Rebirth 2004: A lone figure in the literary world

Chapter 53 A world where only Xiao Sun is injured
Little Sun is Sun Zhenhai, pen name Haifeng, 32 years old this year. He has published poems and essays in Cangshan Chronicle, a county-level journal in his hometown Cangshan County, since he was 16. Not long after Cangshan Chronicle closed down, he repeatedly published his works in Fuhai City's literary journal Fuhai Literature and Art.

Later, Fuhai Literature and Art also ceased publication due to insufficient income. Sun Zhenhai did not give up and continued to work hard, publishing some of his works in other provincial publications such as Wujiang and Bashan Literature and Art. Although his works were not published in top publications, he was still quite productive overall.

He finally joined the Fuhai Writers Association at the age of 25, became the youngest director of the association at the age of 30, and successfully transferred from Cangshan County No. Primary School to the Fuhai City Writers Association.

This is the thing Sun Zhenhai is most proud of in his life!

But now Sun Zhenhai just wants to sew his mouth shut. He originally wanted to remind Chairman Changtian to prevent Zhang Chao from joining the Writers Association from another direction, but in the end it became his mission to get Zhang Chao to join the Writers Association.

However, as a young man who had been vigorously cultivated by Chairman Changtian, he had no choice but to obey the order.

Round 1
On Monday, Sun Zhenhai arrived at Changfu No. 3 Middle School early, but he did not see Zhang Chao until the afternoon get out of class was over in the small meeting room of the No. 3 Middle School.

"Director Sun, is it? I'm so sorry. I went to Yanjing over the weekend, but my flight was delayed on my way back due to weather reasons. I just landed in Fuhai early this morning. I was so sleepy that I took a nap before coming here." Zhang Chao's apology was very sincere.

Sun Zhenhai asked curiously, "Why are you going to Yanjing?"

Zhang Chao grinned and said, "It's a program called 'Three Generals Going Together'. I wonder if you have seen it."

"..." Sun Zhenhai quickly changed the subject, "The Writers Association sent me here this time so that I can learn about your study life in school, and at the same time let you know about our Writers Association."

"Understand? What happens after you understand?" Zhang Chao opened his eyes wide and looked at Sun Zhenhai with an innocent face.

"..." Sun Zhenhai thought to himself, you are writing a novel after all, so do you really not understand such obvious subtext or are you pretending not to understand?

Sun Zhenhai had no choice but to continue: "Our Writers Association has always attached great importance to the training and protection of local writers in Fuhai. For example, I was just a primary school teacher," he said here, "but because I published a few articles, Chairman Changtian transferred me to work in the Writers Association..."

Zhang Chao still didn't say anything. Sun Zhenhai thought that it was normal for a senior high school student to not understand the organization, so let's change the subject!

"...Generally speaking, it is not easy for young writers to publish their works. Our Writers Association can help coordinate..." Before Sun Zhenhai finished speaking, Director Zhou from the office came over and called Zhang Chao, saying that there was a phone call for him to take, so Sun Zhenhai had to stop.

Zhang Chao took ten minutes to answer the phone call. After returning to the small conference room, he immediately apologized to Sun Zhenhai, saying, "I'm really sorry. Just now, it was Li Shidong, the editor-in-chief of Youth Literature, who asked me to write an article. This was also the first time I communicated with him, so it took a little while.

What were you talking about just now? What can the Writers Association do to help young writers? "

KO!

Sun Zhenhai: Goodbye!

Round 2
Wednesday. This time Sun Zhenhai chose not to be in the small conference room, but in the small classroom of the "Senior 3 Score Improvement Group".

"Student Zhang Chao, I think you don't know enough about our Writers Association." Sun Zhenhai went back and thought that since Zhang Chao had no problem publishing his works, what did he want most? Looking back on his writing career, Sun Zhenhai suddenly realized that the biggest motivation for writing when he was a teenager was actually...

