Chapter 222 Mom, I Want to Go to the Moon

Chapter 222 Mom, I Want to Go to the Moon

Chapter 222 Mom, I Want to Go to the Moon
Since Gu Zao burst onto the literary scene with a short story at the age of 20, Shi Tonghe had met him no less than times in various occasions. He was very familiar with this fellow's character.

It's like if you offend him, he won't say anything to your face, but secretly feeds laxatives to your chickens.

He has never actually fed laxatives to anyone's chickens, but he would do something similar. He would not say a word after doing it, and he would not even smile even if your yard was full of chicken shit. In short, he is a ruthless person, and he is also mean.

Shi Tonghe's family doesn't raise chickens, but he has many other weaknesses. Besides, if he doesn't let Gu Zao speak here, he will go to his friends in the media to speak later, so it's better to let him speak here.

Gu Zao pretended to clear his throat, took out his speech and said:

“Fire in the Stone is a work that has been forged from the ashes. Wang Zixu uses a cold brushstroke to dissect the folds of the times, showing the tiny but burning light of life beneath the grand narrative of history.

"This narrative style is very noble and is by no means 'historical nihilism'. The characters in the book do not exist in isolation, but go against the tide of history and comfort themselves in the pain of the times. This kind of control of reality requires the author to have a deep understanding of the underlying texture and also requires ambition, which is rare in the contemporary literary world.

"Teacher Wang Zhongxing criticized the book for its loose structure, which is wrong. It is Wang Zhongxing's personal aesthetic preference. The narrative structure of this book is extremely tense. As the title suggests, the text always wanders between 'solidification' and 'flow', with a petrified texture of reality and a hot undercurrent like magma..."

Gu Zao spoke well of Fire in the Stone and also scolded Kong Huaifang and Wang Zhongxing.

Shi Tonghe expected this. What he didn't expect was that he would brag so openly and not care about his own face at all.

He didn't know when Gu Zao met Wang Zixu. Considering Wang Zixu's old-fashionedness and Gu Zao's arrogance, there should be no chance for the two to collude.

Gu Zao's voice was fading away from him, the long table wrapped in green cloth stretched endlessly, and Wang Zixu's face at the end became increasingly blurred. His vision began to be covered by the past again.

The sofa was soft and fluffy and was trimmed with gold thread. When Xue Nier sat down, her butt pressed down a dent. Then the other party handed her a small iron box, which she opened with a "pop". There was a cigar inside.

"Brazilian cigars, have you ever smoked one? Try it."

From the other person's smile, it can be seen that he is expecting to make a fool of himself.

At that time, he didn't know how to please others, so he was deliberately cautious, but he still made a fool of himself and almost vomited his lungs. So the other party laughed.

"You can't draw it out suddenly. Take a sip first, hold it in your mouth, let it slowly get dizzy, and then spit it out. Do you understand?"

That was after Shi Tonghe's first book became a huge success. He was found by a well-known director, who invited him to Beijing to discuss adapting the script.

This director has long been famous all over the world, and can be called "the so-and-so generation". And the director believes that after this movie is made, he, as the original author, can also become famous all over the world.

He liked to see Shi Tonghe's surprised expression, because he was from the countryside, so he took him everywhere to "open his eyes". In fact, he didn't need to do it deliberately. He was already open-minded enough.

He invited him to stay at the Kunlun Hotel, which cost 200 yuan a night. At that time, the monthly salary in the factory was only 300 yuan. The director told him to stay wherever he wanted and to check out when he finished writing.

They held several banquets. At one banquet, the director invited many actresses, all of whom looked familiar to him because he had seen them on TV.

The director told him, this is your work, you get to choose the heroine. Do you know Noah's Ark? Whoever God lets on the boat will survive. Now, you get to be God.

He introduced those actresses: This one can dance and has a flexible waist, I slept with her before; this one is the best at crying and can do crying scenes easily, I slept with her before; this one is the best at singing, I'll ask her to sing for you, oh yes, I've slept with her before.

He had slept with every one of them. He said this in front of them, not caring about the dignity of the actresses at all. The actresses still smiled after hearing this, not avoiding his gaze at all.

He, on the other hand, avoided their gazes, too ashamed to look up. He was afraid to see himself in their eyes - the silent accomplice.

He wanted to tell the director, you know, you don't have to build your excellence on destroying other people's self-esteem. In my eyes, you are already worthy of admiration.

