Chapter 725: Super Popularity
If the impact of fame on Zhang Chu is concerned, then it is mainly manifested on the two invigilators on the day of the exam.
The two invigilators had heard of his name for a long time, and they stared at him after handing out the test papers, and they didn't seem to move away a few times after the whole exam.
I guess I think the young writer might cheat on the exam.
After taking the two exams calmly, Zhang Chu was picked up by Zhou Kang, who came by car, to do clothing styling.
Male writers also pack up a little and don't wear slippers or padded jackets to events.
"Originally, the organizing committee arranged an award session for you tonight, but I think it's not interesting to be in this kind of limelight if you don't have enough qualifications now, so I will help you refuse. ”
Today, Zhang Chu's bodyguard and driver took a leave of absence because his daughter had a fever, so he could only let Zhou Kang play this role temporarily.
Indeed, it is a bit unreasonable to ask a hairy boy to give awards to those writers who are over half a hundred years old.
Although the ancients once said that "there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry", the phenomenon of seniority in real life is very heavy!
Zhang Chu expressed strong approval of Zhou Kang's move: "Even if you go to present the Best Newcomer Award, maybe those winners are older than me, so don't go on stage to stimulate others." ”
"Yes, the media always likes your gimmick of being famous at a young age. But most of the discourse in the literary world is in the hands of middle-aged or elderly writers, and they don't like young people like you. ”
Zhou Kang didn't want Zhang Chu to come to power to pull hatred again, he had already been marked with countless marks of hatred tonight, and he could have less if he could.
The clothes were made to order and modified a few days ago, and they were more intimate than the ones they were bought and worn.
The hairstylist first came over to cut Zhang Chu's refreshing hairstyle, and then the makeup artist simply applied it, and even helped him draw two sword eyebrows without a trace.
Change into a slightly glossy three-piece suit, but also with a bag towel of the same color, as for the tie is a narrow version of the selected checkered CCTV, and the white shirt is used as the inner lining of the suit, which looks simple and stylish.
"Such a handsome young man, others will think that you are a little fresh meat in the entertainment industry who is here to rub the heat!" Zhou Kang asked with a smile on the side, "Do you want to take a picture of you and send a Weibo?"
Zhang Chu shook his head and said: "I'm not the kind of person who eats with my face, you remember to help me beautify my face, squat down and shoot it by the way, and shoot it into long legs." ”
Estimating that the time was almost up, they didn't stay in the styling room for too long, and drove directly towards the venue.
The rush hour on Monday night is no joke, Zhang Chu doesn't want to become the finale because of the traffic jam, and he can eat something if he goes early.
Last year, he met a few new friends there, but he didn't keep in touch often due to factors such as age, background and geographical distance, and finally became a >
Today he wants to meet these old friends, and I don't know if they have been invited!
"How many awards do you think you can win?" Zhou Kang asked casually, the current speed of the car is already very fast, just casually chatting.
Zhang Chu shifted his gaze from his phone, and he replied, "Look at the sky." I hope that the acceptance speech I prepared will come in handy. ”
"You've really had a lot of news lately, today's annual meeting of writers, tomorrow's premiere of the second season of Detective Sherlock, and then there may be a list of the world's richest writers, if only you could participate in a show!"
"Do you want me to fail the exam or just drop the exam?"
"I want you to take the first place in the department. ”
"Forget it, I'll just be a paddling person in the middle of the stream. ”
The content of these final exams was completed by Zhang Chu independently, and he did not cheat through the savior system.
The scumbag of the previous life, in this life, among the proud sons of so many days in the Chinese Department of Yenching University, can still mix in the middle with his strength, he is very satisfied with himself!
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Hu Wei also received an invitation, last year he was shortlisted for the most popular historical work award for his work "Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty", and this year he came with the book work "The Ming Empire".
Originally, he wanted to write about the Qin Dynasty, but in the first half of this year, he saw Zhang Chu's "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", which brought him some new ideas.
There are many places to write about in the Ming Dynasty, and he chose to be in the period of Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde, when there were more historical celebrities, and the stories would be very interesting.
