Chapter 685: Waiting for a lifetime (finishing flowers)

On December 8, 2000, the huge Gulfstream GV was preparing to taxi at Yanjing Capital Airport. Lin Chaoyang and his family were sitting on a taxi. A group of more than ten people will arrive at Stockholm Airport in Sweden in seven hours.

This time I went to Stockholm to receive the award. The official originally wanted to hold a grand farewell ceremony for Lin Chaoyang, but Lin Chaoyang politely declined.

Over the past period of time, his time and energy have been filled with media interviews and activities. It was finally time to receive the award, and he just wanted to walk with his family.

This was Zhou Mei's first time taking a private plane. Despite being overwhelmed with excitement, the flashing light in her eyes still betrayed her inner excitement.

Tao Xiwen quietly held her hand and whispered: "I was very excited when I first took a private plane. I had to touch it everywhere when I went to the toilet."

Zhou Mei knew that he wanted to relax himself, but she couldn't help but smile when she heard this.

Tao Xiwu, who was standing beside him, was holding a camera to take pictures of his family one by one.

"Just take a few pictures, it's about to take off soon," said Zhao Li.

"What's wrong with taking more photos? It's not uncommon to go abroad now, but it's probably only this time for our lifetime to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony. We have to thank our uncle!"

Tao Xiwu said with a smile, which made everyone in the family smile relaxedly.

While he was talking, Dongdong's eyes were on the apron outside the window, but it was not focused, and it was obviously emptying.

"Dongdong, look at the camera!" Tao Xiwu shouted.

When Dongdong turned her head, the camera freezes.

Tao Xiwu asked, "What are you thinking?"

Before he could speak, Yan Yan rushed to say, "What else can I think of, just miss my girlfriend."

After being teased by my sister's old age, Dongdong looked angry, "What are you talking about?"

"Am I talking nonsense? I thought everyone didn't know what you did at school?"

Yanda is the base camp of the Tao family. Dongdong’s affairs at school are indeed not a secret. It’s just that the family members want to inquire. However, Yan Yan’s words are purely deceiving him. She, a high school student, has no channels to inquire about the news.

Dongdong thought she really knew it, and was afraid that she would talk nonsense, so she didn't dare to slap her with her like usual, but just glared at her fiercely.

Lin Chaoyang looked at the little movements of his children, and had a faint smile on his face.

The results of the Nobel Prize have been announced for almost two months, and it is finally time to receive the prize.

He has been exhausted in the past two months. He either accepts interviews or participates in activities every day. Thanks to the completion of "Celestial Chronicle", he might have been delayed by this award.

After receiving the award this time, I guess there will be a wave of activities waiting for him when I return to China, so I can't avoid it.

But he had thought about it. After the event was over, he would find a place to get up and have a long vacation.

While he was thinking, the roar of the plane engine came, and the Gulfstream GV was slid on the runway, then soared into the sky.

After the Gulfstream GV, another plane took off on the apron of Capital International Airport.

Although Lin Chaoyang wanted to be low-key, it was not easy for the officials and the media to let him go. The plane carried many journalists, officials from the cultural and diplomatic departments.

The plane arrived in Stockholm, and Lin Chaoyang and his family were picked up to the hotel.

After a short break, Lin Chaoyang and other Nobel Prize winners attended the press conference held by the Nobel jury.

After a day of time difference, it was awards day.

On the afternoon of December 10, Lin Chaoyang and his family took a bus to Stockholm Concert Hall.

In Stockholm in winter, it is dark before Yanjing, and the sun sets at 3 pm. The Greek-style concert hall looks majestic and grand against the backdrop of lights.

It has been the Nobel Prize Awards venue since 1926, witnessing the history of the Nobel Prize for more than half a century.

There were reporters from all over the world waiting in front of the concert hall early, and the plainclothes police officers in charge of security were also ready.

Dongdong and Yan Yan have seen too many worlds since childhood, but after all, they are young. They can't help but cheer in front of the world-famous Stockholm concert hall for the first time.

"Chaoyang!Chaoyang!"

After getting off the car, under the guidance of the staff, Lin Chaoyang was about to walk into the concert hall when he heard a familiar voice calling him.

Lin Chaoyang turned around and found Li Tuo who was stopped by security personnel.

"Hey, why did you come to Sweden?" Lin Chaoyang walked over with a smile on his face and asked.

"I'll give you a surprise!" Li Tuo looked at the police and security guards on both sides and said to Lin Chaoyang: "Tell them,

Let me go in too!"

"What are you thinking? The list of guests has been drafted a long time ago, so how can I release them at will?"

Li Tuo said miserably: "I came from all the way to witness you receive the prize. You can't throw me out, right? It's in this winter.

"Who told you not to say it in advance?"

Lin Chaoyang said no matter how he said that, he couldn't really leave Li Tuo. He looked around and saw Ambassador Qiao.

"Ambassador Qiao, I have something to do and ask you for help-

Ambassador Qiao sold Lin Chaoyang's face and arranged Li Tuo into the team of foreign affairs personnel, and successfully infiltrated the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Walking into the concert hall, looking around, the staff of the organizing committee have already dressed up here as a sea of ​​flowers.

In addition to flowers, the most people in the concert hall are people.

