"Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" suddenly stopped, Zhuang Yan hadn't dreamed for some days, he was not surprised, after all, "Kafka by the Sea" had also stopped halfway through the dream.

Zhuang Yan couldn't figure out the reason, so he simply didn't think about it.

On the other hand, the Literary and Art Publishing House worked overtime to finally get "The Man Who Stole the Shadow" out, and quickly got the book number out the back door, and the book was on the shelves on the weekend.

Compared with the sensation of releasing new books before, this time "The Man Who Stole Shadows" was released in a bit of a hurry, after all, because of what happened before.

However, the events of the last time, and the hasty release this time, did not seem to affect the enthusiasm of readers, and on the day of the new book's release, major bookstores were still crowded with readers who went to buy "The Man Who Stole the Shadows".

For Zhuang Yan, this book seems to be only a work of his leisure time, with no serious themes, no tragic melodies, and a healing warmth throughout.

It's not like Zhuang Yan!

Throughout Zhuang Yan's books, the theme is always very serious, and the color of the story is either pathos, or depression, or struggle, or resistance, or an indictment of the injustice of fate, or a chant of death.

"Border City" is very romantic, but the ending is very depressing, and there is an unacceptable hope in the depression, simple folk customs, and in the end, it turns out to be a jar of bitter old wine.

"The Catcher in the Rye" is very hot-blooded, but from beginning to end, the hope in the protagonist's heart cannot be extended, and he can only wander outside his home to escape.

"Sophie's World" is wonderful, but it is easy to fall into a kind of self-doubt and self-denial.

Not to mention "Alive" and "Metamorphosis", you can't watch it at all, and your heart is sour when you see it.

Zhuang Yan is a writer who makes people suffer, which is the impression of many people.

It's just that this new book makes people feel subversive, because from beginning to end, this book is warm, even if there are small bumps, it also reveals the warmth in it.

In fact, there is some ink in the original work, the author portrays the protagonist too indecisively, and Zhuang Yan has made some modifications to magnify the warmth of the book.

This is the difference between him after he became famous and before he became famous.

Many writers' works are affected by money, and "The Man Who Stole Shadows" is like this, it is originally a warm book, and the author Mark Levi has to add something heavy and depressing to it to raise the level.

But Zhuang Yan doesn't need any of this, and there is only one thing he pursues in this book - healing.

No way, being famous means that you can do whatever you want. If he was not famous, a bunch of people would have jumped out and said that the content of this book is empty and has no connotation, lacks humanistic thinking, the plot is straightforward and unstructured, and the story is loose and illogical.

But now not many people will come out to scold, more of them are licking.

"The most healing ever. ”

Hehe, someone has blown it to this point.

Zhuang Yan used a book to heal all the scars caused by previous books. ”

"Add a knife and apply an elixir. ”

"Angels and devils, which Zhuang Yan do you love more. ”

When Zhuang Yan saw these headlines, he laughed unconsciously, yes, yes, this reporter has a future.

……

Zhuang Yan read the news of the new book on the Internet for a while, and then went to the construction site to supervise the work, and then went back to the dormitory.

He now has two more people in his dormitory, Marcel and Neil. Because Zhuang Yan didn't have time to prepare a room for them, he asked them to stay on his side first, and then move in after the room was cleared.

They won't stay long, maybe a day or two.

In fact, if you want to live, you can live by cleaning it casually, but Zhuang Yan felt that this was too rude, so he arranged for someone to get them a set of ordinary household items.

When Zhuang Yan returned, Neil and Marcel were sitting facing each other.

Neil was holding a book in his hand and was gently reading it to Marcel across from him.

Zhuang Yan was stunned, Neil is still responsible for reading to him?

However, after reading the book cover clearly, it suddenly became clear that he was reading a Chinese book.

The book Neil was holding was none other than The Man Who Stole the Shadows, which was released today.

And Neil was looking at the content of the book in Chinese to Marcel in Chinese.

Looking at the pages he flipped, he shouldn't have read much.

Zhuang Yan walked over with a smile, "What are you reading?"

"Zhuang Lao, you're back to milk. Marcel saw Zhuang Yan and said with a smile.

He used Chinese, very broken Chinese. Although Zhuang Yan understood, he would rather not understand himself.

Neil on the side was also a little embarrassed, taught Marcel Chinese all morning, and taught such a sentence, and he still said it like this.

"Uh...... You've made a lot of progress in this Chinese...... Come on. "It's really uncomfortable to say things that go against your will.

Neil's face was strange, and he didn't know if he wanted to translate this sentence to Neil.

But in the end he translated, and Marcel seemed very happy, and he even felt that he had a talent for languages, and learned a word of Chinese so quickly.

"Mr. Zhuang, we are reading your new book. ”

Zhuang Yan nodded, "Noticed, have you finished reading it yourself?"

Neil said, "I didn't read it either, and when I translated it for Mr. Marcel, I read it too." ”

"That's a real rush. ”

Of course, Neil has a high level of Chinese, and there is no pressure on him to read Chinese characters.

Although he can't read ten lines at a glance, his eyes must be able to read a book much faster than he can translate.

Neil smiled and didn't say anything, he should do it both in public and private.

In fact, it was not only Neil who was in a hurry, but Marcel was also in a hurry, when did he read so slowly, and he also had to listen to Neil's translation.

No matter how high the level of translation is, there will always be a feeling of stumbling in real-time translation on the spot, and there is no requirement for real-time translation of words, that is, Marcel can only listen to a story, and it is difficult to feel the charm from the text.

But there is no way, who called this book just came out today, there is no other version at all.

Zhuang Yan said with a smile, "Actually, you don't have to worry, the French translation has already been done again, and it is estimated that it will not take long to get it, and you will be able to see it then." ”

This time, the other ten languages are all prepared together with the Chinese version, and whichever version translates faster will be released first.

The speed of the French version depends entirely on the speed of the translator's translation.

If the translator is fast, maybe it can be released with the Chinese version.

Of course, this book is not short, and ordinary translators will not turn it so quickly, after all, it is Zhuang Yan's book, and they really dare not slack off.