Reborn Cultural Empire

"Well, if you say yes, it should be?" Rogo nodded uncertainly, but seeing Yang Yi smiling and nodding on the title page of a book on the shelf next to him, after the four words Random House, he also agreed. Just figured it out—even if it was for its own benefit, Citigroup Random House would spare no effort to help Yang Yi to wave the flag and shout. Will the readers on the other side of the ocean forget Yang Yi and his "The Collapse of the Empire"? ", you have to ask them if they agree.

"So this is enough, and let's not talk about Random House. In fact, after Columbia University stepped forward to respond to the readers' requests, it has become our ally to a certain extent. They and this year's General Assembly When the Litzer Prize is mentioned once, "The Fall of the Empire" and I will be thought of at the same time, a deal that never loses, so why should I be in a hurry..."

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And the actual situation is exactly the same as what Yang Yi expected, or exactly the same as what the boy saw in his previous life. In the next half a month or so, just because of the decision made by Columbia University, According to information obtained by Random House through certain channels, the former has received no less than 1000 letters from readers, almost all of whom protested that they excluded "The Fall of an Empire" from the scope of this year's Pulitzer Prize selection.

The reason for this large-scale reader protest is that it is not the nursery hired by Random House, but the real readers who have indeed complained about Yang Yi and his works——"The Fall of the Empire" in the previous life In it, it won the Pulitzer Prize two years later with a disputable number of votes. In the article, it is the main line of the story or the characters in it.Or the Citigroup-style details of life filled in every corner of the book, which makes quite a few readers feel like reading this novel.And I felt the bits and pieces in my memory again, and because of these touches.So they firmly believe that the book "The Fall of the Empire" is a good work worthy of the Pulitzer Prize.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that there are large-scale protests.

In addition to these ordinary people who can only express their support for Yang Yi and "The Fall of the Empire" through protest letters, ordinary people who are dissatisfied with the Columbia University Pulitzer Prize review committee, among the huge reader base, there are also some with special identities people, such as the guest columnist for the Chicago Post, Puel Rafa.This literary critic, who is well-known in the Citigroup literary world and even in the entire European and American literary circle, expressed his opinion on the Chicago Post the day after Columbia University issued the final announcement.

Europeans and Americans, especially Citigroups with their own unique culture, always express their opinions relatively more directly, and Puel Rafa often makes sharp, almost mean comments.And well-known literary circles and even ordinary people.Whether it is the East or the West, literature has always been a relatively low-level affair. Perhaps there are many people who like to read.But there are very few people who pay attention to the in-depth dissection of literary works by literary criticism.Do not pass Puel Rafa's column is an exception, because this reviewer is either a belle-letter or a bestseller of a popular nature.They are all very concerned, after paying attention.Most of them will also add a sharp comment. Readers may not be able to finish reading a purely literary book such as Whitman's poems.But you must be interested in Poole's comments.

When he was elected as the most popular columnist of the "Chicago Post" by a high number of votes, the reason for his award was given by an audience who participated in a live event: "Maybe I will never be able to say goodbye to Emily Dickinson." I am interested in the works, but as long as I read Rafa’s column, it is almost the same as reading the author’s original works, and the latter’s comments are more conducive to our selection of reading objects.” [

With this kind of evaluation and reputation, once Puel Rafa expresses his opinion on a current work, at the very least, it also means that the sales of this work will increase slightly-half of this happens when the person is called Everyone wants to see how rotten things can be ridiculed by Puel in the works that are treated with poisonous tongues.And once it is a book that he has praised, the increase in sales is almost a certainty.

And his evaluation of "The Fall of the Empire" is exactly the latter, full of positive praise: "Columbia University's final decision will become the most serious misstep since the establishment of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, and eternal regret—— Well, in fact, I want to say that their decision will become a stain on the Pulitzer Prize. God knows, maybe they have stayed in the best humanities higher education position in Citigroup for too long. The professors here (Columbia) I have forgotten how to define whether a work is good or not..."

