"Little Brother ......"

Ji Zhuo walked forward, thinking about the book,

The people on the side of the road were sharp-eyed, but they recognized Ji Zhuo.

Ji Zhuo turned his head and saw that it was a barbecue stall on the side of the road.

In front of the barbecue stall, a middle-aged man and a woman are busy in front of the stall.

The weather is good today, and there are many customers sitting at the tables in front of the barbecue stall.

The middle-aged man was wearing an apron and was sweating profusely, and the woman was constantly greeting the guests and holding them some beer.

The middle-aged man saw Ji Zhuo, but stopped Ji Zhuo with a smile.

Ji Zhuo paused,

This middle-aged man is the one I met once before, followed by the owner of the barbecue stall who came out of the stall all night.

Apparently remembering Ji Zhuo.

"Little brother, have you eaten, you sit down first, I'll go grill two skewers of barbecue."

"No, I've eaten it."

The middle-aged man greeted enthusiastically, and Ji Zhuo hurriedly stopped.

"I've eaten, then little brother, you sit down first, sit for a while."

The middle-aged man brought Ji Zhuo to the empty table next to him, and beckoned Ji Zhuo to sit down,

This time, Ji Zhuo didn't refuse, so he sat down here.

"Brother, go and get busy with you, don't delay your business."

"Eh, I'm not too busy, I see that the business is good, and the barbecue I want is almost done."

"Little brother, sit down, I'll go and bake two skewers of barbecue for you, although I've eaten it, you can bring it back in a while, and there will be a supper at night."

"Eh, don't ......"

Ji clumsy stopped, didn't stop this middle-aged man who was an enthusiastic barbecue stall owner,

"Daughter-in-law, get a bottle of water for this little brother."

The middle-aged man turned around and walked to the barbecue grill, and shouted to the woman next to him by the way.

"Huh."

was answering a table of women with beers, and then took another bottle of drink and walked towards Ji Zhuo.

"Little brother, give."

"Thank you."

Ji Zhuo stretched out his hand to take it, and didn't bother these two people anymore.

Just sit next to it and take a look at the barbecue stand.

There are a few tables sitting at the barbecue stall drinking and eating barbecue, and it looks very lively between pushing cups and changing lamps.

Different tables said different things, shouted five and six rooms, and drank two bottles of beer from time to time.

There are also those who drink hot, lift their shirts, revealing their beer bellies, and those who drink blush, talking about brotherhood.

The owner of the barbecue stall, the middle-aged man, was still busy in front of the barbecue stove, roasting plates of barbecue handed over by his daughter-in-law from time to time.

Ji Zhuo sat like this.

It's just sitting for almost an hour,

The middle-aged man came over a few times to apologize, and first brought some barbecue and put it on the table in front of Ji Zhuo.

Ji Zhuo just said that they should keep themselves busy, and if he delayed them, then he would leave.

Ji Zhuo just sat like this, listening to the sound of the market, lively, but he didn't feel noisy.

sat for almost an hour,

It's late, and there are fewer people at this barbecue stand.

The middle-aged man was busy with his work, and walked over to Ji Zhuo's table with a plate of barbecue.

"Little brother, I'm really sorry to keep you waiting for a long time."

"Originally, there was nothing to do at night, but there was a barbecue to eat here, and someone to entertain here, so there was nothing to slack off."

Although he was full, Ji Zhuo still had a few snacks at the barbecue brought by the middle-aged man before.

The middle-aged man listened to Ji Zhuo's words, and also laughed heartily,

"Then there is still here, little brother, if you like to eat, you can eat it openly, and after eating, brother will roast it for you, I will treat you today."

"That's not good, I'm really eating a little bit now."

Ji Zhuo waved his hand, and saw the wife of the middle-aged man next to him who had collected the money from the last table next to him, and also walked over.

“…… Eh, daughter-in-law, this is the little brother I told earlier, the little brother who accompanied me out of an all-night stall that night. ”

"I was really uncomfortable that night. The uncomfortable heart is blocked in panic...... Or did this little brother comfort me and said......"

This middle-aged man remembers Ji Zhuo very deeply.

At that time, Ji Zhuo wanted to see what the situation was like at the barbecue stall on a whim.

After listening to what the middle-aged man said, in fact, the later writing of "Seven Sins" also had the influence of this stall owner.

"Little brother, thank you."

"No, I just met it by chance, and my mood was on a whim. I'm still tired of my brother's memory. ”

Ji Zhuo hurriedly said.

The middle-aged man smiled and greeted again,

"Little brother, eat barbecue, eat barbecue, do you want to drink something, I'll drink two sips with you?"

"No need, really no need, I ate a lot at night, and I ate some more just now."

Ji Zhuo is really eating, and he hasn't digested it yet, and after refusing his kindness,

Turning his head again, he looked at the barbecue stall before the table was gone, and the guests had not cleaned up the table.

