Chapter 930: Continuous Letters
Lin Weimin was disturbed from his sweet dream by his friends early in the morning. After they congratulated him, they chatted for a while, had breakfast and left. Before leaving, they urged Lin Weimin to treat them.
Today is Friday and Lin Weimin still has to go to work.
When he arrived at the Guowen Publishing House, he was congratulated by his colleagues all the way from entering the courtyard to entering the office. Everyone seemed happier than he, the person involved.
Colleagues even came to the office to congratulate him. Everyone meant well, so Lin Weimin naturally couldn't turn them away. He responded to everyone's kindness one by one. As he was talking, the phone on his desk kept ringing.
Lin Weimin picked up the phone, and all of them were interview requests from reporters.
The news that he won the Nobel Prize in Literature has spread. This is China's first Nobel Prize in Literature and also the first Nobel Prize. No matter how much the media pays attention to and publicizes it, it is not excessive.
It is estimated that there will be constant media interview invitations in the next one or two months. Lin Weimin really does not have the energy to deal with these reporters, and he rejected these invitations without hesitation.
Lin Weimin had been in the office for nearly an hour and had done nothing except accepting congratulations and blessings from colleagues and answering phone calls, most of which were from reporters, and some were from acquaintances congratulating him.
He had just hung up the phone when someone came outside to say that a reporter was coming to interview him.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't accept interviews?" Lin Weimin said helplessly.
"It's Li Xiangyang from the Yenching Youth Daily."
Lin Weimin had Li Xiangyang brought in, "What are you doing here?"
Li Xiangyang argued confidently, "How can my behavior be considered as chaos? You won the Nobel Prize, so it is impossible for you not to be interviewed. Anyway, you have to be interviewed, so it doesn't matter who interviews you, you might as well let me do it!"
Li Xiangyang's tone was like that of a flower thief, who regarded Lin Weimin as his prey. The two had been friends for many years. Although they were not close friends, they had a very good relationship. Li Xiangyang had often supported Lin Weimin in the past, so it would be difficult for Lin Weimin to deal with him if he came to block the door.
"You are the editor-in-chief after all. Can you do things with a bit of vision?"
"I'm just a small newspaper, not a big group, so what do I need to do? Sales volume is what really matters!"
If this person has no shame, no one can do anything to him.
As the two were talking, the phone on the table rang again. Lin Weimin picked up the phone. It was the head of the Literary Association calling.
First he congratulated him enthusiastically, and then he mentioned that the Literary Gazette wanted to do an exclusive interview with him.
Lin Weimin thought about it in his mind and realized that the phone call he had just rejected seemed to contain an invitation from the Literary Gazette. This must be reinforcement.
Lin Weimin said a few polite words with a smile and tactfully rejected the other party's request.
"Did you see that? They all came to arrange interviews. Some accepted yours and some didn't. Aren't you making me offend people?" Lin Weimin said to Li Xiangyang while holding the receiver.
Li Xiangyang disagreed, "Are you afraid of offending people?"
"Hey!" Lin Weimin was furious, "Stop messing around with us."
The two chatted for a while, during which time Lin Weimin received a congratulatory call from the leader of the agency. Just after hanging up the phone, he received another call from the leader of the Ministry of Rites, who also congratulated him but made some requests to Lin Weimin in the end.
“Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature is a good thing, and we should publicize it more, not only in domestic media, but mainly abroad, to improve our country’s external image.
Don't be afraid of difficulties. What's the big deal for you? It just takes some time. It's rare to win a world-class award. You can hand over the work to others. This is also an opportunity for them to exercise. "
The leader put Lin Weimin on the platform with just a few words. He smiled bitterly and said, "Since you said so, how can I refuse?"
"I know you don't like to be interviewed. The reason I made this request to you is not to promote the Nobel Prize, but for our external image. Now is a critical moment for joining the WTO, and we cannot miss any opportunity for external publicity. This is also what Prime Minister Zhu thinks."
The more he talked, the more interesting it became. After the other party explained so patiently, Lin Weimin had nothing else to say and readily accepted the job.
After hanging up the phone, he looked at Li Xiangyang, who looked very proud.
"Come on, hurry up, just ask the questions and that's it." Lin Weimin acted like a technician who was working non-stop.
Li Xiangyang got his wish and got the first exclusive interview with Lin Weimin after winning the award. He was so proud that he even walked sideways when he left.
When Lin Weimin was being interviewed by Li Xiangyang, the phone in his office never stopped ringing. In addition to congratulations from all sides and interview invitations, many of them were from acquaintances and leaders.
Lin Weimin handed the job of answering the phone to his subordinates. It was fine if they just wanted to congratulate him, but he also asked them to call and register their information one by one for interview invitations. He rejected all local media and only kept some relatively authoritative media.
This is not because Lin Weimin treats people differently, but because there are so many media outlets, he cannot accept every interview, so he must screen them. Since he has to screen, there must be conditions, and influence is naturally the fairest condition.
In just one morning, his subordinates registered interview invitations from 16 media outlets that met the requirements, as well as 8 event invitations, all of which were relatively large in scale.
