"Comrade Chaoyang's proposal is very bold and thoughtful. It is a proposition worth exploring."

The speaker was the senior leader of Yanjing City.

The timing of his speech was very appropriate, not only affirming Lin Chaoyang's proposal, but also solving the awkward situation in the venue at the moment.

The bid to host the Olympic Games is a national event. Lin Chaoyang suddenly mentioned such an important matter. Regardless of whether people present agreed or disagreed, they were unable to discuss it, which caused a brief silence in the venue.

After the big leader expressed his stance, Lin Chaoyang said a few polite words, ended his speech and walked off the stage. The audience suddenly burst into warm applause.

Although no one expressed their thoughts on Lin Chaoyang's proposal just now, he won the admiration of everyone present just because he dared to propose this.

That is the Olympic Games, a pearl in the history of the development of human civilization.

Everyone understands that bidding to host the Olympic Games is a huge challenge even for many developed countries, let alone developing countries like China.

Dare to challenge difficulties is a valuable quality.

After Lin Chaoyang stepped down, the senior leader gave a brief speech and ended today's commendation meeting.

When exiting, the crowd exited the auditorium in an orderly manner. Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu were discussing what to eat when they went home for lunch, when they saw Elder Qiao walking over accompanied by the senior leaders.

"Comrade Chaoyang, you just talked about the bid to host the Olympic Games. Do you think our country's current economic strength and development situation are suitable for hosting the Olympic Games?"

Elder Qiao's question sounded like it was a question of inquiry.

But the people around him were all officials, and everyone knew clearly that with Elder Qiao's status, asking such a question was definitely not unreasonable, and it was even more impossible for him to question Lin Chaoyang's proposal face to face.

Facing Elder Qiao's question, Lin Chaoyang looked relaxed and replied:

"Yanjing is the capital, and hundreds of sports venues are gathered here. This is a unique advantage for hosting sports events such as the Olympic Games and the Asian Games.

As for whether the application is in line with my country's current economic strength and development situation, this must be considered by the country.

But I think that the bidding and construction of the Olympic Games is a long-term process, and there are many countries and cities competing around the world.

If you want to apply, there should be no harm in applying earlier.

The world is developing, and China is also developing. I believe that as time goes by, the gap between us and developed countries will continue to narrow.

Maybe in more than ten years, it will be easier for us to host an Olympic Games than it is to host the Asian Games now!"

After listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Elder Qiao smiled softly with a noncommittal expression and ended the topic.

Then he asked casually: "When will you and your wife return to Xiangjiang?"

Lin Chaoyang was a little surprised. He didn't expect Elder Qiao to pay attention to this matter.

"It's almost time. I'll be back in two days."

Elder Qiao nodded, "Someone may want to treat you to dinner in a few days."

After saying this, Elder Qiao led the people and left the auditorium.

Lin Chaoyang's face was full of curiosity, not knowing what Elder Qiao meant by "treating guests to dinner".

At this time, the top leader of Yanjing City whispered a piece of news into his ear, and Lin Chaoyang suddenly realized that it was so.

After coming out of the auditorium, Zhang Baifa approached Lin Chaoyang.

"My Comrade Chaoyang, your idea shocked us. Why are you suddenly talking about bidding for the Olympics?"

"It's nothing, I just made it up on the spur of the moment. So many venues have been built for the Asian Games, and it would be a waste to leave them idle."

Zhang Baifa actually recognized his words in his heart, but he was a leading cadre and there were some things he couldn't say.

Thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not a bad thing for Lin Chaoyang to mention this matter on this occasion today. He did not think that Elder Qiao asked Lin Chaoyang that question just because he had nothing to do.

Thinking of this, he patted Lin Chaoyang on the shoulder, "Your suggestion this time may have a miraculous effect!"

Lin Chaoyang smiled casually, "Who can say for sure!"

The next day, Lin Chaoyang received a call from the Literary and Art Association, saying that he wanted to discuss some matters regarding the award.

When he arrived at the Cultural Association, Lin Chaoyang was greeted by Ma Feng, the new leader of the Association.

Lin Chaoyang and he had only met in a few public places and had no close friendship, but Ma Feng was particularly enthusiastic when he saw Lin Chaoyang and even started joking.

"Oops! Our rich man Lin is here!"

It is no secret in Yanjing that Lin Chaoyang and his wife donated 30 million yuan to the Asian Games.

"Aren't you making fun of me?" Lin Chaoyang said with a smile.

Ma Feng said, "I am not being sarcastic, but I am truly envious! Now everyone is spreading the word that you are the richest man in China's literary world!"

Lin Chaoyang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Why is the richest man not the richest man?"

After joking for a while, Ma Feng got down to business.

