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Cheng Xuemin smiled and nodded to Liu Xinwu, then sat down next to him!

"Hello, Xuemin!"

Just as he sat down, another middle-aged man sitting next to Liu Xinwu nodded and greeted him.

"It's Wang Meng, the deputy editor-in-chief of Yenching Literature and Lao Li's deputy. The book The Most Precious, published in the Guangdong Province's Works magazine last July, was written by Wang!"

Liu Xinwu then introduced it to Cheng Xuemin!
"Hello, Mr. Wang. I've heard of you for a long time. I heard that you went to Yenching University of Literature. I passed you by several times but never bumped into you!"

This is Wang Meng, the deputy editor-in-chief of Yenching Literature!
Cheng Xuemin was filled with awe on the spot, and even more so felt a little guilty, because the original author of the article "The Deep Gratitude of Grass" for which he won the award was the Old Wang in front of him.

Fortunately, what makes Cheng Xuemin feel at ease is that as long as the novel manuscripts he pays tribute to, there will basically be no conflict with the original authors, and the situation where the original authors are already writing or have already completed it but have not published it will happen.

Why so sure?
Because Cheng Xuemin has somewhat figured out what's in his mind, anything that can be used as a tribute will appear very clearly in his mind, which is equivalent to copying it directly.

However, for articles that have already been published, or are being written or about to be published, even Cheng Xuemin knows that this article will become a hit once it is written.

But he couldn't remember it clearly in his mind, and the related memories were all vague!
for example!

Isn’t Wang Meng’s “Long Live Youth” awesome?

Cheng Xuemin had read it when he was in middle school. Logically, what he had read should be very clear to him.

But in fact, there is no memory at all.

For example, the manuscripts published in the first half of this year will be selected as award-winning manuscripts at this time next year. Cheng Xuemin even remembers the titles of some of the articles and novels!
But in fact, I have no memory of the content at all, let alone copying it and paying tribute to it.

and so!
The brain is a good thing. It knows which manuscripts can be copied and paid tribute to, and which manuscripts cannot be copied and paid tribute to, otherwise there will be a direct collision with the original author.

"I know, I know! At the beginning of the year, I just returned to the city and was a bit busy, so I didn't report to the unit!"

"When I went to report after the New Year, I found that you, Xuemin, rarely visited our Yenching Literature Academy. Later, I heard that you went south to express your condolences. It's not simple, it's not simple!"

Seeing Cheng Xuemin standing up, Wang Meng couldn't help but stand up as well, greeted him and asked him to sit down and chat.

"No, no, you're too polite, Mr. Wang!"

Cheng Xuemin followed suit and was polite. He also knew that Wang Meng was only holding a temporary position at Yenching Literature and Arts Academy, and his actual position was with the Writers Association.

Therefore, it won't be long before Wang Meng will be transferred back to start presiding over the opening of the Writers Association's Institute of Literature and Art and the admission of students.

Moreover, Cheng Xuemin also knew that Wang Meng would take over Mr. Wu's shift in the department in the future! Therefore, this person was the real boss, and he would have to move around more in the future.

"Xuemin, let me introduce him to you!"

As if feeling it was inappropriate to sit back down, Wang Meng nodded again and began to introduce the award-winning writers who had gathered around her to Cheng Xuemin.

Because of the movement from Wang Meng and Liu Xinwu who were in the center, even Jia Ao, Ping Mo Shen and others who were on the side, gathered around the center.

After Wang Meng and Liu Xinwu introduced them, everyone realized that the young man sitting with them was actually the pioneer of reform and opening-up, Director Qiao, and the author of Wrangler, Lao Xu, whose original name was Cheng Xuemin.

No one expected that Cheng Xuemin was so unbelievably young!

Even the other college student present, award-winning writer Lu Xinhua, looked too old standing next to Cheng Xuemin.

Although Lu Xinhua was admitted to Fudan University in Shanghai in July last year, he is already 26 or 27 years old this year!

In front of Cheng Xuemin, who was only 21 years old, he did seem too old.

