"Here we come!" Hu Gang sat up straight, "The next thing I'm going to present is this year's Hugo Award..."
Hu Gang was introducing the nominees for this year's Hugo Award for Best Short Story while looking at the scene at the ceremony.
It seems that Hilde did not present the award for the best short story herself, because Hilde has already stepped down from the stage. It is not known who the awarding guest is, and there is no one on the stage.
Hu Gang was also a little hesitant, not sure whether he should continue the introduction. If the award for the best short story was not awarded soon, then he would have made a mistake.
Fortunately, Penny Austen quickly took to the stage and announced that the award for best short story was about to be awarded.
The six shortlisted books were introduced on the big screen. Hu Gang sorted out the manuscript in his hand and said with a smile, "The Best Short Story Award will be announced soon. Several people think that the same situation as last year may happen this year. At the same time,
Two works winning the same award?”
Li Qin smiled and said, "You can ask more boldly, can Zhang Zhong get two double-yolk eggs this year?"
"Teacher Li said that, and I think it's really possible. After all, there was a double-yolk egg situation last year."
Huang Lei shook his head, "This situation is basically impossible. Last year's double-yolked eggs brought a lot of popularity to the Hugo Awards. If we follow the same pattern this year, it may arouse everyone's resentment."
Hu Gang smiled and said, "We were just joking, and I also know that this situation is basically impossible to happen... Oh, the shortlisted books have been introduced, and we can now see that Penny Austin has opened the card in her hand...
"
On the stage, Penny Austin held the card and showed a smile, "Congratulations to Daniel Llorente..."
"..."
After Penny Austin opened her mouth, everyone at the scene or watching the live broadcast was a little confused, because this year Llorente did not have any works shortlisted for the Best Short Story Award.
Llorente in the audience was also confused. What is this woman trying to do?
Penny Austin seemed very satisfied with the reaction of the people in the audience. She smiled and continued, "Congratulations to Daniel Llorente, your good friend pz won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story this year. The winning work is
"Yellow Card Man"."
[This is a twist, I thought Penny Austin was going to forcefully give her boyfriend a prize.]
【What nonsense, Penny Austin is mine.】
[I don’t believe that she and Llorente have anything to do with each other. Even when presenting an award, he has to be mentioned in a roundabout way.]
[Fortunately, Llorente was not shortlisted this time. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if he was?】
…
In the live broadcast room, Hu Gang also wiped the sweat from his head, "As expected of Penny Austin, no matter what the situation, she can always arouse topics. After a false alarm, let us congratulate Zhang Zhong and congratulate "Yellow Card Man"
". The Yellow Card Man, which just won the Nebula Award, once again won the Best Short Story Award at the Hugo Award, becoming another work that won two awards at the same time."
A radio sounded in the auditorium, announcing the reasons why "Yellow Card Man" won the award.
Zhang Zhong stood up, shook hands with Linde and Llorente, and asked Llorente with a smile, "How about the two of us go up together?"
Llorente rolled his eyes, "Don't you think I'm embarrassed enough?"
"Ha ha."
Zhang Zhong was relatively close to the stage and was not stuck in the broadcasting spot. He walked up in a few steps and took the trophy from Penny Austin.
After Penny Austin gave the trophy to Zhang Zhong, she opened her arms to give Zhang Zhong a big hug. Zhang Zhong was so frightened that he took several steps back.
"No, no, no, I'm afraid Daniel will eat me alive."
"He doesn't have the guts." Penny Austin covered her mouth and laughed, "Okay, I'll leave the stage to you. I'm going down."
After she got off, Zhang Zhong walked up to the microphone and said, "I am honored to receive this award in my hometown. It means a lot to me. "Yellow Card Man" is a spin-off of "Clockwork Girl" and mainly tells the story
It is a story about an old Chinese man, Chen Fusheng. This is very interesting. A novel about a Chinese man won this award at the Hugo Award held in China. It may be said to be a fate. I won’t say much about my thanks.
Please allow me, as a host, to welcome all my friends who have come from afar. I hope you will be happy in these few days."
After giving a very simple acceptance speech, Zhang Zhong walked off the stage with the trophy.
Regarding Zhang Zhong's acceptance speech, the audience watching the live broadcast expressed that they were not satisfied.
[Zhang Da’s acceptance speech feels more and more casual.]
[If you could win an award every year, you might be more casual than him.]
[Even if you don’t speak, it’s okay to stand on the stage for a while.]
[It’s okay, won’t there be a novel award later? I can’t finish all my lines, otherwise what will I say later? 】
[I’m afraid I won’t win the Novel Award.]
【Bah, bah, bah.】
【How is it possible.】
[In this year’s ceremony held at home, if the conference does not award the award to Zhang Da, it would be too messy with his mentality.]
【This should not happen.】
[Winning too many awards is not a good thing. Now that I see Zhang Da winning the award, I no longer feel excited at all.]
【If you don't get the prize, I guess you will be excited.】
[Actually, no, even if Zhang Da doesn’t win the award, I don’t think it’s okay. Now he no longer needs the recognition of these awards. 】
【That's right.】
…
Except for the little incident caused by Penny Austen, there were no surprises in the short story award. It seemed that everyone knew in advance that the award would be awarded to Zhang Zhong. The only uncertainty was that they did not know about "Yellow Card Man" and "Calorie Man"
》Which movie will win the award?
Now it seems that the Hugo Award Organizing Committee and the Nebula Award Organizing Committee have the same opinion this time.
The novella award was awarded later, and the winning work was Penny Austen's Green Soil, which was previously shortlisted for the Nebula Award but was defeated by Feng He's "The Backside of the Earth."
The guest in charge of presenting the award was none other than Llorente.
In fact, Llorente already had a bad feeling when he was informed that he would be the guest of honor for the novella award. When he got the card and saw the results inside, his face immediately fell.
In stark contrast to her schedule, Penny Austin's smile was as bright as a flower.
Llorente handed the trophy to Penny Austin, and before he could leave, she hugged him.
Penny Austin's bold move caused a burst of cheers from the audience, and Zhang Zhong and Linde also applauded vigorously. Llorente was probably the only one in the audience who couldn't be happy.