There is no manufacturing plant for Hongqi cars in Japan. To put it simply, this Hongqi car was shipped from China. It is a very rare imported car in Tokyo.
Moreover, the appearance is grand and angular. When it appears in this era, it must represent majesty and solemnity. Especially the small red flags inserted vertically on both sides attract everyone's attention as soon as they appear.
"I know that this car is a special car for the Chinese Embassy in our country. Whenever foreign guests from China come to Japan, it will appear."
"Yes, I have also seen this car in the newspaper. I still remember it vividly. I didn't expect it would be more interesting when viewed from the front. It is really a good car."
"From China? Ah! That must be Mr. Zheng, Mr. Zheng is here!"
"Mr. Zheng is finally here!"
All the participants and staff of the World Science Fiction Convention were slightly startled. After they recovered, they gathered around each other and went to the red carpet to greet him.
In the past year, for most science fiction authors and readers, the emergence of "The Three-Body Problem" was like a ray of light blooming in a boring and gray world, attracting everyone's attention.
To date, the sales volume of "The Three-Body Problem" has exceeded two million copies, and as the Hugo Awards ceremony approaches, the popularity of "The Three-Body Problem" is also growing, and its sales are rising rapidly.
Such data may be astonishing ten years from now when electronic reading replaces traditional reading. However, at present, although this data is good, it is still not comparable to some of the top business writers in Europe and the United States.
But even so, "The Three-Body Problem" has also demonstrated its strong commercial capabilities. A science fiction novel written by a Chinese science fiction writer can actually achieve two million copies in Europe and the United States. This was absolutely impossible in the past.
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But now it's actually happening.
From this we can see the charm of "The Three-Body Problem". To achieve such an effect, there is no doubt that the translator Stephen King played a great role. To this day, there is no other translation in the world other than Chinese and English.
A second version appears.
This is of course not because he is not willing to buy the copyright, but Zheng Qian has very high requirements for this. It does not mean that he can just find a foreign publishing house and publish it immediately. He also needs to find a foreigner who is proficient in Chinese, preferably a loyal reader.
, you must fully understand the functions of various unpopular terms in "Three-Body".
However, "The Three-Body Problem" is now very popular in the European and American science fiction circles, and even has a large number of readers in Japan. However, in many Asian countries, it has not made much of a splash at all, and no one is even willing to learn about it.
work.
This phenomenon has actually been revealed in previous lives.
The most prominent among them are Japan and South Korea.
"The Three-Body Problem" has been reprinted many times in Japan.
On the day of sale, two additional batches of books were temporarily printed, and two more batches were printed the next day, and then printed in succession.
It triggered a reading frenzy in a very short period of time and was regarded as a classic by many contemporary Japanese writers.
Many industry elites have repeatedly praised it in public, and even compared "The Three-Body Problem" to the first science fiction book.
As for the reason, it is actually very simple. The Plaza Accord, like the "Sophon", blocked the possibility of Japan surpassing the United States.
Many scenes in the book "The Three-Body Problem" have resonated with Japan.
Some magnificent imaginations have also amazed many Japanese writers.
They even wished the book had been published decades earlier.
But in South Korea next door, the release of "The Three-Body Problem" was met with failure.
For a long time, the Korean version of "The Three-Body Problem" only sold 400 copies.
Actually this is easy to understand.
We can easily name many Japanese writers, but who can name a Korean writer?
Does South Korea really have a sense of science fiction literature?
After the removal of Han culture, Korean literary creation fell into its lowest ebb.
You know, the Korean peninsula used to use Chinese.
For a long time, Korean literature and philosophy have been basically lacking. Except for film, television and pop music, they have no serious culture. It can even be said that the cultural literacy of the Korean people is not enough to support them to finish reading a serious movie.
literary works.
This is typical illiteracy.
In other words, there was once a culture, but the self-castration was too severe. In order to de-Chinese, everything was sacrificed. Many young people later could not even read historical documents because the writers used Chinese characters.
Of course, in terms of population ratio, China's sales are not that good either.
However, this is because China has a strong cultural heritage and a vast variety of categories.
