The National Book Award is the top and most authoritative award in the book category in China.

The composition of the selection committee is extremely strict, and all of them are well-known people in China. Since the inception of the award, it is not every year that a book has been awarded. Rather, there were several years of vacancy because the selection committee decided that the quality of the books that year was not good enough to win the award. This shows how difficult it is to win this award.

More importantly, this is a state-run selection event that represents official authority.

Once you win the award, it means that you have been officially recognized.

When the president heard Wang Yong's words, he was surprised: "Do you want to ...... Winning the National Book Award?"

Wang Yong responded with a smile: "Why not?"

"But...... But ......" the president said two yes in a row, but he still didn't say anything.

Because he wanted to say so much that he couldn't explain it in one or two sentences.

As a layman, Mr. Wang probably thinks this award is easy to get. But the president is an expert, so wouldn't he want his publishing house to have a book that won the National Book Award? But it didn't work, he had declared a few books before, but he didn't even pass the primary election, so he was eliminated directly.

The selection of the National Book Award is rigorous, but there is still some human factor in it.

And it is precisely a group of people who offend Wang Yong who controls this human factor.

In such a situation, it is tantamount to a fantasy that Wang Yong still wants to win the award. Even, "Canon of Chinese Studies" couldn't even pass the primary election, and those judges threw it into the wastebasket in disgust when they saw the four words "Canon of Chinese Studies".

The president thought that Wang Yong didn't understand this, but he didn't expect Wang Yong to pat him on the shoulder and said, "I know what you want to say." But how do you know the result without trying? ”

The president looked at the date and suddenly realized that today was indeed the deadline. It's just that he has long lost hope for this award, so he hasn't paid attention to it, and he hasn't even paid attention to the start and deadline.

"Then I'll try, but Mr. Wang, you'd better not get your hopes up......" The president gave Wang Yong a vaccination in advance.

Wang Yong nodded: "Go ahead, I know it in my heart." ”

After speaking, the president went to apply for the National Book Award, and Wang Yong left Kaixing Culture Publishing House.

Walking out of the publishing house, Wang Yong took out his mobile phone and dialed a phone number.

What the president just wanted to say, Wang Yong didn't know in his heart? The selection of the National Book Award was extremely strict, and it was divided into four steps in total. The first is for the publisher to submit the books for evaluation, the second is for the experts to preliminarily select the books with the potential to win the award, and the third step is to enter the formal battle, and the experts in each industry select the first prize books in each industry, and this is only half of the long march. Because only those who have won the first prize of the industry book are eligible to compete for the final ultimate award, the National Book Award.

In the final step, more than 300 expert judges voted by secret ballot to select the final winning book.

This is the final battle.

More than 100,000 books are published in Huaxia every year, and only a few or even fewer are awarded. The brutality of competition is evident.

As a guy who is about to become a public enemy in the academic circle, whether Wang Yong can take the first step is a difficult problem.

After the first step, the follow-up industry first prize is even more difficult. After all, most of the people in the Chinese culture circle who hold the selection qualifications are Zhou Daocarp people. Zhou Daoli didn't need to target Wang Yong too much, as long as he deliberately colluded to knock the "Canon of Chinese Studies" off the first prize, he basically announced the exit of "The Canon of Chinese Studies".

Beep, the phone answered, and a deep baritone voice came from the other end.

"Wang Yong, what's the matter? I'm going to have a meeting soon, and I don't have much time. ”

But it was Minister Cao.

"My Canon of Chinese Studies is ready to apply for the National Book Award......"

Before Wang Yong finished speaking, Minister Cao's tone on the other end of the phone had become stern: "Wang Yong, although I admire you very much, but appreciation is appreciation, and it is impossible for me to use power for personal gain for this appreciation." The National Book Award was set up by our department, but I'm sorry, I can't give it to anyone!"

Wang Yong was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Minister Cao, I think you misunderstood what I meant." I don't need to make a decision, I don't need you to do anything for me, I just want to ask this award to give me a basic fairness and justice as a most ordinary citizen. I guess that's not against the law, right?"

Minister Cao was stunned: "The most basic fairness? Could it be that you have encountered some kind of black-box operation? Tell me specifically, I will definitely investigate it thoroughly." ”

"I haven't met yet, but I believe we will meet soon. ”

Minister Cao was a little angry: "That means you are questioning the fairness of this award with some speculative things? Okay, I'm going to a meeting, and I'll talk about it when I have time." ”

After speaking, Minister Cao hung up the phone directly.

Wang Yong listened to the blind voice on the phone, and the wind was light.

Didn't get annoyed by being hung up.

With Minister Cao's character, Wang Yong only needs to say that he may encounter shady scenes, which is enough to make Minister Cao pay attention.

Sure enough, in the conference room of a certain department in Huaxia.

Minister Cao interpreted and explained some of this year's policies as usual, and the following personnel are carefully taking notes.

Most of these meetings are boring and boring, so Minister Cao has no intention of holding them for a long time. In just half an hour, the policy was heard, and the meeting was immediately adjourned.

