"The wise hear the silence, the wise see the invisible."
"The Conspiracy" is the most famous work of the Mai family. With this book, the Mai family also won the Mao Dun Literature Award.
This book is divided into three parts, namely "The Wind Listener", "The Wind Watcher" and "The Wind Catcher". These three parts respectively tell the story of three legendary agents.
Anyone who is familiar with the Mai family will definitely know about Special Unit 701. These three agents are legendary figures in the three departments of 701: the Monitoring Bureau, the Decryption Bureau, and the Operations Bureau.
The reason why this book is well known to the general public is because the film and television adaptation of it was a great success.
Whether it is the TV series "The Conspiracy" of the same name produced by Liu Yunlong or the movie "The Wind" adapted from the novel, both have received very good ratings and reputation.
Some people say that "The Conspiracy" is the best espionage book in China. This statement also puts Mai Jia on the throne of "the first espionage person in China".
Others are not convinced, but they can't find anyone better to compete with the Mai family. After a lot of back and forth, only the Mai family can hold up the aura of "China's number one espionage person".
The narrative technique of this book is somewhat similar to Agatha's "The Mysterious Case at Styles Manor", both of which use first-person reminiscence narration.
Recollection is a retelling of an event, which changes the original sample of what happened.
The advantage of this is that the original three-dimensional life can be compressed into a linear event, so that the narrator can calmly use his thinking power to make side comments and discussions on the characters in the event.
Through these evaluations and discussions, the plot can be laid out and the rhythm controlled.
As for the shortcomings...as long as it is well written, there are actually no shortcomings.
Zhang Zhong replayed the plot of "The Conspiracy" in his mind. The blind man A Bing was both ridiculous, pitiable, arrogant and fragile; the passionate witch Huang Yiyi was maverick and had her own way; accustomed to decryption work, unwilling to be ordinary,
Chen Erhu, who eventually died suddenly due to excessive excitement; Hu Haiyang, the staff officer who used the corpse to send messages...
Characters who are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and twists and turns of the plot emerged in Zhang Zhong's mind, allowing him to once again appreciate the thrilling spy war.
This book is very good, but he has no plans to publish "The Conspiracy" yet, just like he has not yet planned to publish "The Evil Hypnotist" and "The Devotion of Suspect X", the time has not come yet.
This book can be temporarily placed in his "alternative library" and can be thrown out when the time is right.
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In the evening of the next day, after kindergarten, Zhang Zhong took Pengpeng to Meng Mu's Xiaozhu.
Pengpeng has not come to the painting class for two days. This is the first time since she signed up for this class.
The person who is teaching painting is not Xu Yuhan, but a woman of similar age to Zhang Zhong, named He Jing. She was hired by Xu Yuhan. Zhang Zhong probably knows some information about this new teacher. I heard Xu Yuhan said that he is also a central figure like her.
A beautiful top student.
But she found her true love after graduation and got married soon after. Now she has a two- or three-year-old son, and she is raising her husband at home. She didn't find this job until her son could be sent to kindergarten.
"Teacher Xu just went out for dinner and will probably be back soon."
Seeing Zhang Zhong, He Jing smiled and said to him.
Zhang Dian nodded and arranged for Pengpeng to sit down.
He was actually a little surprised by what He Jing said. She said it as if she came to see Xu Yuhan. Since there was a teacher teaching, there was no need to tell him Xu Yuhan's whereabouts.
After a while, Xu Yuhan came back. Seeing Zhang Zhong, she raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile, "How was your time at Jiao Lake these two days, Mr. Zhang?"
Of course Zhang Zhong told Xu Yuhan that Pengpeng didn't come to class, and she also knew that Zhang Zhong took Pengpeng to Jiao Lake to play on the weekend.
Zhang Zhong nodded and said with a smile, "It's not bad. At this time of year, the flowers and plants on the island in the middle of the lake are not withered yet, so there are still some scenery that can be seen."
He looked at the energetic Xu Yuhan in front of him again, "Teacher Xu also went out to play on the weekend?"
Xu Yuhan was a little surprised and said, "How does Teacher Zhang know?"
Zhang Chong smiled and said nothing, pointing to the extra painting on the wall.
Xu Yuhan suddenly realized, "Oh, yes, I went to the southwest. You guys went to see the water, and I went to see the mountains."
Zhang Zhong hummed and said nothing more. Xu Yuhan didn't know what to say anymore, so she said sorry to Zhang Zhong and went to help He Jing teach.
After Xu Yuhan left, Zhang Zhong turned his attention to the newly hung painting on the wall.
Between the green mountains, there is a winding and rugged path. This path crosses the valley and I don't know where it will lead.
On the path, there was a man carrying a bamboo building and walking forward with his head down.
In front of the towering mountains, the insignificance and loneliness of human beings are highlighted very clearly.
Is he going home?
Where did it come from?
What's in the bamboo basket?
Questions emerged in Zhang Zhong's mind, and at the same time he remembered a movie and a poem.
"That Mountain, That Man, That Dog"
"Mountain People"
The movie "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" also has the original work of the same name, but Zhang Zhong has never read it, but he has watched the movie twice.
The movie tells the story of a father who is responsible for delivering letters in the mountains and is about to retire, and his son takes over as a postman.
The main line of the story is that the two generations break the barriers in the process of sending letters, and the relationship becomes considerate and understanding.
However, the whole story is based on the beautiful picture of the mountains and water in western Hunan, and behind this beautiful picture are the bits and pieces of life in the mountains, which are difficult and simple.
Although this movie did not have a high box office, it has a good reputation and it is not surprising that Zhang Zhong can see it.
As for the poem "Mountain People" (Note 1), Zhang Zhong also discovered it by accident.
This is an allegorical poem. The poem uses the voice of a mountain man to express the longing of people who have long been in a closed traditional culture and their strong desire to break through cultural stagnation.
Although this poem uses simple words, it can make people feel a sense of sadness after reading it, and after the sadness, it will inspire a desire to break through the shackles.
On a larger scale, no culture is perfect and each has its own shackles that need to be broken through. On a smaller scale, each individual has their own mountains that need to be climbed.
Last night, Zhang Zhong was still considering whether to publish some more works outside the system to enrich his "alternative library". Today, I saw Xu Yuhan's paintings and got some inspiration.
He remembers every word of "Mountain People."
Somewhat impatiently, he took out his mobile phone in the rest area of Meng Mu's Xiaozhu and wrote all of "Mountain People" on his mobile phone.
This poem is not long, and it only took Zhang Zhong less than ten minutes to write it completely.
After he finished writing, he reviewed it carefully and made sure there were no errors or omissions, so he posted it on Weiyu. He was very decisive.
Looking back, he thought of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" again.
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Perhaps, after he has taken the screenwriting class for a while, he can consider using this book first.