Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 713 Xu Sile's Daily Life
"Morning Professor Fang."

"Professor Fang has class in the morning?"

"Professor Fang is here."

Yanjing Normal University Institute of Comparative Education, Fang Ya walked in the corridor leading to his office with a book under his arm.

On the way here, I went to the bookstore and bought Zhang Zhong's new work "Lord of the Flies", which is now under his arm.

Because Zhang Zhong is the subject of his research, he knows Zhang Zhong's movements like the back of his hand.

After arriving at the office, Fang Ya resisted the urge to open a new book and read immediately, but turned on the computer first.

Sure enough, as he expected, because the new book was released today, the news in the WeChat group was beeping non-stop.

These groups are Zhang Zhong's book friend groups.

[Yan Normal University Zhang Zhongshu Friends Exchange Group]

【Yanda No. 381 Reading Club】

[Zhang Zhong Science Fiction Exchange Group 256]

[Zhang Zhong Science Fiction Exchange Group 381]

[Zhang Zhong detective suspense exchange group 223]

【Harry Potter Exchange Group】

【Ordinary World Exchange Group 111】

……

It is estimated that Zhang Zhong himself did not know that there were so many groups created specifically for him or his works, but Fang Ya added hundreds of them, some of which were small groups with relatively few people, and some large groups with hundreds of people.

Fang Ya spends two or three hours a day in these groups, some of which are more active and of higher quality, and Fang Ya has established a deep relationship with those group members.

Although Zhang Zhong's fans have a relatively large age span, the people who communicate in these groups are generally young people. After all, the elderly rarely play these things.

In order to mingle with these young people, he created an identity for himself. In the group, he claimed to be a 30-year-old elementary school Chinese teacher.

It is not difficult for him to play such an identity. After all, he is also a university teacher himself, and he also taught in the countryside in his early years.

As for age, many 30-year-olds may not be as free and easy as him.

Fang Ya clicked on a group he usually joins. The people in this group are relatively high-level, and he can often hear some insights from the group members.

Xu Sile: Ladies and gentlemen, the new book is released today, have you all bought the book yet?
There is no doubt that Xu Sile is Fang Ya's nickname on Wechat. Because it is Zhang Zhong's book friend group, many people in this group have nicknames related to Zhang Zhong's books.

Xu Wule: Brother, good morning, I just woke up.

Look, isn't there another old five here?Because one of them is called Xu Sile and the other is called Xu Wule, they are usually called brothers.

Xu Sile: Fifth brother, what time is it and you haven't woken up yet?

Polo Polo: Brother Van, don't you know him?I am a night owl and usually sleep until the afternoon, so I woke up early today.

It was Fang Ya who called Brother Wan this time, and he told the people in the group that his name was Wan Wa.

When Fang Ya used this pseudonym, Fang Ya had a bit of a naughty mentality, but he got used to it after using it for a while. Some young people in the group were named Wan Ge Wan Ge—except for Xu Wule.

Xu Sile: Yes, I bought the book back, let's not read the group, and go to read the book.

Fang Ya chatted casually, and then opened "Lord of the Flies".

Right now he still dares to click on the group chat, but after a while he will not dare, because when there are more people who have read the book, there will definitely be spoilers. will reveal a lot.

"Oh? And the preface?"

This surprised Fang Ya a bit, because the first edition of Zhang Zhong's works usually does not have a preface, let alone his preface.

This preface made Fang Ya more interested in this book.

"I remembered the heart-to-heart talks with Mr. Llorente, Affleck, and Linde on the edge of Jiaohu Lake. On such a pleasant evening, I suddenly chatted with them about some not-so-easy topics..."

Zhang Zhong's preface is not long. The whole text said one thing. He had chatted with Linde, Llorente, and Affleck by the Jiaohu Lake before, and they talked about an idea. If all of them were trapped in the lake On Xindao, which direction should things go?

In the preface, Zhang Zhong did not elaborate on Linde and Llorente's specific ideas, but only mentioned that they had different opinions.

After reading the preface, Fang Ya turned to the main text.

At the beginning of the text, it is written that two little boys met on an island. From their few words, it can be inferred that they should be lost on this island because of a plane crash, and there should be other people besides them.

Fang Ya supported his forehead, and made a preliminary judgment in his mind. This is probably a science fiction novel, because the preface mentioned the conjecture of nuclear war, and he couldn't recognize that the two things were connected together.

A science fiction novel with an apocalyptic tone.

As previously disclosed, there are other children on this island. The first 12-year-old boy Zhou Haoyong (the protagonist in the original book, named Ralph, changed to Zhou Haoyong by Zhang Zhong in the Chinese version) got a A conch, he thought it was a rock, but another little boy nicknamed Piggy recognized it as a conch.

Relying on the sound made by the conch, Zhou Haoyong called all the little boys around to him.

Most of these children are younger than Zhou Haoyong and the others, many of them are only five or six years old.

When he saw this, Fang Ya frowned, because he found a strange thing, because he didn't see any little girls, these lost children were all boys.

Why is that?
Fang Ya was a little puzzled. He didn't think it was a coincidence, and it was absolutely impossible.
Shaking his head, Fang Ya temporarily put this question aside and continued to read.

It seems that everyone is very optimistic. Although the adults who brought them here are gone, they quickly found the backbone.Zhou Haoyong was successfully elected as the leader by relying on a conch shell that can make a sound similar to adults' trumpets.

In this short election, Fang Likun (Jack), another big boy, became the loser. He originally thought that he had an innate advantage as the head of the choir, but he did not expect to be defeated by the conch.

The conch is a symbol.

As a scholar, Fang Ya knew when he saw the conch that he was a great symbol and would be the main item of this story.

As for what it specifically symbolizes, Fang Ya is not in a hurry to make a conclusion, because the story has just begun, and the role played by Conch has just emerged.

Because of the backbone, the children began to live in an orderly manner.The strategy of the leader Zhou Haoyong is very simple. In the case of ensuring food supply, try to keep the fire going as long as possible, so that people at sea can know their existence, and finally they can be saved.

However, Fang Ya's keen observation made him discover something different. There seems to be a rumor about wild beasts quietly spreading.

Although this statement was not particularly strong at the beginning, it was just a casual discussion among the children, but Fang Ya knew that the legend of this beast was definitely not that simple.

(End of this chapter)