Lin Weimin couldn't help but feel a headache when looking at the list. This could be a life-threatening situation.
Just as he was worrying, a list was handed to him, "Chairman, these are interview invitations from several foreign media outlets."
Lin Weimin was complaining in his heart. It was only the first day after he won the award. Judging from the situation, he would not be able to relax until the Nobel Prize ceremony. He would probably be either being interviewed or on the way to an interview. Or he would be either attending an event or on the way to an event.
After a while of mental preparation, Lin Weimin finally accepted the idea of wasting the next period of time on these interviews and activities.
After changing my mindset, looking at these lists doesn’t feel so painful anymore.
Throughout the entire day on Friday, the phone in Lin Weimin's office never stopped ringing, and he never stopped giving interviews.
In one day, Lin Weimin was interviewed by four media outlets including CCTV, Yanjing TV, People's Daily, and Yanjing Youth Daily. His workload was maxed out, and of course, his exposure was also maxed out.
By the time I got off work, it was only 15 hours since the Swedish Academy announced that Lin Weimin had won the award.
For most of the day, the news that Lin Weimin won China's first Nobel Prize in Literature spread throughout the country and became a hot topic among countless people.
That evening, the news that Lin Weimin had won the award appeared on the "News Broadcast".
"According to our station, the Swedish Academy announced at 2:00 a.m. today, Yanjing time, that the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Chinese writer Lin Weimin. Lin Weimin became the first Chinese writer in history to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Writer Lin Weimin himself accepted an interview with our reporter. Please see the details below..."
After the news report ended, a scene of Lin Weimin being interviewed by a CCTV reporter appeared on TV.
Lin Weimin couldn't remember how many times he had appeared on the "News Broadcast". The scenes on TV were playing, and his wife and daughter were watching them with great concentration and absorption.
After the next piece of news came on, the mother and daughter turned their gazes away and looked at their husband/father next to them, their eyes full of admiration.
Teacher Lin unconsciously straightened his chest and raised his head, finally finding the feeling of being the head of the family.
“Dad, you’re awesome!”
The innocent little child Xiao Doubao was the first to express his opinion. He threw himself on Lin Weimin and gave him a solid kiss on the face, which made Lin Weimin smile happily.
Tao Huimin also took his arm, tenderly saying, "Hubby, you are so amazing!"
Lin Weimin was even more excited. He hadn't heard such an evaluation from Tao Huimin for a long time.
While watching TV, the phone at Lin Weimin's home rang.
Lin Weimin's face became solemn when he answered the phone. After listening to the other end of the phone for a while, he said seriously: "Thank you for your encouragement. I will continue to work hard to create better works."
After the call ended, Tao Huimin asked curiously, "Who is it?"
She knew that the phone call that could make her husband behave like this could not have been made by an ordinary person.
"The top leader!"
Lin Weimin only said one sentence, and Tao Huimin was extremely surprised, and then became very happy.
Another day passed, and the news about Lin Weimin winning the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature continued to ferment, and various news in the media also increased rapidly.
The Chinese Culture News published a letter from the elders to the Guowen Group, congratulating Lin Weimin on winning the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature. The congratulatory letter reads: "Lin Weimin's winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature is not only a reflection of the prosperity and progress of Chinese literature, but also a reflection of the continuous improvement of our country's comprehensive national strength and international influence."
With the report of "Xinwen Broadcast", the phone call from the top leader and the open letter from the elders, all sectors of the country received a clear signal that Lin Weimin's winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature has risen to the level of a national event.
The next day, the China Culture News published a congratulatory letter from Lin Weimin, the current head of the cultural department, which read: "Comrade Lin Weimin has successfully gained high attention and recognition from the international community with his outstanding literary creations. He has also shown the elegance of Chinese literature to the world and demonstrated the unique charm of Chinese culture. This is something that all Chinese writers and artists should be proud of."
On the same day, the Literary Gazette also published a congratulatory letter from the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles to Lin Weimin.
"Since the 1980s, Comrade Lin Weimin has been at the forefront of the development of Chinese literature. His works are deeply rooted in Chinese culture, and have continuously drawn nourishment from the fate and struggle of the Chinese nation over thousands of years, forming his unique, diverse, and vibrant style, which has greatly expanded the imagination, ideological depth, and artistic realm of contemporary literature.
At the same time, his works are deeply loved by readers all over the world, and have made outstanding contributions to the spread of Chinese culture overseas. They occupy a very important position in the history of contemporary Chinese literature, and also have broad and far-reaching historical significance for the history of world literature. "
For several consecutive days, multiple official statements pushed Lin Weimin's winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature to the forefront of public opinion, attracting attention from the whole country.
The reactions from the political, literary, and intellectual circles were overwhelming and resounding.
The momentum is so strong that it far exceeds the impact of any previous work of Lin Weimin, and also far exceeds the impact of any previous award-winning experience of Lin Weimin.
The influence of the Nobel Prize in Literature is so terrifying!
(End of this chapter)
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