"As of 9:00 this morning, this year's Galaxy Award essay contest received a total of 817 articles of various types. In addition to those that do not meet the participation conditions, a total of 788 short stories have been validly participated. We need to select one special prize, two first prizes and second and third prizes in three days. Time is relatively tight, I hope everyone will forgive me!"

Tao Hu, editor-in-chief of "Science Fiction World" magazine, said that he also served as the person in charge of the Galaxy Award essay contest, and the chairman of the jury was led by Tong Yonglie, and 12 other people served as judges.

Although many science fiction masters have come here in advance, not everyone can serve as judges. Lin Han is the youngest and least experienced judges.

Although some other writers who were not able to serve as judges were a little dissatisfied, they were not qualified to say anything. At most, they muttered in their hearts that they were not as unruly as others. Who made their sales, awards, and reputations not as good as others!

Lin Han participated in such a judges event for the first time. He felt that everything was very fresh, so he was listening to Tao Hu's speech attentively and ignored the eyes of others.

"Friends who are familiar with the Galaxy Award essay contest can know that the number of participants in our last essay contest was less than 200, and this year there were more than 700, which can be said to be growing rapidly. However, the quality of so many participating manuscripts is uneven. I hope you can treat every novel with a fair, just and open attitude. This is not the first time you have been a judge, so if you have any questions, you can ask each other."

These more than 700 articles were randomly distributed to 12 judges, which means that each person had to read 65 novels in three days, and then sort out their respective advantages and disadvantages, and then cross-examine them to avoid missing or negligence.

In this way, each judge chose the novel they think is the best and then summarized it and discussed. The project volume is really considerable.

Many people think reading is a very enjoyable thing, but reading so many books in a short period of time will become torture. Lin Han was secretly shocked. He said to Li Wenyuan on the side: "If you read so many novels in three days and don't blind your eyes, your head will definitely be a mess. Can't you delay the time longer?"

"Are you so idle for everyone? It's not so easy to coordinate so many judges. Everyone has their own things to be busy with. In previous years, the workload has been much smaller. Look carefully so that others will not cause trouble for you on purpose."

Lin Han looked at the laptop in front of him. He accepted his fate and clicked on a document, and then slowly read it. The first time he read it through the full text in a glance at ten lines. After having a rough impression, he would carefully read it to find out the advantages and disadvantages of the novel.

The strength of new authors is uneven, and most of the submissions are actually extremely average, so Lin Han thinks that many novels are simply eye-catching, and it is really difficult to find an excellent short story!

Based on the principle of being responsible to the contestants, Lin Han looked very carefully. He looked at the computer for a long time and only drank water, so he was a little relaxed when going to the toilet.

The first morning passed, and the judges walked out of the room with almost red eyes. They exchanged ideas with each other while lunch time.

"How many articles have you read?"

"There are less than ten articles. What the hell is written about? I was so dizzy when I read it. There is no one that can be seen. Why are the people participating in the competition so low?"

Li Wenyuan grabbed Lin Han, "Do you have any eye-catching works over there?"

Lin Han yawned, and nodded and said, "There is a novel called "The Year of the Great Wilderness". The author has never heard of it, but his writing skills are very skillful and sharp, and he is definitely not a newcomer. The details of the novel are full, the picture is also good, and it is very vivid, creating the feeling of a Hollywood disaster blockbuster, which is a bit creepy."

"What is the author's name? Maybe it's transferred from the other categories." Li Wenyuan became interested. Science fiction novels that Lin Han thought were good must have their own uniqueness.

"It seems that it's called Xing Cen, I'll search it." Lin Han moved his finger and typed it on his phone, and then found that he was really not a newcomer. "It turns out that he is a writer who writes online novels. No wonder he has a very skillful writing skills, a good imagination, and a good narrative ability."

After a short rest, they devoted themselves to reading again. There are still so many novels waiting to be read. They must complete their reading before the specified time. After all, there is still time for cross-review.

Tong Yonglie came to Lin Han's seat and asked, "Xiaolin, do you find any good seedlings here? I recommend it to me first, let's discuss it together in the evening."

"Old Tong, this article "The Year of the Great Wilderness" is not bad for the time being. You can read it. The author's writing is quite good and can be published directly in the magazine."

Seeing that the hunting was heartbroken, Tong Yonglie directly used his identity as the chairman of the jury to find this novel, and read it without saying a word, very seriously.

