Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 458 It's Too Early
"Don't be nervous." Penny Austin looked at the reporters, her lips moved slightly, and said softly in Zhang Zhong's ear.

When she hugged Zhang Zhong's arm just now, she felt that the other party retracted his arm, and thought it was Zhang Zhong's stage fright.

Zhang Zhong smiled and did not speak, such a scene did not make him nervous.

The Nebula Award was originally a commercial award, but now the commercialization is getting more and more serious. It’s just a matter of finding a seat, and you have to walk the red carpet again, just like other film and television drama award ceremonies.

He wanted to go as fast as possible, but Penny Austin obviously disagreed with him, tugging at his arm, and the two kept a very slow speed.

"Don't rush to pz, we can go slower."

Zhang Zhong shook his head helplessly, and could only follow her rhythm.

After finally walking down the red carpet, the staff led them to an advertising board next to them. Seeing the reporters under the advertising board, Zhang Zhong knew that he was about to face an interview.

Sure enough, as soon as he and Penny Austin walked up, reporters surrounded them.

The reporters' microphones formed a collar, enclosing both Penny and Zhang Zhong.

"Pz, when will your new book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" be released?"

Zhang Zhong: "It won't take long, but please pay attention to my social account for the specific time, and I will notify you later."

"Pz, yesterday you appeared on a program called "Teasing You". The audience was curious. Did you really meet this program by chance?"

Zhang Zhong: "It was indeed a chance encounter. The incident was exactly the same as the show, and there was no element of performance."

"Pz, may I ask if you have experienced this variety show incident, have you considered participating in some shows? The host of "The Jerry Show" Jerry DeGeneres once expressed his hope that you would be on his show."

Zhang Zhong: "Thank you, I haven't considered variety shows for the time being, because I've been busy all the time, and I may not be able to spare time to participate in these shows."

In fact, Zhang Zhong has never even heard of that Jerry DeGeneres, but according to the reporter, this "Jerry Show" is quite famous.

"Pz, can you tell me what you've been busy with recently? Do you have plans for the next book?"

Zhang Zhong said with a smile, "You can't bully me just because I'm a foreigner, you can't make Miss Austin so easy."

He was always asking himself questions when he saw the reporters. No one cared about Penny Austin. He was afraid of embarrassing the atmosphere, so he brought the topic to her.

Someone had already realized this problem, but now that Zhang Zhong mentioned it, the reporters started asking Penny Austin questions.

"Miss Austin, what is your opinion on the award of this Nebula Award?"

Penny Austin obviously liked reporters asking questions, and said with a smile, "The Nebula Awards have always selected the best works and never let people down. I think it will be the same this time..."

Looking at the eloquent Penny Austin, Zhang Zhong suddenly felt that it would not be completely useless for the organizing committee to arrange such a partner for him, at least he would feel more relaxed when the reporter was interviewing.

Sometimes the reporter deliberately brought the topic to Zhang Zhong, but she could also successfully lead the topic to herself, and she was not afraid of trouble at all.

A combination of a person who is very afraid of trouble and a person who is not afraid of trouble at all is completely ok.

But before the interview ended, a reporter still asked the question he wanted to ask Zhang Zhong.

"Pz, you have been shortlisted for four works this time, how many of them do you think will win the final award?"

This time Penny Austin didn't grab the question, because she also wanted to hear what Zhang Zhong had to say.

This question is not easy to answer. If Zhang Zhong speaks too much, people will definitely be criticized for being arrogant and arrogant, but if he speaks too little, some people will say that he is not confident, and people will take it for granted if the awards are not ideal in the future. , After all, the author himself feels that he is not good enough.

Zhang Zhong didn't think too much, and said with a smile, "I guess there are at most four. Okay, we have already wasted too much time. In order not to affect the normal progress of the awards ceremony, let's end it first. If you are not satisfied with this answer, I'll add it to you after the award ceremony is over."

After finishing speaking, she walked directly to the stage. Penny Austin walked beside him and said with a smile, "What an interesting answer, pz, I wonder if you have time tomorrow night, can we have dinner together?"

Zhang Zhong said regretfully, "I'm really sorry, I really want to have dinner with you, but I'm going back to China at noon tomorrow."

Penny Austin froze for a moment, "No, it's okay."

"It's really a pity, oh, my seat has arrived." Zhang Zhong sat in the second row and arrived first. Penny Austin's seat was relatively far behind, and she had to continue to walk behind.

"Okay, see you later." After separating from Zhang Zhong, Penny Austin looked down, but she didn't see her toes, and her self-confidence returned.

In the Zhongmin live broadcast room, Hu Gang and the others chatted casually. The interviews under the billboards were not filmed live. At the moment, the cameras were all on the red carpet, and the red carpet walked very slowly. The guests walking on it introduced After a while there is no topic.

So Hu Gang continued to bring the topic to Zhang Zhong, "Just now I saw a comment saying that Penny Austin and Zhang Zhong are very good together. In fact, this comment also expressed the aspirations of a large part of the audience. Penny Austin is one of the few beautiful science fiction writers. Her appearance is even more outstanding than some stars, and she is tall and tall, with a height of 1.7 meters. Some people joked that if she didn’t write science fiction, she could also be a Victoria’s Secret model. Besides When it comes to Zhang Zhong, not to mention his appearance, I have never seen a science fiction writer with so many fans before him."

Li Qin said with a smile, "Yes, but his outstanding looks and his age are also a double-edged sword for him. In fact, I have heard someone criticize him for being too handsome and too young."

Feng He also said with a smile, "Yeah, the field of popular novels is okay, like the field of traditional novels, in the eyes of ordinary people, the writers are those who look like me, and wear a pair of thick eyes, preferably malnourished. Of course, if you are older, you will be more respected. From a certain level, writers and Chinese medicine are a bit similar, it seems that the older you are, the more powerful you are."

"There is some truth in judging the depth of knowledge by age, and it is also a summary of ordinary people's experience, but sometimes this kind of experience is not suitable, such as Zhang Zhong, or Qin Zhao, a young writer who has emerged a few days ago."

"Speaking of Qin Zhao, some netizens said that Qin Zhao is very hopeful to inherit Zhang Chong's mantle, what do the two teachers think?" Hu Gang asked.

Feng He waved his hands and said, "Zhang Zhong is only 30 years old now, it is really too early to say he will inherit the mantle."

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