Just like the entertainment industry in later generations is divided into young actors who take the traffic route and veteran actors who take the strength route, the same is true on the New York Times bestseller list.

On the New York Times best-seller list, some best-sellers appear at the top or in the front row every year. They stay in the front row for a few weeks or ten weeks, and then disappear.

Occasionally, there are books that dominate the list for a long time, and they are all super best-sellers.

This type of book belongs to the small fresh meat on the bestseller list.

It has been on the list for a few weeks or more than ten weeks, but the sales volume is extremely impressive, and it can often easily sell hundreds of thousands or millions of copies.

"The Death of Van Gogh" takes a completely different route.

Its inclusion on the list relies neither on the publishing power of the publisher nor the writer's popularity, but entirely on the power of word-of-mouth.

It is a pure literary work itself, which means that even if it is on the best-seller list, its sales volume that week cannot be compared with the works in the front row.

So the location is not very forward.

But I couldn't let it go, and it managed to get away with batch after batch of popular works that were on the best-seller list.

"Even if it's not on the bestseller list, don't worry too much.

Works like "The Truman Show" and "The Death of Van Gogh" have everlasting charm, and readers will continue to choose them in the future.

It’s not like those fast food products on the bestseller list, where the book is nowhere to be found after it’s off the list.’

Luan Walter said optimistically.

His words are not blind optimism, but come from his own experience.

Along the way, Luanne Walter was mainly talking, and Davis Ondiano would occasionally add a few words. The atmosphere was very harmonious.

The car drove for nearly an hour before arriving at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.

Norman said it is a city, but in fact it is not very large. The city has a population of less than 10,000, just like many other cities in the American Midwest.

The University of Oklahoma built in it has a larger student population, nearly 20,000.

This university, founded in 1890, specializes in petroleum engineering and was the first institution of higher learning in the history of the United States to establish a petroleum geology major.

It is also an international leader in neurosurgery, weather prediction, seismology and other fields, but its overall ranking is not high in the United States.

Similar to Lin Chaoyang’s impression of American universities, the University of Oklahoma covers a large area and the school buildings are mainly red.

Some Georgian architectural styles.

Red bricks and red tiles, steep roofs and complex detailed decorations give people a solemn and elegant feeling, which looks quite humanistic. After the three of them got off the car, they walked into the campus. The most impressive thing was the wide lawn in the center.

Square, a huge lawn square is regularly divided by criss-crossing roads, in a hexagonal shape, and the two main roads leading to the main building of the school are wide and straight.

It was between classes at this time, and the road was full of energetic college students, and from time to time someone was whizzing by on a bicycle.

Davis Ondiano introduced the school to Lin Chaoyang along the way. He walked for nearly 20 minutes and arrived in front of a two-story red villa.

According to Davis Ondiano, Professor Howard Eaton, a tenured professor at the University of Oklahoma, lived in this villa in his early years.

Later, it became unused and became the school's reception place. It was also Lin Chaoyang's residence for the two days he received the award at the University of Oklahoma.

After Davis Ondia explained many issues such as clothing, accommodation, and transportation, Lin Chaoyang rested in the villa for two hours.

In the evening, Davis Ondiano came to the villa again. Paul Sherper, the president of the University of Oklahoma, prepared a welcome dinner for Lin Chaoyang. The dinner was held at Paul Sherper's home in Norman.

, three kilometers away from the school.

In addition to Paul Scherper, attending today's dinner are also Nancy Davis, Chairman of the School Board, Calvin Polk, Editor-in-Chief of the School Press, and the jury of this year's Newstat International Literary Award.

Members, the scene is grand.

The University of Oklahoma is located in the west, and its ranking among American universities is not high. The Neustadt International Literature Award is one of the few events that the school can offer with national influence, so every session is extremely important.

Try your best and this year will be no exception.

After politely greeting everyone in turn, Lin Chaoyang shook hands with an old man with yellow skin in the crowd, a friendly smile on his face.

"Mr. Xiao, long time no see!"

"It's been a long time indeed." Xiao Qian responded with a smile.

Xiao Qian is a judge for this year's Neustadt National Literature Prize, and he also nominated Lin Chaoyang.

Meeting an old friend in a foreign country, the two chatted passionately for a few words before sitting down with everyone else.

The dinner is an ordinary family style, the taste is not important, what is important is the attitude and sense of ceremony.

As the winner of the new Neustadt International Literature Prize, Lin Chaoyang felt that the University of Oklahoma valued him.

The next morning, the students on campus were already active. Lin Chaoyang packed up and went to the campus restaurant to have breakfast. After seeing that the time was almost up, he came to the school library.

Most of the teaching buildings in various colleges at the University of Oklahoma are three or four stories high and do not occupy a large area, and the library is no exception.

Different from the grand venues where awards are held in China, the Neustadt International Literature Prize was awarded in the school library, which looked no different from usual.

