Of course, Wang Defu listened to the words of Cao Xuping, the head of the Department of Philosophy, but he felt that it was not enough to write that kind of short essay, and that it was better to write a masterpiece around one of the many dark sides of the country, so as to create a greater sensation.

In fact, his previous article "The Subservient Status of Women" could have written a more ambitious work, but the social practice and investigation to be carried out would definitely be more time-consuming and energy-consuming, in that case, the examples given in it would certainly not be criticized by some critical readers.

However, it is difficult to say that many people will consider such a thing as gender issues from their own standpoint, so there will always be differences and antagonisms.

Wang Defu's article was written in a relatively hasty manner, and there are many loopholes, but this is also beneficial, if there are many people who scold and support, it can cause a huge topicality.

Wang Defu is a writer who constantly challenges a higher level in the field of literature, and has ambitions and pursuits far beyond ordinary writers, so the so-called works that he promised Cao Xuping, the head of the department, to write that expose the dark side of the country, will definitely be extraordinary once written.

However, he has not thought of what to write about for the time being, the so-called dark side of the country, if it is written by other literati who have no brains to follow the trend, then what is the point, only by writing about the dark side that others have not paid attention to, or the dark places that others have paid attention to, but have become accustomed to, then it can cause a huge sensation.

It's probably like writing a big novel, then you have to write something that can create a genre, rather than being a follower and writing about topics that other authors have written, which is really boring.

What Wang Defu wants to create next is his long-awaited realist underworld work "Dragon Head".

The novel, which is expected to take him four months to write, is about 400,000 words, although he is not going to submit it to any magazine, but will publish it directly.

But he feels that this work can be used to impact an award called "Magic City Popular Award", and if it can be awarded, it is the best publicity.

In fact, there are many novels that are published before they are confirmed, they first go to win awards, get the title of winner of some big award, and then publish them, otherwise there are no gimmicks at all, no boasting of the work, what will it sell sales? But not every author has such fame and appeal.

Some writers who have been working in the field of long-form novels for a long time are estimated to be less famous than the current Wang Defu, the reason is very simple, the sales of the works they write may not be low, but there is no literary person to discuss and interpret, how can this form a topic?

These popular long stories, in fact, have nothing to interpret, they are originally pastime books for the citizen class, typical Mandarin Duck and Butterfly Pie, this is like the little white online text of later generations, who will be full to support the interpretation of such works, if they can make readers happy, they have completed the meaning of their birth in the world.

In such a situation, the way for these long-form creators to hope that they will sell well is, of course, to let them be able to win awards and go public, and those numerous awards are like various recommendations or essays on later websites, which can win awards in the essays, not only to get bonuses, but also to promote the award-winning works.

Of course, most of these awards can only play the role of "icing on the cake", if the popular writing is too bad and boring, no matter how many awards it wins, it may not really sell, but will affect the authority of the award.

Unless the award is the "Chinese Royal Literary Award" or the "Nobel Prize in Literature", but the political significance of these two world's top literary awards is very strong, and it is basically impossible for the general public to win them, and they are the goals that many literati have been striving for all their lives.

Once he wins such a world-class literary award, the rich prize money and huge prestige will belong to the winner, and even if his award-winning works are no longer readable and interesting, they will be sold well, because those who are elegant need to buy the works of the royal literary award and Nobel Prize winners back and put them on their bookshelves.

It is really difficult for those popular people who write to cater to readers to win awards for pure literature and seriousness.

Of course, the "Magic Capital Popular Award" can't be compared with the two highest literary awards in the East and the West mentioned earlier, and it is not even a national literary award, no, it may not be a literary award, after all, some literati who pursue style directly expel the popular from the category of literature.

However, the "Magic Capital Popular Award" has a relatively large influence in the entire Yangtze River Delta region, and the prize money is also relatively rich, the only gold award has a bonus of 500 silver dollars, and the number of silver awards is two, the prize is 200 silver dollars, and the bronze award has five, and the prize money is only 50 silver dollars.

This award is also set up by the Commercial Press, the largest private publishing house in China, in the branch of the magic capital, aiming to discover popular works that have the potential to sell well in this area.

And because of the opposition between "Beijing School Writers" and "Shanghai School Writers", there is also an "Imperial Capital Popular Award" in the imperial capital area, which is a popular award with similar influence as the "Magic Capital Popular Award", but most of the winners are Beijing school writers, and there will also be a Beijing film flavor.

Wang Defu has taken a fancy to this "Magic Capital Popular Award" among many popular awards, in addition to its influence, but also because it has a large publishing company such as the Commercial Press behind it, since he is about to position his creation as a commercial popular, that is, he hopes to be able to sell well, and the channels and publicity of large publishing companies are not comparable to small workshops.

And now his own fame, status, and connections in the publishing industry can ensure that his own works are treated fairly, and there is no need to worry about the situation where the submission is lost.

With Wang Defu's current writing talent and future potential, there will probably be no more embarrassing situation that can only occur as a pure newcomer author before.

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