Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 629 Carlisle and the New Book (two chapters in one)
At the beginning of July, Zhang Zhong's family was packing their luggage at home. Tomorrow they will fly to Yanjing to join Yang Fengxia and the others, and then they will leave for the United States the day after tomorrow.

Zhang Zhong didn't have much stuff, except for some necessary supplies, he only brought two sets of clothes, which together couldn't fit in a backpack.

He looked at the family who helped Pengpeng choose clothes, and said with a smile, "I will definitely go shopping when I go there, and if I bring so many things there, how can I bring them back?"

Hu Huifang said, "I chose because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to take them with me, otherwise it would be much troublesome to take them all over."

"Take them all there... Then you have to buy a plane."

"Can the plane be bought?"

Zhang Chong smiled and was about to answer, when the phone in his pocket rang.

It's the call from Vice President Wen Han.

"Hello, Teacher Wen."

"Dean Zhang, I have something to report to you, is it convenient?"

"Need to talk face to face?"

"That's not necessary, just talk on the phone. It's like this. A few days ago, a few students from the college came to me. They wanted to apply for the college's project fund." Wen Han said.

Zhang Zhong said with a smile, "This is a good thing. The project fund has been established for such a long time and has not been moved."

This part of the project fund for students' academic research was originally proposed by Zhang Zhong, with the purpose of stimulating students' enthusiasm for learning.

However, the reality is far from ideal. The project fund was established more than two months ago, but not a single student applied.

The project fund was sponsored by Zhang Zhong asked "Zero Zero One" magazine, and 20 yuan was allocated for the first issue.

I originally thought that if there were too many projects and the funds were not enough, I would ask the magazine to allocate some more.However, so far, the 20 has not been moved.

Now there are students applying, and since Wen Han came to report to him, it means that the projects applied by these students should still be valuable, Zhang Zhong is of course very happy.

If we can make a good start this time, the college's project fund plan may be able to get rid of the embarrassing situation before.

"What project are they going to study?" Zhang Zhong asked.

"Speaking of it, you have something to do with the dean, but I can't explain the details in a few words. How about this? I'll send their proposal to your email for you to have a look. After you read it, let's talk about it." .” Wen Han said.

Zhang nodded and said, "Okay, then send it over and let me have a look."

Zhang Zhong received a new email just one minute after he hung up the phone.

It was inconvenient to look at the phone, so he ran to the study on the second floor to turn on the computer, then clicked on the email and read it carefully.

After probably reading it, Zhang Zhong understood why Wen Han said that this plan had something to do with him.

From Zhang Zhong's point of view, this proposal is not perfect, it can even be harshly said to be very crude.

But what the students wanted to express was roughly expressed.

There are five students and they want to form a research group to specialize in the secrets of the history of religions in Europe.Their thinking is very clear, that is, follow the map and follow the "Da Vinci Code" to pursue the forgotten history of European occultism.

They also listed the materials collected during this period, and wrote a small paper based on the Rosicrucian Manifesto Zhang Zhong gave in class.

And they also plan to go to various places in Europe for field trips during the summer vacation, so as to feel and study local history more closely.

It's an interesting project, but really, it's more suitable for history students.

However, Zhang Zhong felt that the study of humanities was absolutely necessary in both the School of History and the School of Liberal Arts.

Before he knew it, Zhang Zhong turned to the last page of the proposal.

On the last page, several students wrote down the amount of funding they would like the college to provide.

"Ok?"

Seeing the numbers, Zhang Zhong was a little surprised.

Because they actually filled in a 5000.

Wrote such a long proposal just for 5000 yuan?

There are five of them in total for this plan, not to mention other things, it is to go to Europe, and the round-trip air ticket is not a small amount.

The 5000 yuan for them is not even enough for one person's travel expenses.

Is it wrong?

Zhang Zhong felt that this possibility was unlikely. Although the proposal was not perfect, he did not see any mistakes or omissions, which proved that the person who made the proposal was a more careful person.

Since he is a careful person, he will never fill in such an important number by mistake. He must have checked it several times when writing it, and he should focus on checking the number.

With doubts, Zhang Zhong called Wen Han again.

"Mr. Wen, are the financial needs of these students sure to be [-]?"

Wen Han seemed to have expected that Zhang Chong would ask this question, and said with a smile, "When I read this proposal before, I was also very confused about this figure, and I went to check it out. They really only need 5000 yuan."

"Why is this? It took so much trouble, just for 5000 yuan?"

"I have figured this out. The children are not short of money, they just want to be famous as teachers."

Famous teachers...

This is not a war.

But then Zhang Zhong probably figured it out. The students might think it was a good idea to have a school project, and it was also to give themselves some confidence.

"Well, this project has been approved by me. As for the project funds, 3 yuan is a bit too small. Let the financial department allocate [-] yuan to them first." Zhang Zhong said.

"Okay, I know Dean Zhang." Wen Han smiled, "They are still waiting for news from me, so I will tell them right now."

……

When Zhang Zhong and his family got on the plane to the United States, several people in dormitory 606 also embarked on their journey. In the far west, there is a whole continent of Europa waiting for them to explore and conquer.

"Yu Bi, what's the matter, uncle didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Feng Zai leaned on the seat and said with a smile.

Yu Bi smiled and said, "Embarrassing me? He heard that I took the school's fund for the project, and he was so happy from ear to ear. He insisted on coming over to take me on the plane. I persuaded him to come down with good words. But no one else came , but the funds are in place. I have never seen my father so generous since I was a child, and gave me 2 yuan."

"Your father is a local tyrant, 2 yuan is nothing to him."