People are accustomed to recommendations, rankings, and marketing products, and they don’t pay much attention to science fiction works. Many parents even think that science fiction, martial arts and other literary works are crooked. If you don’t read Lu Xun, it’s not enough to be called reading.
The second reason is that because of following the crowd, most people like to watch what others like to watch.
After all, there are very few classics among science fiction works.
If this chain reaction continues, it will become even more difficult for science fiction works to take off.
Third, compared to other categories of works, the writing style of "The Three-Body Problem" is too plain and unpretentious, and there may be many people who turned a few pages without reading it.
But even under such circumstances, "The Three-Body Problem" still has a high reputation in the science fiction circle, and has successively won many top domestic science fiction literary awards.
Later, it even broke out of Asia and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. It became famous for a while. After returning to China, it quickly became popular and sold well. At this time, many people joined the reader camp of "The Three-Body Problem".
Every time after reading it, they are glad that they did not miss this classic.
In the following years, more and more authors and readers were influenced by "The Three-Body Problem".
Science fiction has gradually become a production content that people are looking forward to. The popularity of the movie "The Wandering Earth", a spin-off of "The Three-Body Problem", proves that the science fiction film market is very promising in China.
This is why Zheng Qian wanted to write "The Three-Body Problem" from the beginning.
If we want to compete with the Hollywood market in the future, science fiction blockbusters will definitely be a field that can excite global audiences. In the future, if the Three-Body Universe takes shape, Zheng Qian believes that it will be comparable to the Marvel Universe.
Every chess piece you play now may bear fruit all over the sky in the future.
"Mr. Zheng is here!"
After hearing the news, Taro Karasawa walked out of the club quickly, with uncontrollable excitement on his face. Seeing this, a friend next to him asked curiously: "Karasawa, haven't you read "The Three-Body Problem"?
? You look like an avid reader."
Taro Karasawa came back to his senses, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said calmly: "Although I have not read "The Three-Body Problem", my teacher Mr. Kato is a loyal fan of "The Three-Body Problem" and he is on the border of science.
member."
"Science Frontier?" A friend said in astonishment: "Mr. Kato has also joined this organization. It's unbelievable. This readers' organization seems to have extremely high membership requirements. I heard that Kazuo Yamakawa is also a member of Science Frontier."
"Kazuo Yamakawa?"
Taro Karasawa was shocked. He looked at the promotional photos of "The Three-Body Problem" hanging on the wall next to him, and couldn't help but become more curious about this novel. He even hated himself for not learning English well.
You must know that Kazuo Yamakawa is Japan's leading disaster film director. He has won many awards at various film festivals and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. His reputation has already made Kazuo Yamakawa's status in Japan as lofty as Mount Fuji.
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It can even be said that the influence of teacher Rin Kato is slightly weaker in front of Kazuo Yamakawa.
Even if such a person is a member of Science Frontier, the influence such an organization has is absolutely unimaginable.
Everyone quickly came outside the club and saw a long red carpet shot. A black car was parked there. The media reporters next to him split on both sides, half-kneeling on the ground, as if to welcome the king, and focused their cameras on it.
Black car.
The waiter came forward, the car door opened, and the spotlight flashed.
Zheng Qian, who was wearing a black slim-fitting suit and his hair neatly styled, walked out of the trunk with a smile on his face.
There were no screams or cheers in the audience, which was probably why it was different from ordinary ceremonies.
Although people were excited, they were quiet and overly depressed.
"Is this Mr. Zheng? He is so young!"
"The author of "The Three-Body Problem" is actually young. I thought it was a rumor, but I didn't expect that he was really only about thirty years old."
"You are wrong. He looks very mature and stable, but his actual age is only twenty-three or four years old..."
"I heard that he is a top singer in China and has even achieved good market results in Europe and the United States. Now that he is established, he has the demeanor of a superstar as soon as he performs."
"This is probably the temperament of a genius. Looking at his smile, he is really the most handsome science fiction writer I have ever seen!"
"He seems to understand Japanese. You see, he understood the photographer's request."
