The one who is more disappointed than everyone else is Chen Jiangong. He has always been the person in the 77-level Chinese department who has the best relationship with Lin Chaoyang.
But in his heart, he actually has some thoughts of competing with Lin Chaoyang, especially after the drama boom last year.
Lin Chaoyang's "The First Floor", which he wrote for fun, beat the "Conscience" he wrote. Chen Jiangong thought at that time that he could not write a drama like Chaoyang, and he might not have no chance in writing novels.
Although Lin Chaoyang has published several novels that have had a great impact, he believes that he entered the field of novel creation much earlier than Lin Chaoyang, and he may not have the chance to catch up and surpass Lin Chaoyang with his accumulated experience.
He had indeed been working hard on his creations in recent months, but today he suddenly heard from Zhang Yaozhong that Lin Chaoyang had won awards for two works under two pen names, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
It feels like an ordinary person facing Bolt. He naively thinks that he is also a human being and has two legs, so he has no chance of beating Bolt in the 100-meter race.
But as everyone knows, the gap between people may sometimes be wider than the gap between people and dogs.
Running with all your strength is worse than just strolling around.
Chen Jiangong shook his head feebly. Although he didn't want to admit it in his heart, he knew that in the field of novel creation, he would never be able to surpass Lin Chaoyang.
The news in dormitory 332 quickly spread throughout Building 32 and throughout the Chinese Department. Students were talking about Yu Lin Chaoyang's performance in the National Outstanding Short Story Award.
Everyone was also very interested in Wang Qinglai, another one of Lin Chaoyang's novels. Many people even went to read "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" and "Parental Love". After reading, they couldn't help but sigh, no wonder it won the award, the writing is really good.
Yan Normal University, teaching on the second floor.
The class had just finished and the students were all walking outside the classroom. Wu Yingfang and Tao Yushu were talking about the "People's Daily" they had read in the morning.
"Your Chaoyang family is so awesome, it was even featured in the People's Daily!"
"It's not that he's great, it's because people reported on the awards and mentioned him," Tao Yushu said.
Wu Yingfang joked: "There are so many award-winners, why haven't others been reported? Apart from him, there are big names like Mao Dun and Zhou Yang in the report. I think in twenty years your Chaoyang family will be like them."
"The more you say it, the more exaggerated it becomes!"
Tao Yushu didn't answer Wu Yingfang's words. She kept talking to herself for a few words and then felt that it was boring. She changed the topic and talked about the revival of "The First Floor".
In December last year, "The First Floor in the World" came out and shocked the entire Yanjing university and cultural circles. The students of Yanjing Normal University performed it for more than ten shows, and their physical strength was already at the limit.
Fortunately, since the end of the semester is approaching, the crew has naturally entered a state of recuperation.
Since the start of school in March, students from Yanjing University have contacted Yanjing Normal University one after another, hoping that "The First Floor in the World" can continue the tour that was not completed last year.
But there are a lot of things to do at the beginning of school, and the crew has been putting things off.
Seeing that April is approaching and the students' academic work has stabilized, everyone has the idea of ​​​​rehearsing the drama again.
The two chatted for a while, and Wu Yingfang asked again: "I don't know what the progress of Renyi's version is now? I really want to see "The First Floor" on the stage of Renyi as soon as possible."
"It should be soon. It will be performed in the first half of the year."
Wu Yingfang stopped Tao Yushu's arm, "Yushu, we have such a good relationship, you have to get me a ticket for the premiere."
Tao Yushu smiled and said, ""The First Floor in the World" was originally scheduled by our school. Are you still worried about not having tickets?"
"That's right."
"How could you do this? How could you do this?" Liu Xinwu looked at Lin Chaoyang with a resentful face and kept chattering like a resentful woman.
"Thanks to our "October", we published a review for "Parental Love" this month!"
Lin Chaoyang looked helpless.
In the past two days, the Literary and Art Association organized a symposium for the National Outstanding Short Story Award. Liu Xinwu learned that Lin Chaoyang had just finished writing a novel some time ago, but handed it over to "Contemporary". He was immediately outraged.
