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After taking two steps, an acquaintance with a hippie smile appeared in front of him. It was his bad friend Yuuto Imamura, who was wearing a flowered suit today.

After Imamura Yuto saw Akihara, he immediately leaned over and said in a thief-like way: "Akihara, are you ready for your acceptance speech?"

"It's ready, don't worry," Hiroto Akihara nodded.

Because he didn't know whether he would win the Grand Prize or the Gold Prize, he specially prepared two copies, but they were basically the same, except for some slight changes in wording.

Imamura Yuto raised his eyebrows, and imitated the tone of the Taiga drama and said: "My humble Imamura Yuto, first of all I wish Akihara-sama won the Mandansha Grand Prize! Also, Akihara-sama please don't forget me in the future, and support me. "

The corner of Akihara Yuto's mouth twitched, and he gave him a blank look, too lazy to pay attention to this bastard, after all, the result is unknown now, so don't give me poisonous milk.

Amidst the music in the hall, the two chatted and laughed while eating. After all, it would be inconvenient to eat when the awards ceremony opened.

While Hiroto Akihara was chatting, a middle-aged woman in a black dress came over. It was Yue Seto. She held a glass of champagne and greeted Hiroto Akihara with a smile: "Mr. When will all the works be published?"

Akihara Hiroto had a drink with her, and then politely replied: "Still looking for inspiration, but it should be soon."

Having said that, he really doesn't have a clue now. After all, although he knows a lot of works, he really doesn't know which one is just a little bit better than the "ZOO" series, and it's not so abrupt.

However, the editor-in-chief Juchi, who had been frequently urging him to open new works before, has not moved recently, which made him a little puzzled.

Seto Yuzhi took a sip of wine slowly, then said with a smile: "Mr. Akihara, I am very much looking forward to your new work."

As the most powerful competitor of this award, it stands to reason that she shouldn't have asked these topics at this time, but to be honest, as an old man in the literary world, she has already stopped focusing on the awards within Mantansha .

In contrast, she cares more about what Akihara Hiroto's next work will be.

Since Hiroto Akihara talked about the design techniques of nine tricks at her home a few days ago, she was amazed by Hiroto Akihara's "genius", so she read the other's previous works three times, trying to figure out what's inside. deep meaning.

But apart from what the book reviewer said, she didn't see anything else, and she didn't find many of the nine techniques mentioned by Hiroto Akihara.

So she vaguely guessed that Hiroto Akihara might want to write something that would surprise readers in his later works.

Hiroto Akihara smiled, he really didn't know how to respond to this "kind and rich" female senior in the literary world, so he could only promise to publish a new work as soon as possible.

At this time, the music in the hall suddenly stopped, and the lights dimmed. Under Imamura Yuto's reminder, Akihara and Seto looked at the reception desk in front of the hall, and the lights were lit on it. A man in a black suit middle-aged man walked to the microphone.

Imamura Yuto lowered his voice, and introduced to Akihara Hiroto: "The person on stage now is Kihara Daigo, who is in charge of all literary editorial departments."

Hearing his introduction, Akihara Hiroto couldn't help but start to look at the middle-aged man on the stage.

He is about 50 years old, with a tall and straight figure, gray-black hair, and a custom-made suit. He has a calm and majestic temperament, and he looks like the kind of person who gives orders all the time.

After the other party stood still, he took a look around at the audience, supported the stage with both hands, introduced himself into the microphone, and then gave the opening speech of the Mantanshe Literary Award in a deep voice.

Hiroto Akihara listened to the other party's speech for a while, and was a little speechless.

Although the speech sounded very impassioned, it was actually so old-fashioned, similar to the ones heard in China in the previous life, nothing more than "Thank you for coming to this awards ceremony", "Mandanshe has a very long history", "Yes No effort was spared in the cultivation of writers” and so on.

Many people feel sleepy after listening to it, but they dare not show it.

The people present were all insiders of the Mantan Club. It would be bad if it was rumored that he would feel sleepy while listening to the head of the department.

Who knows if the head is big-hearted and will give himself little shoes to wear.

