Seeing Wang Lijian smiling and smiling, with a gossipy expression, Zhuang Yan said: "Miss Ren and I are just ordinary friends. ”

Wang Lijian said with a smile: "Ziyan, you are a bit of a self-confessing thing, I haven't said anything yet." I mean, even if Ren Weimin doesn't come, he will let his daughter be the representative, and you have a ghost in your heart. ”

"Okay, I'll hand Mr. Ren an invitation. Zhuang Yan said, "Who else is there?"

Knowing that Zhuang Yan deliberately changed the topic, Wang Lijian did not dwell on it any longer, he said: "Do you need me to mention this more? You invited Tang Shenggong because he had translated your book, so shouldn't the translators of the books "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Border City" also be invited here?"

Zhuang Yan nodded, "It really should." ”

In fact, he himself didn't know who the translator of these two books was, they were all found by the publishing house, although he was also a well-known figure in the translation industry, but Zhuang Yan didn't pay much attention to it, and these two people were just two names in his heart.

"And—" Wang Lijian continued, "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta was published at that time thanks to the help of many people, such as the illustrators of the book, and the Yenching Fine Arts Film Studio, should they also be invited?"

Zhuang Yan frowned, "Yanjing Art Film Studio is okay to say, some of their leaders already know my identity, but those illustrators don't know my identity, and now they rashly invite them over, what identity should I use?"

Wang Lijian didn't care, "You just need to use your identity as Zhuangziyan, and you don't need to explain why you invited them, just with your reputation, they will naturally give face." ”

"Is that good? Invite someone to dinner, and don't talk to people about the reason?"

"If there's anything bad, please come, and when your identity is revealed later, they will naturally understand, and they will also know what kind of wine they ate that day. ”

"Okay, just do as you say, those illustrators and the Yenching Fine Arts Film Studio will also post it. What else?"

"There are also a few managers of Zhonghua Bookstore, you should also be invited. ”

"Just those guys?"

"Just invite those few, you signed the sale in other bookstores a lot before, invite them, and others will not have an opinion. ”

Zhuang Yan nodded: "Okay, I'll invite these guys too." ”

"There is also Chairman Tie Yantie of the Writers' Association, you are a member of the Writers' Association, and you should invite her to be present for such a thing as accepting students. Wang Lijian said.

Zhuang Yan wrote Tie Yan's name in the notebook again, and then said, "Then the other colleagues of the Writers' Association, should I also invite one or two?"

Wang Lijian smiled and waved his hand, "You don't have to, you don't know a few people in the association, there is no need to worry about these, just invite Chairman Tie." ”

"Is there anyone else?"

Wang Lijian pondered for a while and said, "I can think of so much for the time being, and other relatives and friends of yours should also be invited, so I won't help you think about it." ”

Zhuang Yan nodded, it was simple on his side, as long as he invited a few ducks, there was no one else to invite.

"Okay, the list is out, I'll go back and go back to Brother Zhuo Ru to ask for their list, and then place an invitation. Zhuang Yan said.

After getting all the lists, he had to give invitations to these people first, and then determine which of them would come and which ones would not, and then give the list of people who could come to Yao Qian and ask him to book a hotel.

Looking at Wang Lijian, Zhuang Yan said again: "When the time comes, I will definitely not be able to cope with it alone, and I will ask you and Brother Yuanshan to help me be a good guest, and I will take care of it." ”

Wang Lijian readily agreed: "It is incumbent on you, you can rest assured, as long as I know someone at that time, I will help you greet you in place." Yuan Shan, you just need to make a phone call over there, he loves to be lively, and he will definitely not refuse. ”

Zhuang Yan smiled: "I think so." ”

……

After saying the matter, Zhuang Yan left Wang Lijian's house, did not stay to eat, and went to his house on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which was already a bit taboo, and if he stayed to eat, it would be even more unusual.

After returning to the hotel, Zhuang Yan did not call Liang Qichao, but Liang Qichao called first. He told Zhuang Yan that he would send him the list of invitations from the mailbox and let him see it first.

Zhuang Yan opened the email and looked at the list drawn up by Liang Qichao, there were not many people on the list, there were only more than 20 people in total, and several of them overlapped with Zhuang Yan.

This is natural, although he has not had a good relationship with Kang Youwei recently, but after all, he is a teacher and student, and his son is apprenticed, so it is impossible for him not to invite the teacher over.

There is also Cai Yuanpei, who is a professor at Yenching University, and it is reasonable to ask the president.

Half of the other dozen or so are Liang Qichao's colleagues at Yenching University, and the circle is still very small, all of them are professors of literature and philosophy, and half of them are not in other aspects.

The other half are Liang Qichao's close relatives, and on this list, Liang Qichao wrote in detail, including the age, gender, and relationship with him of the person to be invited.

Seeing this list, Zhuang Yan also felt relieved, he only needed to write the invitation according to the information written on it, and then send the invitation to Liang Qichao, and then Liang Qichao handed them to these people one by one.

Originally, Zhuang Yan told Liang Qichao to let him write the invitations by himself, but Liang Qichao insisted on letting Zhuang Yan write these invitations uniformly. He told Zhuang Yan that since he was here to organize the banquet, he would naturally have to write all the invitations, so that the guests could know who invited them to dinner.

If Liang Qichao asked Liang Qichao to write the invitation by himself, wouldn't that mean that there would be two masters at that time?

Zhuang Yan didn't expect this, but Liang Qichao paid more attention to these details of etiquette.

looked at Liang Qichao's list, and then took out his own list, the people on the two lists added up to only seventy or eighty people, and there were only so many people who came over.

In fact, Zhuang Yan is already very streamlined, if everyone is invited, it is estimated that he will invite hundreds of people.

According to Zhuang Yan's estimate, many of the seventy or eighty people on the list should not be able to come. Those who are in Yanjing are okay to say, and those as far away as Li Boyuan and Duan Qirui may not be able to come, and now the weather is not good, even if the flights can run on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, it is estimated that there are not many of them. And it is the peak period of round-trip, even if you take the high-speed train, it is difficult to buy a ticket.

Not to mention Liu Yi, Zhuang Yan doesn't know where his old man is now.