At this moment, Hua Nan suddenly thought of something and immediately wanted to catch up. Unfortunately, it was too late. Xiao Muyou had already knocked on the door of Chen Li's office.
"Please come in."
Chen Li's voice came from inside the door. Xiao Muyou pushed the door open and walked in. Then, she wanted to turn around and leave.
"Oh! Yoyo, I just said today is a good day!"
A blond man with blue eyes looked at Xiao Muyou in surprise. The expression on his face made someone think he had won five million.
When Xiao Muyou heard this, he wanted to say something in his heart. He didn't look at the almanac when he went out today. Why did he meet such a pestering guy?
Alex, the representative of Emmons Publishing House in China, the guy who fell in love with Xiao Muyou at first sight.
Speaking of this guy, Xiao Muyou only felt a headache.
When this guy came to China, Xiao Muyou made it very clear that she didn't like him, and she also told Alex about her pregnancy, thinking that no man in the world would be willing to be his father.
But Alex was so imaginative that he actually said with excitement that love must tolerate everything. He loved Xiao Muyou, so he was willing to accept everything from the other person, including the unborn child.
For this reason, Xiao Muyou didn't show up to the company for a long time, but Alex didn't know where he found out about Xiao Muyou's residence, and actually went to Jinxi Garden.
Fortunately, security at Jinxi Garden is strict. Visitors from outside must first seek permission from the owner, otherwise they will never be allowed in.
Xiao Muyou also suddenly wanted to come to the company today. Before leaving, he forgot to ask if Alex was in the company.
Xiao Muyou froze at the door, thinking that it was not too late to leave now.
But looking at Alex's expression, it was obviously too late.
Xiao Muyou said with a stiff face and a very coping smile on Alex's face.
"Hi, what a coincidence."
After saying that, Xiao Muyou looked at Chen Li, blinked at her, and then said.
"You guys need to talk about that first, I'll come back later."
After saying that, Xiao Muyou wanted to turn around and leave, but as soon as she finished speaking, Alex came over, opened his arms, and wanted to give Xiao Muyou a hug.
Fortunately, Xiao Muyou had been wary of this guy and immediately took two steps back, stretching out his hands to stop Alex.
"Stop, don't come over, Alex, this is China, please respect the etiquette of our country, men and women are not allowed to be intimate."
With that said, Xiao Muyou was about to leave. Unfortunately, Xiao Muyou's idea seemed to never come true. This time, Chen Li stopped her directly.
"Director Xiao, we are just discussing the Youth International Awards Ceremony. How about you come over and listen?"
After hearing this, Xiao Muyou gave up the idea of leaving.
The Qingmiao International Award Ceremony is the literary award they won from the Ministry of Culture. Now this award has been officially established, and the first award ceremony will be held in half a month. Xiao Muyou has been personally involved in this matter
follow up.
"What's wrong? Isn't it held in half a month? Is there anything else that has not been arranged?"
For this international festival in the literary world, the company has tried its best and formed an organizing committee of more than 100 people, with Chen Li as the general manager.
After several months, members of the working group traveled around the world to collect outstanding works, and also invited world-renowned literary figures to serve as judges for this award ceremony.
Now, this award is about to unveil its mystery, and the finalists’ works have also attracted the attention of people around the world through various cooperation channels.
It stands to reason that everything is progressing in an orderly manner, and there should be nothing that requires a special meeting to discuss.
Seeing Xiao Muyou's worried expression, Chen Li immediately shook his head and said.
"No, Director Xiao, everything is almost arranged. However, the award presenters still need to think carefully about it. There is also the matter of agency rights for the shortlisted works. Several authors have not yet reached an agreement."
Hearing this, Xiao Muyou thought for a while and finally walked into Chen Li's office.
"I have said before about the agency rights. Our award is open and fair. We will not cancel nominations just because those authors are unwilling to sign an agency publishing agreement. However, I still hope to win as much as possible. You should first understand those authors.
Why are people unwilling to sign a contract? If there are any conditions, you can first listen to them."
As the boss of a company, Xiao Muyou certainly hopes that her company can gain more benefits from this award ceremony, but the bottom line of all this is that she has a willing attitude and she cannot threaten the award.
"Tch, those are all North American authors. They are probably instigated by the Yas Group. Yoyo, the Yas Group has always wanted to enter your Chinese market, but unfortunately we, Emmons, got there first."
Alex on the side spoke. When talking about work, this man was quite attractive, but the way he addressed her made Xiao Muyou feel a little uncomfortable.
'Youyou' seems too intimate. To be honest, even her family members have never called her that.
"Alex, please call me Xiao Dong, or Xiao."
Xiao Muyou said with a serious expression. Alex shrugged, neither agreeing nor rejecting.
Seeing this, Xiao Muyou frowned slightly, but did not continue the topic and returned to the topic.
"Is there any movement at the Yas Group?"
"Well, Mr. Ecker of the jury has been cooperating with the Yas Group all year round. The Yas Group has conveyed their ideas through Mr. Ekel. The Yas Group hopes to participate in hosting the award ceremony, and they will do so in the future.
It can solve the agency problems of all shortlisted works in North America.”
"Hmph, are those people out of their minds? Do they have a problem with their IQ or do they think there is a problem with our brains? How can they have the nerve to make such a request? Do they really think that the Yas Group is the boss?"
When Xiao Muyou heard this, he almost laughed angrily. He laughed angrily at Yasi Group's arrogant and somewhat stupid approach.
Is this an attitude to discuss cooperation? It's also threatening. Knowing that it's not easy for China to host such an international award ceremony, it actually threatens the entire North American region.
Alex on the side listened and shrugged.
"The Yas Group has become so domineering over the years that they think they can control your award ceremony by mastering the entries from the entire North American region."
"Humph, he takes himself too seriously."
Xiao Muyou snorted coldly.
Then, Xiao Muyou looked at Chen Li again and asked.
"So those who are unwilling to sign the contract are all co-authors of Yas Group, right?"
Chen Li nodded, showing a look of embarrassment. Seeing this, Xiao Muyou said.
"Is there any great work here?"
Chen Li nodded again.
"Well, the work that has the best chance of winning the gold medal is the work co-authored by Yas Group. Our people have contacted it several times, but they have basically been rejected. The other party didn't even give the opportunity to meet and negotiate terms."
Hearing this, Xiao Muyou frowned slightly, it seemed that someone was plotting against her.
Xiao Muyou thought for a moment and asked.
"Is it the book "Happiness"?"
Although Xiao Muyou has been resting at home for the past few months, she has been paying attention to this award ceremony. She has not read every one of the shortlisted works, but those ones have the best chance of winning.
She has read all of them.
I have to say that the novel "Happiness" is the most touching book she has read in recent years.
The story uses the life of an ordinary person as the storyline. Those plots can resonate with readers. Reading the plots in the book will make people feel as if it has happened to themselves.
I have to say that the author of this book knows how to grasp the readers' emotions.
In addition to being a strong story, this novel is also rich in literature.
It seems like just an ordinary novel, but many people can understand something from this book after reading it.
Chen Li nodded. As the person in charge of the organizer, she also had some insider authority in advance. Judging from the communication with the judges, many people were optimistic about this work.
Of course, the voting mechanism of the Qingmiao Literary Award is not determined by the dozen or so judges on the jury. Instead, the jury, the professional jury and the readers vote together, and the three-party ratio is 433.
Currently, the novel "Happiness" does not actually rank first in online reader votes, but there is actually not much difference among the top online readers' votes.
As for the professional judging panel, this is also the biggest feature of the Youth Literature Award. Before the award ceremony, no one knows who the professional judging panel is and how many members they have.