue were talking here, and Chen Ye next to them was a little anxious. This time, she called Tan Yue out. Now her father did not discuss with her in advance and directly threw a troublesome matter to Tan Yue. Chen Ye felt embarrassed.

Chen Ye looked at Tan Yue and said, "Mr. Tan, forget about this matter. You are so busy with work now, where do you have time to take care of these things."

After that, Chen Ye looked at his father Chen Jian again, and said in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Dad, you are the chairman of the Beijing Poetry Association. How to deal with those Japanese poetry society poets should be your concern. Why are you throwing these things to Mr. Tan now? He is neither a member of your poetry association nor a poet."

Tan Yue also heard that Chen Ye was trying to help her out. She might feel embarrassed, but Tan Yue was not embarrassed. Writing poems and lyrics was not difficult for him, and he was not like other poets who spent a lot of effort to write a poem and lyrics. It took several years to write a good poem.

In Tan Yue's mind, there are too many classic poems from the past two thousand years on Earth, and there are poems on various themes. As long as you can give a topic, I can find a good poem.

So helping Chen Jian deal with the Sino-Japanese Poetry Exchange Conference is not costly for Tan Yue, and it is far less than what Chen Jian and Chen Ye thought.

Tan Yue smiled and said to Chen Ye: "It's okay, Professor Chen is right. As a Chinese, if you can help at this time but don't stand up, you will inevitably feel guilty in the future."

Chen Ye: "."

Chen Jian was surprised, "Teacher Tan, are you agreeing?"

Tan Yue did not say whether he agreed or not, but said: "Professor Chen, I will not participate in the poetry exchange competition between China and Japan that you mentioned. Chen Ye also said just now that I am really busy. If I continue to follow this exchange competition, it will be a small matter for me to delay my own business, but it will be bad for the company's business. After all, I have to be responsible for everyone."

"Do you think this is okay? As an external aid for our Beijing Poetry Association, if our Poetry Association feels confident on the day of the exchange competition, then there is no need to find me. If it feels a little tricky, you can contact me and tell me the topic, and then I will tell you the poem I wrote, and you can read it for me."

Chen Jian was silent for a while after hearing this, and sighed in his heart. Although Tan Yue's words sounded sincere, if you think about it carefully, you can understand that this is just Tan Yue's perfunctory words.

After the question is given, everyone is thinking hard about how to write good poems. When China can't think of good poems and calls Tan Yue, there will probably not be much time left. Even if Tan Yue is the reincarnation of the immortal poet, he can't write any good poems in such a hurry.

Chen Jian did feel the pressure from the Japanese poets when inviting Tan Yue this time, but he would not ask Tan Yue to help them too strongly. After all, his overbearing wife had told him not to cause trouble for Tan Yue. It is estimated that only Chen Ye in the family does not know the purpose of Chen Jian looking for Tan Yue.

"Okay, this is also fine. If there is a need, I will call Teacher Tan again." Chen Jian showed a somewhat forced smile on his face.

Not only Chen Jian misunderstood, Chen Ye also felt that Tan Yue was deliberately shirking.

After all, Tan Yue's words just now were really full of confidence. If Tan Yue was not the kind of arrogant person, then he was deliberately shirking and perfunctory.

Chen Ye knew Tan Yue and his personality. He was not the kind of arrogant person. In this way, Tan Yue declined his father's offer.

Chen Ye had no opinion on Tan Yue's decision, but she felt a little regretful. Although she opposed Tan Yue's help to the Beijing Poetry Association, she still wanted to see it in her heart, to see Chinese poetry defeat Japanese poetry, and to see Tan Yue's attainments in poetry.

After talking for more than 20 minutes, Chen Jian stopped persuading Tan Yue, and the topic became much more relaxed.

Finally, after Tan Yue and Chen Jian added each other's contact information, the dinner ended.