I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 409 How about watching "The Ordinary and the Great"?
Al Press, in the office.

Still holding "Shadow Empire" in his hand, Al temporarily stopped reading the book,

The expression on his face was a little dignified, as was his wife Penny who was sitting next to her.

Both of them felt a kind of pressure.

Although I have full confidence in Mr. I's "Ordinary and Great",
But there is no doubt that "Shadow Empire" is also a work no worse than "Ordinary and Great",
Moreover, the popularity of this book is so high, like mountains and seas, the reader base is far larger than "The Ordinary and the Great".

With the enthusiasm and carnival of the readers of "Shadow Empire" and ABC, it is hard to guarantee that it will not have an impact on "The Ordinary and the Great", which is currently on the rise.

At the very least, the attention of a large number of readers will be robbed.

Al turned around and met Petunia's eyes.

Could it be that the single-day sales volume has started to rise rapidly, and this trend can be blocked by this "Empire of Shadows" again?
"Shall we do something?"

Petunia looked at Al and said aloud.

Al paused for a moment, turned around, put down the "Shadow Empire" in his hand, and re-lit the computer in front of him that had been turned off.

The computer screen lights up, and the webpage that was not closed before is displayed again.
Refreshed the next.

Seeing some news and news on the Internet and social platforms,
"The total sales volume of "Shadow Empire" on the first day is expected to exceed 500 million copies. Can the global online subscription of "Kite" achieve this result?"

""Kite" has been serialized online, "Shadow Empire" has been officially released, and the duel between ABC and the author of the dog has begun."

"The Europa Fairy Tale Literature Award has been confirmed to be awarded to "Kite"."

"The German Literature Prize will soon announce this year's list of winners, and the selection committee revealed that it will most likely be awarded to "Shadow Empire""

"A masterpiece of magical realism not to be missed, the total sales of "The Ordinary and the Great" exceeded 20."

Browsing the news on the Internet and social platforms,

Some smiles gradually appeared on Al's face, which was originally dignified.
Even in this case, the author of the dog and ABC's new works are raging, and you can still see news about "The Ordinary and the Great" from time to time,

Not only these news headlines, but also related comments below,

The news about "The Ordinary and the Great" does not come so quickly, but it is always stubbornly appearing.

Even under such circumstances, the loyal readers of "The Ordinary and the Great" are still working hard to keep the little popularity of "The Ordinary and the Great".

that's enough!
Al's gaze became firmer,

He doesn't believe that there is such a group of loyal readers, and the number is still increasing,

To this extent, the single-day sales growth trend of "The Ordinary and the Great" can still be blocked!
Impossible!

Just like what he said to Mr. I before, there is no work, any writer can prevent Mr. I's "Ordinary and Great" from erupting, shining brightly in front of more people, and achieving more remarkable results.

Even if this is Human ABC, even if this work is "Empire of Shadows", that's not acceptable!
"Penny, did you see that?"

"I see! Even "Empire of Shadows" can no longer overwhelm the enthusiasm of "Ordinary and Great"."

"Well, besides, now we don't need to surpass "Empire of Shadows" in terms of popularity. We only need to see the name of "Ordinary and Great" on the Internet all the time, and it is enough to always have the popularity of "Ordinary and Great."

"Most readers will not only read one work, just like in the past, the competition between ABC and dog authors! As long as "Ordinary and Great" can maintain the current popularity, it will become "Shadow Empire" or "Kite" 》The opponent has already won."

"And I have undoubted confidence in "Ordinary and Great"!"

"Me too! I think all the readers who have read "The Ordinary and the Great" are all!"

……

"My dear wife, do you see that?"

As a literary translation of the Russian version of "The Ordinary and the Great",

Voss is facing the laptop at the moment, browsing the news on the Internet, with a happy face,
But Worth's wife was a little anxious at the moment,
"See? What did you see? What are you so happy about? The popularity of your translated work "The Ordinary and the Great" has been robbed by "Shadow Empire"!"

"Watching "The Ordinary and the Great" has just started to improve, and then encountered such a thing again, it is really uncomfortable."

My wife has also read "The Ordinary and the Great", and she likes this work very much, so she pays special attention to the situation of this book.

"Ha ha……"

Seeing his wife's anxious look, Voss laughed even more happily,
"Are you still happy? I remember that you didn't seem to be involved in the literary translation of "Shadow Empire", right?"

"No, just my dear wife, look at this... look at this..."

