"Is there a malfunction in the live broadcast system? Why is the screen still stuck on Zhang Zhong's side?"
Two minutes later, Hu Gang looked at Zhang Zhong and Linde on the screen and said with confusion.
Others are also puzzled.
It is true that Zhang Zhong and Linde are the most popular writers present, and it is completely understandable that they give a close-up, but this close-up is a little too long.
Hu Gang didn't count the time, but this close-up must have lasted for two minutes, because all the guests had spoken.
But before Hu Gang finished speaking, the camera turned and found Llorente and Penny Austin walking in from the door.
When these two people walked together, an interesting scene appeared.
Penny Austin generously hugged Llorente's arm and waved happily to the people around her. When she saw the camera facing them, she even blew a kiss.
The expression on Llorente, who was being held by Penny's arms, was hard to describe. It couldn't be said whether it was disgust or fear. Anyway, Llorente's body was extremely stiff, his cadence was also chaotic, and his fat body had a shaky feeling.
When the two came to Zhang Zhong and Lin De, they should have separated at this time, because their seats were separated from Zhang Zhong and Lin De.
However, Penny Austin grabbed Llorente's arm and said to Zhang Zhong, "Pz, are you willing to change seats with Daniel?"
"Don't……"
"With pleasure." As soon as Llorente opened his mouth, Zhang Zhong stood up with a smile, gave up his seat to Llorente, and walked to Llorente's seat to sit down.
Then Penny Austin pressed Llorente's shoulders and asked him to sit down.
Watching the two of them sit down, Linde asked in a low voice in Zhang Zhong's ear, "What's going on with them? Is there something we don't know about?"
Zhang Zhong shrugged, "I don't know either, why don't you ask Daniel?"
Linde glanced at Llorente, who was reduced to a puddle of mud, shook his head and said, "Let's forget it."
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"There must be a reason for the groundless rumors. It seems that Mr. Llorente and Penny Austin do have some untold stories." In the live broadcast room, Hu Gang smiled and chatted with others about the tidbits.
"It's quite interesting to say that since the second half of the 20th century, there seems to be no female writer as topical as Penny Austen." Li Qin said.
Topicity and fame are not the same thing. There may be many female writers who are more famous than Penny Austen, but in recent years, no one is more topical than her.
However, a few people chatted for a few words and did not go further.
After all, if a few grown men keep chatting about a woman, problems can easily arise.
After another half hour, the award ceremony officially began.
As usual, before the official award presentation, Hilde led everyone to mourn the passing of the science fiction writer.
Last year, the person who mourned was Lewis, the author of "The World of Mechanics", who was a top writer in the science fiction world, but this year, the person who mourned the death of the late science fiction writer Koray Wurt was much more niche.
Many people present had never even heard of this author.
Linde said with emotion, "I didn't expect that it would be Koraywut who was mourned this year. I thought he had been forgotten by people."
Zhang Zhong didn't know much about Koraywut, so he tried to ask, "Is he the author of "A Wonderful Journey in the Rocky Forest"?"
"Well, that's right. I didn't expect you to know this book."
"I read it when I was a kid, and it was a rough pirated copy of the novel. The title was translated as "Hometown of the Moon." Later, I checked it myself and found out the original title."
When Zhang Chong was a child, there were many pirated books on the market. After so many years of hard work, the market is as healthy as it is today.
Linde was surprised and said, "I didn't expect that this book would be translated into Chinese. Even if it is pirated, I am surprised enough."
"This proves that many people still like his books."
After Hilde led everyone on the stage to mourn Koraywut, he went straight to awarding the first award.
The first dozen Hugo Awards are not very important, such as the Best Fan Podcast Award that Heard is currently considering.
However, this year's award has some connection with Zhang Zhong.
"I announce that the winner of the award for Best Fan Podcast is Parker's Voice."
Parker happily took the trophy from Hill. Although he knew that this award had no gold content, he was still very excited.
In fact, he has talked about the expansion of the Hugo Awards before. He believes that the World Science Fiction Conference's move is equivalent to drinking poison to quench thirst. Although it can attract a wave of media attention in a short period of time, it will definitely reduce the value of the award over time.
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In the past few years, we often see some Hugo Award winners showing off online, but in fact they have won only such awards.
But when Parker received the award, he no longer cared about the value of the award.
People, more or less, have double standards.
Of course, the difference between Parker and those people is that although he will be happy that he has won this award, he will never go online to promote that he is a Hugo Award winner.
"Thank you to the conference for awarding this award to me. I never thought that one day I would be able to stand on the podium of the Hugo Award. Thank you to the organizer and my fans. In addition, I would also like to thank pz, because
Only through him can I get to this point. I hope pz can return home with a full load tonight."
Knowing that the award he won was not important, Parker did not take up more time and left after saying a few words.
Heard continues to present other awards.
Best Amateur Artist Award, Best Fan Magazine Award, Best Amateur Writer Award, Best Editor Award, Best Professional Artist Award, Best Dramatic Performance Award...
Some are individuals and some are groups.
Not everyone is as self-conscious as Parker. Some award winners, whether excited or deliberately trying to gain popularity, will talk at length on stage, which wastes time.
But the organizing committee has no good way to prevent this from happening. If a time is to be set, all awards must be set together. If only a time is set for these awards, it is undoubtedly an official recognition that these awards have no gold content.
We can only rely on the winners to realize it.
By the time these awards were distributed, an hour had passed since the awards ceremony began.
Several guests in the Zhongmin live broadcast room had nothing to say.
In other words, Hu Gang had done enough homework in advance and was able to introduce some award-winning individuals or groups. If he met some of the other people he knew, he would say a few words. Those who didn't know could only watch Hu Gang talk alone.
It wasn't until the prizes for best short stories were awarded that they finally cheered up.