Ma Yuan, who is in England, finally opened Jiang Yang's new book.
Jiang Yang's new science fiction book.
This book has not yet been published abroad, but there is already news of its publication. After "84 Charing Cross Street", "The Little Prince" and the Poirot series, Jiang Yang's books are very popular and have accumulated a lot of fans.
Alas, there is no need to worry about selling the book, so it is published quickly.
But compared to the Chinese version, it is definitely much slower.
Just right.
The last time Ma Yuan went to No. 84 Charing Cross Street, they found that it was a coffee shop, and a reading party for "The Little Prince" was being held in the coffee shop. The owner of the coffee shop took advantage of it and specially organized it.
The group of them was inspired to form a reading interest group after returning. The few people they went to originally liked reading, and now they just got together. Ma Yuan's status in it was pretty good, because he could share Jiang's story at the first time.
Yang Xinshu.
But it’s not just about sharing Jiang Yang’s books.
The day before yesterday, Ma Yuan shared an article about the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Just used it during the day.
He had a quarrel with the Korean student who stole the Mid-Autumn Festival and won a great victory. The Korean student was so angry that his small eyes turned into big eyes.
The only thing Ma Yuan is worried about now is that next time the two of them will have to fight over whether Jiangyang's ancestor is a Chinese.
Jiang Yang's new book is science fiction. He has known about it for a long time, and he was even one of the first people to know about it.
But I just saw it today.
It's late at night now.
Ma Yuan plans to read this book,
Being a stranger in a foreign land, he misses his family even more during the festive season. Strictly speaking, the moon is still hanging in the sky during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He chatted with his girlfriend in China for a while and got excited about it. Now he can't sleep.
, now I just want to read a book about my hometown to relieve my homesickness.
As soon as Ma Yuan turned to the first page, the chat software suddenly rang, someone was @him.
Ma Yuan opened the chat software.
A member of a reading interest group.
Her name is Daisy.
She is not the female international student who wants to get a tattoo of the little prince, but a local college student in England.
A friend of hers brought her in because she was particularly obsessed with Poirot and Jiang Yang.
Very obsessed with it.
Daisy said that the Poirot series is particularly in line with the taste of her British girl. It is so suitable that it can accurately stimulate the point between her F and H. As long as she picks up the Poirot series of books, she will be immersed in it.
That world felt very refreshing.
Daisy was also puzzled as to why a book written by someone thousands of miles away could titillate her so much.
"It's like he understands women's hearts and our tastes——"
Daisy was referring to her, her grandmother, her mother and other British women, "I like reasoning, but my mother doesn't like reasoning very much, but my mother's obsession with Poirot is not inferior to mine at all. She reads it when she has time.
One page.”
Daisy was incoherent when she said this to him, not because she was excited, but because she couldn't find the right words to express her love.
Ma Yuan thought it was normal.
After living here for a period of time, he discovered that Poirot has many female readers here. It is definitely impossible to surpass Sherlock Holmes. However, among the remaining mystery novels, Poirot is the most popular mystery novel among female readers.
gain the upper hand.
Ma Yuan feels that it is related to the fact that the novel describes many details of life here in detail, which makes people feel more immersed.
Also, in Jiang Yang’s book, he writes brilliantly about women. Take Caroline, the doctor’s sister in “Roger’s Mystery” as an example. Many people like her, and even Poirot writes about her in the book.
Care about her very much.
Daisy had a close relationship with Ma Yuan at the reading club.
Mainly because she is a fan girl and hopes that Ma Yuan can help her collect all the news about Jiang Yang on the Chinese Internet.
She is also very philanthropic. After learning that Jiang Yang was married, she fell in love with the big devil. Especially after learning that "Let it be" was a song written by Li Yu for Jiang Yang, she wanted to lock them up.
.
but--
She now likes "The Seventh Chapter of the Night" and thinks the Big Devil is cool.
