Of course, the king's unveiling is just a joke.
Mainly because tribal literature is too well hidden.
Thirty short stories competed on the same stage. I won’t tell you who the authors of these stories are until the last day. I only tell you that these writers are well-known in the industry…
This form of competition adopted by tribal literature can be said to have aroused everyone's curiosity to the greatest extent!
As the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat.
Readers and people in the short story field are certainly not cats, but their curiosity at this moment is no less than that of cats.
This move can be said to be very psychological.
It's like a person is halfway through a conversation and suddenly stops talking.
No matter whether the sentence is important or not, the listener will care about it very much. Who told you to only reveal half of the information
Therefore, in the discussion area of the blog, many readers post, predict the author online, and analyze the article from various aspects. They are very technical.
What everyone is most curious about is of course the author of the first place!
After a month of competition, the outcome of this short story competition has become very clear.
This short story titled "Death of a Small Civil Servant" is the champion of this competition!
Therefore, the discussion about the author of "Death of a Clerk" is also the most lively.
In those guessing posts, almost all the famous writers in the field of short stories were mentioned by readers.
Unfortunately, no one has admitted it so far.
Of course Lin Yuan also saw his ranking.
To be honest, he was very surprised that "Death of a Civil Servant" won the championship, because he had been prepared for this novel to only rank third.
This story is certainly excellent, but the satirical effect in the novel is a bit lacking.
And this deviation in effect is bound to happen.
In other words.
If Lin Yuan lived in an era of feudal rule, perhaps this novel would be given a deeper meaning.
And now.
In this era of great peace on the blue planet, this novel seems to use a creative method of "using the past to satirize the present".
However, Lin Yuan did not dwell on this matter too much.
Since "Death of a Petty Civil Servant" won first place, if nothing unexpected happens, Lin Yuan only needs to wait for the first prize money to arrive.
This waiting didn't last long.
On the last day of April, Tribe Literature finally announced the list of writers.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the authors of these novels were finally revealed!
“Fuck!”
"So the author of Missed is Mr. Ping. I was wondering why the writing style was familiar, but Mr. Ping refused to admit it before!"
"The second-place reasoning was actually written by Lao Wang! Lao Wang must have changed the style intentionally. Readers can't even imagine it."
"Is the fifth-place 'Echo' written by Qi Tong? Qi Tong has written very few short stories. I didn't expect that he would try his hand at a short story this time."
"The eighth work was actually written by Ye Ye!"
"Hahaha, I guessed the authors of three of the short stories!"
“I guessed two.”
"There was a prediction post before, it was a divine prophecy, the poster guessed eight, he should be the one with the highest accuracy rate so far!"
"… "
When the riddle results came out, the readers were in a joyful mood.
However, more readers and people in the short story field first went to see who the author of "Death of a Petty Civil Servant" was.
As a result, short story authors and many readers were stunned.
Because this is a name that 99% of people had not guessed in advance.
"Chu Kuang?"
“It’s Chu Kuang?”
"The author of Artificial Beauty?"
"The one who wrote The Gift of the Magi last month?"
"I remember him because of The Prince of Tennis. It turns out he can also write short stories?"
"It seems that the guy above hasn't been paying much attention to the short story circle recently. 'The Gift of the Magi' was the most popular short story last month, and the author is this Chu Kuang!"
"The film 'Artificial Beauty' that he released during the Chinese New Year is also good. I personally feel that it is very interesting."
"This is a rising star in the field of short stories!"
"I thought the author of this novel was a well-known figure, but I didn't expect that he was a newcomer in our short story field!"
"… "
No wonder readers are so surprised.
They couldn't guess that the author of "Death of a Small Civil Servant" was Chu Kuang, firstly because Chu Kuang was a newcomer in the field of short stories.
Secondly, the style of "The Gift of the Magi" is very different from Chu Kuang's previous two works!
In novel writing, even if the author's name is hidden, there are still traces to be found.
Because different writers have different writing habits.
Just like O. Henry.
He likes to write an unexpected twist ending.
The unexpected and the reasonable are the characteristics of his writing, and the literary world calls his ending pattern the "O. Henry ending."
It is also a point that he is criticized for.
Because some people would say that after reading too many of O. Henry's works, they all feel like they follow the same pattern.
However, Chu Kuang broke this definition.
The differences between his first two novels were not that obvious.
But in "Death of a Small Civil Servant", Chu Kuang actually played the art of satire!
For this purpose, he even gave up the story and the reversal mode at the end of "The Gift of the Magi".
Is satire a higher art
This statement is not necessarily true, but in the minds of more people, satire is indeed cool. The reason why "The Death of a Civil Servant" can become the champion this time is that many people feel a strong sense of déjà vu when reading the novel.
Many phenomena in life are satirized vividly in this novel!
So everyone thinks the author is amazing.
At this time!
Wang Guojian, the short story writer who ranked second, suddenly posted a blog post: "Chu Kuang won the championship, just like "The Gift of the Magi", the ending was full of dramatic reversals. I am beginning to look forward to Chu Kuang bringing more surprises to the field of short stories in the future."
Immediately following.
Mr. Ping An, who ranked third, said: "Chu Kuang is a rising star in the field of short stories!"
Not just them.
Crash!
Of the thirty participating writers, more than a dozen have expressed their opinions through the blog:
"The difference in style between the previous and the next work is so great that no one could have guessed that this was written by the newcomer Chu Kuang. However, I have to admit that "The Death of a Small Civil Servant" is an excellent novel. It is an honor to lose."
“I’m glad to have such a talented new writer in the short story field!”
"I have read all three of Chu Kuang's short stories. He is truly a genius as he was able to write such excellent works just after entering this field."
"My son likes "Prince of Tennis" written by Chu Kuang very much, so I knew this writer a long time ago, but I didn't expect that one day I would lose to him in a short story competition. I don't know if my son is sad or happy at this moment/dog"
"… "
At this time, You Rong, the editor-in-chief of "Fun Reading" at the Silver Blue Library Magazine, was filled with righteous indignation and slammed the table:
“Tribal literature is actually stealing people!”