Reborn Cultural Empire

96. The wind is too loud to hear clearly

The hour hand points to 98:1 a.m. on January 1, 9. Yuezhou People's Square is already crowded with people. The urban garden covers an area of ​​nearly [-] square meters. Except for half of the green space, other places where you can walk and sit are almost There was a crowd.

Half of them are boys and girls aged fifteen or sixteen.

And the most central venue was already filled with tables and chairs like a meeting, and the five or six staff members on the rostrum were busy back and forth nervously, not letting go of any possible omissions.

Below are the long guns and short guns of the press corps. Nearly 40 media outlets from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, as well as the imperial capital, the satellite TV station in Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan, Southern Weekend, and even two foreign media stationed in Hong Kong came. A total of [-] people sat in the venue under the stage with great interest, waiting for the press conference to be held.

What attracted so much media was nothing more than the impact of the two red books of Siyue Culture since the second half of 97. One was "Those Things in the Song Dynasty", which had been bestsellers for nearly half a year, and the sales force was still strong. The other is "Cloud Desolation. Kyushu Wandering", which has gone viral on middle and high school campuses across the country.

And when Siyue Culture released the news this time that the author of "Yunhuang" will sign and sell the book on the spot, it naturally attracted large and small media to flock to it.

In the past few years before the turn of the century, concepts such as "paparazzi" and "hype" have not yet emerged in China, so on the one hand, readers are curious about the authors of these two books, and on the other hand, Siyue is interested in the authors. Information is kept secret.It can be said that almost everyone who loves books, or insiders in the cultural circle, is not curious about these "two" mysterious writers, but now Siyue once released the news, and there is also the second volume of "Song Dynasty", Two new masterpieces by the author of "Song Dynasty", as well as the second volume of "Cloud Desolation. Kyushu Wandering", the second volume of "Cloud Desolation" series... a total of five new books were repackaged and launched at the same time, which ignited the attention of the whole country .

"Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and readers and friends here!" Tingting, the emcee hired from the Greater Art Institute, walked up to the rostrum under the electronic screen: "At the beginning of the new year, I represent Yuezhou City All staff of Siyue Culture, welcome to come..."

The non-nutritious welcome words did not arouse people's interest at all, and their greatest effect was to silence the discussions of the thousands of onlookers around. The master of ceremonies landed on the row of rostrums behind her.

The formation of four men and one woman made the reporters below feel a little silly. The fat man in the middle is said to be the boss of Siyue, and they more or less got the notice from their colleagues.

Another younger man automatically sat on the side of the fat boss, making it clear that he was an assistant or something, while the two men on the other side both wore glasses, and their shirt collars were meticulous, full of literary style. .Such an uncle-level character, shouldn't he be the author of a boy manga?

A reporter at the bottom discussed with the cameraman in his station, but there was also a reporter from a certain magazine who knew something about comics, so he smiled and explained to the two colleagues next to him who had acquainted with him a few times: "Know the Japanese Comics? It’s those doraemons and beautiful girls that children love to read. They are all drawn by middle-aged uncles and aunts, so don’t look at the two people above who look like dogs, maybe they are innocent and crazy at heart Zhou Botong."

The colleagues in the circle nodded "so that's the case", and then guessed with great interest: "Then which one of them do you think may be the author of "Cloud Desolation"? I think the one on the far left is very boring, probably it is The author of this shojo manga."

The reporter from that magazine glanced around, and the eyes clearly showed how you can judge people by appearances: "Location, look at the location, it's a new book signing event, how can you put the author on the side!"

"Then there's a little girl in the middle!" Someone reminded, and immediately the crowd erupted into an uproar.This little girl has an excellent temperament, even if she just sits there doing nothing, she still has the charm of attracting people's attention.But the most important thing is that "Yunhuang" is not the kind of preschool children's book in China. The plot concept, character creation, including the humor and wisdom contained in each line are not written by children of this age. ah.

It is more reliable to say that she relies on her face to film.

Then I heard the master of ceremonies, who had finished his speech, walk back to the rostrum, and sat next to the young man who looked like an assistant: "Next, I invite Ms. Su Wan, the author of the "Yun Huang" series of comics, to give a speech."

Eh?Miss?

The master of ceremonies is talking about the lady, not the gentleman!

The reporters in the audience were extremely unprofessional and stunned for a full beat before they remembered something. One by one hurriedly raised the cameras in their hands, and the sound of clicking and clicking suddenly rang out.

And the reporter who first popularized the "common sense of cartoon authors" to everyone, the facial features on his face suddenly squeezed into a geometric figure that even the Galaxy Supercomputer could not solve, it was amazing.

They were not the ones who were the most shocked, but the ones who reacted the most were the children, big and small, who surrounded the middle field tightly.

