Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 491 Singularity Science Fiction Book Club

"That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is adapted from Peng Jianming's novel of the same name, and Yu Dong happened to meet Peng Jianming the last time he went to the National Writing Congress.

Peng Jianming went on behalf of Hunan Province, and he is the vice chairman of Hunan Writers Association.

At that time, Yu Dong was chatting with Tielin, and Peng Jianming went to say hello to them. Although they didn't say much, they were considered acquaintances.

Yu Dong planned to find a time in the next year to contact Peng Jianming and ask about the copyright of "That Mountain, That Dog, That Man".

He likes this novel very much, and it has a vague feeling of "Border Town" when he reads it. Sometimes he also wonders whether the writers in Xiangjiang write about Xiangjiang in this way. , comparing the rural atmosphere of Xiangjiang writers.

There is a young writer in Xiangjiang, Wang Yaowen, who is also very concerned about local literature. He is a few years older than Yu Dong, but he is not very famous now.In the previous life, Yu Dong also paid attention to Wang Yaowen's literature and compared his literature with Shen Congwen and Peng Jianming.

"What do you think?"

Seeing Yu Dong stunned, Jimmy waved his hand in front of him.

Yu Dong came back to his senses, smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just think what you said is right, this Chen Hao has a good image, you can pay more attention to it."

Jimmy stared at Yu Dong's eyes, shook his head and said, "No, I'm too familiar with your look just now. You must have thought of some good idea. Every time you think of something, you always have this expression."

"You're too mysterious, can't I just be in a daze?" Yu Dong blinked and searched around the office. He wanted to find a mirror to see his expression.

"Just tell me you don't."

Yu Dong smiled helplessly, "It's true that I thought of something. Didn't I go to the author's conference before, and I met Peng Jianming, the chairman of the author of Hunan Province. He wrote a novel called "The Man in That Mountain, That Dog". When I saw Chen Hao, I think of the girl in the red flower dress in this novel."

Jimmy hadn't read "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog", but Wu Changxin had an impression, "It's been a few years since this novel. Is there a girl in a red flower dress in it? I only remember it was about a postman in a village."

"Yes." Yu Dong smiled.

They spoke Chinese and didn't care about the translation. Spielberg was anxious when he heard it, "Jimmy, what are you talking about?"

Jimmy explained it to Spielberg again in English, and then Spielberg said with a smile: "Look, YU, this is casting. You just watch this video and you can think of the character." .”

Yu Dong pursed his lips and didn't explain, which is not easy to explain. It can't be said that he thought of it because he had seen Chen Hao's performance of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog".

He dared to say it, but people couldn't believe it.

For Spielberg and others, this kind of thing is not surprising. There will always be a moment when the director or screenwriter recognizes an actor.

But after what Yu Dong said, Jimmy made up his mind to bring Chen Hao to Jinyi.

"I'll let Yu Yu arrange this matter...I'll call Yu Yu right now and ask them to contact Peng Jianming as soon as possible, and take over the right to adapt this novel."

Yu Dongben still wanted to wait until next year to get in touch, but things got faster when it came to Jimmy.

Jimmy is such a vigorous and decisive person. No matter what he does, he likes blitzkrieg, for fear of long nights and dreams.

And based on his trust in Dong, he arranged everything without even reading the novel.

Jimmy called, and Yu Dong and the others sat down and chatted. Only then did Wu Changxin remember the dinner at night, and even invited Spielberg together.

Spielberg didn't refuse, and he agreed directly. He had already thought about it, and he had been with Jimmy and the others for the past two days.

After talking about the meal, Wu Changxin asked: "Mr. Spielberg, you are not in a hurry to return to the United States, where are you going to spend New Year's Eve tomorrow?"

"He used to be at the Jinling Hotel, and many colleagues from Deep Space America came to this year, but they didn't go back. Jimmy made a New Year's Eve dinner at the Jinling Hotel. Those colleagues from Deep Space America, there are still some who are not in a hurry to leave. The foreign guests all get together to celebrate the New Year." Yu Dong said,
Wu Changxin nodded, "It was quite lively. If our cafeteria was not too simple, we could actually invite them to celebrate the New Year in Jinyi. I was still thinking about this some time ago. There are many teachers in our school, and there are people like Yu Hua, Ruan Xiaohu and the others don’t go back to their hometown during the Chinese New Year, and the New Year is not lively when there are fewer people, it would be great if the school organization brought them together.”

Hu Changqing said with a smile: "I think you shouldn't take over this matter, principal. It's good for everyone to live their own lives like this. Don't be afraid that Yu Hua and the others will be lively. Isn't there Yu Dong? They can get together .”

Yu Dong also felt that what Wu Changxin said was unreliable. He had a good idea and wanted to make teachers and writers from other places feel warm, but in fact many people might not like this. , but embarrassed not to go.

Thinking of this, Yu Dong changed the subject and said, "If you have time after dinner tomorrow night, you can go to the restaurant to have a look. I heard that they have held a lot of activities this year, and there seems to be a lottery. Maybe you are lucky enough to draw arrive."

