Takeshita Kusaoke, who entered the London City Hall, shook hands with the people in the front row one by one, and Kitagawa Miyuki, who was closely following him, immediately saluted them one by one. At this time, the people who are qualified to sit here are naturally people who belong to the middle and upper classes. Their titles are not doctors, professors, writers...... It is a noble title, a celebrity, a knight...... However, none of them are the protagonists, and at this very moment, their father and daughter have not only become the brightest stars in London's Guildhall, but also live broadcast this literary event by the media.

When the time came, the award ceremony of the Booker International Literary Prize began, presided over by the chairman of the jury. Standing on the stage, he was talking into the microphone on the table that he had written a speech long ago. Indispensable mention of Takeshita's award-winning works and their various evaluations of it are indispensable.

Sitting in the most prominent position in the first row of the stage, Takeshita Grass Mustard was calm in his heart, after all, he was a "generation" to receive such a heavyweight international literary award. If the work that won the Booker International Literary Prize was his own original, he would be ecstatic. It's a pity that his current level is only a second-rate writer in Japan.

Next to his father, Miyuki Kitagawa was sitting on his right, since he didn't look around, he didn't move. Completely quiet and sitting, she did not feel the dullness and boredom of the whole award ceremony at all. On the contrary, I was quite excited, and I was finally able to come to the award ceremony to witness how my father shined.

"Next, I would like to invite Mr. Takeshita Kusa to come to the stage to accept the award and give an acceptance speech." After finishing a long story about what he should say, the chairman of the jury, with a smile on his face, pushed this literary event to the climax.

Takeshita Kusaoke, who took the initiative to stand up and turned his back one hundred and eighty degrees, did not rush to the stage to accept the award, but was accompanied by warm applause from everyone. He bowed three times to the guests, then turned his back again, walked from the stage to the stage without hurry, and received the crystal block with the Booker International Literary Prize written in English from the hand of the chairman of the jury. Holding it in his hand, he obviously felt a lot of weight, gestured to the audience with both hands, and then walked straight to the back of the podium to deliver his acceptance speech.

At this moment. I understand that winning the Booker Prize means that a writer has not only won the highest prize for contemporary serious fiction in English, but also has been widely recognized. As for the high level of honor, it is naturally self-evident. Otherwise, the award venue would not be located at the London City Hall in the United Kingdom, and it would also be live-streamed. Not only that, but it also attracted a large number of media reporters from various countries in London to rush to make a related report.

Takeshita grass mustard, who was silent for a while, did not have no memories Before that, the Chinese writer Wang Anyi. Su Tong was a finalist for the 2011 Booker International Prize. Wang Anyi is a writer who won the Mao Dun Literature Award for "Song of Long Hatred" and Su Tong for "The Yellow Sparrow". Chinese writer Yan Lianke was also nominated. In 2016, Yan Lianke was nominated for the Booker International Literary Prize for the second time for the English version of Four Books. He is worthy of being the author with the most banned books among Chinese writers. Yan Lianke's Four Books was banned, and the only Chinese version was the Taiwanese version.

Takeshita Mustard, who put the crystal block in his hand on the table, habitually started his acceptance speech that he had prepared a long time ago. His English accent was highly recognized by everyone present. In fact, in their view, Takeshita Kusaoke's own translation of his award-winning work from Japanese to English is equivalent to writing in English. So no one would question his high level of English. If not, he only has brick English skills. How did you win the Booker International Prize for Literature?

Kitagawa Miyuki, who was sitting in the audience, although most of them couldn't understand what her father was saying, stared at him intently. Her eyes revealed that she admired her the most, and she began to fantasize that she would become an international writer in the future, so as to win the Booker International Literary Prize. At that time, I can stand on the stage myself. And Dad will be very proud of her when he sits down there. It is unprecedented for a father and daughter writer to win the same international literary award.

After talking for about 20 minutes, Takeshita not only talked about his acceptance speech, but also roughly expressed his views on modern serious literature and the direction of development. The people here are all literature lovers, so they listened to it with relish. They didn't sense that he had been speaking for too long. On the contrary, I still can't get enough of it, and I feel that time has passed in a hurry, and it is too short.

Holding the crystal block in both hands, Takeshita Grass Mustard stepped off the podium, and before he could return to his seat, he was confronted by J.K. Rowling. In fact, after he finished speaking, it meant that the award ceremony was over, and then there was an opportunity for those present to communicate with the winners. Of course, this can also be placed on top of the lunch banquet at the back. However, now is the best opportunity for those who have questions to ask, after all, they don't sit casually during meals.

"Hello, I'm J.K. Rowling from the UK. I would like to congratulate you on winning this year's International Booker Prize. J.K. Rowling, who is one step ahead, wants to have a related exchange of ideas with Takeshita Kusake.

"Hello, Ms. J.K. Rowling, my daughter is a big fan of your Harry Potter book series." There is no sarcasm and contempt for the other party, on the one hand, it is true, and on the other hand, it is a magical literary work that she has heard of when she first wrote "Harry Potter". Because the bookseller was not optimistic, she was asked to change the first part of "Harry Potter" into a popular novel for publication and distribution. Throughout, J.K. Rowling wanted to be a writer of serious literature, not a writer of popular fiction. Even if the "Harry Potter" series freed her from the dilemma of lack of money and made a lot of money, it could never change her ideals. Of course, her serious literature is really not very well written.

"I feel very honored. I agree with the direction you talked about in the development of contemporary serious literature. J.K. Rowling, with a satisfied smile on his face, knew that he would never look at the work he had written, after all, the level was not in the eyes of a writer of the other party's level.

"Thank you. My daughter adores you very much, so I take the liberty of asking, can I take her to visit you at 2 p.m. tomorrow? "Takeshita Kusaokei took the initiative to come to the door.

"Absolutely. That's my pleasure. Please also accept my invitation to have dinner with us tomorrow. J.K. Rowling, who had a bright smile and was in a very good mood, was about to invite him to his house and talk about some serious literary topics, but he did not expect him to take the initiative. (To be continued.) )