The sky was blue and the sun was shining. Pedestrians on the street had already put on their winter clothes. Dong Zhangmu came out of the subway entrance and came to the ground, bathed in the warm sunshine, blocking the light with his hands. Seeing Li Dan waving at her at the school gate, he walked over excitedly. Today, Li Dan asked her to go to school to attend classes with her.

Dong Zhangmu works on duty, starting from 2 pm and until 9 pm, so she is free in the morning.

Li Dan looked up and down and praised her for being so beautiful today. Today, Dong Zhangmu dressed up specially because if she accompanied Li Dan to class, she would definitely meet many classmates and would not lose face.

She has never been very brave, and when she came to the classroom with Li Dan, she was uneasy. Li Dan was very worried and did not notice this. She was just telling her about her birthday yesterday, mainly to accuse Li Dou Dou's children of evil deeds, saying that she was simply a little devil. If she grew up, Li Xiaoxiang would be stepped on by her feet and be played to death, so he was very worried now and did not want to lose the brother Xiaoxiang.

Find a seat to sit down. Sure enough, many people turned their heads or looked back at Dong Zhangmu. She couldn't help but feel nervous. Fortunately, the teacher entered the classroom and started class.

"For you." Li Dan suddenly lowered a letter on the desk.

"Letter? Mine?" Dong Zhangmu asked in surprise. Who would write to her? And the letter was in Li Dan's hands? Still people are writing to her now?

Li Dan nodded and whispered: "He accepted the gift you gave to my dad yesterday. He liked it very much. He wrote you a letter to me to pass it on to you in the evening, but I didn't read it."

Dong Zhangmu took the letter strangely and stuck it with glue. She tore it apart and took out a piece of paper folded in half. The paper was a very old-fashioned letter paper with thin red horizontal bars. Dong Zhangmu hadn't seen this kind of letter paper for a long time. When he opened the folded letter paper, it was neat and elegant handwritten black handwriting. It can be seen that letter writers often practice writing, unlike many young people nowadays, who are used to typing on keyboards and write unbearable Chinese characters.

She blocked Li Dan's gaze and turned her body to read the letter. Not long after, her eyes were wet...

Paris, France.

Every November of the year, France enters the "prize month" that locals call it jokingly. France has a lot of awards, with more than 15oo, and an average of 4 awards are awarded every day. Among them, the most famous ones are the Goncourt Prize and the French Academy Novel Award. The results of these two awards are very similar. The former is in early November and the latter is at the end of January, which means that the French Academy Novel Award is before the Goncourt Prize.

This year, the French Academy Novel Award has been announced, winning the novel "Don't Cry" by Salvaille, and the other novel "Submit" that caused strong controversy in France and even Europe, was not awarded, which also caused widespread controversy.

Since the French Academy's novel award failed to win, the supporters of this book can only place their hopes on the Goncourt Award, hoping to win the award.

In France, and food are its two major symbols. France is very influential. Their French Western cuisine and Chinese cuisine are the most prestigious delicacies in the world.

It has always been closely related to food in France. The Fukai Hotel is a place for many writers to choose from lunch. Spanish sculptors, Italian painters and French novelists often wander in the dome restaurant. In the foyer of the La Berlus Hotel, there are many photos of great writers who have been here to dine here. The Druen Restaurant believes that hanging photos cannot highlight their long history. In this restaurant, portraits of writers who have been here to dine here since 19oo are hung everywhere, and their representative works are also stated on the portraits... These old-fashioned restaurants are proud of their masters.

Druen Restaurant is a small restaurant, but the food here is very famous, reaching two Michelin stars and three stars. It is said that when one star was removed, the owner of the restaurant committed suicide because of this.

At 6 pm, Druen Restaurant 6 on the Champs-Elysees welcomes guests who are preparing for dinner. Many locals have eaten here and turn to the opera house next door, and go home after seeing the opera.

Cecil, the vice president of the Goncourt Academy, appeared in a suit and dress. He was stopped by a waiting reporter at the door and asked what book he would recommend this year.

"You cheered for "Submission" in the newspaper, so will you recommend this book this year?"

Cecil stopped and said, "No, I will recommend another book this year."

"Are you going to give up on "Submission"?"

“I just prefer another one.”

“Which book is it?”

"Keep confidential for the time being."

The waiter led Cecil to the private room, and 9 people had already arrived in the private room. They were all judges of the Goncour Award, with a total of 10 people. The shortlist and final winners will be discussed and selected by these 10 people.

Cecil looked around everyone and said with a smile: "It's all here."

An old man answered, "It's another year."

"It's another year, I may not be able to eat the food here."

The waiter started serving the dishes, and they were all signature dishes here, including caviar, lobster and foie gras sauce, hot plate roasted wild venison, etc., which were all high-nutrition and high-protein foods. It was really hard for these old men. Just as the old men who were worried that they could not eat these delicacies just now, they still had their index fingers moving when they saw the delicacies in front of them. They couldn't resist the temptation of the delicacies and feasted.

While enjoying the food, Cecil said: "When I came to the hotel just now, a reporter asked me if I would recommend Wellebeck's "Submission" this time. Does anyone recommend this book?"

A female judge in her 50s said: "I don't like this book, but I will recommend it."

Cecil said: "A person can only recommend one book. Are you sure you want to use your own quota? Since you don't like it, why do you need this?"

"Of course, why not?"

Cecil asked: "What do you think of the one I recommend to you?"

The other party said: "It's the book "The Old Man and the Sea" from China? It's very excellent, but I want more conflicts and plot tension."

At this time, someone else said: "I recommend "Don't Cry" this time. Although this book has won the French Academy Award, this does not hinder my recommendation."

While eating, everyone started to recommend novels they liked, which was also the main purpose of this dinner. They wanted to recommend one novel for this year's Gongoll Award. At first, 10 books will be generated, then 2 books will be eliminated, and 8 books will be left to the shortlist, and walk out of the restaurant and announce the results to the reporters who have been waiting outside for a long time.

After returning, they will spend three days continuing to discuss the remaining 8 candidate novels, finally picking out the only one, and then come to the Druen restaurant for lunch, and announce the final list of winners on time at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
Chapter completed!