Previously, "Wreaths Under the Mountains" was originally intended for "October", but the military interfered with it. Because of the influence of "October", it was forced to be given to "People's Literature".
Now Lin Chaoyang finally has a new work. He didn't even see the manuscript and submitted it to "Contemporary". How can Liu Xinwu balance his mind?
"I just finished writing the manuscript, and they are very sincere, and the manuscript fee is high. What do you want me to do?"
Liu Xinwu couldn't listen to such an explanation, so Lin Chaoyang changed his words, "You guys are the same, you have to wait for me to send you the manuscript. Look at the subjective initiative of "Contemporary", who can you blame?
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Even if the manuscript was gone, he would be beaten down by Lin Chaoyang, which made Liu Xinwu feel even more depressed.
"So do you have any new works recently?"
After struggling for a long time, he finally let go of the matter because he could write while still alive.
“There’s been a lot going on recently, and I’m still thinking about it,” Lin Chaoyang said.
Liu Xinwu nodded slightly. He understood this. If nothing else, it would take several days before and after the award evaluation.
After four consecutive days of leave, towards the end of the month, Lin Chaoyang finally appeared in the library, and immediately attracted a crowd of colleagues.
In the past few days since his absence, the news about him in the library has not stopped.
So far, there is no influential literary award in China. The National Outstanding Short Story Award is the first of its kind. It has a huge influence in the literary world and among readers. The ability of literature to create stars is not inferior to the Mao Dun Literary Award a few years later.
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Lin Chaoyang's double award not only set a record for the National Outstanding Short Story Award, but also made his name the focus of attention in the domestic literary circle and all people who care about literature in just a few days.
The library is where Lin Chaoyang works, so naturally everyone pays more attention to him than others.
This week it was Lin Chaoyang's turn to be on duty at the front desk. He dealt with it for a while, and his colleagues gradually dispersed. He wanted to work with peace of mind, but found that the eyes of the students coming and going would always be on him, and from time to time there would be students
Come up and have a chat with him and express your love for him and his works.
"Chaoyang, why don't you go to the library?"
The students at Yanda are not as fanatical as the star-chasing girls, but more people come to chat, which affects the efficiency of the front desk of the library to some extent.
Hu Wenqiong barely had the word "dislike" written on her face. Lin Chaoyang didn't care, and was even a little happy: "Then I'll ask Du Rong to come down."
The front desk is facing the students, so it's not as fun to fish as it is to stay in the library!
After catching fish for a long time, I happily left work in the evening.
After going to bed at night, Tao Yushu said: "I have to get a bicycle ticket in the next few days."
Overseas Chinese Apartment is located in the West Third Ring Road, a few kilometers away from both Yan'an University and Yan'an Normal University. Tao Yushu's schooling is a little more convenient than before.
However, Lin Chaoyang's commuting time to work has become longer. Fortunately, he has developed the habit of running in the past six months. Riding a bicycle to work for half an hour in the morning is just a different way of exercising.
The house in the Overseas Chinese Apartment has been undergoing minor repairs these days, costing almost 300 yuan. It has been almost tidied up in the past two days and can be moved in at any time. Now Lin Chaoyang still needs a bicycle for commuting.
"Tomorrow I'll go to work to find out who has bicycle tickets!"
These days, tickets for large-scale industrial products are scarce resources and are easily out of reach.
Lin Chaoyang asked around the workplace and found that there were more than 100 people in the library, but they didn't even have a bicycle ticket.
After returning home, Lin Chaoyang explained the situation, and Tao Yushu was also scratching his head.
Overseas Chinese Apartment is several kilometers away from Yanda. Lin Chaoyang can't possibly walk to and from work every day, right?
"How about I ask eldest brother?" Lin Chaoyang suggested.
Although Tao Yushu usually looked down on his eldest brother, he recognized his ability to make friends with friends, so it seemed appropriate to leave this matter to him.
Lin Chaoyang went to Tao Yucheng and told him the situation. Tao Yucheng smiled and said: "Two days ago, I was thinking about how you would move here and work. No problem, I'll take care of it!"
Two days later, it was already the beginning of April. The grass was growing on the campus of Yanjing University and the orioles were flying. The weeping willows by the Weiming Lake were green, the waves were shining, and the spring scenery was beautiful.
