Since Zhang Chu agreed, it was the turn of agent Zhou Kang and Kong Xiaoyi to negotiate details, such as the determination of recording time, salary issues, camera duration, etc.

Now it’s not that they beg Xiangnan Satellite TV, but that Xiangnan Satellite TV wants Zhang Chu to record the show, so of course they have a much greater say.

As both judges, Zhou Kang did not want Zhang Chu to be treated differently from other respected judges.

As Kong Xiaoyi said, the recording of "Chinese Bridge" is a big test for the contestants and is much more friendly to the judges. Most of the time, you only need to sit there and watch the performance, and you only need to go on the stage during the Q&A session.

When you are not recording a program, you can travel around in southern Hunan or write books in a hotel. It is also convenient to go home after the summer vacation and you can also earn some reputation.

"Chinese Bridge" was recorded very quickly, but Zhang Chu has to seize the time to enrich his knowledge base now!

This is what he is willing to do. Fortunately, these contents are quite consistent with the major he studied. The Chinese major is to learn these contents.

I learned the pronunciation and source of Chinese characters in my freshman year, and I can analyze them from scratch, which is no problem at all.

What kind of calligraphy, Chinese national conditions, history, culture, folk customs and geography can be used only, even dialects, which obviously makes him much easier.

The so-called judges are just a test of professional abilities!

If he is really inferior to the foreign students in the Chinese Bridge, then the Chinese Department of Yan University will probably expel this person from the school.

Of course, some common sense issues may also stump most Chinese people because everyone does not pay much attention to it at all. For example, what are the patterns behind the common fifth set of RMB from one yuan to one hundred yuan, which will eliminate more than half of the people!

This is a typical dark under the light, but I can't remember it all at once when I use it frequently.

In addition to common sense that people are not paying attention to, some cultural questions are also difficult, such as what is the oldest drama genre? I guess some people want to say it is Peking Opera, but Kunqu Opera expressed dissatisfaction.

As judges, not only do you have to give the contestants the correct answers, but you also have to tell them about when the different types of dramas appeared and what their representative works are. Maybe you have to open your voice and sing a paragraph in person.

The program team will definitely give the judges an answer, but the subsequent extensions will depend on the judges' own personal qualities and it will not be able to diverge so far.

Since you have taken on this job, you have to do it well and save time from making jokes!

The program team will not give the judges the test paper and answers in advance, as this may cause the risk of leaking questions. The World College Student Chinese Competition is a large-scale competition facing the world. Officials who have always liked face will never be willing to make any mistakes.

So Zhang Chu had to review what he had learned in the past so that he would not speak nonsense when commenting, otherwise, he would become a large-scale fan-dismissing scene on this program.

Not to mention people who have entered society, even college students’ Chinese proficiency is far inferior to before. First of all, the time spent using and learning Chinese has decreased. As long as everyone can communicate normally, they do not need to write Chinese characters frequently, and the phenomenon of forgetting characters with their pen is becoming more and more serious!

Ask yourself, do you recognize this word and know the meaning when you see it, but after picking up the pen, you always forget how to write it. If you are slightly reminded, you will have to type it out on your phone and write it accordingly.

"Fortunately, I am already very proficient in primary calligraphy, so I can go on stage to show off my skills." Zhang Chu thought silently in his mind, and decided to go home and practice with a brush to avoid getting unfamiliar.

He didn't have to write a book for the time being, and he even had the leisure to copy the words on the textbook one by one to deepen his impression!

It’s all right if you don’t do it, but if you want to do it, you can do your best. This is his usual idea.

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"Oh, why did you sound the Pipa song today? This should be "Ten-sided Ambush"?"

Chen Muyang took off the sunglasses on his nose and found that the writer's preferences were really different from those of ordinary people. He started listening to real classical music. It was amazing!

