The clock hand gradually pointed to the direction of nine, the originally deserted building gradually became lively, the day's work is about to begin, no matter what kind of position, what kind of work to do, everyone must enter the state, in order to survive, in order to live.

On the thirteenth floor, hot tea has been brewed on the long table in the hall at this moment, and the average age of the audience is about forty-five years old.

They are the predecessors of the current literary world of the Shenzhou Empire, among them, there are teachers, professors, writers, lawyers and others, although their professions are different, they have two things in common, they are all elite experts in the literary world, and they all have a common hope or goal to promote the development of the literary world in Shenzhou and cultivate the next generation of excellent successors.

They are the members of the jury of the 38th Shenzhou Golden Cup Literary Competition.

Mr. Ma Shu, who was talking to the principal, sat in the third position in front of the left hand side of the long table. He was looking ahead and listening to the speech of the leader who was sitting on the throne.

"Dear colleagues, the 38th Shenzhou Golden Cup Literary Contest of my Shenzhou Empire is about to begin, according to the convention, midsummer begins and autumn ends, and now May has arrived, and there is not much time left before the official start of the competition. I've been preparing for the audition for the competition for some time, and it will officially start today. I'm sure you've been getting a lot of calls these days. Ahh ”

"But this is not important, the important thing is to select the works that are eligible to participate in the audition among these recommended people, this is very important, the attitude of each of us is very important, the attitude is stricter, our workload will be greatly reduced, the attitude is relaxed, we are busy this summer, haha. But no matter what kind of attitude, I hope that everyone will strictly abide by the principles, no matter who recommends them, we will only look at the works, do not let anything else affect us, and never give in to the issues of principle. The leader's words were categorical.

"Well, as before, the announcement of the audition list will be at the beginning of the competition, and there will be questions to be announced. Therefore, the speed of the audition should be improved, and a few colleagues who came up with the question should seize the time to come up with opinions and discuss together, do you have any other opinions? ”

There was silence.

The leader nodded, "Then this kick-off meeting is over." I announce that the audition for the 38th Shenzhou Gold Cup Literary Contest has officially begun! ”

There was a round of applause, "Adjournment!" ”

The leader left first and entered the office in the middle. One by one, the others got up and entered the office.

Leader, Kiyoshi Nagu, is a professor at one of the world's top three universities. Honorary Dean of a number of first-class universities, with three doctorates in literature, law, and economic history, and at the same time a poet and entrepreneur, the first place in the Golden Cup Literary Competition 30 years ago, was appointed as an independent non-executive director by the top consortium in the United States and Austria at the age of 30, and refused to be retained by the company at the age of 35. The honorary president of the Shenzhou Writers Association, his Wenqi person has a great influence on the literary world of Shenzhou and even the world, and can be called the Taishan Beidou of the literary world.

And this year is the fourth year that Gu Qing has served as the chairman of the jury of the Golden Cup Literary Competition.

After Ma Shu walked into the office, he saw a few thick stacks of paper full of words on the small table next to the desk, and shook his head, "How many people can stay." The temptation of fame and fortune in the golden cup is too great. ”

Walking to the seat and sitting down, Ma Shu was stunned, "Why is this express directly placed on my desk, and it hasn't been opened yet?" ”

However, Ma Shu quickly remembered that there was a courier that he had specially instructed not to open and put directly on his desk.

And the sender of this special express is called Zhang Mingquan.

"I want to see, what did the stubborn Lao Zhang send to this competition?" Ma Shu's heart thought that the movement in his hand was not slow, and opened the express.

"Well, it's very well written." Ma Shu had a preliminary impression of this contestant in his heart.

There is a saying that words are the façade of people, and in this regard, Lin Feng has done a good job.

"Birds and fish, what does that mean. Well, the author Lin Feng, the name Lin Feng is so familiar. It seems that I've heard it somewhere, forget it, let's read it first. Ma Shu muttered to himself.

"The farthest distance in the world is not the distance between life and death, but I am standing in front of you, and you do not know that I love you; The farthest distance in the world...... are destined not to be able to get together; The farthest distance in the world is the distance between birds and fish, one soaring into the sky, the other diving deep into the bottom of the sea. Ma Shu didn't hold back and read softly.

"Birds and Fish" is a poem that has been adapted and used countless times on the earth in the previous life, and the sentence "the farthest distance in the world" has been used as a confession, it is irreplaceable. What was longed in the past life, it is still shocking in this life.

The principal was shocked, Ma Shu was attracted, and this was just the beginning.

