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This book contains novels by Wang William, a famous writer born in the 1980s. These novels have been published in "Harvest", "October" and other magazines, and have been reprinted by many selected magazines. Among them, "Listening to the Sound of Salt Growing" tells the story of the Western Salt Lake, which is mysterious and attractive; "Book Fish" is a legendary Chinese historical fable; "Father's Revenge" is the writer's in-depth thinking about the city of Guangzhou where he lives; "Stumbling Block" expresses the writer's deep understanding of historical suffering; "One Night in Beijing" is the writer's only novella so far about youth and love.

In "Life Lessons", William Wang practices a kind of soul narrative. Strange peaks and deep canyons can often be seen in the narrative, and soul concerns are always developed in realistic and daily things. Whether it is history or love, they are narratives based on personal positions and imaginative qualities. It makes these novels without exception have a profound mark on William Wang. This book is representative of William Wang's collection of short story writing styles.

He opened his eyes, and the unchanging roofs and walls were like frozen time. Only the yellow water stains formed by moisture continued to grow, changing from a map of China to a map of Asia. He didn't move, not even a stretch, as if he was tied tightly by invisible ropes. Finally, he moved his fingers, and his hand came to life, like a small animal. He reached out and touched the sheets beside him. There were only empty sheets. It seemed that Amei had already gone to work. But he suddenly became confused, was what happened between him and Amei reality or a dream? He tried his best to recall, analyze, and think about it, but found that he could not confirm this extremely simple thing. He had no choice but to pick up his cell phone from his pillow and found Amei's number, ready to call and ask. If Amei said that she had nothing to do with him, he felt that he would not feel much pain. He had already thought about what to do next.

"I Have Seen That Person" is a collection of essays written by contemporary Chinese writer Wang William around the theme of "portraits", which includes works such as "I Have Seen a Person", "Addicted", and "Escape from the Study Room". This collection of essays is not only a collection of portrait sketches, but also a spiritual journey of the author's in-depth exploration of human nature, society and self. In these essays, William Wang relied on his keen observation and delicate emotional touch to paint dozens of portraits of distinctive characters and explore the stories and emotional worlds hidden behind them. In addition, the book also reviews the author's personal reading history and growth process, and demonstrates his belief in the power of words and his persistent pursuit of the art of writing by sharing the literary works that nourished his thoughts.

My mother said that if you don't want to be bullied, you have to study hard. If you study well, those big guys won't bully you. I thought she was right, so I studied hard. My grades are very good, and the big guys really don't bully me that much, because the teachers all like me. Teachers all over the world like students with good grades. But unfortunately, although they no longer bully me, they don't play with me much either. The recurrence and continuous accumulation of this kind of thing makes me extremely eager to grow up. I firmly believe that as long as I grow up, I will get rid of this disadvantaged situation and become happy and joyful. Like the big seniors I envied, I could go hiking, bird hunting, swimming, and wandering the streets until late at night. That's what my dream life is like. If you live like that, I think even if you have worries, they are happy worries, just like the worry of having too much money and not knowing how to spend it. However, as we all know, when you grow up, you will find that grown-up people are also boring. This is something to talk about later. What I want to talk about now is how I lost my childhood and who lost it.

William Wang was originally from Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province. He was born in Qinghai Province in 1982 and graduated from the Anthropology Department of Sun Yat-sen University. He began literary creation during college, and published a large number of works in magazines such as "Everyone", "Reading", "Book City" and "Tianya", which have been reprinted and included in various anthologies. At present, the main representative works of novels include "Illegal Move-in", "Legal Life" and "Lawless" of the "Legal Trilogy". Now lives in Guangzhou. When I was a child, every Spring Festival, my parents would take me back to Xifeng Village to celebrate the New Year with my grandfather and grandmother. Every time I see that depressed woman standing at the entrance of the village, muttering: Xiuqin, where have you been? Why don't you go home and cook? I didn't dare to look at her too much and followed my parents in a hurry, but she noticed us and rushed over anyway, and asked: "Have you just come back from outside?" Have you seen Xiu Qin?

Father: Do you know? You have to live well. Xiao Sun: How can we live a good life? Father: Just a decent life. Xiao Sun: What does it look like? Father: Of course he looks like a human being! Xiao Sun: What does that person look like? Father: You just want to argue with me, right? Xiao Sun: No, I am already a human being. How can I become inhuman? Father: A bear like you now can't live like a human being! Xiao Sun: Then tell me how you behave, so that I can live like that. Father: Have you read so many celebrity biographies in vain?

The 11 stories included in "Wild Future" range from recent to distant, ranging from the impact of GPS technology on life and memories, the destruction of real connections between people by screens, to the tampering of memory authenticity by memory backups, the damage to emotions and experiences caused by the vast ocean of information, to mankind's exploration of black holes and space... Wang William, who focuses on realistic themes, has integrated his expertise in physics, philosophy and anthropology into a novel for the first time. Pay attention to and imagine the changes and confusions in certain stages of humankind's future: taxi drivers who have been laid off due to the popularization of driverless technology; people at the bottom who can break into the future world; the perfect stripping of human emotional memories; aliens' secret hijacking of earthlings, etc. The protagonists, taxi drivers, portrait photographers, airport security guards... Intentionally or unintentionally return to their old lives, maintain their old habits, and satisfy their "backward" state. These people who live in the future seem to have found a way to avoid anxiety. In these stories, we can clearly tell whether we are truly alive or not. "I didn't expect you to be so nostalgic." "You can't be the only one allowed to be nostalgic, right? You almost got into a fight with me over a box of Michael Jackson tapes." "Do you still remember this?" "I can't forget it, I keep thinking about it."