"You should ask for credit, Brother Wang, you have really helped me a lot in this matter, I won't say much if I thank you, if I thank you, I won't be able to thank you for three days and three nights." Zhuang Yan said gratefully.

Wang Lijian said: "You don't have to thank me, since you have you, the traffic of our literary and art website has been getting higher and higher. You and I are mutually beneficial at best, and no one has to thank anyone. ”

Zhuang Yan smiled, Wang Lijian is not a person from Shien, and he is no longer a mother-in-law, but said with a smile: "Then when will this Pu Songling Award be announced?"

"Hey, I'm glad for you, I haven't started talking about business yet. The final results of the Pu Songling Award will be announced by the Writers' Association on December 3, and the award will be held on December 18. This year's awards ceremony was held at the China Modern Culture Center in Yanjing, and you will have to come to Yanjing for a visit. Wang Lijian said.

"December 3rd, it's quite a coincidence. Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

"Qiao?" Wang Lijian said a little puzzled.

Zhuang Yan explained, "That's right, there will be a dragon boat race on the Chadong side that day, and they invited me to watch, and I have agreed. ”

"Hehe, this tea mountain has become famous all of a sudden, a few days ago I saw on the Internet that this tea mountain is going to be renamed a border city, and they are quite good at climbing along the pole. Wang Lijian said with a smile.

"It's understandable that everyone wants to have a better life. ”

"Well, it's understandable, it's a bit of a coincidence, but you also have to be careful, on the day the award was officially announced, you just wandered in front of the public, careful that you were blocked by media reporters, and you couldn't come back. Wang Lijian laughed.

Zhuang Yan doesn't care, "As a well-known Chinese writer, I still have the consciousness of being exposed, and the reporters will block me sooner or later, just let them be happy, and there will be less sneaky behavior in the future." ”

"Well, even if I didn't say it, I enjoyed you like this, which was not the same as the low-key Zhuang Yan I knew before. Wang Lijian said.

"I'm not low-key, I'm afraid of trouble. ”

"What's the difference?"

"Like...... It makes no difference. ”

……

Before Pu Songling was announced, Zhuang Yan's life was still the same as before.

There is also a lot of speculation about the Pu Songling Award on the Internet, and people's attention is mainly focused on the two awards of the Short Story Award and the Novella Award, because these two awards are the two most important awards of the Pu Songling Award.

Among the two awards, there are three people with the highest voices, including two short story awards, one is called He Qichang, 55 years old this year, is a professor in the Department of Literature of Yenching University, and is also a leading figure in the Chinese realist school.

Although his short story "Grasshopper on the Grass" written at the beginning of this year is not famous, it is still well-known in the industry, and some people have commented that this film fully embodies the patriotic feelings of Chinese revolutionaries at the end of the last century.

Another competitor for the same award, who is also a professor at Yenching University, but a bishop in philosophy, also published a short story "Iceberg and Fire" in the literature section of Xinhua News Agency at the beginning of the year, which is also a main theme, and the content is very close to the theme of the Pu Songling Award.

Awards are like this, many times, it may not be about popularity or literary purpose, but more about whether the content is beneficial to the development of the country.

It is also because of this that Zhuang Yan was so surprised when he heard that the Pu Songling Award had confirmed the award of "Border City", of course, this difference in age must be on the one hand, and on the other hand, the theme of the content must also be a reason.

The influence of "Border City" and "Metamorphosis" is too great, and the significance of their works is extraordinary. Only in this way can the judges be impressed and let them put down the main theme first.

If the short story is still controversial, then the novella is basically a sure thing in people's hearts.

There are not many medium- and long-form novels in China this year, and even fewer are of good quality.

"The River Wet by the Rain", a novella published in "People's Literature" in March this year, is written by Tie Xin, a very old literary worker, and the winner of the last Pu Songling Award for Short Stories.

Although the Pu Songling Award in this world is said to be similar to the Lu Xun Literature Award, it is also a little different, not only the frequency of awards, but also the number of awards.

Unlike the Lu Xun Literature Award, which is awarded to many people, the Pu Songling Award only awards one work per award at a time. It is also for this reason that the Pu Songling Award is actually more important than the Lu Xun Literature Award, after all, rare things are expensive, and an award that only comes out every two years must be precious.

During this time, it is not that no one has mentioned Zhuang Yan, after all, he is so hot this year, as long as he talks about literary things, he can't be bypassed. As for Zhuang Yan himself, two works meet the requirements of the award, and the level is extremely high.

But as soon as people think of Zhuang Yan's age, they have to shake their heads to dispel this idea, and they have never heard of the Pu Songling Award being awarded to a person in his early twenties, even if he has written works such as "Alive", "Metamorphosis" and "Border City".

Unless, in order to present the award to Zhuang Yan, the Pu Songling Award opens another youth group, in that case, Zhuang Yan will naturally be able to win the award.

But for Zhuang Yan to open another group, it sounds even more terrifying than directly awarding the award to him.

Therefore, this sound was struck twice in the huge waves, and disappeared without even a single splash.

Only those who know the inside story know how surprised people will be when the Pu Songling Award is actually announced.

……

In a small villa with a single courtyard on the outskirts of Yanjing, the well-known writer Tie Xin is entertaining guests to drink tea in the living room. Tie Xin is in his early fifties this year, and he is still in his prime, but he was born with a white boy, and he had white steamed buns when he was old.

The guest who came was a young man in a neat suit, wearing a pair of glasses.

This young man is the director of the comprehensive department of the Creation and Research Department of the Writers' Association, named Han Kewen, who is just in his early thirties this year.

Tie Xin held the teacup and said with a smile: "Chairman Tie also told me today that the Pu Songling Award will be awarded during this time, so let me avoid suspicion and not have more contact with you." I think Chairman Tie is too worried, although I haven't asked who this year's award winner is, but I know that now that it has been decided, even if I want to pay a bribe, I will not invite you over for tea now. So you can rest assured, there will be no problem drinking tea with me today. ”

Han Kewen shook his head silently, and said in his heart that this iron heart is too paralyzed, is it really that the Pu Songling Award is already in his pocket? Although the Creation and Research Department doesn't care about the promulgation of its awards, it still hears some rumors, and I am afraid that there will be some changes in this award this year.