Not only did he not bring food stamps, but Lin Chaoyang didn't even bring any RMB.

He wanted to clean his face, but he estimated that his face might not be worth a bowl of fried liver and two steamed buns. He took out a 2-franc coin. "Check out!"

Lin Chaoyang handed over the coin, "Don't look for it." "Hey!"

The waiter stopped him and said, "Give me the money!" "You won't give it to me? I'm foreign exchange!"

The waiter waved the coins in front of his eyes and said, "No, we'll just accept RMB and food stamps." Lin Chaoyang was confused: "How about you keep the foreign exchange yourself and help me pay for breakfast."

The waiter looked at him suspiciously, held the coin in front of his eyes and looked at him carefully for a long time without saying anything.

Lin Chaoyang took out a "Debussy" with a face value of 20 yuan from his pocket, "Look, it's really a French franc."

It was okay that he didn't take "Debussy", but when he took it out, the waiter didn't believe it anymore. Whose banknote printing quality is like this? Seeing that the waiter almost regarded him as a liar, Lin Chaoyang felt helpless.

"Hey, Chaoyang?" A surprised voice sounded.

Lin Chaoyang turned around and said, "Wang Shuo? Are you coming to have breakfast?" "Well, bring them some food."

There was a party in the West Courtyard yesterday. Most people had left by the evening, but there were still a few die-hards who stayed up until midnight and slept in the West Courtyard that night. "What are you...

Lin Chaoyang smiled bitterly, "I forgot to bring my food stamps!"

Wang Shuo couldn't help but smile and joked to the waiter: "This is a great writer who has just won glory for his country abroad and returned home with a great reputation!" "Writers can't just eat for free!" the waiter said confidently.

"Stop talking nonsense and help me settle the bill."

When Wang Shuo took the cymbal, Lin Chaoyang said angrily to him, put the Debussy into his hand, and walked out the door.

Wang Shuo glanced at the coins in the waiter's hand, asked for the money, and said mercilessly: "Look at you, you don't even make money, so you gave me half a month's salary for nothing." He said.

After paying for Lin Chaoyang, the waiter looked at the foreign exchange in his hand again, and this time he felt a little regretful.

If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have adhered to the principle!

It wasn't half past six when Lin Chaoyang came out of the breakfast shop. He went home first and stayed for a while. Zhu Wei came over from the west courtyard to find him. "You haven't left yet? Just in time, let's take a ride."

When it was almost eight o'clock, Lin Chaoyang drove Zhu Wei and headed towards the East Third Ring Road.

On the East Third Ring Road, located at the northeast corner of Changhong Bridge in later generations, there were two buildings standing side by side, square and regular, like a pair of twins. The sixteen-story building was inconspicuous in later generations, but in 87

Years ago, it was enough to look down upon the low buildings in Tuanjiehu Community across the road.

These two buildings belong to different units. The one to the east is Tongguang Building, and the one to the west is the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Building. The house number is "No. 10 South Lane of the Agricultural Exhibition Hall." The China Federation of Literary and Art Circles building is called the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, but it is actually a joint venture between the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Association of Literary and Art Circles.

of.

After the humanitarian torrent is over, the National Literary and Art Association will live in the compound at No. 2 Shasha North Street, which is not a long-term solution.

So the Federation of Literary and Art Circles jointly submitted a report on the construction of the building to the higher authorities. At the end of last year, the building was finally completed at No. 10 South Lane of the Agricultural Exhibition Hall.

In addition to a 16-story main building, a theater-style auditorium and a 5-story guest house and canteen were built on the north and northeast sides of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles Building. Lin Chaoyang’s crown drove into the courtyard of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles Building to congratulate him.

Wei got out of the car and said to Lin Chaoyang:

"It's still early, why don't you come sit with us?"

"Okay!" The two of them went straight to the fifth floor.

After the Federation of Literary and Art Circles building was completed, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles did not move in directly. The Federation of Literary and Art Circles let several smaller associations affiliated to it, such as the Musicians Association, the Artists Association, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Music Association and other units move in.

The Literary and Art Association asked its affiliated Writers Publishing House, Literary and Art Newspaper, People's Literature Publishing House, etc. to move in.

