"Is that red-haired aunt the fat uncle's girlfriend?"
In the back row of the auditorium, Pengpeng looked at the stage and asked curiously.
The adults didn't know how to answer for a moment. If it was yes, they weren't sure yet. If it wasn't, they would definitely have to ask why they were hugging each other.
"You can ask your fat uncle yourself later," Hu Huifang said.
Peng Peng pursed his lips and said, "I can't understand what Uncle Fatty is saying, and I have to have Dad and Teacher Xu translate."
"Didn't you communicate very well before?" Xu Yuhan said with a smile.
"That's also very tiring."
Llorente chatted with Pengpeng several times. Sometimes they could chat by themselves without Zhang Zhong and Xu Yuhan translating. They could chat for dozens of minutes at a time using only a few Chinese words or English words they knew and supplemented by gestures.
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"Why is Uncle Fatty blushing?" Pengpeng asked, pointing to Llorente on the stage.
Children have good eyesight, and they could see Llorente blushing from such a distance.
Xu Yuhan explained, "It should be because the weather is hotter."
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Penny Austin's acceptance speech didn't take too long this time. It only lasted two or three minutes before she pulled Llorente down with her.
Originally, Llorente wanted to go down first, but Penny Austin stopped him and refused to let him go first, insisting that he wait for her.
Seeing the two of them walking down together, Zhang Zhong tilted his head and said to Linde, "This guy must be hiding something from us. Haven't you been with him these past few days? Didn't you find anything?"
"I have indeed been with him... No, after our 'flash mob' today, didn't he stay with Austin? Later, I didn't wait for him in the lounge, and he didn't show up until after dinner in the evening.
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"You mean he was with Penny Austin during these hours?"
"It's very possible." Linde nodded. "Looking back now, this guy was a bit abnormal during the meal. He is usually so talkative, but he hardly said a few words during dinner."
"When did you have dinner?" Zhang Zhong asked.
"Five-thirty." Linde thought for a while and replied.
"Well, in that case, the time of the crime should be between two o'clock and five-thirty in the afternoon." Zhang Zhong glanced at Llorente who was walking over, squinted his eyes and said, "If I remember correctly
, he should have been wearing a V-neck T-shirt before, but now he has changed it to a shirt, and it has been buttoned to the second button. He usually doesn't dress like this."
"Well, I heard you say that. It's true. I thought it was normal for him to change clothes after cosplaying, and I didn't think too much about it. Do you mean that there will be evidence on his neck or chest?" Linde touched his chin.
said.
"Yes, as long as we can lift up his clothes and take a look, everything will be revealed."
"Ahem..." Linde coughed lightly, "Is your latest book a detective type?"
Zhang Zhong also laughed, "You guessed it right."
"What's wrong?" Llorente had already walked over and asked curiously after hearing Zhang Zhong's words.
"It's nothing. Linde had guessed that "Green Soil" would win the award before, and I said he was right," Zhang Zhong said.
Llorente asked strangely, "Didn't he think that "The Sun of Akboham" was the most likely to win the prize?"
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In fact, Linde never guessed the outcome of the novella. Llorente said this completely deliberately, just to make Linde embarrassed.
When he came off the stage just now, he saw Zhang Zhong and Lin De looking at him and muttering.
You can tell with your buttocks that these two guys must be talking bad about you, and this is just a small counterattack.
Penny Austin smiled and said: "I also thought that "The Sun of Akoboham" might win the award in the end, so I was very surprised and surprised to win this award. I even hugged Daniel excitedly just now."
Llorente said to Federer, who was sitting at the back, "Roger, don't be discouraged and keep trying."
Roger Federer had a beeping expression on his face, thinking that he had done something wrong to have to suffer such pain here. You guys are just joking around, so you can't bring disaster to a small writer like me.
At this time, Hilde has returned to the stage and is preparing to personally announce the results of the Best Novel Award.
Zhang Zhong and the others stopped chatting and focused their attention on the stage.
"Before I introduce the shortlisted works, I have something to announce to everyone." Hilde put aside the hand card with the winning results written on it, and then took out another piece of paper, "The paper I'm holding in my hand
It is an overview of the plan. Just yesterday, the World Science Fiction Conference has reached a strategic agreement with the Jiangyang Municipal Government. Jiangyang City provides a new office location for the World Science Fiction Association, which is located in the newly built Chinese Science Fiction City.
If a final agreement is reached, the World Science Fiction Association will establish a branch in Jiangyang."
As soon as Hilde said this, the whole audience was in an uproar.
Although the World Science Fiction Association has the word "world" in its name, it is actually an American organization. The association is well-known and has a wide influence, but it is not large. The existing office space is sufficient, and there is no need to set up a branch across the ocean.
And according to Hilde, this branch is not a simple office, but a large-scale office.
What is this for?
Is the World Science Fiction Society moving?
Linde and Llorente both looked at Zhang Zhong sitting next to them in surprise.
"Pz, do you know this?" Linde asked.
Zhang Zhong shook his head: "I don't know, I just heard about it."
He did not lie to Linde and the others. He did not know in advance that the World Science Fiction Association was going to open a branch in Jiangyang. He was also very surprised when Hilde said it just now.
"Since you didn't participate, how did the Jiangyang city government convince Hilde and others to open a branch here?"
Zhang Zhong shook his head, "You think too highly of me, and you ignore the capabilities of the local government too much. I guess in addition to providing an office space in the newly built Science Fiction City, the Jiangyang government should have promised other benefits."
"What's the benefit?" Llorente asked.
"How do I know this, but since the association can make such a decision, the promised benefits should not be too bad." At this point, Zhang Zhong frowned. He was afraid that the local government was eager to show off and promised too many things.
Let what was originally a very good thing become a burden to the local government.
The World Science Fiction Association branch's settlement in the new Chinese Science Fiction City will definitely be beneficial to Jiangyang and even China.
But this is just like doing business, whether you make a profit or lose money depends on what you paid.