"Branch? Does the World Science Fiction Association need to establish a branch in China?" In the live broadcast room, Hu Gang expressed his doubts.
As we all know, the World Science Fiction Association is a loose organization. Apart from the annual World Science Fiction Convention and the Hugo Awards, the association does not have much else to do, and they do not have management rights over other science fiction associations.
Does such an organization need to establish a branch in China? Is this necessary?
"The establishment of a branch this time may be a signal from the World Science Fiction Association. They hope to have more exchanges with other science fiction associations around the world," Li Qin said.
He said it very tactfully. In fact, this incident can show the ambition of the World Science Fiction Association. They hope to be more authoritative and have more say.
Huang Lei and the others also knew it well, but they did not directly challenge it.
"This is also beneficial, as it can make the market more active," Feng He said.
Huang Lei nodded in agreement, "Whether it's Jiang Yang's series of actions or the sudden move by the World Science Fiction Association, it will indeed stimulate the science fiction market. But whether this stimulation is good or bad, we can't make a conclusion for the time being."
"Since there is no way to draw a conclusion, let's wait and see."
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"When the agreement is finally reached, the association's official website will publish an announcement. You can pay attention to it." Hilde picked up the card again, "Now we will continue what we have not finished. Let's first take a look at the finalists for this year's Hugo Awards.
What are the best novels?"
The big screen began to introduce several novels that were shortlisted this time.
After the introduction of several books was completed, Hilde directly announced the results.
"I announce that the best novel of this year's Hugo Award is "Clockwork Girl", congratulations pz."
Without any accidents, "Clockwork Girl" won the Hugo Award again after winning the Nebula Award, becoming another work that won double awards in the same year.
Such a result did not create any waves at all. Most people were still immersed in what Hilde had just said, and they only gave symbolic applause to "Clockwork Girl" for winning the award.
Even the host Hu Gang in the Zhongmin live broadcast room was stunned for a moment. He didn't remember to read the script until Zhang Zhong had stood up.
""Clockwork Girl" did not disappoint, Zhang Zhong did not disappoint..."
[As expected, it is "The Wind-up Girl". It would be great if "Harry Potter" won the award. 】
[Yeah, isn’t it fair for a book to win one award? 】
[Looks like I’m going to buy a copy of "The Wind-Up Girl" and read it. I heard people said it was boring so I didn’t read it.]
[It’s not boring, it just requires a little patience.]
【Yeah, just take a look inside. 】
[This book definitely deserves the double award.]
【Another two awards in one session.】
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The audience is not actually paying attention to the fact that the World Science Fiction Association is opening a branch.
Regarding the World Science Fiction Association, ordinary readers are only concerned about the ownership of the Hugo Awards each year and which city the hosting rights are given to.
As for the branch affairs, it has no impact on them at all.
Moreover, most people do not know the operation model of the World Science Fiction Association, and many of them thought that this branch meeting was just a routine operation.
Don't other associations also have many branches? This is not a strange thing.
So what they were discussing was the winning work itself.
After Hilde announced the results, the radio announced the reason why "The Wind-up Girl" won.
Zhang Zhong slowly walked onto the stage, following the rhythm of the broadcast.
"congratulations."
Hilde smiled and handed the trophy to Zhang Zhong, "Without you, there would be no Jiangyang World Science Fiction Conference."
Zhang Zhong took the trophy and looked at Hilde in surprise, wondering why he suddenly said such a thing.
"Mr. Hilde, you are serious. This year's World Congress is the result of the Jiangyang government and the association. Like other authors, I am just an ordinary participant." Zhang Zhong said.
Hilde did not speak any more, but made a gesture of invitation, signaling Zhang Zhong to come forward and deliver his acceptance speech.
Zhang nodded, walked to the microphone with the trophy, and said, "Thank you to the organizing committee for giving me this award. I will continue to work hard to bring you more stories. In fact, it won't be long before everyone
I will talk about my new work. This work is closely related to "Clockwork Girl". Like "Yellow Card Man" and "Calorie Man", it is a spin-off of "Clockwork Girl". In addition, I have another piece
I want to tell you something here. Starting next month, the world essay competition for "The Clockwork Girl" will officially begin. All authors can write stories about this world. Let us work together to improve this world. Specifically
For the registration method, you can log in to the 001 Chinese website to check."
After placing an advertisement for Ling01 Chinese website, Zhang Zhong said again, "Tomorrow is the last day of the World Science Fiction Convention, and the Juwang Exhibition Hall has prepared some small gifts for you. However, you need to find this gift by yourself, they are scattered around
In the two exhibition halls, the number is 5,000, and whoever finds it belongs to whoever finds it. The gifts are not uniform, and I will not reveal what they are, so everyone can explore for themselves."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Zhong nodded to Hilde and then left the stage directly.
"Zhang Zhong has spent a lot of money for this World Science Fiction Convention. He already gave out a wave of benefits at the last opening ceremony, and this time he directly gave away 5,000 prizes. Teachers, what do you think this time?
What will the gift be?”
Feng He said with a smile, "Didn't he say that gifts are not uniform, I think anything can appear."
"It can be predicted that tomorrow the two venues will definitely be a gold rush scene. I am a little itchy and want to go there to see if I can find a gift."
"Although the Dongwang Exhibition Hall and the International Convention and Exhibition Center are very large, there are a lot of gifts. There are 5,000 gifts. I think it shouldn't be difficult to find them."
"The key is that there are so many people, maybe they will rob instead of looking for you."
"So there should be some conditions, it's not just a matter of finding them."
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"I thought you would talk about the branch after you took the stage, but I didn't expect that in addition to advertising your own website, you would also advertise for the Tianwang Exhibition Hall."
After calming down, Llorente rolled his eyes and expressed great dissatisfaction with his speech on the stage.
"What am I talking about? Like you, I know nothing about the branch."
"I believe you know nothing about the branch, but do others believe it?"