On the way back to the hotel from the park, Zhang Zhong received a call from Lin Xiang.
"Teacher Zhang, I'm really sorry. I heard what happened last night from my friend, and I'm really ashamed." Lin Xiang's tone was full of embarrassment. Although he didn't remember what happened last night, he just listened to it.
My friend's description already made him want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Why did I meet Zhang Zhong?
There were several other people. From the friend's description, Lin Xiang guessed that it might be Zhuang Yu and the others. After all, Zhang Zhong had the closest relationship with them.
Although Zhang Zhong is about the same age as himself, he actually feels like he has been caught doing bad things by his elders.
"It's nothing. It's not a sin to get drunk, and you didn't act like a drunkard. You behaved quite well." Zhang Zhong didn't say this just to comfort him. It's not a bad thing for young people to drink sometimes. Lin Xiang didn't act like that.
Drunkenness is also real.
"Anyway, what I did yesterday was very rude. I heard that there were several friends who were with you yesterday, and they also helped me apologize to them." Lin Xiang said.
"Well, I'll take your apology with you. You shouldn't be feeling well just after waking up from a hangover. Go eat something and drink some hot soup. Let's not talk about it for now."
"Teacher Zhang——"
Just when Zhang Zhong was about to hang up the phone, Lin Xiang stopped him again.
"Hmm? Is there anything else?"
"Teacher Zhang, although I'm very sorry, I have a merciless request. What happened last night..."
"Don't worry, we won't tell anyone, but you have to take care of yourself. Drinking is not a solution to the problem. If you really have something to say in your heart, you can open your heart and say it."
"Thank you, Teacher Zhang."
"Well, it's hung up."
…
"Lin Xiang, Lin Xiang, I checked, is he the author of "The Call of the Wild"?"
As soon as Lin Xiang hung up the phone, the friend who had been with him ran over holding up his cell phone.
"The Call of the Wild? Did you check wrongly? He doesn't seem to have written this book." Lin Xiang wondered. Although he had not read all of Zhang Zhong's books, he had heard of all the titles. Judging from his memory,
, if Zhang rewrites this book, he probably won't forget it.
The friend also looked confused. After he told Lin Xiang that his friend last night was named Zhang Zhong, Lin Xiang became very excited, so he asked who Zhang Zhong was.
Lin Xiang did not give him a detailed explanation, but just said helplessly: You didn't recognize the light of China.
After hearing what Lin Xiang said, he checked it on his mobile phone, but the first piece of information he found was "Call of the Wild" by Zhang Zhonghe.
"It seems to be a recent new book."
"A new book is even more impossible." Lin Xiang rolled his eyes, took the mobile phone from his hand, and read the news items above. Then he had a look on his face, and there was actually "The Call of the Wild".
[Zhang Chongshu's "The Call of the Wild" will be released simultaneously worldwide on February 26th]
It turned out to be a preview of a new book, and the time of the news release was this morning.
…
The news of the release of "The Call of the Wild" was only announced this morning, so the first thing Lin Xiang's friends searched for Zhang Zhong was the name of the new book.
It has been two full months since the release of Zhang Zhong's last book "Lord of the Flies", which is relatively long enough.
But because of the Goncourt Literary Prize, everyone's attention was diverted, so the past two months have passed without feeling anything.
The release time of the new book "The Call of the Wild" is very intriguing, because as expected, the final result of the Goncourt Literary Prize will be officially announced on February 20th, Paris time, which is only about five days apart from the release of the new book.
From the moment the news of the new book was announced, Zhang Zhong's fans, in addition to paying daily attention to the news about the Goncourt Literary Prize, had one more thing to do, and that was to wait for the arrival of the new book.
Every time news of a new book is announced, the type of work will inevitably arouse people's discussion.
The Call of the Wild, such a title cannot provide any useful information. Detective suspense, science fiction and fantasy, and traditional literature all seem to be suitable for this name.
Of course, more people think this will be a serious literary work.
Because if it is other types of books, the titles are generally more representative, such as the Poirot series, "Murder on the Orient Express", "Tragedy on the Nile", "The Mysterious Case at Styles Manor", these titles can be heard at a glance
I knew it was a detective novel, and even the location of the crime was written in the title.
Another example is science fiction novels, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", "I, Robot", and "The Last Starfish Man" all sound like the titles of science fiction novels.
But this is only a possibility. After all, there are also misleading titles such as "Flowers for Algernon", "A Murder in Advance", and "The Snowman".
…
As soon as Fang Ya opened the group in the morning, he saw the news about the new book. His younger brother "Xu Wule" even specially liked him.
Xu Wule: Fourth brother, a new book is coming. Does the title sound interesting to you?
Xu Sile: You can’t tell anything about the title of the book. If you don’t believe me, can you apply this title to “Lord of the Flies”?
Xu Wule: Fourth brother, what you said makes sense. It seems that the name of "Lord of the Flies" was changed.
Fang Ya is right, "Call of the Wild" does fit the theme of "Lord of the Flies" a bit, so it is not impossible to use this title.
After a while in the group, Fang Ya touched his head. He looked at the "Lord of the Flies" on his desk and felt that his workload suddenly increased a lot.
Two months have passed, and he still hasn't studied "Lord of the Flies" thoroughly.
Not only this book, but also the analytical papers written by critics and writers in Europe and the United States.
Fang Ya tried to analyze this book from different angles. Basically, he tried all the directions mentioned by scholars on the Internet.
In the past two years, the more Fang Ya studied Zhang Zhong, the more he felt that there was a huge treasure in front of him. He felt that Zhang Zhong was not only a material library for his study of comparative literature, but also a resource for all today's literary and art history scholars.
Material library.
He looked at "A Pre-publicized Murder" next to "Lord of the Flies". This book had been on his desk for a long time, and he would pick it up and read it whenever he had time.
Fang Ya feels that these two books alone are enough for him to study for a long time, especially the narrative method in "A Murder Case that was Publicized in advance", which is a magical method that even ordinary people can feel.
What lies behind the dazzling and extremely special narrative technique is that Zhang Zhong's research on narrative has reached a level of proficiency.
No, it shouldn't be research. Fang Ya prefers that this method is Zhang Zhong's innate talent.