Zhou Yan used the news network to explain, and the effect was very obvious. Chen Derong immediately knew the importance of this meeting.
At the same time, Chen Derong also became somewhat curious about Zhou Yan's status in the mainland literary circle. She had never read Zhou Yan's works before and felt that Zhou Yan was just an ordinary writer who had written a few articles.
Now it seems that her previous idea was not quite right.
Actually, Zhou Yan's position in the literary circle is very special. He can't be compared with top writers such as Yu Hua and Shi Tiesheng. After all, his output is small. Over the years, he only published a few works in the first two years.
But compared to ordinary writers, he is very famous. Part of this fame comes from his status as a musician and director, and also because of the successful adaptations of his works.
Zhou Yan has two novels adapted into movies. One is "The Knife in Clear Water" produced by Chang'an Studio. That movie is much less famous, with average box office and no international awards, but it has good reviews in the industry. , and also won some domestic awards.
The other film is "Tree Hole". This film was very successful. Wu Ziniu also won the Best Jury Award at the Berlin Film Festival for this film.
Because it won the award, the box office performance was not bad, and the copyright was sold very well. Nowadays, TV stations often broadcast the film.
From the perspective of film and television adaptation, Zhou Yan has surpassed most writers.
Among Zhou Yan’s many fans, some are his readers. These readers have always regretted that Zhou Yan has not published any new works in recent years.
Whether it is "Yanjing Literature" or "Flower City", you can still receive letters sent to "Zhou Yan". Readers hope that Zhou Yan can publish some more works and not waste his literary talent.
They believe that Zhou Yan can have better development in literature.
Hua Yang would occasionally call Zhou Yan to ask if Zhou Yan had any plans to publish a new work.
Hua Yang has developed well in "Yanjing Literature" in the past few years, and has been promoted to the leader of the novel group.
When Hua Yang came to Zhou Yan to ask for a manuscript, he actually saw that there were other manuscripts in Zhou Yan's drawer, so he kept calling Zhou Yan because he knew that Zhou Yan could do it if he wanted to Take the manuscript out of the drawer and publish it.
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A few people chatted for a while, and when it was time for dinner, they went to eat together.
When dinner was over, Yu Hua pushed Shi Tiesheng away, while Wang Zuxian and Chen Derong followed Zhou Yan back to Zhou Yan's office.
Chen Derong stood in front of the bookshelf in the office, looking up and down at the books on it, and asked curiously, "Are there any books by the two writers just now?"
Zhou Yan hasn't spoken yet. Wang Zuxian walked over and took out a copy of "Living" and another one of "Me and the Temple of Earth", "This is from Brother Yu, and this is from Brother Tiesheng."
"Which one is better?" Chen Derong asked.
Wang Zuxian smiled and said, "I can't answer you. Everyone's aesthetic taste is different."
Chen Derong couldn't help pouting, "Falling in love with a writer, The style of speaking has gradually changed. Which one do you like?"
Seeing Chen Derong asking for details, Wang Zuxian thought for a while and said, "When I am in a good mood, I prefer "Alive", and when I am in a bad mood, I like "Alive" more. I prefer "The Temple of Earth and Me""
Chen Derong turned to Zhou Yan again, "Brother-in-law, what about you?"
Zhou Yan raised his head and smiled, ""Alive" is more humorous."
"I guess so." Chen Derong raised his chin, looking confident, "That brother Yu Hua feels more humorous. "It's very interesting to listen to him speak."
Looking at Chen Derong with a confident face, Wang Zuxian pursed his lips tightly and tried not to laugh.
Finally she choked out, "You're right."
"Then let me look at this first."
Chen Derong put down "The Temple of Earth and Me" and walked to the sofa to sit down with "Alive" in his arms.
Wang Zuxian said in surprise, "You want to read here?"
"Well, I will read here for a while and won't disturb my brother-in-law's work."
Zhou Yan waved his hand. , smiled and said, "It's okay, let her read it here."
Wang Zuxian said helplessly, "Okay, I'll find a book to read too."
Then she looked up on the bookshelf and quickly found a book called "Red Rock". She chose this book because it was placed on the far right of the first floor and there was a book in the middle. Bookmark.
Usually the books placed in this position are the ones Zhou Yan has read recently.
She didn't have any particular book she wanted to read, so she chose to read the book Zhou Yan had been reading recently.
Chen Derong is right when he says that if you fall in love with a writer, you will pay more attention to things in the literary world. She only gradually started to read books after she got together with Zhou Yan.
Seeing the two girls reading a book seriously, Zhou Yan ignored them and focused on the storyboard in his hand. There was not much time left before the movie started, but the storyboard was not complete yet. Finish.
