"If these things are removed, then Holden is still Holden, and the catcher in the crop is still the catcher in the crop?" Zhuang Yan asked rhetorically.

"Of course I know that without these, Holden won't be Holden, and I also know that even if I persuade you, you won't listen to me. Wang Lijian said.

Zhuang Yan did not speak, which was regarded as acquiescing to Wang Lijian's statement.

After a pause of about two seconds, Wang Lijian spoke again: "You don't like Maugham?"

"I don't like it or not, so be it. Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

"But ......"

"I know you're talking about what Holden said, but that's not my opinion. Besides, even if he represents a personal point of view, he can't say anything, and he doesn't say anything, so you can't ask everyone to like him. Zhuang Yan said.

Wang Lijian was a little helpless, "That's right, but you always want to think more about writing like this." Maugham still has a very high status in the British literary world anyway, so try not to get into conflict. ”

Maybe he will become an important literary artist in the world literary scene in the future, Zhuang Yan added a sentence to Wang Lijian in his heart. According to the historical trajectory of the previous life, Maugham's reputation in his later years was very high.

However, the world has changed so much in this life, and it is uncertain whether Maugham can still achieve those achievements.

Let's not say that Liang Qichao is obviously not as good as the previous life in this life, it is said that at this point in time, Lu Xun and these people should be about the same age as Ma Yinchu, and they have already become famous, but Lu Xun has not been found in the memory fragments of his predecessor. Zhuang Yan didn't know if it was because Lu Xun was not born at all, or because he was born, but he was not famous. When he wrote "The Metamorphosis" before, he also checked it at the time, and there was no Kafka as a person.

Perhaps, Lu Xun is still called Zhou Zhangshou, working as an accountant in a certain company, or as an engineer in a certain factory.

Zhuang Yan was not afraid of offending Maugham, but he also felt that Wang Lijian was worried too much, and there was not much disss Maugham in the book, so presumably the other party would not be angry.

"Brother Wang, are you a little worried, I don't think people will pay attention to this matter at all. Zhuang Yan said.

"I hope so. Wang Lijian said, "It's best that I'm worried, and there is one more thing I want to tell you, yesterday the CCTV Literature and Art Appreciation Column Team called me and asked me to ask if you were interested in recording a program in the past." ”

"What program?" Zhuang Yan asked.

Wang Lijian roughly explained, "The nature of the program is simple, and some people in the literary and art circles are generally invited to do an interview and ask a few questions, all of which have a script. Then again, I've never seen this show invite someone as young as you. ”

Zhuang Yan smiled: "It sounds like I should be flattered, but I'm not very interested, after all, you know, I don't like to show my head." ”

Wang Lijian probably guessed that Zhuang Yan would answer like this, and smiled disapprerovingly, "Then I will help you reject them, and the Zhonghua News Agency also asked me to ask if you would like to do a telephone interview or a text interview." ”

"The Chinese Society?"

"Well, the Chinese Society. ”

"Can you do a written interview?"

"Well, you can do a text interview. ”

"Yes, as long as you don't show your head. Zhuang Yan said briskly. Indeed, as long as he doesn't show his head, he doesn't really like the feeling of being in front of the camera.

And when "Alive" was released before, the Chinese News Agency also published Cai Yuanpei's article to help brag, which can be regarded as owing the other party a favor, and this time it happened to be able to pay it back. Besides, the Chinese Society is such a behemoth, and it is certainly not wrong to have a good relationship with them.

"Okay, I'll send your email address to the other party when I get back and ask them to contact you. But Ziyan, you really need a writer economist, I'm not saying I'm annoyed or what's wrong, it's just that some things pass through us, one is not efficient enough, and the other is that there are many things in the middle that we can't do, at most we can be a microphone. ”

Wang Lijian paused for a moment and continued: "You see that your new book is now online, and it will definitely be released in a short time, and you will have to contact Lao Yu at that time, and you also have to talk to someone about the copyright of the film and television works of "The Adventures of Shuke and Beta". You're definitely too busy to do that. ”

What Wang Lijian said is just the tip of the iceberg, in fact, Zhuang Yan still has a lot of things to do, but because the literary and artistic circles have been helping to hold it up, he can safely hide behind and be a shopkeeper.

But literary and art websites are not charities after all, they also have their own things to do, and they can't waste time every day for Zhuang Yan's things. And Zhuang Yan has some things that can't be leaked out, so some things can only be contacted by Yu Hai or Wang Lijian.

One is the editor-in-chief of the publishing house, and the other is the editor-in-chief of the entire literary and art website.

"I know that Brother Wang, you have been helping me a lot, and I have been looking for an agent, but there has been no good candidate. Zhuang Yan said.

Wang Lijian sighed, "I also asked for you, but there are indeed few people in this industry, and I can't find anyone for the time being." I think you might as well get a job posting, say everything you need, and those who meet the requirements will naturally come. ”

Zhuang Yan nodded: "This is also a solution, but where should I put this recruitment posting?

"Then be anonymous, and if you can't lend you the name of our website, you can use it. As for the platform, you can just post it on an ordinary recruitment website, if you don't know how to operate, I'll go back and ask Xiao Wang to help you get it, you just need to say the recruitment requirements. Wang Lijian said.

"That's embarrassing, this is using the name of your website again, and asking you to help me send job advertisements, isn't it equivalent to indirectly poaching people from your company. Zhuang Yan smiled shyly.

Wang Lijian also smiled: "You have it, don't say it's an indirect poaching, I think you won't be ambiguous even if you dig people directly." Don't think I don't know, you've hit my copywriting secretary with all the ideas. ”

"Yo, Brother Wang blames the people, this Xiao Li even told you about this, I'm afraid that my sister-in-law would be unhappy if she knew. Zhuang Yan teased.

"Go and go, don't put this yin and yang weird, I didn't tell me from Xiao Li, I knew it from Xiao Wang. Wang Lijian said.

Zhuang Yan pursed his lips, he didn't expect this Xiao Wang to look at Ting Mu Ne alone, he is a master of intelligence, and the little girl can tell him this kind of details, it is estimated that the relationship between the two is not simple.

Putting away the gossip, Zhuang Yan said to Wang Lijian: "Okay, I'm going to trouble you again this time, I'll send you the request when I go back." As for the matter of the Sprout Impurity Society, I will ignore them for now, and I will talk about it later. ”

After hanging up the phone, Wang Lijian sat in the office and looked at the phone in his hand and laughed to himself.