I don't know from which year, the number of visitors to the Liu family for the New Year began to increase, and it is increasing year by year, the identity of the guests is diverse, across all fields, in addition to normal relatives and neighbors, there are many Liu Jingting, and even Liu's father and mother can't name distant relatives and elementary school classmates.

In the past, Liu's mother would privately tell Liu's father who had a lot of guests during the Chinese New Year, how well-connected, very showy and so on, but now when she comes to her own house, she knows that this kind of thing is also too disturbing, especially during the Chinese New Year, she actually just wants to chat and eat with the closest people, and she doesn't have much heart to entertain other guests.

They had finally become the focus of private conversation, but they didn't feel the glory they thought they were.

It was also at this time that they realized that it is difficult to be a parent, and it is even more difficult to be a parent of a celebrity.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, the reunion between Liu's father and his high school classmates came to his own house again, but there were two more high school classmates who came over this year, one was Liu's father's freshman classmate, who was the teaching director of a key high school; the other was a sophomore in high school, who had just been transferred to the director of the Family Planning Office.

Later, Liu Jingting rose step by step, and his reputation became more and more vigorous, until he officially appeared in front of the public, and the news spread among Liu's father's classmates and friends.

In this case, Liu's father's two high school classmates gradually became free. I was also interested in such a class reunion, and after a few years of trying, I finally made the trip this year.

Father Liu, who has a clear temperament in his bones, is certainly not good at nodding his head and slapping his beard. Otherwise, it would not be possible for so many years without promotion, and at the same time, he can't do a condescending posture once he gains power.

The two old classmates with whom Liu's father had the best relationship once said to Liu Jingting, "Your father values righteousness and is broad-minded to his friends."

For the same reason, he couldn't show how enthusiastic he was to the two classmates who might not recognize each other when they walked across from him, but it was just within the etiquette.

"Where's Jingting?"

As soon as a few old classmates entered the house, the two who had a good relationship naturally asked about Liu Jingting.

"I went to Jianghai to visit Professor Chen Shirang. Father Liu replied as he greeted everyone.

"Fudan Chen Shirang professor?" asked the student who was the dean of teaching.

"Yes. Father Liu nodded.

"Well, I listened to his lectures when I was in graduate school. ”

When everyone heard this, they inevitably sighed again. In addition to lamenting the changes of time, he was also secretly surprised by Liu Jingting's connections in all directions.

"Today is our old classmates' reunion, so we won't talk about Jingting. The classmate who had the best relationship with Liu's father said.

"Yes. I won't talk about him today. Father Liu said.

……

When Liu's father was entertaining his old classmates at home, Liu Jingting was chatting with Professor Chen Shirang, and they didn't talk about the new book "Tianlong Babu" this time, and Professor Chen Shirang didn't even ask. "Didn't read the text. Can't make comments".

In fact, other topics about literature began to be mentioned, and the topic that the two were talking about at this time was the story of Professor Chen's study when he was young.

Mrs. Chen Shirang didn't know much about Liu Jingting, at most she felt that the name was a little familiar, but she could judge from her husband's expression that this little guest was extraordinary.

There were many guests or visitors to the house, and even the husband's old friends came over, he was never so happy and interested, and what surprised Mrs. Chen the most was that. When facing this young man, the wife has no "professor" shelf at all. Although the young man seemed very modest.

An old man and a young man sat there chatting, giving people a feeling more like two old friends who have known each other for many years.

Of course Mrs. Chen is happy, some time ago, my wife seems to have encountered something unpleasant, and she has been in a bad mood, and it is rare that a guest who can talk to him so devotedly has come today.

When it was almost noon, Professor Chen's son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter entered the house with large bags and small bags, and as soon as the son entered the room, he asked in a low voice: "Which important guest is Dad seeing today, even Uncle Zhou is gone." ”

Mrs. Chen pointed to Professor Chen's study and said, "It is said that it is called Liu Jingting." ”

Professor Chen's son, daughter-in-law, and grandson: "......"

"We've been talking in there for a long time. ”

"Liu Jingting?" Chen Fu asked in confirmation.

Mrs. Chen nodded, and then saw her granddaughter rush into the study with a puff of smoke.

"Gu Yongsheng!" the granddaughter's cry of surprise soon came from the study.

Therefore, Mrs. Chen is even more sure that the young man is good, and it can be seen that the old wife and the little granddaughter all attach so much importance to him.

After a while, Chen Shirang, Liu Jingting, and Chen Shu all walked out of the study, and Chen Fu immediately reached out to shake hands with Liu Jingting.

"This is my son Chen Fu. Professor Chen said seriously.

"Uncle Chen, hello. Liu Jingting said with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Liu. Although he has seen a lot of the world, but rashly admitting this "uncle", Chen Fu has no way to force it.

