Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 799 Sentimentalism
Surrounded by others, they entered the Saar Hotel. Instead of going to the banquet hall immediately, they walked to a temporary interview area.

The reporters were not arranged to enter the auditorium before, so they could only wait here.

As soon as Zhang Zhong and the others passed by, countless microphones stretched out.

"Pz, how are you feeling right now?"

Zhang Zhong felt numb to these stupid questions from the reporters, and said blankly, "Of course I'm very happy. If you can ask some more interesting questions, I might be happier."

Xu Yuhan glanced at him, "It's not good to say that."

After all, she has never been interviewed by the media, so she still wants to treat people with courtesy.

But Zhang Zhong said, "Just turn it over, these reporters can't be used to it."

Xu Yuhan nodded, and then translated Zhang Zhong's words to the reporters.

The microphones in the hands of the reporters all shrank back. Although they had heard that Zhang Zhong had a bad temper when he was being interviewed, they would really feel the pressure when they were interviewing face to face.

What is a meaningful question?

For a while, the reporters didn't know what to ask.

After a pause for several seconds, one of the reporters asked, "pz, do you have any plans for new works now?"

This reporter uses English and does not need Xu Yuhan's translation.

Zhang nodded emphatically, "Yes, but it won't be announced until after the Poirot series is released at the end of the month."

"pz, "The Last Starfish" won six awards at the Academy Awards, is this in your expectation?"

"No, I don't know much about awards, let alone the film industry." Zhang Chong replied.

"Is there any hope that the award-winning work "Lord of the Flies" will be made into a movie?"

"Of course there is hope, but there is no such plan yet."

"Some people say you are a pessimist, do you agree with that?"

Hearing this question, Nolan next to him laughed and said to Zhang Zhong, "If you want to know the answer to this question, you can pay attention to the follow-up news of the Goncourt Literature Prize Organizing Committee. In his acceptance speech, Mr. Pz said, explained the matter."

Seeing Nolan speak, a reporter extended the microphone to him, "Mr. Nolan, the members of the organizing committee were attacked by many people because of the entry of "Lord of the Flies" into the list of the Goncourt Literature Prize. Did you consider removing Lord of the Flies from the list because of this incident?"

"Of course not. The fifteen judges of the Goncourt Literary Prize are all very fair. Whether a work can win an award depends on the literary value of the work itself, and will never be disturbed by some external factors. And in fact, later People who were criticizing us have also become Lord of the Flies supporters. I don’t think we have any qualms about that,” Nolan said.

"May I ask why the [-] judges finally awarded the Goncourt Prize to an Asian writer? This has never happened before."

"The answer to this question is the same as the previous one. The judging criteria of the judges have always been the literariness of the work, and will never be mixed with any other personal emotions. The Goncourt Literature Prize will never consider the nationality, belief and literature of the writer. school."

"But how does this explain that over the years, most of the winners are French?"

Zhang Zhong raised his eyebrows. This reporter is here to mess things up, to question the Goncourt Prize in front of Nolan.

However, Nolan did not show any anger, but said with a smile on his face, "There is no literary award that can guarantee that the work you choose is the best in the world. If there is, then they must be lying to you. Judges The reason why you choose a work must have your own reasons, but it is definitely not what you imagined."

Seeing Nolan doing Tai Chi, the reporters didn't bother, and turned to ask Zhang Zhong.

"Pz, you are very famous in French literature, do you know anything about French literature?"

Zhang Zhong asked back, "Which aspect of understanding are you referring to?"

"For example, what French literature have you read?"

"French literary works, I have more contact with critical realism and romanticism, and I am also more interested in the recently emerging sentimentalism." Zhang Zhong said quite seriously.

Hearing Zhang Zhong's words, Nolan next to him had a strange expression and even glanced at Zhang Zhong several times.

The reporters didn't notice Nolan's strangeness, and continued to ask, "Then, can you tell me which of these literary genres you have a deep impression on?"

Before Zhang Zhong could answer, Nolan interrupted the interview, "Okay everyone, this is the end of the interview, our banquet should begin, everyone please take your seats."

After finishing speaking, Nolan dragged Zhang Zhong to the banquet.

After walking away from the reporters, Zhang Chong said to Nolan in English with a smile, "I thought the reporters who came to interview at the Literary Award Ceremony had a higher level of literature."

Hearing Zhang Zhong's words, Nolan froze for a moment, then laughed, "So you did it on purpose just now?"

"Of course." Zhang Zhong smiled.

Xu Yuhan listened to the two of them playing charades, and asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"

"Remember when I told the reporters I was still interested in the latest sentimentalism?"

Xu Yuhan nodded and said, "I remember, what's wrong?"

Nolan smiled and explained, "Actually, sentimentalism originated in England in the mid-to-late eighteenth century, and then spread to France. It is obviously a mistake for pz to say that it emerged in France recently, but none of those reporters People found the error."

He looked at Zhang Zhong again, "I'm really sorry, I made you laugh. But please believe that not every French media person is so ignorant."

In fact, Nolan thought Zhang Zhong had made a mistake just now, so he hurriedly pulled him away, fearing that Zhang Zhong would make a joke.

Now it seems that Zhang Zhong was not making a joke, but that he was deliberately embarrassing those reporters.

In fact, Zhang Zhong never thought of embarrassing those reporters before, but the questions they asked were really not constructive, so I just teased them.

In fact, it is understandable that ordinary reporters do not understand these things, but since they are going to do interviews at the Literature Awards, they naturally have to do some homework.

Moreover, seeing that they were yelling at Nolan before, Zhang Zhong thought that these journalists had a high level of literature, so he tried their old ways out of their old ways with such a casual test.

Walking to the banquet hall, He Kelan, who came in one step ahead, greeted him with a glass of juice, "Why did the interview end so quickly?"

"Maybe it's because I have nothing to interview." Zhang Zhong said.

He Kelan laughed, "I guess it's because you didn't cooperate."

(End of this chapter)