Prince Prize...... I think it's easier for me to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. ”

"Don't be ashamed. ”

The two of them had already walked to the second row while laughing, and they had arrived relatively late, so the seats in the hall were basically seated, and they didn't need to look carefully, and when they raised their eyes, they could see the two empty seats in the middle.

Their position is in the second row, or the middle position, those who sit in the first row in front of them are all members of the organizing committee, and in front of Zhuang Yan's position is Lian Liwen.

"Hehe, I'm still stained with your light and sat in such a high position. Wang Lijian said with a smile, indeed, as he said, the reason why he was able to sit in this position was all because of Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan glanced at the back of Lian Liwen's head in front of him, and whispered: "It's better to sit in the back and be comfortable, it's a little uncomfortable here." ”

was a little uncomfortable, although Lian Liwen never looked back, but looking at the way he was sitting, Zhuang Yan always felt that he was listening to himself.

Wang Lijian patted Zhuang Yan's shoulder, "Where is this going, you will go up in a while, isn't it even more uncomfortable." ”

It will be a while before the official start of the award ceremony, and the stage will be empty except for the big posters, and everyone will be chatting with each other.

Zhuang Yan didn't know anyone, and if he wanted to talk, he could only talk to Wang Lijian. But Wang Lijian is not like him, Wang Lijian has a wide range of contacts, and when he walked over from the "red carpet" just now, the people who greeted him all the way never stopped.

Now sit down, the people next to him and behind him are looking for him to greet him, but Zhuang Yan is sitting on the side and no one comes up to say hello.

No one talked to him, so he was in a daze by himself, during which Wang Lijian wanted to introduce two people to him, and when he saw him in a daze, he gave up.

After a while, the lights in the venue suddenly doubled, and the lights on the stage also started.

Interrupted in a daze, Zhuang Yan realized that the award ceremony was about to start, so he raised his head again and looked at the stage.

At this time, the venue sounded the curtain call: "Applause welcome to the master of ceremonies of this award conference, Wang Yi." ”

With the sound of the curtain, a man and a woman came up from the backstage in costumes.

The man was wearing a suit and leather shoes, and he also wore a bow tie, and the woman was wearing a red evening dress, Zhuang Yan turned his head sideways and asked Wang Lijian: "These two people look a little familiar." ”

"You should be familiar, the two of them are CCTV hosts, even if you don't usually watch TV, you will always watch the Spring Festival Gala. Wang Lijian said with a smile.

Zhuang Yan nodded suddenly, looking at the posture of these two people, it was indeed the feeling of a large-scale party emcee.

"The Pu Songling Award is so fashionable, and two CCTV hosts were invited to be emcees?"

"No, it wasn't in previous years, but it's new this year. ”

Zhuang Yan said a little strangely: "There are really a lot of things added this year. ”

Wang Lijian understood the ridicule in Zhuang Yan's tone, and said with a smile: "You need the Pu Songling Award, but you don't know that the Pu Songling Award also needs you. Of course, I'm not talking about the kind of fame that people in the literary world have, I mean, it's hard for these literary awards to attract the attention of ordinary people like other entertainment awards. ”

"To attract the attention of ordinary people, is this necessary?" Zhuang Yan said with a frown.

"Whether or not this is necessary, the Writers' Association has always wanted to expand the influence of the award. Besides, if you want to have a renaissance, you have to start with ordinary people, don't make any literary circles, and rest on your laurels. ”

"That's what I say, but you see that the Nobel Prize doesn't say that it's going to be so entertaining. If you're afraid, you'll be scared, if the road is crooked, you won't be able to come back in the future. Zhuang Yan said.

Wang Lijian hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "You don't have to say this, you have to know who is sitting in front of you." ”

Zhuang Yan rolled his eyes angrily, and also whispered, "I just said that sitting in front is so uncomfortable." ”

"Come on, Ziyan, bear with it. ”

When the two spoke, the host on the stage had already said a lot, said a congratulatory message, and introduced the important guests tonight.

Next, I would like to invite Ms. Tie Yan, Chairman of the Chinese Writers Association and Chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, to give a speech and welcome. ”

Tie Yan went up again to make a speech, but the general content of what she said was similar to what she said at the exchange meeting of the Writers' Association yesterday, and the core idea was to encourage everyone to actively think about the future development of Chinese literature, as well as a summary of this year's Chinese literary circle.

After he finished speaking, he went up to give speeches by several people, these people had never seen Zhuang Yan, they were all old backbones of the Writers' Association and officials of state departments.

After they finished their speeches, more than 40 minutes passed, and then the highlight of the night finally began—the awards.

The awards were presented first with the Outstanding Literary Translation Award, followed by the National Outstanding Reportage Award......

Zhuang Yan was expressionless the whole time, he really didn't know what to make an expression, because he had never heard of any of the award-winning works, let alone read the award-winning works.

Wang Lijian naturally wanted to know more, and while applauding, he explained to him in Zhuang Yan's ear, who this is, who is this, what works he has written, and what achievements he has made.

However, Zhuang Yan didn't go into his ears much, because what Wang Lijian said, the newspaper curtain had already said clearly.

Just as boring as he was was the audience who stood in front of the TV.

"When will this novella award be announced, I'm almost asleep after so long of ink. ”

In a university boys' dormitory, several students are watching a live webcast of the Pu Songling Award around a computer.

"Don't worry, this award is almost over, and it's coming soon. ”

"That's it, that's it, I've been waiting for so long, it's not bad for a while. ”

"That's what you said half an hour ago. ”

“……”

The dormitory was not all watching the live broadcast, a student lying on the bed stuck his head out of the top bunk and smiled: "Hey, I said you brainless fans, what is there to be excited about, the award results were announced half a month ago, is there any suspense, can it still change?"

One of the people watching the live broadcast immediately retorted: "You know a ball, the result has long been known, but we want to see the scene where Zhuang Yanyi will come on stage to receive the award." ”

"Yes, it must be domineering. The other chimed in.

"What kind of acceptance speech do you think he would say?"

"Anyway, Zhuang Yan's big acceptance speech must be better than ordinary people. ”

Some people disagree with this statement, "I don't think so, Zhuang Yan has always been low-key, maybe the acceptance speech is also very low-key, and it will not be brilliant." ”

……

By the time the awards ceremony lasted for an hour and a half, the most important part of the night was finally coming.

Next, I would like to invite Mr. Lian Liwen, former Minister of Culture and Art of the People's Republic of China, to announce the results of the Pu Songling Award for National Outstanding Novella. ”

Zhuang Yan raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that the presenter of the novella award turned out to be Lian Liwen.