Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 1040 French Literature Center
Seeing Riyadh's attitude, Zhang Zhong shook his head, didn't say anything about the visit, but took the group members to Riyadh's lounge.

After arriving at the lounge, Li Hebin leaned over to Zhang Zhong and whispered, "It seems that this Riyadh doesn't welcome us."

"Maybe they think we disturb their work." Zhang Zhong said calmly.

Li Hebin shook his head, "It's probably not just because of this."

"Do you know anything?"

"No, I'm also guessing." Li Hebin said.

In fact, Zhang Zhong had the same guess as Li Hebin, and Riyadh's attitude is obviously problematic.

They came to visit as a Chinese literature exchange group, and the Paris government directly designated their newspaper in Riyadh to receive them, but they looked reluctant in Riyadh, which seemed unreasonable no matter how you looked at it.

But Zhang Zhong couldn't guess what he wanted.

He didn't know much about the "French Literary Journal". Before he came, he just read the relevant materials of the newspaper temporarily, and he only knew a general idea.

Yu Dongyu, who was sitting next to the two of them, said with a smile, "I know something more than you."

As soon as Yu Dongyu said this, both Zhang Zhong and Li Hebin turned to look at him.

"What do you know?" Zhang Zhong asked.

"I know Riyadh is a good friend of Fabre." Yu Dongyu said.

"Who is Fabre?" Li Hebin asked.

"Fabre?" Zhang Zhong had some impression of the name, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly asked, "Is it Fabre who was shortlisted for the Goncourt Literature Prize?"

Yu Dongyu smiled and nodded, "That's right, that's Fabre. At that time, Fabre's "Qiana Spring" entered the final round of the list just like your "Lord of the Flies", and it was the most popular besides "Lord of the Flies". It can be said that if there is no "Lord of the Flies" without you, then Fabre is very likely to win the Goncourt Prize for Literature. But all this is in vain, all because of your appearance."

Zhang Zhong frowned and said, "It's not reasonable for him to act like this just because I stole his friend's award."

Indeed, everyone is no longer a child. It would be unreasonable to treat the Huaxia Literature Exchange Group with such an attitude just because of this matter.

"Don't worry, there is another thing. In addition to being a friend of Fabre, this Riyadh is also a member of the French Literature Center." Yu Dongyu said.

Zhang Zhong and Li Hebin looked at each other, neither of them had heard of this French literature center.

"Is this French Literature Center an official organization or something?" Zhang Zhong asked.

Yu Dongyu shook his head and said, "No, no, no, French literature, Chinese and Western are just a very loose civil organization."

"Then the name is too easy to cause misunderstanding." Li Hebin said, "If it were in China, such an organization name would not be possible."

Li Hebin is right. Just imagine, if there is a non-governmental organization in Huaxia that wants to name it "Huaxia Literature Center", the authorities will definitely search this organization immediately.

Because such a name is extremely easy to cause misunderstandings, if the organizers have malicious intentions, it is very likely to use such a name to deceive the public to obtain illegal benefits.

"Then what does the French Literature Center have to do with this incident? It sounds like this organization is just an organization for literature lovers." Li Hebin asked curiously.

Yu Dongyu said, "They are not a simple organization of literature lovers. There are few ordinary people in this organization, and most of them are people from the literary world. Among them are some well-known local French writers and scholars. And these people are They have one thing in common, that is, they love French native literature very much.”

Zhang Zhong heard some clues from Yu Dongyu's words. The members of this French literature center seem to be fanatics of French native literature. They are very likely to be against the literature of other countries while loving French native literature.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhong guessed right, only to hear Yu Dongyu continue to say, "It's fine if you just love French local literature, but the members of this organization are basically very resistant to literature from other countries. So the arrival of our group, the heart of Riyadh In fact, it is very disgusting, he is already very restrained in his current appearance, if it is not because he is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, he might have a confrontation with us."

"I see." Li Hebin nodded, and then asked with some doubts, "But is such a person who is very resistant to foreign literature suitable to be the editor-in-chief of the French literary newspaper?"

"There is nothing inappropriate. The original task of the French Literary Journal is to boast about French native culture and strengthen the French people's literary confidence. In other words, it is perfect for someone like him to be the editor-in-chief. In fact, the French Literature Center is an organization When it was first established, it did not oppose foreign literature. The members hoped to change the decline of French literature through their own efforts, so that French literature can continue to show its strengths on the world stage. But things went against their wishes. The efforts of the members were of no avail. The decline cannot be stopped at all. Over time, the dominant ideology in the organization has changed, and it has begun to work behind closed doors, from wanting to promote local literary forces to resisting literary forces in other countries." Yu Dongyu said.

From Yu Dongyu's mouth, Zhang Zhong knew the cause and effect, he sighed slightly and said, "I would rather hope that the editor-in-chief of Riyadh can stand in front of me and have an argument with me. It's better for everyone to argue than to respond negatively like this now. .We came all the way here, not just to sit here and rest."

"Or, let's go straight away, don't waste time here." Yu Dongyu suggested, "The coffee here is not very good, why not go to the next place and save time to do other meaningful things. "

Zhang Zhong shook his head, "They responded passively, and I can't escape. Since Riyadh is unwilling to communicate with us, then we will take the initiative to go there."

Zhang Zhong stood up and clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, let's stop sitting here. The French Literary Journal is a well-known newspaper in France, and there are many things we can learn from. The editor-in-chief of Riyadh is so busy and has no time to care about it." We, let's not bother them, the legs grow on us, and we go around by ourselves to see what we can learn."

Enzo was specially arranged by Riyadh to "take care" of Zhang Zhong and the others. Because he understood Chinese, he could understand Zhang Zhong's situation.

At this moment, Enzuo was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhang Zhong's words, and quickly said to Zhang Zhong in substandard Chinese, "Mr. Just be patient."

(End of this chapter)