Chapter 206 Half a Sheet of Paper
The last moving truck left; the young tenants were still wandering around the empty house to see if there was anything missing.
No, nothing is missing, nothing.
Wang Zixu took one last look at his book storage, then closed the study door firmly and locked it with the key.
"I'm leaving first." Ye Lan said to Wang Zixu, "My sister's car is downstairs."
Wang Zixu nodded: "Yes. I'll lock the door."
In just a few months, Wang Zixu had to move again. This time it was because of lack of money.
After deciding to take a gamble with Zuo Ziliang, the two calculated their accounts and came to the conclusion that even using the provident fund to pay off the mortgage every month was too extravagant.
If you rent out the entire apartment, you can rent it for more than 10,000, which can just cover the loan, and the two of you can rent cheaper houses elsewhere.
It sounds very absurd, but mathematically speaking, this is actually more cost-effective.
Wang Zixu found a one-bedroom low-rent house that could only accommodate one person, had no kitchen, and had a separate bathroom; Ye Lan decided to live with his sister.
In this way, the two of them will part ways temporarily.
"We'll be back, right?" Ye Lan asked with his hands behind his back, tilting his head, and winking at him.
“We will be back.” The prince replied firmly with a blank expression, holding a copy of "The Lover" by Margaret Duras in his hand.
The word "we" is so beautiful. It sounds like it is saying that as long as we are together, no difficulty can be overcome.
Ye Lan turned around and looked at the room for the last time, with reluctance in his eyes. Then she resolutely picked up her luggage, went out, stood at the door, and waved goodbye to him.
“Goodbye, Wang Zixu.”
“Goodbye.”
“Hello.”
Ye Lan stopped him again. Wang Zixu turned around and saw her standing like a girl, with her hands behind her back.
“To be honest, I was a little nervous before moving in. But after we have lived together for so long, you haven’t done anything obscene at all. You are really a good Chinese roommate.”
“Yes, because My dream is to become a good roommate in China. "
"Goodbye."
Ye Lan said goodbye to his good roommate in China for the last time. Wang Zixu turned off the light, and the sound of footsteps echoed in the empty room.
Looking back at the room, they tried their best to erase the traces of life in the room. The originally prosperous room became empty, like a lonely sea monster.
He stared at the night view of the East China Sea outside the window for a long time.
"No, nothing is missing, nothing is left." - The passage that floated in his mind from just now comes from "Half a Sheet of Paper" by Swedish national treasure writer August Strindberg.
This is a micro-novel about a young man whose wife passed away. When he moved out of his house, he read half a piece of paper left on the table, reviewed half of his life in a minimalist way, and then regained the courage to face life.
Wang Zixu just felt that his situation and mood at this moment were somewhat similar to the mood of the man in the novel.
By the way, Strindberg’s status in Sweden is equivalent to that of Lu Xun in China.
However, such a writer did not receive the Nobel Prize for Literature issued by the Swedish Academy.
Because of this, the Nobel Prize in Literature received a lot of doubts in its early years.
Wang Zixu sat down on the sofa that could not be moved. He took out his cell phone, waiting for a message.
The sofa is very warm. Sitting on it is like sitting in the heart of this house. He also thought of Yu Hua's "Going Away at the Age of Eighteen". The 18-year-old boy sitting in the empty truck should be as if he and this empty house are dependent on each other now.
Qiu Ge: [Sorry, I’m annoying you again. Are you busy? 】
The little prince: [I have been waiting for this news for a long time. ]
Qiu Ge: [covering mouth in surprise.jpg]
The little prince: [I wonder whether my charm has diminished or you have found your own life, so you haven’t seen me for so long. 】
Qiu Ge: [So that’s what you thought? Humph, then you are in a bit of danger. 】
The little prince: [Why? ]
Qiu Ge: [The fact that you think of me means that you can no longer live without me. 】
The little prince: [I often think of you. I also often think of my Chinese teacher in high school. But that doesn't mean I can't live without you two. ]
Wang Zixu’s Chinese teacher in high school was an unusually tall man. Every time he walked into the classroom, the students thought they were walking into a mobile tower.
The boys said that he only needed to raise his hand slightly to put the ball into the basket. He didn’t even need to jump, he only had to stand on tiptoe at most.
However, he is such a man, but he has a delicate heart that is in great contrast to his rough appearance.
