"Would you like to invite a few more celebrities over?"
When walking out of the hotel, Lin Lin suggested.
Zhang Chong said with a smile, "If we invite a celebrity again, then whether others come to the wedding to see Song Xiang and the others or to see the celebrities. If I invite Shen Jian, I'm worried that he will shine too brightly and steal the spotlight from the newlyweds."
"You are still worried about this. I'm sure that if you can invite those big stars, Song Xiang will never complain. It's not too late to be happy." Lin Lin said indifferently, and he looked at Zhang Zhong again, "If it's true I'm afraid you'll steal Song Xiang's limelight, so I think you won't go there then. Can these ten stars be as good as you alone?"
"I'm different."
"What's different about you? Actually, aren't you also a star? You're just a well-educated star."
"..."
While the two were talking, they walked to Lin Lin's car. Just as he was about to open the door, he received a call.
"Well, you said... hmm? Really or falsely? Oh, okay, I understand."
After answering the phone, Lin Lin did not open the door again, but looked Zhang Zhong up and down.
Zhang Zhong felt strange as he stared at him, "What's going on?"
"I'm asking you what's going on. You didn't tell me about such a big thing. If Zhu Hongwei hadn't called me, I wouldn't have known the situation," Lin Lin said.
Zhang Zhong was completely confused now.
"what's going on?"
Seeing that Zhang Zhong didn't seem to be faking it, Lin Lin looked surprised and said, "You really don't know? The first round list of the Goncourt Literary Prize has been released, and your "Lord of the Flies" is among them."
"Are you talking about the Goncourt Literary Prize?" Zhang Zhong frowned, somewhat unconvinced.
The Goncourt Literary Prize in this world is slightly different from the one on earth. A total of fifteen judges began to discuss the list in December, and then after four rounds of discussions lasting more than two months, they finally selected the winning works.
Moreover, the Prix Goncourt in this world is even more exclusive. So far, only six non-citizen writers have won this honor.
Therefore, Zhang Zhong has never thought about his relationship with the Goncourt Literature Prize. Even in his mind, when he gets older, the probability of winning a Nobel Prize for Literature may be higher than that of winning the Goncourt Prize. The probability is greater.
Of course, it's still the first round, so that doesn't mean anything.
There will be fifteen works in the first round list, and there are fourteen other works competing with "Lord of the Flies". For the time being, the probability is one in fifteen.
"Chen Qing is so unreliable. He didn't inform you of this kind of news immediately?" Ever since Zhang Zhong told Lin Lin that Chen Qing had sued him, this guy has always lied to Chen Qing in front of Zhang Zhong. Green water.
"He is also very busy. When did this news come out?"
"I didn't ask, I came to take a look..." Lin Lin searched for news about the Goncourt Literary Prize on his mobile phone, and then raised his eyebrows, "Here, this news was only announced five minutes ago. "
Zhang Zhong was speechless. Chen Qing probably didn't even know the news that was announced just five minutes ago.
Lin Lin gritted his teeth, "Is Zhu Hongwei watching the news about the Goncourt Literature Prize every day? He found out so quickly."
"Isn't this great? With such a serious and responsible employee, what else can you say as a boss?" Zhang Chong said with a smile.
"Hey." Lin Lin sneered, "The problem is that he is my employee, not your employee. Why is he staring at your news every day? No, this guy's salary is so high, you have to share it with me. Turn around. I'll say hello to Chen Qing and ask him to transfer some money to my account every month, in the name of special assistance work, what do you think?"
"Then you go talk to Chen Qing and see if he will grant you funds." Zhang Zhong shrugged.
…
On the way home, Chen Qing still called.
"boss--"
"Has the first round list of the Goncourt Literary Prize been announced?" Zhang Chong said with a smile, but blocked what Chen Qing wanted to say.
"Well, boss, you already know."
"I know, this is just the first round list, don't pay too much attention to it," Zhang Zhong said.
Chen Qing pursed his lips on the other end of the phone. Can he not care? This is the Goncourt Literary Prize, the world's top literary award. The most important thing is that such an exclusive award as the Goncourt Literary Prize can make Zhang Zhong
His works were included in the shortlist, which shows Zhang Zhong’s influence. If he can finally win the crown, Zhang Zhong’s influence will reach a higher level.
Zhang Zhong now has neither fame nor business potential.
And many people believe that according to the current development situation, Zhang Zhong will eventually be able to not only win all the domestic literary awards, but also win the world awards. It is also a matter of time. Even the Nobel Prize in Literature is very promising.
of.
If it weren't for Zhang Zhong's age, he might be the favorite for the Nobel Prize in Literature now.
But everyone's optimism is completely different from winning the prize.
In the eyes of ordinary people, if you win a prize, you have won a prize, and if you have not won a prize, you have not won a prize. There is no third situation at all.
There are many writers who are marketed as being popular for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and they have to "regret" once a year, but if they don't get it, they don't get it, and it doesn't matter how popular they are.
Most readers are very realistic. No matter how fanciful the writers' fans say, nothing is as real as an award.
Such as the Goncourt Literary Prize.
In France, as long as works that can win this award will definitely sell well, even the French people who claim to have great art appreciation skills are not immune to this. When many French people walk into a bookstore, they often look for
Major awards, especially the Prix Goncourt.
It can be said that in France, as long as you win the Goncourt Literature Prize, you have won everything.
Fame, status and income.
"The shortlist for the next round should be announced in three weeks." After being silent for several seconds, Chen Qing choked out these words.
Zhang Zhong still said the same thing, "Don't worry too much, just keep a normal mind and do whatever you need to do."
"good……"
After hanging up the phone with Chen Qing, Zhang Zhong went to Meng Mu Xiaozhu. Because he was dragged by Lin Lin to stay in the hotel for a while, he didn't have time to pick up Pengpeng, so he called Xu Yuhan to pick her up.
The Double Egg Party was approaching, and Pengpeng and Minya were about to start rehearsing the show, so Xu Yuhan took Minya over as well.
Zhang Zhong went over and took the three of them home together. Xu Yuhan was rehearsing the show with the two little girls, while he was cooking in the kitchen wearing an apron.
Recently, his cooking skills have greatly improved, which has caused his self-confidence to also increase. He even bought a winter melon two days ago and wanted to make a Buddha jump over the wall. However, he failed in the end because he couldn't carve the first level.
Pass.
In the end, the waste was recycled, and the messy carved winter melon became part of the winter melon and pork ribs soup.