Reborn Cultural Empire

Yang Yi's interest in Citigroup's attention is precisely the series of reactions triggered by the "Collapse of the Empire" in the North American book market after Random House's "experiential" sales. .

When I was "creating" or "copying" before, because some high-level executives at Random House, major editors, and Citigroup literary critics who were friends with the Random Group also passed the Bantam Publishing Group , I knew the existence of this novel, and because Sean, who is now the director of the marketing department of the group, heard the other party's evaluation of "The Fall of the Empire"-this is a Citiland novel through and through, from the writing style and The grammar, the background of the story characters described in the article, and the spirit contained in the whole work are all Citi country novels, and I don’t know how a young author born in the ancient eastern country did this...

With such evaluations, and the great success of the boy's previous work "Twilight", it is not surprising that some people in the industry are interested in Yang Yi's works.Based on this situation, before the boy's work was published, many people began to read the work privately through their own channels.And among these people who had a quick glimpse in advance through internal channels, many of them, like Sean, couldn't help but comment on this novel after reading the work, so that "The Fall of the Empire" has not yet come out. Much more attention than expected.

After the work was officially published, the result was the same as predicted by those who paid attention to it before. Although this work is more inclined to traditional literary themes, it does not have a very clear and strong commercial taste.But it still caused quite a stir in the Citigroup book market, and quite a few readers read it after trial reading.They are all willing to pay for this work, and within a week of the book's release.Let its cumulative sales reach [-] copies.This number is already a seedling of a super bestseller in China. Although Citigroup's copyright regulations are stricter and there is almost no room for pirated publications, [-] copies is already a very good number.

A work that is more inclined to humanistic care, more inclined to express the "nature" of literature and the author's thoughts, can achieve market results that many commercial bestsellers cannot achieve, which already shows a lot of problems.All in all, for the first time, the top management of Random House, all within the group, made a good report to praise Bantam Group and Peacock Publishing Company. In addition, Sean himself was also commended by the top.

But when "The Fall of the Empire" made great achievements in the book market, there were also some discordant voices.

This time, it wasn't some racial chauvinism, or right-wing forces in Europe and America, because of the boy's Chinese identity.But jumping out to make irresponsible remarks, but when Random House was preparing to promote "The Fall of the Empire", hoping that this work could win this year's Pulitzer Prize for Literature, it encountered a tradition at the beginning of the award. - This award is divided into two categories.In journalism and creative circles, winners in journalism can be of any nationality, but the award-winning entries must be published in the Citigroup weekly (or daily).And the recipients of the Creative World must be citizens of Citigroup.The only exception is the history award, as long as the book is about the history of Citigroup.The author does not have to be a Citiman.

That's what makes Fall of an Empire almost impossible to nominate.Because the author of this work happens not to be a Citigroup writer.

Because of this problem, after this work has achieved good market results, it has aroused extensive discussions in the industry. The "New York Times", which has always had a cooperative relationship with Random House, even published it in the literature and art section. A reader survey was published on the Internet——readers of "The Fall of the Empire", do you think this work is eligible to be nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Literature? [

Just behind the very conspicuous work survey question, there is also a note that everyone can see immediately - the author of this work is an out-and-out Chinese, not studying or living in Citigroup Tourists who have passed by, and have no Chinese identity, but as far as the work itself is concerned, we need your opinion.

Immediately after this questionnaire was published, it received quite a lot of phone feedback from readers, and it may be because the "copies" of this work by boys are very detailed, almost to the point of confusing the original with fake ones. , so the vast majority of readers who read the newspaper questionnaire almost all agreed that "The Fall of the Empire" is absolutely qualified to participate in the Pulitzer Prize for Literature competition.

But the opinions of readers, in many cases, can only represent public opinion itself, and they are of no help to the matters they are concerned about.Just like the situation this time, although the boy's work has achieved impressive sales results, and the feedback from readers has made many Citigroup authors envious, from the point of view of word of mouth, how good is this novel? They are all excellent works, but the judging committee of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature has never responded to the appeals of the media and the public at all.

Regarding this point, as long as the political bottom line is not involved, many people in Citigroup, where the speech is relatively casual, can't help but start to feel angry, especially some who really like this work and have certain words Authorities in the literary world have begun to criticize the Pulitzer Prize jury.

During Yang Yi's participation in the annual meeting of the Shanghai Writers' Association, the Bantam Group just summarized the current situation and informed the boy, but it was obvious that the other party was not prepared to let it go, but had already started to use his own The influence of public opinion has put pressure on the Pulitzer jury—Columbia University and the award fund management committee—from various channels.

The boy naturally knew the reason why the other party did this. Random House may be a well-known publishing group, but this kind of corporate "nature" group dominated by the basics will not still have the same literary dream as himself. Personal feelings can never meet the fundamental appeal of an interest group. This point is the same whether it is domestic or foreign. As a reborn person, Yang Yi naturally knows it well.So Random House did this not because "The Fall of the Empire" is really well written. If they don't work hard to make the Pulitzer Prize go to the boy's head, they are sorry for such a good work, but because if Yang Yi can As a foreign writer, if he finally won the Citigroup Award that was stipulated not to be awarded to foreign writers at the establishment ceremony, then the whole incident itself is a good hype topic, which can make Random Books gain more than Yang Yi .

The beneficiaries of the boy's final laurels are not only himself and Random House, but even the "New York Times", which is a position of public opinion, will be rewarded because of the continuous reporting of this news. Benefit a lot.So to a certain extent, even if Yang Yi himself told the other party that he didn't care whether he won the award, Random House and many related media, driven by their own interests, would definitely not stop their actions.

With this kind of understanding, Yang XI paid close attention to the news from the other side of the ocean, but compared to the relatively tense mood before, he relaxed a lot. Anyway, even if he didn't care about it himself, someone Helping and caring, and he has no right to decide whether to win the award in the end, so he is happy to watch the show from the sidelines.

As a result, the whole incident was purposefully moved by Random House, and it became more and more controversial. First, well-known literary critics under Random House, as well as authors who had cooperated with Random House, successively came forward to write for " The Collapse of the Empire is not fair. It seems that the influence of this work has been so great that the entire Citigroup literary circle can't believe it.And Random House's approach has also caused dissatisfaction among many people in the Columbia University industry. Some of these people are Columbia University alumni, and some are former award-winning writers and authors. They fully approve of the complete localization of this award. , So after seeing many people stand up and express their opinions, I couldn't help but speak up for Columbia University and the Pulitzer Prize jury.

Even now, there have been quite a few people arguing in the media. The focus of the dispute between the two sides was only focused on a Chinese author at the beginning. On the topic of making an exception, but later on, the scope of this kind of empty talk has become wider and wider, and it has come to the question of whether the Pulitzer Prize still needs to stick to the tradition, and it is only used to commend the literary creation of the identity of Citigroup circles.

McKelly is an independent writer for the "New York Times" and has her own column in the newspaper. However, because she is not an employee of the "New York Times", she has her own position on many news focus issues, so Only then did she create a certain reputation, and her column has always been the more popular section of the "New York Times"-after all, for a columnist, there are often conflicts of opinion between the position where she expresses public opinions, and then in the newspaper. The online debate is also a scene that many readers of the "New York Times" love to see. This time, when the Pulitzer Prize regulations are some outdated debates, McKelly expressed her views clearly—absolutely. It is timely, but some opinions of the New York Times will make this pure award with the spirit of Citigroup no longer pure.

And the object of her arrogance happened to be a famous editor in charge of the social literature and art section of the "New York Times". For a period of time, the boy's work was promoted and publicized, so after the two handed over, the scene was quite intense. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!

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