Reborn Cultural Empire

After Yue Mo figured out the mentality of the woman in the safari suit, although there were still countless eyes that shot over, and then quickly moved away with some deep meaning, Yang Yi felt much more normal. After looking around, he simply said Accepting the other party's invitation, he walked away with the happy-looking woman.

The next day, after waking up on the soft velvet bed in the castle room, Yang Yi was pulled up by Edward before he had time to enjoy the soft sunshine of Danfeng Town, saying that he had to wash and take care of himself.

"Why, let me check the time...it's only 7:[-], you know, jet lag is not an easy task for me, although I did wake up, but please understand my psychology Tired." The boy was puzzled by Edward's over-excited state.

But this blond man didn't give Yang Yi a chance to defend himself, but told him loudly: "The lifetime honorary academician and current chairman of the selection committee of the Academy of Goncourt have come to bring the castle, and I must take you to meet him." Check them out, believe me, it's definitely not a waste of time, meet them and you'll understand why I'm so sure. These two gentlemen are synonymous with fairness when the award is increasingly questioned , it is precisely because of their existence that the Goncourt Prize has not become a joke in the literary world, so you must go!"

What Edward said, the Goncourt Award has become a joke, Yang Yi had already understood it when he set his goal on the book "Stone of Perseverance".

Although this literary award is the most famous and authoritative among the various literary awards in France.It is also one of the few most prestigious literary awards in the world except the Nobel Prize for Literature.The judges also often misread some works that should have deserved their names.As a result, many award-winning works are difficult to be famous.

For example, the Goncourt Prize in 1932 was awarded to Guy Mazrina's "Wolf" instead of Celine's "Wandering in the Dark Night", and in 1936 it was awarded to Maxens van der Meer Not even Aragon's "The Good Neighborhood", as for Leon Frappier's "Kindergarten" (1904) or Ernest Perochon's "Nina" (1920), I am afraid that they can only go to second-hand bookstalls Go shopping.

When the Goncourt brothers founded the Goncourt Academy, they aimed to challenge the stagnant French Academy of Letters' monopoly on literary honors, discover newcomers, and encourage innovation.However, contrary to the wishes of the Goncourt brothers, the century-old history of the Goncourt Prize has not always been known for rewarding innovation. Writers with strong personalities and innovative minds were considered too weird to qualify for awards.Another paradox is.Among the many French Nobel Prize winners, such as Mauriac, Camus, Sartre, Claude Simon, etc., none of them had previously won the Goncourt Prize.Lémon Queneau never won the Goncourt Prize, yet his unorthodox literary experiments have received critical acclaim.Although the evaluation of the quality of literary works can be said to be judged by the beholder and the wise see wisdom, it is not a small pity that France's most prestigious literary award has left out a group of the country's best writers and works.

After the 80s, the Goncourt Literary Prize was questioned and criticized no longer for the quality of the award-winning works, but for its selection mechanism.in France.If you ask a person who has a little knowledge of the literary world what he thinks of the literary awards, he will use "tricky" or "shady" to evaluate the selection of literary awards. The choice of the meeting is questionable.It can be said that there is a crisis of trust between the jury and readers.Every year during the awards season, newspaper columns are full of rumors about the influence, manipulation, and even division of major awards by several major publishing houses.And most regrettably, these rumors are far from rumors.

If you analyze the composition of the jury a little bit, you will find out.The literary chief editors or editors of publishing houses account for a considerable proportion, although there are many writers and judges among them.But writers and publishing houses are hard to get rid of the suspicion of a community of interests.What's more serious is that these judges are fixed, and it can even be said that they are life-long.Such an "iron business" will inevitably not attract "activities", "representations" or "investments" from certain publishing houses or individuals.Vote for peaches and reciprocate with favors. Once you accept the "friendly gesture", how can you not return your vote and vote for the publishing house that has "expressed" to him?If you analyze the award-winning works in recent years, you will find that the literary awards are almost dominated by the three major publishing houses, namely Gallimard, Grasse and Sey.

Among them, Gallimard Publishing House is the target of Yang Yi's contribution. Random House is responsible for the agency publishing of English translations, while Gallimard is responsible for Latin translations, that is, modern Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Italian. Publication and distribution of a series of translations in Chinese and other languages.

It’s just that last year’s selection of the Booker Prize somewhat disrupted his original plan, so that the French translation that Gallimard Publishing originally planned to launch this summer was almost delayed by a year because of the Booker Prize. Deadline.

But now, with the title of an international award, the young man's plan to promote the reputation of the entire Yangyi culture with his own award has been successfully completed ahead of schedule, so the pursuit of the Goncourt Award is no longer what it was at the beginning. urgent.

