Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 1009 The Shadow Stealer

Because it is indeed night in the United States, their meetings generally cannot last too long.

After Zhang Zhong finished the video conference, he poured himself another cup of tea, then turned off the big screen, opened the computer document editing software and started today's work.

Originally, he was relatively free these two days, and there were relatively few courses in school, and some general education courses did not start until May.

But last night he had some extra errands.

Last night, after dinner, I used my points to draw a prize when I had nothing to do.

This time, he picked up a book he was not familiar with, the title of which was "The Shadow Stealer".

He had heard of this book, it was the famous French writer Marc Levy.

When it comes to Mark Levi, many people may feel a little unfamiliar, but they will definitely be amazed after knowing his achievements.

He has been named "French Best-selling Novelist of the Year" for 11 consecutive years.Each of his books won the sales champion of the year.

He is the absolute bestseller in France.

And "The Shadow Thief" is his most famous novel.

But Zhang Zhong is not very familiar with this famous novel.

Compared with "The Kite Runner", which has a similar name, Zhang Zhong knows the latter one better, and every time he sees the title of "The Shadow Stealer", he will think of "The Kite Runner".

Although the titles of these two novels sound similar, and even seem to be sister works, the content of the two books is completely different.

Zhang Zhong has an advantage, the novels he draws will be printed directly into his mind.

Therefore, it took less than 10 minutes to read this 18-word novel in my mind.

The story takes place in a small town without a name. There is a little boy without a name. He is cowardly and timid, sensitive and inferior.

The little boy was bullied a lot at school, but he didn't fight much.

Then one day he discovered that he had a skill that ordinary people did not have. He could "steal" other people's shadows and communicate with them.

That's right, this is not a realistic novel, and the setting of the work seems a bit magical.

This can be seen from the fact that the main character has no name.

After "reading" the novel in his mind, the most strange thing about Zhang Zhong was why the novel never mentioned the name of the main character.

Mark Levy must have done it on purpose, and why he did it, Zhang Zhong felt that he was doing it to fit the theme of this book.

In the novel, the protagonist can "steal" other people's shadows and have a direct dialogue with the shadows.

And these shadows are actually the hearts of their owners, and the protagonist also penetrates into the hearts of other people when communicating with the shadows.

Therefore, for readers, it doesn't matter what the protagonist's name is, what matters is those shadows, those people's true hearts.

The protagonist's name is Li Wei, Mark, and Ivan, in fact, it can be any.

In other words, the protagonist represents a group of people, not a certain person.

In the minds of many readers, "The Shadow Stealer" is a heart-warming novel, which shows the process of a lonely boy finding himself.

And this boy, in the process of finding himself, needs many things. He needs Mark's shadow to give him courage, and Ivan's shadow to forgive himself, and the ability to steal the shadow is just an opportunity.

In fact, although the protagonist has this ability in the novel, he has not used it a few times, and there is not much description about this ability.

Zhang Zhong tries to analyze Li Wei's creative process.

Perhaps, Mark Levy wanted to create a novel in which a lonely man finds himself back from the very beginning.

According to the previous literary routine, it is nothing more than that the protagonist is influenced by many people around him during the growth process, and finally changes drastically.

But Li Wei is definitely unwilling to write like this. He hopes that the protagonist can have in-depth inner communication with other people.

How to achieve this?
Maybe Mark Levi had a flash of inspiration, or he might have gone through a long time of hard thinking, anyway, he finally found a way to allow the protagonist to obtain the ability to steal the shadow and be able to communicate with the shadow.

However, this ability seems unrealistic, there is no such thing in the real world.

Moreover, if a person really has this ability, he will definitely use it.

But Mark Levi didn't think about it at all, because he didn't think it was important at all.

Some sophisticated parties may jump out and criticize, which is wrong and illogical.

But Levi doesn't need realistic logic at all.

Zhang Zhong had a feeling that he hated seeing this book late. If he had read this book earlier, there would be another book in his book list.

Mark Levy's style of writing has always been simple, but he can always find the most suitable sentences to express and describe, giving readers a feeling of being on the scene.

Writing also requires talent.

Mark Levi studied at the University of Ninth in France, majoring in computer and management, which is a bit similar to Zhang Chongxue's major.

In that era, Mark Levi was definitely a high-tech talent.He founded a computer imaging Hecheng company when he was 22 years old.

But this venture was not successful, and eventually he resigned from the company himself.

After that he began a short creative period, but no works appeared.

Later, he opened an architect firm with his friends.

This firm has been very successful and has grown to a very large scale within a few years, and many big brands have cooperated with them.

He didn't finish his debut novel "Joining is Real" until he was 37 years old.

His sister, a screenwriter, suggested he contribute.

With the mentality of giving it a try, he submitted the manuscript to the publishing house, which was immediately appreciated by the publishing house, and the novel was published soon.

Later, Steven Spielberg only read a little bit, and decisively decided to spend a lot of money to buy the copyright of this book, and made it into the movie "Out of Body Lover".

The sales performance of this book is also very good, and it directly won the annual sales champion in France that year.

With this success, Mark Levy's confidence increased greatly, and he came out of the office directly and became a full-time writer.

Later, it maintained a very high-production state, and every time a book was published, it caused a sensation, and the annual sales list became a common occurrence.

His novels have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide, which is definitely the best in the world.

Even on Haixing's side, authors who have sold tens of millions of copies must not be underestimated. Not everyone is a top best-selling author like Zhang Zhong, Lin De, and Yu Dongyu.

For most writers, the sales volume of their works will not break through the million level, let alone the tens of millions level.

(End of this chapter)