However, such an unreasonably young writer has written three award-winning novels in succession: "The Shepherd", "Director Qiao's Taking Office" and "The Grass Heart".

In comparison, among all those present, only one manuscript was selected for the award.

and also!

In addition to the award-winning novel last year, Cheng Xuemin has also published very influential short and medium-length novels such as "Parental Love", "Chen Huansheng's Go to the City", "New Year Greetings", and "My Years in the Corps".

This is something that Lu Xinhua and others can never envy. Even veteran and well-known writers like Wang Meng and Liu Xinwu admit that they are not as productive and high-quality as Cheng Xuemin.

After being flattered by many people and talking for a long time, he was soon greeted with warm applause. Then everyone realized that Mr. Wu, Mr. Mao, Mr. Ba and others had already entered the jury and sat down on the podium.

Cheng Xuemin quickly followed suit and applauded, and everyone quickly returned to their seats.

It was almost nine o'clock and the award ceremony officially began!
First, Li Shuguang, editor-in-chief of Renwenshe, who was the actual person in charge of the jury and the host of the conference, gave an opening speech.

Then, Mr. Wu, the chairman of the jury, gave a speech to everyone, congratulating and encouraging the 32 award-winning writers present!
Mr. Wu didn't say much, and after he expressed his congratulations in a concise and to the point manner, the three deputy directors, Mr. Mao, Mr. Ba and Ding Ling, gave speeches one after another.

"Next, I will begin to announce the list of winners. Comrades whose names are read, please come to the stage and receive your awards!"

After several directors and main members of the jury had given their speeches, Li Shuguang began to call out the names and announce the list of winners.

In fact, more than a month ago, letters were sent to their respective local units to invite them to Beijing to receive the awards.

So everyone knew they had won the award, but they were not quite sure who else had won!
Therefore, the roll call of the award ceremony brought the conference to a climax. Aren’t the people below the rostrum waiting for this moment?

As Mr. Wu and Mr. Mao mentioned just now, there are no first, second, and third prizes in this selection, so the roll call is collective and there are no separate awards.

"The first winning work is "Class Teacher", which was published in People's Literature in January last year, and the author is Liu Xinwu!"

"Comrade Liu Xinwu, please come up to the stage to receive the award!"

The first one ranked is actually Liu Xinwu’s "Class Teacher" instead of the most popular "Reform and Opening-up Pioneer"?

But everyone soon felt relieved, after all, he was the first person to create scar literature.

Then there was warm applause from the audience. Liu Xinwu stood up with a smile, bowed to the people around him, and walked towards the stage.

After Liu Xinwu from "Class Teacher" was called up first, the next one to be called up was either Cheng Xuemin from "Director Qiao Taking Office", but Lu Xinhua from "Scars"!
Everyone is speculating that the former is more likely, because the influence of "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" is so great. Not only did it create the literature of the Reform and Opening-up, just like Liu Xinwu's class teacher, but it was also a pioneer of the Reform and Opening-up with an inscription specially commissioned by the higher-ups.

Logically, the first person to be called on stage to receive the award should have been this reform and opening-up pioneer.

However, we have always had the tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the young, and passing on the tradition in an orderly manner. There is nothing wrong with giving Liu Xinwu priority to go on stage to receive the award.

The second one must be Cheng Xuemin, the pioneer of the Reform and Opening-up. Lu Xinhua of "Scars" has to come a little behind. After all, he is only the successor and initiator of scar literature, and is definitely inferior to the founder!

"The second winning work is "Window", which was published in the first issue of People's Literature in January last year, written by Mo Shen!"

"Now please invite Comrade Moshen to come up to the stage to receive the award!"

As the host Li Shuguang on stage called out the names for the second time, the audience suddenly burst into discussion.

It turned out to be Mo Shen, and not Cheng Xuemin, the most vocal and pioneer of reform and opening up?
Lu Xinhua in "Scars" is even more impossible!

Mo Shen, who was sitting on the right side of the stage, was also extremely surprised. He himself felt that the second person whose name was called must be Cheng Xuemin!
But who knew it would be him?

Immediately, amid warm applause, Mo Shen stood up in a daze, bowed to everyone, then went on stage and stood next to Liu Xinwu.

