On the evening of November 4th, Yanjing, Yandalang Runhu Apartment.

"Hello!"

"Are you Xiao Li and Xiao Tang?" "Yes, you are Brother Yucheng, right?"

"Yes, come in, come in. Why are you still carrying things? Don't be so polite.

Tonight, Tao's father was going to invite two of his best disciples to dinner. When Tao Yucheng saw the two carrying things, he said something and shouted into the room: "Dad, Xiao Li, Xiao Tang is here!"

A few seconds later, Tao's father came out of the room, "Here you come? Sit down first, we can eat later."

After sitting down, Xiao Li and Xiao Tang were a little embarrassed. They were first-year graduate students this year and it was their first time to eat at Tao's house. Xiao Li was a student at Yanda's main school, while Xiao Tang was admitted to Yanda from Shandong.

Father Tao looked kind and chatted with the two about life matters. Tao Yucheng occasionally interjected a word, and the atmosphere gradually relaxed. Tao Yucheng noticed that Xiao Tang's eyes had been falling on the family portrait on the wall, and said with a smile:

"If you want to see it, just get closer."

Xiao Tang looked shy and did not move.

Tao Yucheng joked: "It's okay. I know what you want to see even if you don't tell me. There are not many students at Yanda who are not curious about me, my brother-in-law."

You guys, you haven't caught up with the good times. In the past few years, my father and other professors taught undergraduate students, and Chaoyang has been working in the library, so he can read it anytime he wants."

When Xiao Tang heard this, he was filled with envy. He envied that undergraduates at Yanda could enjoy the teachings of great professors like Professor Tao, and also envied that students at Yanda could see Lin Chaoyang every day. He got up and came to the family portrait and looked at it carefully.

There were 11 people in the Tao family portrait, including 3 adult males. He knew both Tao's father and Tao Yucheng, and the remaining man was self-evident. He looked at it twice and sat back. Tao Yucheng said: "

Xiao Tang looks like a literary young man at first glance."

Xiao Tang said with some embarrassment: "I just read some books randomly, not really a hobby." "The food is ready, let's eat."

Mother Tao's voice came from the kitchen, and several people got up to eat.

After dinner, it was exactly seven o'clock. Tao Yucheng turned on the TV and broadcast it to CCTV. Tao's father was watching the news and chatting with two students.

". Xinhua News Agency reported: In the past two days, more than 100 Taiwanese compatriots who obtained new travel documents to the mainland from China Travel Service in Xiangjiang have traveled to various places to visit relatives via sea, land and air via Guangzhou."

When the news broadcast news about cross-strait news, Tao's father asked: "Xiao Li's family is from Fujian, right? Do you have any relatives in Wandao?" "Yes, my grandfather's youngest brother went to Wandao back then."

"Now we have a chance to reunite."

"Yeah, it's a pity that my grandfather didn't see this day."

Father Tao sighed softly, "The dust of history falls on every ordinary person, which is like a big mountain. You are studying history, so you must understand this truth." The two students looked solemn and nodded in agreement.

"..Xinhua News Agency News: On November 2, at the 1987 Renaudeau Literary Award held in Paris, France, the jury awarded the award to Chinese writer Xu Lingjun and his novel "The Truman Show."

The Renaudeau Literary Prize was founded in 1926 in memory of Théophrast Renaudeau, the founder of France's first newspaper.

Awards were given at the same place.

"The Truman Show" is the first foreign literary work to win this award.

The news report is not long, only about 200 words, which is one level higher than the express news and belongs to the news category.

Tao Yucheng's face was full of surprise, "Dad, Chaoyang won the award?"

His question received no response from Tao's father, and Tao's father didn't react at the moment. Did the son-in-law win another award?

Although I have never heard of the Renaudeau Literary Award, if it can be awarded by "Xinwen Lianbo", it is definitely not bad. "Mom! Zhao Li! Chaoyang won the award!"

After being surprised, Tao Yucheng started shouting, wanting to shout with a loudspeaker, "What award will you win?"

The two lesbians were busy in the kitchen just now and didn't hear the news broadcast on the TV. "France's prize, Les Sodos Literary Prize..."

