The Great Era of Rebirth: 1993

   Chapter 285, Finalists (Subscribe!)

   9:30pm.

  Tao Ge called.

As soon as    was connected, Zhang Xuan asked, "How much is printed this time?"

  Tao Ge told him: "This time, there are more copies than ever before, and a full 800,000 copies have been printed."

  Zhang Xuan was very satisfied: "You really have learned a lesson from the past. Otherwise, my money will be distributed to the pirates."

  Tao Ge smiled and ignored this, but asked, "When will you and Shuangling go back?"

   Zhang Xuan replied: "The day after tomorrow, the train in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, when you want to contact me, just call my hometown."

  Tao Ge said: "Okay, sister got it. Did Shuangling come back from the Shanghai market?"

   "I'm back, I'm by my side."

   "Turn on the external voice and I'll talk to her."

   called Du Shuangling, and after the three of them chatted for more than ten minutes in a foreign voice, Tao Ge finally got down to business.

   Tao Ge said mysteriously, "Sister tells you good news."

   Zhang Xuan couldn't wait to ask: "What good news?"

   Tao Ge said: "You think about it yourself."

  Zhang Xuan pondered for a few seconds, and suddenly his heart moved, and he asked expectantly: "Did my new book pass the first trial of the Mao Dun Literature Award?"

"good."

  Tao Ge said: "After your new book "Hidden" was sent to the Mao Dun Literature Award on the afternoon of August 1, it passed the review of 23 experts in the reading class and was pushed into the selection process.

   Zhang Xuan asked nervously: "The selection process? Then do you know who are the judges this year?"

  Tao Ge said elegantly: "Of course I know, this is one of the required courses for sending units, how can I not know?

   But my sister tells you that this year's lineup of judges is very strong. "

   Zhang Xuan asked: "Who are they?"

  Tao Ge looked down at the information and said, "This time the selection committee consists of 23 people. Ba Yin is the chairman, and Liu Heiyu, Chen Ben and others are the deputy chairman.

  Lei Bin, Wei Wu, Chen Xiong, Li Xiyi, Guo Jiangong and others are members of the committee, and they are all well-respected bigwigs in the industry. "

   Hearing that the chairman was Ba Yin, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but open his mouth.

   was a little surprised.

   I can't help but be surprised, this name is too familiar.

   I often saw this old gentleman's name in Chinese textbooks when I was a child.

   For example, "The Story of the Rope Bridge", "Bird's Paradise", "Letters to Like Children", etc. These are all texts in the Chinese textbooks for grades 1 to 6 in primary schools.

   In middle school textbooks, you can even see some famous works such as "Sunrise at Sea" and "Home" by Mr. Ba Yin.

   Let’s put it this way, as long as people in this era have read books, they can’t get around Ba Yin.

   So Zhang Xuan was quite surprised when he heard the name for decades and would be the chairman of this Mao Dun Literature Award. It feels so close all of a sudden.

   Unexpected and not unexpected, after all, people's names are there.

   Tao Ge said: "After layers of review, 20 works have entered the final stage of competition.

   Among them is your new book, "Sleeping." "

   Zhang Xuan's eyelids jumped: "So many finalist works?"

   "Well, in fact, this is also a convention, not much."

   Tao Ge responded, glanced outside and said quietly: "Sister, tell you, the other 19 works have been shortlisted for a long time.

  Only your new book is the last to get in on the last train.

   Originally, the last place was not reserved for you, but for Mr. Chen's "White Deer Plain".

   However, due to the influence of the "Abandoned Capital" some time ago, "Bailuyuan" was seriously affected. Some people disliked "Bailuyuan" and criticized it privately: It is so decadent, meaningless, what is written.

   So, you also understand what happened later. "

   Zhang Xuan Mingwu: "Does this imply that the character of "White Deer Plain" Nakata Xiaoe is too decadent?"

   Tao Ge said: "Not only decadence, but also the most critical place in "Bailuyuan" in terms of "sex".

  Because of this, the people's literature, which was under great pressure, asked Mr. Chen to cut down the necessary plots of "White Deer Plain".

   It's just that "White Deer Plain" hasn't been revised yet, and your new book suddenly broke in to disrupt the situation, which caught President Zou and Mr. Chen by surprise. "

   Hearing this, Zhang Xuan was also very fortunate.

   I understand that if the "abandoned capital" did not detonate public opinion and cause double dissatisfaction from above and below, the selection of this Mao Dun Literature Award would really have nothing to do with me.

  Zhang Xuan said sincerely: "Sister, thank you. If it weren't for you and Editor-in-Chief Hong, I would probably still be hiding and eating dirt now."

  Tao Ge teased: "Come on, you are a multi-millionaire, and the famous multi-millionaire in the country still eats dirt?"

   Speaking of this, Tao Ge thought of something, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared: "But don't be too happy, I just got the news.

   A few days ago, Mr. Ba Yin, the director of the jury, reiterated his own consistent proposition for the Mao Awards: that is, it is better to be short than to waste, not to take care of, and not to make do.

   And now the crux of the jury's difficulty lies in your "latency."

   The sudden unfavorable news made Zhang Xuan stunned: "My "lurking"?"

   "Yes, your "lurking"."

  Tao Ge helped him clear his doubts: "You should have also seen the criticism of your new book by many celebrities in the newspapers.

   They pointed out that "lurking" is contrary to traditional culture, which is disrespectful to the classics. "

   Zhang Xuan immediately understood: "You mean that there are people in the jury who hold this view, right?"

   Tao Ge nodded: "Yes, and there are not only one or two, but several.

   They strongly objected to the final selection of the "Mao Dun Literature Award" for "Latent".

   Now the jury is roughly divided into two factions.

   The judges who liked your book regarded "lurking" as a standard, and were overjoyed.

