At the Capital Airport, Zheng Qian just got off the plane and was picking up his suitcase in the baggage hall when he felt something was wrong. Many people in the crowd scattered around were taking pictures of themselves with their mobile phones. He immediately bared his teeth and said to Ren Xin next to him.
: "Are there any leeks on my teeth?"
Ren Xin glanced at him doubtfully: "No!"
Zheng Qian felt relieved immediately, and then very coquettishly put one hand in his pocket, turned the other hand in a circle in the air, inserted it into his temple, struck several cool poses in a row, and smiled and waved to the crowd around him.
Ren Xin almost burst out laughing.
But the crowd around him suddenly became excited, and several particularly bold young people ran over and asked Zheng Qian for a photo.
Zheng Qian agreed immediately.
Not to mention, Zheng Qian's popularity is not obvious in the south, but in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, Zheng Qian's face is obviously recognizable. Although he does not get the treatment of a big star, many people still come forward to take photos along the way.
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"Zheng Qian? You are much more handsome in person than on TV!"
"Come on, I really love watching your "Singer"!"
"Brother, you sang "Finger Moon on the Left Hand" so well. I support you to win the championship!"
"That grandson of Cao Wei is nothing. I didn't expect him to be such a person. Come on, Zheng Qian!"
Zheng Qian thanked him repeatedly.
After returning to the apartment, Zheng Qian found two registered letters stuffed in the mailbox at the door. He took them out and opened the door while opening them. When he saw the letters in the registered mail, Zheng Qian's eyes widened. Inside was "Science Fiction World"
The magazine's reply said, "Welcome writer Zheng Qian to continue serializing "The Three-Body Problem" in "Science Fiction World".
His previous submission "The Three-Body Problem" was actually accepted!
At the same time, there is a Postal Bank withdrawal slip in the envelope, with Zheng Qian's name and the amount of 12,000 yuan printed on it. At this stage, major newspapers and magazines still use the postal withdrawal slip model for remitting manuscript fees.
Zheng Qian contributed more than 20,000 words at the beginning of "The Three-Body Problem", and "Science Fiction World" gave a one-time registration fee of 500 words per 1,000 words, and automatically participated in the Galaxy Award science fiction essay competition. At the same time, the copyright still belongs to the author.
And this price is also in the middle range in the essay collection of "Science Fiction World", which is much better than the price for newcomers. Zheng Qian is naturally overjoyed.
The other registered letter contained the latest issue of "Science Fiction World" magazine and the follow-up reminder letter for "The Three-Body Problem".
Because it is a monthly magazine, the latest issue was printed three days ago. The entire magazine is very beautiful. The cover shows a machinist’s face with an exposed brain. In the lower left corner is the name of this outstanding article.
, the two characters "Three-Body" are prominently listed.
Zheng Qian tore open the plastic cover, opened the magazine according to the catalog, and found the "Three-Body" article page. The dense text was accompanied by an animated picture of an astronomical launch pad pointing to outer space. Zheng Qian felt happy when he saw it.
I don’t know if the sales are good or not!
Zheng Qian didn't care too much. After all, it was a serial journal. He paid the royalties and the follow-up had nothing to do with him. All he had to do was serialize "The Three-Body Problem" in "Science Fiction World" and wait for the publisher to come to him.
He is not worried about "The Three-Body Problem" being a blockbuster. Such a grand and exquisite world view and various magical settings have never been seen in the Chinese science fiction industry before, and it will definitely become a blockbuster.
Afterwards, he did not continue to pack his luggage, turned around and happily took his ID card to the Postal Bank across the street and took out the money. It was thick and collapsed in his hand, which made Zheng Qian feel quite at ease.
Although I achieved good results in the "Singer" program, I only recorded two episodes in total. When I was recording for the first time, there was no advertising fee. After I was promoted the second time, I was given 2,000 yuan in labor fees.
It was a great joy to be able to get 12,000 yuan like today. He was already planning to be generous. He would invite Ren Xin, Lin Qianqian and others to have a dinner together in the evening and eat Xiao Long Bao to their heart's content.
He turned around and took out the remaining manuscripts and sent them to "Science Fiction World", totaling 60,000 words. Then he stopped going to the company to report, washed up a little, stretched his muscles, and continued to squat at home typing.
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As the editor-in-chief of "Science Fiction World" and one of the judges for the Galaxy Award essay competition, Zhang Hanting's task is to discover potential science fiction writers. "The Three-Body Problem" was discovered by him personally and specially recommended to the editor-in-chief.
Although this novel and unique work has only 20,000 words, its novel concept and grand opening have already impressed the editor-in-chief.
"He has a strong writing skills, a wild imagination, and all his assumptions are well-founded. He is a standard hard science fiction writer. The Chinese science fiction community needs such a writer. I think we can wait and see. If the follow-up performance is strong, we can be nominated for the Galaxy Award."
Candidate.”
The editor-in-chief's comments made the entire magazine look at "The Three-Body Problem" with admiration. However, in the industry, Zheng Qian's entire name was indeed unknown.
"He must be a newcomer, and his life may be extremely tight. You see, his submission method is handwritten, with more than 20,000 words written in ballpoint pen!"
“Rare craftsmanship!”
"I like "The Three-Body Problem". This style of writing is radical and unique. I have never seen it before. The most important thing is imagination. It is exactly the article I have been looking for for so many years."
"Why is there so little hard science fiction in our country? It is because of the lack of such majestic imagination. Of course, the most important thing is to have a strong foundation in physics! In the literary world, there are very few such writers."
"Hanting, you found a treasure!"
"This year's Galaxy Award call for submissions is scarce, and high-quality works are even scarcer. Most of the older generation of science fiction writers have closed their books, and the younger generation likes to read martial arts and romance. Recently, online literature has been developing strongly, but our science fiction community is at a sluggish moment.
At this time, "The Three-Body Problem" came out, which is very exciting!"
"It depends on the sales volume of this issue! If there is rich feedback from readers, Hanting, I think you can personally interview the author of "The Three-Body Problem", properly urge the manuscript, raise the price appropriately, and improve the author's life.
Let the author continue to maintain his love for science fiction literature, which is more important than anything else."
Colleagues gave advice one after another, and Zhang Hanting naturally saw it in his eyes and took it to heart.
A writer like this who can write hard science fiction has accumulated a huge foundation in physics. Even if he does not write, he can still make achievements in other aspects. However, the lack of material aspects is also obvious. At the current stage, he can write two books by hand.
Writers who have submitted more than 10,000 words are simply rare.
If it weren’t for love, who would be willing to endure the hardships and spend hours at the desk writing every day?
Therefore, how to prevent the science fiction literary world from losing such a writer who will lay a new foundation for the science fiction world in the future has become an urgent problem that the editors of "Science Fiction World" need to solve at this time.