At the East Asian Library of Stanford University, the librarian looked apologetically at the Chinese students who came to borrow the books: "I'm sorry, the library didn't buy the Kungfu-story you said, you can borrow other books, there are a lot of Kungfu-stories that you Chinese love to read." ”

The librarian pointed to a novel called "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" and said to the Chinese students.

This "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" has been torn out, and the corners of the book are wrinkled.

"No, you haven't even bought "Dragon Babu" yet? Forget it, I'll go to Chinatown by myself and see if there's any ...... in the bookstore there God, I've read "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" four times, and I'm about to memorize all of Tan Zhang's novels. ”

The Chinese student complained about leaving, since he went abroad to study at Stanford University, his life has become very narrow, because of his personality, there are only a few good Chinese students who communicate together. The perennial loneliness has made them all like reading Chinese novels, passing the time, and reminiscing about distant Chinese culture.

The East Asia Library has collected a lot of books from China, Japan and South Korea, including Tan Zhang's novels, which undoubtedly allows Chinese students to find the best spiritual food.

Every Tan Zhang's martial arts novel has basically been borrowed dozens or hundreds of times, and the borrowing date and return date at the back of the page are covered with dense stamps.

There are not many Chinese students at Stanford University, so why can they be lent out so many times, because many students, both men and women. It's all lent out repeatedly. Not only do I see it myself, but I also lend it to friends outside the school to see it. Including their parents who came to accompany them.

The Chinese circle here is not divided into men, women and children. Regardless of age, there are people who like to read Tan Zhang's novels.

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Compared with overseas Chinese, readers in the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are happy.

There are enough genuine novels, and pirated novels also come to grab business for the first time, and if you can't afford to buy genuine copies, you can buy pirated copies, and pirated copies are reluctant, and you can also go to bookstores to rent books.

The number of Zhang Tan's readers must be far more than 10 million. Most people read these novels by renting bookstores and circulating them.

This is especially true overseas.

Relying on many bookstores, I bought some books from China to sell them, or some large libraries mailed a few sets from here in order to enrich their collections.

Many Chinese people rely on this way to see Zhang Tan's novels.

I also got to know Zhang Tan little by little.

The legend behind it.

With the whirlwind blowing around the world in "Dragon Babu", another news is like getting on a plane. Spread to countless corners.

After more than five years of writing, the sales of Zhang Tan's novels, both in simplified and traditional Chinese, finally reached 100 million copies.

"100 million copies!"

"We did it in five years!"

"Thank you to readers all over the world. I like Tan Zhang's martial arts! ”

"Talent is insufficient, diligence makes up for it, and there is no slack in five years. The nine novels have a total of 8.16 million words, which is Tan Zhang's efforts. The global sales of the novel exceeded 100 million copies. That's the best reward! ”

Luzhou Studio posted a number of micro-blogs one after another to celebrate.

That's an amazing record. He is also the second Chinese writer to sell more than 100 million copies of his novels. The previous Chinese writer, his name was Cao Xueqin, and the novel he wrote was called "Dream of the Red Chamber".

Zhang Tan couldn't compare with Cao Xueqin, who threw him more than a dozen streets high. However, this does not prevent Zhang Tan from winning by quantity, and together with Cao Xueqin, he exceeded 100 million novel sales. It does not prevent the media from touting Zhang Tan without a bottom line.

"The King of Writers!"

"The King of Bestsellers!"

"Asian J.K. Rowling."

"J.R.R. Tolkien in China."

"The great writer of the post-80s generation who leads the world culture."

"A young writer who influences the world with martial arts novels."

The People's Daily, the newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, published a long article commenting on the achievements of Zhang Tan and his novels: "J. K. Rowling used a Harry Potter book to let the world see her wonderful thoughts; J.R.R. Tolkien used The Lord of the Rings to build a vast magical world. These two Western writers have influenced the world with their words. ”

Today, Tan Zhang, a young generation writer in China, has spent five years writing a number of martial arts novels, which also supports a magnificent and colorful martial arts world that shows Chinese culture. With more than 100 million copies sold worldwide, it has become a well-deserved king of writers and is sought after by many readers at home and abroad. ”

This is not the first time that "People's Daily" has reported on Zhang Tan, but this time it is undoubtedly the most blown.

Even though he has not won any literary awards and has not become a mainstream writer, Zhang Tan is recognized as the king of Chinese writers with 100 million copies of his novels sold and best-selling at home and abroad.

Tan-style martial arts and Tan Xue have been mentioned repeatedly.

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After Zhang Tan successfully "crowned the king", his compulsion seemed to be a lot higher.

This time, CCTV's classic talk show "Art Life" invited him to be a guest interview, and the host Zhu Jun personally called to invite Zhang Tan to have a meal and chat about the show by the way.

