"Editor-in-chief: I found a piece of big news. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Jiang Hua said happily.

"How big is the news?" The editor-in-chief obviously didn't wake up a little, but just asked casually, according to the time difference between the island country and China, in fact, Jiang Hua is half past seven here, but it is already more than eight o'clock and nearly nine o'clock over there.

"Ranbu Award, Ranbu Award Editor-in-Chief, you must know. Jiang Hua said again.

This time, the editor-in-chief did not answer, and rolled his eyes on the other end of the phone, not to mention that he is the editor-in-chief of the "Foreign Envoy Daily", and he himself has an understanding of foreign cultures, even ordinary readers know the highest reasoning award of this island country, the Edogawa Ranbu Award, so this question is basically nonsense.

Jiang Hua also realized that he was talking nonsense, but his mood was not weakened at all, and he continued to shout loudly into the phone: "There is a Chinese person, there is a Chinese person, and he won the first prize of the Ranbu Award!"

"Well...... Wait, what are you talking about?" the editor-in-chief replied casually at first, then reacted and began to ask.

"Just now, the official website of the Ranbu Award was announced, and the first prize of this year's award was "The Old Man in the Corner", written by a Chinese. Jiang Hua repeated.

"Are you sure?" asked the editor-in-chief cautiously, he didn't want to make the same mistakes that domestic media people had made before.

Previously, the foreign "Onion" reported that the picture of General Jin riding a horse was the most handsome in the world, and then the media news said that the American media praised General Jin for how handsome and handsome, and then analyzed why General Jin, who was not good-looking, was so handsome.

But in fact, "The Onion" is nothing more than a gossip entertainment newspaper in the United States, and the most handsome General Kim is just a joke.

"It's completely confirmed, not only that, but "The Old Man in the Corner" was recommended by the jury with 27 votes, tied with Kyotaro Nishimura's "Angel's Scars" for the first place in the history of the Ranbu Award. Jiang Hua said, he waited for the editor-in-chief's authorization, and then hurriedly sent the press release and the receipt of some dry goods, but the editor-in-chief on the other end of the phone was silent.

"Hey editor-in-chief, what's wrong? This news is very explosive, I ...... it."

Jiang Hua's words were interrupted by the editor-in-chief, and then the editor-in-chief was heard say, "Jiang Hua, you weren't drunk yesterday." ”

"Huh?" Jiang Hua was stunned, not understanding that our editor-in-chief suddenly turned the topic to whether he drank or not, but he still answered honestly: "No, I don't drink." ”

"So did you wake up today?" the editor-in-chief asked again.

"I usually get up at this time, I ......" Jiang Hua suddenly reacted to what the editor-in-chief meant by these two questions, this is not believing that this news is rhythm, and hurriedly spoke.

He said: "Editor-in-chief, if you don't believe it, I can't make up the matter of the first prize of the Ranbu Award, and now the reasoning community of the island country has turned the world upside down, and this kind of investigation can know that the news is fake, I am too stupid." ”

"Then don't go and interview first-hand news. The editor-in-chief changed his words.

As Jiang Hua said, there have been many discussions about this matter, and there are many newspapers and periodicals, many of which are big newspapers.

Therefore, the pressure on the judging committee of the Ranbu Award is also quite high, anyway, this is the second time in history that such an urgent ad hoc meeting will be held after the end.

Izawa Motohiko's face was solemn: "The judges also know the situation, the votes of the old man in the corner are in accordance with the rules, and there is absolutely no behavior that violates the will of the jury committee." ”

It's quite complicated, to put it simply, there is no insider as outsiders say.

"Now the fairness of our Ranbu Award has been questioned, and the people are discussing our results this time, saying that it is the worst, and if this continues, I am afraid that our committee will be investigated by the public integrity liao. One of the committee members said that the public integrity liao in his mouth was the equivalent of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong, which was specifically designed to investigate corruption.

This corruption is not only civil servants and politicians, but everyone in the true sense of the word, and this owner naturally includes the jury.

Therefore, as soon as these remarks came out, the members of the committee present had an attitude of not caring about their own affairs, and their faces all changed.

There are 30 judges, there are well-known writers, well-known reviewers, and even more well-known editors-in-chief, but no matter what profession they are, it is not good to go to the public and honest liao.

"I think there must be someone who can help the trouble, otherwise it wouldn't have been such a big deal. ”

"Nonsense, even if no one is pushing the flames, those media reports must be deliberately pointing the finger at us. ”

"I will do crisis public relations immediately, and I also know some friends from the media who can contribute a little. ”

"I was able to find a few friends too, and although I didn't vote for 'The Old Man in the Corner', his quality is worth guaranteeing. ”

Brainstorming, if you work here at the same time, the network is not small, anyway, it is just the work of talking, and five media have been negotiated and more than a dozen newspapers have supported.

Public opinion, at some point, is not to see who is right and who is wrong, but to see who can tear it apart more.

The specific example is like Guo's gang and Cao Huangjin, no matter which of the two is really reasonable, or the two of them are ignoring dog-eat-dog, but Cao Huangjin obviously does not have Guo's gang tearing experience, and he was beaten to the ground.

Without further ado, crisis PR is ready to proceed.

Since "The Old Man in the Corner" is indeed a mystery novel that we all recognize, I believe that readers of the Yamato nation will also approve of it. One of the commissioners said suddenly.

Then, the discussion quieted down, as if it were indeed not so complicated.

"I've thought about this method for a long time, but we can't reach the old man author in the corner. Motohiko Izawa said helplessly.

"Can't be contacted, and how is the bonus ......? The card number left directly?" a committee member asked, but before the words were asked, he knew the answer.

"If you want to publish, we can find it directly, and then negotiate with the publishing house to sell it in advance, and use the quality of "The Old Man in the Corner" itself to wash away the stain of our committee. "There is a committee member who is the president of the publishing house, and although this idea is a little troublesome, it is reasonable and well-founded.

"I also checked, we checked all the publishing companies, and there was not a single book like this, so ...... It is possible that the author did not want to publish the book. Although Motohiko Izawa doesn't want to admit it, this is the best judgment at the moment.

In other words, if you come to submit, you won't publish a book if you win the first prize, and you are anonymous, so what do you want to do?

You must know that the prize money is not high, almost all of it is for this fame, after all, this award has given birth to many mystery writers.

But what does this Chinese man want to do? Don't make such a big mess without being able to write a book, what do you want to do without saying a word?

It's an alien!(To be continued.) )