The reason why the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Association for Literary and Art Circles did this is mainly because in the past ten years of reform and opening up, domestic literary and artistic undertakings have developed greatly, and the literary and artistic teams have also grown rapidly. The newly built Federation of Literary and Art Circles building has not yet been used, and it can no longer accommodate all the staff of the two units.

staff.

At this time, everyone is embarrassed. Which leader has the nerve to move into a splendid building and let the secondary units and subordinates hang out in the earthquake-resistant shed? Aren't you afraid of being poked in the back?

We went up to the fifth floor, which is now the joint space of "People's Literature" and "Poetry Magazine".

Standing at the top of the stairs, Lin Chaoyang joked: "Okay, now your People's Literature has really changed a shotgun!" When Tao Yushu was still working at "People's Literature", they were still working in Dongsibatiao, and the conditions were difficult.

"Times are developing and society is progressing, so we can't stand still, right?" Zhu Wei joked and led Lin Chaoyang into the office.

In less than two minutes, the whole floor became lively. Everyone wanted to come and see the "new winner of the French Renaudeau Prize for Literature". This was of course a joke, but it was true that everyone was watching the excitement.

Because of Tao Yushu's relationship, Lin Chaoyang had a very good relationship with "People's Literature". He met everyone and talked and laughed, which was very lively. "Who came here to make "People's Literature" so lively? It turned out to be today's

main character!"

While everyone was talking, a burst of hearty laughter came from the door. It turned out to be Tang Dacheng. He is now the person in charge of the Literary and Art Association and has dealt with Lin Chaoyang many times.

The reason why he said Lin Chaoyang was "today's protagonist" was because the Literary and Art Association was going to hold a commendation meeting for Lin Chaoyang in the auditorium. Lin Chaoyang chatted with him for a while, and seeing that it was almost time, he went downstairs to the auditorium.

Go.

The huge banner with yellow characters on a red background was hung directly behind the podium of the auditorium during the commendation meeting, showing an invisible momentum. When Lin Chaoyang and Tang Dacheng entered the auditorium, there were already many people sitting inside.

Among them are mainly people from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Association for Literary and Art Circles, as well as people from subordinate secondary units.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the commendation meeting officially began. Tang Dacheng, as the leader of the Literary and Art Association, delivered a passionate speech, giving high praise to Lin Chaoyang for winning the French Renaudeau Literature Prize:

"...Comrade Chaoyang's award has effectively expanded the boundaries and artistic realm of our contemporary Chinese literature, and also set an excellent example for the development of Chinese contemporary literature overseas. It deserves its own place in the history of Chinese contemporary literature.

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After Tang Dacheng finished speaking, it was Lin Chaoyang's speech.

Earlier, Tang Dacheng had praised him so much that Lin Chaoyang naturally had to be modest and low-key. He briefly told the story of winning the award and expressed his feelings. After his speech, there were bursts of warm applause from the audience.

As for the commendation conference, the content is really lackluster. The important thing is the form, which is the affirmation of the Cultural Association.

In the National Literary and Art Association, meetings such as summary and commendation conferences are held every year, but separate commendation conferences for writers are very rare.

Writers who win domestic literary awards do not receive this kind of treatment. They basically have to win more important awards overseas, or be recognized by some authoritative international organizations.

Over the years, few domestic writers have won awards overseas.

Therefore, the commendation meeting held by the Literary and Art Association for Lin Chaoyang is naturally of great significance.

As Tang Dacheng said in his speech, receiving the recognition of the Renault Literary Award has allowed Lin Chaoyang to lose his identity label as a "young writer", allowing him to truly have his own status and voice in the contemporary literary world.

The commendation meeting ended in an hour, and then Lin Chaoyang accepted another interview with "Literary News". When he returned to Xiaoliubukou Alley after eating outside, he found that several guests had come to his home.

After chatting with each other, I found out that these were people from the youth league committees or student unions of several universities in Yanjing. They came to invite Lin Chaoyang to give a report at the school. Lin Chaoyang readily agreed. In the next few days, Lin Chaoyang has been traveling around Yanjing.

Big universities.

