I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 315 Who is Suffering?
Editor-in-Chief Lou and Carol had completely different opinions, which made Ji Zhuo ask a question.

Then, I received a reply from Editor-in-Chief Lou.

"Editor Lou: Indeed. But "Seven Days of Hell" has enough achievements and enough readers.

Editor-in-Chief Lou: As we all know, Mr. Ji, your "Seven Days of Hell" is competing with your friend's "Epic of Empire".

Editor-in-Chief Lou: Even the Goncourt Prize will consider the impact of the award on one of them.

Editor-in-Chief Lou: Our publishing house can also carry out some operations on this... There are many publishing houses participating in the review, and the Delvin Baiqiguo branch also participates to a certain extent. "

Editor-in-chief Lou's words are really euphemistic, but the meaning expressed,
But is it pressure and shady?

Then I saw Editor-in-Chief Lou speak out more directly.

"Editor Lou: It should be your award, Mr. Ji, and no one can take it away."

Ji Zhuo looked at the confident words of Editor-in-Chief Lou,

Silence.

Is this me shady myself?

Ji Zhuo just felt that there was no need to...

"Clumsy and uncommon: If editor-in-chief Lou does this, Burt Publishing House will not sit still, will it?

Editor-in-Chief Lou: Yes.Although Burt Publishing's own influence is not very good, it is backed by North Comprehensive Publishing and has a very high influence throughout Europe and even America.

Editor-in-Chief Lou: But it’s okay, even if it’s like this.At most, it is divided into two groups, and in the end it has the same result as the British Literature Award. "

Editor Lou is full of confidence.

Ji Zhuo only felt that he had committed a crime.

The jury members of the Britannia Prize and the Goncourt Literary Prize have committed a crime,
Only then did I come across "Seven Days of Hell" by the dog author and "Epic of Empire" by ABC, which were published by Delwin Publishing House and Burt Publishing House successively.

The influence of the two books is comparable, and the two publishing houses are not vegetarians.

The judges caught in the middle can only say that they committed crimes.

Ji Zhuo also felt that he had really committed a crime,
The last time it was because ABC and the author of the dog won the award at the same time,
He had to let the author give up the video connection when accepting the award, and asked Editor-in-Chief Lou to accept it on his behalf, and there were many troubles in the end.
Let him be forced to say that the dog author and ABC know each other.

Come again this time...

forget it.

"Clumsy and uncommon: Thank you, editor-in-chief Lou, for your confidence in my work, but let it be.

Clumsy and Uncommon: Let him take the Goncourt Prize for Literature if "The Epic of the Empire" wins.

Editor-in-Chief Lou: What does Mr. Ji mean by not putting extra pressure on this?

Editor-in-Chief Lou: That may be... the jury members are indeed more inclined to serious works.

Clumsy and uncommon: Well, it’s okay, just let nature take its course.

Editor-in-Chief Lou: Mr. Ji wants to compete fairly with ABC’s new book with his new book in the future?

Editor-in-Chief Lou: Yes, after all, "Seven Days of Hell" is just your old work, Mr. Ji.

Editor-in-Chief Lou: Then let the "Epic of Empires" take first this time? "

Ji Zhuo watched Editor-in-Chief Lou fill in a lot of content.

There is nothing to say.

"Clumsy and uncommon: Hmm.

Editor-in-Chief Lou: Mr. Ji is really broad-minded, and he doesn't care about temporary gains and losses.

Editor-in-Chief Lou: But I think the next award will definitely be the result of your complete victory, Mr. Ji. "

Another two rainbow farts,
Then if I compete for this award, should I be praised for my confidence, courage and majesty?

After a few more polite words with Editor-in-Chief Lou, the exchange ended.

Ji Zhuo put down the phone again,

Lie on your stomach and enjoy this sour shoulder and neck massage,

Yun Qingmu on the bed next to her turned her head again and looked at Ji Zhuo,

"Ji Zhuo?"

"Um……"

Yun Qingmu cast her gaze, probably because she was a little curious about what he was doing with the phone just now.

"Editor at Delwin Press. Tell me about Seven Days of Hell competing for an award."

Ji Zhuo roughly replied.

Yun Qingmu's eyes lit up,
"Seven Days of Hell is going to win again?"

"..."Seven Days of Hell" probably won't win the award this time. The judges for that award tend to be more serious works. Probably the winner should be "Epic of the Empire"."

"Oh……"

Yun Qingmu's eyes were slightly regretful.

"Hiss... Auntie, please be gentle on your waist, my back hurts."

"Young man, your body is not good, you should exercise more, your muscles are stiff."

……

"...Friends, our annual grand event is about to begin. But before that, we still need to choose the works that will be awarded this year, and select the best work that will be published this year."

The Academy of Goncourt once again held a selection meeting.

