I am a literary giant in Europe

Chapter 363 The First Person

After ending his call with Mela, Liu Jin lost all interest in continuing to write.

Text messages kept pouring in.

Liu Jin was too lazy to look at it, so he simply turned off his phone, took his coat off the hanger, and strolled out of the apartment.

He walked into Central Park.

Sit down on a bench by 'The Lake'.

They actually won an award!

He lit a cigarette and couldn't help but chuckle.

When Langdon was registering him for the Pulitzer Prize, Ms. Sen made a phone call.

"We will do our best to win this award."

But we can't be sure if we'll definitely win the award.

Amos, you should know that the Pulitzer Prize, or any award, is full of competition. This year's most competitive creative award, besides The Old Man and the Sea, is Jeffrey Eugenides' The Neutrality.

We will do our best.

After that, Liu Jin specifically bought this book.

The book contains a story where the protagonist speaks twice: once as a girl and once as a boy.

Born in 1960, she was a girl. When she turned fourteen in 1974, she suddenly discovered that her body had developed male characteristics. She went to the hospital and was told by the doctor that she was actually intersex.

So she became him.

I left my hometown and started a new life.

Yes, that's the story.

It feels more like the nascent form of the future LGBT movement.

To be honest, Liu Jin didn't get into it...

However, it is an indisputable fact that "Neutral" may have won the award due to certain factors.

In fact, in the original timeline, it did win an award...

Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case!

For political reasons, the Pulitzer Prize judges should have chosen "Neutral" instead of "The Old Man and the Sea."

But why...

He scratched his head, vaguely sensing that there must be something going on here.

Blumenthal?
Thinking back to this trip to New York, Blumenthal's hospitality...

Liu Jin felt that his winning the award was most likely related to that old man.

But even now, he still hasn't had the chance to meet Blumenthal face to face, which means he wants even more in return.

However, he immediately laughed again.

Come on, let me see what you're really thinking.

……

That evening, at the retired cadres' building of Zhongzhou Cadre Sanatorium.

My mom and the nanny prepared dinner and brought the food to the table.

"Old Liu, dinner's ready!"

"Um, I'll eat after watching CCTV's news."

At that moment, the TV was on in the living room.

Liu Dasheng was watching the news as usual.

The people of China are happy and healthy, while those abroad are still suffering greatly.

Liu Dasheng had already gotten up to leave when he suddenly heard the anchor say, "At 10:00 AM New York time, the annual Pulitzer Prize winners will be announced by Columbia University President Lieblinger in the Columbia University Library."

Liu Jin, a Chinese writer who studied in France, won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction for his novels *The Old Man and the Sea* and *The Crucible*, respectively. Simultaneously, the documentary film *The Crucible: The Truth*, adapted from the novel *The Crucible*, won the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism… making him the first Chinese recipient of the Pulitzer Prize since its inception. Previously, Chinese-American photographer Liu Xiangcheng had also won the Pulitzer Prize for Photojournalism.

Furthermore, according to the latest news from XX News Agency, Mr. Liu Jin's novel "The Old Man and the Sea" has also won the French Catz Prize for Literature...

My mother appeared in the living room at some point.

The news had ended, and she and Liu Dasheng stood there, stunned, looking at each other, both somewhat dazed.

"Is the Liu Jin they were talking about on TV just now our little Jin?"

Liu Dasheng couldn't help but ask.

My mother was taken aback for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

"It should be Xiao Jin... The book he published last year is called 'The Old Man and the Sea'."

"Hehe, hehe, hahahaha!"

Suddenly, Liu Dasheng burst into laughter, looking up at the sky.

He turned and walked out, taking off his coat as he went.

"Old Liu, dinner's ready. Where are you going?"

"I'm going to visit Old Dong's family."

"Old Liu..."

His mother tried to stop Liu Dasheng, but he had already dashed out like the wind.

Old Dong is the school's Party Secretary.

He was half a rank higher than Liu Dasheng; he was a leader.

At the same time, there are also many conflicts between him and Liu Dasheng.

Of course, these were all work-related conflicts; the two had a good relationship in private.

Old Dong's son works in the military. He recently graduated from the Beijing Military Academy and was promoted to battalion commander.

Old Dong's X-brand was really smug for a long time.

Now it's Liu Dasheng's turn to go back and show off... His mother knows Liu Dasheng's temper all too well, and knows she can't stop him.