Members of the Swedish royal family, government officials, this year's Nobel Prize winners and their families, diplomatic envoys from the country where the Nobel Prize winners are located, and thousands of guests invited by the Nobel Foundation were filled with seats at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Of course, no matter how many people there are, they cannot steal the limelight of Nobel Prize winners.

"Look, there is also live TV? Which country's TV station is this? If you win the award, you have to broadcast it in China, right?"

Before sitting down, Li Tuo kept discs, just like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden.

Lin Chaoyang suspected that he came this time not to witness his award, but to get some talk.

Today's award ceremony was indeed broadcast live, and because of Lin Chaoyang's award, CCTV also won the broadcasting rights for this year's Nobel Prize Ceremony.

Before the award ceremony, the Swedish royal national anthem "The King's Song" was played in the Stockholm Concert Hall, and the atmosphere in the concert hall was solemn and grand.

The guests took the seat, Lin Chaoyang was sitting on the podium, and there were other Nobel Prize winners in Literature, Nobel Prize judges and past winners, with him, with a large number of people.

Many times, the Physics Awards, Chemistry Awards and other awards are won by two or three scientists, and this year is no exception. In comparison, the Literature Awards are very straightforward, and no matter what year they are, they will win it alone.

The saying "There is no first in literature" is not valid at the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The speech of the Nobel Foundation Chairman Mascu Stokur was in Swedish, and Lin Chaoyang could not understand a single sentence. However, he was very familiar with the music played by the symphony orchestra afterwards. It was Tchaikovsky's "Yepgeni Onegin".

When it comes to the award ceremony, the music played by the symphony orchestra is very particular, and they are all famous songs of the winners' motherland. Jores Alferov, one of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, is a former Soviet Union.

The order of awards is the same as the order of the announcement of this year's winners, including the Physics Prize, Chemistry Prize, Physiological Medicine Prize until the melody of "Jasmine" sounded in the concert hall.

Schipa Wasterberg, chairman of the Nobel Literature Committee, read the award speech given by the Swedish Academy to Lin Chaoyang.

"As a writer, Lin Chaoyang has won extraordinary success with his many works. Many of his works have been translated into various texts, with sales of up to hundreds of millions of copies, and are still being reprinted, and have been loved and supported by countless readers around the world.

He wrote "The Death of Van Gogh" with his magnificent imagination, which was a great tribute to Van Gogh:

He built a world that was both true and illusory for Truman, alerting the world;

He uses four novels to explore the common themes of human destiny, such as "birth, old age, sickness and death".

In his latest novel "Celestial Dynasty", he used millions of words to construct the glorious rise and decline of a dynasty, with his grand spirit and pattern unprecedented.

He has a creative talent that ordinary people cannot reach, but he always maintains the most pious and humble attitude towards literature and creation. He is worthy of the title of writer.

His brilliant literary achievements are enough to make contemporary writers ashamed. He brought Chinese literature to the people of the world. His broad vision, rich thoughts and full and profound artistic power will be revealed for a long time.

On behalf of the Swedish Academy of Literature, I would like to convey your most sincere congratulations to you and ask you to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature from His Majesty the King."

The Nobel Prize in Literature is an affirmation and summary of the winners' past artistic achievements. The award speech every year can be said to be full of flowers.

Cooperating with the grand atmosphere of the award ceremony, people will be immersed in it without realizing it and are extremely proud.

When Shipa Wasterberg on the stage finally finished reading the award speech, thunderous applause rang out in the concert hall.

Lin Chaoyang stood up amid the applause of people. He walked steadily and calmly to the Swedish king Carl XVI Gustav in a dress, and received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature and the gold medal.

At this moment, the applause from the audience came again like surging waves, and the atmosphere in the concert hall became unprecedentedly warm.

Thunderous applause in Stockholm concert hall spread across the world as the television signals spread.

Tokyo, Japan.

Naoko Kondo has been teaching in the Department of Arts and Sciences of Japan University. She is one of the few Chinese literature scholars and translators at Japanese universities. Over the years, she has made important contributions to the dissemination of contemporary Chinese literature, especially Lin Chaoyang's works in Japan.

Usually she teaches undergraduates and also teaches masters and doctoral students.

No matter which level of students, they gathered under Kondo, and there were only two topics, either studying Lu Xun or Lin Chaoyang.

For a long time, in addition to lectures and teaching students, Naoko Kondo has not received much attention in Japanese universities.

However, since Lin Chaoyang won the Nobel Prize in Literature in October, Naoko Kondo's courses have suddenly become popular in the school. In the past, only students from this major took courses, many students who attended the audience actually came.

She knew very well that the enthusiasm of these students to listen to lectures was entirely due to the influence of the Nobel Prize. After this wave of popularity passed, there might not be many people who could stay.

But Naoko Kondo still showed a more enthusiastic attitude than before. In her opinion, Lin Sang's works deserve the attention and love of more Japanese readers.

Even if these students who come to listen to the class only participate because of the sudden rise, it is worthy of joy.

In order for more students to feel the charm of Lin Chaoyang's works, Naoko Kondo temporarily changed the lecture content and added many appreciation clips of Lin Chaoyang's works.
To be continued...