Chapter 455: Another Fool
Marcel kept expressing his admiration for Zhuang Yan on the phone, and he almost knelt down to apprentice.
Marcel, who has lived in high society since he was a child, has always had a literary dream, and he has his own unique views on literature.
And his opinions have never been accepted by others, let's just say that although he also won the last International Courier Award, but that award was simply made up, and the award committee also gave him the chicken rib award because of his identity.
It is said that it is an international courier award, but in fact, people who know the industry generally only recognize one of the grand awards, and there may be one more foreign award in the future, which is also thanks to Zhuang Yan.
Therefore, Zhuang Yan affirmed his literary insights so much, which made him feel like Maxima had met Bole.
During the half-hour call, most of the time was Marcel's speech, and Zhuang Yan only occasionally echoed a few sentences.
After Marcel happily said everything he wanted to express on the phone, Zhuang Yan said with a smile, "If you have the opportunity, you can come to China, we can have a good exchange on the stream of consciousness, I think we will both gain something." β
"Really? Can I go to China to find you?"
"Absolutely. The smile on Zhuang Yan's face became more and more obvious, if Marcel was in front of him, he might have to be frightened by his smile, because it was obviously a cunning smile.
The reason why Zhuang Yan proposed to let him come to China for exchange is not for anything else, but to fool the future winner of the Goncourt Literary Prize and the originator of the stream of consciousness to the Shizhong Academy.
"But if you do want to come, I'd suggest you bring a translator, I think Neil is pretty good. "Buy one get one free, Zhuang Yan not only wants to fool Marcel, but he also asks for this Neil of the University of Paris.
When Neil heard this, he was stunned for a moment and did not translate immediately.
Marcel next to him was a little anxious and asked in French, "What's the matter, Neil? What did Zhuang Yan say? Did he regret it and didn't want me to go to China?"
Neil shook his head with a complicated expression, "No, Zhuang Yan said that if you are going to China, he suggests that you bring a translator." β
"What's so bad about thatβoh, I see, he should have translated it. Marcel was not stupid, and immediately guessed the reason for Neil's rambling just now.
Neil nodded, "Well, that's what Zhuang Yan said. β
Marcel looked at Neil, "What do you mean, if I asked you to come with me to China as my translator, would you be willing?"
"I ......," Neil didn't know how to answer.
To be honest, going to China has always been his goal, otherwise he would not have learned Chinese, and he learned so well, but now that Marcel suddenly invited him to China, he was a little caught off guard.
"What are you still hesitating about, anyway, you are going to China to learn Chinese, now that Zhuang Yan has invited you, what are you still hesitating, if I stand in your position, I can't hesitate at all, I will immediately jump from the ground to mid-air and agree loudly to this matter." Marcel said.
Neil was a little moved, "I still have to think about it." β
"Alright then, I hope you will soon be able to, if you don't want to, I'll find another translator. Tell Zhuang Yan about it. β
Zhuang Yan heard the other side say a little bit, and he didn't understand it, but he probably guessed that they were talking about Neil's coming to China.
He asked Marcel to bring Neil, also considering Marcel's economic strength.
Unlike Sinclair, Marcel was a rich man, and hiring a translator was a piece of cake for him.
And Neil can also be a teacher for the French major of Shizhong College, killing two birds with one stone.
As for Marcel, Zhuang Yan also found a pit for his radish.
The history of French literature, I think it should be no problem for him to teach such a course.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Yan thought again, it would be good if he could fool Romain Rolland over.
Now Shizhong College and Yenching University are actually in terms of high-end teachers, that is, the number of masters, in fact, they are not comparable, Shizhong College has Liu He, Li Boyuan, Yan Fu and others, but Yenching University also has Kang Youwei, Cai Yuanpei, Gu Hongming.
Moreover, the middle and low-end faculty cannot be compared with Yenching University at all, both in terms of quantity and quality.
But if you can fool Romain Rolland, then at least you can beat Yenching University in terms of name.
The only school in the country with a Nobel Prize winner for literature as a teacher sounds awesome.
In fact, if you can really invite you, not only in China, but even in the whole world, you will be superior to others. After all, there are only seven or eight people who have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and these people have never heard of who teaches in which school.
So if Romain Rolland can come, it's also a scorpion - the only one.
However, Zhuang Yan can only think about this now, after all, unlike Marcel and Sinclair, who are still in the end, Romain Rolland has already been famous for a long time, and it is not easy to fool him.
After talking to Marcel on the phone, Zhuang Yan washed and slept, the work density was a little high in the past two days, and he was also a little tired, and he wanted to rest more and recuperate.
As for when Marcel would come, he didn't ask, nor did he book him a plane ticket as he had done with Sinclair.
After all, he is a local tyrant, and a ticket is not enough for him to pay.
Although he woke up late during the day, Zhuang Yan still slept for a long time, and he didn't get up from the bed until the sun was already high the next day.
After washing, I looked at my mobile phone, and there was a message from Liang Qichao to myself, saying that they had gone out to buy daily necessities, and asked Zhuang Yan to come to his house for dinner at noon.
Zhuang Yan replied and went to the office.
Fang Yun had already arrived, along with his three drivers.
Looking at the three drivers, Zhuang Yan patted his head, the three of them didn't arrange an office, and they couldn't let them stay in their office all the time.
However, this problem is not difficult to solve, the entire floor of the principal's office is occupied by no one else, and a random one can be used as an office for them.
In line with the principle of making the best use of people, Zhuang Yan asked Fang Yun to get an office for the three of them, and told them that in addition to being drivers, they would also work part-time as assistants for Fang Yun.
The principal's office is relatively busy, Fang Yun is indeed a little busy alone, and now the three of them don't have a lot of car tasks, so it's just right to help Fang Yun do some simple work.
The three of them all graduated from bachelor's degrees, of course, they all have the ability, and as an assistant to Fang Yun, there will not be too complicated work, more chores such as copying materials and running errands.
In other words, Zhuang Yan did not recruit three drivers this time, but recruited three assistants for Fang Yun, the kind that drove by the way. 11