Zhang Chu folded the "Chronology of Famous Masters of Han and Jin Dynasties" in his hand. This book is of high reference value. It was produced by the National Library. It records the deeds of many famous people from the Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, including Sima Qian, Jia Yi, Dong Zhongshu, Zhuge Liang, Wang Xizhi and others. The various materials in it are very detailed. They are not written by contemporary historians, but are summarized from historical research materials starting from the Tang and Song Dynasties to the Republic of China.

After seeing Chen Muyang, he smiled and said, "I thought you were in the wrong place. There should be no traffic jam at this time, right?"

The two of them posted a few WeChat chats before, but they talked about Zhang Chu's new home. Chen Muyang and he also had common topics in the game field. They didn't forget to meet in the game through thousands of miles apart. Recently, they even made an appointment to play a survival game, which was already popular in the past few years.

"Stop talking. The driver behind me didn't know what was going on, so he rushed up and rear-ended me, slandered it was my fault, saying that he wanted to record a video and expose me on Weibo." Chen Muyang said angrily, "I'm not afraid, just take a picture. The traffic police are not far away from the front, come directly to draw the responsibility."

"So that's it. Come and eat watermelon to calm down. You have time to go back to Yanjing recently. I thought you were on tour every week and said you would go to Wukesong to support your concert."

One of the great benefits of being in Yanjing is that most singers at home and abroad will hold a concert here, and there are more various dramas and musicals than other cities, and the entertainment activities are quite rich.

Chen Muyang shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "I can't support Wukesong now, so I can only go to the Gongshi Pharmaceutical Team to open three-sided tables. Moreover, Yanjing Festival is the first one. I have already finished thirty-two concerts. Now it's time to rest!"

It is indeed more profitable to do concerts, but it is too tiring for singers to have their voices at all. Many singers do not pay attention to using their voices when they are young, and they cannot listen at all after middle age.

Zhang Chu was a little regretful, "Then I can only wait for you to support you next concert. I will definitely buy VVIP tickets."

"When I come and listen to my concert, I will leave you wherever you want." Chen Muyang patted his chest, "No need to spend money, just swipe your face card."

"Then let's just say that."

If it weren't for his incomplete tone, Zhang Chu would have wanted to go on stage to be a guest and sing two songs, but that was purely to provide themes for netizens.

"Your yard is really nice. It looks like in a TV series. You live so freely. If I can afford a courtyard in Yanjing in this life, I don't know what it will be like!"

In the eyes of many people, singers and celebrities should be more profitable than writers, especially popular singers.

However, this has to be compared with what level. At least Chen Muyang's income is far less than Zhang Chu's. The sales of this guy's book are simply a super bug. Some netizens call him the diligent version of Adele in the book industry.

Adele only released an album in several years, although one can sell tens of millions of copies. However, Zhang Chu can publish many books in a year, and the sales of most works are moving towards tens of millions of levels, so he is particularly diligent.

"So you don't have to write books lately? I heard that "The Lord of the Rings" is about to be released."

Zhang Chu nodded, picking up the matcha that appeared from somewhere: "It won't be easy for a few days. Now I'm preparing for the final exam while reading these books to enrich the knowledge base. "The Lord of the Rings" did not start pre-sale this time, and some of them are not sure about sales, but that's what the publishing company considers."

The release period is relatively long and pre-sale is only used. Now the release time of "The Lord of the Rings" is set very close, so Nanhai Publishing Company is naturally unwilling to spend a lot of time and energy on pre-sale. Anyway, after the printing factory is finished, one large truck after another will transport these brand new books to warehouses across the country, leaving very little time for pre-sale.

The pre-sale was launched when "The Lord of the Rings 1" was released because they had a little doubt about this Western fantasy novel with weak protagonists and were not so confident about sales.

Now "The Lord of the Rings 2" and "The Lord of the Rings 3" no longer need to test the market. Just put it on the bookshelf and readers will buy them one by one!

To avoid out of stock, almost every physical bookstore and online bookstore are stocking up in large quantities, so each piece of Nanhai Publishing Company has printed 4 million copies for the first time.

Printing factories are working hard, and there are not many big orders like this. The first print of hundreds of thousands of copies of the usual works has already entered the ranks of best-selling books.