From the standard loli Zhengtai in her teens to the young man in her early twenties, there is almost a whole round of difference between the two generations. I don't know which one - or which ones took the lead after shouting "Su Wan", The atmosphere in the entire square immediately boiled over, and the noise caused the residents of the community one street away to open their windows and look down from a height.

"Su Wan! Su Wan! Su Wan!"

"Ah! I'm going to die, the author of "The Desolation of Clouds" is actually a beautiful iceberg!"

"Su Wan, book signing, we want book signing!"

Seeing the frenzied atmosphere at the moment, Mr. Fat in the middle of the rostrum was overwhelmed with surprises. As expected, he was hit by that kid. The audience of these comics, that is, the children of all ages in the square, really have a few. The posture of chasing stars.

As for Yang Yi, who was watching live TV at the Siyue base camp half a block away, the expression on his face was that of a wretched villain for a while, and then changed into a self-confidence that was wiped out while chatting and laughing. Be sure, the transition is extremely smooth and natural.

Of course, there is a posture of chasing stars. Otherwise, the mystery at the beginning, the continuous momentum in recent days, and the image design of the magic city stylist racked their brains. If the current Su Wan is placed in the comic exhibition of later generations, I am afraid Some fans have already started to attack the rostrum.

Even so, the staff maintaining order are still overwhelmed. Rogo even thought of calling the police to help.

"Hello, audience friends, I am Wenya from Yuezhou Satellite TV. I am currently in the People's Square of Yuezhou City, and I will bring you a report on the Siyue Culture New Year's Day Book Fair and the live signing event of the "Yun Huang" series of comics... Scene The atmosphere is very warm, and this kind of enthusiasm was triggered by the author of the "Yun Huang" series of comics, the 16-year-old beautiful girl writer Su Wan..."

The camera turned to the surrounding readers, seeing the excited expressions of boys and girls, and even many little girls blushed, trembling with excitement, Yang Yi was really worried when he saw such a Su In the evening, will those little girls go farther and farther on the road of no return to Lily?

Forget it, just sink into it, it's better than degenerate into a rotten girl later.

Then a vaguely familiar face came into Yang Yi's sight in the camera. This is... Lin Momo?

Sprayed all over her face with a sip of tea, this extremely unreal little girl actually came to Yuezhou?

……

After experiencing the initial accident and turmoil, the reporters on the field were still boiling with gossip, but their brains were running at high speed, preparing questions one by one that could arouse readers' interest. The chain cannot be temporarily dropped.

Of course, her hands were not idle. When Su Wan placed "Wandering in Kyushu" and "Mo Yanshi" which was about to be signed, one on the left and one on the right next to her face for people to take pictures, that picture and the two comics The faces of the characters on the cover reflect each other, and I don't know how many films have been murdered.

Compared with Su Wan, the so-called beautiful writers of later generations are scumbags with only 5 fighting power.

Finally, after Su Wan finished speaking, Rogo finished speaking, and the other two publishing editors and operation editors also finished speaking, the right to speak was handed over to the reporters present.And when the beautiful emcee, who had been robbed of all the scenes, announced the start of the question and answer session, a forest of human arms below dazzled her eyes.

Probably in ancient times, a rich lady with both talent and beauty threw a hydrangea ball, but this posture was nothing more than this.

The host of the press conference was the master of ceremonies, but the one who decided who would ask questions was the fat boss who kept smiling and squinting his eyes. The more this happened, the more his eyes were blurred: "For the first question, please ask this Come sir."

Gong Xiaobing, a reporter from the Yuezhou Evening News, is also Rogo's crotch-opening friend. After receiving the suggestive glances from Mr. Fatty, the gentle and uncrowned king couldn't wait to stand up: "Hi, Miss Su Wan, I'm Yuezhou Gong Xiaobing from the Evening News, I have a few questions here. First, what is your current status? A student or a full-time cartoonist? Second, what is your motivation for creating the "Clouds and Desolation" series? Wealth or fame? Third, I noticed that your works incorporate a lot of traditional Chinese culture, such as Chu Wu culture, ancient social outlook, "Mountain and Sea", "Huainanzi"... Are these things you have really dabbled in, or are you just trying to complete them? Comics and look up as information?"

These three questions were carefully designed by Boss Fat. The standard answer Su Wan had recited countless times. It was really too easy, but when Su Wan opened her mouth, there was still a little unexpected problem.

"Professional..." Su Wan paused for a moment, then said expressionlessly, "Mom..."

Rogo's heart almost stopped beating, and he had a heart called Su Wangu nainai—hey, director, that's not how the lines were written!You are jumping out word by word, are we holding a live demonstration of the latest intelligent robot?

