Chapter 213 Round figure
The mist passed through the green hair of the innocent poet. She reached out and lifted the scarf around her neck: "See what happened to Wang Zixu?"
Ye Zhihan said: "Didn't you say that this person has a bad character? Do you still read his works?"
The innocent poet twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "I It's reading, not marrying someone. What does his character have to do with me? "
"But don't you think you should? There are so many good books to read, why would you read a book by a person with bad character?"
The innocent poet turned around and said to the boss: "No need for a bag."
Seeing that she was ignoring him, Ye Zhihan raised his head and his eyes turned white.
"Well, anyway, when I read a book, if the author's character is not good, I feel uncomfortable in my heart."
He Yang Yuxiao rarely reached a consensus with Ye Zhihan on this point:
"I am not very fond of him either, so "Fire in the Stone" was highly discussed at the time, and I didn't even Let’s go and see. By the way, is his seminar going to be held soon? ”
“Huh? Can he be qualified to hold a seminar?”
Ye Zhihan’s impression of the literary seminar was very high. When the seminar on Shi Shuqiu’s “Yesterday Star” was held, it was very impressive, so the students generally had a high impression of it.
A smiling middle-aged man next to them suddenly asked them a question in a polite tone:
"Sorry to excuse you, could you please tell me why Wang Zixu talks about him? Is his character bad? ”
The man had a shaved head, a pair of very academic glasses, a brown suit, and a thick woolen jacket. He looked like a school lecturer, but he was completely unfamiliar.
He had been standing nearby before, neither buying books nor leaving, as if he was waiting for someone, and he didn’t know what his relationship was with Wang Zixu.
The two girls looked at each other. Later, He Yang Yuxiao replied:
“He is a bit famous in our Nanjing University, and everyone thinks that his character is not good.”
She is not the kind of person who is very sophisticated, and she doesn’t have any inhibitions about what she says.
“Then why do people think his character is not good?”
“Because...”
He Yang Yuxiao suddenly got stuck.
The judgment that "Wang Zixu's character is not good" was based on many discussions within the school about the bad impression caused by spreading the word "moisturizing things" silently as a meme, but she could not cite specific examples of where he was not good.
It’s like a mathematical formula you’ve learned since elementary school, and you are suddenly asked to provide a proof. I have used the formulas thousands of times, and it has long been "obvious", and I have never thought about how to prove it.
In the end, she said: "Everyone thinks so anyway."
The middle-aged man smiled: "Isn't that a reason?"
Ye Zhihan said: "He hasn't even admitted yet, but he is having such a big conflict with us students at school. "What kind of good person can you be?"
Over at the counter, the innocent poet had already settled the bill, brought "Obtained", turned around and said expressionlessly: "It is not good to judge people behind their backs without evidence."
Ye Zhihan’s eyebrows rose: “You mean, our Chinese students are not good enough in character?”
“I am not that diode.”< /p>
Ye Zhihan bared her teeth and blurted out: "I always thought you were pretentious."
"Heart People who have low self-esteem will think they are pretending when they say normal things. "
"I have low self-esteem? Ha, laugh! I am more or less a well-known literary blogger. How can I be low self-esteem?"
"Using fame and fortune to cover up the emptiness in your heart is exactly a sign of low self-esteem."
Ye Zhihan's face was red and she was about to get angry. He Yang Yuxiao saw something was wrong and felt that it was not good for people outside the school to see the joke. She felt that it was time to stop the two people from escalating their quarrel.
"Okay, okay, stop talking. It's not like you don't know Du Kezhu's character. She has always been like this in school. The more you argue with her, the more angry you will become." Those who know each other hurt the harmony among our classmates."
Then, she turned to the middle-aged man and said: "You have also seen that Wang Zixu is very controversial in our school, and people like Du Kezhu are among the few who agree with him. "
The middle-aged man watched all this with a smile. He seemed not to be aware of the quarrel between these young female students at all.
Or maybe he sensed it, but he didn’t care at all. At his age, watching them quarrel has become a fun thing without causing any interpersonal troubles.
“So, although you don’t know what specific “bad character” things Wang Zixu has done, public opinion has recognized that his character is not good, so you just follow the crowd, right?”
Put it this way, it seems that they are a bit arrogant. He Yang Yuxiao didn't think he was so arrogant. She thought for a while and said:
“Although I don’t know what he did specifically, a large number of NTU students hate him very much and even made some of his stories into memes, so I think he must have done something that caused public outrage.”
After hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded lightly: “This That's it..."
"So, you are having such a boring argument just because of prejudice and prejudice?"
A clear voice came from the fog, and people looked in that direction and saw a man in white clothes emerging from the fog.
It’s Lu Qingxuan.
Lu Qingxuan is wearing a white down jacket, a red beret, black leggings and snow boots that make her legs straight and long.
But judging from her tone, it was obvious that she was not in a good mood. Nan Da Leng Knowledge, when Lu Qingxuan is in a bad mood, it is best not to provoke him easily.
Ye Zhihan said: "I didn't intend to quarrel, it was Du Kezhu who had an opinion."
After she finished speaking, she didn't expect Lu Qingxuan He rolled his eyes at her: "You are allowed to be biased, but others are not allowed to have opinions?"
Ye Zhihan did not expect that the "biased" she said was referring to herself, and her face suddenly turned red.
Lu Qingxuan turned to the middle-aged man and said:
"I have worked with Wang Zixu for so long, and apart from often not coming to work, I haven't noticed anything bad about him. Don't listen to what they say."
The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows: "You work with him? You are..."
"I work part-time as an intern editor of "Xin Shang" magazine "
The man immediately smiled and said, "Nice to meet you, please give my regards to Editor Ning."
Lu Qingxuan raised her face: "Who are you?"
"Just say hello to her, Mr. Tian from Lu Ning Lane."
The middle-aged man talked eloquently, but Lu Qingxuan was very cool, and others didn’t want to say that she never asked, so she just silently remembered this sentence, then nodded and said:
“Well, I will bring it to you.”
Then, She also took a copy of "Get", turned around and glared at the innocent poet: "Let's go."
There was a bit of complaint in her eyes, as if to say, "Why are you arguing with them?"
The innocent poet was stared at innocently, and she said in her heart, "I don't want to argue with them either."
But she still followed Lu Qingxuan obediently, pushing and shoving him all the way.
After Lu Qingxuan and Du Kezhu left, the venue suddenly became uninteresting, and Ye Zhihan soon found a reason to leave.
Although He Yang Yuxiao was very curious about who this "Mr. Tian from Lu Ning Lane" was, he looked so enigmatic that she was too embarrassed to ask, so she left.
"Mr. Tian" did not leave. He stood at the door of the bookstore, stamping his feet from time to time to stave off the coldness in his lower body, and then raised his wrist to take a look.
A few minutes later, the dusty Cheng Xing hurried over, trotting all the way, with dew still on his eyelashes, panting:
"Sorry, Mr. Tian, I'm late."
"No, I came early. I heard that "New Awards" was on sale today and wanted to come over as early as possible to buy a copy, so I came half an hour early."
When Cheng Xing heard this, he smiled: "Have you bought it?"
"No, I have seen the enthusiasm of students at your school for the little prince. I I’m really embarrassed to compete with them.”
Cheng Xing laughed as expected:
“Haha, our Nanjing University can be said to be the home base of the little prince. There is no place in the world that is crazier for him than here. It would be easier for you to buy it in Luning Lane.”
Mr. Tian smiled and shook his head: "Yes, if I had known this, I would have slept more. However, although I didn't buy the magazine, I witnessed an interesting story."
Cheng Xing raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Tell me about it?"
So, Mr. Tian told the girls about the dispute about Wang Zixu just now. Cheng Xing's ears turned red after hearing it.
"It's really... I'm ashamed. We NTU students shouldn't be like this. When I was studying in the past, everyone was ashamed of judging people at will, but now it's not like this."
Mr. Tian said with a smile: "This shows that Cheng Xingjun was a kind child when he was studying."
After finishing speaking, he sighed and said: "How can there be anything in this world that can make the customs pure and honest? People in the past were also very cunning, but everyone has a filter on their memories.
"When I was young, didn't my classmates have people who were flattering and duplicitous? Talking behind someone's back is not a crime. Who doesn’t speak behind someone’s back? Who doesn’t speak behind someone’s back? "
Seeing Mr. Tian's generosity, Cheng Xing said nothing and asked again:
"Then, have you revealed to them your identity? You are the editor-in-chief of "Literary Circle" and the first person in China to approve the publication of the Little Prince's works, Tian Zhenlei? ”
Tian Zhenlei smiled mysteriously.