However, Zhou Yan is not in a hurry. For him, drawing storyboards is just a mechanical and time-consuming task, and it can definitely be completed within his planned time.
Zhou Yan originally thought that the two girls would either read the book quietly and seriously, or they would put the book down because they couldn't stand it anymore.
When he thought about it, the latter situation was more likely.
Chen Derong does not seem to be a person who likes reading, and the threshold for reading may not seem high, but in fact the threshold is higher than people think.
Most people think that as long as they know the words, can’t they read?
But in fact, reading requires training. If a person does not develop the habit of reading, it will be difficult to read books, especially serious literature.
Later Yu Hua suddenly became popular. For a while, it seemed that everyone on the Internet knew Yu Hua and his "Alive", but in fact, among those people, only those people had actually watched "Alive" from beginning to end. How many are there? Not to mention Yu Hua’s other works.
Some people just watch the novel interpretation for a few minutes, or watch the movie, and feel that they have read the novel, understood Yu Hua, and even understood literature.
As for Joey Wong, she is very fond of reading books recently, but Zhou Yan feels that "Red Rock" is not her favorite genre.
In the first few minutes, the office was really quiet. The two girls were reading seriously, and Zhou Yan was also drawing the storyboard seriously.
But soon, Chen Derong suddenly slapped the sofa.
“Bang!”
Zhou Yan was startled by the sudden loud noise, and the pen in his hand also shook.
He was currently drawing the hero's last farewell to his father. When his hand shook, he drew the hero's father's nose crooked.
Looking at the crooked nose of the male protagonist's father on the paper, Zhou Yan frowned his eyebrows and looked up at Chen Derong, only to hear Chen Derong shout with disgust: "How shameless!"
After saying that, Chen Derong also realized something was wrong. She looked up and saw Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian looking at her. She also said a little embarrassedly, "Sorry, sorry, I'm so excited."
After that, she added The book was closed, "Don't read it, don't read it, this book is not suitable for me."
Zhou Yan smiled and said nothing, then lowered his head to draw the storyboard. He also didn't have the crooked nose he just drew. Revise.
After Chen Derong put down "Alive", he sat on the sofa for a while. Feeling that it was not interesting, he ran to the bookshelf to find another book to read.
She did not pick up the book "Me and the Temple of Earth" because she felt that she didn't like the title of the book very much. It was like a primary school student's composition title, like a non-nutritious narrative.
She searched for a long time on the bookshelf, but couldn't find the book she was interested in. She stood at the edge of the bookshelf and wandered for a while. Finally, she returned to the sofa and picked up "Alive".
When she picked up "Alive", she secretly glanced at Wang Zuxian and Zhou Yan. She was relieved when she saw that one of them was reading seriously and the other was working seriously.
After all, she just said she stopped reading it, and now she picked it up again, which was a bit of a slap in the face. The reason why she cursed just now was because she saw Fugui riding that prostitute and running to "say hello" to her father-in-law.
Chen Derong has never read this kind of book since she was a child, and this plot had a strong impact on her.
Not only has she never seen this kind of plot, but she has never seen this kind of writing style. This book is different from all the books she has read before.
Anyway, the feeling was very strange. She almost felt sorry for Jiazhen while scolding Fugui in her heart for continuing to look behind.
......
Half an hour later, Zhou Yan raised his head first and looked at Wang Zuxian first. She was still reading the "Red Rock" seriously, which made Zhou Yan a little bit Surprisingly, she didn't expect that she could actually read this book.
As for Chen Derong's performance, Zhou Yan was even more surprised. This girl actually watched "Alive" again, and she had watched a lot of it.
Many people say that reading "Alive" is more laborious, but for Chen Derong, it seems to be more laborious. She kept gnashing her teeth while reading, with a terrifying expression.
With how hard she gritted her teeth, her cheeks would probably cramp after reading a book.
Zhou Yan didn’t know whether he underestimated Chen Derong’s reading ability or the appeal of “Alive” to ordinary readers.
Speaking of its appeal to ordinary readers, Zhou Yan thought of Yu Hua's self-deprecation. He said that the reason why his novels are concise is because he is illiterate.
This is pure fart.
But just this sentence, many ordinary readers really believe it, thinking that Yu Hua's writing style is average, and this also extends to the fact that writers do not need writing skills.
Is Yu Hua’s writing style really average?
What exactly is writing?
Zhou Yan doesn’t like to talk about writing, he prefers to talk about the language and rhythm of a writer’s writing.
There are two and a half writers in contemporary China whose sense of language and rhythm impressed Zhou Yan the most. Two of them were in his office this afternoon.
