Rebirth 2004: A lone figure in the literary world

Chapter 81 Undercurrent
After seeing off his dazed junior Yang Ming, Zhang Chao completed his special registration procedures at the Academic Affairs Office of Yanda University. The teacher in charge of the Academic Affairs Office gave a detailed explanation of Zhang Chao's course schedule.

In fact, Yanda and Yanshi University have been coordinating for a long time on how to better use Zhang Chao's "one chicken" to "eat two dishes". The final plan is:
Theoretical courses, such as literary history, literary theory, literary psychology, aesthetics, etc., are completed at Yanda.

Writing courses, such as creative writing, poetry writing, essay writing, novel writing, etc., are completed at Yanshi University.

The Chinese Department of Yenching University exempted Zhang Chao from language and some classical literature courses. The "Writer Graduate" course at Yenching Normal University was not too intensive, and there was plenty of time for studying works and creating, so Zhang Chao was able to barely attend the classes.

After Zhang Chao finished the formalities, he quietly returned home. Taking advantage of the free time in the afternoon, he wrote the last 10 words, almost meeting the -word limit in the agreement, and sent the manuscript to Lu Jinbo.

Lu Jinbo called Zhang Chao in the evening. This was the first time he called Zhang Chao since the last dinner ended in a bad mood. He did not mention a word about what happened before, and his tone was still very cordial.

The main topic of their discussion was the title of this collection of essays. Zhang Chao had not thought about this question before, as his creative time was too fragmented. Lu Jinbo suggested calling it "Evil", which almost made Zhang Chao spit out blood.

This guy is really addicted to manipulating Han Han. Even Zhang Chao's book is trying to compete with Han Han's "Poison".

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Chao finally proposed to name the book "Undercurrent Collection", which was agreed by Lu Jinbo.

Then Lu Jinbo suggested that Zhang Chao go to the studio to take some makeup photos. It would be best if they could make a photo album if they had time. This way, interspersing his photos in the book would help promote sales. However, Zhang Chao sternly refused.

The overall communication between the two was very friendly and polite, and neither of them forced the other. But after hanging up the phone, they both seemed to know that this was the first book they collaborated on, and it might also be the last.

Inexplicably, Zhang Chao felt a little blocked in his heart. He walked to the balcony and heard the loudspeaker at the entrance of the supermarket outside the community singing a song:
"You said you love lilacs the most
Because your name is it

What a melancholy flower
You are so sentimental

……

The grave is full of flowers

This is the beauty you desire so much

......"

This song makes me feel even more depressed! Go back to the room and sleep!

The next day, Zhang Chao went for another freshman physical examination, and the result showed that everything was fine and he could undergo military training.

On August 8, Zhang Chao followed the freshman team of Yenching University to the military training base in the suburbs of Yenching. There are three military training bases in total, Daxing, Huairou, and Yanqing, and the Chinese Department was arranged in Huairou.

Yanda's attitude towards freshman military training is still very strict. Once arriving at the base, everyone's mobile phones were confiscated, and all non-essential external information was basically blocked. If there was an emergency at home and they needed to find someone, they could only use the base's office phone. Although Zhang Chao had no choice but to accept it.

But there were people outside looking for him like crazy.

On August 8, the Shanghai International Animation Exhibition was officially held. The exhibition will display the original manuscripts of Hayao Miyazaki and Takao Yaguchi. The Japanese artist Chiba Tetsuya, the Korean artist Jin Tonghua, and the Hong Kong and Taiwan artists Chen Zhihua, Zhu Deyong, Xiao Yanzhong, and Ao Youxiang will also bring their original works to the exhibition.

The exhibition specially set up a Chinese Pavilion, which for the first time showed the history of Chinese comics spanning two centuries and three different eras. The young cartoonists who are currently quite popular in China: Song Yang, Yan Yan, Jiang Jianwei, Xia Da and others also brought their latest masterpieces. As a heavyweight guest, Taniyama Naoyoshi, the president of Shueisha, attended this event. "Weekly Shonen Jump" under Shueisha is the serialized comic magazine with the highest circulation in the island country. "Dragon Ball", "One Piece", "Naruto" and other works are all from "Weekly Shonen Jump".

