I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 116 I am also a reader who likes science fiction

"...At the same time, the 'controllable nuclear fusion reactors' built by major foreign countries relying on the technology donated by the 'Observer Civilization' have also been ignited one after another.

Countries have started a large number of construction work of fusion reactors, and society has entered the era of large-scale construction.Fusion reactors built one after another will provide a huge amount of energy, which will stimulate a rapid increase in productivity, which is like another industrial revolution. "

previous plot,
Ji Zhuo wrote about the scene where the protagonist watches the news.

The news is naturally full of news about the successful ignition of controlled nuclear fusion, and the construction of new fusion reactors in full swing.
At the same time, a large number of projects that had been put on hold due to energy problems were also started.

Some people on the Internet say that turning the Gobi into fertile fields and turning the desert into grasslands... seems to be the beginning of mankind's true conquest of this planet.

……

After a cursory glance at the chapters written before,

Ji Zhuo started a new chapter, starting today's codeword.

"...the value of human civilization?"

"Wu Mu laughed at himself, in such an era of big construction and big technological development, he couldn't even figure out his own value.

The rapid improvement and development of the productivity of the whole society seems to have nothing to do with him as a historian.

So Wu Mu decided... to understand his own value first..."

"Crackling..."

The sound of the keyboard continued to ring in the study.

With the enrichment of words in the new chapters, the plot continues to unfold.

In the text,

As a historian, Wu Mu can still receive some relevant information from officials who have attended the meeting from scholars like him every once in a while.

But Wu Mu also glanced at the conclusions in these news from time to time,
Most of the time, he is teaching in the university normally, and still engaged in historical research,
It's just that as society enters the era of large-scale construction and large-scale development, the number of people who study and study history is naturally gradually decreasing.

More students who are admitted to universities will naturally choose some majors in line with this era,
For example, the country's measures to stimulate theoretical subjects have made many students choose to study theoretical subjects.
There are also more people who know the existence of 'alien civilization' and choose their majors to study in a direction closer to the starry sky.

At the same time, some theoretical knowledge in the technical materials of "Controllable Nuclear Fusion Reactor" has also inspired many scholars, and various valuable academic papers have blown out during this period.

And because of the mastery of controllable nuclear fusion technology, the major countries have enough energy surplus,

Still because of the existence of the 'observer civilization', some measures have been taken,
For example, some scholars have proposed to build new and larger radio telescopes, gravitational wave monitoring devices and other super-large scientific research facilities in extraterrestrial space or on the moon.

Try to observe the 'curtain' outside the solar system, to see whether these human beings' clearer eyes can let human beings see the nature of some curtains clearly,

Some scholars have also suggested that launching faster and larger probes and approaching the curtain outside the solar system, even the fastest probes that can be built now, do not know how long it will take to reach the edge of the solar system.

And because of the great increase in productivity brought about by the great abundance of energy, these plans have basically taken shape in the end.

Wu Mu learned these news from the official information that was synchronized to him from time to time.

From a historian's point of view,

Wu Mu felt that this might be a good thing, and it was better to open up to the outside world than to stay on a small planet and keep fighting internally.

And the existence of the "observer civilization" has also given human civilization a longer-term goal... Human beings who can only live for a few decades or a hundred years set their sights on a longer-term place, but they don't know how long it can last.

……

Ji Zhuo spent a lot of brushstrokes writing about the changes brought about by the breakthrough of controllable nuclear fusion technology.
Time also leaps across several years.

Within a few years, the construction projects of fusion reactors in Kure's country started at the same time, and fusion reactors in various places were completed and ignited one after another.

Other big countries basically followed the same process.

Human civilization has jumped into the age of fusion energy.

At the same time, because the "controllable nuclear fusion technology" presented by the "observer civilization" is perfect enough, it can already build small fusion reactors.

People have installed fusion reactors on spacecraft to replace traditional chemical energy propulsion, and humans have achieved stable round-trips between the earth and the moon.
As a result, the lunar base and lunar scientific research devices began to be completed one after another.

In contrast, a large number of people from the whole society have invested in these large construction projects.

The time in the article leaps to a day a few years later and then slows down.

The protagonist Wu Mu was a little irritable during this time,

Although the increase in productivity brought about by the abundance of energy has benefited him a lot as a historian—the wages and benefits have more than doubled.

But he felt that in such a rapidly developing era, he felt out of touch with society...

Recently, he has rarely thought about the second problem left by the 'observer civilization',
It just popped up from my mind occasionally in the dead of night, and then shelved it for a while.

I just know that some anthropologists and sociologists seem to be studying this issue, but they haven't heard any progress.

At this moment, Wu Mugang and his major students finished their professional classes,
Including him in the class, there are not ten people in total, and Wu Mu doesn't think it's too bad for this situation.

