Overnight, the headlines of major domestic media and portals were occupied by a piece of news.

The 8th award ceremony of the Chinese Purple Star Literature Award, on June 1 every year, will be held in more than ten days.

In the third year of its establishment, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles hosted this award event, which was mainly to recognize the best literary works of various genres in the previous year, which were selected by the General Assembly of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

The Purple Star Literary Award is the highest literary award in China, and the original intention of its establishment was to compete with the Western Knoll Literary Award.

One of the most notable is the Polaris Award.

Only one work can win this award every year, and the media and the public are most concerned about which work will finally reach the top. As for the short story awards, poetry awards, prose awards, drama awards, etc., which are held at the same time, they are all small awards in comparison, and similar authors pay more attention.

Three days later, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles held a conference, and after the dust of the selection was settled, the award-winning authors were invited to participate in the award ceremony.

……

Yenching Federation of Literary and Art Circles, all nine members of the final evaluation team were present.

"Bang!"

Tong Bailing slammed the report in his hand on the table, snorted heavily, and didn't know who he was angry with.

The other members didn't look very good.

Only the old man sitting at the front, leaning softly on the chair, looked like he was about to become an immortal.

"What do you say?" Tong Bailing Road.

Everyone didn't squeak, and after a while, a vice chairman sighed: "What else can I do, give the award to others." ”

"To him?" Tong Bailing snorted, "What you said was light, it was taken away by the Chinese last year, and this year it was replaced by the French, dare you feel very comfortable?" ”

"Hey, I said old ghost, what are you angry with here, you have the ability to go out of the mountain!" Guo Song on the side couldn't get used to Tong Bailing's tone.

Tong Bailing looked at him disdainfully, and laughed strangely: "Soft egg, this is a good thing, I am a teacher of classical literary theory, you let me out of the mountain?" But you, aren't you famous for your bestsellers, how long has it been since you had a new work? ”

Guo Song gritted his teeth secretly, but did not answer the question.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that his works were no longer pleasing to current readers, and that going out again would only hit his prestige.

There was silence in the room.

Mr. Ji moved his body, coughed, and asked, "Did you discuss anything?" ”

A vice chairman replied helplessly: "Chairman, the sales of the first and second places are too far apart, and the award is awarded to the second place, which is ......."

It is difficult for several chairmen of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles to be like this, which must be related to the cultural confrontation between the East and the West.

This confrontation is vividly reflected in the highest literary awards of each other, which every year try to swallow each other's pearls - the Knoll Prize and the North Star Award.

Huaxia has fallen behind in this regard, counting only the seven records since the establishment of the Purple Star Literary Award, and only once has won the other party's Noel Award. Western works have won the Polaris Award three times, almost on a par with the authors of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Chinese literary world is also quite faceless.

Since it is a confrontation, the other party will be stared at when the award is awarded, in case the black hand makes a trip.

The results should be convincing to both sides of the media and the public, and the media's discipline should be ...... Do they have it?

As for the public, most of them have no ability to appreciate it, and they only think that which book is the best and has the highest sales should be awarded.

In fact, both awards have been kidnapped by such a confrontation.

But there is no way, no one can admit it.

Therefore, in recent years, the highest literary awards have often topped the best-selling works.

Last year's Polaris Award was awarded to a war novel in the United States, and if you look at the best-selling list this time, the top spot is a science fiction novel "Soyuz", written by a French author.

"Soyuz" tells the story of an interstellar battleship wandering in the universe, and the literary value is not very high, but it can't stand the story well.

Novels are storytelling, and sales have soared to more than five million copies in half a year.

This is only in China, and the global sales have already exceeded 30 million, and readers believe that a new science fiction master has risen.

Of course, the award can also be given to the second place, but at least the sales volume is not too different, or the literary performance of the work is recognized by the majority of readers.

The second bestseller is "The Journey of Suffering" written by a western Chinese author, which tells the story of being rescued after losing his way in a dust storm during a desert expedition and persevering alone for 17 days.

The story is very touching, the dust storm described is like a front of your eyes, and the spirit of not giving up is also touching.

It has sold more than 4 million copies, which is a good result, but it cannot be compared with the grand interstellar journey of "Soyuz".

