The interest in Citigroup that Yang Yi mentioned was precisely the series of reactions that arose after the work "Collapse of Empire" was tentatively sold by Random House in the North American book market. When I was doing "creation" or "copying" before, some of Random House's senior executives, main editors, and the literary critics in Citigroup who were friends with Random House also used Bantam Publishing Group. , knew about the existence of this novel, and because Sean, who is now the marketing director of the group, heard the other party's evaluation of "Collapse of Empire" - this is a Citizen novel through and through, from the writing style and The grammar, the background of the story characters described in the article, and the spirit contained in the entire work are all Citiland novels, and I don’t know how a young author who was born in an ancient Eastern country did this Now that I have After this kind of evaluation, coupled with the huge success of the boy's previous work "Twilight", it is not surprising that some people in the industry are interested in Yang Yi's works. Based on this situation, before the boy's work was published, many people began to read it privately through their own channels. And among the people who had a preview of it through internal channels, many of them, like Sean, couldn't help but comment on the novel after reading it, making "Collapse of an Empire" even before it came out. Much more attention than expected. After the work was officially published, the results predicted by those who had paid attention to it before were the same. Although this work was more inclined to traditional literary themes, it did not have a very clear and strong commercial flavor. But it still caused quite a stir in the Citi book market, and quite a few readers tried it after reading it. Everyone is willing to pay for this work, and within a week of the book coming out. Let its cumulative sales reach 100,000 copies. This number is already the seed of a super best-seller in China. Although the copyright laws in Citi are more stringent and there is almost no room for pirated publications, 100,000 copies is already a very good number. " A work that is more inclined to humanistic care and is more inclined to express literary nature and the author's thoughts can achieve market results that many commercial bestsellers cannot achieve, which already explains a lot of problems. All in all, for the first time, the senior management of Random House made a special announcement within the group to praise Bantam Group and Peacock Publishing Company. In addition, Sean himself also received awards from the upper management. "But when "Collapse of Empires" made great gains in the book market, there were also some discordant voices. This time, it’s not some racial chauvinism or European and American right-wing forces, but because of the boy’s Chinese identity. To jump out and make irresponsible remarks, when Random House was preparing to build publicity for "Collapse of Empires" in the hope that this work would win this year's Pulitzer Prize for Literature, it encountered a tradition from the very beginning of the award's establishment. ——This award is divided into two categories. In journalism and creative fields, winners in the journalism field can be of any nationality, but the winning entries must be published in a Citizen weekly (or daily) newspaper. Creative winners must be Citizen citizens. The only exception is the History Award, which is awarded to any book about the history of Citizen. The author does not have to be a Citizen. It’s this that makes it almost impossible for “Collapse” to be nominated. Because the author of this work happens to be a writer who is not a Citizen. Because of this problem, after this work achieved good market results, it triggered extensive discussions in the industry. The New York Times, which has always had a cooperative relationship with Random House, even published articles in the literary and art section. A reader survey was published online - Readers of "Collapse of Empire", do you think this work is qualified to be nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Literature? Just after the very conspicuous work survey questions, there is also a note that everyone can see immediately - the author of this work is an authentic Chinese, not someone who studied or lived in Citiland. I am a tourist who has not been a Chinese American, but as far as the work itself is concerned, we need your opinion. After this questionnaire was published, it immediately received a lot of phone feedback from readers. Perhaps because the boys' "copy" of this work was very detailed, almost to the point of confusing the original work, so most of them Almost all readers who saw the newspaper's questionnaire said unanimously that "Collapse of Empire" is definitely qualified to compete for the Pulitzer Prize. But in many cases, the opinions of readers can only represent public opinion itself, and are not helpful at all to the matters they are concerned about. Just like what happened this time, although the boys' works have achieved impressive sales results, and the feedback from readers has made many authors in Citigroup jealous, in terms of word-of-mouthLook, this novel is an excellent work no matter what, but