Everyone was very harmonious in the review sessions in the previous few days, but when it came to cross-review, there was a dispute. Everyone's reading preferences were different and the things they considered were different.

So when Lin Han exchanged the evaluations of his group of contestants with another older writer Gao Fei, he found that they had a very big difference.

"The Year of the Great Wilderness", which was originally highly anticipated by Lin Han, only received a medium review on Gao Fei's side, but another article was put on the special one.

"Teacher Gao, this "Eternal Night in the Antarctic" seems to have many flaws. Some of the settings in it have appeared in other novels, and they have not broken free from the shackles. They only describe some scenes of the eternal night. I really didn't find any highlights in it."

Gao Fei was a college student in the 1990s and was considered an old qualification in the science fiction literature circle. He explained: "The book "Eternal Night in the Antarctic" reminds me of the writing techniques of the golden age of science fiction novels in the 1980s. The author used this retro writing method to show the world after the earth stopped. I think it can be rewarded."

Lin Han thought this was just a difference caused by simple aesthetic differences, so he didn't care much and said directly: "Then let's leave it to Mr. Tong to decide. This is a bit big."

"Kobayashi, how about you give me a face? "Eternal Night in the Antarctic" was written by my nephew, and I gave some guidance. He has more potential in science fiction novels. If he can win this award, his status as a debut work will be higher. I don't expect him to be as outstanding as you, but it shouldn't be a problem to be in the middle and upper reaches."

It was Lin Han's turn to be dumbfounded. No wonder Gao Fei kept talking lies with his eyes open. It turned out that this was written by his relatives. But his level was really not very good. It was all written by others. The plot was a bit scattered, and nothing was explained clearly in the 20,000 words.

If Lin Han recommends the quota against his conscience, he will become his mentor. Others will know that Lin Han recommends this book and carves Lin Han’s name on the pillar of shame!

Today's major literary awards have basically become tools for seniority and connections. They either give all the awards to famous and contributing old writers, or give them to relationships with no fame or strength.

The two of them had a lot of arguments, but everyone around them looked commonplace. Almost no one thought there was something wrong with this. Anyway, the prize money was not paid by the judges. Besides, it is normal to take a look at each other.

Li Wenyuan knew that Lin Han was young and energetic and might be a little indignant. He persuaded: "If you don't want to recommend this book, leave it to Mr. Tong, and the Chairman will ask everyone for their opinions."

This obviously made Lin Han take a step back and hand over his reputation to the entire jury to take the blame, but Lin Han shook his head, "The Galaxy Award essay contest is not only about discovering new writers, but also about guiding the future creative trend of our Chinese science fiction novels. If all of them are such works, what's the use of awards? Instead of waiting to be ridiculed by public opinion, I might as well not choose other groups directly. I can't control other groups, but in my group, this situation cannot happen. This book "Eternal Night of the Antarctic" will be the kind of group that was directly eliminated. I only recommend one, and that is "The Year of the Great Wilderness"!"

The others frowned. This was simply not playing according to common sense. People in a circle looked up and looked down. Is it really good to tear them so hard?

Gao Fei was also angry by Lin Han's tough attitude. He never thought that Lin Han would reject his proposal. This would not have any loss for Lin Han, let alone a newcomer who actually quarreled with him.

He pointed at Lin Han, "Don't think you're arrogant after writing two bestsellers. You weren't born when I wrote the novel! I've written more novels than you have read! It's not your turn to speak now, you'd better know what you're doing."

Lin Han looked around and didn't expect the science fiction literature circle to be so decayed. He originally thought that this was a young and energetic literary group, but in the end he was still a group of conservative old men guarding it.

What they care about is not discovering new people, but how to benefit themselves, not the healthy development of the entire science fiction circle, but how to ensure that their status is unshakable.

Breaking this unspoken rule and putting it on the surface, Lin Han felt very tired. Even if he worked hard, with such a group of people dragging him down, he would not be able to create a new world.

"Teacher Gao, as a judge, do you deserve your responsibilities? Don't put the set you are used to on me, I won't agree. It's best not to invite me to be a judge in the future, otherwise I won't open the back door every time, and I have no shady here!"

Lin Han did not lose at all in terms of momentum. He didn't expect Gao Fei's hand to be so long. No wonder he had to choose himself when he crossed and read each other.
Chapter completed!