Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 384 Concept Surprise
When Zhang Zhong and the others arrived, Zhuang Yu and the others were already in the box.

The inside of the private room was filled with clouds and mist, and there was a smell of smoke.

Zhang Zhong was a little surprised, because Zhuang Yu and the others had never smoked when they had dinner with them before, which gave Zhang Zhong the illusion that none of them smoked.

After sitting down, they briefly greeted each other and introduced Chen Qing again, and everyone took their seats.

Seeing that there was only a pack of cigarettes in front of Yu Dongyu on the table, Zhang Zhong probably understood that everyone was smoking today because of this guy.

Only then did he remember that Yu Dongyu was famous for being an old smoker.

He also read an article before. When Yu Dongyu wrote "Bamboo Dragonfly", it took a month to write a short 130-word novel. Yu Dongyu smoked more than [-] packs of cigarettes, averaging more than four packs a day.

It is said that once on the way, when Li Nan, the editor-in-chief of "Agitated Literature", went to see him, he couldn't stay in his study for 2 minutes and was almost smoked to death.

Later, someone joked that the book "Bamboo Dragonfly" was not written with a pen, but smoked one by one.

However, the book "Bamboo Dragonfly" is also very competitive, and has won several traditional literature awards in a row. It was also Yu Dongyu's best work that jumped out of popular literature at that time.

As soon as Zhang Chong sat down, Yu Dongyu was about to smoke, but Zhang Zhong waved his hands repeatedly, "I don't smoke."

Yu Dongyu didn't say anything, and passed the cigarette to Chen Qing again.

Chen Qing doesn't usually smoke, but when Yu Dongyu offered him a cigarette, he didn't refuse, and took it, thinking that even if he didn't smoke, it would be considered polite.

But after Yu Dongyu handed over the cigarette, the lighter was lit, and he wanted to light a cigarette for Chen Qing.

Well, big brother, light a cigarette, this cigarette will not work, so Chen Qing took advantage of the opportunity to smoke it.

Now, in the entire private room, Zhang Zhong was the only one who did not smoke.

Chen Qing smoked a cigarette, Yu Dongyu was very satisfied, leaning on the chair and said, "Zhang Chong, smoking second-hand smoke is not good, it is even more harmful."

Zhang Zhong smiled and said, "This is a paradox, after all, you also smoked second-hand smoke like me."

"That's true." Wang Yi shook the cigarette ash and said.

Liu Yuan said with a smile, "It mainly depends on the mood. After all, people who smoke actively, among other things, at least feel happy physically and mentally. Unlike passive smoking, the body will resist."

Zhang Zhong didn't want to entangle with them about smoking, so he said to Wang Kewang, "How is the old man's health recently?"

"The old man is in good health, but it is winter after all, he stays in the house every day, and he is a little bored. I went to see him yesterday, and he mentioned you, saying that your latest book "The Adventures of Chunyu Fen" is very good. He like very much."

"It's my great honor that the old man likes it."

Speaking of the works, Yu Dongyu also leaned over, "I am very interested in your new book "The Last Starfish", the social engineering in it is very interesting."

Chen Qing, who was sitting next to Zhang Zhong, frowned, social engineering?

Of course he has read "The Last Starfish", and he has read it more than once, but he doesn't remember any social engineering mentioned in the book. Did Yu Dongyu make a mistake?

"It's a kind of fantasy, after all, humans haven't really mastered this technology yet." Zhang Chong said with a smile.

Chen Qing looked at Zhang Zhong in surprise, why did Yu Dongyu say it right when he heard what the boss said?Does he really have such a thing as social engineering in his book?But Chen Qing really doesn't know, and what is this social engineering?
The few other people here were not as confused as Chen Qing, because they didn't know "The Last Starfish". Because they didn't know, they didn't know whether social engineering was mentioned in the book.

Yu Dongyu said, "70 years ago, Popper wrote a book called "The Poverty of Historicism", which mentioned the word social engineering, but I didn't expect it to be realized by a group of aliens in your novel."

When "On Historic Poverty" was mentioned, Wang Yi and the others had the opportunity to interject.

"Hearing what Yu Dongyu said, I really think of Popper's social fragmentation engineering. I have read Zhang Zhong's new book "The Last Starfish". Now that I think about it, there is indeed such a meaning. It seems that the story is about a Thinking about ancient propositions, to what extent the application of sociology can transform society." Liu Yuan said.

Yu Dongyu nodded and said, "Well, in fact, there are many science fiction stories, which to a certain extent can be regarded as thinking and solving a series of motifs. For example, "Left Fingertip" tries to answer 'what is the source of gender concept', " Future Man" and Zhang Zhong's "I, Robot" try to answer the 'relationship between spirit and matter', etc."

After hearing them say a lot, Chen Qing understood the relationship between Yu Dongyu's social engineering and novels, but he didn't quite understand the so-called motif. Is there any difference between the motif and ordinary questions?Doesn't any novel raise questions and answer them?

Thinking about asking if she didn't understand, Chen Qing asked Zhang Chong in a low voice, "What's the motif?"

Liu Yuan had sharp ears, and when he heard Chen Qing's question, before Zhang Zhong answered, he said, "It's just a basic question, and there is no special definition. It's easy to distinguish, just think about things that we usually ignore. That's it."

Zhang Chong smiled and said, "Well, what Mr. Liu said is right. I remember a fable in "Zhuangzi", which probably can help people understand the motif very well. A frog asked a centipede, when you walk, lift it first. Which foot, when the centipede heard it, it stopped immediately and told the frog, when you ask me this question, I won't walk anymore."

Wang Yi went on to say, "Zhang Zhong's quotations are admirable. This example is really good. This also just explains the charm of the motif. Often when we ask questions about some basic facts, the object of the question is also thoroughly understood in an instant. become strange."

Chen Qing smiled embarrassedly, "I understand, thank you."

Liu Yuan waved his hand, "Don't be restrained, everyone chats with an open mind, that's why."

Yu Dongyu glanced at Chen Qing and continued, "Science fiction stories try to answer the motif and even create hypotheses, which is similar to scientific research to a certain extent. Because scientific hypotheses also require imagination, and can even be drawn from dreams. These, It’s all about creating conceptual surprises.”

Surprised by the concept, Yu Dongyu threw out another word, not to mention Chen Qing, they had never even heard of Zhuangyu.

Yu Dongyu probably knew that they hadn't heard much, so he explained, "The British "Guardian" once commented on Jiang De's "Your Life" with 'high concept' and 'surprise', and then someone proposed the term 'concept surprise'. statement."

(End of this chapter)