At night.
At home.
In the study of the villa.
The temperature in the summer was as hot as fire. He turned on the air conditioner to cool it down and flipped through the computer in the study alone. He looked at the news from all over the world, trying to find some inspiration.
Russia is in a bit of a mess, as if there is going to be a war.
Paintings by French artists sold for hundreds of millions of dollars.
The United States made a remake of a world-famous novel and broke the box office records.
The countdown to the announcement of the Nobel Prize.
Will an Indian writer win the Nobel Prize in Literature this year?
There was another change in the international celebrity rankings.
And so on.
International news came one after another. This was an area that Zhang Ye had rarely paid attention to in the past, but now that he had reached his current position, he would probably have to keep an eye on the international news from now on. Only then would he be able to better connect with the rest of the world and grasp the direction of the entertainment industry. He had already made it to the top of the China entertainment industry. From now on, the international stage would be his main battlefield, so of course he had to pay attention to it.
"Nobel Prize."
"How do I get it?"
He muttered to himself.
Fortress Besieged?
Old poems?
Those essays?
He was afraid that neither of them would work.
But with his current situation, the Nobel Prize in Literature was probably his only choice. He did not know much about chemistry, and the verification of a mathematical conjecture would take too long. Only literary works could be produced the fastest. Zhang Ye could write whenever he wanted to. There was still a month and a half left, so he should still be able to make it in time. But if he calculated the time, he would probably only have enough time to publish one work. So the choice of work was especially important.
…
On Weibo …
There was more and more talk about the Nobel Prize.
"There's still one and a half months."
"Yeah, it's time for the Nobel Prize awards again."
"Who will it be given to this year?"
"The Nobel Peace Prize should still be vacant, right?"
"There are only a few nominees for the chemistry prize."
"Don't tell me that the Indian author won the literature award?"
"I don't like that Indian."
"Yeah, that person's character isn't that great, but I have to say that his work is really good."
"There's also a lot of support for Japanese writers."
"Yeah, it's quite a pity that the two of them didn't win the Nobel Prize last time."
"If even India can produce a master in the field of international literature, when will China be able to win a Nobel Prize?"
"Sigh, I guess it's hopeless."
"We've never won a Nobel Prize before."
…
China Writers' Association.
"Have the nominations started?"
"The Nobel Prize Committee has already asked us to submit it."
"Who should we nominate this year?"
"Same old rules, report them all."
"Yeah, we'll just nominate anyone who has won a domestic literary award and is still alive in the country."
"We're just trying our luck."
"What else can I do? It's all luck every year. "
"Actually, everyone knows that the Nobel Prize in Literature has little to do with us."
"I really hope someone will bring one back."
"Will Old Zhou do well this year?"
"Old Zhou's book is too limited to romance."
"Where is Old Sun?"
"Even Master Sun can't do it. His literary style is too local."
"Sigh."
…
India.
"This year, it's definitely ours!"
"That's right. If we still don't give it to us, we'll be too shameless."
"Teacher, did you release a new work this year?"
"Yes, it's going on sale soon."
"This time, no one can compete with us."
…
Japan.
"This year, our only opponent is the Indians!"
"The Indian master has a bad personality."
"We have a good chance."
"But the Nobel Prize never looks at one's character. It only looks at one's work."
"The key is still to see what style of novel the judges prefer."
…
America.
"It's almost time for the Nobel Prize to be awarded?"
"I'm looking forward to it."
"Our female author is just short of the Nobel Prize in Literature."
"Yeah, we're just short of that."
…
The UK.
"The Nobel Prize awards are about to begin."
"The masters are going to release their new books?"
"The competition has already started."
"I have a feeling that the competition for this year's Nobel Prize will be very intense."
"Let's see who can break through in the end."
…
There was a heated discussion in China.
There was a heated discussion in the media.
There was a heated discussion in the world.
This was the world's most prestigious award, and it affected the hearts of countless people around the world. Everyone hoped that their country's authors, scholars, mathematicians, chemists, and medical scientists could win this award. This wasn't just an individual's honor, but also a country's honor and glory.
On an international social media site.
It was equivalent to Facebook and Twitter in Zhang Ye's previous world.
A poll had been launched on the site.
Who do you think will win this year's Nobel Prize in Literature?
India: 23%
America: 19%
Japan: 9%
Russia: 6%
The UK: 8%
These were the top five results.
There were still dozens of countries that voted for it.
As for China, it did not even make it into the top 20.
The other Nobel Prizes in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Medicine were about the same. Basically no one was optimistic about it, and a lot of the votes were cast by China users themselves.
…
Back at home.
Zhang Ye was still hesitating.
His status in China's literary world was still very high. He had a lot of influence, and the people also recognized him. Although there were some industry insiders who did not have a good relationship with him, when it came to the literary quality of Zhang Ye's works, even the most picky people in the literary world would not deny Zhang Ye's contribution. But it was different internationally. If these works were brought to the international scene, it would not be enough. Those who could win the Nobel Prize were mostly works with themes of history or war. They needed to be of a higher literary quality and a more inclusive language.
Should he use Frog?
Or take the path that Mo Yan took to win the Nobel Prize?
No, that would be too risky.
At one point, Zhang Ye really wanted to use Mo Yan's work, but he gave up on that idea in the end. He could not use Mo Yan's route. Firstly, he did not have Mo Yan's accumulation of knowledge. Although the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a novel, Mo Yan's win was more based on the accumulation and foreshadowing of his previous works. Just using Frog alone might not be enough. Secondly, this world was different. Who knew what the preferences of the judges in this world would be?
Zhang Ye needed a very special work.
This work had to have the following characteristics:
War.
Humanity.
A long story.
And it had to be a brilliant feat without any accumulation of knowledge.
After thinking about it, Zhang Ye finally narrowed his eyes. He could only think of one person. An American female author!
— Margaret Mitchell!
In Zhang Ye's previous world, she was the only author who had used only one book to establish her status in the world of literature. She only had one work in her life, and it was one of the top ten masterpieces in Zhang Ye's previous world. Of course, the people of this world had never heard of it, but in Zhang Ye's previous world, that novel was like a thunderclap reverberating in his ears. As long as the name of that novel was mentioned, everyone would know about it!
That one and only work of Margaret Mitchell's was called:
— Gone with the Wind!
Zhang Ye was prepared to bring out the "nuclear weapon" of the world's literary world!
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