1980 My literary era

Roger Strauss had no consciousness of disturbing people's clear dreams. He talked endlessly on the other end of the phone, which can be summed up in two points.

He has a keen eye and is optimistic about Lin Weimin from beginning to end. He unremittingly contributes to Lin Weimin's fight for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Lin Weimin listened for a long time and couldn't help but yawned.

"Come on, Roger, let me go to bed early."

Roger Strauss said in a resentful tone, "You don't understand what I have done for you!"

"I understand, I understand everything. Thank you for your hard work. My books will sell well in the future and I will repay you well."

Roger Strauss wanted to say that what I value is your talent, but he couldn't say it. After all, Lin Weimin's books really made money.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Weimin lay on the bed, stood up and took off the receiver.

"What are you doing?" Tao Huimin asked in confusion.

"Sleep, how can I have a peaceful sleep otherwise?" Lin Weimin said confidently.

Tao Huimin looked at him speechlessly. Is sleep so important?

Teacher Lin told her with practical actions that it is so important!

In order to have a peaceful sleep, Lin Weimin took off the receiver of the phone, and he fell asleep.

But the world outside was full of excitement and noise, and I couldn't sleep at all.

Since the Nobel Prize was established in 1895, regardless of Zang or not, its influence has been unique in the world, and this influence cannot be underestimated in China.

Every year before and after the Nobel Prize is awarded, discussions and speculations about the results of the awards will become popular in the domestic press and academic circles. This is the case every year, just like the World Cup and the Olympic Games. As long as the time comes, people will inevitably discuss it. Of course, the Nobel Prize is not yet widely discussed.

Regarding the Nobel Prize in Literature specifically, there were many rumors in the early years. For example, Lu Xun, Lin Yutang, and Lao She were all rumored to have been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, but they were just rumors.

Since the late 1980s, Lin Weimin has become famous abroad, and various news about his nomination for the Nobel Prize in Literature have emerged one after another. Most of them are gossips from outsiders and readers, and some media are reporting in pursuit of hot topics.

The literary world is not so enthusiastic about Lin Weimin's nomination or even winning the award, because in the eyes of most domestic writers, the Nobel Prize for Literature is an unattainable award. Even Lin Weimin, who has won numerous awards overseas, may not be able to achieve it. Won the favor of the jury.

When Lin Weimin himself was interviewed, he was often asked about the Nobel Prize for Literature by reporters, and his attitude was always clear.

Getting it is the icing on the cake, not having it has no impact.

But at the same time, his attitude was always full of confidence. Many colleagues felt that Lin Weimin was pretending to be 13 when they saw the content of these reports.

Therefore, every time the results of the Nobel Prize were announced in recent years, Lin Weimin was not included in the list. Public opinion said everything. Some criticized the jury for being blind, some felt sorry for Lin Weimin, some ridiculed Lin Weimin for pretending to be aloof, and some ridiculed Lin Weimin. In name only...

With the word fame and fortune, any seemingly noble industry will become secular.

Before this year's Nobel Prize was announced, as in previous years, there was another wave of discussion in China about who would win this year's Nobel Prize.

Over the years, not many people have participated in the discussion of highly professional awards such as the Physics Award and the Chemistry Award. After all, there are professional barriers, but the Literature Award can make a passing dog bark twice to show its presence. .

Therefore, this year Lin Weimin was still inevitably mentioned by the media and readers to comment on the possibility of winning the prize. In the end, it was concluded that Lin Weimin's works are still a little far away from winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the possibility of winning this year is unlikely.

This is not because everyone has any foresight. It is actually based on rumors that Lin Weimin has been running with him for too many times.

From the beginning, when there were rumors that Lin Weimin had been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, many Chinese people were excited. Later, when he did not win the prize, everyone was a little disappointed. Later, every time news of the nomination came out, everyone had expectations, but what they got was disappointment again and again.

Gradually, many people lost their temper.

