News from this newspaper (Reporter Wang Guoping) The application for the first "Wang Zhecheng Reading Star" selection activity is in progress.

The 86-year-old old writer Wang Zhecheng was very curious, "I don't know what kind of reading stories the five colleagues who were finally judged have."

Wang Zhecheng is a native of Fenghua, Ningbo. He was the vice chairman of Zhejiang Writers Association. "Soil" and "Cool Summer" won two National Excellent Novella Awards. Annual Chinese Reportage Outstanding Works List".

Throughout his life of reading and writing, Wang Zhecheng has a deep affection for the library.

In the summer of 1952, he followed the then director of the Fenghua Cultural Center, Zhou Shifei, to draw patriotic health propaganda posters. He slept in the library of the cultural center at night, picked up the book and read, the more he read, the more sensible he became.

In the second year, he was admitted to Peking University, "thanks to the foundation laid by this reading experience".

During his college days, inspired by the slogan "March into Science", Wang Zhecheng was determined to learn his skills.

Once, on his way back to the dormitory late at night, he looked at the sky and a sentence popped out, "The stars of knowledge, when will I be able to count you all".

He wrote it into a little poem called "Out of the Library at Night", which was officially published as his debut.

Later, he also learned that his grandfather and six other village sages had donated money to build a library in Fenghua.

Wang Zhecheng became more emotionally attached to the library, and the idea of ​​"I want to do something" began to sprout and grow.

At the end of April 2021, he donated tens of thousands of books to his hometown, and re-engraved a "Wang Zhecheng Study Room" in Fenghua Library, hoping that these books that have illuminated his life can illuminate more people.

The key to "study" is to use it, gather popularity, hold activities, communicate freely, create a reading atmosphere, and "add a brick and a tile to the reading of the whole people".

But where does the money come from?

I don't have enough money.

When he couldn't do anything, he set his sights on his home in Hangzhou. "I lived in a retirement apartment. This house has been vacant. Although I was a little reluctant to give up, I still sold it and let it play a greater role."

Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, Zhejiang Library, Fenghua District Party Committee Propaganda Department and other units were informed and gave their support one after another.

He donated 3 million yuan of the house price. Starting this year, he will conduct an annual "Reading Star" selection for readers of public libraries at all levels in Zhejiang Province. Five people are selected each year, and each person will be awarded a bonus of 5,000 yuan. , to send a greeting to those who are willing to devote themselves to reading.

Chen Weijun, a young writer born in Fenghua after 1985, declared to participate in the evaluation.

He found that one of the selection criteria required applicants to have no overdue loan records in the public library. "This is a very interesting reminder that readers should be honest."

Chen Weijun said that the old man has a great realm and is fulfilling his social responsibilities. "I was thinking during this time that I have to do something."

In Fenghua Library, "Wang Zhecheng Study" covers an area of ​​about 180 square meters.

This physical space is constantly expanding, becoming a vast cultural space and a rich spiritual space.