In the meeting room, all the selection committee members who participated in the selection looked at the person who presided over the selection meeting.
This is the third review meeting in a short period of time.
The previous two times, the same result was obtained.

More than 50.00% of the judges voted for "Epic of Empires" as their only vote.

There was no such situation as in the previous British Literature Awards, where several judging votes were deliberately made to equalize the votes of both sides.

But it was never settled, so the "Epic of the Empire" won the award.

Because, the remaining 40.00% of the votes were voted for another book, "Seven Days of Hell".

Also because
Even if Delwin Publishing did not use his influence and resources to exert pressure,

After communicating with Ji Zhuo, he chose to let nature take its course.

But readers of the dog author in Europe and overseas, don't care about this.

What!What do you think about not awarding the award to such an excellent work as "Seven Days of Hell".

How much did you charge Bert Press!

If only a small number of readers put pressure on the award review committee in this way, then the Goncourt Literature Prize will naturally be ignored.

But when the number of readers reaches millions, the Goncourt Literary Prize is also a bit of pressure.

The forums on the official website were full of related discussions, and the official website forums of the Goncourt Literature Prize were forced to close down.

Regarding this, although Delwin Publishing House said that it did not follow suit, it must be happy to see it.

After all, if it wins an award, this is another sustainable publicity point, which means a part of book sales for a long time.

And if we talk about the pressure of public opinion from millions of readers, the Goncourt Prize can barely bear it.

After all, there are still millions of readers of "Epic of Empires" who have followed the readers of "Seven Days of Hell" against each other.

The Goncourt itself is also far more influential than the previous Britannia Prize.

Pivotal,
In fact, these participating review committee members have internal contradictions.

Well, it is true that most of these judges are more serious works.

But the problem is that it is impossible for every judge to have the same taste.

After watching "Seven Days of Hell", some judges are particularly fond of "Seven Days of Hell".

Some of the judges who voted for "Seven Days of Hell" felt that although the two books were excellent,

But seeing so many people vote for "Empire Epic", I also lost my temper, why not vote for "Seven Days of Hell"?

Is it because of your prejudice?
Is it true that realistic works with sci-fi elements cannot win awards?

I don't!
Ordinarily, even so.

Then "Epic of Empire" got more votes,
Can't we just directly confirm "The Epic of the Empire" as the award-winning work?
But... I couldn't hold back the excitement and fierce opposition of the judges who supported "Seven Days of Hell"!
To what extent...

At the last judging meeting, a jury member who supported "Seven Days of Hell" threw his chair at the jury member who wanted to unilaterally announce the award for "Epic of the Empire".

Put the last review meeting on hold.

At this moment, the people who presided over the meeting couldn't help but glance at the old professor who smashed people in the last meeting.

"...After going back last time, I think everyone has carefully read the books supported by the other party. Then let's conduct a round of voting first."

The other works were not mentioned, and the voting on "Seven Days of Hell" and "Imperial Epic" started directly.

"Hands up for Seven Days of Hell, please."

"Professor Wizel, please don't raise your hands at the same time."

When the person presiding over the meeting counted the votes, he said with some headaches.

"This is my double support for "Seven Days of Hell". After carefully reading "Empire Epic", I still think "Seven Days of Hell" is better!"

That Professor Weizel said loudly.

"Professor Wizel, please keep your sanity."

"Are you people who prefer "Seven Days of Hell" so irrational?"

A review committee member on the opposite side said with a smile.

Professor Wieser turned his head, and other judges who liked "Seven Days of Hell" like Professor Wieser also turned their heads,

He opened his eyes wide and stared at the judge.

The reviewer fell silent.

"...Okay, the rest of the professors, sir and ladies, all choose "Epic of the Empire"?"

"Okay, then the number of votes for "Epic of the Empire" is four more than that of "Seven Days of Hell"..."

"Then I declare..."

The person who presided over the meeting looked at such a deadlock, and there was no way out. He gritted his teeth and prepared to directly announce the victory of "Epic of Empire".

"disagree!"

"I protest the result!"

Professor Wiesel took the lead, and a group of people stood up suddenly,

He was still holding a heavy book in his hand, and it seemed that if the person presiding over the meeting continued speaking, he would throw the book over in the next second.

"Weizell, what do you want? Are you people who support "Seven Days of Hell" so unreasonable? If you can't win the votes, you won't be allowed to announce the result?"

On the other side, a judge took the lead, and they all stood up at once,
The two sides are at war.

"I defend my truth, I defend my truth!"

Professor Wizel said angrily.

"Dean, announce the result!"

The person over there announced to the person presiding over the meeting.

The person who presided over the meeting could only bite the bullet and continued,

It can't be dragged on forever.

"I declare that The Epic of the Empire is the winner of this year's Goncourt Prize for Literature."

"Wow..."