The other half is Wang Xiaobo, who wrote "The Golden Age".
This sense of language and rhythm requires not only talent, but also a lot of reading accumulation. Many people only remember that Yu Hua said that he did not know many words, and took it seriously, but they did not know that Yu Hua also He said that he has read a large number of Chinese and foreign literary works.
Of course, this is also a question of public opinion orientation, because it is not unusual for a writer to have read a large number of literary works, and it is unusual for a writer to not know many words. The media naturally knows which news to report can attract readers' attention more. , they don’t care if Yu Hua is talking nonsense.
Zhou Yan originally planned to end today's work at nine o'clock, but because he saw that Chen Derong and the others were reading very seriously and did not rush to get off work, but continued to work, he wanted to see when Chen Derong and the others could see .
"Alive" is not long. Zhou Yan thought that Chen Derong would be able to finish it in more than three hours, but she did not expect that she would not finish the book until 10:30.
Later, it was Wang Zuxian who closed "Red Rock" first and said, "It's late, let's read it tomorrow."
Only then did Chen Derong come back to her senses. She turned to the last page and looked at it. "There are less than thirty pages left to read. Can I take the book back to the hotel to read?"
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "I suggest you read the rest tomorrow."
"Why?" Chen Derong asked strangely, "There aren't many left. It won't take long to finish reading."
Zhou Yan shook his head and did not try to persuade Chen Derong anymore. He just said, "If you like I’ll give this book to you. It’s signed by Yu Hua.”
"There is also a signature." Chen Derong said in surprise, "Where is it?"
"Next to the title page."
Chen Derong turned to the title page and then curled his lips and said, "So this is a signature Ah, I thought someone accidentally rubbed it out with a pen."
Zhou Yan laughed, "His signature is really scrawled."
"As long as it's a signature, then I'll be fine. You're welcome, thank you, brother-in-law. I'll finish it when I get back today. The ending should be pretty good."
The place she saw happened to be where Erxi told the Fugui couple that their daughter Fengxia was pregnant.
From Youqing’s death to now, the life of Fugui’s family seems to be moving in the direction of happiness.
After all, there are less than thirty pages left in this book. To be precise, there are still twenty-six pages left. Something can’t happen again. If something happens, there are only these twenty-six pages left. Can the page be finished?
The layout of this book is very loose, with more than 20 pages left and probably only about 10,000 words.
Hearing what Chen Derong said, Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian looked at each other without speaking.
"I'll drive you back."
Zhou Yan took the car keys and stood up.
The distance from the studio to their hotel is very close, and it only takes less than ten minutes by car.
Chen Derong originally wanted to go back to the hotel and read it again, but he couldn't help but open the book on the way and read down from the original place.
She originally thought that after Fengxia became pregnant, the Fugui family's life would get better and better, but what she didn't expect was that just one page later, Fengxia encountered problems during her delivery, and the doctor came out Asked whether to keep her older or younger, Erxi said she should keep her older.
But one page later, Fengxia passed away.
Seeing this, Chen Derong was stunned. She didn't expect bad luck to come so quickly.
She thought again of Zhou Yan's meaningful expression before and his admonition to see her again tomorrow, and suddenly understood something. It turned out that Zhou Yan had already figured out where she had seen.
Thinking of this, she couldn't bear to look down, because she always felt that things were not that simple.
She no longer underestimates the next twenty pages.
Yu Hua only used two pages to write about Fengxia from her pregnancy to her death in childbirth. Who knows what he could do in the next twenty or so pages.
Afterwards, she read two more pages in a daze, and the car arrived at the door of the hotel.
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More than half an hour later, Chen Derong lay on the bed, covered his head under the pillow, and kept sobbing.
Wang Zuxian sat next to him and scratched his head, thinking that he would have known better and prevented her from looking down.
In the last section of the book "Alive", people die the fastest. It only takes twenty pages to write down Fengxia, Erxi, Jiazhen and Kugen. On average, one protagonist dies in four to five pages. .
Life seems to have become a running account, with vivid colors and extremely eye-catching colors.
Chen Derong had never seen such a battle before. He was stunned by Yu Hua's swords.
She buried her head under the pillow and cried for a long time. Suddenly she sat up again and asked Wang Zuxian with tears in her eyes, "My brother-in-law also wrote this kind of novel?"
This kind of novel... is What kind of novel?
Wang Zuxian thought for a while and said, "What he wrote is not the same, but more interesting."
Chen Derong didn't believe it at all, "Just now you said that this book is humorous."
"It's true this time, I won't lie to you."
Chen Derong stared at Wang Zuxian's eyes for a long time, and finally nodded, "Well, I will look back at what he wrote." (End of Chapter)