Whether considering the weight of the award or the identity of the winner, Yu Dong is the absolute protagonist of today's awards ceremony.
After the previous winners came on stage and gave their acceptance speeches, the chairman of the award committee, Sandro, looked at Yu Dong with a smile, "Next, let us welcome our good friend Mr. YU from China with warm applause."
Without Rossi's translation, Yu Dong also knew what Sandro meant. He stood up with a smile and walked towards the stage.
After handing the certificate and medal to Yu Dong, Sandro whispered a few words to Yu Dong. The translator next to him said to Dong, "YU, Mr. Chairman said that you came here after a long time. I hope you can share more with everyone."
How do you feel? Today’s awards ceremony will take a long time, so you don’t have to worry about the length.”
Yu Dong smiled and nodded, "I'll try my best."
After speaking, Yu Dong walked towards the lecture table.
Yu Dong has long been accustomed to giving unscripted speeches, but in order to take care of the translators, he had to write the manuscript and submit it to the award committee in advance so that the translators could prepare.
However, the manuscript he submitted is not long, and he will definitely make some extensions today, so it will also be a test for the translators.
"Hello everyone, I am Yu Dong. I am very happy to be invited to Piedmont and Carver Castle to meet you. I would like to thank the award committee for giving me this honor and the book "The Crowd"
.When I learned that I won the award, I eagerly wanted to know why I was chosen. Up to now, I haven’t figured out why I was chosen, but I probably figured out another thing, that is, I am interested in
My understanding of my works is not deep enough. I think that probably everyone on the award committee and my other readers know my works better than I do.”
"In any case, I was very surprised that the award committee chose "The Crowd". I am sure that when the award committee made this decision, they must have made a lot of determination to award such an important award.
It is not easy to write an experimental novel that describes life in a city in an Eastern country."
"The story of "The Crowd" takes place in Shanghai, where I grew up. To some extent, the stories in the book are a microcosm of what I saw and heard when I was growing up. I was only as high as a lecture table.
When I was young, I liked to go and stay in a park only two kilometers away from my home. I would just find a place and watch the people coming and going and observe their every word and action. It was a kind of lonely moment for me."
"Thousands of people in this world are connected by an unknown force. A street, a town, a country. People walk through it, or meet by chance, or part ways..."
Yu Dong did not prepare a manuscript, but the whole speech was very fluent. If it were not for the translation, he could speak faster.
Even so, the staff responsible for translating the speech was sweating profusely because the speech Yu Dong said was very different from the speech he submitted, and he needed to translate the extra things in real time.
But the real test is yet to come.
In the first half, although Yu Dong's speech differed from the manuscript, it was not too outrageous. However, in the second half, it basically had nothing to do with the manuscript, and most of it was Yu Dong's free expression.
According to Yu Dong's original manuscript, it would only last for ten minutes at most, but Yu Dong directly extended the duration to more than forty minutes. You can imagine how much length Yu Dong added temporarily.
In response to this, Yu Dong could only say to himself that he was sorry, and the only blame he could blame was Chairman Sandro for asking him to speak more.
The translators were in a hurry, but Chairman Sandro looked at Yu Dong talking eloquently on the stage and felt happy.
When he originally sent the invitation letter to Yu Dong, Sandro was still worried that Yu Dong would not come because he knew that Yu Dong did not often participate in activities.
Unexpectedly, Yu Dong not only came, but also gave such a favor and gave such a long acceptance speech all at once.
Turning around and looking around the hall, Sandro was very satisfied when he saw the reporters taking notes behind him. Since he became the chairman of the award committee, he has always wanted to improve the international reputation of the Grinzana Carver Literary Award.
fame, and Yu Dong's arrival brought him a big step closer to his goal.
At this time, Yu Dong's speech was coming to an end.
"I have always believed that novelists have a mission. Those blank spaces that have been forgotten or are being forgotten are mentioned again, so that the lost words can be reappeared, and clues can be found in the fragments and fleeting traces of history to reconstruct it.
It brings back the cobweb-like world in people’s memories.”
"Thank you everyone, my speech is over."
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The Grinzana Carver Literary Award Ceremony is over. Excluding the length of Yu Dong’s speech, the entire award ceremony lasted less than half an hour, which is extremely simple.