The students of Yan University who have been waiting all winter are ready to take action recently. The school will hold a sports meeting in April, and sports activists from various departments want to take advantage of this opportunity to show off.
Even Lin Chaoyang and his library had to participate. Lin Chaoyang was a new force in the library. He was considered young among students in his early twenties. Naturally, he was included in the ranks of athletes by the library, and he was specially approved to have sports every morning.
Two hours of exercise time.
Lin Chaoyang usually runs for exercise, so he signed up for a 1,500-meter long-distance running event.
After practicing for a few days, and seeing that the sports meeting was about to start, Liang Junshu from Warrior Publishing House suddenly came to the door.
It was said that the publishing house was going to hold a seminar for "Garlands Under the Mountains" and the time was set for April 9th, which was the day of the sports meeting.
Lin Chaoyang wanted to refuse, but Liang Junshu said: "This seminar is considered a political task. The leaders of ZZ will participate, and Wei Wei and Feng Mu will also be present. The standards are very high."
Having just attended the symposium for three days in a row, Lin Chaoyang really had no interest in the seminar, but Warrior Publishing House had set the tone of the seminar so high that he couldn't even think about going.
On the 9th, Lin Chaoyang came to the Warrior Publishing House located in Pinganli, Xicheng District.
The seminar was held in the conference room of the publishing house. The scale was not large, but as Liang Junshu said, the standards were very high.
ZZ has two leaders, military literature has two heavyweight writers Wei Wei and Xu Huaizhong, critics have Feng Mu, plus several senior editors from several publishing houses and editorial departments, today’s seminar has guest specifications
The aspect is really high.
Different from ordinary symposiums, the atmosphere of today's seminar is a bit serious, perhaps because of the participation of troops.
Lin Chaoyang spoke according to the script for about twenty minutes, and then handed over the topic to others.
Half a day passed by in a flash, and the atmosphere finally relaxed at the end of the seminar.
Xu Huaizhong is one of the editorial board members of "People's Literature". He talked about the time when he was entrusted by the army to submit manuscripts to "People's Literature". He said with some regret: "Comrade Chaoyang's military novels are so good that I will no longer
It’s a pity to continue creating.”
Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "It was just the right time to write "High Mountain". I don't know much about military affairs and war, so it was very difficult to write. No matter how much I write, I may not be able to write a book better than "High Mountain"."
Wei Wei nodded and said: "With "High Mountain" in front of me, it is indeed difficult to write again. You have not only created a problem for yourself, but also created a problem for your colleagues who write military-themed works."
Wei Wei's words were half a joke and half a compliment. Less than a year after "Wreaths Under the Mountains" was published, its influence was far beyond that of ordinary military-themed novels. It greatly made military-themed novels appear in the mainstream literary world.
"I read reports that "Parental Love" was also written by you. That novel also described some military life. The writing is very close to reality, the language is plain, the details are rich, the emotions are delicate, and the characters are smart. It is an excellent work."
To be able to say the word "excellent" from a famous writer like Wei Wei is undoubtedly the highest compliment for "Parental Love".
"You're flattered." Lin Chaoyang said politely.
At the end of the seminar, Lin Chaoyang waved goodbye to everyone.
Liang Junshu saw him off and talked about the release of "Garland Under the Mountain".
"Some time ago, the government issued a document calling on the entire army to read "High Mountain". The first printing of 300,000 copies was almost sold out as soon as it went on the market.
During this period, we printed two more copies, and now the total print run has reached 700,000 copies.
At this rate, sales will exceed one million copies in less than three months."
When Liang Junshu spoke, his expression was a bit amazed. Even though he was the editor of "High Mountain" and even though he knew in advance that he called on the entire army to read it, the number of one million copies in three months was still shocking.
Lin Chaoyang nodded. With the blessing of the army, it is not new to break one million copies in three months. The real sales will depend on the reading wave of the army.
The single volume of "Wreaths Under the Mountain" will be released at the end of February, and the royalties will be paid every three months for printing. Based on the current sales of the novel, the royalties will be quite large.
Chapter completed!