Reckless man of entertainment who started from a novel

When the [Nebula Award] wanted to rely on its intertwined relationship in the field of world science fiction and its authority, it put pressure on authors in the field of science fiction in China.

I thought that after this operation, Chinese sci-fi authors would panic and stand together with the [Nebula Award], and the fact is exactly as they expected. At a certain moment, some Chinese sci-fi authors did point the finger at Li Xiang. , Started fighting.

But when the judges of the [Nebula Award] are getting more and more ugly, when the chairman of the jury of the [Nebula Award] Bob Carr, together with other winners of the [Nebula Award], refute "Three-Body" and think that "Three-Body" Worthless.

The sci-fi authors in the field of Chinese sci-fi can't sit still anymore!
They can't accept that this masterpiece with oriental sci-fi flavor is worthless in the eyes of authors in the field of western sci-fi!
This is a provocation to them and also to the culture. They cannot sit still. If they don’t help Li Xiang to speak up today, who will speak up for themselves when disaster befalls me in the future?

Adhering to this belief, the direction of public opinion has changed!
This matter has changed from an entanglement between Li Xiang's retirement and the "Xingyun Award" to a confrontation between Eastern and Western cultures, or to put it more rigorously, it should be a confrontation between Eastern and Western sci-fi authors' definitions of sci-fi.

No one can define what science fiction is like. Science fiction can be the kind of science fiction in the West, but they can't deny that "Three-Body" is also science fiction, and it is a monument that needs to be looked up to in the field of science fiction in the world!

[Nebula Award] Jury Headquarters.

Bob Carr, in a meeting.

Many judges think that this is an incident that they did wrong, not that they think there is anything wrong with Li Xiang's black-box operations, but that the chairman of the [Nebula Award] jury, Bob Carr, This matter was not dealt with cleanly.

On the contrary, it affected the [Nebula Award]'s own interests!

The [Nebula Award]'s own interests are their own interests, and if their own interests are damaged, they naturally have to ask Bob Carr for an explanation.

"Bob Carr, we managed to push the [Nebula Award] to where it is today. Its influence, authority, and gold content are all number one in the field of science fiction in the world! But don't forget that this position is not so stable. There are so many awards in the future, and now this matter is so big, you can hardly escape the blame!"

"That's right, and I've always been against it, refusing to accept proposals from Chinese sci-fi authors. A 30% market share is of no benefit to us at the [Hingyun Awards]!"

"Enough, enough!"

Bob Carr slapped the table and roared angrily:
"During the previous meeting, when I announced these things, none of you objected? Now, in the old Chinese saying, what's the point of making an afterthought? We are all on the same ship. This ship sank. For you It doesn't do me any good!"

"The Chinese science fiction market is indeed huge. I don't deny this, but don't forget that our base camp is always in the western science fiction authors. You can't have both. China's science fiction has been weak in recent years. There is no What good works have appeared, and there are no influential authors, even if we give up the sci-fi authors in the field of Chinese science fiction, it does not mean that we have given up the market of Chinese science fiction!"

"As long as the quality of the work is excellent, they should read it or they will read it, remember to eat or not to play, that's the same thing! As long as we can pass this level, what awaits us will be a broader tomorrow. After the wave of public opinion, more and more people will pay attention to our [Nebula Award], our authority will be further improved, and the gap with other awards will also widen, which is also a big thing for us Good thing!"

"It's just that risks and opportunities coexist. Now that you encounter some risks, you call this or that, so the ship can't sail?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was speechless.

Bob Carr spoke his mind and continued:

"I don't want to say it again. You should contact the authors of the Nebula Awards that you are familiar with and let them collectively speak out and stand on our side. They are also grasshoppers on the same rope as us. Let this matter settle down as soon as possible, otherwise you will be punished." It’s all of us who suffer, not me alone!”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present nodded after hesitating for a moment.

At the end of the meeting, all the judges of the judging committee dialed their phones to put pressure on the authors of the Nebula Awards who had not expressed their opinions.