If the first two are not, then the third one should be Cheng Xuemin, the pioneer of reform and opening up, right?

Just when everyone was eager to help Li Shuguang on the stage to call out his name, Li Shuguang finally started to call out his name again and announced:

"Our third winning work is "Ding Ling Xia Zhi" published in Fenshui in January last year, the author is Cheng Yi!"

"Now please come up to the stage and receive your award, Comrade Cheng Yi!"

Isn’t he the pioneer of reform and opening up, Cheng Xuemin?
But this time, the audience understood the situation. There was no first, second or third prize in the selection of the grand prize, and there was no order of priority when the awards were announced! It’s not that there was no order of priority, but that the order was not based on the influence of the works, but on the time of publication!

If you are still not sure, you will know clearly when Li Shuguang on the stage reads out the fourth winning writer!

really!

When Li Shuguang on the stage called out the name for the fourth time, it was "Frieda", which was published in "Guangdong Literature" in January last year. The author was the writer Yu Tu. The people in the audience had confirmed that the names would be called out in the order of publication!
In that case, the name of Cheng Xuemin, the pioneer of reform, will be placed directly at the end and become the finale!

After all, Cheng Xuemin’s “Record of Director Qiao’s Taking Office” published in “People’s Literature” was the last issue of People’s Literature in December last year. It was considered to have just caught the last train of this selection, and naturally became the finale!

Even if there are other writers winning awards in the last issue of People's Literature, they will only be named before Cheng Xuemin, and the finale will definitely be the pioneer of reform and opening up, Cheng Xuemin.

as predicted!

As the host Li Shuguang on the stage continued to call out names, award-winning writers such as Wang Meng, Jia Aoping, Lu Xinhua, Deng Youmei, etc. who were waiting in the audience were also called to the front one after another.

quickly!

The row of award-winning writers gradually emptied out, and they all came to the front stage one after another.

Until the end, the two writers whose articles were published in the last issue of People's Literature at the end of last year were also called to the stage. Only Cheng Xuemin was left in the award-winning area below the stage, sitting there naked!

In an instant!

Whether on the stage or in the audience, all eyes were focused on Cheng Xuemin.

Everyone knows that this must have been a deliberate arrangement by the jury, who specially arranged Cheng Xuemin, a pioneer of reform and opening up, to be the last one to be called out in this roll call.

Because, when the name was called out for last November, Cheng Xuemin should have been called out to go on stage to receive the award.

His award-winning work, "The Shepherd", was published in the 11th issue of Yenching Literature last year, and "The Grass Heart" was published in the last issue.

But in fact, Cheng Xuemin’s name was not mentioned in either of the two winning manuscripts.

Needless to say, it must be placed at the end.

"The Shepherd", "The Grain of Grass" and "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", this time Cheng Xuemin's name must have been sung three times, right?

Therefore, there was no need for Li Shuguang on the stage to call out the names of the authors, editors, screenwriters, reporters and other literary workers from all walks of life in the audience all stood up and began to applaud enthusiastically!

Just three articles, and were they called out three times?
Liu Xinwu, Jia Aoping, Mo Shen who knew the situation on the stage, as well as Feng's father and mother in the audience, and Li Qingquan from Yenching Literature, were all waiting!

They also didn't expect that the jury would arrange the roll call in this way.

Even Cheng Xuemin in the audience had to smile bitterly. He really didn't need to be in the spotlight, but Li Shuguang's judging panel was just too damn good at it!
This directly lifted Cheng Xuemin to the sky!

"Our 27th winning work is The Horse Herder, published in Yenching Literature last November, written by Lao Xu!"

"Now please invite Comrade Lao Xu to come up to the stage to receive the award!"

Well, Li Shuguang on the stage finally sang Cheng Xuemin’s work "The Shepherd" after much anticipation.

Cheng Xuemin also stood up amid warm applause, first bowed to the people in the audience, and then walked slowly to the stage.