But the lifelong academicians and chairman of the selection committee have all arrived at the castle, and he still has a firm attitude not to meet, which is really unreasonable, but Yang Yi doesn't want to run over to meet immediately like Edward explained.After all, his current identity is an invited writer, not an adolescent boy who is moved after hearing the news about his idol.

"Okay, I see, wait for me, although those are indeed two respectable people, please also consider my feelings a little bit, I'm not going to ask the kids who asked for their autographs, okay?" Yang Reluctantly stood up, looked at Edward and shook his head.

It seems that I am a little too excited, but as a guy in the cultural industry, he has a traditional French personality.It is not surprising to do such a thing.But after thinking about the meaning of Yang Yi's words with a blank face, Edward still nodded.I finally understood: "I'm really sorry, I was indeed a little too excited. It's just that the identities and status of these two gentlemen are indeed extraordinary, so even if you want to have your own reserve, you must not miss them. Then you should sort it out first. , how about calling me when you're done?"

He couldn't help but care about Yang Yi's future, because the youth's future and his future were almost firmly tied together before he had too many writer resources. Praise, that is to say.In terms of traditional literature, within the scope of use of the entire European Latin language family, the works of young people do not have to worry about future sales and wide influence.

After packing up, when I followed Edward to the side hall of the castle, the owner of Modova Castle, the current Duke, and several other well-dressed figures were gathering to discuss something.The young woman who was dressed in a hunting suit yesterday and looked more like a noble lady in ancient Rome or Bavaria than a French lady in the Third Holy Empire, also talked and smiled by her side, and she often showed her face and smiled.They would cover their lips with the Persian fans in their hands, without the wild look of galloping horses yesterday.

"Gentlemen, it seems that we are about to welcome a young friend." After seeing Edward and Yang Yi walk into the side hall.The owner of the castle stood up, and the others responded one after another.They all showed Yang Yi smiles with different expressions.

Some sincere, some suspicious.Some are false.

In this spacious room with a strong Baroque style, a series of arrangements will not dazzle the eyes of a teenager who has never experienced this, but it just rightly highlights the good taste of the owner.The simple and simple home, the bookshelf full of history, and the piles of books represent the owner's erudition and knowledge, and the use of white porcelain plates and light teacups with various snacks makes the atmosphere of the whole scene less formal and more It's lighthearted.

"I'm very glad that you spared your precious time to come to Modova Castle. I hope you can have a pleasant experience here." Duke Jean-Georges Duamel extended his hand to Yang Yi, and also extended his hand to France. Friendship in the literary world.

"Me too, in fact, as the invitee, a young boy who is less than a third of your grade, I am the one who should be honored. In addition, I must say that I am very grateful to Mr. Duke Take care of me, I really haven't mastered French, the most romantic language, to the point where I can have a casual conversation." Yang Yi smiled and nodded in response, although it was the first time to participate in this kind of occasion, Booker once After the awards ceremony, from the young man's point of view, whether it's an awards ceremony or a literary salon, the difference doesn't seem too big, but the former is more serious, while the latter is a little more casual.

"It's just a necessary courtesy as a master." The duke with a white beard nodded and invited Yang Yi to sit down at a seat by the round table: "Actually, from your mouth, I can hear a tone that is close to the original tone." Oxford English, I'm so surprised that if it weren't for your complexion and hair—sorry, I don't mean anything else—I'd simply think you were a native of Lunton."

After saying hello, the owner of the castle began to introduce the people around him, Nestor Pei Luoxiong, a lifetime honorary academician of the Goncourt Award; Henry Marlo, the current chairman of the Goncourt Award Selection Committee; Trio, a member of the selection committee; Charles Ruhr, the chief reviewer of Grasse Publishing House... people with different faces greeted him, maybe Yang will forget these people after a rough acquaintance But they are very aware of their energy in European literary circles, especially French literary circles.

The private castle, the charming manor not far away, the male and female servants in tuxedos and black gauze skirts, and the big figures in the foreign literary world in front of him all made Yang Yi feel a little dazed. Why didn’t he receive such treatment in China? After leaving the country, it seems that he is really a great genius writer?

But he didn't have time to think about it, because someone has already started to ask him with interest: "Actually, just now, I was still wondering, what about the foreign writer who wrote "Stone Stone"? Didn't he mean to introduce it to us? Do the old guys know each other? How come there is an Asian president of Random House and an Indian servant? Sorry, I want to say it’s really not my fault, your age scares me, so good, Yang , may I call you that? Can you describe, before writing this work, how those inspirations found you, and then lingered in your mind, and finally created this moving work Works?" (To be continued...)