They sent them multiple choice questions!
Either follow the Nebula Award all the way, then you can speak up and stand by the Nebula Award, and submit your nomination certificate!
Or, if you refuse to speak out, what is waiting for this author may be that the Nebula Award will close the door to him in the future, or even the Nebula Award will settle accounts with him!
Are these sci-fi authors selected for the Nebula Award?

No choice!
Driven by the [Nebula Award] jury, more and more sci-fi authors of the Nebula Awards have spoken out.

Each of them has different opinions, but they all have a core point of view, Chinese science fiction is not real science fiction, only Western science fiction is real science fiction!
[Hugo Awards] Jury Headquarters.

George Sissus looked at his phone and couldn't help laughing.

He understands that the Nebula Award is digging his own grave!
Of course, without the cooperation between Li Xiang and him, perhaps the Nebula Award would have really been a success, but now...
You must know that the world's science fiction awards are not only the [Hugo Award] nor the [Nebula Award].

Therefore, the authors who have been favored by the [Nebula Award] are always very few!

Not to mention a group of authors headed by the [Hugo Award], they are also suffocated, they are all awards, why can my [Hugo Award] be inferior to your Nebula Award?
They only need to create an atmosphere, and everyone will push the wall down!

And how can the wall of [Nebula Award] come down?
That is naturally a dike of a thousand miles, broken in an ant's nest!
George Sithers put his mobile phone on the conference table, looked at the judges of the [Hugo Awards] jury, and found that all of them were staring at him with piercing eyes.

George Siss nodded and said:

"We can start to act according to the plan!"

Everyone: "Understood!"

The big guys are gearing up.

On the balance of this matter, cast their first weight!
That afternoon, the list of winners of the [Hugo Awards] that was supposed to be announced a month later.

On the third day of the [Xingyun Award] and Li Xiang's quarrel, it is officially announced!

The popularity of public opinion on this matter has actually been taken up by the [Nebula Awards]. The world will only see No.1 and never care about No.2.

The same is true for awards in the field of science fiction. Everyone is concerned about how the [Nebula Awards] will deal with the next thing. Who cares about the movement of the [Hugo Awards]?
But the problem is, when Li Xiang reposted this Weibo, everyone discovered that among the winners of this year's [Hugo Awards], the winner of the most important award for best novel was actually Li Xiang!

Only then did everyone come to their senses!

what's the situation?
It turns out that the sci-fi awards are not monolithic!

Although Li Xiang did not win the Best Novel Award of the [Ningyun Award], he won the Best Novel Award of the [Hugo Award]. This can be regarded as creating the history of China's science fiction field and creating a new miracle!Make up for the historical gap in the field of Chinese science fiction!

The Hugo Award's evaluation of the work "Three-Body Problem" is also very interesting.

The jury of the Hugo Awards believed that Li Xiang's "Three-Body Problem" used the Chinese sci-fi worldview as armor and horses to break out of the siege at a time when there are many western sci-fi worldviews, allowing the world to appreciate the Chinese sci-fi worldview. The charm of science fiction stories!
He is completely different from any other science fiction works in this world!
"Three-Body" is worthy of praise!

Netizens read the entire announcement, and even the blind can see that the Hugo Awards appreciate the work "Three-Body Problem"!And gave a very high evaluation!
And even more than that!

Immediately afterwards, the winners of the Hugo Awards also stood up to support the three-body problem.

a time.

It was supposed to be a one-sided situation, but at this moment it seems to have formed a situation of mutual anxiety.

On the contrary, there is a feeling that either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind.

In fact, these winners stand up to speak out for the [Hugo Award], for "Three-Body Problem", and for Li Xiang, for nothing else, but because as long as the [Hugo Award] can kill the [Nebula Award] and become the world's science fiction The most authoritative award in the field.

Those of them who have won the honor of the [Hugo Award] will naturally have a higher status.

In fact, this matter is just like being a celebrity in the entertainment circle, the fight is all about face!
No author will think that the works he has written with great effort are inferior to others because of the different awards he has won, but this is indeed a real problem that exists.

