Marcel, of course, couldn't wait for the French version to be released, even though he knew that Neil's translation would affect his reading, but he still let Neil do it.

A few people chatted a few words, and Zhuang Yan's neighbor Sinclair ran over.

Marcel had been here for two days, and Sinclair had already known him, but there were some obstacles to communication between them.

Neil only speaks Chinese and French, and his English is not very good, so he cannot be used as a bridge between Sinclair and Marcel.

In order for them to communicate, then Zhuang Yan had to join in, Sinclair spoke English, and then Zhuang Yan translated into Chinese, and Neil translated it into French and spoke it to Marcel.

Such a troublesome way of communication, they really persevered. However, Sinclair's Chinese has improved rapidly in the past few days, and he can already simply speak some Chinese.

The most important thing in learning a language is the environment, and no matter how long Sinclair studies in the United States, he can't stay in China for a while. And in the past two days, he has started teaching English classes, and he has been with the students for a long time, and there are many opportunities to learn Chinese, and most importantly, he is still very attentive.

After all, he is not a tyrant like Marcel, and he carries an interpreter with him.

Money can sometimes bring benefits, and sometimes it can be a constraint, and Marcel is now facing such a dilemma.

Of course, he was a little different from Sinclair. Because Zhuang Yan himself knows English, and there are definitely many more people who can speak English in China than French, Sinclair has an advantage in his own right.

Because of the need for multiple translations, several people communicate very slowly together, but they don't care, just chat slowly.

After a while, the number of people at the symposium increased again, and Liang Qichao and Ma Yinchu also came over with Liang Sicheng.

Liang Qichao and they live close, and Sicheng is a student of Zhuang Yan, Liang Qichao brought the child to meet the teacher on the weekend, which is a matter of course, as for Ma Yinchu, he purely came to join in the fun.

They had seen each other before, so they nodded to each other as a greeting.

Among several people, Liang Qichao can also speak some French, which makes Marcel happy for a long time, after all, he is the only one who speaks French, which is really embarrassing.

In fact, Liang Qichao and Ma Yinchu are very curious about this Marcel, after all, he was mentioned in the article written by Zhuang Yan before, and it is a very great thing to be mentioned by Zhuang Yan in the article, of course, except for being scolded by him.

"What has Mr. Marcel written?" asked Liang Qichao with a smile.

"There is a clumsy book called "Reminiscences of the Past", the first book "On the Side of the Swan" was published a few years ago, and I wrote a few short essays last year. Marcel said truthfully.

In fact, he was a little embarrassed, although he didn't know Liang Qichao and them, but he knew that these were all relatively famous scholars in China.

And the first part of the book he wrote was published at his own expense, and the second part he found several publishing houses, but no one was willing to help him publish it, so it has been stranded until now.

If the second part can't be published, he's ready to give up the book, he thinks the book should be divided into seven parts, but if it can't even be published, is it necessary to publish the next few parts?

He eagerly came to China, and also saw Zhuang Yan's understanding of the fluidity of consciousness, so he wanted to come and learn from him, and also to strengthen his confidence.

Zhuang Yan has been a little busy in the past two days, but he has not asked carefully about "Reminiscences of the Flowing Years", he knows that the book is divided into seven parts, the first part was published by Marcel at his own expense, and after a few years, the second "By the Girl's Side" was published and won the Goncourt Literary Award, and he became famous.

The last three parts of the book were all published after Marcel's death.

It is said that he worked day and night to complete the book and eventually got tired.

Of course, Marcel is not the only one who is tired of writing a book, not to mention far away, Lu Yao, a famous writer in later generations of China, also worked hard to write a book of "Ordinary World".

Zhuang Yan actually didn't think it was a good thing to do this, and he used his life to spell out the book, not to mention that his life was consumed, which also made others feel sorry.

They deserve to live longer and bring more spiritual wealth to mankind.

"Do you already have an idea for the second part of this book?" Zhuang Yan asked.

Marcel smiled awkwardly, "Actually, I've already written the second part of this book, but no publisher has been willing to send it for me." ”

It's a bit embarrassing to say something like this, but Marcel still said it openly.

The people here did not look down on him because of this, after all, publication does not explain the value of a book. Sinclair remembered what happened to him, he wrote and published a book, but the response was very poor, the publishing house didn't make any money at all, and he suspected that he had been blacklisted by that publishing house.

Among all of them, only Zhuang Yan was the most surprised, he didn't expect that the second book had already been written.

It's just that no publisher has been willing to help with the publication.

Zhuang Yan pinched his chin and began to think, he wanted to help Marcel, but he didn't think about how to help.

Recommend the book directly to Wang Lijian's side and ask them to talk to Marcel?

Will Wang Lijian be optimistic about this book?

It's not good.

Although Zhuang Yan is very optimistic about Wang Lijian's literary literacy, this book is indeed too forward-looking, and Wang Lijian may not be able to see it.

Marcel may have been in contact with some publishing houses, and the editors of other publishing houses are not stupid, and must have rejected the book because they felt that it was not worth publishing.

In fact, even if this book is published, it will not sell very well, and this is a book that is more meaningful than itself.

Without sales, the publisher loses money and earns money, and this shouting may not be earned.

What if you get your own publishing house?

Establishing a publishing house is not a difficult thing for Zhuang Yan, and he can even hand over the publishing house to Li Boyuan to manage.

"What if I help you publish it?" Zhuang Yan said suddenly.

Everyone present was stunned, Marcel couldn't understand Zhuang Yan's words, and hurriedly asked Neil, who came back to his senses and quickly translated Zhuang Yan's words.

"That's not what I came to China for, Mr. Zhuang Yan. Marcel Ne said that he thought that his words in China had made Zhuang Yan misunderstand his intentions.

Zhuang Yan said with a smile, "You don't have to have a psychological burden, I am willing to publish it for you because I am optimistic about your book, give me the book, and I will give you a satisfactory answer." ”

He is ready, he will get a publishing house by himself, and he is not trying to compete with them in the literary and art circles, he just wants to collect all the books written by people like Marcel, and there is also Sinclair here, and the publishing house will be useful when the time comes.

As for revenue, Zhuang Yan is ready to lose money, and he really wants to lose money and make money. 11