The venue of this writers' association exchange meeting is set at the Yuanyi Hotel, which is also one of the largest hotels in Yanjing City, and it is very easy to arrange a venue for 200 people.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, Wang Lijian drove to the hotel where he was staying to pick him up.

got into the car, Zhuang Yan said with a smile: "Didn't the exchange meeting start at half past eleven, the ten o'clock has not yet arrived, are we going a little early." ”

Wang Lijian didn't have a good breath and said, "It's still early, the floor where you live is all members of the Writers' Association, when you leave, is there any movement on that floor? They have already set off to the venue, saying that it starts at half past eleven, and most of them arrive at eight or nine o'clock." ”

Zhuang Yan had never participated in similar activities, and he didn't understand the Tao in the middle, so he asked curiously, "Since it starts at half past eleven, what are they doing at eight or nine o'clock?"

First of all, arriving early is also a sign of importance, and secondly, the people present are all famous literary artists from all over the country, so it is naturally good to have more exchanges. Saying that, Wang Lijian shook his head, "You want me to say something good about you, sometimes you are smarter than anyone else, and you are smarter than anyone else, but sometimes you look like you don't understand the world." ”

Zhuang Yan smiled awkwardly, "I grew up in an orphanage, and I don't have much social experience. ”

He originally wanted to explain it to himself, but it was a little uncomfortable in Wang Lijian's ears, Wang Lijian said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Ziyan, I didn't mean to." ”

Zhuang Yan was also stunned for a moment before waving his hand and laughing: "What is this, how fragile are you and me?"

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, and Zhuang Yan didn't know what to say, but after a while, Wang Lijian spoke again, "There will be a lot of people coming to this writers' association exchange meeting today, and the weight is also very large, you should pay attention to it then." ”

Zhuang Yan became interested: "Will there be big people coming?"

In Zhuang Yan's impression, there are not many people who can be called big names in the Chinese literary world now, and a few of the more prominent ones are Gu Hongming and Cai Yuanchen.

There are also some who don't show up often, such as Liu Que and them.

Wang Lijian shook his head, "Who it is, you will know when you arrive, I will sell you a pass here." Yuan Shan and Zhuo Ru have already arrived at the place, and they have just sent a message. ”

Zhuang Yan said with a smile: "Characters like them are so positive. ”

"Yuan Shan was originally a person who joined in the fun, so he was naturally positive. And Zhuo Ru can't drive, so he can only follow Yuan Shan. Wang Lijian explained with a smile.

"Tsk, Brother Liang is a rich and noble life, so he doesn't have a driver?"

"With a driver? He's not a public official, so what kind of driver is there? If he wants to pay for a driver himself, I'm afraid it will be enough. Wang Lijian said.

"No, Brother Liang is also a celebrity, he can't pay this money?" Zhuang Yan said strangely.

Wang Lijian said with a smile: "Half of his fame is obtained by his high level, and he doesn't have a normal job, so he can only live on the little manuscript fee given by the newspaper." I heard Yuan Shan say that some time ago, a website invited him to help write a propaganda manuscript, and the honorarium was also very expensive, but he refused at that time. ”

"Then you should make a lot of money by submitting articles to the newspaper, right?"

Wang Lijian shook his head and sighed: "The newspaper he voted for is either the "People's Gazette" or the "Liberator Daily." How much do you think this kind of newspaper can give him? A manuscript earns 3500 yuan, and it is only 35,000 yuan a month when he votes for 10 articles. He didn't write to make money, but to express his political opinions in these mouthpiece newspapers. In the past, when he had the same opinion as Kang Gong, it was easy to submit articles to the newspaper, but now it is good, and he is frequently rejected by the newspaper. ”

"Kang Gong still played a role in this? He is so ruthless, even his own disciples have to beat him like this?" Zhuang Yan's implication is that Kang Youwei is not so small-minded, just because the students have different political views from him, and even his way to speak has been cut off?

Wang Lijian smiled: "How is this possible, maybe I didn't make it clear." Kang Gong was a reformer, both economically and culturally, he advocated reform, and this kind of political concept is certainly what our government would like to see. And now Liang Zhuoru advocates protecting the emperor and advocating the election of a new emperor. Although our country advocates freedom of speech, of course, such political opinions cannot be published on the mouthpiece of the state such as the "People's Gazette". ”

Zhuang Yan nodded, no matter how careful Kang Youwei is, he has to take care of his face image, if it is rumored that he is stumbling on his students in the back for this matter, then "narrow-minded" will immediately become his label.

However, what Wang Lijian said, Zhuang Yan didn't think much about it. Regarding the matter of the royalist and the reformist faction, Zhuang Yan heard a little, but he didn't feel anything.

After all, he was a child who grew up under the red flag, and he could never think of what it was like for the country to produce an emperor.

The government's tolerance was surprisingly high, and if anyone had dared to make such a public statement of restoration in the previous life, he would have been locked up long ago, and this would have been a big stone affecting the course of socialism.

"I met Liang Qichao twice, but I didn't see that he was a person who wanted to restore. Zhuang Yan said.

"You can see it when you see both sides, then he Liang Qichao has lived in vain all these years. Besides, it's just that he just wants to nominate an emperor out, and it's not that he wants to be the emperor. In our country, there are many people who protect the emperor, especially the slightly older ones, they are used to having an emperor, but now that there is no emperor, it always feels like the sky is falling. However, not many of these royalists are radical, and the state naturally ignores them, anyway, they will shout two sentences, and they will not make a revolution. Wang Lijian said.

"I remember, Mr. Gu Hongming is a royalist, right?" Zhuang Yan asked.

Wang Lijian nodded, "Tang Shenggong has always advocated that the country should not be without a king for a day, and he even wrote several times to ask our chairman to ascend the throne and become emperor. He said, 'The change of dynasty, the law of heaven and earth, the number of former pure qi has been exhausted, and now the emperor should be established as soon as possible to continue', in his opinion, if you do not find someone to be the emperor, there is no way for the country to be stable. ”

"Then how did our chairman respond to him, or did he not respond at all?" Zhuang Yan asked.

"How can you not respond, if you are an ordinary person, this book will not be in front of the chairman. But Tong Shenggong's status was extraordinary, and even the chairman had to face up to his letter. However, the chairman's answer is also very clever, he said, "The country can never be without a king, not a day without a people, where the people are, where the country exists, Tang Taizong said, the monarch, the boat, the people, the water, the world can never be without water, the world can never be without a boat", I agree with the chairman's words, water is useful for boats, but boats are useless for water, since it is useless, why should there be boats?" Wang Lijian said.