On the plane, Yu Dong opened a letter.
This letter was given to Yu Dong by Jimmy when he was about to leave.
Jimmy told Yu Dong that the letter was written by Joyce Carol Oates and was first sent to Romero, then Romero forwarded it to Jimmy, and then Jimmy took it to Yu Dong.
The envelope contains the date of sending the letter, which is more than a month ago. It seems that this letter has gone through a lot of twists and turns in getting to my hands.
When he first heard the name Joyce, Yu Dong had no idea. Later, Jimmy introduced him to a very famous female writer in the United States who had won the National Book Award before.
After Jimmy said this, Yu Dong also remembered who it was. Joyce is one of the more famous contemporary American female writers. As for the masterpiece, the first thing that came to Yu Dong's mind was "We Are the Mulvaneys".
This book is more popular than her other works.
However, "We Are the Mulvaneys" should not be published yet.
In 1998, a graduate student at Yanjing Normal University recommended Yu Dong to read this book because the student was writing a thesis related to this book and hoped that Yu Dong could give some suggestions.
But because there was no Chinese version, Yu Dong stumbled through the English version and couldn't give the junior student much advice.
Joyce's works are quite complex, with many types of themes, and he often writes fantasy novels, many of which are horror-themed.
It is said that she has run for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times, but never won.
Of course, Yu Dong doesn't take things like accompanying him to the Nobel Prize very seriously. Maybe when he gets old, the encyclopedia will record his multiple nominations for the Nobel Prize. It's hard to verify this.
To be honest, Yu Dong didn't quite understand why Joyce wrote to him.
Americans can only see his works of science fiction and thriller, and there are not many of them. Writers like Joyce who are called "literary writers" should not be interested in him.
Of course, Yu Dong can also try to guess that Joyce may have written to him because of "Resident Evil". After all, the letter was forwarded through Romero.
The letter unfolded and Yu Dong slowly read it.
Perhaps Joyce was afraid that he would not be able to understand, so he chose words and sentences relatively simply.
"Mr. YU, I'm glad that you can read my letter. You may be surprised by my letter, but I really like the novel "Resident Evil". I have also been writing some novels with some thriller elements recently.
, I just happened to see "Resident Evil", which gave me more inspiration. I usually like to be exposed to new things..."
The letter was not long. Joyce briefly talked about why he wrote this letter, and then expressed that he was very much looking forward to the sequel to "Resident Evil" and hoped to keep in touch with Yu Dong.
She also included her phone number in the letter.
Yu Dong closed the letter and couldn't help but laugh. Although he didn't know how old Joyce was, he must be quite young this year. He should be in his fifties and sixties. I didn't expect that he would like to watch "Resident Evil".
novel.
Of course, compared to the fact that she is also writing horror novels, this is not surprising.
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When Yu Dong and the others arrived at school, it was Friday afternoon. Uncle Zhou seemed very happy to see Yu Dong and the others coming back, "Oh, Teacher Yu, Teacher Liu, I haven't seen you for such a long time. I miss you so much."
It's been quite a while indeed, plus the vacation period, I haven't seen him for almost two months.
Liu Changmin smiled and said: "This is not worth a summer vacation."
"Mr. Liu, don't tell me. It's been so long since Teacher Yu came to our school. He also spent a lot of time in school during the previous summer vacation. Last summer, he didn't get caught in the rain when he returned to school.
Well, you’ve been staying at school throughout the summer vacation..."
"Uncle Zhou, why do you always mention this matter?"
Uncle Zhou laughed and said, "I won't mention it anymore, I won't mention it anymore, but you should hurry up and see Teacher Cheng. I think she has lost weight during your absence..."
Yu Dong ignored Uncle Zhou's nagging and led people into the school. He asked the students to go back to the dormitory to rest first, while he and Liu Changmin went to the principal's office to report the situation.
When Wu Changxin saw them, he was quite surprised because he didn't contact them in advance and he didn't know when they would come back.
"You didn't even go back to the dormitory and you just came here?"
Wu Changxin noticed the luggage in the two people's hands and criticized: "Why are you so urgent that you don't even go back to the dormitory?"
Yu Dong smiled and said: "There's nothing urgent. I discussed it with Lao Liu and decided to come over first to make sure he's safe. It's not urgent to go back to the dormitory."
Wu Changxin poured water for the two of them himself, lit a cigarette for himself, and then looked at them with a smile, "Okay, okay, judging from your state, this trip should go smoothly."
"It's not bad, everything is done."
"Where are the students?"
"Don't worry, all students must be in full order. I'll let them go back to the dormitory to rest first."
"You need to have a good rest." Wu Changxin nodded, then stood up and returned to his desk, "You are not in the country these days, so you don't know some things yet. "Zhongshan" published the essay of the three of you on the cucumber garden, and the response was great
It’s very good. I saw students in the poetry reading club reading excerpts from it in the playground this morning.”
Wu Changxin came over with a copy of "Zhongshan", but Liu Changmin was even more interested and took it conveniently, "I really want to read it. I asked them if they wanted to read it before, but none of the three of them paid attention to me."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "I didn't finish writing it at that time."
"Pure excuse..."
Liu Changmin was about to flip through the pages when Wu Changxin said, "Don't read it now. I'll give this to you. You can read it slowly when you go back. Let's talk about the details later. Go back and have a good rest. Let's take it with you tomorrow afternoon.
Come with a few students and tell me about your trip to the United States."
Yu Dong nodded to Liu Changmin, and then said goodbye to Wu Changxin.
Returning to the dormitory, Yu Dong put down his things and left again.
Cheng Yanqiu probably has no classes this afternoon, and is most likely in the dormitory or the complex building at the moment.
Yu Dong went to the dormitory first. As soon as he arrived downstairs, two female teachers chatting on the railing on the second floor noticed him and waved to him happily: "Teacher Yu is back from the United States!"
"Yes, you two are chatting here again."
"What do you mean? It's just a coincidence that we are here every time you come over. Did you just come back today and come to see Teacher Cheng?"
"Isn't this nonsense? When Teacher Yu comes here, who else can he look for? It must be Teacher Cheng."
"Then let me shout for you."
Before Dong could reply, one of the female teachers shouted at the top of her lungs: "Teacher Cheng, Teacher Cheng, your teacher Yu is here to see you."
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Chapter completed!