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石一枫丨《地球之眼》

推荐理由

《地球之眼》写了一个在欲望年代坚持“道德”价值的安小男的故事，他运用自己的专业知识，收集了证据，惩戒了“不道德”的李牧光。作为官二代的李牧光，拿到了美国绿卡，名为做生意，实际上在为家族洗钱。小说的情节设计和人物设置都比较理想化，具有传奇性，但却带有强烈的批判现实意味，对当下中国的痼疾的进行了揭示。

小说带有很强的讽刺意味，对学校、大学教师不断嘲讽，同时也不忘记自嘲，但是，却难以掩饰情绪上的空虚和落寞。

作者石一枫在语言运用上承继了“京味儿”干脆利落的特点，又熟练运用了网络时代的词汇，夸张幽默，有很强的可读性。

Reviews

The Earth’s Eye is a story about a man who adhered to his morals in an era driven by desires. He used his professional knowledge, collected evidence, took justice into his own hand in order to punish the immoral Li Muguang. As a second-generation official, Li Muguang got a US green card in name of business, but, in fact, was a money launderer for his family. The story’s plot design and characters are relatively idealized, but with a strong critique, which reveals China’s chronic social illness.

The story features a strong satire of the school system. University teachers continue to be ridiculed, but the author also does not forget self-deprecating humor as well. Also, throughout the novel, it is difficult to mask a sense of emotional emptiness and loneliness.

Shi Yifeng, in his use of the language, inherited the “Beijing style,” but he is also skilled in incorporating the vocabulary of the Internet age. Because of his exaggerated humor, his works are very readable. 

作家简介

Author Profile

石一枫，1979年生，北京人。毕业于北京大学中文系，获文学硕士学位。作品有长篇小说《红旗下的果儿》、中篇小说《世间已无陈金芳》等。

Shi Yifeng, born in Beijing in 1979, graduated from Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, and received a master’s degree in Chinese literature. His works include the novel Fruits Under Red Flag and the novella No Chen Jinfang Any More, in addition to a few others.

中文概要

Synopsis

盛夏时分，学校进入考试季。我在图书馆背名词解释，不时出来抽烟，碰上了一位学电子信息与自动化的理科同学，要跟我讨论中国的前途和发展问题。原来，他在学生宿舍楼道中，曾经看到我整理一部叫做《中国何以敢说不》的书稿。那是一本拼贴之作，我试图拿来换钱和女友郭雨燕旅行，结果书商跑了，女友也离开了我。

表妹林琳是数学系的，向我介绍了安小男，原来他在理科方面很有天赋。林琳的爱意并没有得到安小男的回应，出了国。在大四快要毕业的时候，安小男申请延期，开始修历史系的课程。安小男的母亲，一位肉联厂的洗肠工，赶到了学校，认为校方不该同意儿子转专业。学校破例安排了电子系和历史系的老师共同举办了一个面试，看安小男适合哪个专业。对于历史系商教授提出的问题，安小男对答如流，因此，商教授建议给予双学籍。安小男却因历史学也无法解决当下问题而骂商教授“无耻”，搞砸了面试。

李牧光家境良好，特别嗜睡，经常缺课睡觉，而且什么时候都能睡着，包括军训站军姿。因为他爸爸是东北某大厂的领导，给学校设了实习基地，所以李牧光得以进入大学。临近毕业，李牧光准备留学美国，为了申请，出价两万请我帮他写一篇论文。我以五千的稿费的价格转包给了安小男。安小男如期交稿，论文纵横捭阖，论述了中国的道德水准是如何不断降低的。李牧光认为我讲义气，到了美国，跟我联系反而增加。我介绍他认识了林琳。

毕业后，我先是市属机关做秘书，后来辞职到了电视台的制作公司，逐渐坐到了导演的位置，成了文化混混儿。在我的女朋友的建议下，我的团队采访了一些毕业后仍在校园里的“校漂”。我去挂甲屯看望一个不愿出境的“校漂”时，意外发现他就是安小男。安小男毕业后听从母亲的话，到银行做技术支持工作，生活很安逸。由于拒绝了行长布置给他的监控员工邮件的“不道德”的任务，安小男最终失去了银行的工作。为生活所迫，安小男靠替人考试赚钱，做起了枪手的工作。

