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The so-called strange people in the world are still alive in their stories - "Showdown" tells the story of the revenge of a bridge master, "The Immortal Hand" laments the master hermit in the Go world, "The Drunken Master" reproduces the drunken hero Drunken Master after a thousand cups of wine; "Ants and Men" ranges from the microscopic world to the large scale of all living beings, with a broad artistic conception and a self-contained pattern.

An old professor of philosophy fell asleep without anyone around him. On university campuses, there are professors who are good at dancing and mixing in official circles, while there are professors who are pure and self-sufficient and focus on academics. The disciples who are eager for fame and wealth and are already in high positions intend to organize an international forum to attract attention in the name of celebrating the professor's birthday. Faced with this farce that was inevitable, the old professor fell asleep on the forum... His "sleeping" state of mind was really meaningful.

The novel "Eye of the Storm" focuses on the story of a series of economic knowledge published by a large publishing house in Shanghai that was severely criticized by superiors and caused a turmoil. It exactly shows the clamor of the times when the times are changing, and thus outlines the integrity and spirit of intellectuals. Writer Sun Yong has personally experienced China's publishing process over the past 40 years of reform and opening up. As a former president of a publishing house and director of a publishing bureau, he has experience and insight into the ever-changing publishing industry. With thoughtful words that understand the joys and sorrows of his life, he carefully describes the publisher's mood and ecology. "Eye of the Storm" not only expands the depth of thought and breadth of life of intellectual novels in the publishing industry, showing the rich and complex editor's heart and the colorful publishing industry ecology, but also captures the deep spiritual depth of intellectuals with shocking observation. Since at the beginning of the reform and opening up, the party had not yet reached a unified understanding of whether to follow the road of market economy, so the uproar caused by the publication of this book by this large publishing house in Shanghai made a group of intellectuals face choices and endure the test in the storm. Real exploration and perseverance are the "eyes" of the storm, and they are calm but exciting. A publishing house with Chinese characteristics is indispensable for the management and operation of these publishers. They not only bear ideological and political risks, but also seek economic benefits for the publishing house at all times. The joys and sorrows of this process are particularly vivid when told by a publisher. This work, from the small to the big, is based on a book publishing incident that occurred in the 1980s, bringing out the living conditions of the publishing house and the life path, emotions and destiny of intellectuals, which is especially sighing.

An upright auctioneer with a legendary history of turbulence. Auctioneer Ah Du is both "poisonous" and "independent". "Poison" refers to vision, and the industry leader; however, the word "independent" has another meaning, which is called "independent thinking", which means "accepting the truth of death." Ah Du's career as an auctioneer has been ups and downs - he has a keen eye for pearls and rejects "fake goods" against all opinions; he is benevolent and magnanimous, and has repeatedly offended the boss of the big auction house; he repays kindness, saves people from fire and water, and hides his name.

After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, the Seven Gentlemen were interrogated and killed at Caishikou. Tan Sitong's aide Xu Fangbai escaped from the knife and fled in the bloody storm, drifting to Shanghai. He looked up in despair, with nowhere to live. In the dark clouds at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the arrival of Zhang Yuanji brought a glimmer of hope to Xu Fangbai, and the appearance of the chivalrous Shandong brothers and sisters also brought a bright light to Xu Fangbai's lonely life. How will a helpless scholar restart his life that has been stagnant for a while? What kind of new way out will Xu Fangbai face? "Two Rooms" is a newly created novel by Sun Yong with great historical significance. This work continues Sun Yong's thinking on the identity and status of intellectuals in his creative genealogy, and infiltrates his insight into Chinese history and culture. "Two Rooms" uses a novel to imagine the fate of scholars back then, and how intellectuals would find a way out and settle down physically and mentally in the disintegrating social situation.

A journey to find a mysterious stamp, a narrow escape from the flames of war. There is a mysterious legend in the philatelic community. After World War II, a Jewish painter in exile in the United States designed a stamp for Einstein. From Kabul to Shanghai, from Shanghai to Paris, from Paris to Washington... A "near escape" after the smoke of war, a journey to find a mysterious and rare stamp. By getting this stamp, I may be able to draw a successful conclusion to this suspenseful journey of search--