Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 796 Meeting He Kelan Again

Although no one came to strike up a conversation during the meal, they still met fans on the road.

On the way back to the hotel, a group of local young people in Paris looked at Zhang Zhong in disbelief, and then they pushed and picked a boy and ran over.

The boy said to Zhang Zhong in poor English, "Are you pz?"

His accent is very heavy, but the sentence itself is very simple, so Zhang Zhong understood it, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm pz, hello."

Hearing Zhang Zhong admit that he is PZ, the boy said excitedly, "You can...we..."

Perhaps because he couldn't remember the words he wanted to say, the boy gestured back and forth with both hands.

In fact, he made very clear gestures. What he did was to take a picture, and it should be that he hoped to take a photo with Zhang Chong.

Zhang Zhong laughed, "It doesn't matter if you can speak French."

"Really?" The boy breathed a sigh of relief, and then said a lot in French.

Zhang Zhong's French is not very good, so he can only look at Xu Yuhan.

Xu Yuhan translated for him, "He said he likes you very much, especially the two "Three-Body Problem" series. He also asked if there will be a sequel to this series, and also asked if you would like to take a photo with them."

"You tell him that there will be a sequel after "Three-Body Problem", and then take a group photo."

Xu Yuhan translated Zhang Zhong's words to the boy. The boy thanked him repeatedly, and then called his friends over.

The friends who had been watching from a distance saw the boy waving at them, and ran over screaming.

The formation of these young people is quite scary.

When they came over, Zhang Zhong discovered that there was a reason why the boy was allowed to take the lead, because the boy's English was the best among them.

Other young people can only say simple words such as thank you and I love you, and then a bunch of French that they don't understand.

Xu Yuhan translated from the side, "They all said they like you very much, and they like different works, some people like "Three-Body Problem", some people like "The Call of the Wild", but the most popular is "Lord of the Flies". They also congratulate you on winning the Goncourt Literature Prize, are you here to accept the award this time?"

These children ran up to take a photo with Zhang Chong one by one, and after everyone finished taking a photo with Zhang Chong, they ran over collectively and took a photo with Zhang Chong together.

After the group photo was over, the boy asked again, "Can we post the photo on social software?"

"Of course." Zhang Chong nodded with a smile. His itinerary is not difficult to check. Basically, fans know that he has returned to Paris to receive the award in the past two days, so they are not afraid of being exposed.

These young people probably want to show off on social networking sites, and he thinks it's good to ask his opinion.

With Zhang Zhong's consent, the young man thanked them again and again, and left happily without disturbing Zhang Zhong and the others.

After they left, Xu Yuhan used her mobile phone as a microphone and asked Zhang Zhong, "Writer Zhang, let me interview you. How does it feel to meet so many fans on the streets of Paris?"

Zhang Zhong shook his head and smiled, "Not bad."

"Virtue."

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At noon the next day, Zhang Zhong took Xu Yuhan to the Cultural Auditorium in Paris. This was the first time Xu Yuhan watched Zhang Zhong receive the award up close.

When Zhang Zhong received the award before, she always watched it on TV.

The reporters were not curious about Xu Yuhan's identity, and even regarded Xu Yuhan as Zhang Zhong's personal interpreter.

In fact, Xu Yuhan is indeed doing translation work, mainly translating the words of reporters and some writers who participated in the meeting.

There is no need to translate the words of the staff, the staff here basically speak English.

"Pz, how do you feel about winning the Goncourt Literature Prize?" a reporter asked.

After listening to Xu Yuhan's translation, Zhang Zhong frowned, as if journalists all over the world were so unqualified.

How does he feel about winning the Goncourt Literature Prize? He will definitely give an acceptance speech when he accepts the award. Why ask such a question now, isn’t it a waste of time?

"Of course I'm very happy." Zhang Zhong said with a smile.

"During the initial stage of voting for the Goncourt Literary Prize, there were some unfavorable comments about you on the Internet. Some people called your "Lord of the Flies" a novel of masculinity. What do you think of this?"

"I don't have any opinions. I can't prevent anyone from seeing what they want to see in any work." Zhang Zhong replied.

Hearing this answer, the reporter's eyes lit up, "You mean, Kurt Romney's accusation against you was completely intentional?"

"You have to ask him, I don't know him well."

"Are you saying you don't know Kurt Romney?"

"Is understanding and knowing the same word in French?"

Zhang Zhong glanced at the reporter in front of him and felt that he was either stupid or bad, of course the latter was more likely.

He also lost the mood to continue entangled with these reporters, and walked into the auditorium with Xu Yuhan without saying hello to the reporters.

After entering, the staff led the two of them to sit in the front row, and He Kelan happened to be sitting next to them.

"Long time no see, pz." He Kelan spoke English, although he was not very fluent, but there was no problem in communicating.

"Yeah, long time no see."

Zhang Zhong was a little surprised that He Kelan appeared here, because He Kelan had never won the Goncourt Prize for Literature, and it is basically impossible to win this award again.

He is already the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he is already very old, so he basically has no chance for the Goncourt Prize for Literature.

It is not to say that those who have not won and cannot win the Goncourt Literature Prize should not appear at the award ceremony of the Goncourt Literary Prize, but as a bigwig in the French literary world, since the Goncourt Literary Prize is not willing to award the award to He, in fact, there is no need to send an invitation letter to provoke him.

Looking at Zhang Zhong, He Kelan was also full of emotions. When he first met Zhang Zhong, Zhang Zhong was still a well-known writer of popular novels, but He Kelan had only heard of the name pz, and had never even read his works. .

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, Zhang Zhong could already sit here, and he would go up to receive their highest French literary award in a while.

"Congratulations on winning the Goncourt Literature Prize. I think you have heard this sentence many times." He Kelan said.

Zhang Chong nodded with a smile, "Although I have heard it many times, I am still very honored to be able to say this sentence from Mr. He Kelan."

"You are too humble. Your "Lord of the Flies" and "The Call of the Wild" have made the recent literary world unable to calm down. Now I go out to chat with people, and I have to talk about your two works in less than ten sentences .” He Kelan laughed.

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