Everywhere he went, there were crowds of people, thousands of students welcoming him like an idol. The welcome he received was even warmer than that of the poets in previous years.

The fanatical pursuit of the book by readers is certainly gratifying, but what makes Lin Chaoyang even more happy is that since the news of the Renaudeau Literature Prize spread back to China, many of his previously published works have experienced a wave of hot sales.

Among them, "The Truman Show" had the most exaggerated increase. According to rough statistics from Huacheng Publishing House, within ten days after the news of the award came back to China, "The Truman Show" sold nearly 500,000 copies.

Originally, bookstores everywhere definitely didn't have so much inventory. It was only after Lin Chaoyang won the award that he informed the cooperating publishing houses of the news, so that these publishing houses were not caught off guard by the sudden surge in sales.

After all, "The Truman Show" is an award-winning work, and it is understandable that it has achieved such outstanding results.

In addition, the performance of his new work "The Big Era" is also very impressive, and its reputation among critics has rapidly rebounded. This has a certain relationship with his winning of the award. But the main reason is that many media in Guangdong have recently reported that Hong Kong

The stock market crash occurred in the past month.

Throughout October, not only the Hong Kong stock market, but also major global securities exchange markets such as New York, London, Sydney and Toronto experienced index plummets to varying degrees. Among them, the London stock market led the way with a decline of 45.8%, and the U.S. stock market followed closely with a decline of 41.8%.

Followed by.

The Hong Kong stock market is highly correlated with US stocks and British stocks, so it is naturally not immune to this stock market crash.

After the Hang Seng Index fell sharply for more than a week in the first place, it showed no sign of rising. It has continued to fall over the past few days and has now fallen below the 2,000-point mark.

It took more than a year for the Hang Seng Index to rise from more than 1,000 points to more than 3,000 points, but it only took half a month for it to return to its original shape. It can be said to be one of the biggest tragedies in the Asian stock market in recent years.

Hong Kong society is in mourning, and the media's follow-up reports have further fueled the pessimism of citizens and stock investors. Public opinion continues to be heated, and all kinds of weird stories about the stock market crash are emerging one after another.

Among them, one news wave is particularly eye-catching, and that is the claim that "Big Times" "accurately predicted" the stock market crash.

After many days of reports by the Hong Kong media, this statement has long been known to the people of Hong Kong, and it has even caused people to rush to buy and read novels. In just over half a month, Ming Pao Publishing House's version of "The Great Times" was published in Hong Kong

Sold over 800,000 copies.

This number has created a sales record for serious literary works in the history of Xiangjiang. Even if popular literary works are compared together, they are still very few. After all, Xiangjiang is only a city with a population of four to five million.

Lin Chaoyang has become a hotly discussed figure in the domestic press these days because he won the French Renaudeau Literature Prize.

Now it is suddenly reported from Hong Kong that his new work has the power to influence the Hong Kong stock market. Of course, these domestic media have to publicize it.

As the Guangdong media took the lead in paying attention to the Hong Kong stock market crash, the connection between "Big Times" and the stock market crash also attracted the attention of more mainland media. Since the Guangdong media began to report the news about "Big Times" and the Xiangjiang stock market crash, less than

Within a week, many domestic media outlets reprinted the relevant content.

Moreover, many media outlets gave full play to their subjective initiative and obtained a lot of specious information through various channels, and openly published it in newspapers without any verification.

The level of outrageousness of these reports can be described as outrageous. Just open the door to outrageousness - so outrageous. For example, one report said:

On the day the novel "The Great Era" was released in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index plummeted 1,100 points, causing a tragedy unprecedented in the Hong Kong stock market in decades.

For another example, some newspapers reprinted the contents of Xiangjiang newspapers and said: The predictions about the stock market in "The Great Era" led to panic selling in the Xiangjiang securities market and were the direct cause of the stock market crash.

There is no Internet at this time, and newspapers are the most authoritative way to publish news. People can be said to have no doubts about the content in newspapers. Most of the media in the 1980s still had a conscience, but many media and reporters have begun to deteriorate.

The signs are showing.

The most typical example is the journey to fame of Master Hai Deng, a monk.
To be continued...