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Guo Jingming Claims to be the Best Writer in China

Guo Jingming(郭敬明) became well known with his success in organizing “New Concept Composition Contest”(新概念作文大賽). But now, he is organizing “New Literary Talents Selection Contest”(文學新人選拔賽) as its challenge. As to the purpose of this new form of contest, Guo explains that “New Concept Composition Contest”, with a history of 11 years, has become outdated in terms of concept and evaluation method and is no longer able to meet the demands of market.

Guo is going to adopt the selection method used in Happy Boys(快男) and Super Girls(超女), that is, all of the contesters will have to go through various levels of selection. By the end of November 2008, 36 participants all over China will be selected for final competition, who will then take part in a monthly selection contest. Votes on the Internet and from mail will also be taken into account. The champion will be elected by both judges and the audience, based on the total number of votes. Besides a sum of 100, 000 RMB as prepaid contribution fee(預付稿費), the winner will be given a lot of opportunities to show in public and go abroad for exchanges.

People have expressed doubt about Guo’s qualification and ability as a judge. But he does not agree with this, saying, “Except in 2004, I have published a novel every year and all of them are the best-sellers. Can such a writer not be regarded as the best in China?” When a reporter says that he, unlike Wang Meng(王蒙) and Liu Zhenyun(劉震云) who have maintained a high level of writing ability, has not produced any good work since his A City of Fantasy(《幻城》), Guo becomes very angry, replying, “Can you still remember the latest work written by Liu? Not all of the works of a writer can leave a deep impression upon readers.”

【附：中文大意】

郭敬明自稱是中國最好作家

“新概念作文大賽”一手捧紅了郭敬明，如今，郭敬明卻以自己主辦文學新人選拔賽來與“新概念”叫板。對于舉辦這樣一個比賽的目的，郭敬明稱“‘新概念’已辦了11年，它的一些理念和評選方式已經(jīng)不適合市場”。

郭敬明將本次發(fā)掘文學新人評選搞成了快男超女——所有參賽作者將經(jīng)歷全國逐級淘汰賽制。2008年11月之前將從全國參賽選手中決出36強，之后每月逐級淘汰。比賽接受讀者的網(wǎng)絡投票、信件投票，所有投票每月累加，冠軍選手最終由評委、讀者共同投票選出，除了得到10萬元現(xiàn)金稿酬預付，還將獲得許多嶄露頭角和交流的機會。

郭敬明出任評委，其評委資格、鑒賞能力等都遭到了質疑。對此，郭敬明顯得不以為然：“除了2004年，我每年都寫長篇，每一部小說都排在銷售榜第一的位置，這樣的作家都不能算中國最好的?”當記者提到《幻城》之后郭敬明再無好作品亮相，不像王蒙、劉震云能保持很高的創(chuàng)作水準時，郭敬明生氣了：“你能記住劉震云最近的一部作品嗎?一個作家不是每一部作品都能給人留下深刻印象”。

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