Since this problem exists, it must be solved!

And now is a particularly good time!
Only by pulling the Nebula Award down from the altar, can the Hugo Award have a chance to re-enter the altar!

This is a zero-sum game, a life-and-death war!

It's just that there is no intention to calculate mentally, no one would have thought that the [Hugo Award] would be blatantly shot.

And when he made a move, it was like a thunderbolt!

Because it is not a very strong counterattack to make Li want to win the [Hugo Award] Best Novel Award because of an award, maybe if it is just like this, the winners of the [Ningyun Award] will use this to mock the [Hugo Award] 】.

But just after the [Hugo Award] announced the list of winners, all the authors who won the [Hugo Award] stood up to speak for "The Three-Body Problem", creating a wave of public opinion!
And this public opinion is the general trend in the old Chinese saying!

With the general trend, this thing has become fun!
Because even Bob Carr could understand that this was clearly the idea of ​​the Nebula Award. Although they were praising "Three-Body Problem" on the surface, in fact their swords were facing the neck of the [Nebula Award], a little If you are not careful, you may chop it off with a knife!
The drunkard's intention is not the wine!

On the other hand, in China, the Cultural and Entertainment Office is very grand to let everyone who pays attention to this matter know about Li Xiang's winning the [Hugo Award] Best Novel Award through various channels.

Under the power of the state apparatus, at least from the perspective of domestic public opinion, Li Xiang has the absolute upper hand!

After reading the list of winners and the announcement of the [Hugo Awards], netizens expressed emotion that there are still people with vision!

"Let me just say, one or two said that this is not good and that is not good, which made me start to doubt myself, but when I checked the domestic and international sales of three-body, it was a breakthrough. Is the sales record of nearly 50 years good?"

"It doesn't make sense that a book with this kind of achievement can't win an award! Could it be that "Three-Body" can be belittled to nothing just because it adopts a different world view of science fiction written by Western science fiction authors? It seems that there are still discerning people abroad. , I have a good impression of the Hugo Award, I am going to see what winning works of the [Hugo Award] are high and low, and buy a few copies to support it!"

"Upstairs, let's go together! I had a good impression of the [Nebula Award], after all, it is the most authoritative science fiction award in the world, but now that it's done like this, I might as well support the [Hugo Award], At least the [Hugo Awards] supported Li Xiang!"

"That's right, and his announcement is very sincere, and there are many [Hugo Award] authors who help Li Xiang speak, so I think this award is very human!"

"Please support me in the future. I'll place an order on Taobao first, and buy a few books to read! After all, Li Xiang hasn't written sci-fi since he finished writing The Three-Body Problem, and I just happen to be in a shortage of books!"

"Haha, me too! It's really a pity. Li Xiang writes online articles every day, so can't he spare some time to write science fiction?"

"What do you mean by that? It made Li Xiang write a lot of the same thing. If I say it, I should resist Li Xiang's writing online articles and let him concentrate on writing pure love. We girls are such a big consumer group. Li Xiang didn't care at all!"

"Hey guy, what's wrong with the web articles, the web articles are eating your rice, if our readers don't have Li Xiang's web articles, what are we going to read? Waiting for the update without thinking about food, the result is [-] a day Words, who is enough to read? You still want to mock?"

"If Li Xiang doesn't even write [-] words a day, will you compensate me?"

"If I don't read Li Xiang's novel when I go to the toilet in the morning, I won't be able to get out at all. I will be constipated by then. Are you responsible!"

Everyone was noisy for a while, but the atmosphere has calmed down a lot.

After all, things have developed to the present, it seems that there is no way out from the mountains and rivers, and there is another village!

It doesn't matter that Li Xiang didn't win the [Xingyun Award], he at least won the [Hugo Award]!
And it is the most important award for best novel in the [Hugo Awards]!

Li Xiang also made up for a historical gap in China's science fiction field. He should be satisfied with this result now!
At least that's what many people think!