1980 My literary era

Lin Weimin's eyes swept around, and his voice was as usual, "The jury said that I have won two consecutive awards, and it will affect the fairness of the awards. He turned around and reviewed seven award-winning novels, and one of them was by Liu Feiyu. The judges' It’s unheard of for a work to participate in an award evaluation, it’s simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!”

He said it with a sneer on his face at the end.

Wang Meng originally asked in a low voice, but he didn't expect that Lin Weimin didn't shy away from everyone present, and what he said was even more heart-wrenching. He hesitated and didn't dare to ask anymore.

At the same time, all the eyes of the people around him were focused on Lin Weimin. It seemed that this matter was not as simple as the rumors!

If what Lin Weimin said is true, he has won two awards in a row, and winning again will indeed affect fairness. After all, the Yanbing Literature Award is held every three years, and there are three to five works in one term. If Lin Weimin wins three consecutive years, it will be With three winning places squeezed out, those who originally had a chance to win naturally had no chance.

After careful discussion between the two parties, it is actually not difficult to reach a tacit agreement on this matter.

If you don’t want someone to be a contestant, then let them be a judge. Once you become a judge, it’s a waste of time. Isn’t it natural that the work will not be included in the review?

Everyone thought about the recent rumors again.

It is said that the Literary and Art Association intends to let Lin Weimin be a judge for the next term. In fact, it is the best choice to ask him to be a judge for this term, so that his works will not occupy two shortlisted places.

But having said that, the fact that the Literary and Art Association specifically took down Lin Weimin’s works this time must have nothing to do with his previous withdrawal from the Literary and Art Association, right?

Yes, it definitely doesn't matter.

Thinking that Lin Weimin would be a judge, everyone naturally thought of Liu Feiyu and his award-winning novel.

This is really disgusting!

Now that the results of the awards have been released, some details about this award have gradually spread over the past few days.

This year's Yanbing Literature Award has been postponed for nearly three years. There are many works submitted. The reading class stayed in Beidaihe for half a year. In the end, a total of 16 works and five works were submitted to the jury for reference.

After the bibliography of works was submitted, one judge made a motion and two judges seconded the motion. Liu Feiyu’s work jumped in and entered the final list of awards.

Because Liu Feiyu is both a judge and a participant, the jury adopted a judge avoidance system, that is, the judges must choose whether to continue to serve as a judge and the work will not be included in the review, or the work will be included in the review and the author will not serve as a judge.

Liu Feiyu decisively chose the latter.

A similar experience to Liu Feiyu's work is "Urban Romance" submitted by Zhijiang Literature and Art Publishing House. The two works did not follow the established procedures for submission, and both won awards. They became the most criticized works of this year's Yanbing Literature Award. place.

Although "Urban Romance" was submitted by the judges to participate in the competition, the author was not a judge after all, so the criticism it caused was not that big. Now the focus of debate in the literary world is all focused on Liu Feiyu and his award-winning novel.

Lin Weimin said a few words to Wang Meng. Seeing that everyone's eyes were always on him, he said: "Today is a seminar on Yu Hua's works. I shouldn't say such nonsense about me. But I think everyone is very interested. Then I will say a few more words.

These days, everyone must have heard some rumors about me and the Yanbing Literary Award. I believe people with a discerning eye can tell whether these are true or false.

Regarding my personal controversy, I will only say one thing: I, Lin Weimin, write novels and win many awards. Unlike some people, I will not go to war for a Yanbing Literature Award.

I do not recognize the results of this Yanbing Literature Award. This does not mean that I deny all the award-winning works and the artistic achievements of these works, but it is because among the current jury, there are people who have formed cliques for their own selfish purposes. faction, blatantly destroying the fairness of the award. "

Lin Weimin openly criticized the Yanbing Literature Award jury in front of everyone. There was a loud noise in the conference room, and everyone was whispering and discussing.

