Chapter 140: I Haven't Heard of This Book
After ending the call with Wang Lijian, Zhuang Yan went to the Internet to check the matter of teenagers wearing peaked caps.
Not to mention, there are a lot of news about the entry of caps, and one of the more popular ones is that a news column of a certain TV station interviewed those teenagers who wore caps on the street.
In the video, the reporter held the microphone and found a teenager wearing a cap and asked him why he was wearing a cap, whether it was influenced by the book "The Catcher in the Rye".
However, to his surprise, the boy replied that he didn't know the book at all, but that he thought it was cool and special to see other people wearing it like this, so he did the same and wore it the other way.
This answer was not what the reporter wanted, so the reporter was unwilling to find a few peaked cap teenagers on the road and ask the same question.
But most of these young people said that they had never heard of this book, and the reason why they wore peaked caps was because many people around them thought it was fun, so they wore them.
Of course, some people said that they had heard of this book and knew that wearing a peaked cap came from inside, but none of them had actually read this book.
After watching this interview video, Zhuang Yan also smiled self-deprecatingly, before he was still puzzled, judging from the reading volume of "The Catcher in the Rye" on the website of the literary and art world, it has not reached the point where he has seen it casually on the road.
In fact, there is a dividing line between the affairs of the literary and artistic circles, especially current affairs, and ordinary people. If you want to talk about a certain first-line star, or even a second-tier or third-tier star, if something happens, most people may know.
But if a writer writes a book, even if it is very popular and sells well, in fact, many people have not heard of it in life.
This is also why Zhuang Yan has become so popular in the literary world, but Chen Jiaqing has never heard his name until now, and he doesn't know that he wrote "Alive".
Zhuang Yan himself guessed that so many teenagers learned to wear peaked caps backwards because one or some young readers really read the book and learned this behavior, and then it was seen and imitated by another group of people, and it spread widely.
As for swearing, there is no video on the Internet, after all, this thing is not easy to shoot, and it is impossible for those teenagers to see the camera, and they are stupidly squirting swear words in their mouths, because in fact, they also know in their hearts that swearing is wrong and shameful.
Regarding this, Zhuang Yan felt a little wronged, because this book is not to teach people to swear. Of course, Zhuang Yan can also be understood, because the book has only been published for a third so far, and what people see Holden is actually one-sided.
Holden is a swearing, open-mouthed "fuck" and "asshole", but he himself hates the word "fuck" and erases it when he sees it on the wall at school.
Maybe when the book is finished, people will have a different view of Holden.
Just when Zhuang Yan was flipping through the news on the Internet, Wang Lijian's assistant Wang Yuanshan made a phone call.
It was Wang Lijian who asked him to call in order to discuss with Zhuang Yan about posting recruitment notices on the Internet.
"Mr. Zhuang, our recruitment notices are usually posted on our own website, but some recruitment posts will also be posted on other recruitment websites. Where do you think it's better for us to post it, is it our own website or another recruitment website?" asked Wang Yuanshan.
Zhuang Yan asked: "Can't you send it on both sides?"
"Yes, but then the amount of information filtered increases dramatically. Xiao Wang said.
"Then I'm sorry for you. Zhuang Yan said.
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Xiao Wang knew that his boss had assigned him a drudgery, but he didn't dare to say anything, and wrote down Zhuang Yan's requirements one by one.
Zhuang Yan does not have many requirements for the conditions of the applicants, and there are only three points.
First, it is needless to say that the academic degree must be bachelor's degree or above, the major is preferably Chinese, journalism, and it is best to have studied economics, after all, Zhuang Yan's economic person must also be able to act as an accountant.
Second, there is no limit to men and women, but the age must be between 20 and 35 years old, it is impossible to be too young, too old, and Zhuang Yan is afraid that it will not be easy to communicate with each other.
Third, it is best to have experience in dealing with publishing houses, in fact, this is the difference between ordinary assistants and writers' agents.
As soon as he told Xiao Wang about these three articles, Xiao Wang smiled and said: "Mr. Zhuang, your conditions are not harsh at all, not to mention, our boss's copywriting secretary Li Yun is quite compliant." ”
Zhuang Yan almost didn't laugh out loud, he didn't go to Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang himself came to the door.
"Li Yun, is that the front desk at the door of Mr. Wang's office?" Zhuang Yan asked pretendingly.
"Yes, that's her, she used to study economics, and now she works in our company, so she definitely knows a lot about publishing. And she is a girl, she is careful and good at communicating, and the most important thing is that she is still a fan of Mr. Zhuang, so it must be no problem to be your agent. Xiao Wang snapped and said a lot.
Zhuang Yan covered his mouth, tried not to laugh, cleared his throat, Zhuang Yan said: "Alas, it sounds quite suitable, but after all, she is Mr. Wang's copywriting secretary, even if I want to call her to be my agent, I can't help it." ”
Xiao Wang hurriedly said: "It's okay, you have such a good relationship with Mr. Wang, a copywriting secretary, didn't you say that you can go if you want." ”
"Xiao Wang, it's not good for you to be like this, your current behavior is encouraging me to dig into the walls of your company. Zhuang Yan said.
"It's not like this Teacher Zhuang, I just saw your conditions, and suddenly I thought of Li Yun, I really don't mean anything else. Xiao Wang explained anxiously.
"I heard Mr. Wang say, this Xiao Li is your girlfriend?" Zhuang Yan suddenly asked.
"Huh?" Xiao Wang could feel that he was confused through the microphone, and Xiao Wang said with some weakness: "No, no, Mr. Wang said nonsense." ”
Xiao Wang's child is still too young, if he is a thoughtful person, he knows that Zhuang Yan is lying to him when he thinks about it, because when he said Li Yun before, Zhuang Yan was still asking who Li Yun was, but now he said that Wang Lijian told him that Xiao Wang's girlfriend was this Li Yun, isn't it inconsistent.
But this is Xiao Wang, the still honest Xiao Wang.
Zhuang Yan teased him a few words and then let him go and let him post the recruitment notice on the Internet.
(PS: I went to read the original text of "The Catcher in the Rye" today and found that I got one thing wrong before.) I was wondering why Holden felt bad when he saw a fuck and had to wipe it off. Because I was confused about this, I took a special look at the original text and found that the so-called "fuck" was not fuck, but many other words, such as hellya, goddam, etc. Translation hurts people, if you have the conditions, you should read the original text. The English version of this book is not difficult to read, and it is definitely much easier than reading comprehension at level 4 or 6. )