"Brother's business has been doing well in the past two days?"

"It's okay, it's better than when you came here before, little brother, the weather is hot, and there are more people who come out to eat barbecue at night. This stall sells barbecue like this, for a while, watching the sky and eating. ”

"If it's raining today, there will definitely be no people, and if it's cool and windy, there will definitely be more people."

The middle-aged man smiled in response.

"Sister-in-law's legs are so neat, right?"

"I just removed the plaster cast a few days ago, and I asked her to rest more in the house, but she was not happy, so she had to come out and suffer together. But it's also good, and it doesn't leave any root causes. ”

"I don't come out to follow, are you busy coming here alone, and you're still hard-mouthed."

The woman next to her said a word to the middle-aged man angrily, and the middle-aged man just laughed.

"Little brother, why don't I get you another bottle of drink, it's all ice, quenching your thirst in the summer."

"Not really."

Ji Zhuo just revealed some kindness at the beginning, and the current stall owner and his wife are eager to return the favor tenfold.

Ji Zhuo shook his head again, but he still couldn't resist the stall owner's wife,

The woman said that she couldn't drink it at this time, so she took it first, and when she was thirsty for a while, she drank it again, and she still stuffed it into Ji Zhuo's hand.

Ji Zhuo could only take it, and then looked at the middle-aged man who was smiling, paused, and asked more.

"Naredo, now ......"

Listening to Ji Zhuo's words, this time the middle-aged man paused, and the middle-aged man's wife didn't answer, and looked back at her husband,

However, the middle-aged man paused, and said relatively freely,

"Gone, left half a month ago."

"I didn't want to stay in the hospital when I left, so I went to take her back to the house, I gave her a meal, ate, went back to the house and slept before leaving."

"I'm sorry. Condolences. ”

Ji Zhuo listened, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only say something like this.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's all gone...... My mom is so old, isn't it, everyone is going to die. You have to go on with life, don't you say? ”

The middle-aged man waved his hand and said as if he was quite free.

Ji Zhuo didn't say anything about it, just nodded.

accompanied these two people again, and talked for a while,

The middle-aged man talked about his two daughters again,

When it comes to his daughter, the middle-aged man is still quite proud.

Let's talk about some trivial things.

Ji Zhuo listened most of the time, and from time to time he also took a sentence or two.

Finally, a few more tables of guests came to the stall.

Ji Zhuo saw that it was too late, and he didn't delay the stall owner to do business any longer, so he got up and said goodbye.

"Then I won't keep you, little brother, we'll talk another day."

In fact, the two have met twice.

But the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and when they meet again next time, Ji Zhuo and the stall owner can sit down and chat a few more words.

When you go,

Ji Zhuo said that he couldn't eat the barbecue before, but the stall owner still packed it for him.

let him take it away, saying that he wanted him to take it back as a supper, and he didn't ask for money.

Ji Zhuo didn't say anything more, so he took it.

……

Europa.

At this time, it was still afternoon.

A similar situation occurred again at the Booker Prize judging meeting.

The jury is composed of famous writers, literary researchers, and editors of publishing houses.

Once again, gather in the conference room to vote on this year's Booker Prize winners.

However, compared with the voting for the White Flag National Literary Prize, the Jury of the Booker Prize has much more unified opinions.

"Now for the vote on the Booker Prize for Best Feature."

The person presiding over the review meeting said, paused again, looked at the group of judges, and smiled on his face,

"Of course, I believe that everyone already has the answer to the winning works of this award. If there are no accidents, everyone's answer should be the same as mine. ”

The other judges also looked at the person who spoke, and all smiled a little.

The jury that presided over the review meeting was the editor-in-chief of North General Press, and as we all know,

Bert Press is a subsidiary of North General Press, and one of the last award-winning works is published by Bert Press.

The editor-in-chief of the Norths Comprehensive Publishing House who presided over the meeting laughed because he had already read the book, and he believed that unless the other judges were blind and could not see the difference between the other books to be selected and this book, the book of their sub-publisher would definitely be selected.

And the other judges laughed, which can be regarded as a knowing smile, and can be regarded as agreeing with the meaning of the editor-in-chief of North Comprehensive Press.

They loved the book just as much.

"Then let's start voting. Please raise your hand for the jury that selected "Seven Sins" as the winner of this year's best feature-length work. ”

The editor-in-chief of North General Publishing House said, and raised his hand first,

Immediately after, the judges gathered around the long table raised their hands one after another.

Until the last one, he was a professor in the field of literary studies.

He was a little hesitant because he was still a devout believer.

The synopsis of "The Seven Sins" is somewhat ironic and contemptuous of his Lord.

And another reason for hesitation is that he has also read the content of this one,

His expertise told him that the other jurors had a legitimate choice for the book.

"God loves the world, and if there is suffering like the one in the book, God will have mercy on those who are suffering."

It seems that he has found a point of psychological balance, and he hesitates for a while.

