Originally it was just a novel's success in overseas sales, but the media directly labeled Zhang Zhong as "Light of China" and "Light of Science Fiction".
Netizens also exploded when they saw this news.
[The fifth-grade vegetative person was criticized. I didn’t accept it before, but now I accept it.]
[Hurry up and send out the English versions of other books so that these ghost guys can open their eyes.]
[Everyone tells me, will this book win the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award tomorrow?]
[This is hard to say, after all, our Chinese language is a "minor language". ]
[Can I lose my virginity? It can be either Nebula or Hugo.]
[In the future, don’t write detective novels, just science fiction.]
[Haha, didn’t many people say before that fifth-grade vegetative people can’t write science fiction? 】
[The people upstairs are dreaming, why haven’t I heard many people say this? 】
[Haha, I guess that guy thinks so himself and thinks others think so too.]
【Being suffering from persecution paranoia.】
[Whether the global sales of this book will exceed 100 million, hurry up and get excited, and other languages will be arranged as soon as possible.]
【Over 100 million...you can’t brag like this.】
[What’s wrong with over 100 million? In China, a huge country, if ten people buy one copy, it will be over 100 million.]
[A thousand people can go to heaven if they buy a copy, but if ten people buy a copy, I think you are thinking nonsense.]
[I don’t care, I’m going to buy a hundred copies later.]
【A wealthy man suddenly appears upstairs!】
[Don’t buy the Chinese version, go and read the English version, it will save you more face.]
[Isn’t that giving money to the ghost guy? 】
[Upstairs, pay attention to the friendship between the two countries...]
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For a moment, both Zhang Zhong's fans and passers-by who had never read a fifth-grade vegetative book became agitated.
There's no way around it. Although Chinese has the largest number of speakers in the world, in the literary world, Chinese is truly a "minor language". Not to mention compared to English, it can't even compete with Spanish and Portuguese.
This will form a vicious circle. Because of language discrimination, Chinese literature is not taken seriously by the world's mainstream literary circles.
If it is not taken seriously, it will be difficult to enter the field of vision of foreign language readers.
Without entering the field of vision of foreign language readers, this kind of discrimination will deepen.
Just like when Stuckart saw that the author of "Flowers for Algernon" was Chinese, his expectations dropped. After all, there are very few science fiction novels from China.
The sales of "For Algernon" are booming overseas this time, which not only fills the gap in the hearts of Chinese readers, but is also a good thing for Chinese literature itself.
This book is equivalent to a business card of Chinese science fiction literature. After others read this book, they will naturally know that China also has high-quality science fiction novels. When they see science fiction novels written by Chinese authors, their sense of expectation is absolutely
It can't be compared before.
The success of "Flowers for Algernon" is also inspiring domestic science fiction authors.
Who says our Chinese science fiction is not good? Isn’t this a living example?
Inspired by this intangible inspiration, domestic science fiction writers are like chicken blood, creating works like crazy.
According to information revealed by "Science Fiction World", they received more submissions in the first half of March than in the previous three months combined.
It is not easy to create good works, and among so many submissions, most of them must be of inferior quality.
But quantitative changes will always lead to qualitative changes. As long as authors are willing to write, high-quality works will appear sooner or later.
The vicious circle of Chinese science fiction literature may begin to move toward a virtuous circle from this time on.
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Zhang Zhong has no intention of paying attention to the sales issue now. Chen Qing has been dealing with the copyright issues of "The Conspiracy" among all parties these days.
This matter is coming to an end. In the end, there are only two parties left competing. One is Huayi Entertainment, a large company. They are willing to pay 11 million to purchase the film and television rights of "The Conspiracy" and promise to definitely release it within five years.
Put into production.
The other party was in personal name. When Zhang Zhong saw that he wanted to purchase the rights to film and television adaptations, he was a little contemptuous, but he did not expect that it would be him who would eventually go to the decisive battle with Hua Yi.
This person's name is Liu Yongqing, and he is an actor.
The price he offered was higher than Hua Yi, with a total price of 12 million. However, Zhang Zhong had some concerns. After all, Liu Yongqing was just an actor, and the 12 million for the film and television rights was already a sum of money for him.
It’s a huge investment, not to mention the subsequent production costs.
Unless he can attract sponsorship, he has no advantage at all compared to Huayi, who has a mature operation and a large business.
Originally, Zhang Zhong was ready to hand over the copyright of "The Conspiracy" to Hua Yi, but Liu Yongqing's move changed Zhang Zhong's mind.
He actually sent out a plan that was hundreds of pages long, including the script he adapted from "The Conspiracy."
This plan is very detailed, and it can be seen that Liu Yongqing had great ideas for the filming of "The Conspiracy", and many of the adaptations were very clever.
Even when Zhang Zhong saw the script in it, he had the idea of worshiping and studying it. He is currently studying screenwriting, and Liu Yongqing's script is a perfect model script.
Zhang Zhong was moved by Liu Yongqing. The most important thing was that Liu Yongqing also offered a higher price. There was no reason not to sell it to him.
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Looking at Liu Yongqing who was sitting in front of him, who looked exactly like Liu Yunlong, Zhang Zhong was in a daze.
Things in the world are so wonderful. After going round and round, the script of "The Conspiracy" finally found its way into the hands of "Liu Yunlong".
"Mr. Zhang, I had many guesses about you before we met. It wasn't until this meeting that I realized that all my previous guesses were too short-sighted. As the old saying goes, a hero emerges in his youth. I used to disagree, but now I see
Come, the ancients will not deceive me."
Not only does he look similar to Liu Yunlong, this guy's voice and speaking rhythm are also very similar to Liu Yunlong's. His "pretentious look of a cultured person" is almost exactly the same as Liu Yunlong's.
Maybe he felt that his eyes stayed on Liu Yongqing for too long, so Zhang Zhong leaned back, took a sip from the tea cup, and said with a smile, "Mr. Liu is overly praised. I didn't expect you to dare to buy "Mr. Liu" in your own name.
The film and television adaptation rights of "The Conspiracy"."
"Haha, what we call people like me are stupid people. If they look for something, they will dig into it blindly, regardless of the consequences. Sometimes even if they know that there may be a cliff ahead, they still have to go.
Take a leap forward, or you will never give up." Liu Yongqing seems to like to laugh very much. No matter what he says, the smile in his eyes will never fade away.
"I think even if there is a cliff ahead, Mr. Liu, you can probably jump over it." Zhang Zhong nodded to Chen Qing next to him, who took out a stack of contracts.
"This is the contract we have drawn up here. Take a look at it, Mr. Liu. If you feel uneasy, you can take it back to a lawyer and have another look."
Liu Yongqing shook his head and took the contract from Chen Qing, "No need, I can just take a look at it myself."