November 27 is a very important day. Because of this day, the list of nominees for each individual award of the Lu Award will be selected.

As the chairman of the Lu Prize Prose Award Committee, Lin Yuanxin said that he had a headache.

He sat in the chair of the meeting, watching the judges blushing over the quota, rubbing his temples and shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

The selection of the first Lu Prize for Prose was launched in early 1997.

This year's Lu Award Prose Individual Award is a collection of prose works published in 95 and 96.

As of the middle of 97, a total of more than 1,000 prose collections across the country have been submitted, and after screening, there are more than 500 prose collections that meet the requirements of the Lu Prize.

According to the requirements of the Lu Award, the final award-winning works of each individual category cannot exceed 5, and the nominated works cannot exceed 10.

With more than 500 entries in the competition, it is so difficult to select only 10 nominated works!

As the saying goes, there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts.

The evaluation of the merits of the article is always based on the opinions of the benevolent and the wise, and it is impossible for everyone's opinions to be unanimous. You may think that someone's writing is terrible, but in the eyes of others, that person's work may be like fairy grass.

Although there are commonalities in aesthetic tastes, there are also great differences.

Lin Yuanxin knew that this was a normal phenomenon.

What is not normal now is that the opinions of the judges are a little too different, 10 out of 500, 11 judges, each has its own relationship to take care of.

As far as Lin Yuanxin knows, there are dozens of non-overlapping relationships in the hands of the judges alone.

Everyone wants to select the nominated works according to their own wishes, no one will give in, no one can convince the other, so it's no wonder if they don't quarrel!

As the chairman of the prose award, Lin Yuanxin has also been harassed by many participating writers.

These people either came to the door directly with gifts and openly demanded from him; or just intercede with Lin Yuanxin in a roundabout way.

There is only one purpose: I hope Lin Yuanxin can pull himself when the award is awarded.

There is even a hint from Hongguoguo that if his work can win awards, it will give Lin Yuanxin a lot of benefits in the future.

Lin Yuanxin really wanted to reject all the people who asked for gifts.

But. He found that he couldn't do this, and there were some requests that he couldn't refuse. Unless he wants to cut himself off from this society.

So much so that Lin Yuan's novice now has one or two relationships that urgently need to be taken care of.

When did all these unhealthy winds blow!

Lin Yuanxin sighed, feeling that his heart was like pressing a thousand catties of boulder, heavy. On one side is a matter of principle and on the other side is a human relationship, sandwiching him in the middle. He was almost out of breath.

Lin Yuanxin also knows that the reason why the award is so fierce is because in the minds of writers, the Lu Award is equivalent to the Mao Award, and the weight of this award is too heavy, and winning the Lu Award will have too many additional benefits for the winners.

Fame and fortune plus official titles and titles, many times, a Lu award can do all this.

There are so many benefits, it's no wonder that people don't fight for their heads!

"Stop arguing, everyone. I have a suggestion here. Lin Yuanxin finally couldn't help it, raised his voice and shouted.

He knew that if he continued to fight like this, he would have no result for a year and a half, and as the chairman of the prose award, he had to fulfill his duties.

Hearing Lin Yuanxin's shout, the judges stopped arguing and said one after another.

"That's right! Let Mr. Lin decide! ”

"Yuan Xin, what do you say to do? I listen to you. ”

"Old Lin, you must be fair. We can't give this award to those who are not qualified! ”

"Comrade Lin Yuanxin, I think the number of winners of our prose award is still too small, and so many well-known writers who meet the qualifications for the award are only given such a few places. How to divide it! ”

"I think so too, I suggest that we should ask the Lu Award jury to increase the number of prose awards, if there are ten places, maybe it will be enough."

There are a total of 11 people in the prose award committee, and two vice chairmen. The 8 judges unanimously expressed their support for Lin Yuanxin's decision.

It was also suggested that the Organizing Committee of the Lu Prize should be asked to increase the number of prose awards.

Lin Yuanxin thinks that this suggestion is very good.

He decided to take the time to give the organizing committee a report and give it a try.

"Let's not quarrel, let's not quarrel, that's okay, let's each put forward our own nomination list, and then, let's directly sing everyone's list, the top 10 works with the most votes, that is, the nominees that are indispensable, everyone said, is it okay?" Lin Yuanxin said.

This method is simple, clear, open and transparent, and the works that the judges look at and choose together are easy to stand out.

It's much stronger than the previous joint recommendation method, at least there's no need to rip it off.

Almost all elections that claim to be fair are in the form of ballots, and this method is also used to nominate candidates for the Lu Prize, right?

But to Lin Yuanxin's surprise, after his proposal was said, some judges immediately expressed their objections.