The eyelids of the off-site supervisor are also jumping, and the sweat in the palm of the hand is dripping out. What is cherishing words like gold, this is called cherishing words like gold!It was another girl who wanted to hold the microphone and chatter endlessly, but Su Wan was fine, two phrases answered two questions.

I have never found that this girl is so good at summarizing.

But fortunately, the girl in the third question was not so concise. She only said the core vocabulary and let the audience make up their minds: "As for the things integrated in the comics, I can't say I'm proficient, but I don't treat them casually, but We don’t want to know anything about the things left by our ancestors...Of course, the things I added in the comics are very superficial and even superficial, and I just hope to play a role in attracting people.”

Su Wan had never said so many words in one breath, but because she recited the whole process, she didn't feel too much pressure.

And the reporters in the audience seized every opportunity and frantically pressed the shutter.

After Su Wan finished answering the first reporter's question, and because people understood her—Yang Yi to be precise—'s far-reaching intentions on the last question, the audience gave them warm applause.

And just when Rogo was about to point to the second speaker, a mid-spirited voice came in very abruptly: "A liar, a plagiarist, is ashamed to talk about ideology and culture!"

Whoa!

The whole audience started to shudder, and the reporters on the central field turned their heads in unison, looking for the source of the sound. The staff who were even more disgraced than them were the staff sent by Siyue to the scene.

Finally, all eyes focused on a middle-aged man squeezed out from the crowd. This man looked indignant, and he was carrying a portable speaker. It can be imagined that his voice was definitely planned for a long time.

The security guards at the scene went up three or four immediately, trying to get him out of the arena, but what the man said next made the security guards shy away: "What? The plagiarism is so lawless ? If you feel guilty, just do it!"

Several people turned their heads to look at Rogo on the stage. After all, he was the person in charge here, and Mr. Fat, who had recovered from the sudden blow, signaled the security personnel to stop with a dark face. He picked up the microphone: "Sir, do you know what you are doing now? If I don't have a sufficient explanation for what happened today, I will definitely sue you for defamation."

"Do you want to read a plagiarist? Do you have the face to sue the sufferer?" The man smiled sadly, and then raised a thick stack of manuscript paper in his hand: "What about "Yunhuang. Kyushu Wandering", what about "Ink. Yanshi", these are all It's a story that my son has conceived for several years, adapted from Shan Hai Jing, and you shamelessly plagiarized it just like that!"

There was a hurricane-like bang in the audience, because the man used a loudspeaker, so even the people on the edge of the venue could hear it clearly.And the air currents and noisy sounds produced by thousands of people clamoring and discussing made Su Wan in the center of the venue feel that it was difficult to breathe.

The girl encountered such an accident in her first appearance. Although she tried to keep calm, her mind was helplessly blank.

In the field, the man's sharp questioning, coupled with the fact that it sounded very real, immediately caught the sensitive nerves of the reporters present, and the frequency of shutter pressing almost doubled.

And some of the media that Rogo had greeted beforehand looked a little solemn for a while, but whether it was out of professional habits or the idea of ​​doing something for their friends, they all started to record in the end.

Some of Su Wan's fans at the scene became agitated, yelling at the man and feeling very angry, but immediately there were other voices with opposite opinions.As soon as Rogo heard the voice of not objecting early or late, but supporting the man at this time, he knew that today must be troublesome.

"Look, these are my son's sketches. He is a student of an ordinary middle school in the outer suburbs. He is reluctant to spend a penny of pocket money, so he saves up all his money to buy drawing paper and ink. His biggest and only hobby is these comics!" The man brightened the manuscript paper in his hand with grief and indignation: "But just when he was about to submit a manuscript to the publishing house, he found that his work was shamelessly plagiarized. What a blow to a teenage boy, can you Imagine?"

Before the words were finished, those people with ulterior motives who had hunned in at the beginning immediately started clamoring: "What beautiful cartoonist? Is it someone's little wife? Plagiarism is shameless!"

"Speak clearly, make things clear!"

"Return Yuezhou's pride! I think it's Yuezhou's shame!"

Under the opponent's every step of the way, Rogo couldn't bear it anymore, he slapped the table and stood up, his teeth were almost gnawed: "Fart, who asked you to slander! Tell me Clear!" But even with a microphone, his voice was instantly drowned in the turbulent din, without even splashing a little water.

The master of ceremonies next to him, and the editorial assistant were all shouting to calm down, calm down, etc., but it also had no effect at all. Now, when everyone is shocked and discussing, who would calm down and listen to their explanations? .

"I still have evidence to ask you, what is this "Wandering in Kyushu", isn't it clearly written, it is a painting of 'Zero', written by 'One'? Then who is Zero and who is One? Why is the author now you? Already?" The troublemaker did not forget the instructions of the person behind him, and threw out the question he had repeatedly asked.