Daisy sent a screenshot on the chat software. It was a literary magazine, and Jiang Yang's name was mentioned on the cover of the magazine.
"Huh?"
Ma Yuan did not expect Jiang Yang to have articles in magazines, which was rare.
He planned to buy a magazine tomorrow, and then asked casually: "How about it, is it a novel?"
The other person replied: "Short story, great!"
Ma Yuan frowned slightly.
As an avid fan of Jiang Yang, Daisy’s evaluation of Jiang Yang’s books is the same as the coffee in a coffee shop. There are only three evaluations: great, great and I bought it. There are no negative reviews. This is Daisy’s evaluation of Jiang Yang’s books.
The lowest rating in the world.
Ma Yuan: "Very bad?"
Daisy didn't think it was bad, so she had an idea: "The story of a man who is born as an old man, then lives his life backwards, and finally becomes a baby who dies."
Ma Yuan thought this subject matter was quite good. It had Jiang Yang's usual imagination. At first glance, it was from Jiang Yang's hand. "Then what?"
Then there is no more.
Daisy: "Other than this idea, it's just a running account."
Perhaps the only touching thing is the final death. The protagonist Benjamin becomes a baby and dies in ignorance.
Daisy also sent a link to Ma Yuan.
Ma Yuandian went in and jumped to social media. Martin, a certified author, posted a tweet about the magazine: "The short story "Rejuvenation" was purely written by Jiang to defraud manuscript fees!"
Many people below agree.
There are also those who disagree and feel that the creativity of this novel is quite good, but it was written without much thought.
Ma Yuan thinks this is a black fan, and this is still cheating for royalties.
He continued reading, and finally found a fair review, saying that the novel was short and concise, and the anecdotal content made the novel uninteresting, but the creativity and the absurd yet realistic way of writing the story made people think a lot.
space.
To sum up, this novel is barely qualified for appearing in this magazine, and it does not count as cheating on manuscript fees. The only problem may be that the article occupies an important position in the magazine, and the article written by Martin is placed in an inconspicuous position, so
Not angry.
But these days, literary magazines are having a hard time, so there is nothing wrong with using this method to stimulate sales.
Who makes many female readers nowadays’ eyes light up when they see Jiang Yang’s name?
In fact, there was a lot of disagreement among the magazine about this matter, and this was finally decided.
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The boat finally arrived at the dock.
Jiang Yang is almost done, not that there are almost no people left, nor that he has almost adapted to it, but that he is almost used to vomiting.
While on the boat, Jiang Yang felt that the boat was rocking left and right.
When we reached the land, we felt that the land was shaking left and right.
Li Qingning supported Jiang Yang, while Father Li and Mother Li walked behind. They were muttering about Jiang Yang's writing. He had not written well before, but he could still see clearly what was written. Mother Li saw that the script was good.
The boy said nothing.
But the writing on the boat was even worse. She wanted to read the newly written paragraph, and had to ask Li Qingning to translate it.
Mother Li wondered: "How can your daughter understand?"
Father Li could only say: "We may have a good understanding, but it's not as good as the two of us."
"That's true."
People kept saying hello to them on the dock, "Qingning is back", "Uncle Li, this is your son-in-law, he is so handsome", "Old Li, let's drink tonight". The main business of this town is fishing, but there are also
Efforts are made for tourism. For example, as soon as you leave the pier, there are signs indicating where Grandma Liyu Bridge is, the market mentioned, where your favorite fish is, etc.
The market is right next to it.
It's all fresh seafood brought by fishermen. It's cheap and you can take it directly to the restaurant next to you for processing.
Li Qingning has really come to his own territory.
Along the way, someone gave her seafood, and someone asked her to eat.
Soon after leaving the pier, someone honked the horn and Li's father's cousin drove up to pick them up.
There is one more update.
Make up what you owe yesterday.
I made a mistake yesterday. I don't know why. My brain felt shut down yesterday, so I didn't write anything down.