This time, without waiting for Cheng Xuemin to come on stage, Li Shuguang did not waste any time and started to call out the names!
"Our 28th winning work is "The Grass Heart" published in "Yanjing Literature" last December, and the author is still Lao Xu!"

"Now please welcome Comrade Lao Xu... Comrade Lao Xu has already come on stage!"

This time, Li Shuguang did not call out the names in a rigid manner. Instead, he made a joke, which aroused applause from the audience.

Yenching literature!

Yenching Literature was called out twice in succession. Li Qingquan in the audience was so excited that his hands turned red from clapping.

Next, it should be the last one, the "Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" published in People's Literature, the pioneer of reform and opening up who wrote the imperial inscription!

So the people in the audience who had stood up and applauded did not sit down again, but continued to applaud enthusiastically.

Li Shuguang on the stage lived up to everyone's expectations and continued to call out the names of the performers, shouting into the microphone:

"Our 29th winning work is "Loess Plateau", which was published in "Yanhe Literature" last December, and the author is Huang Tu Gaopo!"

"Now please invite Comrade Huangtu Gaopo to come up to the stage to receive the award!"

Well! ?

It’s not the record of Director Qiao taking office, but the Loess Plateau of Yanhe Literature?
As soon as Li Shuguang finished calling the names, the audience below the stage started to talk and whisper, and they all reacted, yes!

Even the Loess Plateau of Yanhe Literature was not named, although it was rumored to be a strong contender for the first prize, although no first, second, or third prize was awarded later.

But this article is definitely an award-winning work!
What about the Loess Plateau? !

Where is the author of this award-winning work of Yanhe Literature, Loess Plateau?
This Loess Plateau is so amazing that it interrupted the continuous roll call of the three winning works of the Reform and Opening-up Pioneer!
Just as everyone in the audience was whispering to each other, they didn't see Huangtu Gaopo himself. Was he absent?
Li Shuguang on the stage continued to call out the names!
"Our 30th winning work is "Female College Student Dormitory", which was published in "Shanghai Literature and Art" last December, and the author is Kuang Yalan!"

"Now, please invite Comrade Kuang Yalan to come up to the stage to receive the award!"

Well! ?

As Li Shuguang called out the names again, the people in the audience continued to be stunned.

They all nodded and said, "Yes! There are also dormitories for literary female college students in Shanghai!" Once this article was published, it went viral in major universities across the country!

It would be unconscionable if this article didn’t win an award!

So, it was a misunderstanding, it was a misunderstanding, they all guessed wrong, they all thought that the jury had deliberately arranged for the reform pioneer Cheng Xuemin to be called out three times in a row!
But now it seems that this is not the case!

There were two more winning works that followed, which directly interrupted his three consecutive roll calls.

only!
Where is Kuang Yalan?

Kuang Yalan, the winning author of Female College Student Dormitory, did not even go up to the podium to receive the award and was obviously absent.

"Our 31st winning work is "The Traitor," published in "Harvest" last December, written by Lao Tian!"

"Now please invite Comrade Lao Tian to come up to the stage to receive the award!"

Immediately afterwards, Li Shuguang on the stage sang a list of his works, which again surprised the audience, and they all nodded in agreement. It was not surprising at all that "The Traitor" from "Harvest" had indeed won the award.

But where is the author Lao Tian?
Lao Tian, ​​the author of "The Traitor", unexpectedly missed the award ceremony just like Huang Tu Gaopo and Kuang Yalan before him!

But it's normal. Some award-winning writers are really unable to spare the time, so it's reasonable for them to go to Beijing to receive the award.

Next up!
Li Shuguang finally called out the names of the finale work, "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", which was published in "People's Literature" in December last year. The author is Lao Qiao, who is also the pioneer of reform and opening up who wrote the inscription above, Cheng Xuemin!

However, at this time, Cheng Xuemin was already standing on the stage, and kept bowing to everyone.

Someone seemed to have noticed that since Cheng Xuemin came on stage, he seemed to have been bowing to indicate something?
Even when he called out the names of Huangtu Gaopo, Kuang Yalan, and Lao Tian, ​​he didn't seem to stop, right?

Maybe the young people were too excited to win the award!
……

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