The First Arrival: Chapter 477: The Surprising Winner of the Big Award (Part II)

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For the awards, generally speaking, the first place in each category is competitive, so the eyes of the writers who have won the first place are extremely round, looking forward to the upcoming awards.

Of course, there are also some second and third place writers who do not give up in their hearts, and they are also thinking about this big prize, after all, the rules of the competition do not say that only the first place can win the big award, and theoretically they all have a chance to win the award, but this probability is much, much smaller than the first place......

Looking at the general manager of the Sakura Group on the podium, Shiao Inuyama squeezed his hands tightly, expecting to read his name from the other party's mouth for a while.

Now he is only one step away from reaching the top, as long as he takes this step, his future will be brighter, and perhaps he Inuyama Shiba can also achieve the same reputation as the four writers on the stage now.

Looking at the writers below who were holding their breath, Kojima pulled the microphone in front of him closer, and then said, "Next, we will announce the big prize works of this Sakura Novel Contest." ”

Huge oh here, Kojima Masa's voice paused slightly, and then he continued: "The work that won the grand prize of the first Sakura Novel Contest is, the second place in the horror and suspense category "Eleventh Night Bus", congratulations to Honda plus the writer. ”

As Kojima was announcing the results of the awards, all the writers present burst into low cheers, and the writers didn't expect the awards to really give a second place, which surprised them too much, and they couldn't accept it, especially the five people who won the first place, and their faces were very strange now.

For Inuyama Shiao, who has been looking forward to the big prize, he never expected that this big award would be awarded to a second place in the category, and this result really made him unconvinced.

If you want to say that this award is awarded to an excellent novel like "The Adventures of Photon Chasing Love", or a traditional novel with a profound humanistic spirit like "Mother Haihe", Inuyama Shiao will not have this kind of dissatisfaction, because in his heart, these novel articles are eligible for the big prize, even if he loses to the other party, it may only be because the judges are particularly favored, and the loss is not wronged.

But losing to the hands of a second-prize work like "Eleventh Night Bus", Inuyama Shiba really had a fire in his heart, and he felt a strong injustice, which was simply a dark manipulation, which was simply an insult.

Like Inuyama Shibao, there are four other writers who won the first prize, and they also feel unfair about a second-prize work winning a big prize, if it weren't for the fact that they are both literati and scholars and have a relatively high level of cultivation, they would have shouted loudly.

But now although they didn't say anything, their eyes were full of questions, they wanted the general manager of the Sakura Group on the stage to give them an answer, why a second-class work can get a big award, if the other party can't say anything, then they definitely don't mind talking about this dark selection.

Not only to seek justice for themselves and others, but also to seek justice for the world, even if they offend the behemoth of the Sakura Group, they will not hesitate to do so, and each of them has the style of literati.

The five writers who won the first prize looked at the podium with a gloomy face, and the writers who won the second and third prizes now looked a little unpleasant, and they felt that they were particularly embarrassed, although they thought that they and others could win the big prize, and surpass those writers who won the first prize in the classification.

But when the Grand Award was actually awarded to a second-prize entry, they were not happy, because they felt that the result was obviously false, and they could not ignore such a false result, and they were worried that if they and others participated in this kind of competition again in the future and won the first prize, the Grand Award was awarded to some inexplicable works.

If this kind of dark rule really spreads, then where will there be real ones in the future, just rely on the back door. It is precisely because of this that they now seem particularly embarrassed.

Looking at the ugly-faced writers in the audience, Kojima knew that he had to give them an explanation, otherwise the reputation of the Sakura Group would be ruined by these people, and he couldn't afford to take this responsibility anyway.

"Ahem~ It seems that the writers who are doing it have a lot of questions in the hearts of the winners of this award, and to be honest, I didn't expect this result in the future." Kojima coughed lightly twice, then slowly opened his mouth, releasing a topic that everyone was curious about, trying to attract the attention of all the writers present.

Kojima's purpose of attracting attention was achieved, and after his words, all the writers present focused their attention on him, and the writers couldn't help but secretly say in their hearts, 'Is there anything else that can't be done about this?' ’

Seeing that the murderous aura in the eyes of the writers below eased slightly because of his words, Kojima Masashi secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then continued to speak: "Everyone knows that this novel competition is judged by inferior people, the four contemporary masters, and the representative of the Sakura Group organizers. ”

Kojima's words were nodded and approved by the following residents, because the judges had already announced it in the competition, and everyone knew it, but what does this have to do with the big prize?

"The character and reputation of the four masters should all be believed, originally we wanted to review according to the normal rules, but in the early morning of this morning, I received a call from the chairman of the group, and the phone called the next Honda plus writer who decided to make this award a pure death, there is only one reason, the person who dedicates his life to is the most respectable, let us be a violator."

I don't know if the motivation is true, Kojima Masa's eyes are slightly red and he continued: "After listening to the words of the chairman, I pondered for a while, and finally thought that what the chairman said was indeed right, and this writer who dedicated his life to it cannot be ignored. ”

"He only has this last chance to compete in his life, but this is the first time that our Sakura Group has held this competition, and the other party has no chance, and we still have many chances."

"So we are willing to break the rules for each other once, and it is also the last time to break it, and for this decision of the chairman, the four masters also acquiesce." As he spoke, Kojima was shifting his firepower slightly to the four judges.

The following writers were already moved by Kojima's words, but now that they heard that Master Siwei also agreed with this matter, they didn't feel that they agreed with it.