Tao Yucheng couldn't remember the name of the award for a while. Xiao Tang said: "The Renaudeau Prize for Literature is said to be an important literary award in France. "Is it very famous? Which one is more powerful than the Nobel Prize for Literature?" Zhao Li asked.

This question touched on Tao Yucheng's knowledge blind spot. He first looked at his father, feeling that his professionalism seemed inappropriate, and then looked at Xiao Tang. "I have never heard of the Renaudeau Literature Award, but the news said that this award is related to Gong

The Gur Literary Prize was awarded at the same time and at the same place.

I know that the Prix Goncourt is one of the most important literary awards in France and Europe. In terms of reputation, the Nobel Prize for Literature is definitely more famous, but the Prix Goncourt is also very powerful.

The Renaudeau Literary Prize can be compared with the Goncourt Literary Prize, and its importance is self-evident."

Xiao Tang's half-knowledge of popular science gave the Tao family some confidence. Zhao Li said, "So it's a pretty awesome prize!"

Tao Yucheng said cheerfully: "Aren't you talking nonsense? How bad is it to win the "Xinwen Lianbo" award? Let me tell you, Chaoyang is the first foreigner to win this award, setting a record!"

His tone was filled with pride. To be able to win awards abroad these days is to bring glory to the country.

Mother Tao's face was full of joy, but she complained: "It's true that Yushu didn't tell the family about such a big thing!"

"Mom, Chaoyang just won the award the day before. It's so troublesome to make a long distance call now. Besides, Chaoyang just won the award, so there must be a lot of trouble." Tao Yucheng said.

At this time, Tao's father finally said, "Winning an award is a happy thing, so don't complain. I will write a letter to Yushu tonight to congratulate Chaoyang on winning the award." The Tao family happily said that Lin Chaoyang won the award.

Xiao Li and Xiao Tang were not able to participate in the matter, but they were also very happy.

How many contemporary college students have not read Lin Chaoyang's novels, and many of them have been Lin Chaoyang's loyal fans for many years.

At around eight o'clock, Xiao Li and Xiao Tang came out of Langrun Lake Apartment and walked to the student dormitory. Along the way, they were chatting about the significance of Lin Chaoyang's award for Chinese literature. When they returned to the dormitory, Xiao Tang immediately promoted Lin Chaoyang.

Winning the French Renaudeau Literary Prize.

In less than half an hour, the entire dormitory building already knew about this, and then other dormitory buildings.

Throughout the night, in various student dormitories of Yanda, news about "Lin Chaoyang" and the "French Renaudot Literary Prize" were constantly fermenting.

In fact, not only on the Yanda campus, "News Network" has such a huge influence. Anyone who has the habit of watching news at night will receive this news. After being transferred to the Ministry of Culture, Wang Meng still lived in the Gaozhi Building of the Hufangqiao Cultural Association. .

He has always had the habit of watching "Xinwen Lianbo", and tonight he watched the news of Lin Chaoyang's award attentively. He learned about it when the embassy contacted the Cultural Association.

He has also been paying attention to Lin Chaoyang's trip to France to receive the award.

When he finished watching the news broadcast, a smile appeared on his face.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese writers have won literary awards overseas.

For example, in 1951, Ding Ling's "The Sun Shines on the Sanggan River" and Zhou Libo's "The Storm" won the Stalin Prize for Literature that year. For example, this year, Cao Ying also won the Gorky Prize, the Soviet Union's highest literary award.

These awards are of course very important, but the problem is that these awards all come from socialist countries. When it comes to international influence, they can only cover a few socialist countries in the world.

The difference between the Renaudeau Literary Prize is that it is one of the most important literary awards in France.

France is not only an economic, military and cultural power, but also a recognized literary power in the world. It has considerable international influence in the Western world. Lin Chaoyang's recognition of the Renaudeau Literature Prize should be said to have contributed to the impact of Chinese literature in the world. There are benefits to spreading and diffusing.

The news broadcast on TV had ended, and Wang Meng thought that the Literary and Art Association should send a congratulatory letter.

