"Change cities?" Wang Lijian was very surprised, and then said excitedly, "How did you figure it out?"

Zhuang Yan smiled, "I didn't spare no effort to help your publishing house sell books, so I sold my body like this." ”

Wang Lijian didn't joke with him again this time, but said, "Okay, okay, let's talk about something serious, you said you want to change cities, do you want to be in any city?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. Zhuang Yan said truthfully.

"Then I'll help you think about it, let's not talk about the other venues, you have to go to Yanjing first. After the Jinling signing meeting ended the day before yesterday, many netizens complained on the website, saying that they went all the way to Jinling, but returned empty-handed, especially in Yanjing. You should also know this, after all, your FOF has more complaints than our official FOF. Wang Lijian said.

Zhuang Yan raised his eyebrows, there were many people who ran all the way over and didn't get the signature, he knew, but he didn't know what Wang Lijian said about Yanjing, and he didn't go up to see it in the past two days.

He muttered: "Yanjing, it's not impossible, it's just that it's a little far, this south and north, it will take a lot of time on the road." ”

"How can it be, a few hours on a plane, it's only a matter of half a day, you can't just chill the hearts of the majority of book friends in Yanjing because of this half a day. Wang Lijian tried his best to persuade Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan had already thought about going to Yanjing, so he didn't hang Wang Lijian's appetite anymore, and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, Brother Zijian, I can go to Yanjing, but what you said last time, I will never agree to meet Principal Cai and them." ”

Wang Lijian paused for a moment and said briskly, "Okay, it's all up to you, when you arrive in Yanjing, even if you want to see Principal Cai, I won't let you see it." ”

Zhuang Yan added, "In addition to President Cai, I will not meet Kang Youwei and Gu Hongming. ”

Wang Lijian said with a smile, "Okay, a few of them, I won't take you to see any of them, so it's okay now." ”

Zhuang Yan said satisfied, "Yes, you can help arrange the time and place for the signing, and I will be a marionette at your mercy." ”

Wang Lijian teased, "You marionette, no one can pull the thread on your body." ”

Zhuang Yan shrugged his shoulders noncommittally and said, "Okay, just wait until you decide to inform me, if there is nothing else, I will hang up." ”

"Okay......" As soon as he said a word, Wang Lijian suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, don't we still have something to say." What I just told you about the Outstanding Works Award for Young Chinese Writers, how did you say that it was well branched out to the signing. The award will be officially announced next Sunday, do you want to come and receive the award? The award is presented in Yanjing, if you come to sign the sale, just stop by to get it. ”

Zhuang Yan thought for a while and said, "Let's see, if there is still time at that time, I will go and get it, if there is no time, forget it." ”

Wang Lijian said with some disappointment, "It's okay, after all, this is not a grand prize, but they gave you the award this time, but also to use you to increase the weight of the award, if you don't go, it will be a little shameless." ”

Zhuang Yan still shook his head, "I didn't give face, they fought for it themselves, why has this award been getting worse and worse over the years, they should also find the reason from themselves." ”

The bonus of 10,000 yuan is too little, and it can't attract people at all, Zhuang Yan thought to himself.

However, Wang Lijian misunderstood the meaning of Zhuang Yan, and suddenly sighed, "Yes, they should find the reason from themselves." Now I want to win the award not on whose work is good, but on who is better at running the award, has a relationship, is good at drilling camps, and can spend money, so there will naturally be a prize. On the contrary, if you have no money and no one and don't run for the prize, you are destined to not get the prize. This is especially true of the Chinese Young Writers Award, which was the most ridiculous last year, with five outstanding works and ten winners of the Advanced Writers Award. It's not like an award, it's like an award. ”

Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, Wang Lijian continued to sigh, "Literary awards are becoming more and more impure, and they are subject to more and more constraints, and many off-site factors are involved, and the power of business, public opinion, and circles suppresses the power of artistic standards, which eventually leads to this paradox of "evaluating the advanced", and everyone is more like sitting in a row to divide the fruit. ”

Wang Lijian's emotion ended, Zhuang Yan didn't know how to answer, so he could only nod, "Well, Brother Zijian, you're right, it's not like it, it's too unlike, it's not like it, if you do it like this, these awards are not worth much." ”

"It's worthless!" Wang Lijian snorted from his nose, "Ziyan, what you said is not unreasonable, all kinds of chaos in literary awards, the result is that the weight of major awards is getting lower and lower, and those who deserve awards are unwilling to win awards." ”

Zhuang Yan laughed, "I'm not so high, although I don't go, I still want the award." ”

Of course, the award is required, after all, 10,000 yuan, no matter how thin the mosquito is, it is also meat, don't be in vain.

Wang Lijian said with a smile: "Ziyan, you are called true temperament. ”

Look, if a person looks at you well, even you can smell a fragrance when you fart, Zhuang Yan's words are obviously vulgar, but in Wang Lijian's eyes, he has become a true temperament. If Zhuang Yan refuses to accept the award, it is estimated that Wang Lijian will still say that he is true temperament and true and high.

"Okay, it's really okay now, I won't bother you. Zhuang Yan said.

Wang Lijian smiled bitterly, this is because he is afraid of disturbing himself, he obviously thinks that he is disturbing him. Wang Lijian said helplessly, "Okay, let's go back and talk about it." ”

After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Yan buried his head in front of the computer and started his work again. His current work is to revise The Catcher in the Rye and to study the human context of the United States, especially around New York.

He didn't tell Wang Lijian about the new book, first, because he had just written a small part of it, and it was too early to say it now. The second is that he himself is not sure whether he can improve "The Catcher in the Rye", and it is unknown whether he can publish it in the end, so it is not appropriate to rashly talk to Wang Lijian.

He had already made up his mind that if the book could not be changed to his satisfaction, he would definitely not take it out. This is so because he has very high expectations for the book.

It's not that he thinks this book is better than the previous "Alive" and "Metamorphosis", it's just that the previous two books, one of which can't be changed at all, and the other doesn't need to be changed at all.

Only this book can be changed, and if it is corrected, it can completely make this book reach the height of the previous life, or even higher.