Voss pointed to his wife several online comments displayed on the computer screen,
“…Cool, Empire of Shadows is so good, and I bought another book, The Ordinary and the Great”

"I bought "Ordinary and Great", "Shadow Empire", and I feel that the next few days will be wonderful and happy days!"

"My friends, what is "Ordinary and Great"? I saw many people mentioning it."

These comments about "Ordinary and Great" are mixed with those about "Shadow Empire",
Mixed in it, you can see it from time to time.

The wife followed Voss' gaze, the anxiety on her face gradually faded, and she became a little hesitant.

"It seems that "Ordinary and Great" is still popular."

"That's right, and I just clicked on the relevant topic and saw it directly, and didn't directly search for news about "The Ordinary and the Great"..."

"Haha... There is no work that can stop "The Ordinary and the Great" from blooming its glorious footsteps!"

"Everyone will see this work!"

Voss laughed again, delighted with the predictable results of The Ordinary and the Great,
"I seem to have seen it. In the future, my epitaph says that I have completed the first translation of "Ordinary and Great"!"

His wife was beside him, and also smiled.

……

Also in the White Flag State,
There are also a group of people who are suffering from headaches right now.

They are the jury members of the Europa Writers' Prize.

The Europa Writer's Award is an award as famous as the Europa Award for Literature.
Every year, it is hosted by several major European countries in turn, and this year it is held in the White Flag State.

Whether the influence of the award is great or not, it is not small.

If compared with the Booker Prize and the Goncourt Prize for Literature, it is a second-rate award,

But it's not bad to take it out alone.

Originally, their selection was not so troublesome,
But bad luck is bad luck, they will be the first awards encountered after the release of "Shadow Empire" and "Kite",
This prerequisite allowed them to gain attention that they shouldn't have had, and also had tremendous pressure that they didn't have.

Don’t you see, when the Goncourt Literary Prize faced these two writers before, the selection committee members of the two factions quarreled bitterly, and the quarrel between the two selection committee members continued on the Internet until the end of the award ceremony. , the two sides can't wait to fight directly.

However, the Europa Writer Award is not as confident as the Goncourt Literary Award. No matter whether the award is awarded to any party, the huge number of readers of the other party will make the selection committee members feel the pressure.

What's more, there are still debates among the selection committee members.

this time,
A group of selection committee members sat around a conference room,
The person presiding over the meeting didn't speak, and neither did the jury members sitting on either side.

It's just that they all turned their eyes and looked at the other judges around them calmly, as if they wanted to see the tendency of each other, and at the same time prevent people who disagreed with them from suddenly "violent".

"Guys, I know it's a tough decision, but ultimately we have to make a decision about who to award the award to."

"Although I am from North Comprehensive Publishing, and I have a certain relationship with Burt Publishing House, which published "Shadow Empire", please rest assured that I will never deliberately be biased. Of course, I will not deliberately avoid suspicion. Empire of Shadows supports."

The person presiding over the meeting gave a dry cough, and then broke the silence in the meeting room.

Seeing that other judges in the meeting room turned their eyes to the person who presided over the meeting one after another,
Someone continued to remain silent, making no sound,

Someone moved, ready to speak out,

But there are faster ones,

"Boom! What do you mean? You want to create a shady scene! Even if you are published by North Comprehensive! I absolutely agree with your behavior! Although "Shadow Empire" is excellent, it is still better than "Kite" Worse!"

An older jury member blushed, slammed the book in his hand down on the table with a bang, stood up and refuted,
The first half of the sentence is nothing, but the second half of the sentence also revealed my own tendency,

"I also think it is more appropriate to award the award to "Kite". We are the Europa Writer Award, and the author of "Kite" is obviously richer and has more works than ABC. Obviously, the author of "Kite" is more suitable The conditions of our award!"

"Fuck you! If you say that, why do we choose! Every year, count the author with the most works, and just award him!"

Someone roared even more angrily, and then another louder roar sounded,
In the conference room, the judges of the two parties came and went, arguing so loudly that they couldn't talk.

"...Friends! Friends! There is no point in arguing like this. We have to make a unified decision."

After arguing for a while, seeing the quarrel intensified, the person presiding over the meeting quickly patted the table and shouted several times to stop the endless and meaningless quarrel.

"We make a choice and choose one of the works to win!"

The conference room finally fell silent.

But if you look closely, you will find that many reviewers have changed positions,

The judges who supported two writers each stood together with the judges who supported the same work,
Divided on both sides, staring at each other.

