What Liu Zelai said was a rational word.

Since the establishment of the Mao Award, no writer has ever been nominated for two novels at the same time.

The reason why Mr. Mo Yan failed to win the 7th Mao Award is because the jury did not select his "Life and Death Fatigue" as the nominated work, but only selected his "Forty-One Guns" as the nominated work.

As a result, "Forty-One Guns" fell to Sun Shan.

It doesn't matter how many novels you have in a judging cycle.

In the end, if you are lucky, only one feature will be selected as a shortlisted work.

Only those who are nominated will be eligible to participate in the final awards. If you can't even be nominated for the award, you won't even be eligible for the final evaluation.

Xiao Fei debuted in 1996, and in the past two years, he has made such a big move, and every work he has come up with is a super bestseller with high popularity.

And most of the works he has produced are also recognized as excellent novels of great quality and high literary value.

Therefore, no matter what the Mao Award jury thinks, Xiao Fei will be a literary representative figure that they can't bypass.

Publishing houses, magazines, and the Hexi Provincial Writers Association will definitely recommend Xiao Fei's works for evaluation.

It is very likely that Xiao Fei's important works will be pushed in front of the judges and judged by them.

And "Life and Death Fatigue" is likely to be more valued by the judges, if they are asked to select one of Xiao Fei's works to be shortlisted for the Mao Award Nomination Award and compete for the final award, then this work is likely to be "Life and Death Fatigue".

Without him, just because "Life and Death Fatigue" is more innovative, the text value of the work is higher, the social significance is greater, and the work is more heavy.

Liu Zelai and Liu Bei stayed in the capital for a week.

In the past few days, Xiao Fei dictated and short-recorded two volumes of "Notes on Tomb Robbery".

After Liu Zelai and the two left, Xiao Fei decided to go to the magic capital in person and send the manuscript of "Life and Death Fatigue" to the editorial department of "Harvest".

"Alive" after being serialized on "Harvest". For a while, the editor really hoped that Xiao Fei could write a short story for himself.

Because Xiao Fei's works on the harvest are all novels, and there has never been a shorter work published.

Short and medium-length stories, on the other hand, are the most frequently published works in large literary magazines like Harvest, which are easier to handle in shorter magazines, and writers write quickly, and sometimes classics are easy to appear.

But Xiao Fei did not agree.

If you really write a short story for the harvest as the editor said, it is equivalent to continuously posting works on the harvest without landing in one issue.

He felt. I appear on the harvest page so frequently, it seems that the impact is not very good.

It's better to stop for two periods.

Now, I have taken out such a weighty work as "Life and Death Fatigue", and it just so happened that "Harvest" was also the time to publish the spring and summer volume of the special issue of the novel, but it was also just right.

Well! For works like "Life and Death Fatigue", it is to ask "Harvest" to come up with a special supplement to publish, and it is estimated that they are also willing.

Xiao Fei thought so, so he dialed Cheng Editor's mobile phone.

The phone is as soon as it is called.

Cheng Editor's surprised voice came from the microphone: "Xiao Fei!? I was saying I'm going to give you a call! I didn't expect you to call me. How about coming out and sitting? I'm in the capital right now. ”

"Oh? Teacher Cheng. Why are you in the capital right now? Xiao Fei was very surprised.

"I'm here to visit the writers in the capital, and by the way, I'll ask you for a manuscript." Cheng said.

"Oh, what a coincidence."

"What? Do you have a new draft? Editor Cheng listened to Xiao Fei's words, immediately raised his voice, and shouted with a hint of surprise.

He hadn't called Xiao Fei for more than a month.

As a senior literary editor, Editor Cheng naturally knows that literary creation is an extremely difficult thing, and he wants to write good works. Writers can be tormented in the process of creating.

He called Xiao Fei some time ago.

Xiao Fei also revealed that he was writing a new feature.

Now that the news is already known. Editor Cheng believes that in the process of writers' creation, try not to disturb each other as much as possible.

Editor Cheng is not worried that Xiao Fei will hand over his new work to another magazine for publication.

No matter what, Harvest has been cooperating with Xiao Fei for so long, and the cooperation has been very pleasant, Harvest has helped Xiao Fei establish his position in the domestic literary circle, and Xiao Fei has also helped Harvest improve their circulation and influence.

It's a win-win thing.

Yi Cheng's editor's understanding of Xiao Fei. It is impossible for Xiao Fei, who values love and righteousness, not to let his important new work take a look at it.

Editor Cheng didn't expect that Xiao Fei's new work would still be written so quickly.

"That's right! I've finished writing my new novel, and I'm planning to go to the magic capital myself and send it to you. Unexpectedly, your people came. Xiao Fei said with a smile.

"That. No more nonsense, I'm going to look for you now? Or do you come to see me? I want to see your new work soon. Editor Cheng said loudly.

"I'll go see you, I'll be more convenient." Xiao Fei said.