我想帮安小男，但是又无从下手。李牧光从美国回来了，精神亢奋矍铄，嗜睡症不治而愈。李牧光如今在做玩具贸易，给了安小男一份工作，就是建立一个系统，在中国用互联网远程监控他在美国的仓库，以便节省雇佣美国人看仓库的一大笔费用。

安小男在我的帮助下，租了写字楼，开始监控玩具仓库的工作。安小男拿到工资后，装在信封里交给我，请我路过河北H市时去他家把钱带给母亲，因为她眼神不好，不能汇款。我到H市后，找到了安小男母亲住处，发现墙上挂满了安小男的奖状，还有安小男已故父亲的照片。李牧光打算回国投资，带着安小男去H市考察。

在我的婚礼上，见到了咸鱼翻身的安小男。他跟随李牧光赚到了一些钱，但是却不想干了。经过我询问，安小男才说，他发现李牧光有很多钱，但是他做生意的利润却很薄，其中必有问题。

在我儿子的满月酒席上，李牧光不请自到，还备了厚礼。他怀疑安小男正在调查自己，并且已经掌握了他父亲的一些违法证据，让我出面阻止安小男。我终于知道李牧光做生意的目的是洗钱，拒绝了他的要求。不料李牧光说，他和林琳已经结婚，如果事发，他就报复。原来，林琳签证到期，想留美国，无奈之下求助李牧光，办了假结婚。

见到安小男后才知道，因为李牧光在H市的选址正是母亲家，为此，邻居们都要因为拆迁而搬走。他还讲到，父亲是建筑工程师，发现公司领导贪污，结果被诬陷，跳楼自杀了。安小男又一次谈到“道德”。一段时间未联络后，李牧光打电话来找安小男，原来，他用“天眼”的名字发了微博，公布了李牧光公司用芭比娃娃玩具洗钱的证据，然后不知所踪。

我为了安抚林琳来到美国，飞机上遇到了商教授。来到美国见到郭雨燕，并找到了林琳。出乎意料的是，林琳打算去欧洲继续读第二个博士，因为她通过离婚变成了富婆，而转机就在，收到了陌生人寄来的关于李牧光婚内出轨淫乱的证据。至于这个陌生人，林琳并不知道，而资料显示来自北京的挂甲屯。

回国后，我来到挂甲屯，果然看到了安小男忙碌的背影和他失明的母亲。我没跟安小男打招呼就赶紧跑走了。气喘吁吁抬起头来的时候，看到电线杆子上有个监控摄像头，如同悬在穹顶的眼睛。

Summer came and the school was in the exam season. I was memorizing nouns and their meanings in the library. From time to time, I would go out for a smoke and run into my classmate in the electronic information and automation department. He talked to me about China’s future and development. It turned out that when he was in the dorm hallway, he had seen me finishing a manuscript entitled “Why China Dares To Say No.” It was a cut and paste job, which I tried to exchange for my girlfriend Guo Yuyan’s and my own travel expenses. But the publisher ran away and my girlfriend left me.

Cousin Lin Lin, in the Department of Mathematics, introduced me to An Xiaonan who was very talented in science. Lin’s love for An didn’t get a response and she left the country later on. In the fourth year of university and just before graduation, An applied for an extension and began to take history classes. An’s mother, a meat factory worker who rinses intestines, rushed to the university to show her disapproval, saying that the university should not agree to her son’s intent to switch his study major. The university made an exception and arranged for the professors of both Department of History and the Department of Electronics to co-host an interview to assess which major best would suit An. An answered to history professor Shang’s questions fluently, therefore, the professor recommended him to study in both majors. However, because of the inability of history to solve contemporary issues, he called the professor “shameless” and screwed up the interview.

