"The Da Vinci Code" was drawn by Zhang Zhong at the end of February.
Although he was not in a hurry to publish it before, Zhang Zhong wrote it quickly.
Moreover, he had read the original version of this book, so he kept it and translated it himself.
Originally he was not in a hurry, thinking of translating slowly, just a few thousand words a day, but after the Hawthorne incident, he speeded up the translation.
Fortunately, he had read the original work and compared it with the Chinese version, so it didn't take much effort to translate it.
After the title of the book came out, many netizens thought it was a companion volume to "The Code of Along the River During the Qingming Festival", or a novel similar to it.
There are indeed some similarities, but the two books cannot be said to be companions at all.
The real companion piece to "The Da Vinci Code" should be "Angels and Demons", another well-known novel by Dan Brown.
Dan Brown's works often contain many elements, and elements of popular novels such as murder, horror suspense, pursuit, detective, romance, etc. may appear in the same book.
This "The Da Vinci Code" is jokingly called a cultural knowledge novel by some people, because the novel borrows a lot of cultural knowledge, including "Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper", "Our Lady of the Rocks", "
"Vitruvian Man", Fibonacci sequence, iambic pentameter, Holy Grail story, contemporary high technology and modern information technology, etc.
The ingenuity of this book lies in its ability to combine cryptography, mathematics, religion, oceanography, geology and other aspects of knowledge and information without leaving any trace, in a way that appeals to both refined and popular tastes, making it convenient for different groups of people to read.
There are many subversive things in the book, and some readers may even think that what is written in the book is true after reading it.
Of course, no one can tell whether this is true or not.
This is not an academic article in the first place, and even if it is an academic article, it may not necessarily be true.
There are also many twists and turns in the book. The deceased Saunière is the grandfather of the heroine, Officer Neveu. PS is not the abbreviation of Princess Sophy but the secret symbol of a secret organization. Saunière is the supreme leader of the Priory of Sion, and Remy is an undercover agent.
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Of course, the most unexpected thing is that at the end, everyone finds out that Teabing, who has been providing assistance, is the villain's mentor.
Many people think that the twist that Teabing is the mentor is a bit abrupt and unreasonable, but the ending also makes sense.
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Zhang Zhong quickly handed over "The Da Vinci Code" in two languages to Chen Qing.
The company's editorial department is doing the proofreading of the Chinese version, while the proofreading of the English version is left to the translation team.
It shouldn't take long for this book to be available to everyone.
However, it seems that there is no need to be in such a hurry now, because Hawthorne's new book has been delayed for half a month, and they have an extra half month to prepare.
Regarding netizens who said that Zhang Zhong's new book was aimed at Hawthorne, the company quickly issued a statement.
"We have absolutely no intention of targeting Mr. Hawthorne. In fact, we are also very amazed at this very ingenious fate. Of course, if Mr. Hawthorne feels there is any difficulty in releasing PZ's new book at the same time, we can definitely explain it.
You can consider changing the time."
After netizens saw this statement, they all called Zhang Zhong's company's public relations department really cheap.
It is said that hitting someone does not mean slapping someone in the face. Doesn’t this statement mean that he slapped Hawthorne in the face with his palm?
Is it true that Hawthorne replied that he did not want to publish the book at the same time as pz because he was afraid that sales would be affected?
In fact, Zhang Zhong also learned about this statement later.
The statement was issued by the company's public relations department itself, and it is said that it was written by Li Zhuo himself.
Zhang Zhong felt that this mean-spirited writing style really resembled that of Li Zhuo. This guy was always good at helping people uncover their scars, and also sprinkled a pinch of salt on them.
The two of them had quarreled before when they were in school, but the fight always ended with Zhang Zhong being completely defeated.
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Zhang Zhong stood at a long table, surrounded by a group of children - of course, not all of them were children, there was also an older friend who looked rather eye-catching.
In the calligraphy class of Meng Mu Xiaozhu, Zhang Zhong occasionally came over to give lectures to the students.
The studio usually recruits children, but there was a college student in the calligraphy class, a man in his thirties.
When Zhang Zhong came to class just now, he initially thought that this person was a parent of a certain student, or a new teacher in the studio, but he didn't expect that he was actually a student.
This surprised Zhang Zhong.
Of course, children are not the only ones who learn calligraphy, but most adults will not come to a place like this to learn calligraphy. Among other things, the first step to learn here is to overcome the shame of attending a class with a group of children.
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Moreover, the teaching object is students, and Zhang Zhong cannot teach anything too in-depth, and he may not be able to learn what he wants to learn.
For example, in this class, Zhang Zhong is going to tell the children a simple word.
Zhang Zhong wrote a big word "人" on the paper.
"Students, do you know what this word is?"
"Teacher, it's human."
Most students know this character, but there are also those who don't know it and come to learn calligraphy.
Of course, just because you don't know how to read doesn't mean you can't practice calligraphy. Moreover, Zhang Zhong's teaching is simpler, and the students can even learn to read by the way.
"Yes, it's the character "人". Do you know how the character "人" was written in the past?"
The students shook their heads.
Zhang Zhong wrote another "人" next to the original "人", but it was the "人" in the oracle bone inscriptions.
After he finished writing, some students raised their hands.
"Teacher, this is like standing next to someone."
"No, I think it's like a Chinese character."
"Teacher, is this how the Chinese character "herringbone" was written before?"
Zhang Chong nodded with a smile and said, "This is a way of writing a long time ago. You are all right. It is a little like standing next to people, and also a little like the word we write now. Of course, in addition to the word "standing next to people" and the word "
Besides, what does it look like?"
The students looked at each other, and one student raised his hand and said, "Teacher, it looks like a bent person. Look, these are his legs, this is his upper body, and these are his arms."
"What this classmate said makes sense. Look, does this word look like a person bending over and holding his hands?" As he spoke, Zhang Zhong made a bowing posture, "It's like this."
The students clapped their hands and said, "It seems."
"The word "人" is a pictographic character, which means that people should know how to be humble. The reason why people know how to be humble is because they can think in their hearts..."
Zhang Zhong does not expect students to remember the origin of the Chinese character "herringbone", but students may not be able to remember it, which does not mean that he does not need to speak. He believes that everything he says now will stay in the minds of students one day.