Reborn Cultural Empire

"I really can't believe when the editors of the "New York Times" will be like a corgi, so crazy about the things they like, so that I can't help but produce these guys It is an illusion of flattering others. Indeed, I have to admit that "The Fall of the Empire" is a good work, but that's all there is to it, isn't it? Could it be that before this work came out, there was no better work abroad Literary works, are they qualified for the Pulitzer Prize? Obviously this is not the case. Many works are no better than "The Fall of the Empire" in terms of the wonderful experience of reading, or their own literary and social significance. Poor, but why do some people turn a blind eye to other excellent works, but after reading this novel, they are like some kind of animal that has been injected with chicken blood? It is really incomprehensible..."

McKelly's vicious tongue in her current affairs column has always been a selling point of the "New York Times". As a celebrity in the public opinion field, this female writer and critic has a lot of fans in Citigroup. , Even many girls in high schools and colleges subscribe to the "New York Times" just to read this female author's column.

So this time, when McKelly took "The Fall of the Empire" as the object of her comments, the indirect impact was that in the large cities covered by the "New York Times" and the areas along the west coast, "The Fall of the Empire" The sales volume of the novel actually rose instead of falling, and the overall sales volume of this novel in the second week in the United States was increased.

Of course, just McKelly talking to herself is definitely not enough to drive the sales of a literary work, the opponent of this female critic. Daniel, editor of the Sunday edition of the New York Times, made a clear-cut dissenting opinion: "Our lovely and respectable Ms. McKelly is obviously using a sophistry method to try to prove herself It is a paradoxical point of view-because there is no nomination of works that have appeared before, and the writing situation of "The Fall of the Empire" is similar. Therefore, "The Fall of the Empire" should not be nominated. From Ms. McKelly's remarks , After summing up the above views, I can only have reservations about her biased opinions. Don’t tell me, dear lady, do you think we have missed many good things and made many unjust selections, so Should this injustice continue in the rest of life?"

"And I really want to find some works similar to "The Fall of the Empire", for example, written by a foreign author. The content of the work is related to the typical theme of Citigroup. This type of work, itself There are not many, let alone enough to be called excellent works. If Ms. McKelly disagrees, then you can give some more specific examples instead of just using illusory 'some',' Those', 'many' to refer to, to know quite a lot of readers, but they don't know what you are talking about. 'Some', 'those', 'many', 'other' similar works, after all Something. If there is a literary work comparable to "The Fall of the Empire", I believe many readers will be interested in learning more about it..."

At the beginning, this verbal battle was just two people who didn't see each other habitually shouting.But later, it even triggered a comprehensive discussion and talk on each other's fronts.

Like the New York Times, the Washington Daily has about the same influence in Citigroup.He also quickly expressed his opinion: "Many readers are now very concerned about the topic that the Chinese author raised in Citigroup. However, what we want to say is to respect tradition and feel the beauty of literature. These are not mutually exclusive The regulations in the Pulitzer Prize for creative circles are aimed at encouraging domestic writers to write more carefully, rather than taking on the task of discovering all good literary works. Those who awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in "The Fall of the Empire" should have a better understanding of Mr. Joseph Pulitzer's original intention of setting this award."

The "Washington Post", which is in the same city as the "Washington Daily", but has more influence, unsurprisingly expressed different opinions: "Maybe we are calling for Columbia University's Pulitzer Prize Before the judges accept the opinions of the public, they should really think about the original intention of Mr. Joseph in setting up the award, and especially one of the rules-why among the many awards in the literature category, the history award is the only one that can be an exception, because it is not the identity of Citigroup Was it too narrow when this rule was set at the beginning? If a foreign author describes not the history of Citigroup, but the current society of Citigroup, should we give him Open the net?"