The jury member raised his hand anyway.

The editor-in-chief of North General Publishing House, who presided over the meeting, looked around, followed by a smile and said,

"Congratulations, we reached a perfect consensus."

"That way, at least there is no need to worry about this year's White Flag Nation Literary Prize being compared to our Booker Prize. It's just a pity that the White Flag Country Literature Award was awarded so much earlier than us. ”

"But we're at least ahead of the Goncourt Prize, aren't we?"

……

"Carol: Mr. A, The Seven Sins has won again! Won the Booker Prize for the best feature of the year, and it is also the most important award! ”

"Carol: The Booker Prize hasn't been announced yet, but we've already gotten the results first, and the editor-in-chief of the publisher's parent company, North General Press, has also participated in the judging."

Ji Zhuo was walking slowly, walking back to the downstairs of the community, and received a message from Carol in the gazebo.

Looking at Carol's first message,

Ji Zhuo just felt a little numb, not too much.

There are more lice and I am not afraid of itching, and there are White Flag National Literature Awards to break through the target sales, so what can I do with more awards.

In addition, although this award is famous, Ji Zhuo has never heard of it, so he searched by the way a few days ago.

But I didn't feel too intuitive, and I didn't feel too excited.

And Carol sent a message from the second,

But it made Ji Zhuo think...... I'm afraid there is an insider.

The award-winning work has not yet been announced, but it is known that the editor-in-chief of North Press, the parent company of Bert Press, also participated in the judging.

Then, Ji Zhuo was thinking,

I told Carol some time ago that when "Seven Sins" won a bigger award in an interview.

I always feel like it's ...... Is it a slap in the face that doesn't stay overnight?

"Clumsy and extraordinary: huh...... Got it. Thank you. ”

"Carol: Mr. A, we've already started printing the new cover and promotional materials that we've pre-made in advance, and then we'll be bound the whole book. After that, when the news of the Booker Prize is fully announced, the publisher will publicize the award.

Carol: This time, Mr. A, the sales of your works are finally about to explode, and Mr. A, you and your works will also step by step to the throne! ”

It feels weird and fanatical.

However, Ji Zhuo felt that he couldn't get excited, especially thinking about the loss, no, it was the 12 million that he didn't earn.

How many books do you have to sell to get back?

Well, books published abroad are a little more expensive.

The English version of The Seven Sins now costs around £12.9.

Converting the exchange rate, according to Ji Zhuo's current royalties, you can probably get about ten yuan for a book.

If you deduct the tax, take it as ten dollars. 12 million would cost about 1.2 million copies.

Well...... It doesn't seem like a lot.

But that's just two months of encouragement......

But after thinking about it repeatedly, it still made Ji Zhuo a little excited, after all, how much blood can be returned!

"Clumsy and extraordinary: thank you."

"Carol: It's an honor for us and as editor-in-chief to publish such an excellent book in our career."

This is so boastful, Ji Zhuo doesn't know what to say.

I could only say thank you again, and then ended the communication with Carol, who was a little excited and fanatical.

Put down the phone in your hand,

Ji Zhuo turned his head again and glanced at another figure on the edge of the gazebo standing at this moment,

The little chubby dun was standing next to Ji Zhuo, a little greedy for the barbecue in Ji Zhuo's hand.

“…… Why not? ”

Ji Zhuoyi sat down on the bench under the gazebo and handed over the barbecue.

Listening to Ji Zhuo's words, the little fat dun swallowed his saliva, but he still raised his head and shook his head stubbornly,

"The friendship of gentlemen is as light as water, I can't eat your things for nothing."

"It's as light as water, so there's no need to be so careful, just give you something to eat."

Ji Zhuo took out a barbecue from the packing bag, took a bite, and then handed the bag containing the barbecue skewers towards Xiao Chubby.

"Let's eat together."

“…… Big brother, you have a point. Then I'll eat it. ”

The stubbornness of the little chubby dun still didn't resist the temptation of barbecue, and then sat down decisively and pulled out a barbecue from the bag.

Eating with beauty,

However, Ji Zhuo looked at the little fat dun and first gulped down,

As a result, he was a little annoyed on his face while eating, and sighed.

"What's wrong?"

"Hey...... I shouldn't have eaten barbecue anymore. I've eaten two cakes, three chicken thighs, two ice creams, a cup of milk tea, and three meals today...... I'm going to get fat again after eating barbecue. ”

These words silenced Ji Zhuogan.

I took the barbecue and ate it silently.

If you're fat,

Do you think it's because of the barbecue?

"Hey, I won't eat it."

Little Fat Dun sighed, and ate the skewers in his hand in a few bites.

It's just to sit next to it, it's a lump.

“…… Eat, I've eaten so much, it's not bad. ”

looked at the little chubby dun, and kept glancing here.

"Big brother, you have a point, right...... Then I'll take two more bites...... Hmmm......"