If you insist on awarding the award to this work, not to mention whether the media and readers will agree, the members of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles may not necessarily agree, this bias is too obvious, which is equivalent to smashing the signboard of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Purple Star Literature Award.

In order not to drink the soup, you can't just drop the bowl.

What made the chairman most depressed was that "Soyuz" was also nominated for the Knoll Literary Award in April, and only won third place.

Okay, the third of the people, went to Huaxia and won the Polaris Award, which is the lowest point of this award.

But there is no way around it.

I can only blame my author for being too uncompetitive, why is it so difficult to find good works?

……

A vice chairman suddenly said: "How about we hold the Royal Literary Award and the Purple Star Literary Award together this time?" ”

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Before the Purple Star Literary Award appeared, the highest literary award in China was this award, and it was also held once a year.

Nowadays, the influence is not as good as before, but the Chinese people are still very recognized, especially since last year, the online selection, and the enthusiasm of the people to participate is very high.

"It's a way, but "Journey of Suffering" will still be a foil at that time!"

The vice chairman shook his head and said: "I'm not talking about this book, but another one, which has just entered the best-selling list in China, but it has sold more than 7 million copies in the United States!" ”

Tong Bailing glared suddenly: "Are you talking about the book "If You Give Me Three Days of Light"? ”

"Yes, how about it, we can publicize it in the country, guide the people to vote, and award the Royal Literary Prize to him!" The vice chairman said with a smile, "The Soyuz is only more than 5 million copies in China, but this book has sold more than 7 million copies in the West!" At the same time, the award is not weak, right? ”

"Maybe it's because the work depicts the people of the United States, and the domestic media is too sensitive, so it didn't report it on a big ......"

Tong Bailing asked, "It seems feasible, do you know the identity of the author?" ”

"Lao Tong, what do you say, let us keep up with the Internet trend all day long, and you yourself are outdated?"

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" The vice chairman shook his head and smiled, "That's the other benefit I'm talking about, the author is a high school student, and when the time comes, standing with that Frenchman on the podium, who do you say is more eye-catching?" I heard that the French author is thirty-seven years old! ”

"The attention of the media and the public has been drawn to him, and the impact of the Polaris Award falling to the West for two consecutive years has been greatly reduced!"

Everyone looked at him and scolded with a smile: "You are a crooked way!" ”

The vice chairman shrugged and smiled: "Otherwise, if you find a way, if you don't want to recruit anyway, this time it's a little aggrieved." ”

Everyone stopped talking.

Mr. Ji sat there to recuperate, and he usually never spoke, just waiting for the eight vice chairmen to agree, and then making a decision. Or sometimes there was a disagreement between the parties, and in the end it was up to him to make a decision, which is said to be because he was too old to speak.

Tong Bailing talked the most, and suddenly said: "In the past, the Royal Literature Awards were held in Layue, but now they have to be advanced, how to explain to the outside world?" ”

The vice chairman glanced at Mr. Ji carelessly, and said in a low voice: "Just say that the chairman can't show up to preside over at that time?" ”

"Huh?"

Everyone didn't react, but the top old Mr. Ji glared: "You mean I won't live to Layue?" ”

"Poof!"

Tong Bailing gave a thumbs up to the vice chairman, meaning that you are a cow, dare to curse the chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

"No, no, it doesn't mean that, it's okay to get sick or something!"

Mr. Ji said angrily: "At my age, how bad is it to be sick and fatal? I think you just want me to die sooner! ”

The others snickered, but they all knew the bottom line and knew that it didn't mean that. However, Mr. Ji is becoming more and more childish, especially in daily life, he likes to be with his great-grandson, and even sometimes hums children's songs.

"Do you agree or disagree, Chairman?"

Mr. Ji waved his hand, picked up the crutch beside him, and said, "Agreed!" ”

He was most concerned about this matter, and now when he heard a fairly reliable result, he didn't care that the meeting was not over, so he got up and left.

"By the way, boy, bring me a copy of that book."

Tong Bailing crooked his mouth, this broken title, shouted from the age of twenty to his sixties, he really can't change it.

"And the doll's information......"