chatting all the way on the train, Zhou Hexuan finally asked clearly, it turned out that the friend I went to Nanjing to meet was a generation of Zhang Hatshui.

Cheng She and I are old acquaintances, and this time he wants to start a new newspaper, he not only invited Zhang Hatshui to be the editor-in-chief, but also hoped that Zhang Hatshui could invest money as a shareholder.

Zhang Hatshui lived in Beiping a few years ago, but Zhou Hexuan really hadn't seen him, so he simply followed Cheng She and me to get off at Nanjing Xiaguan Railway Station.

The train ride from Shanghai to Nanjing is a short time, but it takes six hours, and the old locomotive used to take eight hours. When the two arrived at Xiaguan in Nanjing, it was already evening, and the sun was about to set.

Zhou Hexuan plans to stay in Nanjing for one night, wait for tomorrow to take a ferry across the river, and go to Pukou Railway Station to buy a ticket and continue north.

On the platform of the station, Zhang Hatshui waved his hand and shouted: "Lao Cheng, this way!" ”

Cheng She walked over quickly, hugged Zhang Hatshui, turned around and smiled: "Xinyuan, who do you think this is?" ”

Zhang Hatshui held his glasses and looked at them carefully, and suddenly said happily: "Mr. Zhou! He hurriedly walked up to Zhou Hexuan and shook hands warmly, "Oops, hey, hello Mr. Zhou, I finally met the real person today." ”

"Mr. Zhang, I have admired the name for a long time!" Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Cheng She said happily: "Both of you are masters of the world, and there must be a lot of common topics, so why don't we find a teahouse to sit down and talk." ”

The three of them walked together, and when they passed by a bookstore, Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "I'll buy a set of "Laughing Karma" and ask Brother Xinyuan to sign it." ”

"That's right, I'm also going to buy a set of "The Goddess" and "Dog Official". Zhang Hatshui said with a smile.

Walking into the bookstore, Zhou Hexuan asked directly: "Boss, is there "Laughing Karma"?" ”

"Yes, yes, sequels." The boss replied.

The first 22 episodes of "Laughing Karma" were written three years ago, and because the tragic ending was very dissatisfied with the readers, there are more than a dozen versions of the various sequels that have been born. Zhang Hatshui couldn't resist the pressure of readers, and finally continued to write it for 10 more times, and finished publishing it at the beginning of this year.

There is also a very interesting anecdote about the sequel to "Laughing Karma".

Kenji Dohihara was disrespectful to the pro-Japanese Chinese literati, like a hunter raising a dog. On the contrary, for those Japanese-hating literati, Kenji Dohihara deliberately flattered and courteous.

For example, there is a guy named Guan Yixian (the founder of "Real Newspaper"), who often publishes anti-Japanese remarks in the newspaper. Because the circulation of "Shi Pao" once reached more than 100,000 copies, ranking first among all newspapers in the north, Guan Yixian's article was very influential.

Not only did Kenji Dohihara not send someone to assassinate Guan Yixian, but instead flattered him in various ways, and even saved a considerable amount of money in the cloth shop that Guan Yixian's wife likes to go to. As long as Guan Yixian's wife came to buy cloth, the account room said: "Tufei Yuanjun has been paying for a long time." ”

After a few years, Guan Yixian finally became a traitor and became an accomplice in Tufeiyuan's cultural aggression, talking about the "theory of national regeneration" and saying that "the fall of Nanjing has really given the Chinese people a great opportunity for thorough introspection."

"The Sequel to Laughing Karma" depicts the anti-Japanese volunteers, and Zhang Hatshui also entered the sight of Kenji Dohihara. Just a month ago, he invited someone to take "The History of Chunming" and "The Family of Gold Powder" to see Zhang Hatshui, and said: "Give the inscription to commemorate the memory to comfort and admire everyone's sincerity." ”

Zhang Hatshui left the two books sent by Tu Feiyuan, took out a copy of "The Sequel to Laughing Karma", and wrote on the title page: "Mr. Tu Feiyuan gave it, and the author traveled to Yanjing. ”

This word game is very slippery, the word "gift" is clearly requested by Tu Feiyuan, not voluntarily sent by the author, and the payment is only written "author" without signature, indicating that Zhang Hatshui is unwilling to be with Tu Feiyuan.