It took more than half a year to write this "Ming Empire", but when the book was released, it almost bumped into "The Legend of Wukong"!
Later, the publishing company decisively advanced the release date of the work by two weeks, and finally grabbed the one-week sales championship from Zhang Chu's fingernails.
Although the two books are not in the same genre at all, they will be placed on the same list.
This time, Hu Wei knew that his probability of winning the award was not too great, and this year's history theme was almost a blowout, whether it was an academic work or a fictional book work, it was a great success, and even the works of foreign writers were both word-of-mouth and sales!
"The Ming Empire" is not as good as "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" in terms of sales, and its reputation and influence are not at the same level.
"Alas, I didn't expect that the person who wrote "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" could write history so well!"
Hu Wei sighed in his heart, he heard the broadcast of "Ghost Blowing Lantern: Exquisite Ancient City" in the taxi, and then he was attracted by this story, and then he has been paying attention to Zhang Chu.
When "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" was not published, he came into contact with Zhang Chu's professor Yang Xuancong through a chat group, so that he saw the work in advance.
The experience of a final essay that was used to cope with a course turned out to be one of the collections of libraries around the world is quite brilliant!
If it weren't for Zhang Chu's rest of his resume being too shiny, this alone would have been blown for half a year.
In addition to circulating within the industry, no one cares about the works written by many historical bulls.
But Zhang Chu directly sent the book abroad with his high popularity, and it also attracted the recognition of many foreigners!
However, at this annual meeting, Hu Wei is not optimistic about "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" winning the award, because the book has no public relations!
Nanhai Publishing Company is completely leaving it to fend for itself!
For the rest of the works that were also selected, many writers went to various parties, forums, etc., and put down their voices and began to shout.
"Xiaohu, I haven't looked at it for a long time, you seem to be a lot rounder, huh?" said an old man in a tunic with gray hair laughing and complimenting.
Hu Wei smiled shyly and said, "The doctor said that my child was a little malnourished, and my daughter-in-law gave her nutrition every day, but she made up for me." Congratulations to Mr. Lin, this masterpiece has been launched again after three years, and I think it is very well written!"
Lin Ye is over 70 years old, and his main works are basically biographies, but he generally does not write biographies of living people, but writes biographies of historical figures.
Although many celebrities invited him to write his biographies, such as Zhou Hongwei, Li Kaifu, etc., Lin Ye directly refused.
This year's "The Biography of Li Taibai" he brought can be described as a good evaluation, and the experience of the characters is basically in line with the historical situation, although the imagination is used in local details and secondary characters, but it does not hinder the integrity of the whole.
Lin Ye's biography portrays the image of Li Bai's chic poet fairy very well, the language is vivid and the plot is interesting, and it has considerable artistic appeal!
"I'm old, and it took me three years to get it out. Where are young people like you, who have quick thinking, and it is not okay to refuse to accept the old. ”
Hu Wei shook his head and said, "Old Lin, I also have one a year." ”
"So you can still speed up the pace, you look at the young man named Zhang Chu, he writes fast and well. This time, I got to know him well, and by the way, I helped my two grandsons get autographed books. ”
When it comes to Lin Ye's part, he doesn't pay much attention to fame and fortune, but he is full of appreciation for his juniors.
It's just that he is a biographer, and his help to Zhang Chu in the literary circle is limited, so he often puts Zhang Chu's name on his lips when chatting, and he should help this kid brush up on his ears.
Except for the cave people on the top of the mountain, it is estimated that there are no people in the writer's circle who don't know Zhang Chu!
"Old Lin, do you also read Zhang Chu's book?" asked Hu Wei curiously.
The first thing I came into contact with was the book "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", which is written in a unique way and from a very unique angle. ”
Writing biographies of historical figures is inseparable from the study of history, in fact, Lin Ye is also a university professor, who retired from China Normal University at the age of 60 and was rehired for five years, so he is a professor and writer like Hu Wei.
After watching "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", Lin Ye became interested in this young man, and he called Yan Da's old friend to praise him a few words.
