Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 1068 Shadow
"672? Did I hear correctly?"

The husband and wife looked at each other, proving that they had heard correctly.

The two were in a daze when the phone in Dad Zhang's pocket rang.

"It's Teacher Li." Dad Zhang glanced at the caller ID.

The teacher Li he was talking about was Zhang Zhongliang's class teacher. He usually cared about Zhang Zhongliang very much and had frequent contact with the couple.

"Teacher Li."

"Father Zhang, congratulations. COFCO performed very well this time and won the first prize in liberal arts in our province. I called you as soon as I got the report card."

……

The release of college entrance examination results did not affect the popularity of new book sales.

June, July and August were originally the peak period of bookstore traffic, and because of Zhang's new book release, the bookstore was full of voices and gearing up for a while.

A large comprehensive bookstore like Nanfang Bookstore also looks overcrowded after the influx of a large number of customers.

Some of the frequent visitors ran to the fifth floor as soon as they entered the bookstore.

If you have to line up for the elevator, just run up the stairs.

The reason why I go to the fifth floor is because the fifth floor is Zhang Zhong's special area, and it is always easier to buy books than the lobby on the first floor.

Moreover, almost all Zhang Zhong's special zone is Zhang Zhong's fans. Readers like to read in this atmosphere, and sometimes they may meet like-minded confidants.If it is not the new book day, and if there are no holidays or weekends, there will be some reading activities related to Zhang Zhong on the fifth floor.

Nanfang Bookstore is the favorite bookstore for Zhang Zhong's readers besides Tong You Tong Wu Book Store.

However, there are only two Tongyoutongwu bookstores in total, which are not enough at all, so most book lovers default to the Southern Bookstore as their gathering place.

The reason why Southern Bookstore was able to win the welcome of so many fans is also inseparable from their decision-making.

They were the first bookstore to invite Zhang Zhong to a book signing event. Since that time, even though Zhang Zhong's reputation at that time was not comparable to what he is now, they still did a lot of friendly things to Zhang Zhong.

The most well-known is that they have opened up a Zhang Zhong special area in the building.

And it's not just a bookstore, as long as their store exceeds five floors, no matter if it's a branch of the main store, the entire fifth floor will be vacated for Zhang Zhong.

In this way, even if fans go to a strange city, when they find a southern bookstore, they can immediately find the organization on the fifth floor of the bookstore.

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Jin Fei got up at five o'clock.

It's a pity that he got up early and caught up with the evening set. When he drove here, he encountered a traffic jam. When he arrived late, he couldn't find a parking space. He didn't park the car until nine o'clock.

After finally reaching the fifth floor, all the vacant seats had been taken up, so he could only grab a new book first, and after paying the bill, he found a corner and sat on the ground to read a book.In the Southern Bookstore, there are not many people like him who just sit on the ground and read a book.

The man who steals shadows.

I don't know why, but Jin Fei felt very good when he saw the title of this book, and he was full of expectations for the content inside.

Of course, even if the title of the book is a piece of shit, just the word Zhang Zhong on the author column is enough for him to have expectations.

Opening the title page, what is more special is that there is a sentence written in the title page this time.

Not printed, but handwritten.

It should have been handwritten by Zhang Zhong, and then typeset.

"I would like to give this book to everyone who has ever been or is currently confused - Zhang Zhong."

Jin Fei couldn't help but smile, who hasn't been confused?
This sentence is tantamount to sending to everyone.

"'Do you remember Rong Guanglei?', Li Wei asked me through the glass of the cake shop, which reminded me of the morning on the first day of sixth grade..."

The opening sentence shows that this book is written in reverse, and it is still No.1.

This is not often seen in Zhang Zhong's works, especially when the two elements are combined.

If there are any, then "To Live" should be regarded as one, but there are many differences between the two.

One advantage of this writing technique is that it can elicit a lot of information at once.

See, there are three characters in this short first sentence.

