Chapter 180: Staying Existent
Chapter 180: Staying Existent
"You, as the vice president of Xihe, have already deserved the title of being on the cover of Get. I showed this issue of Get to Shen Qingfeng today, and he couldn't say a word for a long time, haha!"
Lin Feng smiled slyly, like a commoner watching a tax farmer being hanged during the French Revolution, filled with joy from the bottom of his heart.
Wang Zixu felt that he had not heard the name Shen Qingfeng for a long time. He quickly stole a glance at Ning Chunyan and asked in a low voice:
"Did you show it to Shen Qingfeng?"
"Yes, some time ago, Shen Qingfeng was still shouting that you were too weak as the vice president, and that the teacher was partial to you by promoting you to the position of vice president..."
Wang Zixu interrupted him: "Why did he come out again? Wasn't he silent for a while?"
"How can he stay silent? His silence is fake, and his pretending to be dead is real. Once everyone forgets about his embarrassing incident, he will naturally come out and take control of the discourse again."
Be it Gou Yingbiao or Shen Qingfeng, they have all gone with the wind in Wang Zixu's eyes. He thinks this is a kind of wisdom in life, and forgetting helps to live longer.
But he didn't expect that in Shen Qingfeng's eyes, what happened before was gone with the wind.
"Come to think of it, isn't it all your fault?" Lin Feng suddenly said.
"what?"
"Who made you, the vice president of the Xihe Literary Association, not produce any new works for half a year? If you don't maintain your presence in the literary world, he will naturally find ways to discredit you."
Lin Feng sounded a little complaining, which made Wang Zixu feel ashamed, as if it was his fault that he had not published any new works.
He sighed: "I now deeply understand that a writer's most valuable work is always the next one."
Raymond Lam said: "Hey! Your words are very good, can I use them in my work?"
"Sure." Wang Zixu said, "Also, the reason I haven't heard anything for half a year is mainly because I have written 60 words for this novel, which took up all my energy."
"6 words?" Lin Feng choked up on the other end of the phone, then his voice became excited, "And then Get selected your manuscript and published it in full?"
"Ah."
"Then I will study your work carefully," Lin Feng said, "Such a large-scale novel is destined to go down in the history of our Xihe culture. This is a major event for our Xihe Literary Association. I will report to the teacher and see if we can hold a seminar on your work."
Wang Zixu laughed secretly, "Why are you guys here for a seminar?" After hanging up the phone, the air suddenly became quiet.
He silently put the phone back into his pocket and explained to Chen Qingluo in an unembarrassed manner: "Lin Feng, the president of the Xihe Literary Association, is my friend. He called to say hello."
"60 words, that's amazing." Chen Qingluo said in a faint voice, "It took up all my energy. I didn't even have the energy to tell me that I was accepted by Get."
"..."
Wang Zixu was awkwardly silent. It was more like pretending to be dead than being silent.
Ning Chunyan forced a smile and said, "Qingluo, are you still concerned about this?..."
"But I didn't use up my energy to tell Ning Chunyan. What's going on?"
"..."
Another silence.
The atmosphere was like a corpse slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea. At this critical moment, Wang Zixu's cell phone rang again.
"Hello, Chief Liu?"
A voice that hadn't been heard in a long time came from the other end of the phone: "Wang Zixu, congratulations! I heard that your novel was published in Get? I heard from them that this is the highest-level literary magazine, so doesn't that mean you have become a first-class writer?"
Wang Zixu said: "You are overpraising me. It is just an article that was published."
Section Chief Liu said, "When Director Mei mentioned this today, I was shocked. Wang Zixu has grown so fast. Okay, no more nonsense. This year, Xihe is making a list of cultural celebrities. You may be on the list. Come back and take a look. Say hello to Director Mei."
Wang Zixu agreed readily and hung up the call. Then another call came in.
"Hello, is this Zhang Wei? Yes, yes, it's me. The one in Get is me. Do you want another interview? Didn't you arrange one before?"
Zhang Wei said, "The last interview was half a year ago. The more exposure, the better. You are from Xihe, so of course you should support your fellow countrymen's careers! The title of this interview will be based on the theme of the super-long article published by Obtain. What do you think?"
"Uh……"
Wang Zixu was still hesitating, and Ning Chunyan beside him whispered, "Just promise him, Shi Shuqiu can promote himself, so why can't you?"
Wang Zixu said to the phone, "Okay, okay, let's talk next time we meet." After hanging up, he asked Ning Chunyan, "Can you hear me talking on the phone just now?"
Ning Chunyan said: "It's so quiet, it's hard not to hear it."
Chen Qingluo said quietly, "Even people thousands of miles away know about this. If I hadn't come to the seminar today, I would have been the last one to send you my blessing, Master Wang Zixu."
