Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 914 Three Stars and Lungfish

In recent years, Chinese science fiction has become more and more famous internationally, and the country is also very willing to promote science fiction content.

The release of "The Martian" this time has made the country see the potential of Chinese science fiction, and will definitely increase its publicity in the future.

Several people were talking, and Liu Cixin walked over shaking his head.

This guy has gained a lot of flesh recently, and he looks very rich. His eyes were not small at first, but now because of the increase in flesh on his face, his eyes look a lot smaller.

When the smiles on the face piled up, the meat also piled up, and then the eyes were squeezed into two slits.

After walking to Yu Dong's side, Liu Cixin couldn't help complaining, "Why are you all gone, and leaving me alone is too disrespectful."

Wang Jingkang said with a smile, "They are most concerned about you. If you don't stay, we won't be able to leave. Besides, you have received many interviews, so you are more comfortable with reporters."

Liu Cixin curled her lips, "I understand, you all want to maintain a sense of mystery."

Yu Dong looked at Liu Cixin and said with a smile, "A few days ago, I heard from Secretary Hu that you are preparing a new novel recently?"

Liu Cixin pushed up his glasses, and said with a smile, "It's not like preparing a new novel, I just have some ideas, and it's still too far away from the novel."

Yu Dongrao asked with interest, "What kind of idea?"

Others also looked at Liu Cixin. Science fiction writers like to discuss together, because many good ideas come out during discussions, and no one is worried that their ideas will be stolen, because a good idea is not a novel The core of the same thing, everyone writes it differently.

"I've been thinking about the three-body problem recently...do you all know what the three-body problem is?"

Everyone nodded, and He Hongwei smiled, "If you want to predict the law of motion of two celestial bodies that attract each other, you can use the theory of gravity to solve it. Their trajectories are basically elliptical, but if there are three celestial bodies interacting, think about it." It's hard to figure out how they move, and I've thought about it before, and tried to solve it, but unfortunately, I don't have any solution to a problem that has been asked for more than 100 years."

"Well, I've been thinking about this issue recently." Liu Cixin said.

"Do you want to solve it too?" Yang Xiao asked.

Liu Cixin laughed, "How is this possible? I'm just an author of science fiction, not a scientist. I never thought about solving it. I just thought, if there are three stars in a certain galaxy, what would happen to them? Three stars move irregularly, and there is a planet in this galaxy, and there is a civilization on it, what will happen to this civilization?"

Wang Jingkang frowned, and he pondered: "I think it is very difficult for civilization to be born in such a galaxy. The conditions are too harsh. The irregular movement of the three stars means that on this planet, some places It is likely to be in the daytime for a long time, and there is more than one sun in the sky, or there is no sun for a long time, and being in darkness, no matter what the situation is, it is not conducive to the birth of civilization. If there is a civilization, it will definitely A form of life beyond our comprehension."

"I don't think it's that difficult." Yang Peng continued, "In Africa and America there is a fish called lungfish, which has double lungs and relatively small gill covers. They make holes in the silt of the river bed, and spend half a year in a state similar to hibernation during the dry season. During this period, they are completely out of water and can survive in the air. If there is life in the galaxy that Liu said, is it true? Like a lungfish? When the sun exists for a long time, this kind of life will put itself in a dormant state like a lungfish, and then release the dormancy when there is water."

"But even if this kind of life survives, it is already very difficult, let alone produce civilization. I still think the difficulty is too high."

Liu Cixin smiled and said, "I've been thinking about this issue recently, mainly because I thought about a weapon that can lower space by one dimension and destroy the world. I want to add this weapon to the new book, but I don't have any specific ideas for the time being. "

Yu Dong smiled and said, "I think the general idea is pretty good. You can think about it in depth. You can also refer to the proposal of the lungfish. I think that if civilization is born in such a place, they must be eager to get it." Solve the three-body problem, or..."

Having said that, Yu Dong paused for a moment, and everyone else looked at him, He Hongwei couldn't help asking, "Or what?"

