The most cunning people in the world are journalists.
What Llorente said was absolutely correct. Not long after the Hugo Awards ceremony ended, there was a news article on the Internet with the title - Zhang Chong talked about Jiangyang's hosting of the World Science Fiction Convention, saying there were too many uncertainties.
If we look at the organization that published this report, the matter becomes clear.
This report comes from "Yundian Evening News", which is a local literary newspaper in Chicago. The reason why they published this article is probably to fight against injustice in Chicago.
There are countless such news every day, so Zhang Zhong certainly doesn't pay attention to it.
He, Linde and Llorente spent several hours in the bar of the Sports Center. Except for the occasional other author who came over to strike up a conversation, the three of them had a pleasant chat most of the time.
Before leaving, Zhang Zhong also invited the two of them to visit Jiangyang when they had time, and both of them readily agreed, but did not agree on a specific time.
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"Dad, where is your trophy?"
As soon as Zhang Zhong got home, Pengpeng ran over and asked where the trophy was.
This girl cares more about the trophy than her father, making Zhang Zhong even a little jealous.
"It's in the box. Have you been good these past two days? Have you listened to your grandparents and Teacher Xu?"
"I'm very good." Pengpeng stared at Zhang Zhong's box, "Dad, please show me the trophy."
Zhang Zhong smiled and shook his head, taking out two trophies from the box.
Pengpeng hugged the trophy and said with a smile, "Wow, it's so heavy, but this trophy is not as beautiful as the last ones. There were stars in the last ones."
When it comes to appearance, the Hugo Award trophy is indeed far behind the Nebula Award trophy. Peng Peng is right.
Hu Huifang took a trophy from Pengpeng's arms, held it in her hand, looked at it, and said, "So the Hugo Award trophy looks like this."
She held the trophy in her arms and said, "Come on, Zhang Xingjun, take a photo for me and I'll send it to Moments."
"Okay, you wait while I get the camera." Zhang Xingjun hurriedly ran into the room to find the camera.
"Hey, it's not enough to take pictures with your cell phone. Why don't you return your camera..." She was complaining, but Hu Huifang's face was full of smiles.
When Zhang Xingjun found the camera and came out, he began to instruct Hu Huifang to pose: "Put the trophy higher... put it in the middle... Peng Peng, give the other one to your grandma..."
Zhang Zhong saw his parents busy taking pictures, so he dragged the box into the house and said, "Dad, Mom, I'm going to take a shower."
The parents who were busy didn't hear what he said at all, but Pengpeng pretended to nod, "Well, you go ahead."
Zhang Zhong couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw the girl like this.
It was now past eight o'clock in the evening. There were only two days between this trip. The time on the road was basically as long as the time spent in Wellington. He was indeed a little tired.
After taking a shower, when they came out again, Pengpeng and the others were still playing with the trophy.
Zhang Zhong said to Pengpeng, "Aren't you still going to bed? It's so late."
Unexpectedly, Pengpeng waved his hand to him, "Dad, go to bed. You are tired too. I will give you a holiday tonight. You don't have to tell me stories."
I……
Zhang Chong rolled his eyes several times, and finally smiled and said, "Thank you, I'm going to bed."
After saying that, Zhang Zhong went back to his room. As for Pengpeng, her grandparents would naturally take care of her.
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When Zhang Zhong woke up the next morning, no one was at home. His father went to a new store to look after business, and his mother sent Pengpeng to school, and then she herself had to go back to school to work.
Zhang Zhong made some breakfast and then asked the driver to take him to Jiangyang University.
The freshmen are still in military training and will not officially start classes until two days later. However, as the dean, Zhang Zhong naturally has to go to the school in advance to handle related matters.
After arriving at the school, he first went to the deputy dean's office to find deputy dean Wen Han.
The office door was open, and there were several students inside besides Wenhan.
Zhang Zhong knocked on the door. Wen Han saw Zhang Zhong coming and said with a smile: "Dean, you are here."
The students also turned their heads, and Zhang Zhong was a little surprised by their appearance, because every one of them looked disgraced.
Are they freshmen undergoing military training?
"If something happens to you, I'll come back to you later," Zhang Zhong said.
Wen Han quickly said: "Dean, you are here just in time. I will introduce you to some students."
Zhang Zhong nodded and walked in. Wen Han walked out from behind the desk and asked Zhang Zhong to sit on the sofa.
"I'll get you a glass of water."
Zhang Zhong smiled and said, "Don't be busy, I'll sit down for a while and then leave."
He looked at a few students again and said, "You guys can sit down too."
Since Zhang Zhong walked in, the eyes of several students have not left Zhang Zhong, especially one of the tall ones, who is also the one with the darkest skin. Zhang Zhong felt that his eyes were warm.
Zhang Zhong asked them to sit down, but they became coy.
Wen Han came over with a glass of water and said to them, "The dean lets you sit down and relax."
After he said this, several students sat down.
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "It seems your words are effective."
"They are the students who applied for the college's research fund before. They came here this time to report to me the status of this research. The dean happened to be here, so you can tell the dean."
Hearing what Wen Han said, Zhang Zhong said with great interest, "I remember that the topic you are going to study is about the Rosicrucians, right? You just came back from Europe?"
Several students looked at each other, and finally one of them, who looked more mature, said, "Yes, Dean, we just came back from Rome."
"How about it?"
There may be too much to say, and the student didn't know how to speak for a moment. He pondered for a while before saying: "We first went to France and heard a secret in a small town in France called Rennes Castle. This Rennes Castle
The town was still a small village in the 19th century. In June 1885, a priest came to the small village. The locals said his name was Berenger Saunière..."
Zhang Zhong nodded while listening. Of course he knew Rennes Castle. This is a mysterious town. It is said that there is an unknown treasure hidden there. Saunière discovered this treasure and used it a lot.
Someone has verified that Saunière's salary is relatively low, but he invested millions of pounds in the construction of Rennes Castle, which he could not afford at all, which adds credibility to this legend.
These students seemed to have discovered this. The leading student said: "The source of Saunière's property is unknown. It is said that he explained to others that the property was inherited by him, but this is obviously not consistent with the facts. Later, Bishop Carcassonne
After his death, the new bishop asked Saunière to give an explanation. But Saunière was arrogant and openly defied the Holy See..."