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from the broadcast of "the lost child" in august 2022 to the currently popular "half-ripe men and women", douban reading has once again attracted the public's attention. as an online literature platform with a niche style but frequent high-quality novels, douban reading has repeatedly used the strength of its works to carve out a bloody path in the film and television copyright market. among them, the results of the suspense category are particularly eye-catching. the female suspense work "the invisible name" by the popular author yi nan will be starred by well-known actors such as ni ni, and the author lu chunwu's douban annual suspense work "a lifetime of suspense" is being filmed and produced by noon sunshine. another suspense dark horse author zhuang weile's work "rat and dog generation" will be a film and television version created by ning hao's team and iqiyi.

(stills from "half-ripe men and women", pictures from the internet)

when i met zhuang weile, it was hard to imagine that she was the author of "rat and dog". i just felt that the girl sitting in front of me was smiling, cheerful and talkative. when asked whether many readers would think that the author of "rat and dog" was a man because of its sharp and straightforward writing style, zhuang weile smiled and said that it would indeed cause such misunderstanding. but the choice of perspective and the writing style depends on the needs of the plot, not the needs of the author.

zhuang wei le graduated from boston university's department of media studies and new york university's graduate program. zhuang wei le's learning and work experience are closely related to writing. during her undergraduate studies, she returned to china to work as an intern reporter for newspapers and tv stations, and also contributed articles to domestic and foreign media as a writer. after graduating from graduate school, zhuang wei le went through a torturous period of job hunting in new york, encountering many real problems such as discrimination against international students and workplace bullying. she resolutely decided to enter the entrepreneurial track with her partners and founded a chinese-english bilingual media company on wall street, dedicated to serving outstanding chinese companies going overseas.

(picture from weibo)

"i think all the difficulties are the process of solving puzzles in games." zhuang weile said with a smile. in her cognition, entrepreneurship and creation have many similarities. she said that the state of a person is like a sailboat in the waves, and ups and downs are normal. this is true for entrepreneurship and creation. in the seven years of entrepreneurship, this girl born in 1991 has experienced the process of financing, near bankruptcy, and re-entrepreneurship. until now, she still does not think that she has succeeded in entrepreneurship, but is just in the running stage.

zhuang weile started writing a suspense novel in april 2020. the original intention of writing was "i have something to say". "at that time, my business had just reached a bottleneck, and the global economy was in a special period. i sat in the room thinking about what else i had not done. i am a person who does not like to leave regrets for myself. writing a novel is a dream that i have not yet completed." she said.

in the past four years, zhuang wei le has created six long suspense works, totaling more than 1.2 million words. she said that she cares more about time management. because of work, she can only start writing after finishing her work at night. she believes that continuous reading input and writing output, two-way guidance, can create truly good works.

when "rats and dogs" won the third place in the suspense category of the 2022 douban reading rally, zhuang weile admitted that she was surprised and unexpected. the small town style in western guangdong shown in "rats and dogs" has attracted a large number of readers, and the number of audiobooks played has reached more than 7 million. the down-to-earth description of the little people is the reason why this work has attracted attention. zhuang weile said that she has a topic she wants to talk about in each work. she hopes that readers can see the multifaceted reality from her works. she said that life or creation is a process of upgrading and fighting monsters, and there are many interesting puzzles to solve in this process. once solved, the plot will move forward and the characters will be more three-dimensional. this is not achieved overnight, but a long-term process.

zhuang weile's recently released new work "sin is breathing" also entered the finals of douban reading's rally suspense group this year. the inspiration for the creation of "sin is breathing" came from her experience of becoming a new mother last year. she admitted that becoming a new mother made her transform from a girl to a mother, and she also saw the struggles and confusion of young mothers in today's society. through the work "sin is breathing" and the description of the five families in it, zhuang weile used a suspenseful perspective to explore the group parent-child relationship with chinese characteristics, focusing on the identity of "mother" and examining the topics of blood, crime and love.