Sun Zhenhai took out an album, flipped through the pages, and introduced it to Zhang Chao: "Look, this is a photo album taken when our Writers Association went to Fuhai Textile Factory to collect folk songs. The employee art troupe of the textile factory performed for us. They are all young female workers, with an average age of just over 20..."

"This was a symposium for young writers that we organized with the writers' association of the neighboring city two years ago. Look, this is the youngest female writer there. She was only 19 years old at the time and was so beautiful..."

“This is where we go…”

"Our Writers Association has a lot of activities... My wife and I met at an Writers Association event..."

The photos were all carefully selected by Sun Zhenhai, and each one features a beautiful older sister who is his dream lover as a high school student.

At this time, Lan Ting happened to push open the door of the small classroom and came in, followed by Song Shiyu. Sun Zhenhai's eyes lit up. There were two girls with bright eyes, white teeth and graceful looks.

When Lan Ting saw a stranger, she said, "How about I come back later?" Zhang Chao, who had just been listening to Sun Zhenhai's introduction with an expressionless face, suddenly became lively and said with a smile, "Don't go, don't go. It doesn't matter, this guy is not a stranger either, he is Director Sun of the Writers Association - you two wait, I have something for you."

Zhang Chao pulled out a bag and took out two things from it:

"Here, this is for you. Exclusive postcards of Yenching University, a set of twelve; and this, a commemorative badge for the centenary of Yenching University." Zhang Chao handed the thing in his hand to Lan Ting.

Lan Ting was surprised and delighted, and couldn't put it down to play with it.

"Shiyu, this is for you. Lang Lang's autographed album, what's it called... Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn Concerto Catalogue - I was watching TV on Saturday night and saw in the news that he would be signing copies in Yanjing on Sunday morning, so I went to queue up."

Song Shiyu also took it with a look of surprise. Lang Lang's album was released in 2003, and she already had it at home, but the signed version is undoubtedly more valuable for collection.

At this time, Zhang Chao turned around and asked, "Director Sun, what did you say just now? What activities are the Writers Association holding?"

KO!

Sun Zhenhai: Goodbye!

Round 3
On Saturday, Sun Zhenhai decided that it would be better to meet Zhang Chao in a small conference room. At least the environment was controllable and there would be no young beautiful girls to ruin my Taoism.

"Student Zhang Chao, I saw on the news that your novel has been ordered to have a first print run of 40 copies?"

"Yes."

"40 copies are not easy to sell. Nowadays, a book is considered a bestseller if it sells tens of thousands of copies."

"That's right. I was just impulsive at the time... If I don't sell enough, I won't get a penny."

Sun Zhenhai smiled slightly, thinking that he had finally taken the bait, and quickly cheered up and said, "We have nearly a thousand members in our Writers Association, and many of them are well-connected and famous. When the time comes, as long as our Writers Association makes a call..."

At this time, Director Zhou pushed the door open and came in, directing several security guards to carry several cartons in. When they opened the cartons, they found neatly stacked, brand new books, with the four big characters "Youth Like You" written on the spines.

"What is this...?" Sun Zhenhai asked.

Zhang Chao took out a copy, turned to the title page, and signed his name in a flamboyant manner while complaining: "The gimmick of Huacheng Publishing House is that for every 1000 copies sold during the pre-sale period, a signed copy of the author will be given away at random. In the end, a total of 1 copies were shipped in, and they said they were printed in a rush and airlifted in an expedited manner.

1000 books! My hands are about to break from signing! I never wrote my name this many times even when I was punished to copy it in first grade!"

孙振海正在心算：1000乘以1000，等于多少来着？1个 0，2个 0，3个 0……

Zhang Chao raised his head and asked, "Director Sun, please continue. Just now you said that the Writers Association made a call, and then what happened?"

KO!

The Final Round, Game Over!

Sun Zhenhai: Never...never see you again!
After Sun Zhenhai left, Zhang Chao felt relieved that he no longer had to pretend to be stupid.

He really has no interest in joining the Fuhai Writers Association at the moment.

(End of this chapter)