This statement is not that Cheng Xing helped to put money on his face. When the little prince first became famous, the voices criticizing him were louder than the voices supporting him.
At that time, in addition to Cheng Xing who was under pressure to update "Love Letters from the Little Prince" in Red Pepper, in the serious literary circle, it was Tian Zhenlei who advocated for "Love Letters from the Little Prince" to be published in "Literary Circle".
Although "Literary Circle" is not a top literary magazine, it represents part of the attitude of the mainstream academic circles. The recommendation of "Literary Circle" gave the Little Prince's supporters a great encouragement.
So in NTU, the names of the editors-in-chief of "Acquisition" and "Modern" may not be well-known, but Tian Zhenlei's name must be widely known.
Tian Zhenlei smiled and replied: "If I were twenty years younger, I would have hugged girls and brag to them about how I got the Little Prince's manuscript. What else is there to brag about now?"
He added: "But speaking of it, the Little Prince's popularity among girls is really explosive."
"Yes."
"I just eavesdropped on what the girls said after reading it, and I thought it was an interesting story. I wanted to go over and read it, but I was embarrassed."
Cheng Xing laughed again: "Are you embarrassed too? I believe that as long as you ask, they will definitely be willing to lend it to you."
Tian Zhenlei shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case. Alas, no, the more I think about it, the more I'm itching. I'm really curious about the little prince's new work this time."
"My experience is that it's better to lower your expectations. After all, the higher the expectations, the easier it is to fail."
There is no mistake in every song, one release, one content, one by one!
Tian Zhenlei shook his head: "I believe we can raise our expectations this time, haven't you noticed? The little prince is also making progress. I just found some of the clips I captured very exciting."
< br>After chatting, Cheng Xing suddenly turned serious and said seriously:
"Teacher Tian, I want to ask you something."
“Is it related to today’s seminar?”
“Yes.”
“Isn’t it related to the Wang Zixu who caused the quarrel among the girls?” Tian Zhenlei smiled.
Cheng Xingdao: "That's why I'm here. Teacher Tian, I would like to ask you to help me say something good for Wang Zixu at the seminar."
Tian Zhenlei stopped smiling and asked: "Is that Wang Zixu Asked by you? "
After hearing this, Cheng Xing hurriedly explained: "No, he didn't tell me about this. He is a very stubborn person and he will never ask others to do such a thing. I want to help him."
Tian Zhenlei looked into his eyes for a while, then nodded and said, "Well, I understand. But I'm sorry, I can't help you."
Cheng Xing was disappointed With a look in his eyes, he explained: "Even Teacher Shi Tonghe participated in today's seminar. How can I be qualified to speak in a scene of this kind?"
Cheng Xing felt a little unhappy. However, he was mentally prepared for this result, sighed and said: "I understand. Then please don't tell Wang Zixu about this. His character definitely doesn't like me doing this."
Tian Zhenlei said: "Is he so unemotional?"
"He... it's not that he doesn't have EQ, he just... has a temper."
Tian Zhenlei nodded: "It's no wonder that he is not popular among people."
From Cheng Xing's perspective, the dilemma that Wang Zixu faces now is actually very easy to solve. He only needs to declare that he is the little prince, and everything will be solved.
Even if he does not need to be exposed, he only needs to say a few good words for "Fire in the Stone" as a little prince, which can greatly alleviate the current crisis of publicity.
But he just didn’t do it. It's as if you are competing with yourself, refusing to do things that are obviously easy, insisting on making things difficult for yourself.
It is because of this that Cheng Xing feels... living is really cool.
On the contrary, he wanted to take the initiative to help him do something to maintain his current survival posture.
Tian Zhenlei said again: "I'm a little curious. Do you have a good personal relationship with Wang Zixu? As far as I know, he is a serious writer who has just started. You two have nothing in common, right?"
Tian Zhenlei is very perceptive. Cheng Xing didn't expect him to realize this problem. After a serious pause, he said: "We We just met by chance. "
"Can we help you to speak by chance? Combined with his poor popularity, it seems that this person is quite interesting."
For various reasons, Tian Zhenlei had a strange and subtle impression of Wang Zixu, but Cheng Xing did not dare to correct him.
Tian Zhenlei added: "I will pay attention. If I have the opportunity to speak at the seminar, I will express my views."
