Chapter 317: Master Style
Lin Weimin described the Naoki Prize as a newcomer award, which is somewhat unrealistic.
This award is given out frequently, which means it is less difficult to win, but it still has a very high status in the country.
When talking about the Naoki Prize, we have to mention Bungeishunju Publishing, which sponsors this award.
This publishing house is a ruthless group of people. When the fight against militarism was at its worst, it proposed the "Three Antis", namely "anti-capitalism", "anti-communism" and "anti-fascism".
It would be enough for others to oppose one person, but he opposed three at once, and all kinds of ideas were opposed. He was just a fun person in the war-torn era.
The founder of Bungeishunju was the popular writer Kikuchi Kan who became famous during the Taisho period.
In 1935, the Naoki Prize was established to commemorate his friend, the writer Naoki Sanjugo. At the same time, the Akutagawa Prize was also established by Kikuchi Kan to commemorate another writer friend, Akutagawa Ryunosuke.
Like the Naoki Prize, the Akutagawa Prize is awarded twice a year.
The Akutagawa Prize is for short stories of pure literature, while the Naoki Prize is for works with a more popular appeal.
Compared to the Naoki Prize, the Akutagawa Prize is a true rookie award.
Many writers who have won the Naoki Prize were already famous before winning the award, such as Ryotaro Shiba, Miyuki Miyabe, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, and Keigo Higashino.
Before reporters come to interview Lin Weimin, they must learn about the Naoki Prize.
This award has a very high status in China, but in Lin Weimin's mouth, it became a newcomer award.
It made everyone not know what to say for a moment.
Although the interview was rejected, the news of Lin Weimin's award should be released. Mr. Lin is probably a low-key person, so he deliberately made the award sound so insignificant.
Teacher Lin is indeed becoming more and more like a great man now!
In the midst of the Olympic Games' success, the news that Lin Weimin had won the award appeared in the newspapers.
Nowadays, the general public naturally doesn’t know what the Naoki Prize is, but newspapers can still give everyone the basic knowledge!
This is one of the most influential literary awards in the world. It is the first time that a foreigner has won this honor. An exception was made for Lin Weimin...
This variety of information immediately sparked heated discussions among the public and in the literary circles.
Recently, people's national self-esteem has reached an unprecedented high. After learning that Mr. Lin had won such an influential literary award in China, their impression of Lin Weimin has improved a lot.
Although he is still very young, Mr. Lin is slowly beginning to show signs of becoming a great writer.
The Olympic Games, which were in full swing, have ended. The Chinese delegation won 15 golds, 8 silvers and 9 bronze medals, ranking fourth in the medal table.
The whole country was jubilant as we achieved such brilliant results in our first participation in the Olympic Games.
On the day the delegation flew back to China from the United States, many Yanjing citizens spontaneously went to the airport to welcome them. As the delegation returned to the city, Yanjing became a sea of joy.
“This is too congested!”
Han Zhuangzhuang sat in the passenger seat, looking at the vehicles and crowds marching on the street with an anxious look on his face.
Lin Weimin glanced at his eldest nephew and expressed his full understanding of his feelings.
However, it is not easy to get stuck in traffic in Yanjing City these days, and Lin Weimin even misses this feeling a little.
The foreign girl Yin Geli's flight will land at the Capital Airport tonight. Lin Weimin promised Han Zhuangzhuang that he would pick her up at the airport. The two set off before getting off work, but were stuck in traffic on the North Second Ring Road for nearly an hour.
"The comrades are so enthusiastic!" Lin Weimin exclaimed as he looked at the people outside the window.
The Crown slowly moved along with the traffic and finally reached Sanyuan Bridge before seven o'clock.
Once you get to the suburbs, the roads become much smoother.
Arriving at the Capital Airport at 7:30, Lin Weimin glanced at his watch and said, "There's still an hour left. Let's eat first."
Han Zhuangzhuang had no appetite at the moment, his eyes were fixed on the international flight exit.
Lin Weimin shook his head. Young people are too impatient.
He originally planned to go there to eat some noodles, but then he saw the prices.
Forget it, Teacher Lin doesn’t deserve it.
No matter in the future or now, he is the same character.
The uncle and nephew waited for nearly an hour with empty stomachs, and finally saw the tall and strong foreign girl at the exit.
After being apart for a year, the lovers met again and were extremely jealous of each other.
The foreign girl expressed her feelings in a very direct way. She rushed into her nephew's arms with a violent collision.
Lin Weimin grinned as he watched. This was only because of Zhuangzhuang's physique. No one else could bear it.
Hey, what are you doing?
Can you please have some civility and manners?
Teacher Lin felt that he was really old and could not bear the passion of young people. He was embarrassed by the two young men who were biting him and stepped back repeatedly.
You all saw that I am not familiar with them!
This is thanks to the fact that we are at the airport and everyone has seen it.
If we go to another place, you two will be taken to the police station.
After a long while, "Alright, that's enough!"
Lin Weimin interrupted the passionate conversation between his nephew and the foreign girl.
"Hi, Lin, long time no see!" The foreign girl laughed heartily and gave Lin Weimin a hug.
"You have no respect for your elder brother or younger brother. You should call me Lin. You should call me uncle!"
Yin Geli looked at Lin Weimin speechlessly. She had studied in China for several years and spoke fluent Chinese, so she naturally understood what he meant.