After Kenji Dohihara received the "signature", he was really angry, but he was even more "respectful" of Zhang Hatshui, and asked someone to convey his respect to Zhang Hatshui, and praised the "Sequel to Laughing Karma" that describes the Anti-Japanese Volunteers: "The description is vivid and picturesque, and it is really a magic pen"!

On the shelves of bookstores, there are only two copies of the original "Laughing Karma" and its sequel, but there are more than 10 pirated sequels of various kinds—some people make a living by writing sequels to "Laughing Karma", which shows how popular this one is.

And Zhou Hexuan's works are even more terrifying, "Shooting the Condor", "Condor", "Yitian" trilogy, "The Goddess", "Dog Official", "Dog Official", "Titanic", "Black Soil" and a series of academic works, such as "The Rise of a Great Power", are placed on most of the shelves.

Even Zhou Hexuan saw a copy of "Zhou Mingcheng's Anthology", and he curiously opened the browsing catalog, and the content was actually all kinds of current reviews and poems published by him in newspapers and magazines.

"Boss, this is a pirated book, without the author's authorization." Zhou Hexuan flipped through the "Zhou Mingcheng Anthology" and said.

The owner of the bookstore said with a smile: "Readers like to read it, of course I want to sell it, piracy or not, that's what the publishing house considers." ”

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Is this person's book very sellable?" ”

"Of course, the "Condor Shooting" trilogy and "Titanic" are the most buyers, and they can sell at least five sets a month. "The Rise of a Great Power", "The Goddess" and "Dog Officer" can also sell one or two sets a month. Only his scholarly works are not popular," the bookstore owner sighed, pulling out a copy of "Guns, Bacteria and Steel," he sighed, "and this kind of book is not readable at all, and some people bought it two years ago, but now it is completely unpopular." If no one buys them anymore, I'm going to take them off the shelves. ”

Zhang Hatshui saw that his stomach hurt with laughter next to him, and reminded: "Boss, take a closer look, who is the person talking to you?" ”

Zhou Hexuan wore a white men's top hat with the brim of the hat covering all his eyebrows. The bookstore owner took a closer look and suddenly exclaimed, "I'm afraid it's not Zhou ...... Mr. Zhou Mingcheng? Oops, disrespect, disrespect. I just talked nonsense, don't care. ”

How can this kind of limelight come out alone? Zhou Hexuan pointed at Zhang Hatshui: "This is the author of "Laughing Karma". ”

"Mr. Zhang Hatshui!" The owner of the bookstore was pleasantly surprised.

There were several customers in the bookstore at this time, and when they heard the shouting, they immediately surrounded them, and Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Hatshui were immediately surrounded. And the number of onlookers is increasing, and some passers-by who pass by the bookstore have heard the movement and have come running.

The bookstore owner happily took the banknote and said respectfully: "Please leave the two gentlemen with Mobao!" ”

Mr. Zhou's calligraphy has long been different from what it used to be, and he wrote four big characters when he picked up his pen - do not sell pirated copies.

"Good word!"

"Hahahaha!"

In the praise and laughter of the onlookers, the boss looked extremely embarrassed, and hurriedly ran to put away the pirated books of Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Hatshui.

Zhang Hatshui was much more tolerant, and wrote the words "Xiaguan Bookstore", which can be carved into a plaque as a signboard.

Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Hatshui didn't expect that the inscriptions of the two of them would make the bookstore's business better and better. Although the owner died in the Nanjing Massacre, his son reopened after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and after decades of state-run and private development, the Xiaguan Bookstore was turned into a "century-old store".

Zhou Hexuan's words "don't sell pirated copies" were turned out and re-hung in the 80s. In the 21st century, netizens took photos of Zhou Hexuan and added these four words to make emojis, which were specially used to ridicule piracy and plagiarism.

There are also various combination emojis, such as using a photo of Zhang Hatshui with the text "Mr. Zhou is right", and then using Lu Xun's photo with the text "I didn't say this".