"Brother Yuanxin, isn't this okay? Excellent works are always high and low, not that the vast majority of people think good works, it is really good, I think, this way is not very scientific. It was Vice Chairman Zhang Meng who said this.

Zhang Meng is also a well-known prose writer in China.

The reason why he opposed Lin Yuanxin's proposal was because he had a related household in hand that he had asked for, and he was not well-known in China, and his writing achievements were not outstanding.

If it is really according to Lin Yuanxin's method to sing the votes, and the nominated works are selected according to the number of votes of the judges, it is estimated that it will be difficult for this related household in Zhang Meng's hands to get ahead.

And this relationship is too important to Zhang Meng, if the other party can win this year's Lu Award, the other party is likely to give Zhang Meng a rich return, which is not in terms of money, but in terms of future.

Therefore, Zhang Meng is determined to push out his related accounts.

And in order to achieve this goal, he has been a little desperate.

"Then Mr. Zhang, what is your opinion?" Lin Yuanxin frowned and asked.

Zhang Meng waved his hand very imposingly and said: "We have a total of 11 judges, and there are a total of 10 nominations for works, so it's okay, let's 11 people draw lots, 10 people have the opportunity to get a recommendation quota each, and the unfortunate one loses the recommendation opportunity, I think this is the fairest, what do you say?" ”

As he spoke, he looked at the other judges.

This proposal is child's play, and it is extremely unserious when used in the selection of nominated works for the Lu Prize. When Lin Yuanxin heard this, he was very angry.

What he didn't expect was that someone immediately agreed.

"Teacher Zhang is right!"

"I think it's good to draw lots, equal chances, it's all a matter of luck."

"Then draw lots, I'll prepare here."

These few people who spoke, thinking with their toes, Lin Yuanxin also knew that they and Zhang Meng were probably secretly colluding.

As someone said that, he began to quickly prepare the small paper ball used to draw lots, and said to Lin Yuanxin with a smile: "Teacher Lin, why don't you catch it first?" ”

"Nonsense! Everyone's a little principled, okay? If today's events come out and are heard by people in society, how will the Chinese people view us? Comrades, we are judging the Lu Award, not playing the game of playing at home, fairness and justice are the principles that must be adhered to! ”

"Today, I'm leaving it here, this idea of drawing lots to divide up the nomination is too ridiculous, don't mention it in the future!"

Lin Yuanxin couldn't hold back any longer, slammed the table, and scolded loudly.

He was a little sad, after nearly 20 years of reform and opening up, the current literary and artistic circle has degenerated to a certain extent, and he even wants to openly trade with the Lu Prize.

This is also mad and brazen, right?

Lin Yuanxin has always had a good temper, and he has hardly been angry, but today he suddenly thundered and became angry, which frightened the judges present.

Zhang Meng also knew that his proposal was a bit too much.

He heard that Lin Yuanxin was angry, but he didn't argue anymore.

Lin Yuanxin made a fuss, and then said with a tense face: "Let's raise your hand to vote, whether you agree with my proposal or not, please raise your hand if you agree!" ”

The judges looked at each other, and one after another raised their hands.

Lin Yuanxin counted, a total of 11 people, and 9 people raised their hands to agree to their proposal.

"The minority obeys the majority, so let's do as I say now, everyone writes down their own nomination list, and then, I find two staff members of the writers' association to come and sing the votes, so as to select the top ten nominated works." Lin Yuanxin's face soothed, and he said softly.

It seems that the good man really can't do it, and he wants no one to be offended, so it's not easy to do the award in a friendly way!

Lin Yuanxin sighed secretly.

The judges soon began writing their own lists of nominees.

Each person has ten choices, and in general, all the petitions can be written. As for the final outcome, it's up to fate.

Lin Yuanxin is also writing his own list of nominees.

If you really can't push it off, please ask him that there are one or two here, and the others can be selected completely according to the quality of the work.

Lin Yuanxin wrote very quickly, and the name "Xiao Fei" was the fourth in his list.

After writing Xiao Fei's name, Lin Yuanxin shook his head slightly, Xiao Fei knew it, and he also appreciated and recognized Xiao Fei's prose works very much.

But even so, Lin Yuanxin did not plan to include Xiao Fei in his nomination list before.

He is too young, there will be opportunities in the future, so many old writers in China, if they are not given an award as soon as possible, in recognition of their contributions to the prose genre for decades, it seems unfair to the old writers!

But Lin Yuanxin received an unexpected visitor a few days ago.

The visitor resolutely asked him to give Xiao Fei a chance to be nominated for the award based on the quality of his work and the influence of the writer.

Lin Yuanxin finally thought about it again and agreed.

He thought that it would make sense to give Xiao Fei a nomination award, as long as the final award did not allow him to win. (To be continued.) )