Seeing Jimmy acting as translator for them, Xiao Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Li's English is not bad, so the president specially asked him to pick up Harold and George. However, he only focused on upgrading the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, and his speaking skills were poor.
no.
When he was communicating with Harold and the others just now, he had clearly thought about what he wanted to say in his mind, but when it came to his mouth he started to stumble. The weather was hot, and he broke out in a sweat.
Although it was the first time for Harold and Yu Dong to meet, because they had collaborated before, it was easy to get into the topic. He took the initiative to tell Yu Dong about the movie and asked for Yu Dong's opinion.
In fact, these inquiries are purely out of politeness and have no practical significance.
The movie has been basically completed now, and it is useless for Yu Dong to give any opinions. Yu Dong is naturally not ignorant. He did not find any faults, but praised Harold's ideas.
After chatting for a while, Harold suddenly said: "Actually, when I come here this time, I also want to invite Mr. Yu Dong to the United States. The movie "One Day" will be released at the end of this year or early next year, and we will prepare it by then.
Have a premiere ceremony. As the author of the original work, being there will naturally help promote the film."
Harold had never thought about this before, but this time "Science Fiction World" invited them to attend the Galaxy Awards ceremony, which made him realize that Chinese science fiction is not as bad as he thought before.
Moreover, Yu Dong's temperament and appearance were somewhat beyond his imagination. Such a young and handsome writer could easily attract attention just by his appearance.
After Jimmy translated Harold's words to Yu Dong, he secretly winked at him to indicate that he must agree.
Yu Dong smiled and nodded: "I am very honored to be able to attend the premiere. However, it is not easy to go to the United States and it takes a lot of time. My job is as a teacher, so I may not be able to spare the time. So I
I can't promise you now, I need to see the specific time, so please forgive me."
Jimmy gritted his teeth and translated Yu Dong's words to Harold.
After hearing this, Harold smiled and said, "It's completely understandable."
After that, the few people didn't talk about the movie anymore, after all, George Martin was also present.
They talked about Chinese science fiction again and the Chinese Science Fiction Galaxy Award this time. It was obvious that George Martin was very interested in this topic.
This actually surprised Yu Dong.
Because piracy is rampant in the domestic market, foreign writers rarely make money here, so they have some opinions on this market.
Unknown writers are fine. Many well-known foreign writers have sold a lot of books in China and are very influential, but they just can't get money, which makes them very angry.
George Martin now belongs to the former. He is not optimistic about the Chinese market, but he has a very good attitude. He believes that no one can make money from the piracy market anyway. If his books can become popular in China, although he cannot make money,
I made a lot of money, but I didn’t lose much more than others.
And it also leaves some hope. If China's copyright protection improves in the future, then the writers who become popular first will definitely have an advantage.
From an emotional point of view, George's idea is actually condoning piracy. But from a rational point of view, his idea may indeed allow him to make profits in the Chinese market first. His eyes are not on piracy, but on piracy.
Other writers served as rivals.
It doesn't matter if you can't make money in the Chinese market now, but if you can make money here one day, then he must be at the forefront.
On this point, Jimmy and George have the same idea.
The few of them chatted for more than an hour, and Jimmy's room welcomed new guests—Yang Xiao and Tan Kai.
The two of them first went to Harold and George's room. When they didn't find anyone, they went to Yu Dong's room. Then they learned from Hu Changqing that Yu Dong was at Jimmy's place, so they came over.
"I found you. It turns out you are having a meeting here."
Yang Xiao's aura was very strong, and since she was the host, she took control of the scene as soon as she came in. She came with Tan Kai so late, on the one hand, she wanted to get to know Harold and George, and on the other hand, she wanted to tell them
Tell me about tomorrow's award ceremony.
The ceremony started at 4:58 p.m., and everyone started arriving at four o'clock.
This time Yang Xiao not only paid attention to the guests and on-site arrangements, but also spent a lot of thought on publicity. Different from the past, Yang Xiao invited a lot of media this time, and many reporters will be here tomorrow.
So Yang Xiao planned to set up an entrance link at the entrance of the hotel to facilitate reporters to take photos and collect materials.
After the award ceremony, an interview session was also arranged.
In this way, tomorrow's awards ceremony will be no different from those large award ceremonies.