But he didn't say it. The reason he didn't say it was that he was cowardly, he was afraid of losing this opportunity, he was afraid that because of his sympathy, he would delay the opportunity to change his fate.

Therefore, the director not only destroyed the dignity of the actresses, but also destroyed his own dignity.

That night, he returned to his room and wrote a poem:

Mom, I want to go to the moon
Go to the moon and live in poetry
My body is on the ground

My soul in the universe

Mom, I'm not being unrealistic and bookish.
My spirit is in pain

My body enjoys it

Mom, I'm scared

I'm not afraid of being too mentally fragile
I am afraid that my physical self is too strong

I'm afraid it will get in the way and kill my spirit.
Mom, I want to go to the moon
There is poetry everywhere
Shi Tonghe could not write modern poetry. This was the only poem he wrote, which he hid after writing and never published.

To this day, the original manuscript of this poem is still hidden in his safest corner. He has moved several times but never discarded it or dealt with it.

He never picked up the poem to savor it, but the content of the poem was hidden in a drawer in his mind and could not be forgotten. He was afraid of seeing the cowardly self he was at that time, and he was also afraid of losing his original self.

On Wang Zixu's face, he saw a self that had never existed.

That's why he hated this face.

Gu Zao finally finished his speech. Shi Tonghe felt a little tired and said, "Then..."

Before he could finish, Shen Qingfeng interrupted him: "Mr. Shi, I want to speak too."

Shi Tonghe had been interrupted less often than he had been today. He was a little impatient, but he agreed with Shen Qingfeng's speech. He had heard about the conflict between Shen Qingfeng and Wang Zixu.

But as soon as Shen Qingfeng opened his mouth, everyone's jaw dropped:

"Teacher Kong Huaifang just said that I said Wang Zixu was a troublemaker in Xihe before, particularly rebellious and unruly. Let me clarify, I did say that, but Teacher Kong may have misunderstood what I meant.

"As a writer, he may be a little arrogant, but as a person, I have never met a more honest person than him. It is better to say that he is upright rather than honest. He is a very upright person.

"In my opinion - and I am taking advantage of my seniority to say this - his irritating behavior is a manifestation of the confidence that a writer should have, and it shows his personality, which is not wrong for a writer, right?
"As for Mr. Kong's accusation that he took things out of context, fabricated facts, and excluded others... that is completely false. He has never done such a thing.

"——Of course, I was talking about his previous performance in Xihe. I don't know the situation of his behavior today, so I won't comment on it."

After Shen Qingfeng finished speaking, Wang Zixu was very surprised. He even doubted his ears. Did I hear it right? Shen Qingfeng actually spoke human language?

Wang Zixu looked at him, and the other party turned around, blinked at him, and smiled sarcastically. He laughed at his surprise, and laughed at him for not understanding Shen Qingfeng at all -

Although I am unscrupulous, at least I am a modern person born in New China and I don't engage in feudal practices!
At this time, Xiao Mengyin timidly raised her hand again and stammered:

"I, I also want to speak..."

Shi Tonghe looked at her impatiently: "Gu Zao has analyzed it well enough. If you don't have any new ideas, don't say anything!"

Xiao Mengyin had originally wanted to stand up and support Fire in the Stone to prove that his literary ideals were not tarnished, but after being yelled at by Shi Tonghe, he backed off and stammered:

“Is that so… Then I won’t say anything…”

Shi Tonghe glanced at everyone and said in an unquestionable tone:
"Dismissed!" Everyone immediately packed up their things. The reporters had been waiting for the starting gun to sound, and immediately rushed in like hungry dogs out of a cage. Those who were shaken outside the door even set up long guns and short guns, guarding the entrance and exit.

Shi Tonghe's close associates stood up to protect him, repeating loudly and repeatedly that they would not accept interviews. The leaders in charge of the conference had already arranged for someone to escort Shi Tonghe away.

Wang Zixu did not receive such good treatment. As many people came to him as Shi Tonghe, the scene was in chaos.

Duan Xiaosang pressed the headset, stood up and asked repeatedly: "Younan, Younan, the meeting is over, do you want to stop Wang Zixu? Do you want to? Hello?"

Lu Qingxuan typed on her phone with shaking hands: "It's over. I bet the situation is beyond your imagination!"

Pu Yuyang was still at a loss, Tian Zhenlei and Ji Shaofei looked at each other, and Gu Zao stood up to meet the attack.

