"Mr. ..... Sun's "Happy Hunting" has opened up a new field of sci-fi in steampunk, bringing us a Victorian nostalgic, utopian-like world, full of unique charm, many writers have noticed the charm of the steampunk world, and I believe that more similar works will be born in the future."

"Next, we invite Mr. Sun Shaoping to the stage to accept the award and deliver an acceptance speech!" At the end of the award speech, the host invited Shen Long to the stage with a smile.

Shen Long straightened his tunic and stepped onto the stage with confident steps, receiving a trophy with a peculiar shape from the current president of the World Science Fiction Association.

This is also the unique style of the Hugo Awards, the Hugo Awards only have trophies and no prize money, starting from the 11th ceremony, someone designed a rocket trophy with fin-like wings, and two years later someone designed another shape, but the shape of the base is different, so since then the award has an unwritten rule: the trophy base will be changed to a different shape every year.

After thanking the award presenters, Shen Long took the podium and began to deliver his acceptance speech, "First of all, I would like to thank the magazines "Science Fiction Literature" and "Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature", if it weren't for these two magazines, this story would not be able to meet everyone!" ”

Yang Xiao and the staff of "Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature" waved, Yang Xiao was very excited, with this sentence, "Science Fiction Literature and Art" will become famous all over the world.

"I think everyone must be curious and ask this question: Is there science fiction in China? Do the people there also have all kinds of wonderful science fiction? Shen Long's words caused a burst of laughter, they did have more or less similar thoughts.

"Here, I would like to introduce you to a Chinese predecessor, his name is Tao Chengdao, Tao Chengdao's birth time is no longer known, his main activity was in the late fourteenth century AD, he was very good at using gunpowder; In the 14th century, the Chinese Ming Dynasty played an important role in the war to overthrow the Meng Yuan, and was canonized as ten thousand households by the Ming Emperor, and Tao Chengdao has been called ten thousand households since then. Shen Long said slowly.

When Tao Chengdao was first mentioned, Xiaoxia and Yang Xiao still didn't understand, but as soon as the word Wanhu came out, they suddenly became conscious, and even a small commotion sounded among those foreign audiences.

According to the records of his ancestors, Tao Chengdao came up with the idea of using gunpowder to fly, and began his own research and development work; One day in 1390, he was sitting on a serpentine cart with forty-seven rockets tied to it, holding two large kites, and then he ordered his servants to set fire to the first row of rockets. ”

"Whew~" There was an exclamation from the crowd, and they all understood what it meant.

"After the rocket ignited, thick smoke billowed around the flying car, flames churned, and in an instant, the flying car had left the ground and slowly rose into the air; Just as the crowd on the ground cheered, the second row of rockets ignited by themselves, and suddenly, there was a bang in the sky, and tragedy happened, only to see that the flying car that Tao Chengdao was riding in the blue sky turned into a fire, Tao Chengdao fell from the burning flying car, and he was still holding two huge kites that were on fire in his hands, and fell to the ground. ”

Tao Chengdao's flying career ended, and he was buried on the flower-filled Wanjia Mountain; Tao Chengdao's attempt to fly to the sky failed, but his idea of lifting off with rocket thrust was the first in the world, so he was recognized by the world as the true ancestor of spaceflight; This story was mentioned by the American rocket scientist Herbert S. Kim in his book "Rockets and Jet Engines", published in 1945. ”

"At an International Astronomical Union in the 70s, a crater on the moon was named Wanhu in honor of the first person who tried to fly with a rocket."

"The story of Tao Chengdao is enough to prove that Chinese all have science fantasy and the spirit of experimentation." Shen Long pointed out the reason why he told this story, and the scene immediately burst into applause.

"Today is the first time that a writer from Asia has won the Hugo Award, and to paraphrase Armstrong, this is a big step for me personally, and a big step for the world science fiction literature."

Shen Long paraphrased Liu Cixin's acceptance speech, "For me, the Hugo Award seems very far away, and I never thought that I would have anything to do with it; Between the two distant cultural planets of Chinese and English, there is a spaceship that connects them: Mr. Ken Lewis, the translator of this book; He has an in-depth knowledge of both Eastern and Western cultures, and has worked tirelessly to translate this book, and he will continue to translate my work into English in the future. ”

"I am very happy that this work has been welcomed by readers outside of China and awarded me the Hugo Award, not only because I won the highest award in the field of science fiction literature, but also because science fiction has deepened the understanding of different cultures of human beings around the world, and if this understanding can be deepened, I think that one day, the whole of humanity can be brought together as a whole."

"So, in the end, I sincerely invite you to go to China to have a look and bring your works to Chinese readers, Chinese readers who have been enthusiastic about Verne and will definitely like your works, thank you!"

Shen Long bowed slightly, and the audience resounded with thunderous applause, whether it was the story about Wanhu at the beginning, or the cultural bridge built by science fiction, or the relationship between science fiction literature and human aggregation at the end, these science fiction workers were excited.

The bigwigs of the World Science Fiction Association are also very excited, which means that they can use this opportunity to absorb Chinese science fiction workers, although China is still very backward, but China has so many science fiction workers, so many readers, if it can be successful, this is definitely a great thing for them.

The bosses and editors of science fiction magazines are equally excited, and they feel that since Sun Shaoping's work can be loved by readers, and there are so many science fiction authors in China, maybe their works can also be recognized by readers.

Not to mention science fiction writers, a megamarket with hundreds of millions of readers, and while it may seem like the protection of writers' rights and interests in China is not good enough these days, it's always good to impress readers early.

"Teacher Sun, you are simply amazing!" Back in her seat, Yang Xiao blushed excitedly.

Xiaoxia had just put down her camera, she had already thought that this speech must be published in full in the provincial newspaper, accompanied by photos of everyone's warm applause, the Chinese of this era are too eager for the recognition of the world and the respect of foreigners, and Shen Long has undoubtedly done this perfectly today.