After the award ceremony, Yu Dong dealt with the reporters swarming in for a while.
After about twenty minutes, the media reporters left.
The dinner was held inside the castle, and the guests who came to attend the ceremony gathered together in twos and threes to chat.
Almost every guest came to say hello and chat with Yu Dong. While congratulating Yu Dong, they also mentioned his new book "The Da Vinci Code".
At the end of the dinner, Anita Raha suddenly came over.
She smiled and raised the wine glass in her hand towards Yu Dong, "Congratulations, YU, your speech was fascinating, and my interest in Shanghai has become even stronger."
"Thank you. The speech just now was a bit long. I was worried that you would fall asleep listening to it."
"You are so humble. I got some inspiration from your speech. Especially at the end, you said that the mission of the novelist is to regain forgotten memories. This reminds me of Proust, his
Memories allow historical details to be recreated. You have always been doing the same thing, and you are destined to be as great as Proust."
Yu Dong looked at Anita Laha in front of him with a smile, becoming more and more certain that she was Ferrante.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, Dudong did not bring the topic to Ferrante. He just chatted with Anita for a few words and finally invited her to visit China when she had time. Anita was happy
Yes.
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The next day, when Yu Dong was leaving, Salvatore came to see him off in person.
He was even more enthusiastic than when we first met. This was because just yesterday, the Deep Space Company contacted him and discussed some cooperation matters.
If the opportunity is right, Deep Space Company may cooperate with some companies in the Piedmont region.
First, they may try something through Amazon's website. If the results are good, they will deepen their cooperation.
In other words, in the near future, Yu Dong is likely to become the God of Wealth in Piedmont, and Salvatore must of course be more enthusiastic.
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When Yu Dong returned to Jinyi, it was already early August.
When we arrived at the school gate, the gate was closed. The driver was about to blow his whistle to ask the security guard to open the door. Yu Dong smiled and waved to him, "Lao Yuan, no need, I'll go down and take a look."
After getting off the bus, Yu Dong walked to the window of the reception room and looked inside.
I saw Uncle Zhou and Xiao Fang watching TV.
The conditions of Jinyi Communication Room have become better and better in recent years. Not only is it equipped with air conditioning, the school even allocated funds to buy them a TV.
It's summer now, so the security guards don't need to stand guard outside. It's normal to stay in the reception room and watch TV.
Yu Dong smiled and knocked on the window, "Uncle Zhou, the door is open."
Uncle Zhou and Xiao Fang heard the knocking on the window and quickly turned around to see Yu Dong standing outside the window. They stood up with smiles on their faces.
Xiao Fang came over first and opened the door to the communication room. Behind him, Uncle Zhou said with a smile, "Teacher Yu, you are back."
"Well, I've been out for more than half a month and I'm finally back. Uncle Zhou, are you on duty today?"
Uncle Zhou smiled and waved his hand, "Xiao Fang is on duty today. I had nothing to do at home so I came over to check on you. I estimated the time and you will be back soon in the next two days. I also saw Teacher Cheng this morning.
Come over to the garden."
"Well, I told her over the phone that she would come back today."
As Uncle Zhou opened the door, he smiled and said to Yu Dong, "Xiao Fang and I just talked about you, and as soon as I turned around, I saw you in person. So you can't talk about people behind your back, and they will be there as soon as you talk about them."
"What did you say about me?" Yu Dong asked.
"As for the advertisement that your company asked Lu Xi to shoot, Xiao Fang and I just saw it on TV. Tsk, tsk, that's incredible." Uncle Zhou shook his head and said, "Your company really spent a lot of money. You shot three or four advertisements in one."
For the version, many celebrities were invited. I know Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang, and I also know Deng Yaping. I have never seen that tall man. I have seen these advertisements, and I will never forget those Yunchi shoes."
After hearing this, Yu Dong understood what Uncle Zhou was talking about.
Jimmy persuaded Yu Dong to spend money to acquire Wang Jin's company, Yunfan Shoes, and then changed its name to Yunchi.
Some time ago, in order to increase the popularity of the brand, Jimmy planned to spend money to hire several sports stars to shoot several commercials and then broadcast them in turn on major TV stations.
Before Yu Dong left, this matter was still in progress, but he didn't expect the commercial to be broadcast on TV so soon.
