After this novel came out, some people felt the most confused.
For example, Wang Yu likes new books very much, and he even argued with many people online about new books.
He firmly believes that this is a good book and is proud that his favorite author can continue to write high-quality works.
But at the same time, he is more entangled because he is an avid science fiction fan.
This is a science fiction novel, yes, and Wang Yu did not deny it.
But he also knows that even though this novel is a science fiction novel, it will definitely not be favored by the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award, and it is destined not to win the award.
Zhang re-wrote a science fiction novel, but was destined not to win the science fiction award in the end. As a fan, Wang Yu was of course very uncomfortable.
There are many fans who have the same idea as Wang Yu. They do not deny that this is a science fiction novel, but they also know that there is absolutely no way for this novel to compete for the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award.
If it were in previous years, no one would have noticed anything.
But this year is different. Zhang Zhong seems to stop writing science fiction novels now.
Last year there was only one "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and so far this year there is only one "Cat City". No one knows whether Zhang Zhong will publish other science fiction novels this year.
If, like last year, there is only one science fiction novel in the whole year, it means that next year there will only be one "Cat City" to compete for the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. It also means that Zhang Zhong may appear in two science fiction novels next year.
There was no chance of winning the grand prize.
This is something Zhang Zhong's fans can't stand.
Not to mention that they had nothing to gain, even if "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" won the award this year, they were not satisfied.
Zhang Chong is obviously the kind of player who can win Grand Slams every year.
Therefore, these science fiction fans have mixed feelings.
They hope that Zhang Zhong can publish more science fiction novels, but they have no way to say who their idol is, especially when the new book is so good, they don't know what to do.
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Zhang Zhong didn't know about their entanglement, and he didn't even pay attention to the launch of the new book today.
After having "breakfast", he made a special conference call to Xu Yang and Chen Qing.
During the conference call, the three people discussed the world tour and book signings, gave each other opinions, and finally decided on a rough list for Xu Yang to sort out.
Xu Yang's work efficiency was very fast. In the evening, he made the first draft of the itinerary for the autograph session and sent it to Zhang Zhong for review.
Zhang Zhong took a look and found that the itinerary arranged by Xu Yang was quite reasonable. It can be seen that he took many factors into consideration, including season, climate, etc.
After reading the first draft, Zhang Zhong told Xu Yang to just follow this itinerary.
Two hours later, the 001 official website released the itinerary for Zhang Zhong’s world tour signing event.
This autograph session also has a name, called the Seventy-four Cities World Tour Autograph Session.
As the name suggests, this world tour will be held in a total of 74 cities, involving as many as 25 countries.
For this itinerary, only the specific time for the first third of the cities has been announced. Judging from this one-third of the itinerary, this autograph session will be a little more compact than the previous tour autograph sessions, with an average of three days.
will go to a city.
But even so, if the subsequent cities follow this schedule, it will take at least more than two hundred days for the seventy-four cities to complete the signing.
After the itinerary was posted, it immediately aroused heated discussion.
Some people say that Zhang Zhong is really interesting this time, signing for 74 cities at once.
But some people say they are not satisfied. After all, the world is too big.
Let’s not talk about other countries, let’s just talk about China. Every province and municipality in China has to go there, there are more than thirty, not to mention there are many cities under each province.
Another example is the United States. There are fifty states, and there are fifty cities in each state.
There are more than 80 countries in these two countries combined.
To put it more broadly, there are more than 200 countries in the world.
Even excluding countries like the Vatican, there are still more than a hundred. On average, one country is less than one city.
From this perspective, the number of Zhang Zhong’s autograph sessions was indeed a bit insufficient.
But the world is too big. If Zhang Zhong really wanted to take every city into consideration, he would probably be on the road to signing deals in his next life.
As soon as Zhang Zhong's autograph signing schedule was announced, it not only aroused heated discussions among netizens, but also triggered a wave of economic effects.
In all seventy-four cities on the list, especially in the first twenty or so cities where the time has been announced, the number of travel inquiries has rapidly increased by hundreds of percentage points, and the number of flight inquiries has also increased a lot.
For this reason, some airlines actually started releasing tickets five months in advance to provide convenience for fans who wanted to attend Zhang Zhong's autograph signing.
Some travel agencies have seen business opportunities and launched some travel packages.
These packages include different numbers of cities where Zhang Zhong is about to sign.
Overall, it is a travel package planned along Zhang Zhong’s autograph signing route.
As the popularity of attending fan weddings, new book signings and signings continues to rise, an entry called "Zhang Zhong Travel Package" has also become a hot topic.
For the first time, people discovered that a person's book signing route can also be turned into a travel package.
Just when people thought Zhang Zhong only had four hot news items, a fifth hot news item popped up: Zhang Zhong’s mobile traffic.
Because Zhang Zhong has frequently appeared in the headlines of major media recently, his identity as a mobile traffic has been brought out again.
Some netizens joked that as long as Zhang Zhong is willing, even if he just picks his nose in front of the camera lens, he can become a hot search.
If Zhang Zhong really picks his nose on camera, it will probably become a hot search topic, and it may be even more eye-catching than the news in the past few days.
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"How about I sign up for a travel agency? The packages here are really cost-effective." Xu Yuhan said with a smile as she flipped through the pages of the travel website.
"Where are you going?" Zhang Zhong was writing. When he heard Xu Yuhan's words, he looked up at her and asked.
"This is your travel itinerary. Take a look at this package. A seven-day tour of Yanjing, Jinling, and Magic City, including food and accommodation. A four-star hotel only costs more than two thousand yuan. Isn't it a great deal?"
Zhang Zhong raised his eyebrows, "This is indeed a good deal. After all, how much is the toll, and food and accommodation are included? Can this travel agency make money?"
"Of course it's not cost-effective for one or two people to sign up. If a large number of people sign up, the travel agency can make money. This is called small profits but quick turnover."
Zhang nodded and said, "That's true, but the travel agencies should all take buses. If we go to these three places in seven days, we are probably on the road."
Xu Yuhan smiled and said, "Not only are they on the road, but if their car is delayed, they may not be able to get autographs to attend the autograph signing. These tour groups are not guaranteed to get autographs. Hey, you say, how about we open a tour
Group, our tour group is guaranteed to get signatures, and many people will definitely come to sign up for our group.”