The news that Lin Chaoyang won the French Renaudeau Literature Prize was disseminated by Xinwen Lianbo and immediately aroused huge repercussions in the cultural circles of Yanjing.

The next morning, "People's Daily" published another article by Xinhua News Agency reporter Nie Ruxin, which recorded in detail the entire process of Lin Chaoyang's award, which attracted the attention of people across the country.

Since the reform and opening up, Chinese people have highly respected Western European and American countries.

The Renaudeau Literature Prize is far less famous than the Nobel Prize for Literature, but it doesn’t matter. Owned media reporters defended Lin Chaoyang. Various popular science articles about the Renaudeau Literature Prize and the French Literature Prize quickly appeared in two or three days. came out.

Among these articles, the Renaudeau Literature Prize seems to be the first prize under the Nobel Prize. After winning this prize, Lin Chaoyang’s path to the Nobel Prize is promising in the future. Of course, there is an element of exaggeration in this.

But readers don’t care about this. They only know that Lin Chaoyang won a very impressive literary award in Europe and is very likely to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in the future. With overwhelming news reports in the media, Lin Chaoyang won the Renaudot Literature Prize. The craze is getting higher and higher.

On November 7, "Literary News" published a congratulatory message from the Chinese Literary and Art Association to Lin Chaoyang for winning the Renaudeau Literature Award: We are pleased to hear that Comrade Xu Lingjun won the 1987 Renaudeau Literature Award, and we would like to express our warm congratulations!

During his many years of literary creation, Comrade Xu Lingjun has sincere feelings for the motherland, maintains close ties with the people, devotes himself to artistic innovation, and has achieved outstanding achievements...

The congratulatory message from the Literary and Art Association was written in a flourishing way, which gave Lin Chaoyang high praise and recognition, and made colleagues in the literary world envious. It is not uncommon in the literary world for the Literary and Art Association to issue a congratulatory message.

When many writers win literary awards, the local literary associations in their hometowns often send congratulatory messages.

However, congratulatory messages from the National Literary and Art Association are rare, and they are still published in the country's top literary and art mouthpieces such as "Literary and Art News".

Especially since the evaluation of this congratulatory message is so high, it would be impossible for ordinary writers to enjoy it if they had not achieved world-renowned awards and achievements.

However, if you think about it, the news of Lin Chaoyang’s award has just appeared in "Xinwen Lianbo" and "People's Daily", so it seems that it is not a big deal for the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles to issue a high-level congratulatory message.

The 8th was Sunday, and the West Courtyard of Xiaoliubukou Hutong became lively again, and the level of excitement was much higher than usual.

Lin Chaoyang won an award overseas. Li Tuo, a social butterfly, was the most excited. He contacted everyone for several days and called everyone around him. He planned to hold a big party in Xiaoliubukou Alley to congratulate Lin Chaoyang!

Today, at least thirty writers came to Xiaoliubukou Hutong, almost all the well-known local writers in Yanjing.

Li Tuo couldn't afford to treat a party with so many people, so everyone brought their own food today. They ate, drank, and chatted, and the atmosphere was relaxed and warm.

Because there are too many people, it is naturally impossible for everyone to squeeze together.

Liu Zhenyun, Chen Jiangong, Zhong Acheng and others sat together, chatting each other. "Winning an award in France should be much more difficult than in China, right?" Chen Jiangong asked.

"Aren't you talking nonsense? There are so many writers in our country, how many of them have won foreign literary awards?

If you want to win awards abroad, your works must be published abroad, right? This alone will kill many people!"

When Zhong Acheng talked about it, he admired Lin Chaoyang even more for winning the award in France.

"Alas! When can I win an award? I don't ask for much, and I don't need one from abroad, just the Mao Dun Literature Award." Chen Jiangong's words aroused the ridicule of Zhang Chengzhi, "I see you, there is no hope in this life.

Got it!"

Chen Jiangong was immediately dissatisfied, and the two exchanged some words. Liu Zhenyun said, "Listen!"

"What are you listening to?" Chen Jiangong was stunned for a moment.

"The people over there are talking about Chaoyang's "The Big Era"."

Chen Jiangong listened attentively, and then asked: "What's wrong? What's the problem?"
To be continued...