Li Muguang from a well-off family was especially addicted to sleep. As a result of his addiction he was frequently absent from his classes. He could even fall asleep during the military training classes for standing postures. He got into the university because his dad, a high ranking official in a large plant in the Northeast region of China, built a practice base for the school. Near graduation, Li prepared to study in the United States. For his application, he asked me a favor to write a paper for him. In return, he would pay me ￥20,000. I outsourced the job to An for only ￥5,000 Yuan, who completed the job on time. The eloquent paper was about how China’s ethical standards were continually declining. This helped strengthen the friendship between me and Li. We still kept in touch after he moved to the USA. I introduced my cousin Lin Lin to him.

After graduation, my first job was to serve as a secretary in a municipal government office. Later, I quit to join a television production company. Gradually, I was promoted to the director’s position and became a so-called “cultural hooligan”. At the suggestion of my girlfriend, my team interviewed some students who were still on campus after graduation. I went to Guajiatun to visit one of these “professional students” and accidentally discovered he was An Xiaonan. After Graduation, An listened to his mother and found a technical support job in a bank. Life had been very comfortable until he refused the president’s request to monitor employees’ mail. In An’s mind, this task was immoral, so he eventually lost the bank position. In order to make ends meet, he wrote exams for other students and became an academic ghostwriter.

I wanted to help, but didn’t know how. Li Muguang just came back from the United States. He was in good spirits and was no longer addicted to sleep. Nowadays, he is in the toy trading business. He offered An a job to establish a remote monitoring system in China, using the internet to keep an eye on his warehouse in the United States so that he could save on the huge cost of hiring Americans to operate his warehouse.

With my help, An rented an office and began his warehouse surveillance job. When An got his pay, he put it in an envelope and had me pass it to his mom whenever I got a chance to pass by H city in Hebei because his mom has poor eye sight, so she can’t read and receive money from wire transfer. I went to the H city and found An’s mother’s residence. Inside, the walls were covered with An’s awards, as well as photos of An’s late father. Li Muguang intended to return to China for investment purposes and had An accompany him to H city to find a business opportunity.

At my wedding, I saw a re-energized An. He made some money with Li, but did not wish to continue. After I asked, An said he found that Li was quite rich but his profit margin was thin so there must be problems.

Li Muguang invited himself to my son’s full-month banquet with a big gift. He suspected that An had been investigating him and that he had gathered some evidence of Li’s father’s illegal acts. He asked me to talk to An and prevent his further action. I finally understood that the purpose of his business operation was money-laundering so I refused his request. Unexpectedly, Li said he and Lin Lin were married, and if the evidence leaked out, he would retaliate, meaning he would divorce Lin Lin. As it turned out, Lin’s visa couldn’t get extended and she couldn’t have the right to stay in the U.S. She wanted to stay and desperately needed that fake marriage.

After I met An, I learned that Li Muguang chose to invest in H City and the site happened to be An’s mom’s house. The neighbors had to move out and relocate because of the demolition. He also mentioned that his father, a construction engineer, discovered the corruption in the company’s leadership, so he was framed and then committed suicide. An once again talked about “morality.” After a period of time without contact, Li Muguang called me trying to find An. The reason was that An used “the Sky Eye” as his alias on Weibo and provided evidence, exposing him and his toy company that used Barbie dolls as means to launder money. After that, An disappeared without a trace.

To appease Lin Lin, I went to the United States. On the aircraft, I encountered Shang the history professor. When I arrived in the United States, I met Guo Yuyan my former girlfriend and found Lin Lin. Surprisingly, Lin intended to go to Europe and continue to study for her second Doctoral degree. She became a rich woman through divorce. The turning point was when she received evidence of Li Muguang’s infidelity from a stranger. Although Lin did not know who sent the message, the information appeared to be from Guajiatun in Beijing.

After returning home, I went to Guajiatun, and saw the busy back of An and his blind mother. I did not say hello to him but ran away at once. Panting and looking up, I saw a surveillance camera on the lamp pole, like an eye hanging in the sky.