Time passed little by little, and when it was almost 9:30, the award ceremony was about to begin. Several directors, deputy directors and leaders of the literary association came to the podium.

The director of this year's jury is Mao Dun, and there are three deputy directors, namely Zhou Yang, Ba Jin and Liu Baiyu, as well as Zhang Guangnian and others from the Literary and Art Association.

After several people came to the stage, Mr. Mao Dun gave a speech first. The old man is now the leader of the Cultural Association and the director of this year's jury. It is only natural that he should give the opening speech.

"As the director of the awards committee, I have done very little work. Let me declare that because of my bad eyesight, I have only seen a small number of works. Most of the work was done by other comrades, and I have only listened to many reports.

I feel very good about this award. Among the 27 comrades who won the award, there are old and middle-aged people, and most of them are young people. They started writing after being buzzed. They are new forces and are important contributors to our literature.

The future successor of the career.

They took the first step in the Long March in literature and art. I believe that among these people, the Lu Xun of the future will emerge..."

When Mao Dun talked about this, Zhang Guangnian on the side interjected: "It also produces the future Mao Dun."

There was a burst of laughter in the venue, and the originally serious atmosphere became relaxed and lively because of his joke.

After so many years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lu Guo and Mao Ba Lao Cao, whether it is Lu Xun or Mao Dun, their status in modern and contemporary literature has long been established.

Mao Dun didn't mind his interruption at all and continued to speak with a smile. Then Zhou Yang, Zhang Guangnian and others spoke again.

After the speech, it was time to award awards. The roll call was called on the stage, and the writers below came to the stage one by one, received the award certificates and souvenirs from Mao Dun, Ba Jin and other award guests, and then took photos.

Although the awards are divided into first, second and third prizes, everyone takes the stage together when the awards are awarded.

Lin Chaoyang went on stage with the award-winning writers and stood in the middle. His "Wrangler" was the work that received the highest votes from readers and experts in this year's awards, so it was Mao Dun who was the first to award him the award, followed by others from behind.

The guests present awards to others.

Everyone was busy awarding awards. Ding Ling looked around the stage twice with the certificate in his hand, but couldn't find the target. He asked, "Is Comrade Wang Qinglai here?"

At the other end of the team, Zhang Guangnian, who had just handed out the award, immediately ran over and pulled Ding Ling to Lin Chaoyang, "Just give it to him."

Ding Ling was a little dazed, "Are you taking it on your behalf?"

Zhang Guangnian laughed and said: "What do you want to receive on behalf of me? I am the author!"

Hearing this, Ding Lingtong's face was full of surprise.

When the people around him heard Zhang Guangnian's words, they all looked over. Their eyes first stayed on the certificate in Ding Ling's hand for two seconds. The name of the award-winning writer "Wang Qinglai" was indeed written on it.

Is Wang Qinglai Lin Chaoyang?

Then everyone's attention was focused on the certificate in Lin Chaoyang's hand.

Xu Lingjun and Wang Qinglai are both Lin Chaoyang?

What is going on?

This unexpected situation shocked everyone on the stage. The guests under the stage could not hear clearly what Zhang Guangnian said just now. They could only see everyone paying attention to Lin Chaoyang, with shock on their faces.

The strange situation immediately aroused everyone's attention and discussion.

Everyone on the stage was watching the excitement, and there was a constant buzz from the audience, which suddenly turned the originally harmonious and smooth situation in the venue into chaos.

The editorial department of "People's Literature" is responsible for organizing the National Outstanding Short Story Award. Zhang Guangnian saw some confusion at the scene, so he stepped forward and bent down to hold the microphone.

"Hey, hey, hey! Everyone, please be quiet and maintain the order in the venue."

Zhang Guangnian's control temporarily restored order in the venue, and the awards ceremony on stage continued.

After everyone received their awards, it was time for a group photo. After the photo was taken, Lin Chaoyang was left on the stage by Zhang Guangnian.

"There was a little incident on stage just now, and everyone must be very curious.

Let me explain to you, everyone saw that Comrade Chaoyang received two certificates of award, right?

One is the award certificate for "Wrangler", and the other is the award certificate for "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit".

It’s because these two works were created by Comrade Chaoyang, and ‘Xu Lingjun’ and ‘Wang Qinglai’ are both pen names of Comrade Chaoyang.”

As soon as Zhang Guangnian finished speaking, there was a loud roar in the venue, and hundreds of guests were all surprised.

It is not unusual for a writer to have two pen names, but in one award, two works under two pen names won awards, and it was a national award. Such a deed is so legendary that anyone who hears it will be shocked.

The National Outstanding Short Story Award is the first national literary award event in New China. The organizer is the Literary Association and an authoritative organization such as "People's Literature". The judges include Mao Dun, Ba Jin and other literary figures.

Even among the award-winning groups, there are celebrities such as Ru Zhijuan, Deng Youmei, Wang Meng, and Gao Xiaosheng.

It is already a rare thing for an ordinary person to be among the awards, and it is almost certain that he will have a place in the Chinese literary world in the future.

But who could have imagined that someone could win two dollars in such an authoritative and grand award!

Hundreds of eyes in the venue focused on Lin Chaoyang, making him feel that even the air was a little hot.

"Now, let me ask Comrade Chaoyang to give a speech!"

Zhang Guangnian said and handed the microphone to Lin Chaoyang.