"He understands the language of the lens very well and is really an excellent artist."
"I even feel a little ashamed of myself. Is this really the Chinese in our impression? It is indeed my father. He looks so gentle and polite."
People were surprised and emotional.
After Zheng Qian stepped out of the carriage, the people at the scene started to applaud.
Zheng Qian didn't expect that he would be so popular here. He waved hello to the writers and readers around him, and then he saw Stephen waving to him not far away. So after accepting photos from the media, he walked over and talked with him.
Stephen gave him a hug.
"Zheng, you are really handsome today!"
"You too, Stephen, I hope we can all learn something today!"
The two of them smiled broadly and shook hands vigorously. Then, at the invitation of the staff, they went to the center of the venue to participate in the Hugo Awards ceremony.
There were many guests from various countries nearby who were eager to communicate with Zheng Qian, but perhaps because they were intimidated by Zheng Qian's aura, no one dared to come forward to communicate with Zheng Qian at this time.
Seeing this scene, Taro Karasawa knew that the opportunity was not to be missed, and immediately came to Zheng Qian with hurried steps, then bowed deeply and extended his hand: "Mr. Zheng, hello, I am a student of Kato Rin, and I am also a student of Kato Rin."
President of Yumenzawa Co., Ltd., my name is Taro Karasawa. Yumenzawa is a company mainly engaged in comics serialization. My teacher particularly likes your works, but because of his health condition, he specially ordered me to convey his respect to you.
,Nice to meet you."
Zheng Qian saw the other person, a man in his thirties, quickly bending down at 90 degrees and extending his hand. This humble look made it difficult for people to refuse, so he stretched out his hand to shake the other person's hand, smiled and said in Japanese: "Hello
,Mr. Karasawa, I am also very happy to meet you."
Taro Tangsawa felt Zheng Qian's gentle voice and knew that the other party did not hate him. He felt happy and quickly handed over the English version of "The Three-Body Problem" that he had already prepared in his hands: "I am ordered by the teacher to hope that you can
Sign your precious name here."
"Of course." Zheng Qian took the book and pen, signed the title page, and handed the book back to the other party. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Taro Tangsawa say again: "Mr. Zheng, could it be convenient to leave a contact information? This is
My and my teacher’s business cards, we hope to have some business cooperation with you after the award ceremony, and hope you can contact us despite your busy schedule.”
"Um……"
Zheng Qian looked at Taro Karasawa and thought this man was very interesting, because although Karasawa's face was full of smiles, there was sweat on his forehead and his legs were trembling. He seemed to be afraid of being rejected?
He took the two business cards: "Okay, I believe we will have opportunities to cooperate."
Of course, Zheng Qian just said it casually. He didn't know what the other person did now, but those who could be invited to attend the science fiction conference were naturally elites from all walks of life. Zheng Qian did not judge people by their appearance, and even used his hands politely.
Received the business card.
Taro Karasawa was ecstatic, and just as he was waiting to say something else, he saw another group of people walking next to him.
Taro Karasawa's appearance made them feel that Zheng Qian was a Chinese who was easy to get along with, so they all walked over quickly and said hello to Zheng Qian.
Then I saw all the guests in front of the red carpet, crowded in the same place, having a lively verbal exchange with Zheng Qian and Stephen who were surrounded in the center.
Some of them who were shorter in height would tiptoe from time to time, stretch out their hands with smiles on their faces, squeeze in and shake hands with Zheng Qian.
Just like fans and idols.
The scene was extremely lively.
This brought inspiration to many photographers, and many people began to take pictures of this scene crazily.
Just like the arrival of the king of the forest, various animals came to visit.
The scene was funny and interesting.
On the second floor of the clubhouse, Japan's top disaster film director Kazuo Yamakawa looked down from the floor-to-ceiling windows, watched this scene, and laughed.
He shook his head, put out the cigar in his hand in the ashtray next to him, patted the wrinkles on his clothes, and then said to the investors behind him: "Let's go, everyone!"
"I believe that the 'super·unimaginable science fiction' we are waiting for will change the development trajectory of the future science fiction film field."