Gao Jialin and Liu Qiaozhen squeezed around in the crowd, stopping to take a look at anything interesting when they saw it, and paying for anything delicious and fun. Soon, the hands of the two were stuffed with messy things. I haven't eaten any serious meals this morning, and I'm full of messy snacks.

In this era, there are only three days off for the Spring Festival. Although the Writers' Association is an idle man, Gao Jialin is not good at absenteeism unscrupulously. So after the third year of junior high school, the two said goodbye to their relatives and rushed back to the city.

On the fourth day of junior high school, Gao Garin honestly went to report to the unit. Sure enough, there was no one in the unit. Gogarin sat for a while, and then slipped away.

Back home, Gao Jialin and Liu Qiaozhen began to visit relatives and friends. First of all, I must go to the second uncle Gao Yuzhi's house.

Gao Yuzhi was busy with official duties, and on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, he walked around Gaojia Village, met with Gao Yude and his wife, and went to his grandparents' grave to pay a salute, and then left.

According to the rules, Gao Jialin wanted to go to Gao Yuzhi's house to pay New Year's greetings and show his return gift.

Gao Yuzhi was also very happy to see Gao Jialin coming. This nephew of mine is very good, and many leaders and colleagues have praised him in front of him, which can be regarded as a very long face for himself.

Gao Jialin and his wife had lunch at Gao Yuzhi's house, and listened to Gao Yuzhi's New Year's encouragement to them, the two respectfully accepted it, and then left very interestingly. This New Year's greeting mission is over.

Next, Gao Jialin and Liu Qiaozhen walked around the leaders and colleagues and friends they were familiar with in the city. As the so-called etiquette is not to blame, as a junior and junior, it is also appropriate for me to take the initiative to pay New Year's greetings.

Gao Jialin went to Sister Zhang's house and said that he went to the unit in the fourth year of junior high school, but there was no one.

Sister Zhang couldn't help laughing, "Working in the fourth year of junior high school is just a saying, and those big units are just going to order a thing." We are a cold yamen, and we have nothing to do, so we won't go through that form. After fifteen, you can go to work again! However, I remember to write a manuscript reflecting the rural New Year in the new era, and the leader explained that he planned to publish it in YA Daily after the year. That's up to you! ”

Gogarin had to accept it honestly. But it's not difficult to write this thing, he returned to Gaojia Village for the New Year, and it is also true and true.

Gogarin returned home, and in half a day, with a wave of it, the 8,000-word manuscript was born, which was filled with yearning for a new life and love for the new era!

Gogarin revised it again, and it felt like that was pretty much it.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Gao Garin hurriedly and honestly went to report to the unit. On this day, the leader asked everyone to come to work, have a plenary meeting, review and summarize, and list the plan for the new year.

However, Gao Jialin didn't see everyone, and when he asked Sister Zhang, sure enough, several people did not arrive at their posts. The reason is nothing more than that I went to collect wind or visited, and I couldn't come back. Of course, this reason is just fooling, as long as you can get by on the face.

The leader naturally knows that his face will not look good. Since there were so many different people, the meeting had to be postponed.

Gogarin was honest, handed in the manuscript he wrote as soon as they met, and then sat there and honestly wrote the year-end summary and plans for the new year.

Gogarin was writing happily, but was called into the office by the leader.

Gao Jialin sat precariously and listened honestly to the leader's lecture.

"Xiao Gao, I read this manuscript of yours, and it is very well written! I am very grateful, this proves that you are diligent, diligent, and actively observant, and never forget that you are a people's writer! Very good! ”

The leader praised Gao Jialin, which made him a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said a few words of modesty.

"There's another thing to call you over! That's a great thing! The results of the 3rd National Outstanding Novella Award held by the Chinese Writers Association have been announced on BJ on February 16 this year, congratulations! Your novel "The Spring" has won an award! This is your pride, and it is also the pride and achievement of our YA Writers Association, I am very happy! ”

When Gao Garin heard this, his heart blossomed with joy, and the corners of his mouth were so happy that he couldn't close them.

"Hehe, thank you, leader. It is also with the help and support of the leadership and organization that I have achieved such a little bit of success. ”

"Haha!" The leader laughed, "Xiao Gao, you also have to have a score!" You didn't join the Writers' Association when you wrote this novel, so how could you have any support and help from leaders and organizations? ”

"Hehe," Gao Garin scratched his head embarrassedly and stiffened his head, "I have always liked and studied the articles of the YA Daily, especially those written by the leaders, and I have absorbed a lot of nutrients from them. Therefore, it can be regarded as the support and help of the leader. ”

"Haha, don't make it up!" The leader was amused by Gao Garin's nonsense, "Next Monday, the 3rd National Outstanding Novella Award will be held in the capital, you are ready to go to the capital on time!" Here's the document and the instructions for the award ceremony, you take a look. ”

Gao Jialin took the document and looked at it, there are really many award-winning works of national excellent novellas this time, including "In the Mountains, the Nineteen Tombs" (Li Cunbao), "There is a Snowstorm Tonight" (Liang Xiaosheng), "The Charming Sea" (Deng Gang), "Gourmet" (Lu Wenfu), "The Chess King" (Ah Cheng), "Red Shirt Without Buttons" (Tie Ning), etc., are all works that he is familiar with.

