After reading the words on the title page, everyone present was a little confused.
Luo Wei asked the staff, "Have you read the contents of this book before?"
The staff waved their hands repeatedly, "The exhibition hall stipulates that we cannot take prizes without permission. We have never read the content in the book. This is also the first time I have seen it."
The staff member did not lie. The five books were all placed in a box. The person who delivered them repeatedly said that they could not read the contents without permission, so they did not dare to touch them.
Zhang Junwei said with a smile, "The asteroid described above should be a starfish, and we are those surprisingly primitive life forms. Do you think this is the content of the new book?"
The staff member shook his head and said, "I don't think so. Everyone who has read "Yellow Card Man" knows that the new book should be in the biopunk style, and the world view does not involve far space. And from this passage, it seems that our starfish are just
A small, remote place in the vast universe, which is completely different from the style of "Yellow Card Man"."
Zhang Junwei glanced at the staff with some surprise. He didn't expect that a small staff member in the business district really had something to say. Although he was the one who asked the question just now, he also held the same view as the staff member. This should be
It won't be a passage from "The Wind-Up Girl", the staff member also explained the reason.
"Isn't that another new book?" Luo Wei asked.
The lucky guy next to me smiled and said, "This "Wind Up Girl" hasn't even come out yet."
"That's not certain. Do you still remember the speed of publishing books last summer?"
"Of course I remember it. It's such a nostalgic day. Anyway, isn't there a writer's meeting this Saturday? Then you can ask Zhang Zhong?"
After hearing this, several people smiled and said nothing. It was useless to ask about this kind of thing. It would be strange if Zhang Zhong could answer.
There is indeed a writer's meeting this Saturday, and it is said that the scale is quite large. There are many writers present, and most of them are writers signed by Zhang Zhong's company.
Everyone already knew about this last year, and many people got tickets to the writers’ meeting.
During the 50th issue of "Zero Zero One" magazine last year, the mystery prize was the ticket to the meet-and-greet.
In fact, originally the writer's meeting and the opening of the exhibition hall were together, but later, considering some other issues, Chen Qing suggested that the writer's meeting and the opening be separated.
The final result is that the writers' meeting will be held this weekend.
Luo Wei has an admission ticket in his hand, and he will come again on Saturday. Zhang Junwei does not have such good luck.
There were not many lucky people who got tickets. At that time, a total of 1,000 tickets were released during the "Zero Zero One" event. Later, there were some scattered small activities, and another 1,000 tickets were given away this year.
Multiple admission tickets.
In other words, the total number of people attending the writers' meeting this time was just over 2,000.
Zhang Junwei originally wanted to buy an admission ticket online, but he gave up the idea after seeing the price. The cheapest price online was 1,200 yuan, and he didn't know if it was a scammer.
It is not that Zhang Junwei cannot afford the money, but he has always been very rational and will not blindly chase stars.
But if someone really wants to buy it, it won’t be a loss for 1,200 yuan. After all, there will be many writers present, which means they will participate in multiple signing sessions at once, and the works will be given away for free.
Just the books I gave you should be worth a lot of money if you sell them, and with the admission ticket you can also visit the Tianwang Exhibition Hall for free, which is equivalent to saving another 128 yuan.
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After the ribbon-cutting, Zhang Zhong took Ludinger to the living area to drink coffee.
Ludinger looked at this spacious exhibition hall and said with emotion, "It's hard to imagine that this is a private exhibition hall. I have been to many national exhibition halls, but they are not of this scale. I can now understand why the World Science Fiction Convention
The exhibition venue will be held in Jiangyang next year, and this exhibition hall alone is enough for them to make this decision."
Before the opening ceremony, Zhang Zhong had already taken Ludinger and the others around the exhibition hall, so Ludinger felt this way.
Next to him, Yang Xiao held a coffee cup and asked, "Teacher Zhang, does your exhibition hall accept donations?"
Zhang Zhong shook his head, "We are privately owned and do not accept donations."
"Then do you accept shares? No dividends."
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "Mr. Yang, please stop joking, but if Mr. Yang is really interested, I can introduce you to the leaders of the Jiangyang government. There are many venues under construction in Jiangyang."
"Forget it then." Yang Xiao waved his hand, not very interested in Zhang Zhong's proposal.
Zhang Zhong smiled and said nothing, just sipping coffee from the cup.
After a while, Yang Xiao asked again, "Did you come up with the name of this exhibition hall yourself?"
"Well, yes, how do you feel, Mr. Yang?"
"Tiaowang, does it mean to stand on tiptoes and look around?" Yang Xiao asked.
Zhang nodded and said, "That's probably what I mean."
"This reminds me of a passage in "Encouraging Learning"." Yang Xiao suddenly said in Chinese dialect, "I have to bend my legs and look at it, but it is not as good as climbing up to gain greater insights. When climbing up to move, your arms are not lengthened, but you can see
Far away; when the wind blows, the sound is not faster, but the sound is louder."
Zhang Zhong smiled and replied in English, "I didn't think so much about it. I used the name "Tiao Wang" just because I think this word can express human beings' desire to explore. Standing on tiptoes is the most primitive way to explore the unknown.
A manifestation.”
Ludinger couldn't understand Chinese and asked with a smile, "What did Yang just say?"
Yang Xiao briefly explained this passage to Ludinger in English, and finally said, "This is what a famous person in China said more than two thousand years ago."
After hearing this, Ludinger said with emotion, "Chinese culture has a long history and is admirable. I want to write this sentence down so that I can talk to the students in Columbia later."
Yang Xiao's performance was somewhat beyond Zhang Zhong's expectations. He originally thought that this guy was just a rich second generation playing games, but he didn't expect to know so much about Chinese culture.
"Encouraging Learning" is known to most Chinese scholars, but if you ask any college graduate, they may not be able to recite this passage word for word, even if they have memorized it by heart in high school. Not to mention
Just after hearing this, I remembered this passage.
It seems that Yang Xiao's identity as a lecturer at East Asia College is not just in name, but he has real materials.
When he came up with the name Zhiwang, Zhang Zhong did think about "Encouraging Learning", so in addition to expressing the original impulse of human beings to explore the unknown, the name also expressed the hope that people would be good at learning.