Zhang Tan can pretend to refuse "Qiang Qiang Threesome" very coercively, and refuse "Luyu has an appointment" in a very stylish manner, and then all entertainment programs are non-negotiable, and they are not directly released.

But in the face of a show like "Art Life", which is forced to the sky, he is not so resistant.

As a high-quality young man who pursues a literary and artistic life, this kind of program is really too tempting. However, Zhang Tan still restrained his emotions and accepted Zhu Jun's invitation to dinner very indifferently, and did not agree to participate in the program interview in one bite.

You have to take care of it first.

Anyway, he is also the pinnacle-level boss in the writer's circle, and he can't lose his discipline just because he is a program of the central station.

""Art Life" is nothing, the ratings are not as good as "Happy Camp", it's just a good program that brushes the grid, calm and calm."

met Zhu Jun in a small private restaurant.

Both brought an assistant with each of them.

"Hello, Tan Zhang, I have been famous for a long time, and I am younger than I imagined." Zhu Jun politely stretched out his hand.

Zhang Tan held Zhu Jun's hand, shook it, and said, "Hello Brother Zhu Jun, I grew up watching you host the show." ”

Strictly speaking, Zhu Jun, who was born in 64, is considered an elder, and Zhang Tan in 86 should call him uncle, but Zhang Tan's current psychological age is not only in his twenties, but an old man in his thirties, so he doesn't have this idea.

The only people who can make him respect according to his elders are his relatives and elders, Susa's parents and elders, and gray-haired grandparents and grandmothers.

Zhu Jun beckoned everyone to sit down, and then pushed the menu over: "This private dish is very good, you see what you like to eat." ”

"I have always had a good appetite, you can do anything, Brother Zhu, you can order it."

"Alright, I'll do some." Zhu Jun finished ordering, asked if he had enough to eat, and then said, "Don't you mind if I call you Xiao Tan?" ”

"Xiao Zhang and Xiao Tan are fine." Zhang Tan smiled, "Tan Zhang is a pen name, Zhang Tan is his real name, and his name is just a code name, I don't care." ”

Zhu Jun thought about it, Xiao Tan is a name, I am not familiar to this extent, it is not good to call other people's names casually, it is more common to call the surname: "Then it's still Xiao Zhang." ”

Then, the conversation began.

Not long after, Zhu Jun mentioned the interview of "Art Life", hoping that Zhang Tan could participate and record a program.

Zhang Tan did not pretend to be pretentious, nodded and said: "I like to watch "Art Life" very much, and it is an honor to be invited. But Brother Zhu, can I ask what topics are being interviewed? I participated in the recording of "Interview with Yang Lan" last year, and I am almost finished piecing together the stories of my life, and at my age, there are no stories to talk about. ”

"Let's talk about novels, the thinking behind creation, the thinking about life, and the future." Zhu Jun gestured and said.

The reason why this show he made is called artistic life is to use art to light up life, warm people's hearts with emotion, explore the true meaning of life, and understand the spirit of art.

To put it another way - it is to boil the aged chicken soup overnight.

Zhang Tan is not interested in these topics, to be honest.

The reason is very simple, he is a reborn person, and his growth in the eyes of outsiders is not his own real growth experience. Talking about life, the future, and novels is equivalent to making up stories.

Why write a novel? Because it's easy to copy books. But you can't say that, you can only replace it with interests, hobbies, itchy hands, reading more and wanting to write about it, and so on.

What are your thoughts on life, does pretending to be forced and enjoying count?

What are your plans for the future? When you're done copying a book, do you want to copy a movie......

Although life is like a drama depends on acting skills, the editor-in-chief is also tired. Zhang Tan hopes that "Art Life" can talk about some new things, such as the mood of entrepreneurship, the passion of making movies, and how much the world likes Tan-style martial arts and how they praise him.

However, this is a "heart-to-heart" show, always talking about life, tragedy, and a few tears.

"My tear ducts are not developed at all, it's better to talk about jokes and play tricks!" Zhang Tan thought absentmindedly.

Zhu Jun doesn't know Zhang Tan's thoughts, he has always been very confident in his program positioning, how many people come to his program, and they have all been boiled into a bowl of chicken soup: "We can dig deep into your growth experience, everyone will leave more or less marks in their growth, these marks have a far-reaching impact on life, you write novels so wonderfully, presumably there will be many marks in childhood and adolescence." ”

Zhang Tan sighed: "There are really not many marks, but there are a lot of scars. ”

Zhu Jun: "This is also a story, which can highlight your childhood life, which is very poor. It's these experiences of poverty in the countryside that have made you tireless in your search for art today, right? ”

It's a lot of association.

Zhang Tan pondered for a while, and nodded decisively: "It's true, when I was a child, when I climbed a tree, I would fantasize about hugging the whole sky." (To be continued.) )