Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 606 Herringbone
"The Da Vinci Code" was drawn by Zhang Zhong at the end of February.

Although there was no rush to publish it before, Zhang Zhong quickly wrote it out.

And he had read the original version of this book, so he kept it and translated it himself.

Originally, he was not in a hurry and thought about translating slowly, a few thousand words a day would be enough, but after Hawthorne's incident happened, he speeded up.

Fortunately, he had read the original work and compared it to the Chinese version, it didn't take too much effort to translate it.

After the title of the book came out, many netizens thought it was a companion volume of "The Code of Shanghe Tu during the Qingming Festival", or a novel similar to it.

It is true that there are some similarities, but the two books are not sisters at all.

The true companion to The Da Vinci Code should be Angels and Demons, another well-known novel by Dan Brown.

Dan Brown's works often contain many elements, and popular novel elements such as murder, horror suspense, hunt, detective, romance, etc. may appear in the same book.

This "The Da Vinci Code" is jokingly called a cultural knowledge novel by some people, because a lot of cultural knowledge is borrowed in the novel, which involves "Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper", "Our Lady of the Rocks", " Vitruvian Man", Fibonacci sequence, iambic pentameter, Holy Grail story, contemporary high technology and modern information technology, etc.

The ingenuity of this book lies in its ability to combine the knowledge and information of cryptography, mathematics, religion, oceanography, geology, etc. without leaving any traces, in a way that appeals to both refined and popular tastes, making it convenient for different groups of people to read.

There are many subversive things in the book, and some readers may even think that what is written in the book is true after reading it.

Of course, whether it is true or not, no one can say for sure.

This is not an academic article in the first place, and even if it is an academic article, it may not necessarily be true.

There are also many reversals in the book. The deceased Saunière is the grandfather of the heroine, Police Officer Neveu. PS is not an abbreviation of princess sophy but a hidden symbol of a secret organization. Saunière is the highest leader of the Priory of Sion, and Remy is an undercover agent. ...

Of course, the most unexpected thing is that at the end, everyone knows that Teabing, who has been providing assistance, is the villain's mentor.

Many people think that the reversal of Teabing as the mentor is a bit abrupt and unreasonable, but the ending is also justified.

……

Zhang Zhong quickly handed over the "Da Vinci Code" in two languages ​​to Chen Qing.

The editorial department of the company is doing the proofreading of the Chinese version, while the proofreading of the English version is handed over to the translation team.

It shouldn't take long for this book to be available to everyone.

However, it seems that there is no need to be in such a hurry now, because Hawthorne's new book has been postponed for half a month, and they also have an extra half month to prepare.

Netizens said that Zhang Zhong's new book was aimed at Hawthorne, and the company quickly issued a statement.

"We didn't mean to target Mr. Hawthorne at all. In fact, we were also very amazed at this very ingenious fate. Of course, if Mr. Hawthorne felt that there was any embarrassment in releasing pz's new book at the same time, we can say that, we You can consider modifying the time."

After seeing this statement, netizens called Zhang Zhong's company's public relations department really cheap.

It is said that hitting someone is not a slap in the face, so the moment he made this statement, he just raised his hand and slapped Hawthorne in the face?
Is it true that Hawthorne replied that he didn't want to publish the book at the same time as pz, because he was afraid that the sales would be affected?
In fact, Zhang Zhong also learned about this statement later.

The statement was issued by the company's PR department itself, and it is said that Li Zhuo wrote it himself.

Zhang Zhong felt that this sleazy writing style really resembled Li Zhuo's. This guy has always been good at helping people uncover scars, and he also sprinkled a little salt by the way.

When they were in school before, the two of them had quarreled, but the fights always ended with Zhang Zhong completely defeated.

……

Zhang Zhong was standing by a long table, surrounded by a group of children—of course, not all of them were children, and there was an older friend who looked rather eye-catching.

In the calligraphy class of Mengmu Xiaozhu, Zhang Zhong occasionally came to give lectures to the students.

The studio generally recruits children, but the calligraphy class has a college student, a man in his 30s.

When Zhang Zhong came to class just now, at first he thought that this person was the parent of a certain student, or a new teacher recruited by the studio, but he did not expect that he was actually a student.

This surprised Zhang Zhong a little.

Of course, children are not the only ones who learn calligraphy, but most adults do not come to such places to learn calligraphy.Among other things, the first thing to pass when studying here is to overcome the shame of attending classes with a group of children.

Moreover, the teaching objects are students, and it is impossible for Zhang Zhong to talk about things that are too in-depth. He may not be able to learn what he wants to learn.

For example, in this class, Zhang Zhong is going to briefly explain a word to the children.

Zhang Zhong wrote a big character "人" on the paper.

"Students, do you know what this word is?"

"Teacher, it's a character."

Most of the students know this character, but there are also those who don't, so they come to learn calligraphy.

Of course, not being able to read does not mean that calligraphy cannot be practiced, and Zhang Zhong's teaching is simpler, and the students can even learn to read by the way.

"Yes, it's the character for 人. At that time, did you know how the character for '人' was written?"

The students shook their heads.

Zhang Zhong wrote another "person" next to the original "person", which is just the "person" in the oracle bone inscriptions.

After he finished writing, some students raised their hands.

"Teacher, it's like standing next to someone."

"No, I feel like typing."

"Teacher, is this the way the Chinese character was written before?"

Zhang Zhong smiled and nodded, "This is a way of writing a long time ago. You are all right. It is a bit like standing next to people, and it is also a bit like the writing we write now. Of course, except for standing next to people and typing Besides, what else does it look like?"

The students looked at each other, and one student raised his hand and said, "Teacher, it looks like a person bent over. Look, here are his legs, here are his upper body, and here are his arms."

"This classmate makes a lot of sense. Everyone, does this word look like a person bending over and holding hands?" While talking, Zhang Zhong made a gesture of bowing, "It's like this."

The students clapped their hands and said, "It seems."

"The word 人 is a pictographic character, which means that people should know how to be humble. The reason why people know how to be humble is because they can think in their hearts..."

Zhang Zhong didn't expect students to remember the origin of the characters, but students may not be able to remember, which doesn't mean he needn't say it.He believes that every word he says now will remain in the minds of the students and will have an effect one day.

(End of this chapter)