"...It seems that we don't need to vote. Do you have anything to say? Any suggestions that can enable us to make a decision as soon as possible."

The person who presided over the meeting looked back and forth, and the jury members on both sides were very different from each other.
It doesn't mean that the number of judges on both sides is the same, but the gap is so small that it can't reach the level where consensus can be reached.

"...How about we learn from the previous British Literature Prize and award it to these two writers at the same time?"

A reviewer hesitated for a while and made a suggestion,
Many judges also hesitated.

"No way! The method will be given to whoever it is. If this is the case, what do we need? And this method has already been used by the British Literature Award, so what will we do if we use it again?"

Yet another reviewer vehemently disagrees.

The two reviewers who had been wavering and hesitant were firm again.

"The British Literature Awards can do this, why can't we?"

The judge who proposed just now spoke again.

The entire conference room fell silent again. Some judges looked at each other, but no one spoke.

"...In that case, we'll..."

The chairperson wants to settle down like this,

But immediately after, another judge spoke up,
"I have an opinion, since everyone can't make a decision for a long time, why don't you watch another work?"

As the judge spoke, he hesitated a bit,
The other judges all looked at him with strange eyes.

"If you can't choose from these two works, why not choose a work that is inferior to these two works? Then it is better to just choose one of these two works at random, and at least bear the pressure of one writer and readers, which is far better than that at the same time. Being scolded by readers on both sides, it is good to lose the credibility of the award."

"Huh... that's not what I meant."

When the proposed judge heard what the person next to him said, his eyes became firmer.

"I'm not talking about choosing another work at random, but besides the new books of these two writers, there is another work that I also think is excellent, at least not inferior to the new books of these two writers."

"The name of this book is "Ordinary and Great". It was published by a small publishing house in Baiqi, and it is also on our shortlist."

"I strongly recommend this work. In my opinion, he is qualified to win the award. It's just that the sales volume and popularity are not as good as those two works, but we should discover such excellent but not yet widely known works so that more readers can read them. Are you there?"

The reviewer said many things in a row and recommended "The Ordinary and the Great".

"I don't necessarily want all the judges to have the same opinion as me, but before re-selecting, can all the judges read this work carefully again?"

Before that, the attention of all the judges was on "Kite" and "Shadow Empire",

After all, the choice between these two books is what bothers them the most.

"I believe that after reading it, you will also like this work."

Listen to the reviewer's words,

Other reviewers hesitated, but some agreed.

"The Ordinary and the Great? Yes, this work is also very good! I believe that anyone who has actually read it will give the same evaluation."

"It's just that his readers and popularity are less."

"This work is not bad... I stayed up late last night to watch it..."

What the previous reviewer said broke the restraint, and soon many of the reviewers had different opinions except for "Kite" and "Shadow Empire".

Support The Ordinary and the Great.

"Then let's spend some more time, read the work "Ordinary and Great" again, and then start voting again."

The person who presided over the meeting said after seeing this.

None of the judges made a sound, they just nodded their heads, and those who had stood up sat down again.

I opened "The Ordinary and the Great" one after another, and sat in the conference room, reading.

Soon, all the judges in the conference room quieted down, gradually immersed in the story of "The Ordinary and the Great",
Even the people who presided over the meeting lowered their heads and opened "The Ordinary and the Great".

Time passed quietly with the sound of pages turning in this conference room.

This time,
Watching "The Ordinary and the Great", all the judges saw the sun outside the window and had to turn on the lights in the conference room,

Until late at night, some reviewers have finished reading, and some reviewers still have a lot of content to read.
But they all stopped reading this work one after another.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.

"It seems that after reading this work, you all have some new opinions."

"Well then, let's vote directly."

"Please raise your hand if you support "Ordinary and Great" winning."

"...It seems that most of the reviewers have agreed on...Well, Mr. Willard, do you have any comments?"

"I have no opinion. I like this work very much. When there is no way to choose one from "Kite" and "Shadow Empire", it is a good decision to choose this equally excellent work."

"But I am worried that readers of "Kite" and "Shadow Empire" will have opinions on this choice. After all, compared with these two works, "Ordinary and Great" has received far too little attention and readers who have read it gone."

"The excellence and greatness of "The Ordinary and the Great" will dispel their doubts."

"Then I have no objection."

"Okay, I announce. "The Ordinary and the Great" is unanimously approved!"

(End of this chapter)