It's just that I later found out that the book turned out to be Zhang Chujiao's class paper, and people actually wrote it most of the time!
People who are past the age of old people originally had some taboos about robbing tombs, but Lin Ye still watched it with relish.
What surprised him the most was actually the comic of "What Happened to the Rabbit That Year", which has undergone decades of great changes, and many of the things that he experienced at the beginning have been drawn into cartoons among animals.
This made him tell the story to the little grandson in the kindergarten more vividly, and the little grandson who was not with him is now holding the ipad for a long time to let the grandfather tell the story!
This time, Lin Ye came to attend the writers' annual meeting because he wanted to meet his old friends, and at his age, there were not too many opportunities to meet, and maybe the next time would be goodbye.
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The annual meeting of writers is a grand event in the cultural world, not only writers from all walks of life appear, but also many cross-border stars and celebrities attend the event.
I am embarrassed to say that I am a star if I don't publish books, biographies, or photos these years!
When the time came to six o'clock in the afternoon, the sky in Yanjing was almost dark, and the lights were shining on the red carpet, making the surrounding audience who came against the cold wind can't help but be happy.
"I hope to shoot two more stars, so that I won't be frozen in vain. Cui Zizheng stomped his foot, and he found that the girlfriend next to him was full of energy, and he didn't seem to be tired at all.
He regrets it very much now, why did he promise his girlfriend to run on the red carpet outdoors in the cold winter weather, which is suitable for staying indoors to play.
"Honey, can you help me lift the display board! I must shout louder later, so that Lao Hu will notice our side. ”
Xiao Yun is a typical star-chasing girl, after knowing from the fan support club that Hu Ge would come to attend the writers' annual meeting, she dragged her boyfriend to the scene.
Cui Zizheng replied weakly: "I'll try my best." ”
"Don't be like this, cheer up! Don't you like Zhang Chu's books? I've already inquired, Zhang Chu will also walk the red carpet. I'll take a selfie stick and see if I can take a picture with him. ”
Xiao Yun is still very motivating, she pointed to the group of people over there, "You see, many of them are fans of Zhang Chu over there." There are more people who write books than people who act and sing. ”
In fact, after yesterday's new book trial meeting, these fans got together and discussed to cheer for Zhang Chu today.
Fans have to hold frequent events to strengthen cohesion!
Cui Zizheng said proudly: "Real fans don't compete, anyway, we can witness him win the award with our own eyes today." If you want me to say, such a suspenseless annual meeting is really not interesting. ”
"You just pretend, I saw you forward the circle of friends and let others vote for Zhang Chu's book, but now I say that there is no suspense. Xiao Yun said disdainfully.
Just when the two were anxiously waiting, the red carpet host finally appeared.
The male host is okay, and he is not cold at all in a suit.
The hostess was wearing a thin yellow dress, her arms and calves were exposed, and she looked beautiful and frozen.
Of course, there will be live broadcasts for such a big event, but there is no TV station, and it can only be through cooperative video websites.
"Hello audience in front of the TV set, this is the annual writers' conference hosted by the General Administration of New Publications. I'm Zhao Kexin, the host of the red carpet session. ”
"I'm the host Liu Yi. ”
The two hosts talked eloquently in front of the camera, and the audience who had been waiting for a long time also erupted in warm applause and screams!
Zhao Kexin had already been notified by the director in the headset, and quickly began to cut to the right track: "The first writer to step on the red carpet today is amazing, he is still taking the final exam at Yenching University in the afternoon, and he rushed over to attend the annual meeting in the evening." ”
Such an obvious hint has almost made the name public, and Cui Zi, who was originally lying on the railing like a salted fish, is quickly resurrected with full blood, and directly shouted out the name with the person next to him!
"He has written many wonderful works in the past year, is the first Booker Prize winner in Asia, and his books are highly acclaimed. Let's shout his name together, shall we?" the male host Liu Yi tried his best to stir up the atmosphere of the scene.
Even those who are not fans shouted in unison at this time: "Zhang Chu!"
At the end of the red carpet, Zhang Chu, who was wearing a suit, stepped out of the car and waved around.
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