Chapter 188 Persuading people to leave their hometown (monthly pass)
Zhang Zhong and Yu Dongyu quickly walked out of the press area. The staff responsible for taking them to the exchange meeting location was already waiting at the door.
"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Yu, go this way."
When Zhang Zhong was answering reporters' questions just now, the guests in the auditorium had almost left one after another, and there were still a few left with them.
Seeing Zhang Zhong, they all congratulated, "Congratulations."
Zhang Zhong didn't know any of these people, so he could only nod his head, "Thank you, thank you."
After those people walked forward, Yu Dongyu smiled and said to Zhang Zhong, "I was worried that you wouldn't be able to cope with it, but I didn't expect that you could cope with it much more easily than I expected. You seem to cope with it all the time."
Zhang Chong smiled and replied, "My nerves are just a little rougher than others, and I can't say that I am free. I would like to thank Mr. Yu for speaking up for me just now."
"I've been telling you something from the beginning to the end, but it's still useless. There's no need to take it to heart." As he said that, he glanced at the staff member who was walking in front of him and turned around. He waved to him and said, "You go first.
Go there, you don’t need to take us, I know the way.”
The staff hesitated a little, but Yu Dongyu said again, "Don't worry, it won't be lost in just a few steps."
"Okay, Teacher Zhang, Teacher Yu, I'll go over first. After you pass over, someone will guide you to your seats."
After the staff left, there were only two people in this small corridor, Zhang Zhong and Yu Qiuyu. Zhang Zhong asked curiously, "What will this exchange be like?"
"It's nothing special, it's just a banquet, eating and chatting. Half of the people sitting in the audience just now are from Youth Daily, and the other half are writers." As he said this, he winked at Zhang Zhong again, "Originally,
I heard that Han Xun was also invited, but he was too embarrassed to come."
Zhang Zhong didn't answer this question. Originally, he and Han Xun had nothing to do with each other.
Someone said before that Han Xun was smearing him, but he himself couldn't make a conclusion on this matter. Since there was no conclusion, there was no need to assume that the other party was his enemy.
However, Zhang Zhong did not speak, and Yu Dongyu continued: "He is really embarrassed. After all, you lost to him in the Detective Master Award, but you won the highest laurel of popular literature."
"It's different, after all, the works participating in the selection are not the same." Zhang Zhong said.
Yu Dongyu smiled and shook his head, "You may think so, but others may not think so. Those who read the news will only think that there is something wrong with the award."
"Like others, I don't know if there is any problem. And now that I have withdrawn the award, it actually has nothing to do with me anymore," Zhang Zhong said.
Yu Dongyu looked at Zhang Zhong's face without any strangeness and sighed secretly. He was also on the jury for the Chinese Detective Master Award at that time, and even discussed the award-winning work with Yu Zuoren in the end.
Mainly because his old friend was too indecisive, hesitant to move forward, and his style was too old-fashioned, which finally brought the matter to this point.
When he said this to Zhang Zhong, he still wanted to help both parties make peace. There was no need to make it so tense, but judging from Zhang Zhong's attitude, it seemed that the possibility was not very high.
Zhang Zhong's reaction was very bland, so bland that Yu Dongyu felt that this matter had never been on his mind before.
For such a determined person, since he publicly withdrew the Detective Master Award on Weibo, it should be very difficult to recover.
After thinking about it, Yu Dongyu stopped talking. There was no need for him to offend Zhang Zhong for the Chinese Detective Award.
The two chatted casually and walked to the location of the exchange meeting.
Everyone was already seated. After Zhang Zhong and the others entered, someone took them to a table. There happened to be two empty seats on that table, which were reserved for him and Yu Dongyu.
There are ten people at a table, and besides the two of them there are eight others.
Among these eight people, Zhang Zhong knew two of them. One was Wu Ke, who handed over the process to him, and the other was Wan Shijie, the president of the Youth Daily who spoke on stage at the Outlook Conference.
Seeing Zhang Zhong and others coming over, these eight people stood up one after another. Wu Ke even came over and said to Zhang Zhong, "Teacher Zhang, let me introduce to you. This is President Wan of our Youth Daily.
"
Wan Shijie had a big belly and looked like a businessman. He smiled and shook hands with Zhang Zhong, "I, Wan Shijie, have admired you for a long time, Mr. Zhang. I have admired you for a long time."
"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."
After introducing the president, Wu Ke introduced the vice-president to Zhang Zhong. The vice-president of Youth Daily is named Xu Biaoqi (just read it as red). Different from Wan Shijie’s businessman style, Xu Biaoqi wears a pair of glasses and black clothes.
He wears an old-style suit and looks like he is in his early forties, but he looks like an old scholar.
He gently held Zhang Zhong's hand and said with a smile, "Teacher Zhang's speech is very impressive. When our Youth Daily established the Literary Award, it was with the same idea of passing on the fire from generation to generation. I have to say that this award
For you, it is indeed worthy of the name."
"I'm just dreaming. Your company's practical spirit of putting it into action is really admirable." Zhang Zhong, who was slapped with flattery, also responded with a spiral rainbow to Youth Daily.
Except for the two presidents, the others were all senior executives of the Youth Daily. After the introductions, everyone took their seats.
When we sat down, we inevitably had to give in. They arranged for Zhang Zhong to be the guest of honor. Of course, Zhang Zhong had to give way, but in the end he couldn't resist and sat in the guest of honor seat.
The guest of honor seat was next to Wan Shijie. After Zhang Zhong sat down, Wan Shijie smiled and tilted his head to Zhang Zhong and said, "Teacher Zhang, can you drink?"
Zhang Zhong always felt that President Wan's words were a bit strange, and he only spoke half-literary words.
He shook his head and said, "I don't drink."
Wan Shijie sighed in disappointment, "What a pity, what a pity."
Xu Wei, who was sitting opposite, seemed to have heard Wan Shijie's words and said, "It's not convenient to drink today. Even eating is secondary. The main thing is to promote communication."
He asked Zhang Zhong again, "Has Teacher Zhang been to Yanjing before?"
"I've been here a few times." Zhang Zhong responded casually. In fact, this was his first time coming to Yanjing in this world.
Xu Wei nodded and said, "The air in the north is dry. I'm afraid Teacher Zhang is not used to it."
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "I am very rough myself, and I can't feel it even if the air is wet or dry."
"Actually, although the air in Yanjing is not very good sometimes, it is still nice to live there. Has Teacher Zhang ever thought about settling in Yanjing?" Xu Biao asked again.
Zhang Zhong shook his head, "I never thought about this. After all, after living in Jiangyang for so many years, I have long been inseparable from that place."
Yu Dongyu laughed at the side and said, "It is not a good thing to persuade people to leave their hometown. I think Jiangyang is good. I have been there once before. The rhythm there is more suitable for writers to create. It is not like Yanjing, which is too lively."