……

After 40 minutes, the speech finally came to an end. After being interviewed by photographers and other media, another female host who looked quite iconic stepped onto the stage and handed a card to the minister.

The minister picked up the card, glanced at it twice, then looked around, and then said into the microphone: "Next, announce the grand prize of this literary award..."

Hearing this sentence, Hiroto Akihara became nervous involuntarily. He clenched his fists and stared fixedly at the top.

On the other side, Asano Aiko was not much better, her hands were tightly crossed, praying silently in her heart.

Amidst the uneasiness of the two, Minister Kihara said slowly: "After the judging committee's confirmation, the winner of this grand award is..."

[75.Chapter 75 The Belonging of Honor]

On the ceremony stage, under the expectant and curious eyes of everyone, Kihara Daigo announced the result: "Summer Night's Hunt for the Murder by Teacher Tamae Seto."

After hearing this name, the light hit Seto Yuzhi's body, and applause broke out in the hall.

Hiroto Akihara, who was standing next to her, had complicated emotions in his heart.

Although he was mentally prepared, he was still a little disappointed when he heard the news.

However, he quickly calmed down. After all, even if he failed, he must face the failure calmly and try to win it back next time.

Although he thought a lot, but only a few seconds passed, he immediately adjusted his attitude, and said to Seto Yuzhi with a slight smile: "Mr. Seto, congratulations on winning the grand prize again."

But to his surprise, Seto Yuzhi shook his head: "Mr. Akihara, I think this award is more suitable for you."

What she said didn't mean to be polite, it was completely her own true thoughts.

In her opinion, although her "Summer Nights" surpassed Hiroto Akihara's "ZOO" series in terms of cumulative readership and writing style, she believed that she was still following the old-fashioned line of reasoning , in exploring new directions in literature, he is far inferior to Hiroto Akihara.

After that party, she read Hiroto Akihara's works several times, and she had different thoughts each time she read it.At first glance, there are not many elements of reasoning, but in fact it is to make the story of the article focus on the characters.

Maybe this is what Hiroto Akihara said, the exploration of human nature?

Akihara Hiroto expressed his thanks with a smile, but he felt that Seto Yue was being polite. After all, no one would think that he had too many awards.

Amidst the applause, a staff member soon came and told Seto Yuzhi that she would go on stage with the gold award winner to give a speech.

Seto Tamae nodded, shook hands with Akihara and Imamura respectively, bowed towards the venue, and then left with the staff.

Imamura Yuto who was on the side stepped forward and patted Akihara Hiroto on the shoulder.Akihara Hiroto knew that the other party was comforting him, and returned a confident smile.

At this time, the applause gradually subsided, and Kihara Daigo on the stage spoke again: "The following two gold award winners for this Mantansha Literary Award will be announced, and they are..."

Hearing this, Hiroto Akihara smiled, and at the same time thought about the acceptance speech he was about to say.But just when he was full of joy, he heard an unexpected result.

"The winners of the gold prize are "Secret Poison" by Mr. Ishiiyou and "Footsteps of Search" by Mr. Yuma Makoto."

Hiroto Akihara couldn't help being stunned, and wondered for a moment if he had heard it wrong. After all, according to Tata Kikuchi's guarantee, the market performance of "New Novel" and readers' feedback, he would have a gold reward at worst.

So why is the door association Yuma receiving the award? !

In an instant, his mood was like a stormy sea, with anger, unwillingness, dissatisfaction and many other emotions mixed together.Even so, he didn't show it on his face, but pretended to be calm.

No matter what, he must not let others see his vulnerable side.He had to figure out what happened that he didn't know!

On the other side of the venue, Aiko Asano was also filled with disbelief. She raised her head subconsciously, trying to find Editor-in-Chief Tai Kikuchi in the venue, but she didn't see him when she looked around.

Many people in the hall were also in an uproar because of this. After all, in their original prediction, since Akihara Hiroto could not win the grand prize, he should also be the winner of the gold prize this time. However, they did not expect that the jury would give such an award. result.

For a while, the venue fell into silence, and it was not until a long time later that there were scattered applause led by some people.