Cheng Xing quickly greeted him respectfully. Bowed: "Thank you!"
"It's okay, it's okay."
Tian Zhenlei promised to pay attention, but in the end he just said something in Mandarin. Although he has a relatively strong personality, he still adheres to the professional ethics observed by editors: he does not participate in the struggles between writers.
What’s more, the undercurrent of this seminar was already surging before the opening. Even if the name Wang Zixu was unknown before, everyone present at the meeting should also understand that he is not a simple person and will be more cautious when speaking.
Tian Zhenlei had to attend the seminar early, so he said goodbye to Cheng Xing. Not long after walking alone along the NTU campus road, I saw a familiar face.
"Teacher Tian!"
Tian Zhenlei smiled at the person who greeted him from afar: "Teacher Ji."
This slightly younger person is Ji Shaofei, the editor of "Flower Room" magazine.
They went to Paris together at a certain overseas promotion event for Chinese literature organized by the Literary and Art Association. They lived in the same room and were roommates.
At that time, Ji Shaofei impressed Tian Zhenlei deeply with his liveliness and love for gossip.
"Teacher Tian, great, I have company this time." Ji Shaofei trotted over.
"This time?"
Ji Shaofei said: "Yes, I met Teacher Fang Hanlin last time, but it's a pity that he didn't come this time."
Tian Zhenlei was a little strange: "When was the last time? Have there been other seminars on "Fire in the Stone"?"
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Ji Shaofei was startled, then smiled and said: "No, the last seminar was on "Yesterday Star" written by Shi Shuqiu, which was also held at Nanjing University."
"Oh." Tian Zhenlei nodded, but still a little confused, "Are these two works related?"
As Ji Shaofei walked with him, he whispered: "It doesn't matter, but it is related. The relationship here is inexhaustible and indescribable..."
Tian Zhenlei smiled and said: "Don't show off. ”
“That’s it...”
Ji Shaofei couldn’t hold back his gossip, so he leaned into Tian Zhenlei’s ear and whispered to him the undercurrent behind the two seminars.
In the last seminar of "Yesterday's Star", he and Fang Hanlin watched a large-scale conspiracy scene -
Shi Tonghe actually gave a message to Hao Chengliang, the editor of "The Ancient City", asking him to press the manuscript of "Fire in the Stone", and the reason turned out to be just at the wine table, Wang Zixu offended his son.
But this time, before the seminar of "Fire in the Stone", a large number of literary critics came out to criticize "Fire in the Stone". What's more, Shi Tonghe, who had not been out for a long time, actually moved again and came to personally attend the seminar of this "rising star in the literary world".
If you don’t know the root cause behind this, it’s fine. If you know the inside story, you can’t help but feel terrified when you think about it.
Tian Zhenlei frowned after hearing this: "Is there such a thing? Shi Tonghe would actually do something to a newcomer for such a trivial matter?"
Ji Shaofei spread his hands and said: "I didn't believe it when I heard it at first, but who says seeing is believing? Everyone knows that Hao Chengliang lost the manuscript of "Fire in the Stone", even Yang Yin of "Yangtze River" can testify.
"This time, Shi Tonghe took the initiative personally. He didn't even take part in his own son's seminar. Think about it, what is the concept of him personally taking charge this time?" Ji Shaofei said: "Anyway, I am sweating for classmate Wang Zixu!"
Tian Zhenlei thought for a while and suddenly said: "In your heart, what kind of person is Wang Zixu?"
"Huh?"
"This morning, I watched a quarrel," Tian Zhenlei explained with a smile, "A few girls, half of them said that his character was very bad, and the other half said that his character was not bad. In addition, there was a writer friend who specially invited me to speak for Wang Zixu at the seminar."
Ji Shaofei clapped his hands: "I know that writer friend must be Ning Chunyan Right? "
"No."
"Huh?"
Tian Zhenlei smiled and said: "So, I am very curious, what kind of person is he?"
A black car slowly passed by the two of them.
In the car, Lin Feng closed his eyes and rested, put his hands on his knees, and sat upright.
The man next to him sat with his legs crossed, his attitude was arrogant, but he said nothing.
The air inside the car was strangely silent.
The driver in front said: "Here we are."
Although very reluctant, Lin Feng had to open his eyes and turned to the person next to him:
"Chairman Shen... is here."
"Yes." Shen Qingfeng squinted and nodded.
(End of this chapter)