"Director! Director! Come and answer the phone! The U.S. Embassy called, saying that Mr. Sun Shaoping had won an award in the United States! Ken heard a chair fall and shouting on the other end of the line.

"What's going on?" The director of the office of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles was also excited when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Let's be clear, what award did Mr. Sun win?" "The director of the office is an old seniority of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and he used to call Sun Shaoping a little grandson, but now he changed his words as soon as he heard that he had won a foreign award.

"Uh, it seems to be the Fish Pot Award of the World Science Fiction Association?" The young man who answered the phone scratched his head, quickly pointed to the phone and said, "Director, I haven't hung up the phone yet, why don't you ask again?" ”

The director glared at Xiao Shao, and hurriedly went over and held the phone with both hands and put it to his ear, "Hello, I am Chen Kunhe, director of the Office of the Shaanxi Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, may I ask if Mr. Sun Shaoping of our Federation of Literary and Art Circles has won the award?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Sun's "Happy Hunting" won the Science Fiction Achievement Award for Short and Medium Stories issued by the World Science Fiction Association, commonly known as the Hugo Award, which is the highest award in the field of science fiction literature in the world, equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the field of science fiction literature, I would like to congratulate the Shaanxi Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Mr. Sun Shaoping!" Ken has been in China for so many years, and he has a good way of speaking officially.

"Thank you very much for the notification, excuse me, but who are you?" As soon as he said the Nobel Prize in Literature, he understood, Chen Kunhe quickly picked up a pen and paper and wrote down the name of the award, and then he remembered that he hadn't asked the other party's identity yet.

"I'm Ken Luis, a staff member of the U.S. Embassy, and I'm also the translator who translated this into English, and the World Science Fiction Association couldn't find Mr. Sun's contact information, so I told me to convey it." Ken patiently explained.

"Thank you very much for your outstanding contribution to the cultural exchanges between China and the United States, Mr. Sun mentioned your name to us, welcome Mr. Louis to Xi'an, we will be warmly welcomed." Shen Long told the Federation of Literary and Art Circles about the situation before, and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles was also happy that some of its writers could go abroad.

"It is also my honor to be able to translate Mr. Sun's works, and I will definitely go when I have the opportunity in the future; The World Science Fiction Association invited Mr. Sun to attend the award ceremony in Los Angeles before August 21st, and I will mail the invitation letter to Mr. Sun later, if Mr. Sun can go, please make preparations......"

"Okay, I think you must be in a hurry to inform Mr. Sun of this good news, I won't bother you, if you have any questions about this award, I will do my best to reply." After saying how to find himself, Ken hung up.

This time it was Chen Kunhe's turn to be excited, he trotted all the way to the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles to report to work, and he couldn't tell that he was about to retire at all, and after a while, the upstairs also remembered the excited cheers.

Half an hour later, almost all the important figures of the local Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Writers' Association, and the Association for Science and Technology poured into Shen Long's courtyard, and they were all rosy with excitement, and Chen Kunhe told Shen Long the good news.

As soon as he finished speaking, the bigwig of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles added, "Shaoping, there are very few people in our country who can win foreign literary awards, I only remember that in 1951, Ding Ling's "The Sun Shines on the Sanggan River" and Zhou Libo's "The Storm" won the Stalin Literature Award at the same time; And this year, Mr. Barquin received the Dante International Prize from Italy. ”

These are still what he seized the time to find out from the information, "Those are all awards from a single country, but what you won this time is a worldwide award, and I heard Americans say that it is equivalent to the Nobel Prize in science fiction literature!" You have won glory for our Shaanxi writers and Chinese writers! ”

At this time, everyone doesn't talk about science fiction literature that can't be on the table, and you have to say that this award is as good as possible, otherwise you won't be able to do a solid job of this achievement.

Of course, Shen Long understood what they meant, and thanked the big guy again and again, and thanked those who were present, those who were not, and all the units and individuals who could have anything to do with this matter, and the big guys were very satisfied, Shaoping, this kid is sensible!

The sedan chair carries people, and Shen Long also wants to make a big deal about it, the greater the impact of this award, the more helpful it will be to the development of Chinese science fiction literature.

"We have notified the reporters of the provincial newspaper, the provincial television station, the provincial radio station and the Xinhua News Agency, and they will come over for an interview later, so let's help clean you up first!" As soon as the boss gave the order, Chen Kunhe hurriedly led people to clean up.

When the cleaning was over, the big guy drove them away again, and they were not qualified to be interviewed, leaving only a few important people on the scene.

"Shaoping, the notice said that the World Science Fiction Association also invited you to Los Angeles to participate in the awards ceremony, for this matter, we are very supportive, I have asked Lao Chen to help you go through the formalities, if you need help from the unit, just ask, even if you want foreign exchange, we will find a way to change it for you!" The big guy is like a rainbow, and his heart has long been extremely cool, looking at the whole country, in addition to Ba Lao, there are also writers in that province who can win awards abroad? This is a big show.

"Oh, by the way, the notice says that you can also bring an escort to the United States, think about who you plan to take with you, and we can also help you with this procedure." Hey, I also want to go to the United States, if there are other activities, I have to compete for this place, but now I can't help it, this place can only be decided by Shen Long.

Shen Long coped with it easily, and it didn't take long for reporters from the provincial radio, provincial TV and Xinhua News Agency to come, and the provincial newspaper was naturally no exception, it was none other than Tian Xiaoxia, she was even more excited than those bigwigs now.

"Mr. Sun, can you tell us about your thoughts on winning the award?"

"This honor is inseparable from ....." Shen Long Balabala said a lot of clichés before getting to the point, "This shows that our China not only has a long history, but we also have a vision for the future Chinese, which is a recognition of Chinese literature and Chinese science fiction literature......

Journalists were quick to jot down these words, and if they were to be in the authoritative media, those who opposed science fiction would probably hesitate for a while.

In this interview, in addition to thanking a lot of people, Shen Long all the rest was to help China's science fiction literature platform, and the conversation lasted until it was almost dinner, and the interview ended.

The bigwigs dragged the reporters down to the best restaurant in the neighborhood and gave them a meal, and then let them go.

On the way back to the province to report overtime, Shen Long asked, "Xiaoxia, I can take someone to the United States this time, do you want to go with me?" ”