Su Wan was completely stunned on the stage. She, who was originally reticent, couldn't tell the difference in the face of these interrogations. The restless venue now looked more like a hell of eating people. She was almost hua It took all the strength of the whole body to barely maintain the courage to persevere.

"Tell me, can't explain it?" The middle-aged man became more and more aggressive: "Why is it written on the cover that there are two people, and now you are the only author, aren't you guilty?"

I don't know how many people of unknown origin are in the venue. Anyway, there are voices like "plagiarism is shameful" and "return others' things", which are very inflammatory.Although there were also Su Wan's diehard fans who argued and even scolded each other, the effect was only to make the scene more luscious.

Coupled with the fact that some media didn't say hello, they were only focused on capturing this explosive news, and there were even reporters rushing forward to interview the man, the situation could not be controlled in a short while.

And when that man saw someone come up for an interview, he immediately slapped the manuscript paper in his hands with red eyes, handed it under the noses of several reporters, and did not forget to emphasize repeatedly: "Tell me, their comics clearly say There are two authors, and now only one girl who doesn't understand anything is brought in, what does this mean? Could it be that someone plagiarized for him?"

The girl who has never experienced this kind of scene has just managed to regain her senses now. Seeing the aggressive look of the other party and more and more doubts, she can't help feeling panic. She doesn't know what will happen in the end. The ending ended, but in the girl's cognition, this is already an unsolvable problem.

Gritting her teeth, the girl picked up the microphone, not to defend herself, but to look directly at the audience: "There are no two people, one and zero are me, and I didn't plagiarize."

Regardless of whether the result is good or bad, I can work hard to keep him from being involved in this dispute.

But he didn't consider at all that after saying this sentence, he just made himself more suspicious of being unclear.

……

I just went to the bathroom and missed the scene where the middle-aged man appeared. When Yang Yi returned to the TV, there was already an uproar in the square.

Then I saw Su Wan faltering under the premeditated questioning, but insisting that he was the so-called one and zero, and he would die without revealing his pale face.

snap!The thin-glazed and thin-bodied teacup in Yang Yi's hand was crushed to pieces.

Secretary Rogo rushed over in a panic and was about to say something when he saw the scene in front of him. The tea dyed red flowed down Yang Yi's hand and dripped on the ground, which was extremely glaring.

"Little Yang..."

It was the first time that Yang Yi interrupted a woman: "Arrange the car, I'll go there, now." He didn't have any symptoms, but his voice became hoarse as if it couldn't be wound.

Rogo's secretary's lover couldn't help but shudder at the extremely abnormally calm expression. He didn't dare to say a word, so he hurried to arrange a vehicle.

She had just exited the door when she heard a bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang sound in the room, it was evident that the bottles and jars were smashed to the ground...

Shaking his head at the editor leaning out from the editorial room next to him, the little secretary gritted her teeth and rushed into the backyard.

Yang Yi didn't follow out immediately, but tried to calm down at the door.

He hated, hated that vulgar and shameless person who ran out of nowhere, and even more hated the mastermind behind this person.

He hated, hated himself for not insisting for a while, and agreed to Su Wan standing at the front desk, so that the girl would not be attacked like this.

Wait for me, Su Wan.

Wait for me, those lurky crap.

……

Siyue's official car was speeding along the busiest main road, and it only took half the usual time to rush into the crowded square.

Before the car came to a complete stop, Yang Yi had already opened the car door and rushed out, almost staggered by the inertia.

After rushing through the crowd of countless obstacles, I saw a crowded meeting place. The area originally used for reading experience activities was already full of people.However, the press seats under the rostrum were mostly empty. The owners of these seats were either crowded in front of the rostrum, or they were interviewing the surrounding audience.

Roggo was not there, mostly to coordinate and dredge the relationship. Now only his assistant and another editor are trying to maintain the scene.

In front of Su Wan, there were two reporters with microphones extended.

In a violent mood, he pushed the two uncrowned kings away, ignored their surprised and angry eyes from the beginning to the end, and stepped forward to hold the girl's hand.

"Come with me first."

Su Wan stubbornly stood still, her eyes full of panic.

Because of Yang Yi's sudden appearance, countless eyes instantly focused on the two of them.There was also a reporter shouting from behind: "That kid over there, what is your relationship with Miss Su Wan? Why did you take her away?"

More targeted slogans were shouted out, and thousands of people watched curiously and made noise.

Ignoring everything around him at all, Yang Yi pulled Su Wan to his side, and dragged her from the shortcut behind the electronic screen to the square management office, where Siyue temporarily rented a resting place.

Su Wan's anxious voice came from behind him: "What are you doing here, go by yourself! I can't escape like this!"

He held her hand even tighter, and the answer that came with the wind made her eye sockets and chest wet together.

"The wind is too loud to hear clearly."