Yu Dong smiled and pointed to his feet, "Or, they will try to find a place that is more suitable for them to live in, such as the planet under our feet."

Liu Cixin laughed, "I was thinking in this direction."

"Well, think about it slowly, and write after you think about it."

Liu Cixin's writing style, everyone knows that this guy likes to think about everything before writing, wait until everything is thought out before starting to write, and then write the book in a short time.

For a short story of several thousand words, Liu Cixin would have to think about it for several weeks or even months, and it is normal for Liu Cixin to think about it for half a year for a novel.

If it is a long novel, it cannot be released without brewing for two or three years.

Just because he knew Liu Cixin's habits, although Yu Dong knew that "Three-Body Problem" was coming out, he was not in a hurry. According to the volume of "Three-Body Problem", Liu Cixin would have to prepare for two or three years at least.

After chatting with Yang Xiao and the others for a while, Yu Dong walked forward, and stopped after a group of people from the Shanghai Writers Association.

As soon as he saw Yu Dong, Li Xiaolin complained, "Yu Dong, when will you give us the manuscript? No matter if it's a novel, a short or a long novel, please send a manuscript for us to read."

Jin Yucheng, who was sitting next to him, smiled and said, "Sister Xiaolin, you have accepted a lot of manuscripts from him before. As for our "Shanghai Literature", it is even more difficult to produce a manuscript by Teacher Yu."

Jin Yucheng was actually joking. Everyone knows that Yu Dong has few manuscripts now, and the first-line magazines such as "Harvest" and "Zhongshan" can't get it. Where can they get "Shanghai Literature".

Yu Dong was complained by Li Xiaolin many times because of the drafting, but Yu Dong really has too little time now to take care of it.

"Go back, I'll see if there are any short stories, and I'll show them to you."

"Turn back, turn back, every time I turn back, I haven't seen you turn back every time. In the past two years, not only have the manuscripts not been sent to "Harvest", but even few people have gone to Shanghai. People in the Writers Association look forward to it every day. I'm following you back."

Yu Dong said with a smile, "I'll go back in the next year, and I'll pay a visit when the time comes."

"That's about the same. After my father returned from Hangzhou, he still talked about you and asked how you are doing. He was quite happy to hear that you were serving as the ambassador for the Olympic bid."

Hearing that Ba Jin was talking about himself, Yu Dong also sighed slightly. He wanted to visit Ba Jin before, but he had many concerns. The old man is in poor health and is almost in a state of hanging breath. affect his self-cultivation.

"Is it convenient to visit Mr. Ba after the next year?"

Li Xiaolin thought for a while and said, "Okay, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there shouldn't be too many people."

Yu Dong nodded, "OK."

After finishing speaking, Yu Dong looked at Wang Anyi again, "Eldest sister, I have never had the opportunity to congratulate you in person for winning the Mao Dun Literature Award. This year, you definitely deserve the award."

"Thank you, little brother, but awards are just a passing cloud. What stays in the end is not the awards, but the works."

It can be heard that Wang Anyi wanted to comfort himself, Yu Dong smiled, did not go further into this topic, and talked about another matter, "In May, Deep Space is going to organize a visiting group of writers, and we will go to I went to about seven or eight countries to communicate with local writers, and this event is a registration system, so you should actively register when the time comes."

"It will take a lot of time to go to seven or eight countries." Wang Anyi asked.

Li Xiaolin said with a smile, "You don't have any duties, and you're still worried about time."

"Even if I'm alone, I worry about staying abroad for too long."

"No, the trip will definitely be completed within two weeks." Yu Dong said.

"How many writers should we bring to participate?" Li Xiaolin asked.

Yu Dong shook his head, "There is no fixed quota for the time being, let's see the registration situation, if everyone is more motivated, bring more people, if the enthusiasm is low, bring less people, I reckon, there must be a second chance if you say less." 30 people."

"Then I have to ask the specific situation first, so that I can help you promote it later. You will cover the cost of this event, right?"