"Although this selection may reflect the reputation of the Sakura Group, we believe that the group companies with love in their hearts will go further, and our cherry blossoms will bloom more brilliantly." As he spoke, Kojima realized that what he said was a bit like corporate propaganda, so he immediately changed it in time.

"Matches are important, but we think people are more important than that, so we made that choice. Of course, in order to make up for the participating writers, we at Sakura Group have decided to sign a five-year publishing contract with the five first-prize winners present. ”

"At the same time, the winners of the second and third prizes, we will also sign a different number of department contracts; As for the remaining semi-finalists who did not win the award, we at Sakura Group would like to invite you to join the group's newspaper and bookstore, and if they have outstanding works in the future, we are also willing to publish them. ”

As soon as Kojima said this, all the writers present took a deep breath, they didn't expect that this Sakura Group would actually accept all of them for the sake of a dead participating writer, regardless of whether they won or not.

And according to the general manager of Kojima, the benefits enjoyed by the five first prize winners present are no different from the original grand prize, or even better than the grand prize.

In the face of such a contest with people asking questions, a group of writers were silent, they didn't know how to describe their mood at this time, the only thing they could think of was that Sakura was really a humane and conscientious enterprise.

And people have already said that this is the only time they have violated the rules, and they have nothing to grasp, competing with a peer who is simply dead in copywriting, it is too tasteless, and they can't do this kind of thing.

Inuyama Shibao's face was flushed at this time, not angry and excited, but ashamed, he was ashamed that he had just been blindfolded by jealousy.

'Inuyama Shibao, Inuyama Shibao, you are jealous of a dead writer, you really don't deserve to be a writer. In vain, you mailed the ballot to the other party at the beginning, and now you forgot everything because of jealousy, really, alas~' Through Guò Kojima Masa's words, Inuyama Shiao has already remembered this award-winning writer, and he can't help but feel a secret shame in his heart.

It's not just Shiio Inuyama who has seen Honda plus the news of his death, in fact, all the writers present should have seen it, originally dissatisfied because he suddenly heard that the big prize fell on the body of a second prize, but now after listening to Kojima Masa's words, all the writers present remembered the colleague who had been reported in the newspaper.

For such a peer who died on his own copy, they don't have much jealousy, and now that the Sakura Group has also done a good job of cleaning up the aftermath, what else do they have to dispute.

In this regard, the five first prize winners, five second prize winners, five third prize winners, and the thirty semi-finalists all let go of their hearts and agreed with this special award winner.

Seeing that there was no movement at all, Kojima glanced at everyone's faces and found that the faces of the writers were all calm, which made him slowly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

Kojima was afraid that these authors would protest and oppose it just now, and now it seems that the words he just came up with on the spur are quite useful, and of course it may be that the later ones are more attractive.

Wiping the fine sweat from his forehead without a trace, Kojima continued: "Next, I invite Honda's wife to come to the stage to receive the award certificate for Honda plus the writer." ”

The people who were still silent, hearing Kojima Masa's sudden announcement, everyone was a little stunned, but after a pause or two, everyone applauded in unison, at this moment there was no jealousy in the hearts of the writers, only deep blessings for the widowed woman, wishing each other a better life in the future.

Inuyama Shiba didn't expect that the woman next to him was actually the wife of the deceased writer Honda Ka, and now watching the other party come on stage to receive the award, he clapped his hands vigorously, and he sincerely recognized that the other party won the big award.

Looking at Honda and his wife with tears on his face, Kojima had to give the other party a short time to recover, and it took nearly five minutes for Kanako Honda to recover, and then in a crying voice, he stumbled and said a lot of nonsense thanks for being hungry, many of which were repeated.

If a normal writer said this acceptance speech, it would definitely be ridiculed by others, but for this widowed woman, whether it was Kojima Masa, the four judges, or the writers below, everyone gave her the greatest tolerance, and no one urged her, just listened to each other's thanks, until the other party gave her a warm applause after speaking.

Looking at Honda and his wife, who were slowly stepping down, Kojima said with a smile on his face: "A humane competition can be held better, and our Sakura Group is even more humane to all writers, now that all the awards have been completed, we naturally can't let the writers leave on an empty stomach, and now we will start the award banquet." ”

After Kojima's words fell, the authors below paused for a second, and then let out a burst of thanks, and then everyone began to eat.

The writers who didn't win the award worked at the newspaper and bookstore where they were able to join the Sakura Group, and the mood of the class was relieved a lot because they didn't win the award, and now they have an appetite for these delicacies.

After letting go of his jealousy, Inuyama felt his mind feel more relaxed, and after nodding to the writers and his wife at the table, he began to enjoy his meal.

Looking at the group of writers below who immediately started to move their chopsticks, Kojima turned his head to the four masters beside him and said, "Four masters, let's go eat some together, and these writers also want to get close to the four masters." ”

With that, Kojima got up and walked with the four judges to the five tables below.

In fact, a group of writers had long suspected that the empty seats at each table were for the judges, but now that this is the case, they all got up to greet them with a happy face, and for them, it is quite a face-saving thing to be able to eat at the same table with great writers.

Asking, discussing, talking and laughing, polite, complimenting, bursts of sound between the five tables, among these sounds, the first Sakura Novel Contest also slowly pulled its own curtain, although the competition finally had some accidents, but in the end it ended successfully.

(To be continued.) )