He not only boasts to Old Dong, but also, judging by where the sanatorium is crowded tonight, he'll head there.

Thinking about this, she couldn't help herself.

I jogged upstairs.

"Auntie, it's time to eat, or it'll get cold."

"Xiao Zhou, you eat first!"

My mother said without turning her head.

Aunt Zhou couldn't help but smile and shake her head.

When Liu Jin was at home, Liu Dasheng and his wife would sigh all day long.

did not expect……

I never would have guessed that Xiao Jin would be so successful.

So, reading more books is always beneficial... Aunt Zhou began to imagine that one day her son would also make something of himself.

……

Liu Jin wasn't very clear about what was happening in China.

After returning to his apartment, he plugged in the phone, and it kept ringing.

His friends in America all called to congratulate him.

But Liu Jin remained remarkably calm!
Once the initial joy subsided, he came to his senses.

There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world; if there is, there's definitely an ulterior motive.

He first called Sen and indirectly learned that the initial Pulitzer Prize winner was "Neutral".

Even in early March, the jury was still leaning towards the work "Neutral".

It's not that "The Old Man and the Sea" isn't good enough, but rather that "Neutral" aligns better with current values.

But starting in late March, the wind direction suddenly changed.

Several judges on the jury firmly stated that "The Old Man and the Sea" should win an award.

The reason is that the universal values ​​of The Old Man and the Sea are more readily accepted by people.

Soon, several judges who had initially supported "Neutral" seemed to be persuaded and began to lean towards "The Old Man and the Sea".

So much so that in several polls in early April, the Old Man and the Sea and the Neutral received almost the same number of votes.

On April 10th, during the final round of voting, several of the most staunch supporters of *Neutral* suddenly switched sides and cast their votes for *The Old Man and the Sea*. This vote ultimately determined the award for *The Old Man and the Sea*.

As for "The Crucible"...

Actually, the problem isn't that big.

However, after the list was finalized, the judges discovered that three works related to Liu Jin had won awards.

This sets a new record for the Pulitzer Prize since its inception.

At the same time, Liu Jin became the first Chinese person in the history of the Pulitzer Prize to win the award.

Although Liu Xiangcheng has won a photography award, it is not a major award, but rather a technical award.

Moreover, Liu Xiangcheng is of Chinese descent, not Chinese.

Liu Jin roughly guessed the mystery behind it.

If there was no behind-the-scenes manipulation, he would have been executed.

If the judges who initially supported him did so out of respect for literature, then the judges who later switched sides must have received instructions.

This is a gesture of goodwill!
Next, those people will see his response.

If Liu Jin's response is not satisfactory to them, then a series of suppression or smear campaigns will follow.

But if we satisfy them...

Liu Jin sat in front of his laptop, looking at the lines of text in the document.

The scenes involving Xiao Rizi are already enough!

But it seems that the America spirit is a bit weak, and John Brad (the doctor in the Fathers' Banner) needs to have some of the America spirit added, like Captain America's America spirit.

Yes, this way the characters will be more complete.

As for how Captain America performs in the future, what does that have to do with me?
This way, the roles of the US and Japan are balanced!
The sun shines on evil and beauty...

That's basically the gist of it.

Moreover, writing it this way will win over the Americans.

Is one Captain America enough? Let's add a Bucky-like character, someone who must be Chinese and sacrifice their life for John Brad. Of course, he won't be reborn like Bucky; that's science fiction.

In this way, the contributions of Chinese people during World War II are highlighted.

Therefore, Renegadon in the flag of the fathers can become Ongagny.

Since we already have a third male lead who is Chinese, it wouldn't be unreasonable to add two more Chinese soldiers.

Hank Hansen from San Francisco (the character Paul Walker played in the original film) becomes hank·li, come on...

Liu Jin began brainstorming and quickly completed the character revisions.

World War II must have been a collaboration between the US and China to achieve common goals, not a collaboration between Japan and the US to defend Pearl Harbor.

After all, the Americans at this time were quite ignorant, and many people didn't even know who actually fought whom in World War II.

In the future, Xiao Rizi will intensify its brainwashing efforts in this regard.

Rather than letting daily life take its course, I'd rather take a shower first.

The more Liu Jin thought about it, the more he felt that this way of writing was more in line with the main theme, and the originally somewhat vague plot became clearer and clearer.

……

(End of this chapter)