Speaking of colleagues from Deep Space America, Hu Changqing winked and said, "All the employees from Deep Space America can speak Chinese well."

"Really? Deep Space America recruits staff who can speak Chinese?" Wu Changxin said unexpectedly.

Thinking of the Mandarin of those people, Yu Dong was a little embarrassed: "No, Jimmy took them to learn it, and they all spoke it so-so."

"That's normal." Hu Changqing said with an exaggerated expression: "Some words are quite authentic."

"Ahem, let's not talk about this." Yu Dong looked at Spielberg: "Steven, didn't you say you want it? When are you going back after New Year's Eve?"

"Me? I may have to stay for a few more days. There are several scenes in "The Martian" that I want to shoot in China, so I am going to ask Jimmy to take me to see if there is a suitable place."

Yu Dong nodded. He did add a lot of Chinese aerospace roles to "The Martian".

Of course, Spielberg can also shoot this part of the scene in the United States, but Jimmy advocates letting him be in China, which can not only help create momentum for deep space, but also facilitate its introduction to China later.

In fact, Jimmy's ambition is even bigger. He wants to see if he can find a suitable scene in China. If he can, he will also film the scene on Mars in China.

However, things have not been settled yet. Whether or not it will be filmed in China depends not only on whether a good location can be found in China, but also on the participation of Deep Space Corporation in this drama. To put it more simply, it is How much is the deep airdrop.

If Deep Space Corporation is the big investor, then they have the final say.

Wu Changxin was very interested when Yu Dong translated Spielberg's words, "So, it is possible for us to see Mr. Spielberg filming in China?"

Yu Dong knew what Wu Changxin meant as soon as he heard it, and said with a smile, "Principal, don't worry, if the filming is really done in China, I will try my best to arrange students from our school to study on site."

His mind was broken by Yu Dong, and Wu Changxin said with a smile: "The school has no way to repay this kindness. When the students go, you can just order them around if you have any work to do. You can't post anything about board and lodging. You must ask the school to pay you back." This way. In addition, all those who need to use our school can speak at any time. Our school also has music, art, and some talents, which can always be used as a starting point."

Wu Changxin's words were out of breath, but he was also very smart. When the time came to really use people from other majors in the school, it was naturally impossible for them to be free.Even if Deep Space is really thick-skinned and doesn't give money, the school can still cultivate talents. After all, Spielberg's crew can learn a lot, and it's in all aspects.

At this moment, Jimmy also returned home after calling. Hearing what they were talking about about "The Martian", he said with a smile, "This time, I just want to see the filming location of "Moon."

"Moon? Is that the new book that YU hasn't released yet?"

Jimmy nodded, "Speaking of which, this book is about to be released in the United States. Before Campote and the others left, the publicity work was about to start. It is estimated that the release news has been announced by now."

"When we return to the United States, can we read this book?"

"That's not enough, the pre-publicity will take at least a month."

……

"Oh, it's going to be more than a month, it's really hard."

In New York, in the office of the YU Umbrella Association, Cardi was a little disappointed to learn that the new book "Moon" was still on the shelves for more than a month.

During this period of time, he listened to "Golden Dreamland" and read "Golden Dreamland" over and over again, and went to revisit several old books of YU, and there was nothing left to read.

He has even read "Xiang Xi" and "To Live" in the series.Before that, Kadi never thought that he would read such books, but after falling in love with YU, he fell in love with his house and began to be willing to read such books.

At first, I read it because of YU's courage, but later I found that this kind of literature books are also quite good-looking, which can make people think for a long time.

Hearing Kadi's complaint, Hahns said with a smile, "Be lenient with YU, "Golden Dreamland" only came out last month, and YU is already a very prolific writer, and this time is your favorite again. Science fiction, it’s okay to wait a month, isn’t it?”

Cardi muttered, "It's always like this. We didn't see "Moon" until it was published in China for a long time. Also, the readers in China are really happy. They can't hope to visit the Deep Space Annual Conference on the spot. I saw the text live broadcast. During the Deep Space Annual Meeting, I logged on to the Deep Space Chinese website, but the loading speed of the page was extremely slow, and even after loading it, I couldn’t understand anything. It was all in Chinese, and I was thinking, Am I going to hire a Chinese teacher to learn Chinese?"

Vice President Jeff nodded: "I'm to blame for this, I should have communicated with Deep Space earlier, and organized staff to translate the text live broadcast of Deep Space Chinese Network, and show it to our members."

Hahns smiled and comforted: "I can't blame you for this matter. I heard that this live text broadcast is a trial run. The Chinese side is afraid of problems. How can they have time to connect with us? And our association's website is currently user It’s not enough, it won’t do much, let’s wait until next year, next year we will have a good connection with Deep Space Corporation to finalize this matter.”

"Okay, then our main task this year is to operate the website of our association well. Our first goal is to have more than [-] registered users."

At this point, Jeff glanced at everyone's faces and laughed, "I want to tell you some good news. Jimmy told me that China's deep space building will be opened next year. If there is a chance, Jimmy is ready to Let us organize a group of members to visit China. Also, we will organize a group of members who have made outstanding contributions to attend the Deep Space Annual Conference next year.”