In the original list of spokespersons, there were only three national table tennis players, Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, and Deng Yaping. It was Yu Dong who added Yao Ming, who had just turned eighteen, to the list. The tall man mentioned by Uncle Zhou just now was Yao Ming.
In fact, Yao Ming has already made a name for himself in the basketball world. He just won the National Men's Basketball League A's Most Improved Player Award in May this year.
After some time, he will also participate in the Asian Men's Basketball Championship in Neon with the team.
This is also the reason why Jimmy agreed to add Yao Ming to the list.
Yao Ming's current endorsement fee is not high, but if they can achieve good results in Neon, then Yao Ming's reputation will definitely increase a lot, and then Yunchi will make money.
The same is true for signing Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang. Next year is the year of the Olympic Games. Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui will most likely represent the country in the Olympic Games. As long as one of them can achieve good results, then Yunchi's deal will not be a loss.
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Before this, no domestic sports brand had cooperated closely with sports stars, and Yunchi was the first to do so.
As for the effect, the ads have just started running, so it’s not clear yet.
However, Yu Dong thinks there is no problem at all. Cooperation between sports brands and sports stars is a development trend, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with Yunchi taking the lead.
After chatting with Uncle Zhou for a few more words, Yu Dong got in the car and went back to the teacher's apartment.
As soon as he got off the bus, Yu Dong saw Feng Ming, Liu Changmin and others gathered in the shade of the trees below the apartment building.
Hearing the sound of the engine, Feng Ming and the others had already looked this way. Seeing Yu Dong getting out of the car, He Yu joked, "The members are out on tour. Everyone applauds to welcome him."
Liu Changmin and others also cooperated and applauded one after another.
"Go! Go! Go."
Yu Dong waved his hands, ignored them and walked upstairs.
Feng Ming laughed loudly from behind: "Wide me off, please go slowly."
Yu Dong quickened his pace and went upstairs. When he arrived at the door of his house, he was about to knock on the door, but saw that the door was ajar, leaving a crack.
He smiled and pushed the door open. Cheng Yanqiu sat on the sofa and watched TV, as if he had not heard the news of Yu Dong's return.
But Yu Dong knew that she had heard the noise a long time ago, and she should have opened the door in advance.
The reason why Cheng Yanqiu looked angry was actually because Yu Dong made a mistake.
Yu Dong called back yesterday and said that he had arrived home this morning and had lunch with Cheng Yanqiu at noon, but because he was delayed on the road, he missed the noon meal.
With a flattering smile on his face, Yu Dong walked to Cheng Yanqiu and said, "Honey, I was wrong. I shouldn't have said I would come back for dinner but didn't come back, making you wait in vain."
Cheng Yanqiu glanced at Yu Dong and said, "Humph, I wasn't waiting for you. You didn't come back. I should be eating and drinking."
Yu Dong nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, what are you waiting for me to do? It doesn't matter if I skip a meal at noon. I can just drink some shabu-shabu water when I come back."
Hearing this, Cheng Yanqiu turned around and asked with concern: "Have you not had lunch yet?"
"Aren't you so anxious to come back that you didn't care?"
"Deserves it." Cheng Yanqiu scolded, and then pointed to the dining table, "There are some dishes under the dish cover. You can go and eat them yourself."
"Okay, thank you ma'am for the meal."
Yu Dong's gag made Cheng Yanqiu finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Hippy smile, not serious. Okay, I don't blame you, go and eat quickly."
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Yu Dong heated up the food and had just sat down at the dining table to start eating when he suddenly heard a sentence coming from the TV: Yunchi, the power is infinite.
Turning around, I saw Yao Ming holding a basketball and had just completed a very exaggerated dunk.
Yu Dong knew Yao Ming's height and naturally knew that if he wanted to complete a dunk, all he had to do was jump lightly under the basket. However, what was filmed on TV made people feel like Yao Ming was flying directly.
The reason why I took this photo is to show the power of the shoes on his feet.
As for the phrase "Yunchi, infinite power", it is Yunchi's advertising slogan. It sounds a bit straightforward and even a bit earthy, but this is the result of everyone's discussion together. Jimmy and Yu Dong both think that this advertising slogan although
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