Gently put down the poem in his hand, Ma Shu's face was full of incredulity, "Lao Zhang, good eyesight." Finally made you wait. ”

Ma Shu stood up, walked to the hall, came to the small bell in the southeast corner of the hall, and rang it.

"Bell, bell, bell."

After more than ten seconds, the doors of the other offices opened, and the previous experts came out, and when they encountered a good work, or could not be judged, the reviewer would ring a small bell and call everyone to appreciate or discuss.

Everyone sat down in their original positions, their eyes were all looking at Ma Shu, and Chairman Gu Qing said, "Old Ma, tell me about it." ”

Ma Shu raised the paper in his hand, and his tone was a little excited, "This is a classic poem, I think Baishi Liufen is not a problem, I hope you will take a look." ”

"Old horse, what did you say? Bestleufen? A fat old man asked aloud.

"Yes, Professor Wang, this Bird and Fish can definitely be selected as one of the world's top ten classic poems."

"Oh, old horse, you have such a high evaluation, take me to see it first." Chairman Gu said with a smile.

Ma Shu stretched out his hands and solemnly handed the manuscript to Chairman Gu.

"Birds and fish." Chairman Gu read, "Very interesting name. ”

Chairman Gu began to read the text, and the expression on his face was so focused. A poem of less than 500 words took about ten minutes of Chairman Gu's time, but fortunately, there is still some concentration here.

After reading it, Chairman Gu did not immediately give a conclusion. Instead, he reached for a pen from the pen holder and wrote something on the paper on the table.

After another three minutes, Chairman Gu said in a solemn tone: "Comrades, I agree with Lao Ma's opinion, Bai Shi Liufen!" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look at this Taishan Beidou again.

"Birds and Fish, a very simple name, is also a very simple poem, but," Chairman Gu paused, looked around at the crowd, and continued: "To be responsible, this may be the biggest pearl in terms of poetry in this competition. If Lin Feng, the author of this poem, fails to continue to surpass. ”

Hearing this, everyone's faces changed to a greater or lesser extent, even if Lao Ma said so, he generally has a wider standard, but you Chairman Gu also said so, this is a problem.

Back then, when Chairman Gu first entered the jury, he had a record of passing more than 300 works a day, and at that time there were only nearly 400 articles a day, so Chairman Gu had an argument with almost every judge. However, their arguments all revolve around literary works, and in order to give a reasonable judgment, they are academic and progressive debates, and do not involve personal feelings, so the chairman's popularity is still very good.

However, this also reflects how vicious Chairman Gu's judging criteria are, all of you are old qualifications, and you naturally know that Chairman Gu's requirements for judging the article are high, and the tone is so tight, and it is no less difficult to say words of praise from his mouth than to let the sow go up the tree, and now the beads are out, it's crazy.

"Lao Gu, are you okay, don't sell it, what kind of manuscript is it? Bear your high esteem. An old professor of about sixty years old who sat on the left hand side of Chairman Gu asked.

Chairman Gu handed over the manuscript, his face was very serious, and said, "You can see it yourself." ”

The old professor took the manuscript, lifted his glasses, and read it carefully, except for Ma Shu, everyone else looked at each other, and they all saw the curiosity in their eyes, what kind of manuscript could make Chairman Gu comment so much.

Just when everyone continued to be calm on the surface and was full of doubts in their hearts, the old professor took off his glasses, closed the manuscript in his hand and gently put it on the table, and said: "The full text is compared, the imagination is peculiar, the emotional explosion is perfect, and the ending with birds and fish is perfect and appropriate. I have no further objection and fully agree with the chairman's opinion that this poem should be the first in the audition. ”

Chairman Gu smiled: "Professor Zhou's evaluation and analysis are very appropriate, it seems that this poem is not only me and Lao Ma who are shaken." Let's spread the word and take a look. ”

Waiting for your words, the curiosity in their hearts has reached the point where they can kill the cat, and they picked up the paper in an orderly manner and read it carefully.

Time passed in the alternation of the hour and minute hands of the clock, and more than 20 judges had already watched "The Bird and the Fish" separately, and some had even watched it twice.

Chairman Gu took a sip of water, knocked on the table, and said, "Now the first draft of the audition is set as "Birds and Fish", including those manuscripts that have not yet been read, what do you think?" ”

"Agreed."

"It's a waste of such a classic poem just audition, agree."

"Seconded." "Agreed."

……

In the end, when all the manuscripts had not been fully reviewed and all the work had just begun, "Birds and Fish" was unanimously voted the first place in the audition.

Looking at the expressions of his colleagues, and listening to the affirmative vote, Ma Shu smiled, Lao Zhang, this Lin Feng is very good, very good.