"Then I won't bother, chatting and forgetting the time. Liu Jingting said with some embarrassment.

"Are you leaving, let's finish lunch here and leave?" said Chen Fuliu.

Professor Chen said: "He still has to go to see his teacher, Director Kang, and he can't stay today." ”

Liu Jingting smiled, then bowed his head slightly and thanked him, and said, "I have to do it next time." ”

Chen Fu heard what his father said, and he didn't force him to stay anymore, and nodded.

After Liu Jingting left the Chen family, Chen Fu hurriedly asked his father: "Why did Liu Jingting come over today?"

"He's got something to hand over to me, huh...... Let's cook, I'll go to the study and read a book. "Professor Chen has long wanted to open the "Dragon Babu" to have a look.

Chen Fu and his wife looked at each other, but fortunately, they were used to the temper of this scholarly father.

"Mom, Dad, Grandma, look, I took a photo with Gu Yongsheng!" Chen Shu said proudly with her mobile phone.

The aftermath of "Liu Jingting visiting Professor Chen" lasted until the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Professor Chen's grandson and granddaughter, who came to his grandparents' house with his mother, were envious when they saw the photo of their cousin Chen Shu, and they only hated that they were a day late.

The three high school students went to Professor Chen's study to inquire about Liu Jingting's news, and found that Grandpa/Wai Cheng was engrossed in reading, and the three of them skillfully quietly approached and looked at it, and after a while, Sun Su Hang said: "Grandpa, are you reading a martial arts novel?"

Professor Chen noticed the three of them at this time, hurriedly closed the printout, and frowned, "Why did you touch it again?"

Su Hang didn't answer, pointed to the stack of manuscripts and said, "Grandpa, are you reading martial arts novels, are you reading martial arts novels by Gu Yongsheng?"

Professor Chen was unwilling to lie to his grandson, and he could not leak Liu Jingting's manuscript, so he had to reply, "You will know when the time comes." ”

……

"When the time comes" is actually a month later.

At the beginning of March, Gu Yongsheng's latest martial arts novel "Dragon Babu" was suddenly released without warning.

Prior to this, Liu Jingting has been fighting a pen war with Zhou Zaidao and others, due to his own active participation, Zhou Zaidao is more active, just on the theme of "the decline of martial arts" has produced nearly fifteen long papers, the paper from the literary law, from the current literary situation, from the characteristics of martial arts novels and other aspects to expound the general trend of "this new style of writing will inevitably rise, martial arts novels will inevitably decline".

The article argues that "martial arts novels have been hovering at the boundaries of mainstream literature, and will irreversibly be replaced by film and television scripts in the future, until the entire genre becomes history like Tang and Song poems." ”

However, just after Zhou Zaidao released the summary article he wrote himself, Liu Jingting suddenly jumped out of this controversy and waved a notice: "The new book "Tianlong Babu" has been listed, and everyone can go to the bookstore to buy it. ”

originally wanted to catch Zhou Zaidao and others off guard, but by the way, it also caught readers off guard.

In this era when any product pays attention to publicity, Liu Jingting dared to publish a book like this, but the cooperative booksellers will not worry at all, because according to their summed up experience, "Gu Yongsheng's latest martial arts" is already the best advertising slogan.

In just five days, the first batch of "Dragon Babu" on the market sold cleanly, and there was not a single one left.

Professor Chen, who was the first to read the book, not only wrote the preface to the book, but also recommended the book to the students eight times in a lecture after its launch:

After you finish reading "Tianlong Babu", you will taste these ten words, and I believe you will have a deeper understanding. ”

And Zhou Zaidao, who was about to set off a new round of controversy, seemed to be about to churn waves in a small river passing through the woods, when suddenly a torrential rain fell from the sky, pouring down, crushing the waves that had not had time to turn up without a trace, and the water droplets on the leaves on both sides were still dripping down.

Then, the book review of "Dragon Babu" swept in a stormy and earth-shattering manner.

Professor Chen's superb preface has also become a classic for readers to pass on by word of mouth:

"Just the chapter of Wedge's "Interpretation of Names" has brought the 'injustice and excess' into full play. As for the plot of the characters in the book, it can be said that "no one is wronged, and all feelings are evil", and it is necessary to write to the end that ordinary people and ordinary feelings are bizarre;

However, behind such a plot and world, there is a boundless detachment of Buddhism, which is sometimes revealed, not only to talk about the suffering and helplessness of all sentient beings, but also to show once again the compassion of 'pity for the world, and there are many sorrows'......

If you talk about the imagination of "Dragon Babu", there are only four words "shocking". ”

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(Note: The eight-character test language of "Tianlong" is from the writer Mr. Chen Shixiang.) (To be continued......)