He did not pause at all and continued: "Everyone knows that I am Mr. Wan's student. In 1982, the Literary and Dramatists Association held the National Outstanding Script Award for Drama, Opera and Opera. I wrote a script for Renyi that year, which was well received by the audience. But at that time, Mr. Wan was the chairman of the Dramatists Association. In order to avoid suspicion, we teachers and students tacitly chose not to participate in the award evaluation.

It wasn't until 1987, after my dramas won many awards overseas, that I felt I would no longer cause gossip, so I calmly accepted the award for outstanding screenplay.

I give this example not to say how upright I, Lin Weimin, am, but I just want to illustrate a point.

The Yan Bing Literature Award was established based on Mr. Yan Bing’s last wish. It has been established for only three years and ten years ago. No comrade with some consciousness and style would do such a thing as a judge.

Now it is only the third time that they have dared to do such a shameless thing. I can’t imagine what this award will look like in another ten years.

As for quitting the judging panel, she even became a bitch and still wanted to set up a memorial. She quit this term and then joins the next one. How shameless?

Everyone should know who I am targeting. You can spread these words today as much as you want. It is best to spread them widely. "

After saying these words, Lin Weimin stopped and looked at the people in the audience. "I was so angry that I said a few more words. Today is a work seminar, so I went off topic."

Everyone looked disapproving, saying that he didn't deliberately choose today to attack the jury and Liu Feiyu. They wouldn't believe it even if they beat him to death.

Critics, writers, and scholars, more than fifteen people from the literary world attended this year's works seminar. They are all well-known figures. Together, these people are enough to have a strong influence in the literary world.

Lin Weimin didn't expect all of this group of people to be on his side, but it was enough as long as this group of people could serve as a sounding board.

When literati quarrel, they don't always use violence, it just depends on who can occupy the moral high ground.

The fact that Liu Feiyu participated as a judge for the Yanbing Literature Award cannot be explained clearly. Some people want to use the opaque rules of the award to slander and discredit him. Now the rumors have been fermenting for almost half a month. Lin Weimin feels that time It's almost done, you can lift the table.

Today is the seminar on "To Live". Originally, the focus of everyone's discussion should be on Hua and his "To Live", but after Lin Weimin's impassioned speech, he stole the limelight.

The attention of many critics, writers, and scholars who participated in the conference was obviously diverted, and even the "flattering" people were distracted.

Yu Hua saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

After the work seminar ended, Yu Hua felt depressed and unhappy.

Lin Weimin called him into the office and handed him a publishing contract.

Yu Hua, who was still depressed at first, instantly cheered up after seeing the numbers on the contract.

"10%? Give me 10% of the royalties?" he asked excitedly.

"Isn't it clearly written? How about it? Are you satisfied this time?"

"Satisfied! Satisfied! So satisfied!" Yu Hua couldn't help nodding, his mouth almost closed.

In a good mood, the depression just now has long disappeared.

Teacher Lin is still kind to me!

Two days have passed since the seminar on "Alive". What Lin Weimin said at the seminar has quickly spread throughout the Yanjing literary world through the mouths of many people attending the seminar, and has gradually spread to the domestic literary circles. spread, causing considerable repercussions.

There are colleagues and literature lovers who are also dissatisfied with the results of this Yanbing Literature Award and are very supportive of his remarks.

The judges participated in the evaluation and won the award. This broke everyone's understanding of the award. There is no such thing. Even if you were a judge and recommended a protégé and former official to judge the award, everyone would not be so excited. But to end it personally is really shameless.

There are supporters and opponents. There are probably three reasons why opponents oppose Lin Weimin.

One is that Lin Weimin's purpose is impure, and his work did not win the Yanbing Literature Award. At this time, he bombarded the jury and judges. These people believed that they had reason to doubt Lin Weimin's purpose and legitimacy.

