Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 696 The Call of the Wild (Second Change)

"The call of the wild?"

Zhang Chong was a little surprised when he looked at the new book he had just drawn.

The reason why he was surprised was that he had just seen two dogs fighting in the rubbish dump on the street yesterday.

He doesn't know much about dog breeds, but the two dogs look like Teddy, one is bigger and can reach an adult's knee when standing up, the other is much smaller and heavier than Zhang My feet don't grow much.

But the result of this dog fight was unexpected. In the end, the decent-looking big dog was defeated, turned around and ran away after barking twice.

The little dog just glanced at the big dog, and occupied the territory it guarded with peace of mind.

The soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of the horizontal ones, and the horizontal ones are afraid of the deadly ones.

It is the same with people, and it is the same with dogs.

This little dog may have once been a beloved pet of a caring person. Due to some unknown reasons, it eventually became a stray dog ​​who wandered the streets and rummaged through garbage dumps for a living.

It used to be well-clothed and well-fed. It could eat delicious dog food by wagging its tail every day, and sleep in a warm room at night.It's not the same now, it's nothing but that dump.

Perhaps it was also because there was no way out, that it was able to frighten the big dog away with its life-threatening momentum.

Zhang Zhong couldn't help thinking about the fate of this puppy.

The garbage dump is a product of the snack street behind, which is rare in modern cities. I heard that this snack street will be demolished in a few days, and it will lose its territory at that time.

Of course, it may not last until then, and the city management department will take it away.

But Zhang Zhong was deeply impressed by the energy it erupted.

So Zhang Zhong was a little surprised to get "The Call of the Wild" suddenly today. Maybe there is some connection between these two things?Or is it pure coincidence?
Zhang Zhong was only a little surprised, and didn't get too entangled in this issue.

The book has been printed in his mind, and he can get it out at any time.

Jack London is a very controversial writer.

His family was poor. When he was eight years old, he had to go to the ranch to work as a shepherd boy to make a living. Later, he successively worked as a newsboy, dock worker, sailboat taxpayer, and linen factory worker.

He was also arrested and imprisoned for "loitering without employment" and spent several months in prison.

Such a turbulent life made him feel courageous.

As a young man, he was a hooligan who stole, fought, and even burned other people's ships.

But he is a person who loves reading very much. Even in such a difficult environment, he has read a lot of works. It is said that he has already familiarized himself with Washington Irving's Spanish travel book "Alhambra" when he was nine years old. ".

If you put aside the assholes he did, in any era, he is a teenage genius praised by everyone.

What's even more legendary is that this guy had a wild temper. He once made a living by stealing oysters from farmers in the San Francisco Bay, but later went to work as a patrolman and hunted down oyster thieves.

He ended up living a life he hated...

Jack London never lived his life as a stalwart gentleman in the eyes of others. In his 40 years of short life, he has experienced many things that ordinary people have not experienced, dark and magnificent.

It is also this kind of life experience that makes his works often make people feel the worship of life itself, and the pursuit of the original form and spiritual freedom for the meaning of life and existence.

When Zhang Zhong thinks of Jack London, he also unnaturally thinks of rock and roll.

Sometimes Zhang Zhong would smile when he saw some singers selling their so-called freedom and anger to others. The freedom and anger they talked about was nothing but helpless groans.

Real rock, like Jack London's works, should have the combination of freedom and passion like Dionysus, bursting out the most primitive call of life - tenacious survival.

When I say that Jack London is controversial, I don't mean these small fights.

Influenced by the theory of evolution and Nietzsche's individualism and racism in the early days, he has never been used to people of yellow race.

He once published "Yellow Peril" and other articles expressing his worries about the consequences of China's expansion, and also said that China would subvert the Western world, which can be regarded as an early revolution.

Later, in the novel "Unprecedented Invasion", it was also proposed to prevent the rise of China through biological warfare.

In that era, ideas like Jack London were not uncommon, and it could be said to be a product of the times.

So the Chinese are also ambivalent about him.

Of course, there are also changes in Jack London's thinking. It may be that he has been a reporter for a while and has come into contact with more Chinese people. He has changed from the original prejudice and hatred to some understanding and sympathy.

His transformation is based on the fact that the politics, economy and culture of a country in the course of its historical development will affect a person's view of the same thing.

Different cultural backgrounds and life experiences have influenced Jack London's cultural standpoint and ideology, thus affecting his views on the image of Chinese people.Therefore, his view of the Chinese is also the result of many factors.

Now there is also a typical example.

Before Zhang Zhong appeared, foreigners always held their heads up and expressed disdain when they mentioned Huaxia's science fiction novels, but now few people have such views.

This is not only due to Zhang Zhong alone. Since Chinese science fiction novels became popular abroad, a door has been opened, and the novels of many other Chinese science fiction writers have also entered the field of vision of foreigners.

Only then did they discover that Huaxia also has excellent science fiction novels, and it's not just pz alone.

With these understandings, their prejudices were gradually offset.

Zhang Zhong put "The Call of the Wild" aside, and he has no plans to release the book for the time being.

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He is going upstairs to prepare lessons, and he has two lessons to attend tomorrow.

However, I received an international call.

"Mr. Linde." Zhang Chong called out the name of the caller with a smile. They had exchanged contact information a long time ago.

"Did I bother you?" Linde's voice came from the phone, and it was not distorted because it was an international call. Linde's voice was very clear.

Zhang Chong said with a smile, "It's evening on my side, but the sun must have not risen on your side."

"I usually get up early." Linde smiled, "Daniel called me yesterday and asked me if I would go to Huaxia with him to find you. I shouldn't have disturbed you before you got up. .”

Hearing that Llorente was coming, Zhang Zhong smiled and said, "Of course I welcome you all. Have you agreed on when to come?"

"We don't care about time, so I want to ask when you have time."

"I can do it at any time, you can decide according to your own time." Zhang Zhong said.

Linde hummed, "Okay, then I'll tell Daniel now, and I'll call you later."

(End of this chapter)