Harold and George didn't think anything of it. In their opinion, since the Galaxy Award is the highest award in the domestic science fiction community, such specifications are perfectly normal.
Yu Dong and Jimmy were very surprised. They knew how shabby it was before the Galaxy Awards. Even last year's World Science Fiction Association Annual Conference was held at the same time as the Galaxy Awards, and it didn't have the same style as this year.
After all, the magazine still has plenty of money and is even more willing to spend money.
After saying this, it was already getting late, so Yang Xiao and the others stood up to say goodbye. Yu Dong and Harold also went back to their rooms, waiting for the arrival of tomorrow.
…
In the afternoon of the next day, Yang Xiao took Yu Dong downstairs to gather in the lobby. They planned to go out from the side door first, then walk around to the main entrance for the entrance ceremony.
Not long after he came downstairs, Hu Changqing suddenly pulled Yu Dong's arm: "You Yu, do you think that woman looks like Teacher Cheng from our school?"
"Which Teacher Cheng?" Yu Dong looked in the direction Hu Changqing pointed, and saw Cheng Yanqiu standing on one side of the hall, looking at them. He was stunned for a moment, and then said to Hu Changqing, "That seems to be Teacher Cheng.
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"Really, why is she here?"
"I do not know."
"Let's go say hello." Hu Changqing pulled Yu Dong and walked to Cheng Yanqiu, "Xiao Cheng, why are you here?"
Cheng Yanqiu pointed to the "Science Fiction World" in his hand, "I came to watch the Galaxy Awards ceremony."
She was dressed very refreshingly today, wearing a pair of white canvas shoes and a pair of original-color jeans without holes. The white shirt on her upper body was very loose, with half of the lower half tucked into the waistband of the trousers, and the other half casually scattered outside. It was rolled up.
The sleeves and the brown round-brimmed hat on her head make her look very neat.
"Xiao Cheng, you are also a fan of science fiction." Hu Changqing was a little surprised. He always felt that Xiao Cheng, a lesbian, did not get along with science fiction.
Cheng Yanqiu nodded, "I just started to like science fiction not long ago."
At this time, Yang Xiao noticed the situation here and walked towards Yu Dong and the others, "Yu Dong, who is this?"
Yu Dong smiled and introduced, "This is our colleague, Teacher Cheng Yanqiu. She came to see the award ceremony."
Yang Xiao showed a surprised expression, "Mr. Cheng's name is really good."
"My father is a fan and likes Peking Opera master Cheng Yanqiu very much." Cheng Yanqiu replied.
"No wonder." Yang Xiao saw the magazine in Cheng Yanqiu's hand again and said with a smile, "Since we are colleagues of Teacher Yu and Teacher Hu, let's enter the venue together later. I happened to reserve a few seats, but Teacher Yu and the others are not here.
Together."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome." Yang Xiao looked at his watch, "Teacher Yu and I are going to go out first, and then come in through the main entrance. See you later."
After saying that, he took Yu Dong and the others towards the side door.
After walking for a while, Yang Xiao looked at Yu Dong and said with a smile: "This Teacher Cheng is very beautiful and has quite a temperament."
Hu Changqing on the side said: "Xiao Cheng is not very good at dealing with interpersonal relationships. He is very good in other aspects."
Yu Dong smiled secretly. Cheng Yanqiu was not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships. She didn't want to deal with interpersonal relationships at all. She was so depressed that she didn't want to make friends.
Yang Xiao led everyone out of the side door and walked around to the front door.
The order of entry had already been decided. Tan Kai led He Hongtao and several other young writers first, followed by Feng Xiaoning and Lu Liping, and finally Yang Xiao led Harold, George, and Yu Dong.
The appearance of Lu Liping attracted the attention of reporters, and the frequency of taking photos became much faster.
The reporters were still very reserved, consciously keeping a distance from the guests, and at most they would ask questions from a distance. When they encountered a question they wanted to answer, Lu Liping and the others would stop and reply.
When Yu Dong and others entered the venue, someone in the crowd shouted, "Yu Dong, Yu Dong."
Yu Dong was slightly startled, why would anyone know him?
Seeing Yu Dong's confusion, Yang Xiao smiled and winked at him, and whispered, "I arranged it."
