The Nebula Awards ceremony involves a red carpet. Zhang Zhong still remembers that when he attended it for the first time, his partner on the red carpet was Penny Austin.
This year the organizing committee originally wanted Zhang Zhong to go with Penny Austin, because Penny Austin is a famous beauty in the science fiction world, and Zhang Zhong is a young and handsome guy.
Handsome guys and beautiful girls together always attract the attention of the audience.
However, Zhang Zhong declined politely. Since Feng He was also coming this year, it would be better for them to go together.
Since he said so, of course the organizing committee would not object and arranged for the two of them to be together.
Looking at the long red carpet, Feng He smiled at the camera, and then whispered to Zhang Zhong next to him, "I have participated in many awards, but this is the first time for me to participate in such a lively event. It is like a film festival."
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"You have to get used to it more, maybe you will be a frequent visitor to the Nebula Awards in the future." Zhang Zhong said with a smile.
"Then I will accept your good advice."
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China Minsheng Video Network is the strategic partner of Nebula Awards in China. In recent years, China Minsheng Video Network has been responsible for live broadcasting of the awards ceremony.
At this time, in the live broadcast room of the Nebula Award Ceremony on China Minsheng Video Network, the host Hu Gang introduced with a smile, "The people appearing in the video now are our Chinese delegation. Although everyone knows these two, I still
To introduce, the person on the left is Zhang Zhong. There are a total of three works shortlisted this year, namely the novel "Clockwork Girl" and two short stories "Calorie Man" and "Yellow Card Man". The person next to Zhang Zhong is
Feng He, he was shortlisted for a work this year, the novella "Backside of the Center of the Earth". Feng He is also the second domestic writer after Zhang Zhong to have a work shortlisted for the Nebula Award."
After a brief introduction, Hu Gang said to the two people next to him, "Teacher Li, Teacher Huang, this year's Nebula Award is of great significance to the Chinese science fiction community, because this is the first time that two Chinese writers have been shortlisted for the Nebula Award."
Li Qin and Hu Gang are old partners, and he has narrated the live broadcasts of the previous Nebula Awards.
He smiled and said, "Yes, it can be said that this class is the same as the one the year before last. It is a milestone in our Chinese science fiction community. It is worth mentioning that at this time last year, Teacher Feng He was sitting with the two of us on the live broadcast.
Well, I didn’t expect that he would appear at the award ceremony this year.”
Newcomer Huang Lei smiled and said, "I would also like to thank Teacher Feng for attending the award ceremony this year, otherwise I would not have had the chance to cooperate with the two teachers."
Many people watching the live broadcast heard the conversation between Li Qin and the others and remembered that Feng He had been commentating on the Nebula Awards ceremony.
[Here I go, why does Feng He look so familiar? It turns out that he has narrated the previous two award ceremonies. 】
[Is Feng Da so insignificant? He was already quite famous in the science fiction world before the commentary. 】
[Well, I was already somewhat famous at that time, but I have become more famous in the past two years. After this Nebula Award, I should be able to reach a higher level.]
【Wouldn’t it be great if I could win a prize?】
[It feels like watching the Nebula Awards now, everyone is so confident. It feels good to have a big boss protecting you.]
[That is, because of Zhang Zhong, China has almost become a major Nebula Award-winning country in the past two years. 】
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"Teacher Huang, you are a senior science fiction worker. Do you have any predictions for this year's Nebula Award?" Hu Gang asked.
Huang Lei was new here, so of course he had to show off his performance. He nodded and said, "Zhang Zhong's results are more predictable. If nothing goes wrong, "Clockwork Girl" will definitely win the novel award, and the short story award will go to "Yellow Card Man"
and "Calorie Man". I personally prefer "Yellow Card Man", so I vote for "Yellow Card Man". As for Feng He, several works shortlisted for this year's novella award are all
They are quite powerful. Among them is Penny Austin. She is a frequent attendee of the Nebula Awards. Her work "Green Soil" this time has sold very well in Europe and the United States. Besides her, another strong opponent is Sokoya.
The year before last, I was a favorite for the Nebula Award for Novel, but I lost to Zhang Zhong."
"It seems that Teacher Huang has great confidence in Zhang Zhong, but we still need to wait and see about the results of the Short Story Award." Hu Gang concluded with a smile, and then asked Li Qin, "Mr. Li, do you have the same views as Teacher Huang?"
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"It's about the same, but the difference is that my vote is for "Calorie Man". Although it is also a spin-off, "Calorie Man" is a more complete novel in terms of plot and setting, while "Yellow Card Man"
"The information disclosed is too little, and as an independent work participating in the award, it has inherent shortcomings." Li Qin said.
"I still think "Yellow Card Man" is better. I don't quite agree with what Mr. Li said about revealing too little information. Mr. Li has preset a position and treated "Yellow Card Man" as a side story from the beginning.
I came to this conclusion only after watching it. In fact, when "The Wind-Up Girl" didn't come out at the time, we could fully understand "The Yellow Card Man" without too much information missing. And readers
When reading, it is not necessary to understand everything in it, as long as the core content is fully expressed." Huang Lei immediately retorted.
"The core of the world of "Clockwork Girl" is the setting of calories, so the novel "Calorie Man" directly addresses this world..."
The commentators were tit for tat, but the host next to them had no intention of breaking up the fight, because this was the effect of the show.
In today's network environment, it's not possible to explain things honestly. We have to do something different.
Sure enough, when I saw the commentators arguing, the comments in the barrage also started to argue with each other. Some people liked "Calorie Man", so they supported Li Qin. Some people liked "Yellow Card Man", so they supported Huang Lei.
The commentators are not arguing all the time, they can argue while explaining.
Li Qin: "Several important characters in Calorie Man represent many things, among which...oh, the ones coming now are Sokoya and Frick. These two are regular Nebula Award winners, and Sokoya once won
He has won two Nebula Awards and a Hugo Award... Obviously the world of Calorie Man is a little wider."
Huang Lei: "Frick didn't publish any works last year. This year, he only had one short story shortlisted. Judging from his expression, he shouldn't be under any psychological pressure. After all, short stories have never received much attention, and Zhang Zhong has two short stories shortlisted this year.
For novels, the possibility of Frick winning the prize is relatively low... And speaking of Yellow Card and Calorie Man..."