"It's natural. Whether it's travel expenses or board and lodging expenses, it's all settled by Deep Space Corporation. In addition, there are team funds. The money won't be too much, but writers can use the money to buy some small things, or play abroad. .”

Li Xiaolin said with a smile, "I feel good about it when you say that. Isn't this just a tour at public expense?"

"Well, you can also understand it as a team building activity of Deep Space Company, but this time the team building activity is limited to writers, and the theme of the team building is literary exchange activities, and some writers may even hold one or two signings meeting."

Wang Anyi grinned and said: "I said, it turned out that we were dragged to work. If you say that, I don't have any psychological burden to sign up. I have a shortcoming. I am most afraid of eating and drinking for nothing. You If it's squeezed out of me a little bit, it'll be easier for me."

"This is an advantage." Yu Dong smiled, "This kind of activity will definitely be held frequently in the future. If possible, I hope that it will be held twice a year, once in spring and once in autumn, so that our writers can go out more. One is to prevent building a car behind closed doors, go out to study and broaden your horizons, and the other is to promote our country's literature and culture. Everyone contributes to firewood, and the promotion of culture depends on everyone's efforts, and we writers have to shoulder the responsibility. Lift the load."

"Well, I very much agree with this approach. In the past two years, both scholars and ordinary readers abroad have had a strong interest in our country's literary works. Of course, we should take advantage of the victory to let more people understand and like our literature, Culture. Have you settled on the countries you will visit, and which countries are there?”

Yu Dong waved his hand, "It hasn't been fully decided yet, but the United States, France, and the United Kingdom are definitely included. Others, such as Germany and Italy, are also more likely. This time in spring, I will go to Europe and the United States." Countries, wait until autumn, and we will organize everyone to take a tour around Asia. Many countries in Asia are not economically developed, but now is a good time for us to go there.”

Jin Yucheng asked, "If you go to more countries, does it mean that the writer's popularity is higher? If the writer goes to these countries, but none of his works are translated into the local language, then there is nothing to promote. "

"It doesn't matter, as long as some writers are well-known. Some relatively less-known writers just take this opportunity to go abroad to promote themselves, and maybe they can open up new markets."

After finishing speaking, Yu Dong looked at the time and said with a smile, "Several, I'm sorry, I have to excuse me, I have some things to discuss with Jimmy, the company will send a notice about the writers' visiting group in a few days , everyone sees the notice, if you are willing, you can sign up according to the way written in the notice."

"No problem, go get busy." Li Xiaolin said.

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After Dong Dong left, Li Xiaolin sighed slightly, "Unfortunately, Yu Dong didn't win the Contradictory Literature Award this year, and the jury was too conservative. Although Yu Dong is relatively young, he is fully qualified and capable to win it." this award."

Jin Yucheng looked at Yu Dong's back, "But he really doesn't seem to be affected."

Li Xiaolin laughed, "Who is Yu Dong? He doesn't pay much attention to the award. Otherwise, if he makes a fuss, he will definitely get the award."

"It's a bit contradictory. When the result didn't come out, Yu Dong didn't know that he didn't win the award, so he definitely wouldn't make trouble. After the result came out, it would be useless for him to make trouble again. If he makes a fuss, change the result." Jin Yucheng said.

"It's not uncommon for there to be troubles before the results are announced. As long as the Deep Space Company puts some pressure in advance, the jury will not be able to hold on. And Yu Dong is still the ambassador for the Olympic bid. When he saw the news that Yu Dong was the ambassador for the Olympic bid, I thought Yu Dong's award was stable, but I didn't expect such a result in the end. I feel that there is a problem with the thinking of the jury this year. It would be a disgrace for ordinary readers to guess the winner of the award."

Everyone else nodded, expressing their approval of Li Xiaolin's opinion.

The award-winning works of this Contradictory Literature Award are obviously more familiar to ordinary readers than the previous award-winning works, such as "Song of Everlasting Regret" and "Dust Settled", but the most popular works did not win awards, and a It can be seen that the psychology of the jury is very contradictory for a work that is not well-known.

(End of this chapter)