On the morning of July 28, Zhu Guangzhao and Deputy Secretary Zhang Yutai walked into the multi-functional studio of the China Science and Technology Hall.
Looking at the somewhat crowded studio, Zhu Guangzhao frowned and sighed: "The place is still too small."
This multi-functional studio can accommodate more than 300 people. When they first planned it, they thought that this studio should be completely sufficient. It could not only accommodate domestic and foreign representatives, journalists from all walks of life, but also some sci-fi
Fans came to listen.
But after the list was drawn up, I realized that, let alone inviting science fiction fans to attend, there were not enough representatives from home and abroad to sit.
There was no way, and there was no other suitable place, but to add some movable seats to the original ones to allow everyone to squeeze in, and finally it could accommodate more than 400 people.
Zhang Yutai heard Zhu Guangzhao sigh and said with a smile: "We didn't expect there would be so many people beforehand. Many news media came on their own initiative without us asking. Among them, the British Broadcasting Corporation paid special attention to the camera.
There were several fights. As you know, Yu Dong is very popular in the UK, and his influence is not limited to the field of science fiction."
Zhu Guangzhao nodded: "Well, I heard that he is quite famous in the football world. Does he play football?"
"I don't know if he plays football or not, but he became famous in the British football community initially because of the movie "Second World". Later, by coincidence, whichever club he accepted to watch the game, that club won.
Ball, many fans think he is a lucky star."
Zhu Guangzhao smiled: "This foreigner still believes this."
"I don't necessarily believe it. Most people probably just join in the fun."
"That's about it." Zhu Guangzhao turned to look at Li Xiang, the office director behind him: "All the information at the venue has been distributed, so don't miss anyone."
"Don't worry, everything is in order. I have confirmed it again and again."
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Yu Hua sat next to Yu Dong, looked at the collection of papers in his hand, and said with a smile: "An international conference is an international conference. This book is so beautifully made, and it only has a few pages. It is heavier than a novel of more than 100,000 words."
"If you think it's good, I'll ask Yili to find a publisher later and make a super hardcover collector's edition of "Alive" for you. I'll use this kind of paper and add some fancy illustrations to it. It's guaranteed to be heavier than bricks." Yu
Dong joked.
"If it comes out, I will definitely buy it." Bi Feiyu smiled, and then added: "The premise is that the price cannot exceed fifteen yuan."
"Looking at the stars in the sun, I think you are daydreaming." Yu Hua snorted, then opened the booklet and asked Yu Dong: "Where is your speech? Where is it?"
"Page 15."
"Oh... I'd better stop reading. Come up and tell me later, otherwise it won't be interesting."
All representatives who will speak at this conference will submit their speeches to the organizing committee in advance. After the speeches are approved, they will be bound into a booklet, in both Chinese and English, and then these booklets will be distributed to each participant.
Before the conference started, Yu Dong looked up at the conference logo hanging on the stand. The spotlight in the studio shone light on the logo. The logo was an earth. People could clearly see that the earth was divided into straight lines of longitude.
Bright and dim halves.
A slender human body lifts a bright red star out of the horizon with a graceful leap, flying towards the vast and vast universe.
It was not until 9:30 that the host Zhu Jian came on stage to announce the official opening of the Yanjing International Science Fiction Conference.
At the opening ceremony, the leaders of the Association for Science and Technology spoke first, and then the astronaut representative Leonov also made a brief speech.
After their speeches were over, the award ceremony for the Galaxy Award and the Golden Bridge Award began directly.
Compared with previous Galaxy Awards ceremonies, the Galaxy Awards did not last long at this conference. In addition, there were more awards today than before, so many people did not give acceptance speeches after receiving the awards.
When the best novel was awarded at the end, Zhu Guangzhao read Liu Cixin's name first, and his "Supernova Era" won the best novel of this Galaxy Award.
But when everyone started applauding, Zhu Guangzhao read Yu Dong's name again.
"Congratulations to Liu Cixin and Yu Dong, they will share the glory of this year's Galaxy Award for Best Novel."
In fact, when Yu Dong heard that Liu Cixin won the best novel, he was quite happy. For him now, science fiction awards can no longer bring anything more, and it is better to let more newcomers compete.
Yang Xiao and others are afraid that the awards will be monopolized, but actually he doesn't want this either.
Only by giving others a little hope can this award work better.
Moreover, Yu Dong only published one novel, "Moon", last year. The quality of this novel was pretty good, but it was totally fine not to give it an award.
But he didn't expect that the organizing committee would come up with two works that would win the prize together.
When he went on stage, Liu Cixin deliberately walked behind Yu Dong, but when the two were about to walk up, Yu Dong suddenly stopped, stepped aside, and said to Liu Cixin with a smile: "Da Liu, please."
Liu Cixin was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, "You go first."
Yu Dong shook his head with firm eyes, and just turned sideways and waited for Liu Cixin to move forward.
There were more than 400 people in the entire studio, and Zhu Guangzhao was still on the stage waiting for them to come on stage to receive the award. Everyone turned their attention to them.
Due to such pressure, Liu Cixin could only walk to the front. When he walked in front of Yu Dong, he couldn't help but whisper: "This is not appropriate."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "I think it's very suitable."
The actions of the two people were also clearly captured by the camera, and reporters were also paying attention to them.
It seems that the two of them are condescending to each other, but Yu Dong's humility is a bit extraordinary. He would rather let Zhu Guangzhao wait on the stage, but must let Liu Cixin go first. Is there any special reason for this?
Liu Cixin was also muttering in his heart, wondering why Yu Dong had to let him go on stage first just now.
After taking the stage, the two received the medals from Zhu Guangzhao one after another.
"You two, do your best."
Zhu Guangzhao patted the two of them on the shoulders and returned to their seats, leaving the stage in front of them to them.
Next, he was about to give his acceptance speech. Liu Cixin looked at Yu Dong, but Yu Dong made a gesture of invitation, "You first."
Liu Cixin sighed slightly and walked to the microphone.
"Hello everyone, I am Liu Cixin. I am very grateful to the organizing committee for awarding this award to me. This is a great recognition for me. A few years ago, when I started trying to write science fiction novels, I would not have thought that one day
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