Thinking about it now, it was considered “delicate”, but at the time, students wouldn’t describe it that way. They all called him "the devil". Everyone was tortured to madness by his teaching methods.
He rarely tells students how to answer questions and how to do reading comprehension according to the goals of test-oriented teaching. He enjoys inspiring instruction. For example, when we teach the chapter "Pipa Xing", we let several students play the role of Bai Juyi and another girl plays the role of the pipa girl.
He will ask the students to perform Jiangzhou Sima’s outward desolation and inner pride, and to perform the Pipa Girl’s nostalgia for the smash hit back then and her unwillingness to be lonely now. He likes to turn literature into a living thing for students to feel rather than understand.
Unlike others, Wang Zixu actually appreciates this teaching method and enjoys every Chinese class. It's a pity that his Chinese language scores are not top-notch.
The group with the best Chinese scores in the class spend all the time in Chinese class doing questions and never participate in the class. The students who participate in the class most enthusiastically are always the poor students.
So it is conceivable that the overall Chinese performance of their class is not good, and some parents have even clamored to change the Chinese teacher. Fortunately, it was not replaced in the end.
Unexpectedly, during the college entrance examination, Wang Zixu excelled in Chinese and unexpectedly scored high in the exam. Whenever he wrote the words "depressed and frustrated" while doing reading comprehension, the face of the Chinese teacher would always appear in front of his eyes.
After he told Ning Chunyan about the Chinese teacher, the other party was half overjoyed and half sad.
Qiu Ge: [Your Chinese teacher reminds me of what a friend of mine said: Literature belongs to losers. 】
The prince thought humbly, the friend you are talking about is me.
The little prince: [That friend of yours is right. 】
Qiu Ge: [The same friend said that if I ask you to help me write another novel, you will definitely not refuse me. 】
The little prince: [That friend of yours is right. ]
Qiu Ge: [Really? ! You have no idea how happy I am right now! I'm not happy because you promised me, I'm happy because there is another new work by Little Prince to watch! 】
The little prince: [I want to write a popular work. I wanted to write a work that was no longer a loser, I wanted to make it a huge success. ]
Ning Chunyan bit her index finger gently and typed on the screen:
"You are already very popular? Why do you think so suddenly?"
"Because it will be cooler to say that literature belongs to the losers after it is very, very popular."
Ning Chunyan sat up from the sofa, feeling a little excited: "It's good, let's write a novel that is very, very popular, so popular that everyone in the country knows it!"
The image of Shi Shuqiu flashed in her mind. This young man did not leave a good impression on her, but due to the world's sophistication, she had to give others a good face, but she was actually holding her breath in her heart.
At least, she doesn’t want to be a Xiao Ning who comes and goes when called upon at the wine table.
Qiu Ge: [The last "Missing Kong Zhan" was actually very popular. It was written really, really well, but there was no reason why it was particularly popular. Do you know what it was? 】
The little prince: [I have the answer in my heart, you tell me first. ]
Qiu Ge: [Not suitable for remake. Not suitable for adaptation. 】
The little prince: [The article is too short. ]
Qiu Ge: [Actually, a lot of investors are interested in "Missing Kong Zhan" because it has a twists and turns story and wonderful characters. It's just that its time and space flashback is a great test of the director's skills. 】
The little prince: [I don’t think there is any director in China who can perfectly capture the story I imagined. Even if they can be filmed in terms of narrative techniques, most of them do not suit my personal style. ]
Qiu Ge: [If it were David Fincher, or Nolan, or even Satoshi Kon or Masaaki Yuasa, he would definitely be able to produce a very good work. 】
There is no mistake in every song, every post, every content, read them one by one!
The little prince: [You inspired me, maybe making it an animation is a good idea. ]
Qiu Ge: [Sold to Netflix and made into a short and concise 10-episode animation, with one twist in each episode, haha, it’s a pity that I can only think about it. 】
The little prince: [If a domestic work wants to become popular around the world, it must be very, very well written, like "The Three-Body Problem". ]
Qiu Ge: [It’s too difficult. 】
The two had a lively discussion, but Ning Chunyan’s mood became increasingly cold. She found it difficult even thinking about it.
If before tonight, someone had told her that the little prince pursues popularity, she would have dismissed it: No matter who the little prince is, popularity comes to him, does he still need to pursue popularity?
But now she discovered that she usually ignored words like popularity and traffic, but now it is really not easy to get their favor.
