This number is higher than "The Death of Van Gogh", which was published for more than half a year. After the publication of "The Death of Van Gogh", there were many positive reviews and some negative comments, which were mainly focused on pan-political criticism.

However, this kind of criticism is relatively restrained and has little influence.

In comparison, the criticism of "Chess Master" is much greater.

These criticisms are nothing more than two voices. One is aimed at the plot in the novel, which is too imaginative and divorced from reality;

One is self-proclaimed justice, believing that Lin Chaoyang's novels are overly sensational and are suspected of inciting patriotic sentiments, and even go so far as to label the content promoting patriotism as narrow nationalism and populism.

Among these criticisms, there are of course also voices of praise, and this voice is more powerful than the first two.

However, literary criticism is not a zero-sum game after all. If I have a voice, you will lose it. Those critical voices will always emerge from time to time.

Listening to Zhang Dening discussing those commentaries from the outside world, Lin Chaoyang said nonchalantly: "These voices will become less and less popular in the future. Who would discuss a novel that has been published for so long?"

Zhang Dening said: "Okay, okay, I just want to take care of myself and don't worry about it. The emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is, okay?"

Tao Yushu tried to smooth things over by saying, "That's just his temper."

"I know." Zhang Dening glanced at Lin Chaoyang, "This time I can see that this great writer in our family is really popular. Not to mention the people in our PEN Club, Du Pengcheng, Feng Jicai, Lu Wenfu...

There are writers everywhere speaking out for him, and they are not afraid of criticism at all."

In the past few months, there has been a lot of heated discussion about "The Chess Master" in the literary world. Some writers who had known Lin Chaoyang before took the initiative to publish articles, and the content was basically praising it.

"What you said about Chaoyang seems to be a clique." Tao Yushu said unhappily.

"It's not about forming cliques, it's about opening up a small stove to feed these people with enough oil and water."

Hearing Zhang Dening's words, Tao Yushu burst into laughter, "It's just your words! It's not a clique, it's a bribe, right?"

Zhang Dening sat at Lin Chaoyang's house for less than an hour before saying goodbye and leaving.

At noon the next day, Lin Chaoyang met Liang Zuo on his way back to the library from the cafeteria.

"Master, did you watch "New Sports" that came out yesterday?"

"New Sports" magazine was founded in 1950. It was the first sports magazine in New China. Before Buzzong, each issue sold more than 100,000 copies and was widely welcomed by readers.

After the reform and opening up, domestic athletes gradually emerged in the international arena and achieved results one after another that made countless people proud.

Today, when Internet media does not exist and TV media is not developed enough, "New Sports", which represents print media, has naturally become one of the best channels for many people to learn about various sports events and results.

Therefore, the sales of "New Sports" have skyrocketed in the past few years, from hundreds of thousands of copies before the resumption of publication to hundreds of thousands of copies per issue now, and it has gradually formed a huge influence in the domestic sports community and the public.

Liang Zuo's question made Lin Chaoyang a little confused. He had never been in the habit of reading sports magazines. If Liang Zuo asked about literary magazines, he might still be able to read them.

Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "No."
Chapter completed!