"In order to prosper China's literary creation and reward outstanding writers and works, we are now soliciting outstanding long-form works to participate in the 5th Mao Dun Literature Award from all over the country......"

"All novels published and published in China between 1994 and 1998 and written by Chinese citizens are eligible to be submitted for the competition."

"All literary periodicals, publishing houses, provincial writers' associations and other units can recommend works for evaluation."

"This solicitation is the collection of shortlisted works, starting from January 1, 1999 to January 31, 1999......

At the beginning of the new year, the announcement of the Chinese Writers Association on the solicitation of entries for the 5th Mao Dun Literature Award was sent to major literary groups, publishing houses and magazines in China in the form of documents, and at the same time, the domestic media also issued relevant news.

For a time, the domestic literary world began to make noise.

Although this is only the first link of the Mao Award, it is also a very important link.

A lot of writers are taking action.

They ran to publishing houses, called editors and editors-in-chief of large literary journals, and established relationships with the leaders of writers' associations.

In short, the eight immortals crossed the sea, each showing their magical powers, and they all sharpened their heads and wanted to push their works to the first door of the Mao Award.

Even if you can't win the award in the end, if you can pass the first round of screening and be nominated for the Mao Award, it will be a great honor!

Generally, the works shortlisted for the primary selection are the most, probably as many as two or three hundred.

And the most that can get the final nomination is only more than 20 at most.

Four years. Seven or eight hundred novels are published each year, and the number of novels that meet the entry criteria. It's really amazing, there are more than 3,000 of them.

More than 3,000 miles were selected and more than 200 were shortlisted.

The competition is also fierce.

After Xiao Fei saw this solicitation notice. I didn't do anything.

He had already done what he was supposed to do, and now he was asked to go to the camp like other writers, and he really didn't bother to do it.

If you can't even cross the first threshold.

He could buy a piece of tofu and hit his head to death.

He didn't bother much, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know anything.

In fact, on the first day after the announcement, he received a call from Editor Cheng. Editor Cheng told him on the phone that "Harvest" had decided to list all three of his novels as recommended shortlisted works.

These three works are: "Fish Walking on Land", "Brothers", and "Fatigue of Life and Death".

Xiao Fei posted a total of four novels in "Harvest", except for "The First Close Contact", which belongs to youth fashion literature. The literary value is not high, except for the fact that "Harvest" is not recommended, the other three are valued by Harvest.

Harvest is one of the best literary magazines in the country, so Harvest's recommendation is quite important.

This time, "Harvest" recommended a total of ten novels.

Xiao Fei alone accounted for three parts.

That's not a small percentage.

What Xiao Fei didn't know was that there had been some disagreements within the "Harvest Editorial Department" on the matter of recommending shortlisted works.

Some people believe that Xiao Fei's works. In fact, the harvest is only one recommendation, that is, "Life and Death Fatigue", and it makes no sense to push more, so it is better to give this resource to other well-known writers.

This is also an important means of maintaining their cooperation with Harvest.

But Editor-in-Chief Xiao doesn't think so.

Editor Cheng also thinks it's not good.

Since it is a recommendation of excellent works. Then we have to put out the best works that have been published in this magazine.,Other things that are obviously not playing.,What's the use of pushing it?

It's a matter of posture!

Excellent work should be recognized. And you can't strike a balance.

Xiao Fei's "Fish Walking on Land" and "Brothers" are both excellent novels, which have been verified by readers. Although there are big differences in the circle, there are mixed reviews for its reputation. But it is also an indisputable fact that these two novels are much better than many of the others that have been posted on the harvest.

In addition to the recommended harvest, the writers' club also recommended Xiao Fei's "Brothers".

This was already agreed.

Li Tianran, the editor in charge of "Brothers" of the writers' club, also called Xiao Fei for the first time to show favor to Xiao Fei, saying that he did what he said and was an honest and trustworthy Xiaolangjun.

The novel "Brothers" was recommended by the two major journals "Harvest" and the Writer's Club, which is also very powerful.

In fact, there are also disagreements within the writers' club about whether to recommend Xiao Fei's "Brothers".

Some people think that Xiao Fei does not hand over his other important works to the writers' club to operate, which shows that the writer does not value his relationship with the writers' club, and the writers' club should also put him aside and recommend the works of other famous writers who have cooperated well with the writers' club.

Almost half of the new works of outstanding masters in the country are controlled by the Writers' Club and the People's Literature Publishing House, and the competition is actually quite fierce for the recommendation of this Mao Award.

However, the leaders of the writers' club believe that as a national-level society, they must keep their promises no matter what.

Since Li Tianran has verbally promised Xiao Fei that he wants to recommend "Brother" to participate in the Mao Award, he must fulfill it!

Besides, Xiao Fei is now one of the best writers in China, and the writers' club will definitely strive to cooperate with him in the future, such as helping him publish a multi-volume anthology or something.

Xiao Fei can give up his cooperation with the writers' club for more royalties, but the writers' club can't help but continue to maintain a relationship with him.

It's that complicated.

In addition to the Writers' Club and Harvest magazine, the Hexi Writers Association also recommended many of Xiao Fei's works.

Now, Xiao Fei is an iconic writer of the Hexi Provincial Writers Association, and he is in the limelight, it is unreasonable to push a few more films! Zhang Yi himself felt that it was basically useless for him to win this year's Mao Award, so it was better to be a favor.

Therefore, the Hexi Provincial Writers Association recommended almost all of Xiao Fei's works.

"Fish Walking on Land", "Bright Sword", "First Close Contact", "Brothers", "Fatigue of Life and Death", and even "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty......

In addition to Xiao Fei's name, the work of the master of Mengbizhai's vest was also recommended.

Although the four works of "The Legend of Wukong", "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "Notes on Tomb Robbery" and "Soldier Assault" are all produced by Hanmo Company, Hanmo Company also uses the book numbers of other publishing houses, and publishing houses like Hexi Literature and Art Society almost have no decent long works to recommend, so they directly recommend bestsellers like "The Legend of Wukong......

By the end of January 1999, the Chinese Writers Association had received more than 1,000 book recommendations.

After sorting out and reviewing, in the end, a total of 258 works were shortlisted for the Mao Award. Among them, Xiao Fei alone actually had 5 works pass the primary selection at the same time, which made people fall through the glasses. (To be continued.) )