Zhuang Yan They stayed in the Xidan Book Building for about half an hour, and Yu Hai and Wang Lijian came together. At this time, it was almost eight o'clock, and there was still half an hour before the book launch began.

The press conference was held on a special basis, and only the media that had sent the invitation letter could come. Yao Qian posted a total of 50 media, and he believes that he will eventually be able to reach 50 media, which is the confidence of Zhuang Yan's agent.

At eight o'clock, the door of the Xidan Book Building opened.

For the sake of safety and efficiency, Zhuang Yan's signing meeting was placed in the lobby on the first floor, and the queue was lined up at the entrance of the building.

The press conference was held in a conference room on the third floor, and at eight o'clock, reporters had already poured into the conference room.

At half past eight, Zhuang Yan entered the conference room under the introduction of the host, and there was a round of applause. Zhuang Yan looked up, the conference room was full of people, and fifty media were invited, as for whether they all came, I don't know, but there are less than seventy or eighty people in front of him.

After saying hello to everyone, Zhuang Yan sat down.

Zhuang Yan and the others sat next to the long table next to a large poster of a new book, on which two teenage girls, one in the mirror and the other outside the mirror, looked at each other and smiled, next to the title of the book and Zhuang Yan's name.

The poster is simple, but the idea is good.

The reporters saw the poster when they entered the door, and the style of the poster was a little different from what they had imagined. A few days ago, there were rumors on the Internet that Zhuang Yan's book was actually very commercial, and it was written for local advertising, and the grapevine said that this news came from the apprenticeship banquet on the sixth day of the first month, with a nose and eyes.

They have questions in their minds, but they are all regular media, and they will not ask some questions that are too much.

"Teacher Zhuang Yan, can you tell us what the theme of this book "Sophie's World" is?"

At the beginning of the press conference, a female reporter raised her hand and asked.

Zhuang Yan looked at the woman and said with a smile, "The theme of this book is the history of Western philosophy. ”

The answer was very brief, and the female reporter was stunned for a moment, and the other reporters were also stunned for a moment.

A History of Western Philosophy?

This script is wrong, isn't it the same love story as "Border City"? This book can be associated with a beautiful love plot just by listening to the name.

How should we ask the next question? The history of Western philosophy cannot be played.

"Uh...... May I ask Mr. Zhuang Yan, what are you talking about the history of Western philosophy, ancient Greece and ancient Rome?" looked at each other for a while, and finally a reporter stood up and asked.

Zhuang Yan looked at him with a kind smile and slowly explained to him, "What is history, that is the past, what is the history of Western philosophy, is the history of Western philosophy." ”

He said nonsense, but no one at the bottom had anything to say, because they really didn't know what to ask about the history of Western philosophy.

"Teacher Zhuang Yan, may I ask how long this book is, I heard that Teacher Zhuang Yan uses a new narrative technique in this book, called meta-narration, I wonder if Mr. Zhuang can give us a brief explanation, what is meta-narration?"

Seeing this situation, Zhuang Yan was not in a hurry, took a sip of water from a water cup, and said in an orderly manner, "Yuan, it is related, as an author, I will discuss with you in the middle, different from the previous ......"

It's a pity that there is no postmodernism now, otherwise Zhuang Yan can still have a relationship with them about the relationship between meta and postmodernism.

However, in fact, at this time, in the literary and philosophical circles, some signs of postmodernism have slowly appeared, and the so-called postmodernity is anti-tradition.

Nowadays, the times are changing too fast, people's thinking has also changed dramatically, and there are many criticisms of traditional solidified ideas.

"Teacher Zhuang, do you mean that there will be more in it?"

"I can't say that, there are indeed some yuans, but it doesn't mean that the yuan has to be like this. In the metanarrative, all that is done is to expose traces of fiction. ”

The reporters at the bottom still didn't seem to understand, and Zhuang Yan said: "In the second part of "Don Quixote", there is a passage when Don Quixote went to the printing house and saw the book "Don Quixote", do you remember?"

Some of the reporters have seen "Don Quixote", and some remember this paragraph, so they raised their hands and said, "Well, remember, this paragraph is very absurd and funny." ”

Zhuang Yan nodded at the reporter, "Well, this is a kind of meta-......"

He also introduced what Yuan was to reporters as he told Kang Youwei at the apprenticeship banquet at that time. However, these reporters are definitely not comparable to Kang Youwei's knowledge reserves, so it is much more difficult to speak, unlike Kang Youwei at that time.

They were all invited by the media, so naturally they were screened, so no one asked particularly excessive questions from beginning to end, so Zhuang Yan chatted with them about the new book, including the topics of philosophy and history in the book.

An hour was not long, and it passed quickly.

At half past nine, Zhuang Yan was talking to reporters about Plato: "The world is composed of the world of phenomena and the world of ideas, the world of ideas is real and eternal, and the human senses are ......."

He learned a lot of philosophical knowledge from Judd, but in fact he was still half a bucket of water, and he began to show off his knowledge to reporters as soon as he was happy.

When he was talking energetically, Yao Qian said something in his ear, he patted his head, stood up and said, "I'm sorry everyone, the time for the press conference has arrived, and I have to go downstairs to sign the sale." ”

When the reporters heard this, they all stood up and walked outside the conference room, but they didn't want to go back, because their work was not over yet, and they still had to report on the signing of Zhuang Yan.

Now it's just a matter of moving the battlefield from the third floor to the first floor.

Zhuang Yan waited in the conference room and inside for a while before getting up, he wanted to wait until the reporters had all gone down before leaving.

When I left the conference room, there was a commotion from the second floor.

He asked the building staff next to him with a puzzled expression, "Isn't the signing meeting on the first floor, why is the second floor so noisy?"

The staff member explained to Zhuang Yan with a smile, "Mr. Zhuang, you are not the only one signing today, there is also a star on the second floor who is also signing the sale, probably it has already begun." ”

Zhuang Yan nodded, Xidan Book Building is the Yanjing Book Center after all, and many signing meetings are here, and it is normal for celebrities to sign the sale.

When busy, there are several signing sessions on one floor held at the same time. 11