When visiting the Chinese Pavilion, the person in charge kindly presented Taniyama Naoyoshi with several newly published domestic comic magazines, including "Yanjing Cartoon", "Shonen Comics", "Manga Daioh", etc. Taniyama Naoyoshi also gave him a collection of comics under his command in return.

Taniyama Naoyoshi was born as an editor, and he has an unusual obsession and keenness for comics. After returning to the hotel, he began to look through the comics from various countries that he received today. The comics market in South Korea is now almost 100% occupied by Japanese comics, and local artists can only serialize their works on the Internet.

"Online comics? They won't be a big deal." Naoyoshi Taniyama knew that there were some good online comics in South Korea recently, such as "The Lighting Store" and "Full House", but no matter the style of painting, storyboards, or stories, they were far from the tastes of the island country's comic readers.

As for the American comics, he didn't even bother to read them and threw them aside. In Taniyama Naoyoshi's eyes, those American superhero comics were just illustrated novels.

After a while, he turned to the comics he received at the Chinese Pavilion today.

"Judging from the cover, Chinese comics are still in their infancy... many artists' styles are still stuck in the early 90s..." Taniyama Naoyoshi was a little disappointed, but soon, "Yenching Cartoons" caught his eye.

"Who drew this?" The refreshing and exquisite style of "Your Name" immediately attracted him. Taniyama Naoyoshi immediately turned to the inner page and began to read it carefully.

Although he could only barely understand a few Chinese characters, the pictures, storyboards, and delicate emotional expressions of "Your Name" still made the expert Naoyoshi Taniyama see great potential.

The next day, Taniyama Naoyoshi, who had already finished his trip and was about to return to his country, arrived at the Chinese Pavilion of the anime exhibition early. Holding "Yenching Cartoons", he found Xia Da, who was signing autographs for comic fans, and Yan Baohua, the editor-in-chief of "Yenching Cartoons" who came with him, through a translator.

When he saw Xia Da's delicate face like a comic girl, Taniyama Naoyoshi's eyes lit up. It was not that he had any evil intentions, but he was very clear about how lethal the three levels of female painters, beautiful painters, and beautiful girl painters would be to Japanese comic readers.

Through the translator, Naoyoshi Taniyama expressed his desire to reprint "Your Name".

Xia Da was surprised. As an artist, she certainly knew that "Weekly Shonen Jump" led by Naoyoshi Taniyama was mainly "orthodox comics". The tone of "Your Name" was obviously not in line with "Weekly Shonen Jump".

She also expressed this concern directly to Taniyama Naoyoshi.

Taniyama Naoyoshi said, "Don't worry. In addition to Weekly Shonen Sunday, we also have the monthly Ultra Jump, which is more suitable for high school students and above, and Weekly Young Jump. Your Name is serialized monthly? That's actually very suitable for serialization in our Ultra Jump."

Xia Da was silent for a while and said, "But the copyright of the comic "Your Name" is not in my hands. It belongs to its original author, Zhang Chao." As he said that, he pointed to the small words "Original author Zhang Chao" on the comic.

Taniyama Naoyoshi quickly asked, "Has Zhang Chao-san come today? Where is he? Or you can call him? I can talk to him directly."

Xia Da looked to Yan Baohua for help. Chief Editor Yan naturally knew where Zhang Chao was, so he explained that Zhang Chao was in military training and could not be contacted at the moment.

After hearing the translation, Taniyama Naoyoshi exclaimed: "What? Military training? This story was created by a soldier? Unbelievable!"

Yan Baohua knew that the other party had misunderstood, and he quickly explained. Gu Shan Shangyi still didn't quite understand, so he asked: "When will he take his vacation? How can I meet with Zhang Chaosang as soon as possible?"

Yan Baohua had no choice but to answer: "There will be a book fair in Shanghai at the end of the month, also here, and Zhang Chao will definitely come. You will be able to see him then."

(End of this chapter)