Because of this multi-faceted protest and momentum, after Columbia University announced their decision, the book "The Fall of the Empire" actually created a total sales volume of 87 copies in half a month on the Citigroup Christmas book market. A record of more than 700 million US dollars in total yards-the Christmas sales record for a literary book.This data is not too far away from Citigroup's bestseller king, James Patterson's 92 copies sold in two weeks and [-] days.

The most important thing is that the latter's work is an out-and-out commercial bestseller, while "The Fall of the Empire" is a literary novel aimed at the Pulitzer Prize.

"A foreigner has captured our Christmas book market? It's unbelievable, right? If you have such an idea, then I suggest you read this novel first. "The Fall of the Empire" is a work that you must not miss this year. And Why is an author from China able to write things that even writers born and bred in Citigroup can’t describe? The small town by the Knox River in Maine used to be vaguely identifiable lumber mills, small handicraft workshops, and textile factories. Each of these matters, taken alone, can provoke the long-term memories of the people of Maine, and when the author "mixes" all these factors together, what we see is not a hodgepodge. It is a familiar dusk style, just from this point alone, the young Mr. is absolutely qualified to compete for this year's Pulitzer Prize..."——This is still the "New York Times" Editorial for the Sunday arts section.

"Well, since the Pulitzer Prize wants to stick to its own tradition, maybe we can talk about it, but Mr. Myers, can you consider extending the loose conditions for historical works in the literary category to the entire In the literature category? As long as it is a poem describing the face and life of Citigroup, novels... can be qualified for the competition?" —— After confirming that Columbia University and the Pulitzer Prize Fund Management Agency have made up their minds, and Niu Yue The "Los Angeles Daily", which is far across the continent, also gave its own suggestions.

And with this kind of public opinion that has once again raised the heat, "The Fall of the Empire" has confirmed its position in the top ten best-selling books in North America this year when it just started in 2001. In addition to this book, Yang Yi The name has also spread further and further.

There is a phenomenon called "blossom inside the wall and fragrance outside the wall". Although the current situation of boys cannot be described exactly like this, it has more or less the same flavor - at least in the first ten years of the new century, The self-confidence of all classes in the country is actually not enough, and they are still used to the previous view that "what foreigners say is good is really good". Yang Yi was a talented best-selling author before, compared to the same The race car driver classmate of the period still has much more achievements, but in fact his popularity is not much higher. Of course, there are reasons for boys to choose themselves, but after the establishment of New China, readers often only know the works. And the habit of not being able to match the number with the author himself is also an important factor.

But when the hot discussion about "The Fall of the Empire" broke out in Citigroup and the extreme curiosity about Yang Yi, China was full of enthusiasm for this young writer whose name suddenly resounded throughout Citigroup and even the North American continent. Out of curiosity, the media began to take notice of the news in an instant, and found Yang Yi Culture in different ways, asking for an interview with Yang Yi.

After the domestic New Year's Day holiday, in the next week, the receptionist of Yangyi Culture and the telephone operators of the President's Office faced the most questions, which was, "We are reporters from xx media, may I ask, Yang Yi, the author of "The Collapse of the Empire"?" , are you an author under your publishing house", or if you know more about the inside story, your attitude will be more friendly and enthusiastic, "Is Director Yang here, and can we make an appointment with him?"

This kind of pursuit and curiosity intensified. When Yang Yidu was about to become a national topic, "Youth Literature and Art" in the capital suddenly issued an argument and doubt that was completely opposite to mainstream public opinion: "We see that In the current domestic book market, the most popular work is not our Chinese author's own work, but a magical novel "Harry Potter" by a British author. At the same time, Yang Yi, who is regarded by many readers as a genius writer , but devoted his energy to the writing of such works as "Twilight" and "The Fall of the Empire". Although the latter two works have also been affirmed by many overseas readers, the previous works full of Chinese flavor "Those Things in the Song Dynasty", "Shen Nong Code", "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", where did these works go? Is it good for culture to worship foreigners?" (To be continued

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