"Then why do you insist on enriching the judges' lineup?"

"I just simply feel that the previous evaluation method is a bit out of the masses."

Wang Meng expressed his doubts, "Why are you separated from the masses? Don't the shortlisted works of the National Excellent Short Story Award voted by readers?"

"First of all, there is doubt about how many of the people who voted are 'ordinary readers'.

Second, the final review authority is always in the hands of experts.

Since you think ordinary readers have the right to make decisions, what does it matter if you add some such people to the judges team?”

After Lin Chaoyang said that, Wang Meng fell silent. He was not convinced, but understood that Lin Chaoyang had a fundamental difference in the concepts of these people.

After the awards, everyone chatted for more than an hour and left after dinner in Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

After a busy month, it’s time for everyone to have a good rest. The judges from other places can take this opportunity to stroll around Yanjing City. See you again next week when the awards are presented.

The work of the judges has been completed, and the work of the Cultural Association must continue.

When the award results are released, they must notify the winner as soon as possible.

Zashi Dawa, who was far away in Xz, received a call from Wen Xie, and Moyan, who was studying in Yanjing, also received a call from Wen Xie, but Lu Yao had not contacted him yet.

It turned out that after he had improved his health last year, he devoted himself to the creation of the third part of "Ordinary World". As a result, just a few days ago, his weak body lit up a red light again.

In desperation, Lu Yao had to go north to northern Shaanxi again, traveling between Yulin and Yan'an to seek medical treatment.

It took two days for the Wenhui Association to contact Lu Yao. He was recuperating in the Yulin Hotel. This time, Lu Yao did not find Mr. Zhang Pengju, a famous doctor who had been treating him last time.

He was depressed and was both surprised and happy when he received a call from the Wenhui Association.

"Have you won the award? "Ordinary World" really won the award?"

Lu Yao repeated it several times in disbelief at the phone receiver until he finally sat on the chair because he was too excited, and he slowly recovered his sanity after a few seconds.

Then he talked to Xie Yongwang on the other end of the phone and communicated about the award.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yao remembered something.

The Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award has a prize of 100,000 yuan!

Thinking of the astronomical bonus, Lu Yao's heart was filled with joy again, before for honor and this time for money.

He quickly picked up the phone and called his younger brother Wang Tianle, "Tianle, I have money! I want to take you to Yanjing to receive the award!"

"What?""

Faced with the sudden nonsense of my brother's sudden nonsense, Wang Tianle was puzzled.

"I won the award! I won the grand prize! Do you know the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award? The prize of 100,000 yuan!" Lu Yao said loudly.

Of course Wang Tianle knew about the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award, but he couldn't believe that his brother had only written two novels, and one of them had not been written. The jury dared to give him this award. He was so brave!

The two brothers talked for a while, and Wang Tianle finally confirmed the news and congratulated his brother.

Faced with Lu Yao's invitation to take him to Yanjing to receive the award, Wang Tianle hesitated for a moment but refused.

"You go alone."

"Why?"

"No matter how much you have bonuses, you have to save some money. If you have so many hands, you should spend less bonuses. Just hold on for a few more years."

Listening to his younger brother's words, Lu Yao couldn't help but report it.

He is a well-known writer in Shaanxi. He has a salary, allowances, and royalties in the Arts Association. His income is far beyond ordinary people, but at the same time he has a consumption habit that exceeds ordinary people.

For example, when he was writing, he had to smoke at least three packs of cigarettes every day and drink a few cups of coffee to refresh himself.

These things are nothing in later generations, but they are somewhat extravagant now.

His extraordinary consumption habits made Lu Yao fall into a difficult situation of having no money at hand from time to time. At this time, his younger brother Wang Tianle became his logistics minister.

Wang Tianle was not dissatisfied with this. If it weren't for Lu Yao, the writer's brother, he might still be digging food in the soil, but now he is a glamorous and decent reporter.

When the two brothers talked about winning the prize, Lu Yao once said that he would win the Nobel Prize in Literature in the future.

He wanted to take Wang Tianle to Stockholm to receive the award to reward his younger brother for his support and contribution to his writing career.

That's why Lu Yao said when he was calling, he wanted to take Wang Tianle to receive the award. He may not be able to go to Stockholm, but Yanjing always has to go there once.

Lu Yao felt that there seemed to be a kind of will in the dark. Today was June 1st. Just in the morning, he had just sent the manuscript of the third part of "Ordinary World" to the Central People's Radio Station, and then he received the good news from the National Association for Literature and Literature from Yanjing.

On this day, he felt that he was the happiest person in the world!

Lu Yao received the news of the award, which was the third day after the award was decided, as early as the second day after the award was decided.

The People's Daily and the Literary Daily also announced the list of winners of the first Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award.

Since its announcement, the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award has attracted great attention from the good readers in the domestic literary community. Now the award results are released, and the attention is even better than before.

The Best Short Story Award was won by "The Soul Tied to a Leather Rope". This is OK. Last year, this novel won the National Excellent Short Story Award.