The lack of a prize until now is enough to prove that Chinese literature is not popular at all in the Nobel Prize for Literature. If it has not won the prize in the past or now, then the possibility of winning the prize in the future is very slim. There are many people who hold this idea.

But no one expected that every year they would be nominated, every year they would win an award, and every year they would run with them, this year they would suddenly be on the list!

There is a six-hour time difference between Stockholm and China. When the Swedish Academy announced the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, it was midnight in China, and not many people paid attention.

Many media that paid attention to the Nobel Prize did not expect that Lin Weimin would actually win the prize. This directly caused a delay in the traditional media receiving the news. On the contrary, the domestic Internet media was the first to respond.

At around 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, Yanjing time, Rongshuxia took the lead in informing users on the site in the form of a banner on the site that "Chinese writer Lin Weimin won the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature."

There are countless night owls using the Internet these days, and the news immediately caused an uproar on the site. Users forwarded it one after another and verified the authenticity through various channels.

After all, nominations have been circulated for many years, but they have never been successful. When many people heard the news, their first reaction was not joy, but doubts about the accuracy of the news.

The turmoil in the Banyan Tree Site did not last long. Around 2:30, the news that Lin Weimin won the Nobel Prize for Literature appeared on Sohu’s homepage. The content was more detailed than the news on the Banyan Tree Site. It immediately attracted countless netizens who were still staying up late. gaze.

Then, NetEase, Sina, Xici Hutong, Maopu hodgepodge...

In less than two hours, this news spread throughout the Chinese Internet, making countless Chinese people extremely excited, unable to sleep, and rushing to tell each other.

Netizens enthusiastically discussed various news and anecdotes about Lin Weimin and Nobel. They were excited, excited, proud, and full of emotions like countless gurgling streams that converged into a rushing river. The Nobel complex that the Chinese people have accumulated for many years was at this moment Got a response.

China gave birth to the first Nobel Prize winner in literature and the first Nobel Prize winner.

He is a well-known writer. He has won numerous awards and his works are loved by hundreds of millions of readers. Every adaptation has achieved great success. His works have accompanied the growth of countless people and represent the height of contemporary Chinese literature. .

In the minds of many netizens, Lin Weimin deserves this award.

From the earliest domestic awards such as the National Award for Outstanding Short Stories and Novellas and the Yanbing Literary Award, to the sluggish Naoki Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award in the United States, the Pulitzer Prize, the Strega Literary Award in Italy, and the French Literary Award. With international awards such as the Goncourt Literary Prize, Lin Weimin's works have gone to the world step by step and have reached the eyes of readers all over the world.

In the year 2000, China did not join the WTO, Yanjing’s bid for the Olympics had not yet been successful, and the Olympics had not been held. We did not have war with SARS, and we did not experience the May 12th earthquake...

Those historical events that have tempered the self-confidence of the Chinese people have not had time to happen. How much pride and pride can the birth of a Nobel Prize winner bring to the Chinese people?

This night, the Chinese Internet has no sleep!

When the first ray of morning light shines on the earth, the sky is bright and the earth is vast, the Internet, which has been boiling all night, finally falls silent.

The sluggish print media finally reacted after the Internet media was boiling all night. They hurriedly confirmed the news, issued newsletters, temporarily changed the layout, and scrambled to deal with the impact of the news.

In contrast, the TV media responded much more calmly. The morning news synthesized news from major domestic Internet portals, and the host broadcast it as scripted.

This news seemed to have wings and spread to all corners of the country before the country had fully awakened.

Lin Weimin won the Nobel Prize for Literature!

As the sun rises in the east, a wider range of media and people replace the Internet media and netizens. On this day, China ushered in an even more exciting wave of news.

The Internet, TV, newspapers... various media rushed to report on it, and hundreds of newsletters flooded into 1.3 billion people in less than half a day.

No one knows, no one knows!

The writer who is loved by countless readers and has won numerous awards finally won the Nobel Prize for Literature. No one was surprised and no one doubted it.

Well received!