Editor Cheng informed Xiao Fei of the hotel where he was staying.

Xiao Fei set off immediately.

It took more than half an hour to drive to the place where Cheng Ji lived.

Xiao Fei knocked on the door.

"It's coming!" In the room, Editor Cheng's voice came out, and soon, the door was opened from the inside, and it was a young woman in light clothes with a spring face who opened the door.

Xiao Fei was stunned.

What do you mean?

What is going on in the house? However, if Editor Cheng was dating just now, he probably wouldn't have let himself come so quickly, right?

The figure of Editor Cheng appeared from behind the woman, and he said to the woman with some annoyance: "Comrade Li Lei, you are really a little excessive, how can you do this?" Isn't that bad for my reputation? ”

"Teacher Cheng, I didn't treat you well, did I? People just love you and hug you uncontrollably. The woman said, her eyes rolled, she looked at Xiao Fei, and said in surprise, "You are Xiao Fei, right?" Yikes! I didn't expect to meet you here, Xiao Fei, hello, I like your works so much, I'm also a literature lover, let's make friends, okay? I'll want you to give me more guidance in the future. ”

The woman stretched out her arms as she spoke, and she wanted to hug Xiao Fei very unrestrainedly.

Xiao Fei flashed around and frowned: "This female comrade, please speak well, don't move your hands and feet, okay?" ”

"Hee-hee! It's just a Western-style meeting gift, I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of? The woman threw a wink at Xiao Fei.

"Yikes! You lesbian, let's go! Don't get in the way of getting down to business. Editor Cheng waved impatiently and started to chase away customers.

finally drove the girl named "Li Lei" away.

The door was closed, and the two sat down on the couch.

Xiao Fei smiled and asked, "Teacher Cheng, what happened just now?" ”

"Alas! What else could it be? Just that Li Lei, a female author in Beijing, doesn't write very well, but she is very open-minded, she has submitted several manuscripts to me, but I have killed her, and she has also been to our editorial department, so she is familiar with me. ”

"I came to Beijing this time, and after she found out, she came to see me today, and when she entered the house, she moved her hands and feet, telling me that she had always had a crush on me, and she liked me very much, and hoped that something super friendly would happen to me."

"It's the first time I've encountered something like this, and it made me scramble for a while, but fortunately you came, otherwise, maybe I would have really fallen into her clutches."

Cheng said.

Listening to his story, Xiao Fei wanted to laugh.

It can also be seen from this that it is very difficult to publish on "Harvest", and there are even female authors who directly want to exchange their bodies for the opportunity to publish.

"Don't talk about this disappointment, Xiao Fei, what about your new work, show it to me." Editor Cheng shook his head, as if he wanted to shake aside the unhappiness just now.

Xiao Fei took out the manuscript from his bag.

"Fatigue of Life and Death" has nearly 500,000 words, and more than 1,000 pages are used in a book with thick dundun printing paper alone.

Xiao Fei handed the manuscript to Editor Cheng.

When Editor Cheng saw this thickness, he was taken aback: "So thick? How many words is that? ”

"More than 490,000 points, isn't it too thick for the harvest?" Xiao Fei smiled and said, "If Teacher Cheng thinks that he can't send it, just tell me directly, don't be embarrassed." ”

Cheng editor: "Thick, we are not afraid, as long as the book is good, even two million words will be correct!" As long as the quality of this book is similar to that of "Brothers", I can publish it myself. ”

Editor Cheng's words reminded Xiao Fei of Liu Zhenyun's "Hometown Noodles and Flowers", which was sprinkled with as many as 2 million words, and was about to be published in 1998 and caused a sensation in the entire literary world.

This super-long harvest has also been published, but that kind of publication is a selection of one section.

"Teacher Cheng, let's read the book first." Xiao Fei said with a smile.

Editor Cheng began to read Xiao Fei's manuscript.

On the cover is the title of the book: "Fatigue of Life and Death".

Editor Cheng nodded, the title of this book is very meaningful, it seems to come from a sentence in a Buddhist scripture.

Then, he began to open the manuscript and read it carefully, and he read it very carefully and carefully. The beginning of the book immediately attracted Editor Cheng.

The style of the language seems to have taken on a new look.

has a strong sense of magic, which seems to be similar to Mo Yan's style.

As he read more, he was fascinated by the manuscript. There was a burst of ecstasy in his heart: good books, good books! The ideas are wild, the narrative perspective is novel, the writing is durable, and the storyline is exciting.

In short, from the perspective of Editor Cheng, such a book can already be called a literary masterpiece!

It's not the same as the style of "Brothers".

But its cultural significance and literary value are certainly much heavier than that of "Brothers".

I am afraid that this book will cause a sensation in the whole country again, and it may even cause worldwide impact.

I came to the capital to compose the manuscript this time, and it was a big unexpected gain to be able to get Xiao Fei's new work! Editor Cheng thought excitedly. (To be continued.) )