Chapter 1651 Awards
The elated person not only won the grand prize but also the bonus, which is considered to be a double harvest of money and status, and is already a big winner in life tonight. A depressed and anxious person sees that the big prize is right in front of him, but it is so far away, that it is far away, and he does not know if there is any chance of this in his life.
Wang Meirou completed her acceptance speech. When she stepped down from the stage, she looked very excited with her trophy certificate. The authors who did not win the award were full of envy, jealousy and hatred.
But these people can only put their only hope on the last one, maybe there is, maybe there is no place.
Under the introduction of the host, two more people took to the stage together, one of them was a vice-chairman of the Writers Association surnamed Gao. Another old man, surnamed Wang, has been retired for many years. He is considered a senior in the literary world and has considerable influence among the older generation.
Seeing this, the writers off the field were all relieved... The two of them came to the stage to prove that at least one place is available, and there are actually only a few authors who can get on the stage, and the remaining few people or Level, or seniority, or age, anyway, isn't seen as a serious contender for an award because of something.
Zhang Yu was just placed in the ranks of not being taken seriously. After all, Zhang Yu was too young. In the eyes of most authors, the nomination alone is enough for the other party to brag for decades, and the award should be handed over to them, the seniors in the literary world!
"Hehehe! Mr. Wang! I'm looking at the last winner tonight, so it's up to you to announce it." Gao Yushan said with a smile to the old man surnamed Wang next to him.
"Oh! So, what's in this envelope is the last place to win?"
"It should be like this! Since the establishment of the Golden Plum Blossom Award, I remember that there have been six places once for the first time. By the way, Mr. Wang! You also won the Golden Plum Blossom Award in the first session, right?"
"That's right! Thinking about it now, it was 40 years ago. At that time, I just passed the age of knowing my fate. In a blink of an eye, 40 years ago, I am already an old man, and it can be said that it is hard to even breathe!"
"Old Wang! Don't say that. I think you are full of energy now. If you can't handle the Golden Plum Blossom Award in the next two festivals, you still need to come and present the awards!"
"Hehehehe!" The old man surnamed Wang laughed along with the audience before saying: "Then take Xiaogao's auspicious words, I will try to hold on to the next Golden Plum Blossom award. Okay! I believe everyone must be anxious about the final winner. Who is it? By the way, Xiao Gao! Do you have a favorite writer in your heart?"
"I also had writers that I admired back then! But I think no matter who it is, as long as it is selected by the jury, it must be a powerful writer and will never live up to everyone's expectations."
"Well said! In fact, I was also a judge in the jury before,
Knowing the rigor of the Golden Plum Blossom Award selection, it is much stricter than everyone sitting here imagined. I remember that it was only a preliminary selection of works, and each book had to be cross-reviewed by at least six reviewers before they could vote to confirm whether this work entered the next round of selection. And so on. The more you go to the later works, the more people will be reviewed and the stricter you will be. A total of five rounds of voting will be required before and after the final award-winning works can be determined. I don't know how many rounds of voting will be required for the review now? "
"Now there are seven rounds of voting! The first five rounds will select the nominated works, and the last two rounds will be reviewed by all staff, and the winning works will be voted on."
"Oh! So the current Golden Plum Blossom Jury is a bit stricter than we were back then. It seems that this last award-winning work must be an extraordinary work."
"No matter who it is! I believe it must be the consensus of the judges of the jury. Mr. Wang! Could you please reveal the final answer to everyone?"
"Okay! But before that, let me put on my reading glasses, or this winner can see me, but I don't even know his name."
"Hehehehe!" Everyone in the audience laughed in unison when they heard this.
After the old man surnamed Wang took out the reading glasses that he had brought with him and put them on, he typed the envelope handed over by Gao Yushan tremblingly and took out a card.
The non-award-winning authors under the stage felt that their hearts were in their throats... Because the two people on stage had already said that this was the last golden plum blossom quota. If you don't have yourself this time, it will take four years for the ghost to know what will happen. So this is the best time to win the prize.
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"Tonight! The last person to win the Golden Plum Blossom Award is the author of "Journey to the West" selected by Dingdian Chinese.com, Zhang Yu, pseudonym, Octopus. Congrats to Octopus! Congratulations to him for winning the last place in this year's Golden Plum Blossom Award ."
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As soon as the old man's words came out, the venue was quiet for a while, followed by sparse applause... All the authors who were full of hope just now are now looking disappointed.
Wang Yingcai's face was even more sullen. He never imagined that the hairy boy would win the last award, and he would fail again. How could he accept this!
Zhang Yu's youthful appearance also appeared on the big screen behind him through the camera. Almost instantly, everyone confirmed that the youngest guy who wrote online novels among all the authors actually won the Golden Plum Blossom Award. This is incredible!
At this time, Zhang Yu had already stood up and greeted the audience with a smile. Although the applause didn't sound as enthusiastic as the previous ones, fortunately it was better than nothing, and he didn't really care.
Ma Tao, who was sitting in the selection and sending unit seat, also got up at this time and accepted the congratulations from the surrounding presidents with a smile on his face. Although most of the people here felt that it was a bit surprising that the Chinese Network Club won the Golden Plum Blossom Award in the end, but they In order to have a good relationship with Ma Tao, they naturally congratulated each and everyone of them who seemed extremely cordial.
Zhang Yu and Ma Tao left their seats together at this time and walked onto the stage.
The old man surnamed Wang who presented the award looked at Zhang Yu with a look of surprise in his eyes! Because Zhang Yu was younger than he imagined... You must know that even if he was nominated at Zhang Yu's age in his time, it was impossible, let alone winning an award.
Could it be that the selection criteria for the Golden Plum Blossom Award these years have become so young?
Although Gao Yushan is also one of the vice-chairmen of the Writers Association, he has no real power. The status in the association is far inferior to that of Tian Zhenbo, but he can be regarded as a senior leader of the Writers Association. In fact, he had heard Tian Zhenbo say before that this young author named Zhang Yu is quite extraordinary, so let him pay attention. Although Tian Zhenbo didn't tell him whether he would give Zhang Yu the award at the time, Gao Yushan could still hear something from the other party's words.