Volume 1: A sound on Wall Street, Xinxiang City is busy copying books Chapter 77 Talk Show (Part 1)
Subtitle of this chapter: "SCP Code"
"Good evening, audience friends! Welcome to tonight's talk show. The next segment is the guest interview."
"First, let me ask you a question: Who is the greatest writer of the 20th century?"
"NEO YUAN."
"YUAN YAN SHU."
(Audience answers in unison)
"Wow, we the audience even know his Chinese name. That's right, it's NY of NY. So does anyone know why he is the greatest? Well, this beautiful lady is the one."
"Because Master Yuan has a wide range of literary interests, his works cover all literary genres. Moreover, he is proficient in eight languages and can translate and write in these languages, which is truly amazing."
"His style was so varied that people often claimed he had plagiarized his own work, but to this day those people have been proven to be shameful liars."
"And in fact, he didn't focus his main energy on writing, so people often say that if he had devoted all his energy to writing, there would probably be no other writers in the 20th century..."
(Audience laughter and applause)
"Well said. Ma'am, I suppose you are also his fan, right?"
"Yes, yes. I have a wish to read all his works, but I have been reading them since I was 15 and I haven't finished them yet."
"Ah, so you've only been studying for five years. That's not enough."
"Hahaha, it's much longer than five years."
"I understand, but I won't ask you how old you are. A lady's age is a secret!"
(Audience laughter and applause)
"By the way, which of his works is your favorite?"
"Chocolate, of course. I've seen the movie with Lillian Gish at least ten times."
"Wow, ten times?! Can I ask why?"
"Because my mother is also a single mother, just like the heroine in Chocolat, she raised me alone. So..."
(Audience applauds)
"It's really touching. Please take a seat, ma'am. Our staff will bring you a prize in a moment. The prize is (advertisement)."
"So today I am very happy to have here with us... the most controversial author of the 21st century, and the reason he became a controversial author is because he wrote a series of novels based on the life of the greatest writer of the 20th century. Let us welcome..."
"Danny Brown!"
(Audience applauds)
"Hello, Mr. Danny Brown."
"Hello, host. Good evening, audience friends."
"Mr. Brown, your novel about Master Yuan, S CP Code (Chinese translation: Qi Code), was adapted into a movie and released last year, in 2004, on the 110th anniversary of his birth. Both your novel and the movie have caused great repercussions and controversy in China, the United States and even the world. I heard that since the publication of this novel, someone has sent you threatening letters, is that right?"
"Haha, that's true. But luckily his fans are not Arabia..."
"Ahem... Mr. Brown, please drink some water."
"Okay, okay, I'm thirsty... Sorry, what were we talking about? What I meant was that I'm much luckier than Mr. Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses. No one has offered a huge reward for my death."
(Audience laughter, applause and whistles)
"Well, Mr. Brown, you are indeed very lucky. I have read your novel and watched this movie. So as a reader and viewer, I would like to ask you, are the things you wrote in the novel true or fictitious?"
"Are you asking about the fact that Mr. Yuan is the founder of the SCP Foundation?"
"Yes, I know that Master Yuan is indeed one of the founders of the famous SCP magazine. But does this so-called 'Standard Procedures for the Containment of Alien Objects Foundation' really exist?"
"Mr. Host, I have answered this question many times on different occasions. Now I solemnly say it again, there really is such an SCP Foundation, and according to my research, Master Yuan is not only the founder of this foundation, but also its largest funder in the early days. It can be said that he is the father of the SCP Foundation."
"So, Mr. Brown, what is the relationship between the SCP Foundation and SCP magazine other than the same abbreviation?"
"In fact, the early funding for the SCP Foundation mainly came from the SCP magazine. To be more precise, Neo Yuan, who was still pursuing a doctorate at NYU at the time, invested the profits from the magazine and his own royalties into the operation of the SCP Foundation."
"Mr. Brown, we know that Mr. Yuan is a famous horror writer..."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Host, let me correct you. Mr. Yuan is not just 'a famous horror writer', he is also the founder of the extremely influential horror fiction genre, YL's Style."
"Mr. Brown, please explain YL's Style to me and the audience."
"Okay, host. YL's Style is the Yuan and Lovecraft style, also known as the yellow style. First, YL is the abbreviation of yellow, and second, Mr. Yuan has a pen name called the King of Yellow. However, because the "yellow style" is easily confused with the "yellow book", this name is unknown to ordinary people except those in the circle and researchers."
"Oh, no wonder there is a saying that the "Yellow King" is the master of the "yellow book". Is this a misunderstanding?"
"Well, how can I say this... There is a saying that the author of "Fifty Shades of Grey" is Master Yuan, but according to current research, apart from this novel, he does not seem to have written any other erotic novels.. "
"Mr. Brown, let's get back to the topic we were talking about. In terms of literature, Master Yuan's contemporaries all called him an all-round genius, especially in terms of imagination and sense of humor. So what I want to ask is, isn't this SCP Foundation some kind of joke by Mr. Yuan, or even a prank?"
"Mr. Host, the SCP Foundation is really not a joke, but a real organization that has had a significant impact on history. Although its name is very strange, this foundation has had extremely close ties with Nazi organizations and anarchist organizations around the world in the first half of the 20th century!"
(Audience exclaims)
