Chapter 155 Novel Competition

Fans who like two books at the same time think that whether Xingzai learns it or not, "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" is super good and true, so it doesn't matter whether they learn from it or not. Anyway, for readers, it is the most realistic to have a good book to read.

The three factions quarreled on the Internet, which gradually affected the reality. Some newspapers reported on this topic, and readers who supported "Xing Zai" and Wang Cheng did not give in to each other, and some people tried to contact Zhang Duo to know the answer.

But no matter who asked, Zhang Duo smiled and said nothing, as if I didn't want to discuss this topic. After the news spread, some people said that Zhang Duo was guilty; some people said that Zhang Duo felt that the topic was naive and disdained to answer. Anyway, there is everything you can understand, but it is even more suspicious.

Some readers launched a call for a joint petition online asking Zhang Duo to give an explanation, but Zhang Duo was too lazy to reason. Because this topic is really difficult to answer, it seems to be lying anyway, so it's better to put it aside.

However, Zhang Duo's method is also effective. A few days after he shelved the controversy, a very shocking news was announced, which quickly attracted the attention of readers, that is, the shortlist of the preliminary round of the "Songjiang Cup" novel competition.

The reason for the "Songjiang Cup" novel competition is that Zhou Mingde wants to tap new writers to offset the impact of Zhang Duo's departure. However, Wang Cheng was invited later, and with the intervention of the Bincheng Municipal Government and Cultural Bureau, the purpose and nature of the competition were biased. Coupled with the horrible number of applicants, Zhou Mingde did not dare to hold this competition honestly.

The novel competition began with the deadline of May 10, 2001 and lasted eight months and three days to announce the preliminary shortlist on January 13, 2002. More than 210,000 manuscripts were received, and 300 reviewers had an average of 21 million words of manuscripts per person. In addition, the final cross-review of the shortlisted works reviewed more than 100,000 words per person per day.

For Songjiang Province, such a once-in-a-century literary event can't just publish the shortlist in the newspaper. Under the operation of the Bincheng City Government and the Bincheng Culture Bureau, a grand preliminary award ceremony will be held on the 13th. Some cultural celebrities were invited to the ceremony, and Zhang Duo was naturally among them.

In the private room of Junsheng Hotel in Bincheng City, Yan Kun, Zhang Duo and Tang Tianhao sat around the table. After ordering, Yan Kun took the * bag, took out an invitation from it and handed it to Zhang Duo, saying, "Is there any problem with the award ceremony of the preliminary competition of the 'Songjiang Cup' novel competition?"

Zhang Duo took it over and looked at it. He smiled bitterly and said, "Is there a problem?"

"What's the problem?" Yan Kun wondered.

"Can we not go?"

"No, you must be there on time tomorrow night. This is what Director Zhou personally ordered. Be sure to invite you here. Not only Director Zhou, but also Mayor Li meant. If nothing happens, the mayor of Bincheng may attend. You won't give any face to so many people, will you? Yan Kun said with a smile.

Zhang Duo said depressedly, "How dare I fall in the face of so many big shots? Just arrive on time tomorrow night!"

Yan Kun laughed and said, "That's right. That's what happened on the scene. Only when you give me face can I give you face. Everyone supports each other. It's not good to be arrogant! Your father understands this better than you can see!"

Hearing this, Zhang Duo was a little depressed. When Zhang Zhenxing first entered the Bincheng real estate industry, he knew others through Yan Kun. Now half a year has passed, and Zhang Zhenxing is also quite popular in Bincheng, but Zhang Duo knows him, but he is still the same as before. Sometimes he has to ask his father for help to do something.

"Should I also know more friends from the official and business worlds!" Zhang Duo thought in his heart. But on second thought, forget it. He is really not good at this aspect. Zhang Duo, who is a self-proclaimed literati, can't help thinking of the sentence, "An can destroy his eyebrows and fold his waist, which makes me unhappy!" It's okay to support the powerful, but Qu Yifeng can't welcome him.

Tang Tianhao poured Maotai for himself and Yan Kun, poured beer for Zhang Duo, and said, "I don't know how many people have been shortlisted in this 'Songjiang Cup' novel competition?"

Yan Kun picked up his glass, took a small sip, and said with an intoxicated look, "Their preliminary competition is known as one in a hundred, with a total of 2,100 shortlists, but those who can come to the ceremony are only 210 people. And one to ten in the preliminary competition, and the preliminary prize money from 1,000 to 10,000 yuan.

Tang Tianhao sneered, "They are really willing to spend money!" At present, the circulation of Songjiang Morning Post and Northeast Evening News is getting closer and closer. Sometimes Songjiang Morning Post is high, and sometimes Northeast Evening News is high, but they are hovering around 9 million, and no one can exceed two million.

