Chapter 663 The most cunning person in the world is a reporter
"At eight o'clock in the evening local time in Wellington, the Hugo Award Ceremony started on time. At the award ceremony, Chinese writer Zhang Zhong's science fiction masterpieces "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "Three-Body Problem" both won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Novel Award. This is the first time since the Hugo Awards were launched that the same writer has won the same award for different works at the same time. It is worth mentioning that Zhang Zhong also broke the 30-year mark set by Thomas Alder Hewelt.
At one year and eight months old, he became the youngest winner of the Nebula Award in history. A year ago, he had just broken the record set by Thomas in the Nebula Award. At the end of the ceremony, Zhang Zhong, as a representative of the World Science Fiction Convention, announced on the spot
The result of the host city of the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention was determined. After a year of hard work, Jiangyang City finally got this honor... Let us take a look at the on-site interview video of our reporter."
CCTV News Channel dedicated five minutes to broadcast the news about the Hugo Awards.
In the subsequent reporter's interview video, Zhang Zhong stood in front of a signature wall and accepted the interview with reporters with a smile.
"Pz, do you have any special feelings when your two books won the Best Novel Award at the same time?"
Zhang Zhong looked at the reporter who asked the question. He was a chubby man who didn't look very smart.
"All my thoughts are in my acceptance speech. If you are interested, you can look for the video on the official website and watch it again."
"Have you ever thought you could win two awards?"
"No." Zhang Zhong shook his head. He really didn't expect the World Science Fiction Conference to be so generous.
"When Llorente was interviewed just now, he mentioned that you mentioned black holes when you chatted just now. Does this mean that your next novel will be about black holes?"
Zhang Zhong was not the first to be interviewed. Before he was interviewed, people from the "Losers Club" had already been interviewed.
The so-called losers club refers to those who did not win the prize.
When the "Winners Club" took a group photo on stage, these people had already begun to be interviewed.
Zhang Zhong said with a smile, "Don't listen to Daniel's nonsense. In fact, he has his own ideas in this regard. Maybe you will be able to see his new book in a while."
"When did you and Llorente meet? It seems like you are very familiar with each other."
Zhang Zhong looked at his watch and said, "It's been about three hours and six minutes since I met Llorente."
"You mean this is the first time you've met at the Hugo Awards ceremony?" the reporter said in surprise.
"Yes."
"When Penny Austin was interviewed before, she said she hoped to date you. If she invited you, would you accept it?"
Zhang Zhong shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know, because she hasn't invited me yet. If she does, I'll let you know if you accept it next time we meet, okay?"
"What do you think of Penny Austin?"
Zhang Zhong looked around, and then said in a slightly unkind tone, "Am I attending a press conference about entertainment industry gossip? You all came all the way to Wellington to attend the World Science Fiction Convention, just to know what I think about Penny Austin.
What do you think?"
I don’t blame Zhang Zhong for being angry, the questions these reporters asked were really substandard.
It would be fine if those gossip reporters in the entertainment industry asked these questions, but one of them here is either a reporter from a local authoritative TV station or a reporter from some science fiction literature organization. They should not ask such unnutritious questions.
His outburst had some effect, and the subsequent problems became much more normal.
"pz, Jiangyang finally beat Chicago to win the right to host the World Science Fiction Convention next year. As a Jiangyang person, do you have any special feelings? This time the result was announced by you personally. Does this mean that you have already
Did you know the result?"
Finally, there was a question that was acceptable. Zhang Chong replied, "Before Chairman Hilde gave me the card, I, like you, didn't know the result. Jiangyang can successfully apply for fantasy. As a Jiangyang person, I
Of course I am very happy. Jiangyang is a city that is developing rapidly and is changing every day. Its future is promising and full of uncertainties. I think the leaders of the conference also took a fancy to this and did this.
Such a decision was made. Just like science fiction, the uncertain future is the eternal theme of science fiction. It is precisely because of various uncertainties that we have those charming fantasies. Welcome friends who have never been to Jiangyang.
If you visit Jiangyang, you won’t be disappointed.”
"Many people think that Jiangyang's success in applying for magic this time is entirely because you are from Jiangyang. What do you think of this statement?"
"Oh? I've never heard of this statement. I don't know who the many people you are talking about are. But I think even if these people exist, they probably don't know much about Jiang Yang, so they do this.
Irresponsible speculation. In fact, Jiangyang is now fully capable of hosting the World Science Fiction Convention. And Jiangyang has a very solid science fiction fan base. I think when the Science Fiction Convention is held next year, it will definitely be a lively event."
When the reporters heard Zhang Zhong's answer, they all cursed in their hearts. This was obviously a lie.
If it weren't for Zhang Zhong being in Jiangyang, would Jiangyang's bid be successful?
Even leaving aside Chicago, there are so many cities in China. As a city outside the second tier, Jiangyang can compete with other cities. Even if the World Science Fiction Convention is held in China, it should be a big city like Yanjing Magic City.
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But whatever the big boss says is whatever it is, and the reporters below won’t expose it.
Zhang Zhong accepted the interview for a while and then left the interview area.
Llorente and Linde were standing at the entrance of the theater. When they saw Zhang Zhong passing by, they smiled and said, "Are you interested in attending the losers party?"
Also’s party?
Zhang Zhong had never heard of such a thing. He raised the two trophies in his hands and asked, "Am I suitable to go?"
Llorente smiled and said: "You can divide these two trophies between me and Linde, and we will go to the winners' party and you to the losers' party."
"I have no objection." Zhang Zhong shrugged, then handed the trophy to them, "Here, here it is for you."
Seeing Zhang Zhong so cheerful, both of them laughed.
"There's no party. But if you're interested, the three of us can go for a walk together? We haven't finished talking about black holes before, and I just had some new ideas." Llorente said as he walked.
Zhang Zhong followed with the trophy, "Speaking of black holes, did you lie to them when you were interviewed just now that I was going to write a work about black holes?"
"Really? Those reporters must have lied to you. You also know that the most cunning people in the world are reporters..."