At the end of this editorial, the writer used a very powerful question as a summary of the entire article-is the history of our Citigroup not composed of "once" and "now" sections, but can Does the "present" separated from the "past" exist independently on a time axis?Forgetting history is tantamount to betrayal, but what does it mean to ignore "now" and "now", can anyone tell me? [

This rhetorical question undoubtedly has the power to make people nod involuntarily, and after this editorial in the "Washington Post" appeared, the voice of the opposition camp became much smaller for a while.

However, the debate among the media and readers was fierce, but the Pulitzer Prize jury, the Columbia University Pulitzer Prize Review Committee, and the fund management organization of the prize have never stood up to respond to the public's call.This made the people who were very proud that their country can have such a credible literary award began to be dissatisfied. With the help of Random House behind the scenes, many readers even began to write letters For Columbia University, I strongly request that "The Fall of the Empire" be included in the shortlisted works of this year's Pulitzer Prize for Literature.

After knowing this situation, not to mention the relevant people on the Citigroup side, the people related to the boys on the Huaxia side were also dumbfounded. Among them, Ji Tangdan's reaction was the most calm, although there were also such disciples. After being "excellent", I feel honored to be a teacher, but the old man still has a strange expression on his face like a freak: "Are you a reincarnation of a foreigner? Why do you write works that don't get clothed?" The gram award means being nominated for the Pulitzer Prize? Is that what those foreign devils want? Last week, I went to the annual meeting of the Shanghai Writers Association, right? Did Lao Zhao tell you about next year's Mao Dun Award? , do you have hope?"

The old man really doesn't care about fame and fortune anymore, but he is very concerned about whether his students can succeed in the blue. The moment he opens his mouth is the most authoritative literary award in the country, which also reflects his confidence in boys.

However, Yang Yi himself has no idea about the Mao Dun Award: "Grandpa, let's forget about it. It's not like you haven't heard that the Mao Dun Award now, from the judges to the works, is high above and divorced from the masses. Those who engage in publishing What do colleagues say? "The judges can't see everything, and the readers can't read it." This kind of literary award is meaningless."

For the boy's statement, the old man naturally gave serious criticism in an annoyed manner. It was not until the reborn boy honestly admitted his mistake that he reluctantly let his student go with an unhappy face.

The same opinion fell on Rogo, and the fat man could not wait to raise his hands and feet in favor: "What is the Mao Dun Award? Can it be eaten? Does it help increase sales? Well, let me take a step back and say that it can be beneficial to our Chinese culture. Does the revival of the career help? It’s completely a formalistic thing, and the cultural bureaucrats of the Writers’ Association are the most happy. Don’t talk about this, Xiaoyi, tell me, is there any hope for your "The Fall of the Empire"? , to participate in the Pulitzer Prize selection?"

The boy didn't pay attention to Fatty Luo's mentality that the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuchs were in a hurry, because he was considering Random House's proposal—to visit Citigroup again in person, and cooperate with Random House to carry out a comprehensive author promotion, so that the general public Citigroup readers can get close to him and know him.

But after some consideration, Yang Yi declined Random House's suggestion, because it is still 2000, and the 911/[-] incident that shocked the world in the previous life has not yet happened. Mainly hostile and hostile. The last time I promoted "Twilight" was because the publicity targets were mainly school students, and they didn't have a clear political inclination. More surprises, and unpleasant ones at that.

The boy is not sure, if he encounters any discriminating remarks against Huaxia, he will not directly refute them in public, or even have a verbal conflict with those ordinary people in Citigroup who don't know the truth. If that is the case, the propaganda will have a counterproductive effect.

After learning about his worries, Fatty Luo was disapproving, and he listed very strong evidence in a very obscene way, trying to prove that boys can go to Citigroup for publicity without hesitation: "Afraid of a fart, You don’t even read it, how much popularity this book has brought you! Go to the Office of Outreach Affairs of the Ministry of Administration and have a look, it’s all letters from foreign girls, why is Laomei so open, and I’m not afraid that you are a A lame pockmark dares to love and seduce in a letter, it is simply indecent!"

Speaking of the latter, the fat man was already resentful, with a sour taste in his mouth. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!

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