Now that the preliminary list of the "Songjiang Cup" novel competition has been announced, the Northeast Evening News has interviewed some contestants and written some sensational and inspirational manuscripts, which immediately attracted the attention of readers, but surpassed Songjiang Morning Post.

Now that the preliminary award ceremony of the novel competition is about to be held, I believe that the sales of the Northeast Evening News will exceed 2 million again, which naturally makes Tang Tianhao depressed and will not be angry.

Yan Kun looked at Tang Tianhao and said with a smile, "Zhou Mingde, an old fox, has charged more than 1.7 million yuan in registration fees alone. Naturally, he is rich. Is this bonus in the preliminary competition really nothing?"

"How many awards are there in this novel competition? I don't know how many people they can sign?" Tang Tianhao said.

"They wrote on the details, but the problem is that I don't remember them. Aduo must remember!" Yan Kun looked at Zhang Duo with an expression that you can't drop the chain.

Zhang Duo smiled and said, "The competition has one special prize with a prize of one million; one first prize with a prize of 500,000; two second prizes with a prize of 200,000 and three third prizes with a prize of 100,000; 80 excellent prizes with a prize of 10,000 yuan each. In the end, the total number of winners should be 87.

Tang Tianhao's face changed when he heard this and said to Zhang Duo, "Zhang Shao, Northeast Evening News has collected 87 excellent writers at once. Even with their Daily Entertainment News, there are not so many pages to serialize. If it is not bad, they should set up another magazine. In this way, their influence will be greater. Do you think we should get another one?

Zhang Duo raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, "No, let's not deal with magazines!"

"Ado, what's your good idea?" Yan Kun said curiously.

Zhang Duo said with a mysterious smile, "The mountain people have their own tricks, but the Buddha said, don't say, don't say!"

Zhang Duo has long had ideas about the "Songjiang Cup" novel competition, but he will not tell Yan Kun how to operate. Even if he is Tang Tianhao's cousin, there are some things that he still have to guard against.

After the "Songjiang Cup" novel competition, the Northeast Evening News will definitely not sign more than 100 authors. Compared with 210,000 participants, it can be said that there are very few. These people ignited their literary dreams because of the competition, but they did not give up without winning the prize. At that time, they will definitely be dissatisfied, feel unfair, and think that no one knows the goods, rather than their works are not good.

After the game, the biggest wish of these failed players may be to prove themselves. If at this time, Zhang Duo changed the online reading of the official website of Wansheng Books into a Chinese novel network for these failed contestants to publish their works, give them full attendance awards, and buy out excellent novels, then the shelf of the novel website can be set up.

Newspapers and magazines will eventually decline. The future is the world of electronic reading and mobile terminals. The piracy situation in the world is much better than in the previous life. As long as Zhang Duo does not make some fatal mistakes and attract more than 200,000 literary enthusiasts in advance, no one can compete with him in the field of novel websites.

Novel websites are different from newspapers. Websites require a large number of authors and a large number of updated works, and a newspaper with a best-selling author serialization is enough. Therefore, Zhang Duo can support a newspaper alone, but he absolutely can't support a novel website. If the whole website points to his work, what's the difference between his personal blog?

Therefore, if he wants to set up a novel website, in addition to relying on Zhang Duo to provide his own novels to attract popularity, he also needs a large number of authors and works to enrich the library of the website. The more than 200,000 people who participated in the "Songjiang Cup" novel competition are the best source.

"Zhou Mingde, Zhou Mingde! You want to hold a novel competition to train your own writers to compete with me. It's just that you have a good plan. I've had a wall ladder. Who can laugh at the end?

When Zhang Duo thought of this, he couldn't help smiling, and Yan Kun and Tang Tianhao were a little inexplicable. The three of them ate for a while, drank for a while, and then dispersed.

Before 6 p.m. the next night, Zhang Duo drove to the Songjiang Inn Hotel, and there was a lot of traffic on the way. When he arrived at the door of the hotel, there was a sea of people. Reporters from all walks of life guarded the door with "long guns and short cannons", but whenever they saw guests passing, they went to take photos and ask questions.

After Zhang Duo parked the car, he walked to the hotel. Before he could reach the door, the reporter with good eyes saw it and ran to him, and instantly attracted the reporter at the door.

There were two people standing at the door of the hotel, one in their sixties and the other in their thirties. They were originally being questioned by reporters, but as soon as Zhang Duo came, the reporter at the door ran away in an instant. The old man didn't feel anything, but the young one was indignant.

"Teacher, isn't this Duo too ostentatious? As soon as he came, he hooked all the reporters away!"

The older man said calmly, "It's not Zhang Duo's ostentatiousness, but the world's fame and fortune. Zhang Duo is famous and holds huge profits, and reporters will naturally flock to him! People like us who work hard to learn and don't seek fame and fortune, it's rare for them to take two photos just now.