Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 118 Dilemma
In December, the sun, which is not considered hot, hangs in the sky, separated by the tulle-like sky of the magic city, looking dim and lifeless.

In sharp contrast is the vibrant Haidan University campus.

As the first institution of higher learning independently established by Huaxia, Haidan University has a long history of more than 100 years.

Over the past [-] years since its founding, Haidan University has trained countless elites from all walks of life, many of whom are world celebrities.

Not to mention, Xin Keqing, who just passed away two years ago, is the originator of Chinese detective novels and the most famous writer of detective novels in China. He once studied at the School of Architecture and Engineering of Haidan University.

It is also because of Xin Keqing that the selection of the highest award for Chinese detective novels, the "China Detective Master Award" is held at Haidan University every year.

The "China Detective Master Award" has been established for 15 years, and it has been selected for [-] times this year.

This award is a selection system. Detective novels released before December every year are recommended by various publishing houses and enter the selection list, and then the selection is concentrated in December.

There are four awards, novel, novella, short story and a newcomer award.

Among them, the Newcomer Award is regardless of length, no matter whether it is long, medium or short, it is possible to win the award.

Yu Zuoren sat in front of the table, looked at the three books on the table, frowned for a while, sighed for a while, as if he couldn't make up his mind about something.

Seeing his appearance, Yu Dongyu laughed, "Why, it's been almost half an hour, and you haven't made a decision yet?"

When Yu Zuoren heard Yu Dongyu's words, he raised his head, the solemn expression on his face was in sharp contrast with Yu Dongyu's ease.

As the chief judge of the "Huaxia Detective Master Award", he was very cautious when it came to the final selection.

If there was a year when he didn't have to be so cautious, it would prove that Huaxia's detective novels were really disappointing in that year.

It is always easier to choose a general among dwarfs than to make difficult choices among excellent works.

But this year, Yu Zuoren still faces a problem.

The three books in front of him are full-length detective novels.

Among the three books, there may be two awards, or only one award, which is all in his mind.

Murder on the Orient Express

"Ten Little Indian Boys"

Murder in Loulan

These three books are the three best detective novels this year. Yu Zuoren feels a little relieved, because the quality of this year's detective novels is obviously much higher than in previous years. happy event.

Most importantly, the author of the first two books is still the same person.

And this person is still a newcomer.

The problem facing Yu Zuoren now is how to distribute the awards.

If you only talk about the newcomer award, then the "fifth grade vegetable" author of "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Ten Little Indian Boys" must be well-deserved.

But the problem is, he also wants to send one of these two books to this year's top prize.

In terms of personal emotions, Yu Zuoren believes that the two books written by fifth-grade vegetative people are better than "The Murder of Loulan", but as the general judge of the awards, he cannot only consider personal emotions.

The author's qualifications and the balance of awards are all things he has to consider additionally.

"How about awarding the novel to "Ten Little Indian Boys", and awarding the newcomer to the fifth-grade vegetative." Yu Dongyu suggested next to him.

Yu Zuoren shook his head, "How is this possible?"

Although the award selection rules did not mention that the winner of the Newcomer Award cannot win the other three awards at the same time, but this seems to be something that everyone takes for granted.

And it has never happened before.

Yu Dongyu shrugged his shoulders, "Then there's no other way, you can't keep struggling here, right?"

Different from Yu Zuoren's prudence, Yu Dongyu is just an ordinary judge in the judges group, and there is no pressure at all.

The reason why he appeared in Zuo Ren's office was also because the two had a good personal relationship, and he came to ask Yu Zuo Ren to go out for lunch.

However, after staying in Zuo Ren's office for a long time, it was almost past meal time, and Yu Zuo Ren hadn't made a choice yet.

"Why don't we give the novel award to the works of the fifth grade vegetative person, and the newcomer award is selected separately. This year, there are several good newcomers, Fang He's "Window of the Secret Chamber", Qin Yun's "Luogang Strange Case" And Liu Yu's "Full House" is a very good work, wouldn't it be enough to give the newcomer award to one of the three?" Yu Dongyu suggested again.

Yu Zuoren shook his head as before, and this time he shook his head more resolutely, "It's not bad, but since it's a newcomer award, it's natural that it should be awarded to the most deserving person. They... are not so good. point."

"I also know that they are a little worse than the fifth-grade vegetative people, or even more than a little bit, but aren't you still in an endless loop?" Yu Dongyu pouted, "I can see that, you actually want to put two The prizes are awarded to the fifth-grade vegetative, but I feel that this is not good, and it may cause controversy."

Yu Zuoren didn't speak, but his expression said it all, that's what he thought.

The two works of the fifth-grade vegetative person can completely allow him to win the Best Novel Award and the Best Newcomer Award at the same time.

It's just that in terms of qualifications, the fifth-year vegetative is still a bit short.

Yu Zuoren doesn't need to care about qualifications, but as long as others care, then he can't ignore it when he sits in this seat.

"Let's go to the cafeteria."

Yu Zuoren finally sighed, and piled up the three books in front of him. Anyway, the time for the final decision has not yet come, and there is still time for him to think about it.

Yu Dongyu smiled. He has known Yu Zuoren for many years, so he naturally knows that he is an "indecisive" person.In fact, Yu Dongyu felt that Zuo Ren's personality was not suitable for being the chief judge of the awards.

The two put down the awards, walked out of the office together, and went to eat.

……

After Zhang Zhong sent Pengpeng to school at noon, he went to the driving school to take the test. Because he had prepared in advance, it didn't take long for him to hand in the paper.

He must pass the test, and the driver's license will be issued soon. Zhang Zhong didn't want to make another trip, so he asked the driving school to mail the driver's license, and he just waited at home.

After the exam, he went to the Motor City and chose a scooter worth more than 20 yuan.

As a good and law-abiding citizen, before he got his driver's license, he stored his car in the Fourth Son's store, and planned to pick it up after the driver's license came out.

After finishing everything and going home, it was just in time for Pengpeng to leave school.

When he picked up Pengpeng and returned home, he saw a man in the aisle in front of his house.

Before he entered, Zhang Zhong noticed a person standing in the aisle. It should be a woman, but the aisle was a bit dark inside, so he couldn't tell what she looked like, but it seemed that her skin color was not too white, because looking at it like this, she felt that the other person was Almost merged with the dark corridor.

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