In the evening, Li Xiang, accompanied by everyone, came to the Drouen restaurant again. The owner of the restaurant had already gotten the news first, stood at the door and waited, and when he saw Li Xiang appear, he greeted him with a smile and said, "You are the first Chinese to win the Goncourt Literary Award, congratulations." ”

"Thank you, your restaurant is a blessed place for me. Li wanted to shake hands with him, and reporters had already gathered around him to take pictures of him.

"Mr. Cecil, they are already waiting for you. ”

Li Xiang took Gu Qijing and others into the restaurant, and media reporters immediately rushed inside, vying for interviews.

The owner of the restaurant arranged for the staff to maintain order, Rao was like this, but the way Li wanted to enter was still blocked, and two chefs wearing white high hats with big shoulders and round waists opened the way in front of them, and reluctantly came to Cecil and the others.

"Congratulations, I think, you deserve it. Out of 10 places, you received 8 of the votes, which is the highest number of votes for the winning work in the last 10 years. Cecil stretched out his hand to shake Lee's hand.

Li wanted to thank him again, and then under Cecil's introduction, he met the other three members of the jury. As for the other 6 people, they have already taken a holiday, because the work has ended after the results are announced at noon, and the current activity is voluntary, and they can participate or not.

Cecil took out a black wallet from the inner pocket of his tweed coat, and in front of everyone, he took out a 10-euro paper ticket from the wallet, handed it to Li Xiang, and said, "This is the prize money of the Goncourt Literary Prize, 10 euros." In the words of Huaxia, the courtesy is light and affectionate, don't look at only 10 euros, but there are countless talented authors, willing to exchange their lifelong talents for it, please keep it, of course, you can also use it directly, such as ordering a glass of red wine here, Boss Jack will be happy to give you a discount, he is happy for you to spend here. ”

Li Xiang took the ordinary-looking 10 euro banknote, which looked the same as ordinary banknotes, but there were some differences, such as the Goncourt Prize stamps on both sides of the banknote.

In the past, most award-winning writers would frame this banknote and frame it well, but there were also some bohemian and spent it directly. For example, the Drouen restaurant has five similar banknotes, the most recent being the euro and the more distant being the franc. These are all things that some writers used to spend here and pay for their meals with the prize money they just received.

Listening to Cecil's words, Jack, the owner of Drouen's restaurant, looked at Li Xiang expectantly. He is happy that Li wants to spend here, pay for the fee with this 10 euros, and even, he can give this small money a greater use value, and use this 10 euros to enjoy 100 euros, 1,000 euros, or even 10,000 euros.

Li Xiang smiled: "I only started writing books when I was 18 years old, and it has only been two years now, my literary career is still very short, and the future has infinite possibilities, but no matter what, I will remember today, remember the Goncourt Literary Award, because this is the first literary award I won, which is very memorable." I will frame the 10 euro bill, frame it and hang it in my study as a compliment and as an encouragement. ”

The award Li Xiang has won before is the Best Newcomer Award issued by Times Literature, which cannot even be called an authentic literary award, but an award selected internally by the magazine "Times Literature".

In the crowded Drouen restaurant, Li Xiang held the 10-euro bill handed over by Cecil in both hands, asked the crowd to take pictures, and answered some questions before leaving.

When I returned to the hotel, I received countless messages and the phone rang endlessly. After staying for one night, the next day, under the arrangement of the Laroux publishing house, Li Xiang was interviewed by European media from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, including television stations and newspapers, and attended the celebration banquet of Zhang Luo of the publishing house at noon, and attended the signing party held at the Waterstone Bookstore in the afternoon.

Half a month ago, Li Xiang held a signing party at the Shuishi Bookstore, and there were very few people attending at that time, and it was very deserted. This time it was much more lively, not only did there be a long queue inside the bookstore, and readers waiting for the signing of the book waited all the way outside the bookstore, rubbing their hands and stomping their feet outside on a cold day, but no one left early.

Li Xiang met some reporters from the East at the signing party, thinking that they were from Huaxia, but he did not expect that many of them were reporters from Fuso and Goryeo.

The signing will be busy until dark, and at 6 p.m., the signing will end. The Huaxia reporter who had been waiting at the Shuishi Bookstore hurriedly came over and said, "Li Xiang, let's say a few words, we came all the way here just to get first-hand interview materials and do us a favor." ”

Gu Qijing said: "My brother has been busy all afternoon, and he is already very tired, and he hasn't eaten dinner yet, so let's go back and interview again." ”

This re-interview is actually not an interview, and turning back is to return to China. If you go back to China for an interview, there is no need for the other party to chase here.

A female reporter said: "I came at the beginning of the signing at 2 o'clock, my brother is really hard, I should have signed nearly 2,000 books today, but we also waited all afternoon, can you delay a little time, just ask a few questions." ”

Gu Qijing said, "You have come all this way here to ask a few short questions?"

"Of course we want to interview a little longer, but Li thinks isn't this very tiring. ”

Li Xiang said: "I see that you haven't eaten either, everyone is hungry, otherwise, I'll invite you, let's talk while eating, not as a formal interview, don't video or anything, just small talk, is this okay? I try not to let you run this trip in vain, it's not easy for everyone." ”

Although Li Xiang was very tired, he couldn't bear to refuse when he thought that these people were really working hard and running so far, so he came to interview him.

A total of five reporters from Huaxia were overjoyed when they heard this, and they couldn't ask for Li Xiang's advice.

After dinner, we parted from these reporters and returned to the hotel, and the trip to France was all over.

Li Xiang said to Gu Qijing and the others beside him: "I've been busy for a few days, just have some time tonight, if you want to go shopping, just arrange it yourself, tomorrow we are a plane at 9 o'clock, don't delay." ”

Gu Qijing asked, "Aren't you going for a walk?"

Li Xiang said, "I'm not going, you can go." ”

Gu Qijing doesn't go either, she is not a person who likes to go shopping.

Xiao Zhang said: "I'm very tired today, or stay in the hotel, go to bed early, tomorrow the plane will be more than ten hours, hard." ”

Li Xiang glanced at him and glanced at him, but he ignored him, and didn't seem to see it? and didn't seem to understand? I'm afraid he wasn't a fool, but he was certainly not a fool, and he did a good job and was well organized, otherwise he wouldn't have brought him to Paris, but, emotionally, Li Xiang had already found that he was probably really a fool.

Li wanted to go back to the room to rest, call home, and originally promised to get home today, but because of the temporary addition, the trip was postponed, and Master Dou Dou was waiting to be fed, and the money in the book and the little princess had not yet been sorted out for them. At the same time, I also have to report the situation to my girlfriend, who said that Li Xiaoxiang came to the capitalist world, Paris is the magic capital of drunken money, and he is afraid of losing his mind and soul, so he must report his thoughts in a timely manner every day to get rid of his demons.

Seeing that Li wanted to leave, Xiao Zhang said: "Let's go too, Sister Xiaojing, Xiao Xia, come to my room for tea, you can still watch the night view of Paris from the balcony, and the iron tower is not far away." ”

Xiao Xia said, "The tower is beautiful. ”

Gu Qijing said to Xiao Zhang in a tough tone: "You take Xiao Xia to go shopping, even if you don't shop, you have to go to the iron tower." ”

Everyone in the studio knew that Xiao Zhang was chasing Xiao Xia, but everyone was secretly in trouble for him.

After letting Xiao Zhang leave with Xiao Xia, Gu Qijing also returned to the room and opened a video call with her boyfriend.