After he said this, he pretended to be secretive and asked with excitement: "Do you want to know what happened to those novels of yours?"

Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "I don't want to."

"It's boring!" Li Tuo looked disappointed, "You are so boring!"

"You don't have to say it." Lin Chaoyang said.

Li Tuo held it in for a long time, but finally couldn't hold it in anymore, "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else!"

"Then you'd better not tell me."

"You..." Li Tuo pointed at Lin Chaoyang, filled with indignation.

In the end, he had no choice but to compromise, "If I hadn't seen you as the person involved, I wouldn't have bothered to tell you."

Lin Chaoyang turned a deaf ear to his words. For a person like him, he couldn't hold himself back even if you didn't ask him.

“For this year’s awards, 19 candidate works have been screened out in the early stage, and each judge can nominate no more than 10 works.

Only works with more than half of the votes cast by the total number of judges participating in the voting can be included in the nomination list."

Having said this, Li Tuo emphasized again, "You are nominated for two more works this year. Which two do you think they are?"

""Crossing Guandong" and "Crossing the Boat"." Lin Chaoyang said the two names calmly.

Li Tuo was disappointed, "Where did you get the news?"

"Still using gossip? Based on the Mao Dun Literature Award's judging style, could they choose "Shutter Island"?"

Li Tuo laughed mischievously when he heard this, "Don't tell me, it's true. "Shutter Island" is not bad, but it is still different from tradition."

In contemporary Chinese literary circles, what is tradition?

Four words - realism.

If you write fantasy literature, it is all deviant. Historical literature must be written like "Li Zicheng" to be called orthodox.

He continued: "In the nomination stage, a total of 10 works were shortlisted. Then a second round of voting was held among these 10 works. Each judge voted for no more than 6 works. This time, the number of votes was required to exceed 2/3 of the total number of judges.

Only those who win the prize will be awarded, and those who are unsuccessful will also be given a nomination award."

"Nomination Award?"

When Lin Chaoyang heard this name, he immediately thought of the various so-called nominated and award-winning works that would come out to gain popularity on the eve of the selection of the Mao Dun Literary Award.

"It sounds ridiculous to you, right? If you win, you win, and if you don't win, you don't win. What kind of award is a nomination award?" Li Tuo also expressed disapproval of this kind of operation in his tone.

He added: "But I heard that someone made a temporary motion to cancel the nomination award."

Lin Chaoyang nodded. There are still some sensible people among the judges. If they really win the nomination award, it will be nothing but pork.

The highlight came next. Li Tuo asked habitually: "Guess which works won the award?"

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang did not answer, he took the initiative to say: "Your "Crossing the Guandong", Li Zhun's "The Yellow River Flows East", Zhang Jie's "Heavy Wings", Liu Xinwu's "The Bell and Drum Tower"."

Lin Chaoyang nodded, his expression showing no surprise at all. Except for his variable, the rest was exactly the same as in his memory.

After Li Tuo finished talking about the information he had finally found out, he saw Lin Chaoyang's face was indifferent, and he couldn't help but feel full of frustration.

Youyuan said: "I shouldn't have told you if I had known earlier."

"I've said it all. Okay, thank you!"

Lin Chaoyang patted Li Tuo on the shoulder, like an old man thanking the young man who helped him cross the road.

"Whatever I do is considered to be a good news, why don't you express your gratitude!"

"Stay home for dinner tonight."

This meal is so boring and frustrating.

A few days later, when Tao Yushu had just given birth, the results of this year’s Mao Dun Literature Award were published in the People’s Daily.

Four works, "Crossing the Guandong", "The Yellow River Flows East", "Heavy Wings" and "The Bell and Drum Tower" are impressively listed, and Li Tuo's gossip is quite accurate.

As soon as the news came out, Lin Chaoyang's family suddenly became lively again.

The reason why I say "again" is because Tao Yushu gave birth to his second child a few days ago, and a group of friends just came to congratulate him.

This time Lin Chaoyang won the Mao Dun Literature Award for the second time, so he naturally had to congratulate him.

With so many people here, it is inevitable that everyone will talk about some of the inside stories of the awards. The sources of information are different, and the true and false information are mixed, which makes people confused.

Some people say that there are several writers who have submitted their works for this year's awards and are trying to treat guests to dinner. Some people say that some local literary associations have begun to regard the Mao Dun Literary Award as a political achievement, and award-winning writers are given apartments...

Not only acquaintances around me, but also the literary world and countless literature lovers are paying attention. The announcement of the winners of the Mao Dun Literary Award has become the most watched event in the literary world during this period.

The controversy caused by "The Truman Show" has also subsided. Now everyone is more concerned about Lin Chaoyang winning the Mao Dun Literature Award for the second time with "Enter Guandong".

The Mao Dun Literary Award has only been held for the second time since its establishment, and Lin Chaoyang has won the award again. He has not yet turned thirty this year, and the next ten years will probably be his creative peak period.

If this trend continues, will he not be able to win the Mao Dun Literature Award in the future?

And there are rumors that Lin Chaoyang's two works have reached the final nomination stage this time. His ability is really a bit of a dimensionality reduction in the Mao Dun Literature Award.

Now everyone is thinking about a question, that is, if Lin Chaoyang wins the third Mao Dun Literature Award in a few years, what will the jury do?

Various disturbing news in the literary world continue to spread and ferment, and time passes by and the day comes for the second Mao Dun Literary Award Ceremony.
Chapter completed!