"Hi! Lin, how did you sleep last night?" Lin Chaoyang met Davis Ondiano in front of the library. As soon as he saw Lin Chaoyang, he said hello with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Davis. Sleeping well."

The two chatted for a while. Davis Ondiano glanced at his watch and said, "It's almost time. Everyone is here. Let's go in too."

"good."

The two walked into the library.

When Lin Chaoyang stood outside the library, he thought the library was the same as usual, but when he walked into the library under the leadership of Davis Ondiano, he discovered that the layout inside was unique.

The specific location of the award ceremony is in the community activity room of the library, and along the way from the library to the community activity room, at regular intervals,

A poster will appear on the wall.

In addition, there are some display racks standing against the wall, and a book is placed on each display rack.

These posters and display racks are scattered at different heights and spaced apart, covering both sides of the entire road.

The books on the bookshelf are all published works by Lin Chaoyang, not only published in the United States, but also in other countries around the world.

Chinese, English, Japanese, French————

Lin Chaoyang was in a daze for a moment. Time passed by unconsciously, and he actually wrote so many novels.

The posters on the wall are all enlarged book covers. Every poster here is reproduced by students from the School of Art at the University of Oklahoma. Maybe the skills of these students cannot be compared with that of famous artists, but it makes people feel the same.

An extraordinarily vigorous vitality.

Such an arrangement, although not grand, is full of a sense of ceremony.

For a moment, Lin Chaoyang, who had always dealt with things calmly, felt a little excited.

Davis Ondiano explained that these books and posters were collected and arranged by schools and literary societies entrusted by the award organizing committee.

In addition to preparing for the award ceremony, these arrangements are also an exhibition of Lin Chaoyang's works. They will be like this here for the next week for University of Oklahoma students and outsiders to visit and read.

The two of them were talking as they walked towards the community activity room. The community activity room was said to be an activity room, but its size was basically a small auditorium.

It looks like it's at least four to five hundred square meters.

The decoration of the activity room is very classical, with a tall arched window on the opposite side, a complex wooden beam structure on the ceiling, and lamps hanging on the walls on both sides, emitting soft light.

There are a few bookshelves and a large number of seats inside. There are already hundreds of students sitting in it, giving it a classical and elegant atmosphere.

The student seats are arranged from the door inward, extending more than 20 meters to the open space under the tall windows at the end.

At this moment, some of the school's main leaders and committee members were sitting or standing gathered there.

When Lin Chaoyang and Davis Ondiano walked to the door of the activity room, they attracted the attention of some students.

Most of these students are members of the school's literary club, and some are ordinary literature lovers who took the initiative to sign up to participate in the award ceremony.

Since the results of last year's awards were announced, students have known that the winner of this year's Neustadt International Literature Prize is a Chinese.

Seeing Lin Chaoyang standing next to Davis Ondiano, many students turned their eyes to him, showing curiosity and whispering to each other from time to time.

At this moment, a lone round of applause suddenly broke out in the huge community activity room.

The students looked around, and it turned out that it was Principal Paul Sherper who was standing in the open space on the other side and talking to someone. He noticed the person coming at the door and was the first to applaud.

Hearing this round of applause, everyone understood that the person standing at the door must be today's real host, Lin Chaoyang, the winner of the new Neustadt International Literature Prize.

The applause went from lonely to sparse to enthusiastic in just a few seconds.

Lin Chaoyang subconsciously glanced at Davis Ondiano, who gave him an encouraging look. Lin Chaoyang smiled, straightened the hem of his suit, and stepped forward.

The arrangement of seats on both sides of the event room formed a road in the middle, and Lin Chaoyang walked to the end of the room amidst the applause and attention of everyone.

Turning around, he greeted Paul Sherper and the others politely, then turned to look at the students.

"Gentlemen and ladies, let us solemnly welcome Mr. Lin from China!" Paul Sherper introduced loudly.

Lin Chaoyang bowed slightly and greeted the students, and the applause suddenly became enthusiastic.

There is no literary craze in the United States now, and pure literature lovers are even more of a niche group, but most of the people who come today are literature lovers.

Many of them are loyal readers of Lin Chaoyang and made a special trip here today.

For these pure literature lovers, they may not meet their favorite writers more than once in their lifetime, especially Lin Chaoyang is a foreign writer.

Amidst the warm applause, some loyal readers looked excited. They finally saw the true face of Lin Chaoyang, a foreign writer in Lushan.

After the meeting ceremony, Lin Chaoyang sat in the first row.

The results of the Neustadt International Literature Prize were announced as early as last year. There was no suspense in today's award ceremony and the process was not complicated.

As the president, Paul Scherper first stood in front of the lecture hall and delivered a speech. In summary, he boasted about the history and influence of the University of Oklahoma and the Newstat National Literary Award.
To be continued...