"You said that, right?" Rogo nodded uncertainly, but after seeing Yang Yi smiled and clicking on the title page of a book on the bookshelf next to him, Random Bookstore, he understood that even for his own benefit, Random Bookstore in Citigroup would help Yang Yi wave the flag and shout. Will readers on the other side of the ocean forget Yang Yi and his "The Collapse of the Empire"? First ask them whether they agree or not.

"So that's all right, and let alone Random House, in fact, after Columbia University came out to respond to the readers' requests, it was already our allies on a certain level. They were mentioned with the Pulitzer Prize this year, and I and "The Collapse of the Empire" would also be thought of at the same time, so why should I be anxious..."

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The facts are exactly the same as Yang Yishu expected, or exactly the same as those seen in the boy's previous life. In the next half month, just because of this decision made by Columbia University, based on the news obtained by Random House through certain channels, the former received more than a thousand letters from readers, almost all protesting that they would abandon "The Collapse of the Empire" outside the scope of this Pulitzer Prize.

The reason for such large-scale readers' protests is not that Random Bookstore hired, but that "The Collapse of the Empire" is indeed a real reader who has made a fuss for Yang Yi and his works. In his previous life, "The Collapse of the Empire" won the Pulitzer Prize two years later with an undisputed vote. Whether it is the main storyline, the characters in it, or the countless Citi-style life details that are filled in every corner of the book, make a considerable number of readers feel that by reading this novel, they feel the little bits and pieces of their memories again, and because of these touches, they are extremely firmly convinced that the book "The Collapse of the Empire" is a good work worthy of the Pulitzer Prize.

In this case, it is not surprising that there are large-scale protest calls.

In addition to these ordinary people who can only express their support for Yang Yi and the collapse of the Empire through protest letters, and who are dissatisfied with the Columbia University Pulitzer Prize Evaluation Committee, there are also some people with special identities in the huge reader base, such as the Chicago Post's special columnist, Puel Rafa. This literary critic who has his own reputation in the Citigroup literary circle and even the entire European and American literary circles. The day after Columbia University issued its final announcement, he expressed his opinion on the Chicago Post.

Europeans and Americans, especially Citi people with their own unique culture, always express their own opinions more directly, and Puel Rafa always comments with sharp and almost meanness. They are famous in the literary circle and even ordinary people. Whether in the East or the West, literature is always relatively high and low. Perhaps there are many people who like to read. However, few people pay attention to literary comments to perform a deep dissection of literary works. Don’t go past Puel Rafa’s column, because this commentator pays great attention to both pure literary works and popular bestsellers. After paying attention, most of them have to attach a sharp comment. Readers may not be able to read a pure literary book such as Whitman’s Psalm. But they must be interested in Poole’s comments.

When he was elected as the most popular columnist of the Chicago Post, the reason for his award was that a viewer who participated in the live event said: "Maybe I will never be interested in Emily Dickinson's works, but as long as I read Rafa's column, it will be similar to reading the author's original work, and the latter's comments are more conducive to choosing the reading object."

With this kind of evaluation and fame, once Puel Rafa expressed his opinions on a work at the moment, at least it also means that the work will increase sales slightly - half of this situation occurs in works treated by this person's sarcastic words. Everyone wants to see what things that Puel can be so ridiculed will turn into. And once it is a book he has praised, it is almost a foregone conclusion to increase sales.

His evaluation of "The Collapse of the Empire" was exactly the latter, full of positive praise: "Columbia University's final decision will become the most serious mistake since the establishment of the Pulitzer Literature Award and eternal regret - well, actually, I want to say that their decision will become the stain on the Pulitzer Prize. God knows, maybe it's because he has been in the best humanities and higher education position in Citigroup. The professors here (Columbia) have forgotten how to define whether a work is excellent..."

Because of this multi-faceted protest and momentum, after Columbia University announced their decision, the book "The Collapse of the Empire" actually created a record of 870,000 copies in the Christmas book market in Citigroup, with a total sales volume of 870,000 copies in half a month and a total of more than 17 million US dollars - the Christmas sales record of literary books. This data is not too far from the sales discipline of 920,000 copies in two fourteen days by James Patterson, the best-selling king of Citigroup.

The most important thing is that the latter's works are perfectly commercial bestsellers, while "The Collapse of the Empire" targets the Pulitzer Prize's literary novels.

"A foreigner captured our Christmas book market? Is it incredible? If you have this idea, I suggest you read this novel first. "The Collapse of the Empire" is a work that must not be missed this year. And why can an author from China write something that even those native Citi writers cannot describe? The town on the Knox River in Maine, once those vaguely identifiable logging farms, handicraft workshops, and spinning

Weaver Factory, each of these things, can be taken out alone to provoke long-lasting memories of the people of Maine, and when the author mixes all the factors together, what we see is not a hodgepodge, but a very familiar dusk style. In this regard, the young gentleman is definitely qualified to compete for the Pulitzer Prize of the year..."—This is still the editorial of the Sunday Literary and Art Section of the Niuyo Times.

"Well, since the Pulitzer Prize must stick to its own tradition, then maybe we have nothing to say, but Mr. Miles, can we consider expanding the relaxed conditions of historical works in the literary category into the entire literary category? Any poems and novels that describe the life of Citigroup... can be qualified to participate in the evaluation?" - After determining Columbia University and the Pulitzer Prize Fund Management Agency made up their ideas, the Los Angeles Daily, which is located in the diagonal corner of this continent, also gave its own suggestions.

With this public opinion that has once again increased popularity, "The Collapse of the Empire" determined its ranking among the top ten bestsellers in North America this year at the beginning of 2001. In addition to this book, the name Yang Yi has also been widely circulated.

There is a phenomenon called "flowering inside the wall and fragrance outside the wall". Although the current situation of boys cannot be described completely like this, it has more or less brought some similar flavors. At least in the first decade of the new century, the self-confidence of all classes in China was not enough, and they were still used to the previous view that "if foreigners say it is really good", Yang Yi was not old or small before, and he was also a genius best-selling writer. Compared with the racers in the same period in his previous life, he still had a lot more achievements. However, in fact, his popularity has not been much higher. Of course, there are reasons why boys choose their own choices. However, after the founding of New China, readers often only know the works and cannot meet the author's habit of being on top of the list, which is also an important factor.

But when the heated discussion of "The Collapse of the Empire" broke out in Citigroup and extremely curious about Yang Yi, China was also full of curiosity about this young writer whose name suddenly resounded throughout Citigroup and even the North American mainland. In an instant, countless media began to hear the news and tried different ways to find Yang Yi Culture and asked for an interview with Yang Yi.

After the New Year's Day holiday in China, in the next week, the most common problem faced by the front desk of Yangyi Culture and the telephone operator of the president's office was, "We are reporters of xx media. May I ask, is Yang Yi, the author of "The Collapse of the Empire", an author of your publishing house?" or if you know the inside story, your attitude will be more friendly and enthusiastic. "Is it possible for you, Mr. Yang, to make an appointment with him?"

This kind of pursuit and curiosity are getting worse and stronger. Seeing that Yang Yi is about to become a national topic, the "Youth Literature" in the capital suddenly issued a completely opposite to the mainstream public opinion: "We see that in the current domestic book market, the most popular thing is not the works of our Chinese authors themselves, but the magic novel "Harry Potter" by British writers. At the same time, it is regarded by many readers as genius writers.
Chapter completed!