Han Zhuangzhuang was grinning foolishly on the side, and Yin Geli said helplessly: "Okay, uncle!"
"That's right!" Lin Weimin nodded with satisfaction.
It's true that we were friends of equal generation in the past, but who made you fall in love with your eldest nephew because of your unique taste? You can't blame others for being a generation shorter than me, you can only blame yourself.
"Let's go!"
Lin Weimin brought two people to the front of the Crown car. Yin Geli asked in surprise: "Uncle Lin... is this your car?"
"Don't look so surprised. China is developing and the times are progressing. Miss Geli, you can't look at people with old eyes!" Lin Weimin joked.
Yin Geli smiled and said, "I am really looking forward to my future life in China!"
"Haha, that's right!"
After picking up Yin Geli and returning to Yanjing City, she found that the streets were crowded with cars and people, and she couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
"I've only been away for a year, and Yanjing has changed so much!"
Han Zhuangzhuang was afraid that his girlfriend would be fooled by his uncle, so he explained: "Today is the day when the Chinese delegation that participated in the Los Angeles Olympics returns home. Everyone welcomes the delegation's triumphant return!"
Yin Geli finally understood and couldn't help but roll her eyes at Lin Weimin.
"Ge Li, how's the work contact going?" Lin Weimin asked.
"I have already decided to be a foreign teacher at Yenching University."
"It's good. It's a familiar environment. When will you report?"
Yin Geli looked at her eldest nephew, and Lin Weimin discovered through the rearview mirror that the two of them had a look in their eyes.
I just asked this question redundantly.
The car stopped at the entrance to the second courtyard next to the Forbidden City. "Okay, you can stay here for the next two days."
Lin Weimin looked at his eldest nephew again and whispered, "Take it easy, don't let anyone get killed!"
The eldest nephew was stunned for a moment. What human life?
Then I looked at my uncle's eyes and immediately understood.
Uncle, you are so dirty!
Me and Ge Li, we, we are very pure...
The eldest nephew glanced at Yin Geli with a distracted look in his eyes.
"Okay, let's go!"
Lin Weimin patted his eldest nephew on the shoulder and gave him a look that told him to take care of himself.
A few days later, in late August, the Olympic fever gradually faded.
Lin Weimin was reviewing manuscripts in the office when there was a knock on the office door. He looked up and saw a pair of eyes as big as green beans.
"Teacher Lin!" Mo Yan called out.
"Hey, you're here!"
Lin Weimin stood up in surprise, "Why are you here this time?"
"I'm going to report to the PLA Art Academy!" Mo Yan said excitedly.
Lin Weimin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Not bad, not bad. It's only been a few days and you can pass the cultural examination. You've worked hard."
"Thanks to you, Teacher Lin!" Mo Yan looked grateful and took out a bag of things from behind him.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Teacher Lin, I know you don't need these things. This is my gift to you. They are all from the mountains in Yanqing. I bought them with my fellow villagers. They are not worth much."
Mo Yan's words were sincere and the gifts were indeed not expensive. He also knew that Lin Weimin did not need these things. Moreover, he was not going to give Lin Weimin anything expensive when giving him gifts in front of so many people in the editorial department.
Lin Weimin looked at the mountain products and said, "Well, whoever sees it gets a share. Today, I will use Mo Yan's things to improve everyone's meals."
As he spoke, he distributed Mo Yan's things to his colleagues in the editorial department. Everyone was smiling happily, "We are really benefiting from Wei Min today!"
After they had divided the things, Lin Weimin pulled Mo Yan aside and asked, "Have you finished the report?"
"No, I just got off the car and rushed to you, so I didn't have time to pay attention to you." Mo Yan said honestly.
"Aren't you just wasting time? Why are you in such a hurry to come to my place?" Lin Weimin glanced at the time. "It's already past three in the afternoon. If it's any later, school will be over. Who are you going to report to?"
He stood up and said, "Come on, I'll take you to school."
"No need, Mr. Lin, I can just take the bus myself."
"It's okay. I'll take you there faster. If you miss the report, you'll have to find a place to stay. We can also chat about the work on the way."
Seeing Lin Weimin say this, Mo Yan no longer refused.
He followed Lin Weimin to the front building and watched Lin Weimin open the door of the Crown and get in.
"What are you standing there for? Get in the car!" Lin Weimin shouted as he opened the car window.
"Oh, okay!" Mo Yan came to his senses and got into the car in a hurry.
Sitting in the passenger seat, he felt very nervous and his eyes kept glancing around the car.
"Mr. Lin...Mr. Lin, is this car yours?"
"Yeah, I bought it for transportation."
"oh!"
Mo Yan chewed on this word in his mind. After all, isn’t a car used for transportation?
only……
Mo Yan's eyes swept around the car again. No matter what Teacher Lin said, it could not cover up the fact that you were driving a car, and it was such a good car.
How much does such a nice car cost?
Mo Yan was thinking in his mind, but he didn't ask the question in his mind.
Asking the price directly is so vulgar!
He touched the leather seat under his butt. It was the first time in his life that he sat in such a high-end car.
The most luxurious car he had ever ridden in before was a military jeep, but compared to this car, it was like heaven and earth.
A thought suddenly popped up in Mo Yan's mind: When can I buy such a good car?
(End of this chapter)
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