Hearing Zhuang Yan's answer, Wang Lijian paused again, and then said with some regret: "Actually, Zhuang Yan, why do you bother to focus on these children's books, you can completely produce some more works like "Alive" and "Metamorphosis". Of course, I'm not saying that children's books are bad, but compared to books like "Alive", they lack a deeper meaning. Moreover, your future is limitless, and some time ago, the judges of Luo Guanzhong also contacted me and asked for your information. ”

Zhuang Yan's eyes narrowed, Wang Lijian revealed an important information, and the judges of Luo Guanzhong asked about his information, that is, Luo Guanzhong noticed his book.

Speaking of Luo Guan's winning the lottery, Zhuang Yan noticed this award when he was looking at the memories of his predecessor before.

Most of the world's literary awards have never been heard of, and there are only two that he has heard of, one is the Nobel Prize and the other is the Goncourt Literary Prize.

There are not even Pulitzer Prizes and Akutagawa Prizes, let alone awards like some of China's Lu Xun Literary Prizes and Contradictory Literary Awards.

Since the Nobel Prize came out, there have been many awards. There are about four major awards in China: Luo Guanzhong, Sanyan Erpai Award, Wei Jin Award, and Pu Songling Award.

These four awards are somewhat similar to the four major Chinese awards in later generations, and the Luo Guanzhong Award is similar to the Contradictory Literature Award, which only rewards novels.

The Pu Songling Award is similar to the Lu Xun Literature Award, encouraging the creation of short stories, poetry and prose.

The Three Words and Two Shots Award is very similar to the Cao Yu Award, which is an award for script creation.

The Wei Jin Award, like the Lao She Literature Award, is a comprehensive literary and artistic award, and basically the types of the first three awards are included.

However, there are still some differences between these awards and the awards of later generations, because they were established for a short time and caught up with the country's vigorous encouragement of literary creation, so the award selection time is basically once every two years, only the Wei Jin Award is slightly longer, but it is also once every three years.

And Luo Guanzhong, in this era, is the highest award for Chinese novels.

Therefore, Zhuang Yan was very surprised to hear Wang Lijian mention Luo Guan's winning the lottery.

Zhuang Yan asked with great interest: "Mr. Wang, what is the general situation of Luo Guan's winning the lottery that you said?"

Wang Lijian said with a smile: "Coincidentally, the stipulated time for the collection of Luo Guan's winning works is probably a few days after "Alive" came out, so our publishing house will submit your work here. That judge was a friend of mine and asked me for your personal information and didn't say anything else. However, I advise you not to expect too much, because the youngest person who won the lottery is forty-five years old. ”

Zhuang Yan knew what Wang Lijian meant, no matter what era it was, there was a situation of seniority. Literary awards are not a pool of clear water, it is impossible to only look at the quality of the work, the identity of the author, and the qualifications are of course also within the scope of consideration.

In fact, in addition to age, the book "Alive" itself is also flawed, Luo Guanzhong won the prize and originally focused on national, epic, and realistic works, and these things "Alive" do not have.

"Is there any possibility of being shortlisted?" Zhuang Yan asked very realistically, if he was shortlisted, at least he could have a name, such as a shortlisted work for a certain award.

However, Wang Lijian said: "Zhuang Yan, you may not know much about the selection of awards, whether you are shortlisted or not, except for the judges, we outsiders do not know, and in the end, the public only hears the final winner of the award." ”

Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment, he really didn't know much about the selection of these awards, but in his impression, the selection of awards in the previous life usually had a list of nominees in advance, could it be that he remembered it wrong?

Wang Lijian explained over there: "If you want to know, you have to wait until 50 years later, because all kinds of awards basically have a 50-year confidentiality period for this information." Therefore, this information will only be released by the organizers after 50 years. ”

Zhuang Yan suddenly realized that there was still this rule, if this was the case, then it would be completely impossible to get a name for what kind of nomination.

was a little disappointed, but Zhuang Yan was not very persistent about these awards, so he said with relief: "I understand, I try to grow up quickly." ”

He made a joke, but Wang Lijian didn't laugh, but said earnestly: "So I now ask you to create more in-depth works, so that you can have an advantage when you enter these awards in the future." ”

Zhuang Yan smiled: "There are still twenty years to go, don't worry." ”

He said that there are still 20 years to go, which is actually an allusion to the fact that Luo Guanzhong's youngest winner is 45 years old. He is now twenty-three years old, and according to the current situation, it will be at least twenty years.

"In short, writing more meaningful works is good for you and for the literary world. Wang Lijian said again.

Zhuang Yan frowned and said, "What kind of work is meaningful?"

"Of course, works that can be thought-provoking and lead people to think deeply are more meaningful. Wang Lijian said.

Wang Lijian is also reasonable, but Zhuang Yan feels that some things should not be too deliberate, and create for the so-called meaning, so that the things written are not only full of ingenuity, but also look very distorted.

Zhuang Yan smiled: "It's not up to me to decide, this kind of book is not something I can write if I want to." ”

He told the truth, such works were not written by himself, and if it were not for those two immersive dreams, "Alive" and "Metamorphosis" would not have come out.

However, Wang Lijian's understanding of his words is a little biased, Wang Lijian thought that he was saying that inspiration is not always there, and a good work is always obtained by chance, this is not a scientific experiment, just step by step, the author must have feelings and inspiration, and various factors can be gathered at one time, and excellent works can come out.

Wang Lijian sighed: "Indeed, the article is made by nature, and it is not something we can decide by ourselves. ”

Zhuang Yan raised his eyebrows and didn't say anything, but said with a smile: "Okay, don't talk about this, you didn't just call me to express your surprise." ”

"Of course not, the editor-in-chief of the publishing house entrusted me to discuss with you about the publication of the work. Wang Lijian said.

"Oh, you're talking to me personally?" Zhuang Yan smiled.

Wang Lijian also smiled: "Of course, I don't want to talk to you about the specific details, I mainly want to ask you about the promotion of this book, can you reveal that you are the author of "Alive". But now it seems that you don't have that idea. ”

The words were all said to Wang Lijian, and Zhuang Yan had nothing to say, just nodded: "Hmm." ”

The two of them finished what they had to say, and then hung up the phone with a casual couple of words.

After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Yan pulled the clothes that were stuck on his body, and a phone call delayed him to take a shower, and now the sweat is dry.