After being surrounded by others and entering the Sal Hotel, they did not go to the banquet hall immediately, but walked to a temporarily arranged interview area.
The reporters had not been allowed into the auditorium before and had to wait here.
As soon as Zhang Zhong and others passed by, countless microphones were stretched out.
"Pz, how are you feeling at this time?"
Zhang Zhong felt numb to the reporters' stupid questions and said expressionlessly, "Of course I'm happy. If you could ask some more interesting questions, I might be happier."
Xu Yuhan glanced at him and said, "That's not a good idea."
After all, she has never been interviewed by the media, so she still wants to treat people with courtesy.
However, Zhang Zhong said, "Just turn it over, these reporters can't be used to it."
Xu Yuhan nodded, and then translated what Zhang Zhong just said to the reporters.
The reporters all retracted their microphones. Although they had long heard that Zhang Zhong had a bad temper when being interviewed, they only really felt the pressure when they were interviewed face to face.
What is a meaningful question?
For a moment, the reporters didn't know what to ask.
After a pause for several seconds, one of the reporters asked, "Pz, do you have any plans for a new work now?"
This reporter used English and did not need Xu Yuhan to translate.
Zhang nodded and said, "Yes, but it won't be announced until the Poirot series is released at the end of the month."
"Pz, "The Last Starfish" won six awards at the Academy Awards. Was this what you expected?"
"No, I never know much about awards, let alone the film industry." Zhang Chong replied.
"Is there any hope that this award-winning work "Lord of the Flies" will be made into a movie?"
"Of course there is hope, but there is no plan yet."
"Some people say you are a pessimist. Do you agree with this?"
Hearing this question, Nolan next to him laughed and said to Zhang Zhong, "If you want to know the answer to this question, you can pay attention to the follow-up developments of the Goncourt Literary Prize Organizing Committee. In Mr. pz's acceptance speech,
This issue was explained.”
Seeing Nolan speak, a reporter extended the microphone to him, "Mr. Nolan, because "Lord of the Flies" was shortlisted for the Goncourt Literary Prize, the members of the organizing committee were criticized by many people. The organizing committee
Did you ever consider removing "Lord of the Flies" from the list because of this incident?"
"Of course not. The fifteen judges of the Goncourt Literary Prize are all very fair. Whether a work can win the award depends on the literary value of the work itself and will never be interfered by some external factors. And in fact, later,
Those who originally criticized us have also become supporters of "Lord of the Flies". I think at this point, we have no doubts," Nolan said.
"What is the reason that made fifteen judges finally award the Goncourt Literature Prize to an Asian writer? This has never happened before."
"The answer to this question is the same as the previous one. The judges' criterion has always been the literary nature of the work, and will never be mixed with any other personal emotions. The Goncourt Literary Prize will never consider the nationality, belief and literature of the writer.
school."
"But how does this explain that over the years, most of the winners have been French?"
Zhang Zhong raised his eyebrows. This reporter must be here to cause trouble. He actually questioned the Goncourt Literature Prize in front of Nolan.
However, Nolan did not show any anger, but said with a smile, "No literary award can guarantee that the work you choose is the best in the world. If so, then they must be lying to you. Judges
You must have your own reasons for choosing a work, but it is definitely not what you imagined."
Seeing Nolan doing Tai Chi, the reporters didn't bother and turned back to ask Zhang Zhong.
"Pz, you are very famous in the French literary world. Do you know anything about French literature?"
Zhang Zhong asked, "What kind of understanding are you referring to?"
"For example, what French literary works have you read?"
"Of French literary works, I am more exposed to critical realism and romanticism. I am also more interested in the recently emerging sentimentalism." Zhang Zhong said seriously.
Hearing Zhang Zhong's words, Nolan next to him had a strange expression and glanced at Zhang Zhong several times.
The reporters did not notice anything strange about Nolan and continued to ask, "Can you tell me which works of these literary genres have impressed you the most?"
Before Zhang Zhong could answer, Nolan interrupted the interview, "Okay everyone, this is the end of the interview. It's time for our banquet to begin. Please take your seats."
After finishing speaking, Nolan took Zhang Zhong to the banquet.
After staying away from the reporters, Zhang Chong smiled and said to Nolan in English, "I thought the reporters who came to interview at the literary award ceremony had a higher literary level."
Hearing Zhang Zhong's words, Nolan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "So you just did it on purpose?"
"Of course." Zhang Chong smiled.
Xu Yuhan listened to the two of them playing riddles and asked curiously, "What are you talking about to him?"
"Remember when I told reporters that I was still interested in the recent rise in sentimentalism?"
Xu Yuhan nodded and said, "Remember, what's wrong?"
Nolan smiled and explained, "Actually, sentimentalism originated in England in the mid-to-late 18th century and then spread to France. PZ said that it emerged in France recently. This is obviously a mistake, but none of the reporters
People discovered this mistake.”
He looked at Zhang Zhong again, "I'm really sorry for making you laugh. But please believe that not every French media person is so ignorant."
In fact, Nolan thought Zhang Zhong had made a mistake just now, so he quickly pulled him away, fearing that Zhang Zhong would make a joke.
Now it seems that it was not Zhang Zhong who was making a joke, but that he deliberately embarrassed those reporters.
In fact, Zhang Zhong never thought of embarrassing those reporters before, but the questions they asked were really not constructive, so he just teased them.
In fact, it is understandable that ordinary reporters do not understand these things, but since they are going to do interviews at the Literary Awards, they naturally have to do some homework.
Moreover, Zhang Zhong saw that they were choking Nolan before, and he thought that these journalists had such high literary level, and he had revealed their skills with such a casual attempt.
Walking to the banquet hall, He Kelan, who came in early, greeted him with a glass of juice, "Why did the interview end so quickly?"
"Maybe it's because I have nothing to interview." Zhang Zhong said.
He Kelan smiled and said, "I guess it's because you don't cooperate."