the Pulitzer Prize jury has never responded at all to the media and the public’s appeals. Regarding this point, many people in Citigroup, where speech is relatively casual as long as it does not involve political bottom lines, can't help but become angry, especially some who really like this work and have a certain right to speak. People in the literary world began to criticize the Pulitzer Prize judges. During Yang Yi's participation in the annual meeting of the Magic City Writers Association, the Bantam Group happened to summarize the current situation and informed the boys, but it was obvious that the other party was not ready to let it go, and had already begun to use his own The influence of public opinion exerted pressure from various channels on the Pulitzer reviewer, Columbia University, and the prize fund management committee of the award. The boy naturally knows the reason why the other party does this. Random House may be a well-known publishing group, but this kind of corporate group dominated by basics will not have the same literary dream as himself, and personal feelings will never be the same. It cannot resist the fundamental demands of an interest group. This is true whether it is domestic or foreign. As a reborn person, Yang Yi naturally knows it well. So Random House did this not because "Collapse of Empires" is really well written. They would be sorry for such a good work if they didn't try hard to win the Pulitzer Prize to boys, but because if Yang Yi could As a foreign writer, he finally won the Citi Award, which was stipulated not to be awarded to foreign writers during the establishment ceremony. The whole incident itself was a good topic for speculation, and it could make Random House gain more than Yang Yi. . As for the beneficiary of the boy's final victory, it is not just him and Random House. Even the New York Times, which is a public opinion base, will also receive awards for its continuous reporting of this news. Very beneficial. So to a certain extent, even if Yang Yi himself told the other party that he didn't care whether he won the award, Random House and many related media, driven by their own interests, were determined not to stop their actions. With this understanding, although Yang Yi was very concerned about the news from the other side of the ocean, he was much more relaxed than the relatively nervous mood before. Anyway, even if he didn't care about it, there would be others. Since he was concerned about it, and he had no decision-making power on whether or not he would win the award, he was happy to watch the show from the sidelines. As a result, the whole incident began to become more and more controversial under the purposeful promotion of Random House. First, well-known literary critics under Random House, as well as authors who had collaborated with Random House, successively came forward to comment on " "Collapse of an Empire", it seems that the influence of this work has been so great that the entire Citiland literary world cannot ignore it. This approach of Random House has also caused dissatisfaction among many people in the industry at Columbia University. Some of these people are Columbia University alumni, and some are writers and authors who have won awards in the past. They highly approve of the completely localized approach of this award. , so after seeing many people stand up and express their opinions, naturally I couldn't help but speak up and speak for Columbia University and the Pulitzer Prize jury. Even now, there have been many people quarreling in the media. The focus of the dispute between the two parties was initially focused on whether a Chinese author was qualified to win the Pulitzer Prize for "Collapse of Empire" in violation of tradition. However, later on, this kind of spat in the air spread to a wider and wider scope, directly to the question of whether it is necessary for the Pulitzer Prize to stick to the tradition and only be used to commend literary creations with the identity of Citigroup. people in the industry. McCary is an independent writer for the "New York Times" and has her own column in the newspaper. However, because she is not an employee of the "New York Times" and has her own position on many news focus issues, Only then has she built a certain reputation, making her column always a popular section in the "New York Times" - after all, for a columnist, there are often disagreements with her own position in expressing public opinions, and thus in the newspaper The controversy over the New York Times is also a scene that many New York Times readers love to see. This time, when the debate arose about whether the rules of the Pulitzer Prize were inappropriate, McCurry clearly expressed her opinion - absolutely It is timely, but some views of the New York Times will make this pure award with the spirit of Citigroup no longer pure. The person she was calling out from a distance happened to be a famous editor in charge of the social and literary section of the "New York Times". After reading "Collapse of Empire", the person became a "brainless fan" of this work, quite a bit. For a period of time, the boy's work was promoted and promoted, so after the two met, the scene was quite intense. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!