One person pushed aside all the reporters, approached Wang Zixu and said to him, "Please come over."

Wang Zixu said, "What did you say?"

"Come over! The leader wants you!"

"Who's looking for it?"

"lead!"

Wang Zixu wanted to ask which leader to find. But from the other party's perspective, no matter which leader it is, the leader is the leader and the order is absolute.

The other party didn't say anything else. He grabbed his arm with one hand and carried him out like a chicken.

In fact, Wang Zixu felt a little humiliated, but the other party was more powerful than he looked. He broke through like splitting the sea and pushed away everyone around Wang Zixu.

If it weren't for him, Wang Zixu really wouldn't know how to get out.

Before the two of them reached the door, Kong Huaifang squeezed over and stretched out his hand to Wang Zixu: "Where's the stuff?"

"what?"

"Recorder!"

"What recorder?"

Kong Huaifang said: "Search his bag."

Wang Zixu said: "Try to move me."

Kong Huaifang didn't dare to move. He was just talking, and no one listened to him.

The man next to Wang Zixu said, "We are just about to deal with this matter. Teacher Kong is not in a hurry."

Kong Huaifang said: "Okay, this matter must be dealt with immediately and seriously."

The shutters kept clicking and flashes were flashing one after another. Shi Tonghe lowered his head and covered his face with his hands, and was surrounded by people like a prisoner.

Wang Zixu's face was also blurred by the flash, and judging from the tension of the guy next to him who was pulling him, he looked more like a criminal.

Just as the two men reached the door, a black diamond obsidian Aston Martin drove over with a "beep beep" sound, and rolled in front of them with the arrogance to knock down anyone. When the optical glass was lowered, An Younan's face wearing sunglasses was revealed.

"Hey, Wang Zixu, come up."

The person next to her didn't know An Younan, but he knew her car and could tell what the three 8s on her license plate meant. He said politely:
"Mr. Wang is going to a meeting with us now."

An Younan said nonchalantly, "Isn't the meeting over?"

"Another meeting."

An Younan shook his head, his hair loose: "Our prince is not available anymore, I have something to talk to him about. Get in the car."

The person next to him said: "But our leader requires..."

An Younan frowned: "I don't care who your leader is. I am An Younan and I am taking him away now. Go back and talk to your leader. Call me if you have anything."

The person next to him said in a more humble tone: "Your contact information..."

She showed a bit of joking on her face: "If you don't even have my contact information, then don't be a leader."

After saying that, seeing Wang Zixu still standing there in a daze, An Younan urged, "Why are you standing there in a daze? Get in the car!"

Wang Zixu got into the car. When he fastened his seat belt, he noticed that she was wearing pajamas.

An Younan stepped on the accelerator and drove a short distance before seeing Shi Tonghe in front of him. He rolled down the window and stopped next to him.

"Teacher Shi."

"Miss An!" Shi Tonghe shook off the people around him and came over. He immediately saw Wang Zixu sitting in the passenger seat and his face froze.

An Younan said briskly: "Teacher Shi, it seems that something uncontrollable happened at the seminar."

Shi Tonghe was in a trance for a while, and almost lost his balance. He lowered his voice and said:
"Miss An, I think there might be some misunderstanding."

An Younan glanced at Wang Zixu, smiled, and said, "Don't mind me, I have nothing to do with him. It's mainly because he's a hot topic, I'll take him back and do some research."

Shi Tonghe felt a little relieved, glanced at the reporters who were catching up with him, and said in a faster tone:
"Ms. An, I followed your request and held this meeting despite my hesitation. Regarding the promotion of Yesterday's Star..."

An Younan smiled and said, "Oh, I was just about to tell you about this. You see, this happened today. If you promote Yesterday's Star at this time, there may be public opinion problems. I'm afraid we will have to withdraw your promotion."

Shi Tonghe was anxious: "But Yesterday's Star is not my work, it's my son's work!"

An Younan lowered his head and said, "Your public opinion is your son's public opinion."

"Miss An..."

"Sorry, I really can't make the decision." An Younan waved at him, "That's it. See you later."

She stepped on the gas again, and the car drove away from Shi Tonghe, who looked dejected.

Wang Zixu was silent in the car for a long time before he spoke:
"Are you here to save me, or to provoke him?"

An Younan chuckled: "Neither. I came here to watch the fun. By the way, his son's channel promotion is not going well, do you want to promote your "Fire in the Stone"? I can give it to you."

(End of this chapter)