Zhang Chu is not too worried about the sales of the "Lord of the Rings" series in China. The basic market is relatively stable, and as long as you don't commit suicide, it won't be too bad.

"The Forest of Norway" is not selling well because it is too literary and relatively niche.

What he is concerned about now is whether Europe and the United States can accept this work. "The Lord of the Rings" in his previous life was the pride of European and American readers, and he was the first in all kinds of votes.

Especially now that the copyright of the movie has been sold, if the sales are not good, Universal Pictures will definitely complain about the contract content, and it will not be good to break up at that time.

Chen Muyang threw the watermelon peel into the trash can, then sucked two pieces of paper to wipe his hands, but when he wanted to hold the matcha, he was empty.

The little guy is actually very arrogant, not a stupid stranger who just wants to hug him!

He was not very embarrassed, and was used to being rejected by cats. He heard the song played on a small speaker repeatedly and asked, "Do you really like "The Ten-Side Ambush" so much? He actually has a single loop."

"These classical music is actually quite good, and I am also asking my ears and head to remember this melody."

"What's the use of remembering this melody? Do you plan to play it yourself or use it in a new song? Will the next song be a new Chinese style song?"

Zhang Chu shook his head, "It's not for writing songs, but for preparing for the Chinese Bridge competition. Although I didn't see the title, I think this classical cultural content must not escape this well-known classical music. I'll give you a simple test. Do you know what story does the song "Tianfang Ambush tell?"

Chen Muyang said proudly: "I have watched this movie, which tells the story of Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, and Liu Dehua's love triangle! Zhang Ziyi's appearance is very beautiful, especially the dance part."

Faced with a poor student who misses his name, Zhang Chu really doesn't know how to evaluate it.

He is now starting to worry. If there is really this question then and the foreign college students who answer the question will also have this answer, then what expression should he use?

"Isn't it right?"

"You really should read more books. The ambush on the Ten-sided side talks about the Battle of Gaixia of the King of Western Chu. Do you have the nerve to say that you make music?"

Zhang Chu felt that he should learn how to speak well and save time from hitting foreign players too hard. What if people lose the confidence to continue learning Chinese!

Chen Muyang didn't take it to heart. He couldn't help laughing, "It turns out that the song "Ambushes on Ten" is not about their story. Then why do you need the same name? It's really misleading. If you take another test for me, I don't believe those foreigners!"

"Okay, let's talk about the top ten ancient Chinese songs, which songs are, and their allusions. You don't have to finish ten, just say five."

Zhang Chu himself only added up his knowledge after reading books in the past few days, but he didn't know what the knowledge reserves of Chen Muyang and others who specialize in music are like.

Chen Muyang was also a little clever ghost. He said with his fingers: "If you ask this, you must be one of the ambushings on all sides. I won't tell you the story of the pipa song. In addition, everyone knows the stories of mountains and flowing water..."

"Are you two, what else?"

"Also, what else is there?" Chen Muyang was a little confused. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of it. He questioned: "Are you sure there will be such a difficult problem in Chinese bridge? Apart from studying these people, who would ordinary Chinese know?"

"Don't worry about whether foreigners know it or not. Anyway, you don't know it now." Zhang Chu said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Actually, you can also draw nourishment from ancient music. Don't just think about learning hip-hop, blues or r&b. It's very useful to take out some of these ancient music."

Chen Muyang also put away his underestimation. He originally thought that foreigners learned Chinese were nothing more than goodbye to you, but who knew that they would even involve these contents.

He claims to be a musician, but he can't even say the top ten ancient songs. How can he learn Chinese style and ancient style song creation?

"If you look back, you must understand the things left by these ancestors. You can read 300 Tang poems well, and you can recite them even if you can't write poems. After receiving the influence, you may be able to write good songs."

Zhang Chu accidentally fooled an ancient style enthusiast out. He is now starting to worry. Chen Muyang's extremely powerful agent Jin Ou will not come to trouble him then, right?

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Chapter completed!