The boiling public opinion continued to ferment, and Lin Weimin, whose home phone was busy all night, slept soundly.

He could have slept a little longer, but as soon as he arrived at six o'clock, there was a knock on the door.

Yu Hua was the first to come to the door. He saw the news about Lin Weimin's award from the website early last night. He called Lin Weimin but couldn't get through. The line was always busy. He thought it was because there were too many people calling to congratulate.

He thought to himself that calling him to congratulate him would be impossible, and what he said on the phone was almost meaningless, so he took advantage of the time and knocked on Lin Weimin's door early in the morning.

"Teacher Lin, congratulations! We are the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. You have made history!"

As soon as he entered the door, Yu Hua was all smiles.

"You got up early enough." Lin Weimin said after accepting the congratulations.

"Why did you wake up so early? I didn't sleep at all." Yu Hua said.

What's he doing here so early in the morning? If I don’t show my merits now, when will I wait?

While the two were talking, Zheng Guo arrived, and then Qu Xiaowei, and he brought Shi Tiesheng with him...

Friends who were usually close to him arrived one after another. The first thing Qu Xiaowei said when he saw Lin Weimin was: "Why is the line always busy when I call you?"

"He hung up the phone." Tao Huimin said.

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly became dissatisfied.

"Okay, why can't I get through the phone? You're not answering on purpose!" Zheng Guo complained.

"That's right, you've gone too far." Shi Tiesheng said a rare word.

Lin Weimin spread his hands, "It's midnight, I have to sleep!"

"Sleep? Why sleep? We haven't slept yet, how dare you sleep?" Qu Xiaowei said angrily.

The Nobel Prize in Literature is announced in the middle of the night, so of course everyone will not be idle at this time without sleeping.

Yu Hua was the initiator of everything. He really didn't sleep last night because of the news about the Nobel Prize for Literature. As soon as the news came out, he woke up Mo Yan immediately, and Mo Yan called Tong Zhonggui...

It spread like this one by one, and within an hour, everyone in Lin Weimin's circle of friends knew the news.

But everyone called Lin Weimin, the real boss, but found that they couldn't get through. Everyone thought that the line was busy because there were too many people calling to congratulate, so they all ran to Lin Weimin's house early in the morning.

Everyone never expected that Lin Weimin would do such an unscrupulous thing just to have a peaceful sleep!

The crowd was furious and attacked him.

Qu Xiaowei stood in front and raised his arms.

"A treat! A treat is a must!"

Usually no one listens to his words, but now he has become an opinion leader and stirred up the storm.

"Yes, we must treat you!"

It was just fun, everyone wanted to have this meal, all for the sake of Lin Weimin's happiness. Naturally, he would not be disappointed and happily agreed.

Only then did everyone let him go, and then asked about the specific details of Lin Weimin's award.

Hearing that the Swedish Academy just called him to inform him, Qu Xiaowei couldn't help complaining: "Aren't they afraid that the phone call won't get through?"

"The jury will confirm in advance whether the author can be contacted, and there is more than one channel. It will not delay things, and the award will not be awarded immediately."

"The awards are in December, right?"

"yes."

Early in the morning, a group of people gathered at Lin Weimin's home to chat about the Nobel Prize in Literature.

During breakfast, Lin Weimin's dining table seemed particularly crowded.

Some people stayed up all night, and some were woken up in the middle of the night. After staying up for such a long time, everyone was already hungry.

While slurping rice porridge, Qu Xiaowei puffed up his cheeks and asked, "Where do you think we can eat better?"

"De Pump Quan."

"Barbecue Wan."

“Xiangjiang Food City.”

Everyone was talking, everyone had their own ideas, and no one listened to anyone else.

Shi Tiesheng sighed: "I really want to eat a meal of boiled mutton!"

Everyone said in unison: "No!"

Shi Tiesheng's health has been poor in recent years and he can no longer eat high-protein foods like mutton.

His proposal was rejected by everyone in unison, and they were dissatisfied. This treatment was really not as good as before.