The National Award for Outstanding Novella was only held for five years before it was discontinued. The establishment of this award itself bears a distinct realist tendency and the imprint of mainstream ideology.

The person in charge of the establishment of this award said at the time, "The establishment of any award is itself ideological, and in addition to recommending and maintaining the production rules of literature and art itself, it must also consider the extent to which they reflect the requirements of the award criteria." ”

Therefore, it is precisely because of this that Gogarin's "Spring" will be among the winners of this award with great success.

Gao Jialin came back and told Liu Qiaozhen about the award, and she was also very excited.

It's a pity that it is impossible to bring Liu Qiaozhen to the capital this time, this time it is a very serious official business trip, unlike when there was no unit before, bringing family members, even if you pay for it yourself, it will attract a lot of gossip.

It was already Thursday, and it was only a few days before the awards ceremony. Gao Jialin hurriedly went to the train station to buy a train ticket for departure on Saturday, and called the organizing committee staff in time to inform the staff of the ticketing information, and then packed his luggage and prepared to leave.

On Saturday morning, Gao Jialin was sent to the train station by Liu Qiaozhen, and after saying goodbye to his wife, it took more than 20 hours of bumpy travel to finally arrive in the capital again.

The trip was a smooth ride, nothing happened, nothing worth mentioning. After getting off the bus, Gao Jialin saw at a glance that the staff of the organizing committee were holding signs in the crowd and went to the guest house of the Writers' Association to stay.

At nine o'clock on Monday morning, the 3rd National Outstanding Novella Awards Ceremony was officially held.

Gogarin sat in the front row with the award-winning authors, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. Sitting with so many seniors in the literary world, it's really scary!

The awarding guests are all well-known, such as the chairman of the Writers Association, the vice chairman of the Writers Association, the president of "People's Literature", the president of "Contemporary", the president of "Selected Novels", etc., all of whom are well-known predecessors and bigwigs in the literary world. When Gogarin saw so many celebrities at once, he was so excited and nervous that he was so nervous.

Chairman of the Writers' Association, a well-known figure in the literary world, Mr. Li personally took the stage to speak.

“…… The purpose of our awarding is to give play to the positive role of the award, to promote the development and prosperity of China's socialist literature and art, to promote China's literary and artistic undertakings to advance along the correct track of serving the people and socialism under the guidance of the line of the Third Plenary Session and the four cardinal principles, to realize the true 'let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend' in literary creation and literary theory, and to further raise the level of literary creation and appreciation. ……”

Gogarin listened excitedly from the audience and applauded vigorously.

Gao Jialin has already understood that the National Outstanding Novella Award of the Chinese Writers Association, as an authoritative literary award in the literary circle of the 80s, is not only a sketch of the overall appearance of the novella awards in the 80s, reflecting all aspects of the people's socio-economic and cultural life in the 80s, but also embodying the political orientation and ideological ideology of the country in the field of literature in the 80s. When awarding the National Outstanding Novella Award, it is necessary to make appropriate reference to the social repercussions caused by the publication of the work, which is also a major feature of the National Outstanding Novella Award.

Next, there is a speech by the director of the jury, a famous literary master, and Mr. Wang.

"A good novel, like a good wine, needs to be brewed carefully. This time, the award-winning works of the National Excellent Novella have become widely recited masterpieces, and many outstanding writers have taken off from here. Among the winners, in addition to some familiar faces, there are some new faces joining. In particular, Comrade Gao Jialin, a young writer who is only 24 years old, was selected for his excellent work "Yongquan", becoming the youngest laureate of this award since it was held. I'm so excited! ……”

When Gao Jialin heard his name in the audience, he immediately drank two glasses of Lao Baigan, his face was red, his ears were red, he was dizzy, and he didn't know what to do.

Next, it was time for the award ceremony. The winning authors took the stage in turn, accepted the certificates, and made the winning speech.

Finally, Gogarin's name was called. He got up dizzily and nearly tripped himself, eliciting a good-natured laugh from the audience.

Gao Jialin came to the stage in a fog, fortunately, the person who presented the award knew that it was the president of the "Contemporary" magazine, and he had met once.

The old man shook hands with him with a smile and whispered, "Xiao Gao, don't be nervous, this is your glorious moment." ”

Gao Jialin came to his senses at this time, respectfully took the certificate from the other party's hand, and then held the certificate and bowed deeply to the judges and the audience three times.