Supporting the "Imperial Epic" judges seemed to have won a victory, raising their hands and cheering.

The jury members who supported "Seven Days of Hell", including Professor Wiesel,
Then he left angrily.

Before leaving the table, Professor Wizel reached out and snatched the "Epic of Empire" from a jury member opposite.
He threw the book directly at the person presiding over the meeting.

The other judges followed suit, grabbing the book and throwing it at the judges opposite.

"I don't agree with the result of this vote!"

"I don't think this voting result is authoritative!"

The result of the voting is that "Epic of Empire" was selected as the winner.

However, the judges who supported "Seven Days of Hell" still supported "Seven Days of Hell".

then……

the fierce dispute at the judging meeting,
I don't know if it was on purpose or on purpose.
That's how it got out.

then,

After a lot of calm down, the quarrel between the readers of "Seven Days of Hell" and the readers of "Empire Epic" has once again become fierce.

Readers of "Seven Days of Hell" said that the selection of the Goncourt Literature Prize was not fair,
But it was forcibly awarded to the "Epic of the Empire". Didn't you see so many judges scolding on the Internet?
The readers of "The Epic of the Empire" are, it is useless for you to say that, anyway, it is my "Epic of the Empire" that won the award.

Fortunately, it has been reported that ABC and the author of the dog are friends.

There is also a limit to how far the readers can argue,
It can't reach the level where the group of judges are so fierce that they smash the book offline.

It's just a rivalry on the Internet.

For this result,

Burt Publishing House is naturally very satisfied.

After all, "Epic of Empires" won the award.

Delwin Publishing House is also quite satisfied,

It broke out that more than half of the jury members were opposed to this result.

Speaking of which, it would not be said that "Seven Days of Hell" is worse than "Epic of the Empire".

And with renewed controversy on the Internet, the Goncourt Prize for Literature is about to be awarded.

The heat brought about not only caused the sales of "Epic of Empire" to rise again, but also the weekly sales of "Seven Days of Hell" and "Hour Hand".

The readers of the dog author can barely accept this result.

"Seven Days of Hell" is as good as any book!
ABC readers can also accept it, and it won an award anyway.

The organizers of the Goncourt Literary Prize were not so distressed, either.

Although the jury members were arguing a lot, it seemed to affect the authority of this Goncourt Literature Prize.

But doesn't this show that the selection of the awards is fair? You can see how much the judges are arguing for the works they support.

Also... hey, while not awarding two books at the same time as the British Literary Awards,
But readers of both books were not offended.

It's hard to tell, it wasn't intentional.

Then who is suffering...

……

"Editor: Mr. Ochino, the pre-heating of your new book may need to stop for a while.

Editor: I hope you understand that the resources of our publishing house cannot collide with the enthusiasm brought by millions of readers.

EDIT: Propaganda during this period may not be as effective. "

White flag country.

Ordinary writer Ochino looked at the news he edited,

Some silence.

Then he looked at the "Empire Epic" and "Seven Days of Hell" placed beside his desk,
There is an urge to throw these two books away.

He just saw that "The Epic of the Empire" and "Seven Days of Hell" won the British Literature Award,
I just heard ABC say that there will be no new books in the near future.

But I forgot that the Goncourt Prize for Literature will be awarded soon.

... This award usually has nothing to do with him, so he naturally didn't pay much attention to it.

Furthermore, the Goncourt Prize for Literature is really worthless.

It's over if you do a good job of judging the award, and it will be awarded to any one of the two books,
Don't make any news about the fierce opposition of the jury members and the angrily leaving of the jury members at the judging meeting,

It's not likely to bring such a big enthusiasm again, as if it was done on purpose.

Ochino was so full of emotions that it was difficult to express them pent up in his heart.

Then I looked at the book on the table, endured and endured,

He retracted the outstretched hand.

never mind,

If you buy it with your own money, you will suffer a loss if you throw it away.

And I want to watch it again tonight...

Hmm... I am studying, studying and studying, not just wanting to watch.

Turning his head, Ochino looked again and again at the news from the editor of the publishing house.

"Ochino: Then do you think I need to delay the release of my new book?
Edit: I don't think it should be used. Just wait for these two days before continuing to promote.

EDIT: It will be a while before your book release is scheduled anyway.

Ochino: That's good. "

After getting this reply, Ochino let out a breath.

Finally, there is no need to delay the release time of my new book,
Thinking about it this way, looking at the "Epic of the Empire" and "Seven Days of Hell" on the side of the table, it became pleasing to the eye again.

I can't affect myself anymore,
My mind suddenly widened.

When is the Goncourt Prize for Literature coming?

Do you want to watch the live broadcast then?
Also, it's a pity that "Seven Days of Hell" didn't win an award.

Ochino is a middle party, the kind who likes "Seven Days of Hell" and "Epic of Empire" at the same time!

(End of this chapter)