"Really?" Cardi looked surprised: "How many places are there?"

"The number of quotas depends on our development. If our association can build a website next year, I assure you that at least fifteen quotas will be requested from Deep Space Corporation."

"Fifteen...that's not a lot."

Hans gave Cady a blank look: "Don't be too greedy, fifteen is already a lot, you have to know who are the people who are going to attend the Deep Space Annual Meeting."

Jeff didn't take Cady's complaints seriously. Cady was young and there were many things he couldn't think of.But the association also needs a young man like Kadi, who is energetic, and he is always very active in completing the tasks assigned by the association.

Moreover, Kadi was one of the earliest veterans of the association, and it was Hahns and Kadi who started the association from the very beginning.

"There is one more thing to tell everyone at today's meeting."

Jeff took out another stack of materials and sent one to everyone present, "Because of YU, many members of our association are very interested in Chinese science fiction. The unit drama "X Element" filmed in deep space before 》, the audience is mainly members of our association.”

"That's right." A member said with a smile, "I really like "Alien Monkey" in it. It's very interesting. Unfortunately, this series of unit dramas is not well-known."

"The meaning of Deep Space Company is that since many people in our association are interested in Chinese science fiction, we should simply establish another association to focus on Chinese science fiction writers. What do you think? In addition, if this new association If the development is not bad, Deep Space Corporation will also organize an association exchange meeting."

"Association exchange meeting?" Someone expressed doubts: "Internal communication between our two associations?"

"It's not just our two associations, there will also be China's Cucumber Garden Science Fiction Association."

Everyone here has heard of the Cucumber Garden Science Fiction Association. Although the operation mode of the Cucumber Garden Science Fiction Association is very different from their YU Umbrella Association. It is not as commercialized as their association, but the development is also very good. It has many members in China, and Most of them are college students.

"The name of the new association has been decided. It is called the Singularity Science Fiction Book Club. The establishment of this new association is not easy. Although it is operated by our people, it is independent from the YU Umbrella Association, and the working place is another Place. The task of this new association is very heavy, because in the new year, there will be many novels by Chinese science fiction writers published in the United States, and there will be movies adapted from Chinese science fiction novels released in the United States.”

Liu Yukun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Is the movie you're talking about "Take Her Eyes" by Liu Cixin?"

Seeing Liu Yukun speak, Jeff laughed. He had been waiting for Liu Yukun to speak since the beginning of the meeting.

Who will be in charge of the newly established Singularity Association? Jeff and Hahns talked with Jimmy about this matter, and they both think that Liu Yukun is very suitable.Compared with other people present, Liu Yukun knows Chinese science fiction writers best. In fact, many of them know Chinese science fiction writers from Liu Yukun.

"Kane, what do you think of the Singularity Science Fiction Book Club?"

"I think it's very good. We are the YU Umbrella Association, and the members we attract are basically YU readers. If we rashly promote books by other authors, it may arouse the resentment of the members. With this singularity, science fiction book friends After the meeting, this problem will no longer exist. In fact, there are many excellent science fiction writers in China, but they have not been well promoted, so they are not recognized by American readers."

Obviously, Liu Yukun is very happy about the establishment of the new association. Besides Yu Dong, he also likes Chinese science fiction writers such as Liu Cixin, Wang Jingkang and Fushui. He has always hoped to recommend these writers to more American readers.

Even when he is free, he will try to translate the novels of these authors for his friends.

"Kane, are you not interested in taking charge of this new association?" It was Hahns who spoke this time. He has a different temperament from Jeff and prefers to be more direct.

It's just that he mentioned it a little suddenly, which caught Liu Yukun off guard: "I... am I not suitable?"

"You are so suitable, Kane." Cardi smiled and said, "When Jeff said that he would set up this association, I thought of you. No one in the association is more suitable than you."

Jeff nodded: "Cardy is right, no one is more suitable than you."

"Otherwise, I'll think about it again."

In fact, Liu Yukun also wanted to continue this matter, but he is still in school, so he may not be able to take care of both sides. What he is afraid of is that the association will not develop well in the end, and his studies will also fall behind.

Jeff was not in a hurry to ask Liu Yukun to reply, and nodded, "Okay, you think about it, then let's move on to the next item, the promotion of the new book "Moon."

……

What Yu Dong didn't expect was that Wang Shuo also spent the new year with Deep Space Company.

He and Yu Hua rushed to the Jinling Hotel after having the New Year's Eve dinner at Luoyuan. As soon as they arrived at the scene, they saw Wang Shuo waving his hand with a cigarette in his hand and chatting with a few employees of Deep Space America. They all listened with gusto.

Yu Dong approached with curiosity, only to hear Wang Shuo say: "Adding a verb to a name may have completely different meanings. For example, the bull b you like to say, you all know, it means very powerful. But in this What about adding the verb 'to blow' in front of the word? Guess what it means..."

　My uncle hosted a banquet yesterday, and I forgot to ask for leave because I was too drunk. I am very sorry. The keyboard finally arrived today. The keyboard that costs less than 200 yuan is surprisingly easy to use.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)