The Best Novella Award was won by "Red Sorghum", which is also the icing on the cake. "Red Sorghum" has won a lot of praise since its publication, and the adapted film has won a grand prize abroad.

The selection results of the first two awards have won the recognition of many writers and readers, and can be used as "Ordinary World"

First, after the information of the second part won the Best Novel Award, some people couldn't calm down.

Why did it win the Best Novel Award?

Almost on the day the award results were announced, the literary world had already questioned.

Since the first part of "Ordinary World", many problems such as outdated style, slow narrative pace, and dull characters have been tainted by the literary and critics.

Many writers and critics who thank themselves for their taste and pursuit do not understand this result, and some are already writing quickly and questioning whether the jury has done something in secret.

Contrary to the doubts in the literary world, after the news that "Ordinary World" won the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award for Best Novel Award, the readers' reaction was joyful.

After the first part of "Ordinary World", the novel did not receive much praise in the literary world or in the reader group, but now the reputation of the novel in the reader group has changed by 180 degrees.

The reason must start with the speech of the Central People's Radio.

Starting from March 27, the "Long-Long Broadcast" program of China National Radio broadcasts "Ordinary World" to listeners across the country in two periods a day.

During this period of 1988, although the domestic television ownership exceeded 10 million, the popularity of television is still insufficient for a large country with a population of one billion, and its communication is far less than that of radio.

After the broadcast of "Ordinary World", it soon caused a warm response among the audience. When the novel was broadcasted in the second part, the response became even more intense and overwhelming.

Thousands of letters from listeners flew into the Central People's Radio Station like snowflakes. Among the letters were students, teachers, workers, farmers, soldiers, retired cadres, and unemployed young people—

These listeners expressed their love for this novel in words, and in the descriptions of many listeners,

When they listen to "Ordinary World", they often have a group of colleagues and classmates gather together, and everyone is so fascinated by the way they are immersed in their hearts.

The novel is published in famous magazines, but it is familiar to millions of readers and is on the "long-length broadcast" of China National Radio, which is a million listeners.

In the third year of the publication of "Ordinary World", readers' reputation finally reversed.

Just at this time, the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award recognized "Ordinary World". The news came out, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced the recognition and pride of novel readers and listeners.

The Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award recognizes "Ordinary World", so readers and listeners must also repay their favor, and recognizes the authority and fairness of the award.

With the support of tens of millions of listeners, the topic of Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award has been rising all the way, and its influence is almost no less than that of Mao Dun Literature Award, and it has also received unanimous praise in terms of reputation.

Many ordinary people simply believe that works such as "Ordinary World" that are close to the lives and feelings of the people should win a grand prize.

June 6, 1988, West Chang'an Street, Yanjing.

Compared with ten years ago, Chang'an Street is now full of traffic, especially today is Monday, where the dark army of bicycles occupy the main force on the wide road, mixed with motorcycles and cars.

In the dragon-like traffic, there was a small diversion among the flow of people. It turned into Daliubukou Street south of Chang'an Street, and then entered a small alley.

The alley, which is not very lively on weekdays, is filled with the sound of cars and the voices of people, becoming lively and noisy.

The award ceremony for the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award was still in Xiaoliubukou Hutong. Today, Lin Chaoyang’s home has four doors across the courtyard. There was no conference for the award ceremony, nor was there any banner or flowers.

If you don’t observe carefully, you won’t even find that this is the awards ceremony for a literary award.

The only thing that can be identified here is probably the amount of "text" contained in the crowd.

Today, Xiaoliubukou Hutong not only had judges from the jury, but also many leading cadres from the Culturalkou, editors/deputy editors of many well-known domestic literary magazines, leaders of publishing institutions, many writers, critics, and reporters from many TV stations and newspapers, a total of more than 100 guests were present.

Of course, in addition to these people, there is another special guest today, who is Zhuang Chongwen, the investor of the award.

Zhuang Chongwen arrived in Yanjing yesterday and stayed at Yanjing Hotel. Yanjing Hotel is also on Chang'an Street, less than 3 kilometers from Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

This morning, Zhuang Chongwen took a bus to Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

Seeing Lin Chaoyang, he showed a sincere smile on his face and took the initiative to extend his hand two steps forward.

"Lin Sheng, thank you for your hard work!"

"Mr. Zhuang is polite."

After a few greetings, Lin Chaoyang introduced some leaders present to Zhuang Chongwen, and then the two of them whispered.

Zhuang Chongwen invested in the establishment of a literary award, of course, it was out of public interest, but it was also selfish.

Although he was in Xiangjiang during this period, news about the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award would be heard from time to time. It was completely beyond his expectations that the first prize could achieve such an influence.

Especially after he landed in Yanjing last night, he read several newspaper reports on the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award and deeply felt the influence of the award. Zhuang Chongwen was glad that he really entrusted the right person for this matter.

A literary award was established for 300,000 yuan, allowing his name to spread all over the country in just a few months.
To be continued...