When Zhang Zhong and others arrived, Zhuang Yu and others were already in the box.
The room was filled with mist and smelled like smoke.
Zhang Zhong was a little surprised, because Zhuang Yu and the others had never smoked when they had dinner together before, which gave Zhang Zhong the illusion that none of them smoked.
After sitting down, he simply said hello and introduced Chen Qing again, and everyone took their seats.
Seeing that only Yu Dongyu had a pack of cigarettes in front of him on the table, Zhang Zhong roughly understood. It was probably this guy who brought everyone smoking today.
Only then did he remember that Yu Dongyu was famous for being a heavy smoker.
He had read an article before. When Yu Dongyu wrote "Bamboo Dragonfly", it took a month to write a novel of just 50,000 words. Yu Dongyu smoked more than 130 packs of cigarettes, averaging more than four packs a day.
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It is said that once during the process, when Li Nan, the editor-in-chief of "Agitation Literature", went to see him, he couldn't stay in his study for two minutes and almost died of being smoked.
Later, someone joked that the book "Bamboo Dragonfly" was not written with a pen, but smoked one by one.
However, the book "Bamboo Dragonfly" is also very impressive and has won several traditional literature awards in a row. It was also Yu Dongyu's best work in popular literature at that time.
As soon as Zhang Zhong sat down, Yu Dongyu was about to smoke away, but Zhang Zhong waved his hands repeatedly, "I don't smoke."
Yu Dongyu said nothing and handed the cigarette to Chen Qing again.
Chen Qing usually doesn't smoke, but when Yu Dongyu offered him a cigarette, he didn't refuse and took it, thinking that it would be polite to take it even if he didn't smoke.
But after Yu Dongyu handed over the cigarette, the lighter lit up and wanted to light Chen Qing's cigarette.
Okay, the boss lit a cigarette. It was useless without smoking, so Chen Qing took advantage of the situation and started smoking.
Now, in the whole box, Zhang Zhong was the only one who didn't smoke.
Chen Qing smoked a cigarette. Yu Dongyu was very satisfied and leaned on the chair and said, "Zhang Zhong, smoking secondhand smoke is not good, it is more harmful."
Zhang Chong said with a smile, "This is a paradox. After all, you have also smoked second-hand smoke like me."
"That's true." Wang Yi shook the ashes from his cigarette and said.
Liu Yuan said with a smile, "It mainly depends on your mood. After all, if you smoke actively, your body and mind will be happy, if nothing else. Unlike passive smoking, your body will resist."
Zhang Zhong didn't want to argue with them about smoking, so he asked Wang Kewang, "How is your health lately?"
"The old man is in good health, but it is winter after all, and he is a little bored after staying in the house every day. I went to see him yesterday, and he also mentioned you and said that your latest book "The Adventures of Chun Yufen" was very good. He
Like it very much.”
"It's a great honor for me that the old man likes me."
Speaking of works, Yu Dongyu also leaned over and said, "I am very interested in your new book "The Last Starfish Man". The social engineering in it is very interesting."
Chen Qing, who was sitting next to Zhang Zhong, frowned. Social engineering?
Of course he had read "The Last Starfish Man" more than once, but he didn't remember any mention of social engineering in the book. Did Yu Dongyu make a mistake?
"It's a kind of fantasy, after all, humans haven't really mastered this technology yet." Zhang Chong said with a smile.
Chen Qing looked at Zhang Zhong in surprise. Why did he hear what the boss said? Yu Dongyu was right? Is there really such a thing as social engineering in his book? But Chen Qing really doesn't know, and what is this social engineering?
Several other people here are not as confused as Chen Qing, because they don't know much about "The Last Starfish". Because they don't know much about it, they don't know whether there is any mention of social engineering in this book.
Yu Dongyu said, "Seventy years ago, Popper wrote a book called "Historic Poverty", which mentioned the word social engineering, but I didn't expect it to be realized by a group of aliens in your novel.
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"Historicism on Poverty" was mentioned, and Wang Yi and others had the opportunity to intervene in the topic.
"Listening to what Yu Dongyu said, I did think of Popper's social piecemeal engineering. I read Zhang Zhong's new book "The Last Starfish" in full. Now that I think about it, it does have such a meaning. It seems that the story is about a
Thinking about ancient propositions and how far the application of sociology can transform society." Liu Yuan said.
Yu Dongyu nodded and said, "Well, in fact, there are many science fiction stories, which to a certain extent can be regarded as thinking and puzzling about a series of themes. For example, "The Fingertips of the Left" attempts to answer 'What is the origin of gender concepts', "
"Future Man" and Zhang Zhong's "I, Robot" try to answer the question of 'the relationship between spirit and matter', etc."
After hearing a lot of what they said, Chen Qing understood the relationship between social engineering and novels that Yu Dongyu said, but he didn't quite understand the so-called motif. Is there any difference between a motif and a general problem? Any novel does not
Are they all about asking questions and answering them?
Thinking that he didn't understand, he asked, Chen Qing asked Zhang Zhong in a low voice, "What is the motif?"
Liu Yuan's ears were sharp and he heard Chen Qing's question. Before Zhang Zhong could answer, he spoke, "It's just a basic question. There is no special definition. It's easy to distinguish. Just think about the things we usually ignore.
That’s it.”
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "Well, Mr. Liu is right. I remember there is a fable in "Zhuangzi", which can probably help people understand the theme very well. There was a frog who asked a centipede, "When you walk, lift your head first"
Which foot? When the centipede heard it, he immediately stopped and told the frog, "When you ask me this question, I won't be able to walk anymore."
Wang Yi went on to say, "It is admirable that Zhang Zhongzhong cited many other sources. This example is really good. This also just illustrates the charm of the motif. Often when we ask questions about some basic facts, the person asking the question will also be completely informed in an instant."
Become a stranger.”
Chen Qing smiled sheepishly, "I understand, thank you."
Liu Yuan waved his hand, "No need to be reserved, let's chat with open minds, that's why."
Yu Dongyu glanced at Chen Qing and continued, "Science fiction stories try to answer themes and even create hypotheses, which is similar to scientific research to a certain extent. Because scientific hypotheses also require imagination and can even be based on dreams. These,
It’s all about creating conceptual surprise.”
Surprised by the concept, Yu Dongyu threw out another word, let alone Chen Qing, they had never heard of it in Zhuang Yu.
Yu Dongyu probably knew that they hadn't heard much about it, so he explained, "The Guardian once used the terms 'high concept' and 'surprise' to comment on Jiang De's 'Your Life', and later someone proposed the term 'concept surprise'"