Someone called out Yu Dong's name, and the reporters immediately recognized who it was. Among the people entering this wave, Yang Xiao was a woman, and several others were foreigners.
Only the young man next to Yang Xiao might be Yu Dong.
When Yu Dong and others approached, a reporter shouted: "Yu Dong, this way."
Yu Dong turned around following the sound, and then heard the click of the shutter.
Before the shutter sound on this side ended, the other side shouted again: "Yu Dong, Yu Dong, this way."
Yu Dong had to turn to the other side.
Yang Xiao said from the side, "Don't be annoyed. It's not easy for reporters to come here. Naturally, they want to take pictures of your face. Please cooperate a little."
Yu Dong nodded and smiled: "I know, isn't this a positive cooperation?"
After taking pictures of Yu Dong, the reporters did not let Harold and the others go, and started calling their names again. The shouts were mixed with some substandard English, but Harold and the others could understand them.
As a director, Harold is much more comfortable handling this kind of scene than Yu Dong.
I saw that his body was like a machine, constantly turning. Every time he turned in one direction, he made a freeze frame so that reporters could take the best photos. Basically, he took care of all 360 degrees.
Several other people imitated his example and followed him in changing their movements.
The admission process ended quickly. Because there was an interview session at the end of the ceremony, the reporters basically did not ask questions, but concentrated on taking photos.
Entering the hotel, Yang Xiao did not forget to find Cheng Yanqiu and brought her into the venue together.
Everyone took their seats, and at 4:58, Yang Xiao came on stage to give a speech and announced that the award ceremony had officially begun.
After that, Yang Xiao did not step down, but took out a list and said with a smile: "The list in my hand contains the third-prize winning works of the China Science Fiction Galaxy Awards. There are a total of five works this time.
The third prizes were won by Shi Jian's "Waiting for You for a Thousand Years", Lu Yang's "Relic Fishing for Sharks", Jiang Liexin's "Dream World", Lei Liangqi's..."
The award ceremony didn't have any fancy programs, Yang Xiao was very direct. Many people didn't even react, and when they thought she would whet everyone's appetite, she had already reported the third prize winning works.
Even the applause has to be slowed down a beat.
The third prize did not attract much attention. Some of these five works did not leave a deep impression on readers.
The most exciting ones were naturally the winners. The five authors came on stage to receive the trophies one by one, and the first item of the award ceremony ended like this.
Then editor-in-chief Tan Kai came on stage and began to announce the second prize.
Tan Kai was more straightforward than Yang Xiao. When he came on stage, he didn't say anything else and started reporting the winners directly: "The second prize was won by He Hongwei's "Light Love" and Zheng Shi's "The Computer in Love"
and "Alien Monkey" by Hui Shui."
When Tan Kai finished reporting the list, applause erupted immediately. Just as Yu Dong was about to raise his hands to applaud, he suddenly felt a strong pain in his thigh.
He looked down and saw that Hu Changqing's hands were tightly grasping his pants, and his skin was also pinched.
Just as Yu Dong was about to remind Hu Changqing, the latter suddenly stood up, clapped violently, then patted Yu Dong on the shoulder and walked quickly towards the stage.
Jimmy on the other side looked at Hu Changqing's back and said with a smile, "Looking at how excited your Secretary Hu is, it's as if he has won an award. That Mr. Fushui must be a very close friend of his."
Yu Dong nodded, "It can be said that they are intimate."
"That's no wonder."
Yu Dong rubbed his legs and secretly made up his mind that if he won the prize soon, he would have to pinch it back.
Starting from the second prize, everyone's response was much more enthusiastic, and these three winning works really left a deeper impression on them.
There was also an acceptance speech for the second prize. The two young men's acceptance speeches were very concise, and they thanked everyone they could thank.
When it was Hu Changqing's turn, his style suddenly changed.
"I am very grateful to "Science Fiction World" for awarding this award to me. As an educator, I have always known how much science fiction affects young readers. Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and the development of a nation cannot be separated from science and technology.
Nor can we lack fantasy..."
Yu Dong stared blankly at Hu Changqing, who was talking eloquently on the stage. Did Hu forget to cover up, or did he just show his cards?
Chapter completed!