There is another message from the little prince:
【So what I thought of was short video. ]
Qiu Ge: [What do you mean? 】
The little prince: [Write the kind of short novels that are easy to make jokes and spread widely, and cut them into short videos. Even if the story is fragmented, it can still leave a deep impression on people. 】
Qiu Ge: [Is it like "Liao Zhai"? 】
The Little Prince: [Like "Liao Zhai" connected together, the scattered stories are combined into one big story, and this big story is suitable for being remade into a complete movie. 】
Ning Chunyan gasped.
【This sounds so difficult. 】
【I can do it. ]
Ning Chunyan looked at the four words "I can do it" on the screen and just wanted to say: The little prince is awesome!
It is indeed him.
Ning Chunyan typed on her mobile phone: "I won't ask you what you plan to write, and keep it mysterious. Although I really want to continue chatting with you, the guy I raised started to groan again, and I have to take care of it."
Little Prince: [Just what I want. ]
Qiu Ge: [Waiting for you. ]
Ning Chunyan turned off her phone, lay on the sofa, and sighed deeply. It's a sigh of contentment.
独立成章又能出梗的散碎故事，组合起来又足够成为能够翻拍电影的扎实剧本……这种既要又要的事情，真的能做到吗？
If the little prince finally achieves his goal and writes something like this, she will have no doubt that the god of novels came down to earth and kissed him hard.
If you are an old scholar like Professor Zhong Junmin, you will definitely scream evil when you hear the creative ideas of the Little Prince. Such a nakedly purposeful creation is really evil.
But when the little prince said it, it felt very different. She could feel that even if he took the wrong path, he would definitely be different from others.
And, if he said he could do it, he would definitely do it.
“Hmmmm…”
A voice like a downtrodden cat came from the room, and Ning Chunyan sighed again.
This time it was a sigh of trouble.
She stood up, knocked on the door, and then pushed the door open -
The pale light poured down from the ceiling, and the girl on the bed had a beautiful profile. Thin black hair hangs down on the snow-white cheeks, outlining complex patterns.
“Cuckoo…”
A cat-like whimpering sound came from the girl's throat, and Ning Chunyan put his hands on his hips:
"I asked you to eat the takeaway I brought back early. If you insist on writing two more paragraphs, look at you, are you too hungry to stand it?"
The whimpering continued, Liang Liang After a long time, the same pitiful human voice came out:
"Hungry, rice rice."
"Wait, wait, I will go to the microwave oven to heat it up for you."
Putting rice into the microwave, Ning Chunyan suddenly lowered his eyebrows.
Actually, she doesn’t dislike it that much. Rather, she was envious.
When Chen Qingluo appears in this state, she must have encountered a great inspiration. Maybe it will be even more incredible than the last one, "Beauvoir's Dedication."
If she wants to break out again and write a more powerful book, what will happen?
这些被小说之神亲吻过的人啊……
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王子虚的新住处，是个隔成了5个单独房间的3居室。 This kind of rental house is very interesting. It claims to be a non-shared house, but five residents share one door.
Some of the separated rooms have balconies, some have private bathrooms, and some have nothing. Wang Zixu's room has a private bathroom, so it is very popular. Fortunately, he was lucky. If he came at the wrong time, he would be rented by someone else.
He has been in his room for the past few days. He doesn’t recognize anyone when he closes the door. He puts the takeaways on the dining cabinet at the door, which shows the aura of not recognizing his relatives.
In the name of cleaning up the new house, he asked for leave at Ningchun Yan's place. He didn't say how many days he would take at first. Bi Geng didn't know the sun and the moon. Four or five days passed in a flash, and Ning Chunyan became anxious and called him to ask when he would go to work.
I don’t know who leaked the news that the Little Prince’s new work would be published in “New Awards”, and the number of manuscripts received by the magazine suddenly increased sharply.
Xiao Mengyin is not the only one who is clever. With the release of Little Prince's new work, the sales of "New Awards" will definitely increase dramatically. This is a good news. If it were voted in the same issue as The Little Prince, many people would definitely watch it. So many people came to contribute.
No matter who spread the news, Ning Chunyan has no intention of holding him accountable. Because "New Appreciation" is currently short of manuscripts, the number of manuscripts has increased, and she is happy to see the success. However, there are really not enough editors, so she came to urge Wang Zixu to go to work.
As everyone knows, what Wang Zixu is immersed in tinkering with at home is the manuscript that everyone is looking forward to.
(End of this chapter)