Although it could be heard that she had used up all of her yin and yang powers, the tone in which Chen Qingluo said "Lord Wang Zixu" was very cute. Wang Zixu wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, so he said carefully:
"I didn't tell anyone. They found out on their own and called to say hello."
Ning Chunyan said: "This is what it means: if you are poor in the mountains, no one will care about you; if you are rich in the city, you will have distant relatives."
She deliberately said it the other way around to act cute, but she was really bored by the two people next to her.
Wang Zixu's cell phone rang again.
"Hello, Liu Fei? It's me... I remember, we're old classmates. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your congratulations... Hey, you flatter me... What? "Song Xing" magazine? I've never heard of it..."
……
The male dormitories of Nanjing University are divided into three courtyards: East, West and South. The West Courtyard is the oldest. The dormitories here are of old European architectural style, in other words, short and squat tube-shaped buildings.
According to the design, the second floor is the residential area, and the first floor is the utility room and water room. However, as the number of students increased, the first floor was partitioned off to serve as dormitories. At mealtime, students going to the cafeteria passed by the window, and even the people in the room could be seen picking their feet or sleeping.
Liu Kairui, the moderator of the Nanjing University campus forum, lives here. Nanjing University is located on a high ground, and he is young and strong, so he won't get rheumatism. The dormitory fee is also cheap, so he is quite satisfied.
When Shi Shuqiu rushed in, he was picking his toes in front of the computer. There was a bang at the door, and he saw Shi Shuqiu gasping for breath. He was immediately shocked.
"Lao Shi, what are you doing?"
"Hurry up, help me edit a few posts."
He rushed in and was about to touch the computer, but Liu Kairui snatched the mouse back: "Wait a minute... Who scolded you on the forum?"
"No," Shi Shuqiu dragged a stool and sat down, "I'm at a seminar today. Their press corps wants to shoot a video, which may contain footage from the forum. There are a few posts that are not very harmonious, so I want you to lock them and make them invisible."
When Liu Kairui heard this, he rolled up his sleeves and said, "It's a small matter. You tell me which post is not okay and I'll close it."
"Okay, you search first, Wang Zixu."
Hearing the name, Liu Kairui turned to look at him.
"What's wrong?" Shi Shuqiu asked.
"Why is it Brother Chang?" Liu Kairui asked, "Shouldn't they search for your name?"
"Don't worry about it, just search first. I'll explain it to you after you're done." "Oh."
Liu Kairui searched for a few posts, not many in number, and most of them were relatively unpopular, except for one that was relatively popular, with more than 70 replies. The title was [After reading Wang Zixu’s “Wild Creeping Grass”, I think…], and the poster was “Zhang Chou”.
"Hey, Zhang Chou, this is a post from your younger brother." Liu Kairui said.
"Open this post and take a look." Shi Shuqiu said, pointing at the screen.
Liu Kairui clicked on the post and they both glanced at it. The gist of the post was that "Wild Grass" had an old-fashioned structure and a stale story, but the writing was pretty good.
Shi Shuqiu put his finger on his lips and pondered for a moment, then said, "Set this post to invisible."
Liu Kairui said: "Ah? Why? That makes sense."
"No reason, can you help me with this?"
Liu Kairui nodded: "Okay...turn it off."
After he made the post invisible, Shi Shuqiu said, "Click on the post Zhang Chou posted and take a look."
Liu Kairui clicked on it as he was told and scrolled down, and all of them were related to "Chang Ge".
Shi Shuqiu patted his head and said, "I remember now. No wonder there are so few posts about Wang Zixu. They all call him 'Chang Ge' in the forum."
Liu Kairui laughed and said, "Brother Chuanchangchang, who doesn't know that you became famous by drinking in front of the hospital leaders? Professor Huang even told this story as a joke in class."
After he finished speaking, he noticed that Shi Shuqiu looked unhappy, so he quickly shut up. Shi Shuqiu grabbed the mouse, swiped it a few times, and suddenly felt a headache.
Zhang Chou was very loyal, or rather too loyal. Earlier, Shi Shuqiu had asked him to "speak for himself" on the forum, and Zhang Chou listened. There were at least hundreds of posts in his thread related to "Chang Ge". There were two or three posts with the same theme as the post "Wild Creepers" just now.
The content of other posts deconstructed Wang Zixu from all aspects, including language, literary quality, avant-garde style, character, looks, personality, clothing, appearance, family background, etc., and the words used were not very polite.
Because of the well-known incident, the replies under the post inevitably dragged Shi Shuqiu out and criticized him. In comparison, Chang Ge seemed a bit of a clown. For a while, the post was filled with a happy atmosphere.
Shi Shuqiu held his forehead for a long time. He had only brushed a few strips a day before and didn't think much of it, but now he realized that the situation was so serious and there were so many accumulated.
