Not long after he waited, Clermont Meteye arrived. "Lin, it looks like you slept well last night?"

“Not bad, it would be better if the breakfast could be richer.

After chatting for a while, Clément Meteye added: "There are still more than two hours until the award ceremony, how about going for a drink?"

Lin Chaoyang:???

Is this what you French people feel like about relaxation?

"With weather like this, it would be a waste not to have a drink."

Seeing Lin Chaoyang's dissatisfied look, Clement Meteye could only mutter and retracted his idea. "Since you don't want to have a drink, let's go first. It's snowing outside and there may be a traffic jam." He left the hotel.

, there are snowflakes in the sky.

Leng Buding arrived in Paris in the early winter from the warm city of Xiangjiang. Even though he was already wearing a down jacket, Lin Chaoyang still shrugged unaccustomedly and got into Clay King-Metteyer's Chevrolet.

Clement Meteille was right, there was indeed a traffic jam on the way to Tuon's restaurant.

The Touron restaurant is located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. Clement Meteille's Chevrolet finally reached the intersection of the restaurant with difficulty, and then it became difficult to walk. "There are too many cars on this street today, so we might as well walk there."

"

Clermont Meteille found a place to park the car and led Lin Chaoyang to the door of Tuon Restaurant on foot. The restaurant full of French style was decorated with a brand new look today. France is a major literary country in Europe, with hundreds of literary works published every year

Judging and presentation of awards.

Starting from August every year, there are endless literary awards events in Paris.

November is the peak month, because several heavyweight literary awards in France will be awarded one after another at this time, so it is also called "Literary Award Month". Today is the first Tuesday in November, and it is also the Prix Goncourt.

On the same day as the Renaudeau Literary Prize was awarded.

Not only that, these two awards were even awarded at the same restaurant and announced together.

The main purpose of the Renaudeau Literary Prize was to make up for the lack of the Goncourt Literary Prize, which can be regarded as a disguised form of popularity.

However, it was very successful. After half a century, it directly became the most influential literary award in France, second only to the Prix Goncourt in terms of influence. When Clermont Meteye and Lin Chaoyang arrived at the restaurant

, it was already crowded inside.

Two heavyweight literary awards were awarded at the same time. Today's Touen Restaurant can be said to be the most watched restaurant in Paris. At this time, many Parisian people gathered in front of Touen Restaurant, and most of them were literature lovers.

Knowing that the Goncourt Literary Prize and the Renaudeau Literary Prize were being awarded today, I came here specifically to see the excitement, which set off a lively festival atmosphere. In addition to these people watching the excitement, there were also people from all over Paris inside and outside the Touen restaurant.

Reporter for a major newspaper.

and invited award-winning writers over the years, as well as editors, critics and jury members from major well-known publishing houses. Before Lin Chaoyang entered the restaurant, he saw several faces with yellow skin and black hair at the door.

"Comrade Chaoyang!"

After Secretary Zhou's introduction, Zou Dai stepped forward and shook Lin Chaoyang's hand enthusiastically. China and France established diplomatic relations in the 1960s, and France is one of the five permanent members.

Zou Daishi was the envoy stationed in France and had the rank of minister, but seeing the smile on Lin Chaoyang's face was like seeing the leader coming. Of course there was a reason why he was so happy.

Lin Chaoyang won the Lenaudeau Literature Prize, which seems to be a personal matter, but in fact it is a testimony of cultural exchanges between China and France. This award also bears a share of his contribution to Zou Daishi.

There are two rounds of selection for the Renaudeau Literature Prize. When Lin Chaoyang entered the shortlist as early as September, the embassy had already received the news. This was not because the embassy was well-informed, but because of the poor communication of information these days.

The Renaudeau Literary Prize jury had to first contact the French cultural department, and then contact the China Literary and Art Association through the embassy in France before they could contact the author Lin Chaoyang.

More than a week ago, the results of the second round of the Renaudeau Literature Prize came out. After Lin Chaoyang was confirmed as the winner, the French Consulate in Guangzhou gave the green light to apply for a visa for Lin Chaoyang to go to France.

Yesterday, Secretary Zhou, who was staying at the embassy, ​​went to the airport to pick him up. Originally, the embassy was planning to arrange for Lin Chaoyang's food and accommodation in Paris, but Gallimard Publishing House had already made arrangements, so Lin Chaoyang did not go with them.

"This is Reporter Nie from the New H Agency. I learned that Comrade Chaoyang won this honor and came here from the UK." Secretary Zhou introduced Lin Chaoyang to a square-faced middle-aged man wearing glasses.

Zou Daishi was concerned about the issue of food and accommodation, and then asked Lin Chaoyang how he was feeling now with a smile.

"I have won a lot of domestic awards. This is the first time abroad, so I am very happy." Lin Chaoyang replied with a smile. The few people chatted for a while, and Zou Daishi and others walked into Tuang with Lin Chaoyang surrounded.

Dining room.

As soon as they entered, they felt the eyes of many guests in the restaurant looking over.

The winner of the Renaudeau Literary Prize will not be announced in the media in advance, but the winner will be notified in advance. Therefore, after the award results are announced, it will no longer be a secret in the French literary world.

As everyone knows, this year's winner of the Renaudeau Literature Prize is a Chinese writer.

So as soon as Lin Chaoyang and others appeared, the reporters, guests and judges in the restaurant all knew that one of today's protagonists was here.

In the history of the Renaudeau Literature Prize, it is not uncommon for the award to be awarded to foreigners, but according to the original track, it should be more than ten years later. A group of French people watched Lin Chaoyang and others enter the restaurant with attention and ceremony.