Just when someone in a conference room got up and was about to leave the room.

But seeing Minister Cao's frown, he suddenly said to a participant: "Lao Zhang, is the National Book Award led by our department going to be selected recently?"

The person named Lao Zhang is the main manager of the National Book Award.

He nodded: "Yes, today is the deadline for application, and the official selection will start tomorrow." What instructions does the minister have?"

Minister Cao waved his hand: "It's nothing, just ask." This is an important selection activity, which has a wide influence in the cultural field, and we must pay attention to the fairness and fairness of the selection, and resolutely put an end to the behavior of someone or a group controlling the selection. ”

"Huh?" Lao Zhang was a little confused by Minister Cao's words, but immediately responded. "Yes! Minister rest assured!"

Minister Cao then left the conference room.

The other participants who walked behind looked at Lao Zhang with puzzled expressions.

One by one, their eyes are clearly asking: What's wrong?

Lao Zhang also looked confused, and spread his hands: "I don't know! Minister Cao didn't mention the National Book Award during the whole meeting, I thought that Minister Cao didn't pay attention to the fact that the award was about to start......!

A person who had a good relationship with Lao Zhang patted Lao Zhang's shoulder sympathetically and said: "It's okay to do it yourself! After being in this system for a long time, don't you still know that the more things seem to be fine, the more troublesome they will be? Will Minister Cao ask these questions for no reason? Will he remind you to pay attention to fairness and justice without warning? You must have been sued!"

"!" Lao Zhang was so angry that he spit out two dirty words. "If I have done anything to abuse my power for personal gain, I will admit it! But I have never done it at all, so why should I sue me? Besides, this book award is not selected by me, more than 300 experts and scholars, all of whom are celebrities and academicians of the Academy of Sciences, I am just a small staff member, how can I have such a great ability to control them!"

The people who didn't leave the conference room all looked at Lao Zhang sympathetically when they heard this, of course they knew that what Lao Zhang said was the truth. In fact, in many cases, government employees do not have as much power as everyone thinks, but anyone who has a little fame and social influence dares not to bird you.

But once something happens, these employees have to take the blame.

but he is more wronged than anyone else.

Lao Zhang obviously took the blame for others this time, but it is not clear who he carried it to.

No one dared to ask Minister Cao.

"Let's go, since the minister raised it at the meeting, it shouldn't be a big problem. I really want to deal with you, so I just call you to the office. Anyway, you should pay more attention to this selection activity. "The guy who has a good relationship with Lao Zhang turned around and left.

Lao Zhang was stunned in place for a while, until everyone in the conference room was gone, and he didn't come back to his senses.

The officialdom is deeply educated, so I can't help but think about it too much.

But he thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with anything deeper. It seems that what Minister Cao wants to say is really the issue of the fairness principle of the award.

"It seems that this time I have to focus on this, the minister has reminded me, if there is any inside story, then I will really be finished. Lao Zhang said to himself, and walked out of the conference room.

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Office of National Book Award Selection.

Several staff members are compiling the list of declarations.

Ding Dong, at this time, a staff member's mailbox rang. The staff quickly clicked on it, but it was the declaration form of a publishing house called Kaixing Culture.

But after the staff member saw the declaration book, he was stunned.

"Canon of Chinese Studies".

Isn't this a book that Wang Yong has just compiled? It was published so quickly? It seems that it has been criticized by many people in the past few days, saying that it contains flattering ideas. Do you want to declare this kind of book too?

However, the staff did not have the right to veto, and immediately handed it over to a few experts in the office.

One of these experts is none other than a disciple of Zhou Daoli.

When Zhou Daoli's disciple saw the words "Canon of Chinese Studies," he immediately sneered: "Do you dare to apply for this kind of book? I think he should apply for the Oriental National Book Award! I think he should veto! What about you?"

A few other experts, you look at me, I look at you, and they didn't say anything.

Zhou Daoli couldn't afford to offend, but they didn't want to offend Wang Yong, so they simply didn't speak and abstained.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhou Daoli's disciple took matters into his own hands and said, "Then everyone is acquiescing? Xiao Wu, put this book on the elimination list!"

Xiao Wu was going to do it immediately.

Before he could leave, suddenly the door of the office was pushed open, but it was Director Zhang, the director of the jury, who came.

"Hello Director Zhang!" several experts said in unison with the staff.

Director Zhang nodded, and then beckoned to a few people: "Let's put the matter at hand first, I just came back from a meeting, and the above has made a few instructions for our National Library Award selection activity, everyone listen." ”

Several people sat together, and then Director Zhang opened the remote meeting again.

At the other end, it was the 300 judges of this selection.

"You're all seasoned veterans, and I don't need to say much about the details. There is only one point I have to say this time, and that is -- fairness and justice! And this is precisely what Minister Cao personally instructed!"

Listening to Director Zhang's words, the disciples of Zhou Daoli present suddenly frowned violently for some reason, and a trace of panic quietly spread in their hearts.