Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 674

After reading the words on the title page, everyone present was a little confused.

Luo Wei asked the staff, "Have you read the contents of this book before?"

The staff waved their hands again and again, "The exhibition hall stipulates that we are not allowed to give away prizes without authorization. We have never read the contents of the book, and this is the first time I have seen it."

The staff member did not lie. The five books were all put in a box. The people who delivered it at that time repeatedly said that they could not read the contents without authorization, so they did not dare to touch it.

Zhang Junwei said with a smile, "The asteroid described above should be a starfish, and we are those amazingly primitive beings. Do you think this is the content in the new book?"

The staff member shook his head and said, "I don't think so. Anyone who has read "Yellow Card Man" knows that the new book should be in the style of biopunk, and the world view does not involve far space. From this passage, we starfish are just A small remote place in a vast universe, which is completely different from the style of "Yellow Card Man."

Zhang Junwei glanced at the staff in surprise. He didn't expect that a small staff member in the commercial area really had something. Although he asked the question just now, he also held the same point of view as this staff member. It won't be a passage in "A Clockwork Girl", the staff also explained the reason.

"Is that another new book?" Luo Wei asked.

The lucky guy next to him smiled and said, "The "Wind-up Girl" hasn't come out yet."

"It might be. Do you still remember the speed of book publishing last summer?"

"Of course I remember, it's really a nostalgic day. Anyway, isn't this Saturday a writer meeting? Then you go ask Zhang Zhong?"

After hearing this, several people just smiled and said nothing.It's useless to ask about this kind of thing, it's strange that Zhang Zhong can answer.

There is indeed a writer meeting this Saturday, and it is said that the scale is quite large. There are many writers present, and most of them are writers signed by Zhang Zhong's company.

Everyone knew about this last year, and many people got tickets to the writer's meeting.

During the [-]th issue of "Zero Zero One" magazine last year, the mysterious prize was the entrance ticket to the meeting.

In fact, the writers' meeting and the opening of the exhibition hall were originally held together, but after considering other issues, Chen Qing suggested that the writers' meeting and the opening be separated.

The end result is that the writer's meeting is scheduled for this weekend.

Luo Wei has an admission ticket in his hand, and he will come again on Saturday, Zhang Junwei does not have such good luck.

There were not many lucky ones who got admission tickets. At the time of the "Zero Zero One" event, a total of 1000 admission tickets were released. Later, there were some small and scattered events, and more than [-] tickets were given out this year. Tickets.

In other words, there are more than 2000 people who participated in the writers meeting this time.

Zhang Junwei originally wanted to buy an admission ticket online, but he gave up the idea after seeing the price. The cheapest online was sold for 1000 or [-] yuan, and he didn't know if it was a scam.

It's not that Zhang Junwei can't afford the money, but he has always been very rational and will not blindly chase stars.

But if someone really wants to buy it, it’s not a loss if you buy it for 1000 or [-] yuan. After all, there will be a lot of writers present at that time, which is equivalent to participating in multiple autograph sessions at one time, and the works will be given away for free.

The books given away should be worth a lot of money when they are sold, and you can also visit the Xunwang Exhibition Hall for free with the admission ticket, which is equivalent to saving another 120 yuan.

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After the ribbon cutting, Zhang Zhong took Lüdinger to the living area for coffee.

Ludinger looked at the spacious exhibition hall and said with emotion, "It's hard to imagine that this is a private exhibition hall. I have been to many state-owned exhibition halls, and they are not of this scale. Now I can understand why the World Science Fiction Convention will Putting next year's venue in Jiangyang, this pavilion alone is enough for them to make this decision."

Before the opening ceremony, Zhang Zhong had already taken Lüdinger and the others around the exhibition hall, which is why Lüdinger had this feeling.

Yang Xiao, who was next to him, held a coffee cup and asked, "Mr. Zhang, does your pavilion accept donations?"

Zhang Zhong shook his head, "We are a private company, so we don't accept donations."

"Then do you accept shares? The ones that don't pay dividends."

Zhang Chong said with a smile, "Mr. Yang, stop joking, but if Mr. Yang is really interested, I can introduce you to the leaders of the Jiangyang government. There are still many venues under construction in Jiangyang."

"Forget it." Yang Xiao waved his hand, not very interested in Zhang Zhong's proposal.

Zhang Zhong smiled, didn't speak, just sipped his coffee from a cup.

After a while, Yang Xiao asked again, "Did you come up with the name of this pavilion?"

"Well, yes, how does Mr. Yang feel?"

"Looking, does it mean looking around on tiptoe?" Yang asked with a smile.

Zhang nodded, "Probably that's what it means."

"This reminds me of a passage in "Encouraging Learning"." Yang Xiao suddenly said in Chinese, "I try to look at the legs, but it is better to gain insight from the heights. To recruit from the heights, the arms are not lengthened, but those who see Far away; when you call with the wind, the sound is not exacerbated, but it smells bright."

Zhang Chong smiled, and replied in English, "I didn't think so much. I used the name "跂望" just because I think this word can express the desire of human beings to explore. Standing on tiptoe is the most primitive way to explore the unknown. A performance."

Lüdinger couldn't understand Chinese, and asked with a smile, "What did Yang just say?"

Yang Xiao roughly explained this passage to Ludinger in English, and finally said, "This is what a celebrity in China said more than 2000 years ago."

After hearing this, Ludinger said with emotion, "Chinese culture has a long history and is admirable. I want to write down this sentence, and I can talk to the students in Columbia later."

Yang Xiao's performance was somewhat beyond Zhang Zhong's expectation. He thought this guy was a rich second generation playing games, but he didn't expect to know so much about Chinese culture.

"Encouraging Learning" is known to most Chinese scholars, but if you find any college graduates, they may not be able to repeat this passage verbatim, even if they have memorized it by heart in high school.Not to mention that I remembered this passage just after listening to a look.

It seems that Yang Xiao's identity as a lecturer of the East Asia Institute is not just a name, but a real material.

Zhang Chong did think about Encouraging Learning when he first started looking at the name, so the name not only expresses the original impulse of human beings to explore the unknown, but also expresses the hope that people will be good at learning.

(End of this chapter)