And guess who is the winner.

It wasn’t until Clermont Meteille introduced Lin Chaoyang to Christian Giudicelli, one of the judges for the Renaudeau Literature Prize, that everyone suddenly realized that the author of “The Truman Show” was actually such a young man.

writer!

In the eyes of Europeans and Americans, Asians are inherently young in appearance, and Lin Chaoyang is indeed young. Many people present had a look of disbelief in their eyes.

In their imagination, a satirical novel with a strong absurdist flavor such as "The Truman Show" should be written by an old writer who is over fifty but still stubborn and unyielding to the world.

No one thought that the writer who created him turned out to be a college student.

Under everyone's surprised gazes, Lin Chaoyang shook hands with the judges of the Renaudeau Literature Prize, and also said hello to the judges of the Goncourt Literature Prize.

The judges of the Goncourt Literary Prize have a noble title - academicians.

The "Goncourt" of the Goncourt Literary Prize refers to Jules de Goncourt. He and his brother Edmond de Goncourt are both French naturalistic novelists.

Jules de Goncourt passed away in 1870. His brother Edmond de Goncourt was heartbroken and made a will. In order to commemorate his brother, he used the inheritance as a fund to establish the Goncourt Academy, which is the Goncourt Literary Prize.

Selection Committee.

This is the origin of the so-called "academician".

It is worth mentioning that the first academicians of the Goncourt Academy were all friends of the Goncourt brothers, including Flaubert, Zola, Daudet and others. Now, any one of them alone would be

He is a figure that literary youth worship.

Compared with the Goncourt Literary Prize, which was born with a silver spoon in its mouth, the Renaudeau Literary Prize seems much more grassroots.

In the early years, the members of the jury were all journalists and critics, because the creation of the Renaudeau Literary Prize itself was because a group of journalists and critics were bored waiting for the Goncourt Literary Prize, so they created their own award.

Since its birth, it has maintained a jury of 10 people, which has not changed over the years.

There are still journalists on the jury, but writers and critics are the mainstream, and most of the writers are early winners of the Renaudeau Literary Prize.

For example, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, a fifty-year-old French writer, won the Renaudeau Prize for Literature as early as the 1960s with his debut novel "Proceedings."

Later in 2008, he also won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The weather suddenly snowed, and the whole of Paris was shrouded in a dark sky, but the atmosphere in the Toon restaurant was relaxed and happy. Whether it was the Goncourt Literary Prize or the Renaudeau Literary Prize, the winners had already been selected.

Today's process is to announce the award winners, and by the way, have a meal at Tuon Restaurant.

While Lin Chaoyang was chatting with the judges, today's other protagonist, Tahar Ben Jaron, also appeared. He won this year's Prix Goncourt for his work "Holy Night".

To be precise, it should be the novel prize of the Prix Goncourt.

The Goncourt Academy also selects the Goncourt Newcomer Prize, the Goncourt Novella Prize and other works every year, but it will not be awarded together with the Goncourt Literary Prize, but will be placed in September every year.

Tahar Ben Jaron is a Moroccan, over forty years old, with a big beard. Standing next to him, Lin Chaoyang looks even younger.

The judges of the Renaudeau Literary Prize were quite proud to see this situation, because one of the principles of the Renaudeau Literary Prize is to reward young writers.

Time passed unknowingly, and the atmosphere in the Tuon restaurant did not become serious because of the upcoming awards. It was still so casual. Even the judges had already sat down and were waiting to eat.

Accompanied by a crisp bell, it was not that awards were about to be presented, but that the waiter was preparing to serve the food.

The lunch menu of the Goncourt Literary Prize is fixed every year, with caviar, lobster and foie gras as a starter, roasted wild venison on a hot plate, followed by various cheeses, mille-feuille ice cream for dessert, coffee, chocolate and snacks.

Sweet cakes and expensive table wines.

Logically speaking, even a rough estimate of such a meal would cost several hundred francs per person.

But when the jury was full and full, the restaurant handed over the bill, which showed only two francs. The price of the meal was incomprehensible, and the price of the wine was equally outrageous. The wine was one franc per bottle, and the champagne was one and a half francs.

Of course, this is not because prices have suddenly depreciated hundreds of times, but because Restaurant Touen has always maintained the price of meals at the time of the first Goncourt Prize in 1903, which has not changed to this day. After lunch, the judges of the Goncourt Literary Prize

After a symbolic discussion, the winning writers and works were announced.

Tahar Ben Jaron stood up from the dining table and took the symbolic 50-franc prize money from the hand of the chairman of the jury, Edmond Charles Roux. In the early years, the prize money for the Goncourt Literary Prize was not like this.

Poor, it's only 5,000 francs.

However, for the winners of the Goncourt Literary Prize, whether it is 50 francs or 5,000 francs, there is actually not much difference. The benefits brought to them by the Goncourt Literary Prize far exceed the effects of those bonuses.

After the awarding of the Goncourt Literary Prize is over, the Renaudeau Literary Prize will be awarded.

Unlike the Goncourt Literary Prize, where the academicians had to have a formal discussion over a meal, the Renaudeau Literary Prize directly announced the winner of this year's prize, Christian Giudicelli, who ranked first.

"It is a stunning, thought-provoking classic with extraordinary artistic charm and profound ideological connotation.

Bold, innovative and fascinating, it deeply explores the themes of freedom, truth and courage with seemingly absurd settings, deeply touching the hearts of every reader. It makes the gradually declining absurdist literature shine again in the sky of Paris

, it is-"The Truman Show"!

Let us congratulate Lin Chaoyang from China!"
Chapter completed!