The couple looked at each other to prove that they had heard correctly.
The two of them were confused when the phone in Zhang's father's pocket rang.
"It's Teacher Li." Dad Zhang looked at the caller ID.
The teacher Li he refers to is Zhang Zhongliang's class teacher. He cares a lot about Zhang Zhongliang and has frequent contact with the couple.
"Teacher Li."
"Dad Zhang, congratulations. COFCO performed very well this time and won the top prize in liberal arts in our province. I called you as soon as I got the results."
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The announcement of college entrance examination results has not affected the popularity of new book sales.
June, July and August are originally the peak season for bookstores, and because Zhang's new book is on sale, the bookstore is buzzing with people and eager to get started.
Comprehensive bookstores like Nanfang Bookstore also seem overcrowded after the influx of large numbers of customers.
Some frequent customers rush to the fifth floor as soon as they enter the bookstore.
If you have to queue for the elevator, just go up the stairs.
The reason why I want to go to the fifth floor is because it is the Zhang Zhong area, and it is always easier to buy books than in the lobby on the first floor.
Moreover, the Zhang Zhong special area is almost full of Zhang Zhong fans. Readers like to read in this atmosphere, and sometimes they may meet like-minded confidants. If it is not a new book day, and it does not fall on holidays or weekends, it will also be held on the fifth floor.
Some reading activities related to Zhang Zhong.
Nanfang Bookstore is Zhang Zhong’s favorite bookstore besides Tongyoutongwu Bookstore.
There are only two Tongyoutongwu bookstores in total, which are simply not enough, so most book lovers default to the Southern Bookstore as their gathering place.
The reason why Nanfang Bookstore has been welcomed by so many Zhang Zhong fans is inseparable from their decision-making.
They were the first bookstore to invite Zhang Zhong to a book signing. Since then, even though Zhang Zhong's reputation was not as good as it is now, they still did a lot of friendly things to Zhang Zhong.
The most well-known thing is that they have opened a Zhangzhong area in the building.
And it's not just a bookstore. As long as their store exceeds five floors, whether it is a main store or a branch, the entire fifth floor is reserved for Zhang Zhong.
In this way, even if fans go to a strange city, when they find a southern bookstore, they can immediately find the organization on the fifth floor of the bookstore.
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Jin Fei got up at around five o'clock.
Unfortunately, he got up early and rushed to the late market. He drove here and encountered a traffic jam. He arrived late and couldn't find a parking space. He didn't park the car until nine o'clock.
After finally reaching the fifth floor, all the empty seats were occupied. He could only grab a new book first. After paying the bill, he found a corner and sat down on the floor to read. In Nanfang Bookstore, like him
There are not many people who just sit on the ground and read a book.
The person who steals the shadow.
I don't know why, but Jin Fei felt very good when he saw the title of this book, and he was full of expectations for the content inside.
Of course, even if the title of the book is a piece of shit, just the two words "Zhang Zhong" in the author column are enough to arouse his expectations.
Opening the title page, what is special is that this time there is a sentence written on the title page.
It's not a printed font, it's handwritten.
It should have been handwritten by Zhang Zhong and then typeset.
"I would like to dedicate this book to everyone who has ever been or is currently confused - Zhang Zhong."
Jin Fei couldn't help but smile. Who has never been confused?
This sentence is meant for everyone.
"'Do you remember Rong Guanglei?', Li Wei asked me through the glass of the cake shop, which reminded me of the morning on the first day of sixth grade..."
The first sentence shows that this book is written in flashback, and it is also in the first person.
This is rare in Zhang Zhong's works, especially when the two elements are combined.
If there is one, then "Alive" should be considered one, but there are many differences between the two.
One advantage of this writing technique is that it can elicit a lot of information at once.
Look, three characters appear in this short first sentence.
There is a me without a name, a Li Wei, and a Rong Guanglei.
Time is introduced again, and the narrative of the story will start from the sixth grade of the protagonist.
The following story unfolds from the perspective of a sixth grader.
The protagonist is a primary school student, and Rong Guanglei, whom I just mentioned, is also a primary school student. The two are classmates, but Rong Guanglei is obviously a "little bully" and likes to bully the protagonist.
At the beginning, the story seems to be unfolding between the protagonist and Rong Guanglei, but soon the rhythm begins to change.
When the protagonist meets a doorman named Lin Dong, everything becomes different.
During the brief interaction between the two, the protagonist discovered that Lin Dong's shadow was following him, and he could also talk to the shadow.
When he saw this, Jin Fei was suddenly a little confused. He originally thought it was a realistic novel, but now it seems that it is a bit magical.
Steal the shadow.
Although it was clearly stated in the title of the book, Jin Fei never thought about actually stealing the shadow.
The protagonist has an extraordinary ability, which is to steal other people's shadows and talk to their shadows.
And you can also see other people's memories.
This is something very special in Zhang Zhong's novels.
Jin Fei recalled it and went through all Zhang Zhong's works in his mind.
It seems that except for those fantasy works, there has never been a work like this work, in which people in real life have super powers that others cannot have.
If Jin Fei was reading an ordinary novel, when he saw super powers, he might guess that the protagonist would do something more "exciting".
But because of this Zhang Zhong novel, he believed that the emergence of this super power should have a special significance.
As the reading progressed, Jin Fei gained some other insights.
Before, he thought that the ability to steal shadows was actually similar to the ability to read minds. They both read what others were thinking, but Zhang Zhong put a special coat on his mind-reading abilities.
But now he has some different views.
The ability to steal shadows is not exactly the same as mind reading.
Because shadows actually have independent thoughts and are not all copies of their masters themselves.
Just like the shadow of the troublemaker Rong Guanglei, it can't even be said to be caused by the protagonist, but it forcibly squeezed out the protagonist's shadow and then ran over.
This is a typical rebellion drama.
And the reason why it rebelled was because it believed that Rong Guanglei was not a director worthy of being attached to. It believed that only someone with a strong heart like the protagonist was worthy of being its master.
From this perspective, the shadow also acts as a supporting character and passerby narrator.
They are responsible for uncovering things that the protagonist and other characters cannot uncover.
Rong Guanglei's shadow exposed Rong Guanglei's two shortcomings with words and actions. The first one was timidity, which was directly said by the shadow, and this was also the reason why the shadow left Rong Guanglei. The second one was bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, and the shadow was afraid of the strong because of his master.
Being timid and wanting to leave the master and squeeze out the shadow of "me" is definitely influenced by Rong Guanglei.
Jin Fei also discovered that the protagonist is not a great, upright and perfect person. He has many shortcomings. Apart from the ability to steal shadows, he is just an ordinary person.
He has the shortcomings that most ordinary people have, and he has a complicated and even selfish human nature.
But facing such a protagonist, Jin Fei was a little moved.
The story of Superman is too far away from the human world, only the stories of ordinary people are closer to people's hearts.
The stories in the book are fictitious, but the people in them are real, and they all have the most ordinary humanity.
When it comes to love, Qin Qing, and friendship, they all have their own thoughts and different pursuits.
Zhang Zhong's ability is extraordinary. He uses unique and delicate language to outline these seemingly ordinary stories, and resolves all the power with gentleness, making people feel touching warmth.
It is worth mentioning that the narrative perspective of this novel starts in flashback from the middle, which means that the scene where the protagonist and Levi talk to each other at the beginning is actually in the middle of the story, and the subsequent parts are no longer flashbacks.
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This technique is not unique to Zhang Zhong, but Zhang Zhong feels very skillful and natural when using it. This may be the difference between a master and an ordinary person.