Second, out of respect for and maintenance of Liu Feiyu, we can know his status and qualifications in the domestic literary circle from serving as a judge for the Yanbing Literature Award for three consecutive terms. Look at the judges who have served as a judge for two or three consecutive terms. Who, Ding Ling, Zhang Guangnian, Chen Yong, Feng Mu, Chen Huangmei...

The third reason is to protect the Yan Bing Literature Award. The establishment of this award was Mr. Yan Bing’s last wish during his lifetime. As Mr. Yan Bing’s best friend, Mr. Ba worked hard for this award. Although Lin Weimin’s move was against individuals, the award itself It will also suffer huge negative impacts.

Whether this group of people are motivated by selfishness or publicity, the public opinion stirred up against Lin Weimin is not small, but they can't pick out the fact that the judges' works were selected for awards, so they can only continue to negotiate and divert. topic.

Voices from both sides of the debate gradually appeared in newspapers across the country, and became more and more intense.

During this period, the Literary and Art Association and the Jury Committee have not spoken out. It seems that they intend to deal with it coldly. After a period of time, public opinion cools down, and the matter will naturally go away.

Lin Weimin could probably guess what the other person was thinking, but he didn't continue to add fuel to the fire.

He didn't mean to settle the matter, but he just felt that there was no point in just talking.

The reason why the awards committee removed him from the list was simply because of conflicts arising from the previous writers group's visit to France. Lin Weimin withdrew from the Association for Literary and Art Circles, completely ruining the Association's reputation.

This term of the Literary and Art Association was short-lived, and Zhang Guangnian and other old acquaintances had all taken a back seat. Lin Weimin was no longer one of our own, and his popularity had faded, so it was most appropriate to sacrifice his interests.

The reason he gave was fair and aboveboard, saying that he had won too many awards, which would affect fairness, and many writers were pulled away at once.

If you take him away, it will be difficult for him to have an attack even if he wants to. A "vitriolic remark about not winning an award" is enough to make Lin Weimin fall into the whirlpool of public opinion.

But the mistake on the other side is that they are self-righteous and committed the mistakes of bureaucracy and elitist thinking.

As a judge, Liu Feiyu's works can still win awards even if they are submitted for review. How could knowledgeable people and enthusiastic readers in the literary world turn a blind eye to such an obvious act of favoritism and malpractice?

The Yanbing Literature Prize award ceremony will be held at the People's Hall on March 29. There are still four days before the award ceremony. Lu Yao called Lin Weimin in the evening.

This year's Yanbing Literature Award, "Ordinary World" has become one of the winning works. This award is something Lu Yao has been looking forward to for a long time.

According to Lu Yao's personality in the past, he should have arrived in Yanjing by now, ready to receive the award.

But this time he did not go to Beijing. The reason was naturally because Lin Weimin was currently having a conflict with the jury.

"You should come and receive the award! Haven't you been waiting for this award for a long time? It can also be regarded as a title for your novel! I heard that "The Ordinary World" ranked first in this award.

The conflict between me and the jury is not directed at you. "The Ordinary World" deserves the Yanbing Literature Award, and it is well deserved.

If you don't come, I will have offended a lot of people. It's clear that I am criticizing the award because I don't get the award, so you have to come. "

It's not that Lu Yao doesn't want to come and accept the award. In any case, "The Ordinary World" is a work that he put a lot of effort and energy into. It has been unpopular with critics before. Now that he has finally received the award's recognition, how can he not want to What about receiving the award?

But at the same time, Lin Weimin was his best friend. He had given him strong support in his writing career and also given him selfless help in his life. Lin Weimin had a conflict with the jury. If Lu Yao had just pretended that nothing had happened, He himself couldn't get over the hurdle of receiving the award.

Lin Weimin understood Lu Yao's mood very well. He had never thought about dragging anyone into the dispute between him and the jury. If someone had to passively participate in a dispute because they were his friends, he would feel uneasy. .

After communicating with Lu Yao, Lin Weimin put the matter aside and wrote a novel in the study for a while. Just as he was about to wash up and go to bed, the phone at home rang again.