This little episode did not attract the attention of the judges present.

It didn't attract the attention of Zhou Dao carp.

Zhou Daoli casually flipped through the other books submitted for review, read them quickly, and then quickly threw them away.

After reading all the books in hand, he suddenly sighed: "In recent years, the quality of books in the Chinese culture circle has declined greatly! The four books that were barely picked out were only qualified to compete for the final award, and there was almost no hope of winning the award." On the contrary, it is the applied science group, which has seen a lot of black technology in recent years, and there are countless related books. This year's National Book Award was probably won by the Applied Science Group. ”

Zhou Daoli's eyes fell on his student's book, which was a book he had supervised and compiled. But in order to avoid suspicion, Zhou Daoli deliberately asked the students to remove his name when it was published. Otherwise, according to the selection principle, Zhou Daoli cannot serve as the person in charge of the selection if he has a book selected.

If he can't be the person in charge, then the chances of his student's book being selected are greatly reduced.

After a busy day, night fell, and the slightly tired judges finally finished their work.

Next, there is a key selection.

Classified Book Rankings.

The books that won the first place in the category will be able to participate in the final selection ceremony tomorrow morning.

Zhou Daoli sat at the top position, looked at the rest of the judges, and said slowly: "Everyone has worked hard, and the books everyone sent are very good." But there are only four books that meet my criteria, and I suggest that tonight's first prize be judged from these four books. Of course, this is just my personal opinion, we are a collective, not a hall of words, everyone can express their opinions as much as you like. ”

Several judges look at me, I look at you, but they don't speak.

Zhou Daoli said it soundly, not a word, but in fact, every judge knows it. Once they disagreed, they would be vetoed by Zhou Daoli in a tough stance.

At most, a few words of justification will be added to the veto process, and then it will be discussed in the name of beauty. And the final result of the discussion is naturally Zhou Daocarp's final say.

After experiencing several such things, the judges of the Sinology group either did not participate in the next selection directly, or they were silent and let Zhou Dao carp do it.

"Oh, it seems that everyone has a unified opinion this time, and there is no opinion. Then we will start to vote for these four books......" Zhou Daoli waved his hand and said.

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a person stand up: "Wait." ”

"Lao Du, do you have something to say?" Zhou Dao Li Chong Du Ru would hand over a dissatisfied look.

In the past, Du Ruhui would have understood it a long time ago, sat down, or found a reason to go to the toilet and walked away.

But today, Du Ruhui didn't say anything abnormally, but stared at Zhou Daoli and said word by word: "Team Leader Zhou, I think there is a book that is not inferior to the four books you recommend, and that book is more qualified to win a National Book Award on behalf of the Chinese Studies Group." ”

Zhou Daoli was stunned when he heard this, and then a wave of anger rose in his heart.

Du Ruhui dared to openly question him? Are you sure this guy didn't take the wrong medicine when he went out in the morning?

"Oh, Lao Du, which book are you talking about? Why don't I think such a book exists?" Zhou Daoli sneered and responded.

Du Ruhui glanced at the elimination area...... Two-eyed ...... But he didn't find the book he wanted to recommend.

It was as if the book had disappeared.

For a while, Du Ru would be stunned in the local area.

"Don't speak, it seems that you don't have confidence in your heart!" Zhou Daoli sarcastically.

Then he didn't care about Du Ruhui, and directly put the four books out in turn, and said to the other judges: "Of these four books, I think this "Essence of Chinese Studies" can be ranked first, and the remaining three books are slightly inferior, but they are also considered masterpieces, tied for second." What do you think?"

A strange glint flashed in the eyes of several judges at the same time. Who doesn't know that "The Essence of Chinese Studies" is a book by Zhou Daoli's disciples?

Before the selection, Director Zhang had just held a meeting to emphasize "fairness and justice", but he didn't expect Zhou Daoli to turn around and push his student's book to the first place.

is so unscrupulous, but no one dares to care, and no one dares to expose it.

"Team Leader Zhou's proposal...... I basically agree. A judge said.

Several other judges glanced at each other, and they all saw the helplessness in each other's eyes. Then he nodded at the same time, ready to admit that "The Essence of Chinese Studies" was the first place.

Who knows, but when he heard Du Ru scream suddenly: "Slow!"

Then I saw that Du Ruhui was like a child who had found a gem, and bent down in surprise to pick up a book on the ground, and carefully blew off the dust.

Several judges looked at the book in Du Ruhui's hand curiously, and they were all stunned.

"Canon of Chinese Studies"?!

Isn't this Wang Yong's book? He also ran for election?

It's just rumored that Wang Yong once ruthlessly rejected Du Ruhui's request to join the group, what did Du Ruhui want to do?

In the suspicion of everyone, Du Ruhui put the "Canon of Chinese Studies" in front of the "Essence of Chinese Studies", and said to Zhou Daoli with an almost hostile attitude: "I think this book is the first place." ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhou Daoli's eyes. He is really confused, even if Du Ruhui has been abnormal recently, he will not be able to protect Wang Yong's book as the first, right?

Zhou Daoli quickly concealed the surprise in his eyes, and replaced it with a faint sneer.

"What do you think? As I said, our judging panel is not a word. You think it's useless, I don't think it's useful. Originally, the book was full of controversial content, and I have eliminated it. But for the sake of your Lao Du's face, let's make an exception and take out this book and let everyone select it fairly and justly, okay?" Zhou Daoli asked provocatively.