"Delete this one, and hide this one." Shi Shuqiu pointed at the screen and gave instructions.
Liu Kairui did as he was told. While clicking the mouse, he said, "What's wrong with you, Lao Shi? It doesn't matter if these things go in. This is Brother Chang's business. You just need to prepare for the seminar. Why do you care about him?"
Shi Shuqiu frowned: "Don't worry about it."
After he finished speaking, he realized that his tone was not very good, so he softened his tone and said, "Hurry up, the seminar is about to start. I'll wait until you finish deleting it before I go. If you're slow, I'll be late for the seminar. I'll treat you to barbecue later."
"Oh, then I have to hurry up so as not to delay your participation in the seminar."
After deleting a few more posts that were slandering him, Liu Kairui smiled and said, "Old Shi, I get it. Do you think that if these are broadcasted, it will have a bad impact on the reputation of our school? You even helped Brother Chang cover up for him despite past grudges. You are really considerate!"
Shi Shuqiu didn't say anything. He looked down at his watch and said impatiently, "Can you set a keyword to hide all related posts with one click?"
"sure."
"That's it, there's no time left."
“What are the keywords?”
"Just..." Shi Shuqiu thought for a moment, "Brother Chang. Hide all references to 'Brother Chang', including comments."
Liu Kairui shook his head and sighed in his heart that Shi Shuqiu was worthy of being the son of Shi Tonghe, and was truly a man of high character and integrity.
It was obvious that today was his day to go viral. After the seminar, his reputation and status in the Chinese literary world were completely established. He was the first one mentioned when young writers were mentioned. People like Chang Ge were insignificant, just a speck of dust that would fall into a corner and no one would care. I didn't expect that he would even care about this kind of dragging down. How could this not be a kind of gentleness?
Shi Shuqiu watched him hide all the posts that mentioned "Chang Ge" before he walked out of the boys' dormitory with peace of mind. He then called Han Fei.
"Hey, Han Fei, where are you? At the south gate? Okay, just wait there, I'll come find you...something's going on."
After borrowing a bicycle and riding to the place, Han Fei, Xu Rongrong and Zhao Peilin were sitting in the Luckin Coffee next to them drinking coffee. Shi Shuqiu was stunned when he saw outsiders.
"Hey, look who's here?" Xu Rongrong greeted with a smile, "Is the big star here?"
When Zhao Peilin saw him, he silently turned his head away.
He didn't want to talk. His throat was a little sore.
I had a quarrel with Xu Rongrong, and after watching "Obtain", I yelled and cursed at the escaped Wang Zixu, which hurt my throat a little.
Now that I think about it, the quarrels before must have been pure enjoyment for Wang Zixu. He threw "Get" to him and ran away, obviously wanting him to help him slap his face.
He just refused to help. After Wang Zixu left, he put away the book and said nothing. When Xu Rongrong asked him what was wrong, he refused to say anything.
He wants to enjoy it too.
So Xu Rongrong mocked him a few more times later, but he just sneered and didn't even refute her. This made Xu Rongrong feel very bored, so they temporarily stopped fighting and the three of them went to drink cheap coffee together.
Shi Shuqiu came over and said to Han Fei, "Han Fei, can I have a word with you?"
Han Fei followed him to the side, and Shi Shuqiu asked quietly, "Do you remember that Zhang Chou submitted a news article to your school newspaper before?"
Han Fei blinked her eyes: "It's 'our' school newspaper, not 'your' school newspaper!"
"Okay, our school newspaper. Do you remember that article?"
Han Fei said, "Remember, it was about many students in the school having their manuscripts rejected, and Wang Zixu had his manuscripts rejected several times?"
"Yes, yes." Shi Shuqiu nodded, "Has that manuscript not been published yet? If not, please help withdraw it and don't publish it."
Han Fei blinked: "Why?"
Shi Shuqiu frowned and said, "You know, Zhang Chou is my good buddy. He wrote this article which was a bit provocative. I'm afraid he will get into trouble."
Han Fei said: "But he said that you read this manuscript and said it was very well written."
"He's talking nonsense! I didn't read it, I didn't say it. I didn't even know he wrote this manuscript. Is that what he told you? Then this manuscript must not be sent to him. He is falsely conveying the imperial edict." Shi Shuqiu quickly denied three times.
Han Fei said: "But, we have already arranged the layout and have to publish it today. If we withdraw this manuscript, we will have to start over again!"
Shi Shuqiu begged: "Miss Han, I'll treat you to milk tea. I'll pay for milk tea for a month, okay?"
"A month and a half."
"Okay, okay."
Han Fei went back happily and ran into Zhao Peilin and Xu Rongrong. Seeing that she was alone, Zhao Peilin asked, "What did Shi Shuqiu say to you?"
(End of this chapter)