   Those who don't like your book are quite disgusted with "lurking", and can even sneer to describe it

   Now the two factions are in a quarrel, often discussing and discussing at the selection meeting, and they are tit-for-tat and compete with each other. "

   Zhang Xuan was depressed, "Who are those who oppose me?"

  Tao Ge thought for a while, then said calmly: "For your own good, this sister can't tell you. After the selection is over, we will talk about the situation when the time comes."

   Zhang Xuan was dizzy: "Are you worried that I will criticize these people in public?"

  Tao Ge said seriously: "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case. You have achieved such great achievements at a young age, and you are inevitably proud. Sister, you should be on your guard.

   Besides, if you are really lost this year, and you complain afterwards, it will easily affect your future selection of the Mao Dun Literature Award. "

   Zhang Xuan rolled his eyes: "Co-authoring makes me look like a stunner, so unreliable?"

   Tao Ge said with a smile: "It's not that you are stunned, but the literati have a bad temper.

   If that temper comes, it will be a master who ignores it, and it is difficult to effectively control his mouth and pen. I have seen too many. "

   Zhang Xuan: "."

   Girls, you are so right.

  But you don't even know that I am a reborn person. I have lived more than 100 years in my two lifetimes. How can you not tell the difference?

   Or else, would I be able to tolerate the old king of the capital making a fortune in the newspapers?

   Originally enthusiastic and full of anticipation, but now a basin of cold water, a big basin of cold water was poured.

   The contrast between the front and the back of his mother is too big, and Zhang Xuantu is a little worried about whether he will be able to win the award in the end.

   Du Shuangling next to him saw this and hugged him directly from behind with love and pity.

  Du Shuangling cares about him.

  Tao Ge was equally concerned, she comforted on the phone: "But don't worry.

   This kind of thing has happened to each of the shortlisted works more or less. So far, there is no literary work that has won the award through unanimous votes.

   Besides, we have the support of People's Literature. We will not sit idly by and are working hard to do public relations work. "

  This is the end, what else is there to say?

Hey…

   Zhang Xuan sighed, but he was helpless, so he had to say, "That's it, I'll be waiting for your good news at home."

   "Okay, once there is the latest news, my sister will notify you as soon as possible."

   "Well, that's hanging up."

   Hearing that he was about to hang up, Tao Ge stopped him immediately, "Don't hang up, I have one more thing to tell you."

   Zhang Xuan was taken aback, "You said."

Tao Ge said: "In order to help the Mao Dun Literature Award and to increase the influence of "latent", we have sent your new book to the "Eighth Five-Year" Novel Award and the National Excellent Book Award. stage selection.”

   Zhang Xuan was stunned: "The "Eighth Five-Year" Novel Award and the National Outstanding Book Award?

   Tao Ge said: "These are two professional literary awards with very high gold content.

   If it can be favored by these two awards, it is equivalent to being recognized by professional readers. This is the path that "latent" must take to become a classic literature.

   If he finally wins one of these two awards, even if he cannot win the Contradiction Literature Award, it will become a socially recognized classic. "

   Zhang Xuan was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Has "Bai Luyuan" sent these two awards?"

   Tao Ge said: "The "White Deer Plain" was given away, but they all failed.

   And your new book "Hidden" has been shortlisted for the final selection, you have to have confidence in your own work, sister is still waiting for the day when you win the Mao Dun Literature Award.

   That was a very exciting day. "

   Zhang Xuan was moved, and immediately beat his spirits, waving his hand with pride:

   "Don't worry, there will be one day. If "lurking" doesn't work, I'll write another book."

  Tao Ge laughed heartily: "Don't fool sister, if a good book says you can write a book, how can it be so easy? Didn't you see that Mr. Chen spent several years in retreat before he wrote a book "White Deer Plain"."

   Zhang Xuan said: "Hi! I'm different, the newspapers say I'm a genius.

   Have you ever seen a writer who wrote "Wind Sound" and "Hidden" at such a young age? You can't see the world in the same way.

   What's more, Lao Jia wrote "Abandoned Capital" in just one month.

   What does this show, it shows that there is a greater difference between man and man than between man and dog. "

  "..." Tao Ge, who was drinking water, choked out the water in his mouth.

   She has lived for 30 years and has never seen such a shameless person.

   After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xuan was thinking, which book should he learn from next? Or which books to draw from?

  What the heck, you keep saying that I go against tradition, then Lao Tzu will write a traditional literature.

  Du Shuangling came around from behind, sat next to him, and asked softly, "Are you alright?"

   Zhang Xuan looked at her, reached out to touch her face, adjusted his mind and said, "It's okay, don't worry about me.

  Nothing can be smooth sailing, it is up to people and fate, sometimes we have to choose one by ourselves.

  Things have been worked hard by human beings. Then just do your own thing now, and it's up to God to win or not. "

   "Okay, I've been with you all the time."

  Du Shuangling obeyed someone and lay down in his arms, glanced at the salty pig's hand, closed his eyes and asked, "Are we going back the day after tomorrow?"

   Zhang Xuan replied: "Go back the day after tomorrow, and Tianhui's sister-in-law will come to Shencheng. Then we will meet in Shencheng and return to Shao City together."

   "Well~~" Du Shuangling knew that he must have something to do when he went to Shencheng.

   But since he didn't know what to say, she pretended not to know and didn't ask in detail, anyway, everyone was his, so I believed that he was.

  After the hustle and bustle of the phone, the living room is a little quiet at the moment, the atmosphere is a little subtle and a little eager.

   "Dong Dong Dong..."

   Just when the two were lingering and wanted to go back to the room, there was a knock on the door outside.

  Du Shuangling suddenly opened his eyes and held someone's big hand with both hands: "Someone is knocking on the door."

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