According to last year's practice, the first-place writer has the opportunity to speak. Last year, the speaker was Liu Xinwu.

"Wrangler" ranked first in this year's awards, so this opportunity naturally fell to Lin Chaoyang.

Everyone in the venue had just been baptized by the news that Lin Chaoyang had won two awards. Now that Lin Chaoyang wanted to speak, everyone was naturally full of curiosity.

When he went to the editorial office of "People's Literature" before, Lin Chaoyang was told that he would speak at the award ceremony, so he was well prepared.

He stood on the rostrum, looked at the heads in the audience, and took out the workers to explain the status of the PPT. The heads in the audience immediately turned into garlic.

"Thank you to all readers and judges for their recognition of me and my work.

Just now, several gentlemen have reviewed the hardships and development process faced by our country's literary circles in the past many years. Compared with them, I am still a primary school student, so I will boldly stand in the last year of the 1970s and look forward to the 1980s.

The 1980s in my imagination should be an era full of changes and ideals, an era of stirring ideas and flourishing culture.

In recent years, due to the repression in the past, the people have developed a great demand and preference for literature. I think this trend will continue in the 1980s.

This is a blessing for our literary community, but at the same time it also needs to be treated with caution.

Literature is like a mirror, reflecting not only the perseverance and courage of the people in historical turning points, but also the responsibility and exploration of our literary workers in social development.

I have always firmly believed that the most important value of literature lies in reflection. Criticism and praise, exposure and praise, these are not enough to summarize the value of literature.

The boundaries of literature should be vast and boundless. The love of the people is the foundation for it to take root and sprout. The people also draw strength from literature.

We literary workers must have one determination, that is, literature must give power to the people!"

Lin Chaoyang's speech was brief, but every word was carefully considered and sonorous.

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience immediately burst into warm applause.

If the speeches made by Mao Dun, Zhou Yang and others just now had some official color, then Lin Chaoyang's speech was full of personal color.

Especially the sentence at the end, "Literature should give power to the people," was so inspiring that many people present were a little excited after listening to it.

After finishing his speech, Lin Chaoyang's mission was also completed. He walked down the podium holding two certificates and souvenirs.

The rostrum was less than twenty meters away from the seats, and everyone in the audience followed his figure closely.

At today's award ceremony, no one stole the show more than him, not even those literary giants.

As soon as he sat down, Liu Xinwu said in an exaggerated tone: "Chaoyang, it was so hard for you to hide this from me!"

Lin Chaoyang smiled and exchanged a few words with him, and all the eyes of the people around him were focused on Lin Chaoyang.

Everyone knows that "Wrangler" won the most votes in this year's awards and received the highest recognition from the expert judges. Lin Chaoyang, the winner, has already attracted much attention.

When it came time to award the award, Lin Chaoyang's two pen names and two works received honors at the same time. He seemed to be the brightest star at today's award ceremony.

The awards are over and today's award ceremony is coming to an end.

At the end of the show, Zhang Guangnian grabbed Lin Chaoyang and introduced an old comrade in his sixties who was wearing glasses to him.

"This is Director Xie Jin!"

Hundreds of people from the literary and artistic circles came to the award ceremony today. It is not surprising that there are film directors.

The domestic film industry and the literary world have always been closely connected, and many classic film works have been adapted from novels.

After Zhang Guangnian's introduction, Lin Chaoyang exchanged a few words with Xie Jin.

Because there was a symposium in the afternoon, the two did not talk much. Xie Jin only said that he would visit him when he had an opportunity.

The afternoon symposium was actually more like a meeting.

Different from the large scene with hundreds of people in the morning, the afternoon symposium was basically dominated by the jury and the award-winning writers. The topics of the symposium mainly revolved around the awards process and the winning works.

When talking about choosing "Wrangler" as the first work to be awarded this year, several judges expressed their opinions.

"Personally, I think "Director Qiao's Taking Up the Job" should be chosen as the first article. It has a significant advantage over "The Wrangler" in terms of social effect and ability to intervene in life, and it has the fighting power that literary creation should have.

But in terms of public support, "Wrangler" is indeed higher."

Since its publication in July last year, "Director Qiao's Taking Up the Job" has been widely welcomed and discussed enthusiastically by readers and the literary community.

He also created the category of "reform literature", which has great influence. It is not surprising that he has fans in the jury.

Sha Ting said: "Each work has its own focus. For example, "The Traitor" has a clear distinction between love and hate. It talks about things based on the facts, and mixes narratives and discussions. It is written in a slightly casual way. "The Take-up of Director Qiao" is based on reform. The focus, the perspective is grand, and the artistic quality is also very good. The advantage of "Wrangler" is that it is very similar to "Director Qiao", but it has a little more in each of the advantages of "Director Qiao", so it is listed as the first article It’s just as it should be.”

In front of many award-winning writers, many judges reviewed the review situation at that time. They did not shy away from their personal subjective opinions and discussed the matter as it happened. Many writers present listened with interest. Even those who lost their rankings did not feel any resentment at all. feel.

For many young writers who are winning awards today, it is an honor in itself to be able to communicate closely with these seniors and figures in the literary world.

Lin Chaoyang's "Wrangler" is the work that received the highest number of votes from readers and experts in this year's awards. Coupled with his feat of winning two awards alone, it is naturally the focus of everyone's attention and discussion.
To be continued...