Du Ruhui smiled faintly: "Okay, thank you for your generosity." However, I must say in advance that since the inception of the National Book Award, not a single book in the national studies category has been selected. Even in recent years, Chinese studies have been hot, but in the eyes of those strict judges, Chinese studies are still not on the big stage. And now, there is a book that has been published, which represents the highest achievement in the category of Chinese culture, and has brought together the recognition of all countries in the Chinese cultural circle. It is no exaggeration to say that it is precisely because of the appearance of this book that we have seen the hope of winning the crown of Chinese culture books for the first time. Ask yourself, can you really bear to see the books of Chinese culture miss such an opportunity, and then continue to sink for ten or even twenty years?"

The judges present did not speak, but many of them quietly lowered their heads, their eyes flickering slightly.

After listening to Du Ruhui's words, Zhou Daoli's face became extremely ugly, and he reprimanded: "Enough! We are judges, not someone's cheerleaders! If you do this again, I have enough reasons to kick you out of the jury! Now, voting begins!"

Rustling, only the sound of the silent tip of the pen scratching the paper, nothing else.

One by one, the judges cast the written ballots into a small ballot box, and soon, more than a dozen judges completed the voting work.

Zhou Daoli glanced at everyone, and then in front of everyone, he opened the ballot box and began to count votes.

"The first place in "The Essence of Chinese Studies", one vote. ”

"Second place in "Pre-Qin Poetry Appreciation", one vote. ”

"The first place in "The Essence of Chinese Studies", two votes ......"

The counting of votes went quickly, after all, there were only a dozen votes.

In the singing ticket, it seems that the words "Canon of Chinese Studies" have not yet appeared from Zhou Daoli's mouth.

Just when Du Ru would suspect that Zhou Daoli was blatantly cheating, he listened to Zhou Daoli's voice and became unnatural: "The first place in the "Canon of Chinese Studies", 1 vote ......"

Du Ruhui's clenched fist secretly let go.

He doesn't know if this is his vote, but as long as it appears, it at least proves that Zhou Daoli has not been arbitrary to the point of falsifying the vote.

seems to have opened a floodgate, and in the next ballots, the name of "Canon of Chinese Studies" appeared in all of them.

"Second place in the Canon of Chinese Studies, 1 vote ......"

"Second place in the Canon of Chinese Studies, 2 votes ......"

"First place in the Canon of Chinese Studies, 1 vote ......"

Zhou Daoli read it, and his face turned green.

Finally, all the ballots were read, and Zhou Daoli was a little afraid to look at the statistics at this time.

In his intuition, it seems that "The Canon of Chinese Studies" has won more votes than "The Essence of Chinese Studies".

What if that happens?

Find a reason to declare the results invalid, or go back on your word and deny the selection qualifications of the "Canon of Chinese Studies"?

Zhou Dao carp was a little tangled. But there is one thing he is very clear, that is, he must not let "The Canon of Chinese Studies" win the first place! Even if he finishes this session of judges, he will not do it next time!

"Guys, the results are in. A staff member held the results in his hand and said.

All the judges looked at the staff with some curiosity, wondering who would win in the end.

Zhou Daoli and Du Ruhui were even more nervous and concerned.

"The first place is - "The Essence of Chinese Studies"! 7 votes!"

As the staff's voice fell, Zhou Daoli breathed a sigh of relief, while Du Ruhui's eyes were dull and at a loss.

Is it so cruel to him that God is about to die? Is it so difficult for a man to be so cruel to his words when he is about to die, and he just wants to do something worthy of his conscience before he dies?

"How many votes are there for the Canon of Chinese Studies?" Du Ru asked in a hoarse voice.

The staff member glanced at the statistics and replied, "Six votes, just one vote." In addition, "The Canon of Chinese Studies" is also the book with the most support votes in second place. ”

This data made the judges present thoughtful.

Obviously, five people were moved by Du Ruhui's words and voted for the "Canon of Chinese Studies" with Du Ruhui. The other seven people, excluding Zhou Daoli, although the other six people had to vote for "The Essence of Chinese Studies" because of Zhou Daoli's face, they also voted for the second place to "The Canon of Chinese Studies".

In other words, Wang Yong's book is actually quite recognized in the circle!

Indeed, he is the most qualified to represent the Sinology category and compete for the final National Book Award!

It's a pity......

"Alas. Several of the judges sighed softly and shook their heads regretfully.

I don't know if I sighed that I didn't vote for the "Canon of Chinese Studies", or sighed that the selection was unfair.

And Zhou Daoli saw the reactions of several judges, and a faint sense of uneasiness rose in his heart. Originally, he wanted to continue to suppress the "Canon of Chinese Studies", so that "The Canon of Chinese Studies" could not even get the second place.

But now he was afraid that he would have a long night and many dreams, so he didn't care about what to do, so he hurriedly announced: "In this case, according to the results of the votes, "The Essence of Chinese Studies" was rated as the first place in the Chinese Studies grouping, and "The Canon of Chinese Studies" won the second place by one vote, here I want to apologize, it seems that I did look away before, I hope you don't blame me." There are three books left, and I suggest a tie for third place, after all, we don't have the fourth place award, do we?"

Seeing that everyone did not object, Zhou Daoli said again: "Then it is decided! I announce that this time, on behalf of the Chinese Studies Group, I will participate in the selection of the National Book Award -- "The Essence of Chinese Studies"!"