In an era with a promising future and the trend of technological development, it is not necessary for so many people to study history.

It just feels like I've lost my worth.

With this kind of confusion, Wu Mu was a little dazed, pacing on the side of the road, without going back to his residence, and walked out of the university all the way.

……

"Crackling..."

The sound of keyboard knocking rang intermittently all afternoon,

Ji Zhuo coded for another whole day.

The plot has been clarified before, and with this increasing speed attribute,
It's pretty smooth.

The sun outside the house changed from the sky to the west, and finally the sky was replaced by night, and the night flooded the study.

Only then did Ji Zhuo stop the movement of typing.

"call……"

I let out a long breath, feeling my back hurting and my hands cramping,
After a few simple moves, Ji Zhuo looked at the chapters coded on the computer screen again.

Today I wrote more than 1 words, and Ji Zhuo is quite satisfied.

However, for a book to be published, the estimated total word count is about 30.

Now the total number of words is quite a lot, shouldn't it be time to consider the matter of the publishing house?

Or choose Magic City Publishing House?
Ji Zhuo's previous books were all published by Modu Publishing House.

After thinking about it,

Ji Zhuo turned off the coding software first.

Then I directly searched for the submission channels of Xiamodu Publishing House on the Internet.

Although he can directly ask the editor for the contact information of Modu Publishing House,

But they are all ready to open their vests and release new books, so naturally... it's a ball.

Ji Zhuo was searching for the submission channels of Modu Publishing House, when he suddenly remembered something.

If he publishes it with Modu Publishing House, he must use his real name to sign the contract.

That vest is still a fart. As we all know, if the publishing house knows it, it will not be far from the readers knowing it.

If it was someone else, maybe he could use his family's ID card as a substitute, he...

That can only... change the publishing house.

"...Science Fiction, Publishing House."

Ji Zhuo conveniently deleted 'Modu Publishing House' and searched again.

"Huating Science Fiction Publishing House?"

It may be that he is located in Shanghai, so the first publishing house found is also a publishing house in Shanghai.
It's still an official website, click in and take a look.

I don’t know that there has been no page UI for several years, and there is a minimalist style of painting with only one line of text and a few pictures.

It made Ji Zhuo a little silent.

"... Then this publishing house."

"It's just that this contact method is really useful?"

Ji Zhuo found the contact information for submissions which was placed in the corner of the webpage.

……

"...Old Tao, I've read the novel you recommended to me. It's such a good science fiction novel that it was submitted to your publishing house. It's simply..."

"...Hey, what's wrong with your publishing house? Your publishing house is just a miscellaneous publishing house. It sells online novels for tutoring materials. Can we have a major in publishing science fiction?"

"……Hey……"

Huating Science Fiction Press.

The editor-in-chief of the publishing house, Qian Sheng, was chatting with an old friend from another publishing house.

Originally speaking with high spirits, with a sad expression of being blinded by the opposite publishing house,

But he didn't know that the other person said something, and the editor-in-chief Qian couldn't help but sighed.

"...You're right, my publishing house is not as good as yours. Don't talk, don't talk, let's talk another day."

After hanging up the phone, Editor-in-Chief Qian sighed again, a little lost in spirit.

Huating Science Fiction Publishing House is a publishing house that focuses on the publication of science fiction works. The reason is that he, the editor-in-chief, likes science fiction and created a science fiction publishing house in his early years.

In the early years when it was fine, there was a sci-fi magazine. In the past two years, the sci-fi magazine has ceased publication due to loss of money.

It is not said that it is on the verge of bankruptcy, but it is basically half dead.

Make money by republishing some old works and helping others to publish some works.

Sighing again, Editor-in-Chief Qian calmed down again, and opened Penguin Chat to see if there was any news from the author or editor.

Glancing at it, it was deserted and quiet.

It's about to close, but there is a new reminder at this time.

"Daqiaobugong applied to add you as a friend."

"Hi, publishing submission."

Looking at the news, Editor-in-Chief Qian passed it without any hassle, and said politely.

"Huating Publishing (Editor Qian): Hello.

It’s a coincidence: Hello, editor-in-chief Qian, I want to publish a science fiction work, does the publishing house accept submissions?

Huating Publishing (Chief Editor Qian): Oh, publishing. "

Seeing that the other party wanted to publish a book, Editor Qian skillfully sent the price list over.

"Editor Qian: The book number fee is 30, 30 for every [-] copies printed within [-] characters, and the proofreading fee is free of charge if it does not exceed [-]. I am not responsible for sales."

"Big coincidence: ???"

This 'big art but no work' is naturally Ji Zhuo's trumpet,

Seeing the words sent by the editor-in-chief Qian skillfully, Ji Zhuo was stunned for a while.

And I have to give you money?

A little numb, Ji Zhuo explained again.

