Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 704 A booklet is about to be published (second update)

"I'll come after Christmas."

When Llorente said this reluctantly in the airport, Zhang Zhong didn't know how to answer it.

"Dad, what did Uncle Danny tell you just now?"

Zhang Zhong didn't correct his daughter's pronunciation, but said with a smile, "He said he was very happy to stay here these few days. The scenery is beautiful and the food is delicious. The most important thing is that he is very satisfied with his father's hospitality."

Pengpeng scratched his head, "Really? But I think he only said a very short sentence."

"Language, sometimes there will be some differences in the process of translation."

"Is it the same as the ancient poems we learned? A short sentence translates into a long sentence."

Zhang nodded, "Almost."

Xu Yuhan covered her mouth and smiled, "This Mr. Llorente is quite talkative, a little beyond my expectation. I remember someone said that he was from the ascetic school. He is quite handsome, but his expression has always been as cold as ice."

"Maybe it's because you want to let go of your mentality. Let's be fat. Let's go, let's go back too."

On the way back, Zhang Zhong read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" "The poster of the movie, the name of the movie has not been changed, and the title of the book has been copied.

A ten-character movie title is relatively long, especially for movies that go to theaters.

It’s not that Wenner never thought about changing the title of the movie to a simple one, but after much deliberation, he finally kept the title of the book. After all, this novel is so popular, and it’s really important to change the name and say “adapted from a certain book”. Some trouble, and the effect is not necessarily good.

In fact, when he was at the airport, Zhang Zhong also read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" " advertisement.

It seems that Wenner Entertainment has officially started the film promotion. I don’t know which round it is, but Zhang Zhong guesses that it should be the penultimate round. The movie has been officially scheduled for January 22nd. It's less than three months away now.

After this wave of publicity, there should be a final wave of publicity before the movie is released.

……

After Llorente and the others left, Zhang Zhong finally freed up his hands to write "Lord of the Flies" wholeheartedly.

Because it can only be written from memory, it is impossible for Zhang Zhong to remember all the plots of "Lord of the Flies". He even can't remember the names of the characters in it clearly, except for the names of a few important characters. , others are somewhat blurred.

Therefore, the final "Lord of the Flies" written by Zhang Zhong must be different from the original work, but these details are not important, the key is the core of the work, as long as the core of the work is expressed, Zhang Zhong will be considered a success.

The story of "Lord of the Flies" is not complicated.

In the distant future world, World War III broke out, and a group of British boys were arranged to board a plane to evacuate—here Zhang Zhong directly changed the background of England to China, and the characters were naturally changed to Chinese.

On the way to evacuate, the plane crashed, and all the adults died, leaving some surviving little boys.

The protagonist of the story is a 12-year-old boy named Ralph. Although he is naughty, he is well-educated, kind-hearted, and has a little leadership.

Because of his age and the blown conch he picked up, he successfully became the leader of the surviving children.

But not everyone is convinced of him as the leader. Among the surviving children is a choir, and the leader of the choir, Jack, is a wild and very irritable boy. The king among this group of children was finally robbed of the leadership by Ralph.

Holding a grudge, he took some children and split into two factions with Ralph.

Ralph wholeheartedly hoped to guard the bonfire and wait for rescue. All the people obeyed his arrangement, and everyone lived on the island in an orderly and civilized manner.

But Jack is different, he has his own set of jungle laws.

After he took the children to hunt and got the meat, the balance of power began to tilt towards Jack, and more and more children chose to obey Jack in order to eat the meat.

There is a key element in this novel, and that is the beast.

Not long after they arrived on the island, a legend about the beast spread among the people. At first, some people said that the beast was a snake, while others said that the beast came out of the sea.

Ralph told them that there were no beasts at all, and that the strange noises they heard were nothing but the wind and waves of the sea.

But those children who were struck by fear simply did not want to believe his words.

Later, on a night of thunder and lightning, the children danced a strange dance in a circle to drive away the beast, but they mistakenly killed Simon, Ralph's good friend, who came out of the forest.

Later, another good friend of Ralph, Piggy, was also pushed down the cliff and died.

If the deaths of Piggy and Simon were accidental, then after killing these two by mistake, the last bit of humanity of Jack and the others was wiped out, and they started chasing and killing Ralph, even in pursuit He did not hesitate to burn down the entire island.

And it was precisely this fire that allowed a ship to discover their existence, and finally Ralph was saved.

The story is so simple, and the memory of the plot is not too much.But in order to tell this story well, Zhang Zhong needs to pay attention to some things, such as the "beast" that symbolizes people's inner fear throughout.

It took more than a week for Zhang Zhong to finally finish writing this not-too-long novel, and then he spent five days revising the book repeatedly before finally completing it.

He sent the finished "Lord of the Flies" to Chen Qing and asked him to arrange translation into other languages.

And he didn't rest himself, because the Lord of the Flies business wasn't over yet.

When writing the Chinese version, he tried his best to write in a way he was familiar with and more suitable for Chinese people.And now, he is going to write the English version of "Lord of the Flies" in Golding's way again.

Fortunately, he has already written it once. Although the English version is not as big, but this time his speed is much faster. It took only one week to write and revise, and the English version of "Lord of the Flies" came out.

When Chen Qing received the English version of "Lord of the Flies", he sighed, "Sure enough, you can translate faster by yourself. Versions in other languages ​​haven't come out yet. There are so many people in a translation team, it's not as good as you alone." People are efficient."

Zhang Zhong smiled and said, "Don't worry them, anyway, this book won't be published in the near future."

Chen Qing nodded, "Well, I know."

"Lord of the Flies" will not be released for the time being, because the company has another plan during this period-the first volume of "Harry Potter" will be published in a single volume.

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