Zhang Zhong didn't visit any relatives until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year this year, but Pengpeng went to get some red envelopes with his grandparents.
Perhaps because of Zhang Zhong's relationship, the red envelopes Pengpeng received in the past two years have become bigger and bigger. The third uncle's family, who has always been stingy, actually gave him a thousand yuan in red envelopes this year.
I heard that Hu Huifang and her third aunt had been fighting for a while, and in the end the red envelope was secretly put into Peng Peng's hat, which was discovered on the way back.
When she came back, Hu Huifang said angrily, "Just pretend you didn't see it, just pretend it was lost on the road."
What she was angry about was not the secret stuffing of red envelopes, but the arrogant and respectful attitude of her third uncle's family.
Zhang Zhong knew that his mother must have said angry words, and she would definitely find a way to return this gift.
For the eldest uncle and third uncle's family, what the father cannot give up is family affection, but the mother cannot care less about his father's feelings.
At home, they rarely talk about these things because they don’t want Pengpeng to hear them at such a young age.
A few days ago, Zhang Zhong went to buy a slightly better car and chose a serious driver from the newly hired safety team. These days, his parents have been driven around by the driver.
After riding in a driver's car for a few days, Hu Huifang began to despise Zhang Zhong's driving skills.
"Xiao Liu drives much more steadily than you. You don't even feel any bumps on the road."
Zhang Chongxin said that a new car worth more than two million yuan is certainly much more stable than his old car.
On the way home, Pengpeng must have been tired from playing and fell asleep.
After grandma made the arrangement and went to bed, she smiled and said, "This girl has been playing like crazy these days. She will have to calm down in the next two days."
"It's good to run around and make a fuss." Zhang Chong said with a smile, "She will start school in a few days, and there's nothing she can do if she wants to keep making noise like this."
After Pengpeng went to bed, it was not even eight o'clock.
Seeing that it was still early, Zhang Zhong was about to go upstairs to continue working, but he received a call from Xu Wei.
Xu Weiqian’s phone number was saved from the time of the Youth Literature Award the year before last, but after such a long time, the two of them didn’t even get through a phone call, that is, they just sent a blessing text message.
I don’t know why I called now.
Answering the phone with questions, "Hello, President Xu."
"Teacher Zhang, I didn't disturb your rest."
"No, it's still early to go to bed. What's the reason for President Xu's call?"
Xu Wei said, "This year's China Youth Literature and Art Award is about to be judged again. I would like to invite you to be the judge. I wonder what Mr. Zhang wants?"
Before Zhang Zhong could say anything, Xu Wei continued, "Of course, I won't waste your time. Your judging work can be completed within one day."
"I'm not quite suitable." This is not a modest comment by Zhang Zhong. He really feels that he is not suitable. Among other things, two of the works submitted for selection this year are from his company, one is Zhao Re's "The Fall of the Cold Autumn Leaves"
”, and the other is Qin Zhao’s “Undersea Kingdom”.
Of these two books, "The Falling Leaves in Cold Autumn" is more likely to win the award. After all, Qin Zhao is too young and it would be okay to pull off a stunt, but the Youth Daily probably won't let him win the award.
In any case, Zhang Zhong, as the boss of these two authors, should avoid suspicion.
Hearing Zhang Zhong's tone, Xu Wei understood the meaning and said with a smile, "Teacher Zhang, we absolutely believe in your integrity."
Zhang Chong smiled. It was useless for Xu Yi to believe this. The main reason was that others might not believe it.
A gentleman does not stand in danger, so there is no need for Zhang Zhong to cause trouble for himself. He smiled euphemistically and said, "President Xu, I was honored to win the Youth Literature Award, and it is my duty to make some contributions to the award.
, but I am really not suitable to be a judge in this situation this year. I am not thinking about myself, but I am helping your company to prevent mistakes and prevent public criticism."
Xu Wei thought for a while and said, "In this case, I will no longer force others to do anything difficult."
"Whatever President Xu said, if there is a different situation next time, I will definitely help you." Zhang Zhong said.
"Then...oh, I have another suggestion." Xu Wei suddenly said.
"President Xu, please speak."
"Since I can't be a judge, I wonder if Mr. Zhang would be willing to be a presenter," Xu Biao said.
Zhang Zhong thought about it quickly and said, "It would be a great honor to be a guest of honor."
Xu Wei smiled and said, "Well, it's settled now. After the awards selection here is over, I will send you the invitation letter."
"OK."
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Zhang Zhong is quite concerned about this year's China Youth Literature and Art Award, because Zhao Re and Qin Zhao.
In Zhang Zhong's opinion, the biggest favorite this year should be Zhao Re. If he can win this award, it will be considered as a dream come true for him.
Zhao Re came out of nowhere back then. If he had developed steadily, he might have won the Youth Literature Award long ago.
Of course, Qin Zhao also has a possibility. Although the winners of the Youth Literature and Art Award are all young people, there is no age requirement for this award.
If Qin Zhao can win the Youth Literature Award, it will be a shocking thing in the literary world, and he will also refresh the record of the youngest winner of the award set by Zhang Zhong the year before last, and refresh it to a level that may never come after him.
the point.
As the saying goes, how bold a person is and how powerful the land is, if the Youth Daily is bold enough to push Qin Zhao to the front, although there will be doubts, it will definitely be full of gimmicks, and it will not be lower than the one that Zhang Zhong won the award for.
Year.
"Let's wait and see."
Zhang Zhong didn't think about the Youth Literature Award anymore, but went to the study and started working.
The Chinese version of "Zero Zero One" will be released simultaneously in North America in a while. In order to get the first shot and get off to a good start, Zhang Chong is bound to be the boss and must contribute.
I just used 20,000 points to win a copy of "The Code of Along the River During the Qingming Festival", so Zhang Zhong wanted to give readers, especially North American readers, a special gift.
"The Code of Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is one of Zhang Zhong's favorite local mystery and suspense novels. Compared with his previous works, this book is set in a more recent time and is less famous and less historical.
But this does not mean that this book is inferior to other books. In fact, Zhang Zhong believes that in some aspects, as a suspense novel, this book surpasses "The Shining" and "The Snowman".
Moreover, "The Code of Along the River During the Qingming Festival", as a mystery and suspense novel with Chinese characteristics, will definitely bring something different to foreign readers.
Perhaps many foreign readers will have an idea after reading it - suspense mystery stories can still be like this.
Moreover, Zhang Zhong did something shameless this time. "Code Along the River During the Qingming Festival" will not only start serialization in the latest issue of the Chinese version of "001", but also jump in line on the English version of "001", but
In the future, I may only serialize one article every two or three due dates.