Something happened in China last year, and the leadership of the Cultural Association changed a lot. Ma Feng only took office in December last year.

He came to see Lin Chaoyang this time about the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award. The Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award is held every two years, and this year is the award year again.

In view of what happened last year, the Literary and Art Association is very cautious. After all, the preliminary candidates for the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award are all literary societies of major universities.

After listening to Ma Feng explain the concerns of the Literary and Art Association, Lin Chaoyang said thoughtfully: "I have no objection to the Literary and Art Association strengthening supervision, but this is a literary award, and even if someone wants to cause trouble, we must follow the procedures.

The primary and final elections are independent and will not affect the fairness and fairness of the results."

After Lin Chaoyang finished expressing his opinions, Ma Feng nodded and said: "Of course I know this. But these are troubled times, so it is necessary to be more careful."

Then, Ma Feng talked about the literary association's troubles over the past six months.

In addition to the personnel changes, the evaluation of the Mao Dun Literary Award has also been affected.

The Mao Dun Literary Award’s award cycle is every three years. The Literary and Art Association should have started preparations for the award in early 1988, but in order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the National Day, the Literary and Art Association planned to postpone the award time to around the National Day in 1989.

As a result, the award evaluation work was naturally postponed, and preparations for the third Mao Dun Literary Award began in December 1988.

The procedure is the same as before.

As of March of the following year, a total of 104 long works had been recommended to the awards office from all over the country.

In April, the list of the award committee was confirmed, and the members of the reading class were confirmed. A reading class is scheduled to be held in Yantai, Shandong in June to screen the works.

By the end of 1989, the Literary Association made a decision to extend the evaluation year of the current Mao Dun Literary Award from 1987 to 1988.

In 2016, various localities again submitted recommended works to the awards office.

At this time, Ma Feng took office. He finally got through the evaluation of the Mao Dun Literary Award and was about to hold the evaluation of the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award.

"Alas! This matter has all been brought together!" Ma Feng said and sighed.

His attitude was naturally because he did not want Lin Chaoyang to be dissatisfied with the Literary Association's interference in the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award.

Lin Chaoyang's attitude was naturally relaxed and he didn't say anything about it. He was not a dumb guy who didn't understand anything, but he had to find trouble with the Literary and Art Association at this time.

"Well, Chaoyang, actually I have something else to do——"

Ma Feng looked a little embarrassed.

Lin Chaoyang chuckled and asked, "You don't want to beg for help with me, do you?

"If you want to beg for alms, you should go to your family." Ma Feng laughed and said.

He knew something about Lin Chaoyang's family situation, and knew that although Lin Chaoyang earned a lot from writing, Tao Yushu's career in Xiangjiang was even greater.

After joking, Ma Feng said sternly: "The Mao Dun Literature Award has been evaluated for two times now. "The Master of Chess" won the award in the first one, and "Crossing the Guandong" won the award in the second one.

This is already the third edition. At the end of last year, Huacheng Publishing House submitted your novel "Parasite" to the awards office—"

Ma Feng's tone was hesitant, and he held it in for a while before saying:

"Chaoyang, look, a total of 11 works won awards in the two sessions, and you only took up two places..."

At this point, Lin Chaoyang could not understand what Ma Feng meant.

This is because he has won too many awards!

However, Lin Chaoyang didn't mind. After all, he had already won the award twice. It was like going to a pedicure shop for several years. No matter how good the hardware conditions are, the aesthetics will still be tired.

"Then I'll ask Huacheng Publishing House to apply, and "Parasite" will not be included in the review."

Lin Chaoyang's attitude was very cheerful, which actually made Ma Feng a little embarrassed.

"That's not the case, that's not the case. After this year's evaluation, how about you become a judge?"

After Ma Feng said this, he specifically explained, "With your ability, it is a high probability that you will win the prize. It is not appropriate to withdraw temporarily."

Lin Chaoyang felt that Ma Feng had considered it well and readily agreed to the request, but still said:

"From now on, I will just stop participating in judging my works. I won't be a judge because I don't have time."

Ma Feng said anxiously: "You have to come, even if you have a name."

The judges' works are not allowed to participate in the evaluation. This is the reason why Lin Chaoyang's works are not included in the evaluation. If he is not a judge, then this reason will not be valid.

Knowing the reason for Ma Feng's urgency, Lin Chaoyang said: "It's okay. Just don't mention it to anyone. If someone insists on talking about it, I will stand up and explain it.

If we really win the award this year, we will have won it three times in a row. It doesn’t make sense to give up any award. We have to give newcomers a chance, right?”

Lin Chaoyang's candid attitude made Ma Feng grateful, "Oh! Chaoyang, look at this - I really don't know how to thank you - you are so upright and honest!"

"Damn, what's so noble about this?"
To be continued...