A me without a name, a Li Wei, and a Rong Guanglei.

Time is introduced again, and the narrative of the story will start from the sixth grade of the protagonist.

The following story is unfolded from the perspective of the sixth grader.

The protagonist is a primary school student, and Rong Guanglei mentioned earlier is also a primary school student. The two are classmates, but Rong Guanglei is obviously a "little bully" who likes to bully the protagonist.

The beginning of the story seems to be unfolded between the protagonist and Rong Guanglei, but soon the rhythm began to change.

When the protagonist meets a doorman named Lin Dong, everything becomes different.

During the brief interaction between the two, the protagonist finds that Lin Dong's shadow is following him, and he can still talk to the shadow.

When Jin Fei saw this, he was suddenly a little dazed. He thought it was a realistic novel, but now it seems to be a bit magical.

Steal the shadow.

Although the title of the book is very clear, Jin Fei never thought that he was really stealing the shadow.

The protagonist has an extraordinary ability, which is to steal the shadow of others, and can talk to the shadow of the other party.

And you can see other people's memories.

This is something very special in Zhang Zhong's novels.

Jin Fei recalled it for a while, and went through all Zhang Zhong's works in his mind.

It seems that apart from those fantasy works, there has never been a work like this work. People in real life have superpowers that others cannot.

If Jin Fei was reading an ordinary novel, when he saw superpowers, he might guess that the protagonist would do something more "exciting".

But because of Zhang Zhong's novel, he believes that the appearance of this superpower should have a special meaning.

As the reading deepened, Jin Fei also gained some other insights.

Before, he thought that the ability to steal shadows was actually similar to the ability to read minds. It was all about reading what other people were thinking. It was just that Zhang Chong had put on a special coat for mind reading.

But now he has a different opinion.

The ability to steal shadows is not quite the same as mind reading.

Because the shadow actually has independent thoughts, not all replicas of the master himself.

Just like the shadow of that troublemaker Rong Guanglei, it can't even be said to have come from the protagonist's head, but it forcibly squeezed out the protagonist's shadow and then ran over.

This is a typical mutiny drama.

The reason why it rebelled was because it believed that Rong Guanglei was not a director worthy of attachment, and it believed that only a person with a strong heart like the protagonist was worthy of being its master.

From this point of view, the shadow also acts as a supporting character and a passer-by narrator.

They are responsible for uncovering things that the protagonist and other characters cannot.

Rong Guanglei's shadow exposed Rong Guanglei's two shortcomings with words and actions. The first one is timidity, which is what shadow said directly, and this is also the reason why shadow left Rong Guanglei.The second is to bully the weak and fear the strong. The shadow wants to leave the master because the master is timid, and also wants to squeeze the shadow of "me". This is definitely influenced by Rong Guanglei.

Jin Fei also discovered that the protagonist is not a great and perfect person, he has many shortcomings, except for the ability to steal shadows, he is just an ordinary person.

Has the shortcomings that most ordinary people have, and has a complex and even selfish human nature.

But facing such a protagonist, Jin Fei was a little moved.

The stories of superman are too far away from the world, only the stories of ordinary people are closer to the hearts of the people.

The stories in the book are illusory, but the people inside are all real, and they all have the most common humanity.

When it comes to love, Qin Qing, and friendship, they all have their own thinking and pursuits.

Zhang Zhong's ability is extraordinary. He uses unique and delicate language to outline these seemingly ordinary stories, and dissolves all power with gentleness, which makes people feel touching warmth.

It is worth mentioning that the narrative perspective of this novel starts from the middle period, which means that the scene where the protagonist and Li Wei talk at the beginning is actually in the middle part of the story, and the latter part is no longer a flashback technique. .

This technique is not unique to Zhang Zhong, but Zhang Zhong feels very skillful and natural when using it, which may be the difference between a master and an ordinary person.

(End of this chapter)