Chapter 161: Newcomers and Newcomer Awards
The hostess stood in the middle of the stage, and after reviewing the winners of the past fifteen Newcomer Awards, she smiled, "Next, please invite Mr. Qiu Gongyu, President of the Cartoonists Association, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Comics Festival, and a famous Chinese cartoonist, to present the award on stage." ”
As soon as the hostess's voice fell, the scene immediately boiled.
"It's Qiu Lao!"
"Didn't Mr. Qiu only award the 'Best Feature of the Year Award' in previous years?"
"Did Elder Qiu come up early?"
"This is the banner of the Chinese comic industry, and it is hard to imagine who will award the last award."
At the same time, on the Manjia.com forum, there were also "surprised" looks, and in an instant, the discussion posts increased by hundreds of layers.
"Is it really Teacher Qiu Gongyu?"
"It's different from what I thought before......"
"This year's comic festival was really fun and exciting."
……
In the midst of the discussion on the scene and the Internet, an old man over seventy years old walked on the stage with steady steps and red letterhead.
The scene immediately burst into fierce applause.
Qiu Gongyu waved his hand again and again, signaling everyone to be quiet.
The applause gradually subsided, and Qiu Gongyu also began to speak.
"I know what you're thinking, and you're all curious about why I, an old man, am on stage at this time, and shouldn't I be the last to appear? Actually, I'm an old bone, who cares about the first few appearances? ”
The scene laughed.
"Fifteen years ago, the Cartoonists Association and major magazines jointly held a comic festival. Over the past 15 years, the comic festival has brought a lot to the comic industry, and also given many comic artists a goal to strive for, and the awards issued have also developed from the original "Best Feature", "Best Short Film", and "Newcomer Award" to the current 7 awards, plus a lifetime achievement award.
"As one of the founders, I've always had a little bit of thought. Of all the awards, my favourite is the 'Newcomer Award'. Because the newcomer represents vitality, and the newcomer represents the future. Only when more and more talented newcomers participate in the creation of comics will Chinese comics be vibrant.
"Before I present the awards, I would like to tell you a little story that I know. Among all the awards this year, the competition for the 'Newcomer Award' is the most intense, and in the selection of previous Newcomer Awards, the fierceness of this year's 'Newcomer Award' is also among the best. This year's Newcomer Award went through five votes, two of which were invalidated because someone abstained from voting.
Before the last time, the seven judges spent another two hours reading through the comics and voting to determine the winners, and the final voting result was 5:2. After reading the two manga seriously, I very much agree with this score.
"I am really happy that this 'newcomer award' is full of gold, so I can't wait to present this award."
The scene laughed again.
"Well, before announcing the results, I remembered what Ms. Du Yulu said when discussing the two works. The success of a work should not be judged by how many resources it can use to make it famous, but by how much it can achieve within its limited resources. I think so. Without further ado, I will announce the winner of the 16th Newcomer Award as ......"
Qiu Gongyu opened the letterhead and pulled out the paper card inside.
"Congratulations to Mr. Shen Zheng from ...... "Weekly Neorld" and his comic "Y's!"
There was silence on the scene, and it wasn't until the golden font of "Y's" appeared on the big screen that they realized that the curse of the "Newcomer Award" had been broken.
Ye Hexu looked at the big screen and was dumbfounded.
He also thought that he would lose to Shen Xin, but he always felt that the probability was very small, but when "Hunting Abyss" was defeated by "Y's", his confidence seemed to be shattered in an instant.
When Yan Fei saw this scene, her heart was beating rapidly, her brain was blank, and she didn't even know what to do next.
When Shen Xin got up from his seat and walked towards the stage, Yan Fei suffered again, whether there was anything wrong with the speech just now, don't make any mistakes.
In front of the TV, Liu Hao heard that Shen Xin had won the award, and suddenly jumped up from the sofa, and the popcorn also flew out of the paper tube and scattered all over the ground, but he completely ignored it, picked up the mobile phone, and couldn't wait to dial Pan Xiaohao's phone.
"Xiao Pan, do you see it, it's Teacher Shen who won the award! It's "Y's" that won the award! It's the magazine of Neorld! ”
At the same time, at Shen Xin's home, Xi Muhan touched her cheeks with both hands, her face was hot, but her eyes were staring straight at the TV and never left for a moment.
"That's great...... Brother Xin. ”
After putting on his eyes, Shen Xin is more handsome than before......
Xi Muhan narrowed his eyes, curled up his legs, and buried his face between his legs.
After Shen Xin came to the stage, he first bowed deeply to Qiu Gongyu, and when he straightened up, he found that Qiu Gongyu opened his arms and hugged Qiu Gongyu again.
The audience remembered the applause again.
"Congratulations, Y's is great." Qiu Gongyu's eyes narrowed, and his cheeks glowed ruddy.
"Thank you."
Shen Xin took over the heavy little golden man from Qiu Gongyu's hand, and the emcee lady on the other side also sent a bonus check of 200,000 yuan.
Holding the trophy in his hand, Shen Xin looked at the audience, the lights were focused on him at the moment, and there was nothing else in his field of vision except the lights.
"I didn't expect to win this award, and I didn't even prepare a speech. Well...... Actually, there are quite a few people who want to thank you. First of all, I would like to thank my editor, Miss Yan Fei, for giving me a chance when I was at my worst. She is my sister in life and my predecessor in work, which has allowed me to gain a firm foothold on the road of comics, and at the same time, I am also grateful to Mr. Wang Wenhong for his help in this work.
"In addition, I would like to thank my assistants, Miss Lu Ning and Mr. Gao Hang, for accompanying me all the way, and this trophy has a part of you. At the same time, thank you to my sister, thank you for your support of me, and all the participants of the Newcomer Award, you are my motivation to move forward because I ...... I don't want to lose to you, so I'm going to draw this comic very seriously. In addition to this, dear readers, I am not qualified to stand here without you. ”
There was warm applause at the scene, and Yan Fei wiped her eyes, but hot tears still burst out of her eyes.
Shen Xin took a deep breath and silently made up his mind.
"Last ......"
Just when everyone thought that Shen Xin's acceptance speech had ended, Shen Xin spoke again.
"Finally, the person I am most grateful for is my teacher. Without him, there would be no comic, this trophy belongs to you. ”
Gui Zhenghe teacher ......
Shen Xin bowed deeply again.
……
The middle-aged man looked at Shen Xin on the TV and was dumbfounded, but he didn't expect to be really won the "Newcomer Award" by "Neorld".
"Old man Song, it's 800,000." The middle-aged man muttered to himself, but he didn't hear the answer, "Old man Song......"
The middle-aged man hurriedly turned his head, only to see Song Tai with his hands pressed against his chest, his cheeks pale, and beads of sweat on his forehead stained his forehead.
"Old Man Song, what's wrong with you?"
The middle-aged man was a little flustered, and just got up from his seat, while Song Tai leaned and fell to the ground.
"Waiter...... Ambulance, call an ambulance! The middle-aged man yelled at the waiter.