"My dad does have some money, but he's picky. Last time I wanted to change a mobile phone, he couldn't get it off for half a month. In the end, I went to his construction site to move bricks for nearly a month before changing the mobile phone. "

"I support your dad on this point." Lao Qin smiled, "If your dad didn't keep training you, how could you have such a hard-working body like you are now?"

A few people were chatting lively, but Li Jin in the back seat suddenly said, "Taking advantage of this time, you should either get jet lagged or look at the materials. In two months, the research we are about to do It is still a bit short, so we have to seize all available time."

Li Jin's words were like a basin of clear water being poured over the heads of several other people, making them instantly sober. They didn't come here for fun.

Now that the college has approved their application and allocated 3 yuan, they can't live up to the school's expectations.

If they had only enthusiasm at the beginning, now they have a sense of mission.

Several students told themselves inwardly that they must produce results in the past two months for the dean and the others to see.

……

Compared with dormitory 606, Zhang Zhong's journey here is longer.

Zhang Zhong and his family sat in the front and back rows, and Yang Fengxia sat on Zhang Zhong's left.

Just halfway through the journey, Yang Fengxia said with a smile, "After arriving at the place, the exchange meeting will not start immediately. We still have two days to rest."

"Why don't Chairman Yang tell me the specifics of this literary exchange meeting, I can't just do my homework."

Yang Fengxia nodded, "Okay, then let me tell you. This time we will stop in two cities. The first stop is New York, and the second stop is Los Angeles. You should know that."

Zhang Zhong nodded with a smile. Of course he knew that, when they decided on the signing station, both sides had communicated with each other.

Seeing Zhang's head nodding, Yang Fengxia continued, "The "Literary News" and Columbia University received us here in New York. According to the itinerary, we will go to the headquarters of the "Literary News" for a literature seminar first, and then visit Columbia University. Some famous writers from the United States have participated in both sides. The list they gave is quite long. Let me pick a few of the more important ones and tell you about them. The most important one should be Carlyle, have you heard Say him?"

"Some have heard that he is a veteran of American realist literature. In the 70s, he became famous with his novella "From Here to Forever". He was only 19 years old at the time. The mainstream American literary circles spoke highly of him. Many young people The writers also said that Carlisle is the holy tower in their hearts, a holy tower that has been chasing but can never go beyond." Zhang Zhong said.

Yang Fengxia laughed, and Zhang Chong said that she had only heard about Carlisle, but she spoke in such detail.

Carlyle does play an important role in the mainstream American literary circle, but the current trend of literature dictates that realist literature can only survive in the cracks.

It is also for this reason that today's American realist writers highly praise Carlyle, because in such a difficult environment, they need a leader.

Carlisle is the lead they need.

Contemporary American realist literature is the first wave of literature that emerged after the war, but to talk about contemporary American realist literature, it is natural to have to mention the source of American realist literature.

Influenced by the European realist trend of thought and literary movement after the 30s, realism soon became the main trend of American literature.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the rapid development of mechanization, the rapid formation of monopoly groups, and the rapid accumulation of wealth constituted an era of characteristics: an era of excess and extremes, an era of decline and progress, an era of poverty and wealth showing off, depression and hopeful times.

In such an era, American realist writers wrote a large number of novels with local characteristics, reflecting the lives of people in the west, south and east of the United States.

These novels widely show people of different classes and fields, and try to show people's life pictures in a true, clear and thorough way.

In recent decades, the reason why realist literature can survive in China can be seen from the history of the development of American realist literature.

When society develops rapidly, contradictions will form virtually.

Works that criticize reality and expose the darkness of society will gradually increase.

"Speaking of which, he still has some connections with you. After you wrote "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", he commented on it, saying that this book is the best work in China in the past 20 years, and his evaluation is quite high." Yang Fengxia Said.

Zhang Zhong shook his head, "I don't know about that."

He really didn't know that there were too many people who commented on him every day, and he couldn't remember them all.

And people are always like this, he can remember Schubert, an obscure literary bastard, but he doesn't know what Carlyle has commented on him, it's all because people can always remember those who criticize him, And ignore those who praise him.

In fact, Yang Fengxia didn't say a word.

Although Carlyle spoke highly of "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", he criticized Zhang Zhong's large number of science fiction works and detective novels. He believed that an excellent writer should not waste too much energy on popular literature.

In his eyes, popular novels, no matter how wonderful they are, are just entertainment products and cannot be considered elegant.

Moreover, Carlyle also commented on "Border Town" before, and he thought Zhang Zhong's "romantic attempt" was unreasonable.He believes that literary creation should deal with original materials without compromise, that is, to emphasize the authenticity and accuracy of literary works in reflecting social reality.

"Carlisle is the writer representing the "Literary News", and we will meet him at the first stop. Besides him, there are other people like Jenny Austin and New Dink Norton..."

Although Yang Fengxia chose some important people to introduce to Zhang Chong, the whole process took more than an hour.

Zhang Zhong wasn't very tired from receiving the information, but Yang Fengxia's mouth was dry.

"There are still some details. Let's talk about it later. And your task this time is relatively simple. It is estimated that you will only be required to speak during the seminar. How to speak is up to you."

Although it represents the Huaxia Writers Association and has a huge momentum, it is also an ordinary literary exchange meeting. Of course, the degree of freedom is very high. Zhang Zhong can decide what he wants to say, and he doesn't want to say what he doesn't want to say.

Besides, Zhang Zhong's status in the literary world and his English proficiency are much higher than the rest of the visiting group. Yang Fengxia has nothing else to say except to introduce the process information to him.

She believed that Zhang Zhong's performance would not need to worry her.

Zhang Chong gave a hum, leaned back on the seat and closed his eyes to regain his composure. He didn't sleep for a long time last night.

It's not because of jet lag, but because he picked up a new book yesterday evening, for this new book, he worked in the study until midnight.

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(End of this chapter)