"Big coincidence: I mean I'm contributing, not self-publishing.

Editor Qian: Oh..."

Here, editor-in-chief Qian of Huating Publishing House looked at Ji Zhuo's words,

First he paused, and then he became more energetic.

Um?Contribute?

"Editor Qian: Is it a sci-fi genre? Do you mind sending me the manuscript?
It's a coincidence: it's science fiction, and it hasn't been written yet.

Editor-in-Chief Qian: Just post a few tens of thousands of words at the beginning.Let me consider.

It's a coincidence: ah. "

Seeing that it was a science fiction book, Editor-in-Chief Qian sat upright.

Waiting for the author to send him the manuscript.

follow closely,

Ji Zhuo pasted and copied the [-]-character coded chapter into a document,

Send this money to the editor-in-chief.

""Caged bird"?"

"...a bird in a cage, how can I understand my greatest value..."

Looking at the title and introduction of the book, Editor-in-Chief Qian's eyes lit up, and he became more interested.
"It feels a little interesting..."

"Hopefully it's good science fiction."

God is pitiful, it has been a long time since his publishing house has received serious science fiction submissions!
His last good science fiction novel was "Seven Days of Hell" recommended to him by the editor-in-chief of another publishing house!
"...Wu Mu was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, his mood was just like the wind howling outside the house that couldn't calm down..."

In anticipation of a good science fiction novel, Editor-in-Chief Qian began to read this novel.

Read Chapter 1.

"...It feels okay, a little bit interesting."

Read Chapter 2.

"...um... a message from this 'observer civilization'..."

The more you look down, the brighter the editor-in-chief Qian's eyes are,

He already smelled the taste of an excellent science fiction work!

And sure enough, the next plot unfolded, the two problems left by the Observer civilization and the gift of controllable nuclear fusion,

All left great suspense and anticipation for the following story.

"What's the answer? After unlocking the answer, what will you get..."

Start to see fast, and then gradually become slower and slower,

In just [-] words, he read it for about [-] minutes, and the more he got to the end, the more he felt reluctant to finish it.

After reading the beginning of the [-] words, Editor-in-Chief Qian still had some unfinished business.

At the same time, some joy and even excitement!
This is a good novel!Whether it's from the development of the plot or from the author's writing style!
Both are very good novels, very good science fiction!

For a long time, his publishing house has not received such an excellent science fiction submission,

No, this author cannot be allowed to escape!
So, Editor-in-Chief Qian excitedly opened the chat interface with Ji Zhuo.

"Editor Qian: I read the book. I am very satisfied. You can negotiate whether you want to buy it out or share the royalties!"

so active?

Does this reveal his liking for this novel?
I'm afraid you don't have to pay for your pants if you do business like this, right?

Ji Zhuo was picking out a takeaway place for dinner with his mobile phone, when he saw the message from the editor-in-chief.

Or, is this publishing house really dying?

It's going to die soon, okay, it's good to die soon.

"Big coincidence: let's share the royalties.

Editor-in-chief Qian: Is it split right...the 14.00%...forget it, how about a small round number, how about fifteen? "

Looking at this news, Ji Zhuo was full of question marks, and even couldn't help being a little dazed.

Is there such a thing as sharing?Is the ceiling price right from the start?

This share is basically the share that can only be obtained by the top batch of authors. My vest has fallen off?
Nothing.

The proportion of this ceiling made Ji Zhuo completely confused.

Everyone else is so sincere, should I be polite?

Ji Zhuo fell into deep thought...

then……

"Big coincidence: good.

Editor-in-chief Qian: Then you should finish the draft as soon as possible, and then we will sign the contract according to this ratio... Well, if you want to sign the contract now, that's fine too. "

Seeing that Ji Zhuo agreed, Editor-in-Chief Qian was also very happy.

Although the share ratio is slightly higher, he thinks the book is worth it anyway, and it's been a long time since his publishing house has submitted such a good science fiction novel.

What if the author is dissatisfied and runs away.

After thinking about it, the editor-in-chief Qian sent a few more messages.

"Editor Qian: Don't worry, I am very optimistic about your work. Although our publishing house has fewer channels than before, we will definitely use all available resources to promote your book. It will not let your book be buried. .

Editor-in-chief Qian: If you are really worried, we can set a bottom line for the number of first editions and write it in the contract. "

The editor-in-chief of the People's Publishing House said so.

What else can Ji Zhuo say?

It's just that the whole person feels a little numb for no reason.

"It's a coincidence: good."

"Editor Qian: Well... Thank you, Mr. Bugong, for choosing our publishing house... There is one more heartfelt feeling... I don't know if Mr. Bugong has any manuscripts for the following plots.

Editor-in-Chief Qian: ...It's nothing special... It's just that I am also a reader who likes science fiction. "

(End of this chapter)