I became popular on the stage

Chapter 353 Someone Deliberately Hyped?Public outcry (Second update, please subscribe)
Huaxia Science Fiction Club.

Everyone was holding back their energy. Almost all of the [-] essays they submitted to the World Science Fiction Convention this time were the works of the top science fiction writers in China.In their view, even if they can't win the final award, it's absolutely fine to be shortlisted.

"nervous?"

"Nonsense, you must be nervous."

"Which work do you think can be shortlisted? Is it Lao Zhao's "Future Abyss" or Lao He's "Heavenly Cave"?"

"I think it's possible. After all, these two works have too many brains. I was so surprised when I first saw them, and I still admire them secretly when I think about them now."

"Haha... Don't worry, everyone. After all, the World Science Fiction Convention is still a month away. It will take at least half a month before the finalists are announced."

"Yes, I usually wait in my heart."

"..."

While everyone was discussing.

Suddenly, a reminder popped up in the email of the president Xu Li, which was an email from the World Science Fiction Convention.

How come there is a reply so soon?

Under normal circumstances, even if there is a notification of being shortlisted, shouldn't you wait for more than ten days before notifying them by formal email?

His heart suddenly skipped a beat, because in the past ten years or so, he would receive a reply from the World Science Fiction Convention almost every time two or three days after submitting a manuscript, and the content of the reply was very simple, that is, their work was not shortlisted.

Is it...

Xu Li felt intense unease in his heart, his hands were trembling, and he clicked on the email.

Familiar recovery.

familiar content.

A line of English that he could almost memorize came into view: "Dear Mr. Xu: Sorry, none of the [-] works you submitted to the World Science Fiction Convention this time met the qualifications for shortlisting. Create even better results next year.”

boom!
Xu Li's brain exploded in an instant, and he was stunned.

"President?"

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

Seeing Xu Li's expression was wrong, everyone asked aloud.

Xu Li shook his drowsy head, trying to regain his composure, and then said shyly, "It failed...you see."

As he spoke, he showed the emails on the computer in front of everyone.

A few seconds later, the Science Fiction Club was in a state of boiling.

"How is it possible? All have been eliminated?"

"We have been preparing for half a year, and we have carefully selected works from all over the country, and there is not even one shortlisted?"

"Discrimination! Those judges are absolutely blatantly discriminatory! I don't believe in the [-] works, and none of them meet the standard."

"If there are still some plots in "Heavenly Cave" that fall into the clichés, why didn't even the wonderful science fiction short stories like "Future Abyss" be shortlisted? How did they review it? Or did they see our Huaxia's works and didn't bother to review them? ? Made!"

"Shit! Eliminated in two days? Did they take it seriously?"

"..."

The sentiment is exciting.

Many people even began to curse angrily, with anger and unwillingness on everyone's faces.

Seeing the excited faces of the editors in front of him, Xu Li shook his head and sighed: "Okay, everyone, calm down. All the more than [-] essays have been eliminated, which means that our China's science fiction level will be raised to the international level, indeed. There is still a long way to go. It is useless to complain blindly, and complaining will not change the minds of those international judges. Take heart, at least this essay activity has allowed us to discover many emerging science fiction seedlings, maybe Next year, maybe the year after... we'll be eligible to go to Worldcon."

However, when he was speaking, suddenly an assistant came in and whispered in Xu Li's ear: "President, it's not good."

Xu Li frowned: "What's the matter?"

The assistant looked complicated: "I don't know why, the fact that none of us in China can be shortlisted for the World Science Fiction Convention has been spread, and it seems that someone is deliberately hyping it up secretly. Now, there has been an uproar internationally. And there are also many domestic media maliciously slandering , the public opinion is not good."

"what?"

Xu Li's face suddenly changed.

……

At present, the world of science fiction has set off a wave.

On major sci-fi channels and forums, one after another conspicuous news caught people's attention.

[World Science Fiction Convention, oriental works are wiped out]

[Huaxia contributed [-] sci-fi articles, creating a contribution record, but all of them were eliminated]

[Oriental science fiction, full of traces of plagiarism and reference]

[Sci-fi brain hole?It doesn't exist in Huaxia's works at all! 】

In fact, at the World Science Fiction Convention every year, these news basically come out, but in the past, no one cared about them at all.But this year, these news frequently appeared on the homepages of these platforms, causing a lot of noise.

Many Western netizens are even bustling in the comment section.

"Hahaha, don't talk about China, all the countries in the east don't have any high-level works in the field of science fiction, right? The imagination of those countries is really too lacking."

"No way, science and technology determine brain hole, and development determines creativity. How can those countries create vast, majestic and stunning science fiction works in a backward illusion?"

"God! They submitted [-] works? Then they were all eliminated? Hahaha, I laughed so hard! Why didn't they submit [-] works? Well... don't let them know what I think, otherwise I doubt they will really bring over two hundred manuscripts next year."

"Overreaching guy."

"I have read the works of several sci-fi writers in their country, and I have to say that there is no innovation at all. It is full of backward and boring taste, which makes me feel like chewing gum that others have eaten. It is so disgusting."

"It will take another [-] years for their works to be shortlisted for the World Science Fiction Convention!"

"..."

Soon this wind inevitably blows to the country.

So on the major social platforms, in order to attract traffic, the media moved all kinds of foreign news over.

[Huaxia Science Fiction being ridiculed by the world? 】

[Unbelievable, our science fiction is actually only plagiarism and reference]

[World Science Fiction Convention, Huaxia is not even eligible to be shortlisted]

[Lack of imagination and professionalism?Our sci-fi works are reduced to global jokes]

When the media started a craze, even though Huaxia netizens were not very interested in science fiction, this topic still rushed to the hot searches in a short period of time.

Netizens exploded one by one.

"Fuck, so our sci-fi level is so low?"

"Science fiction is all plagiarism? Isn't it embarrassing?"

"This wave of embarrassment has been thrown abroad, it's outrageous!"

"Today I just found out that there is another science fiction club that submitted [-] manuscripts to participate in the World Science Fiction Convention? Then they all rejected them? Why don't you be so sarcastic! Mad... If you are not strong enough, don't make jokes, okay?" ? Can we keep a low profile and stop being ashamed!"

"..."

Even the editors of the Science Fiction Club did not expect that under the deliberate publicity of some media.Even Huaxia netizens began to criticize their sci-fi clubs, and even began to slander sci-fi writers without a bottom line.

They stood at the commanding heights of morality, accusing science fiction authors one by one of not going abroad to lose face.

In fact, it’s no wonder that these netizens are so stupid. In fact, China’s science fiction has always been in a downturn, and it is almost unknown to the general public. There is not a single famous science fiction.

And the sci-fi TV series, sci-fi movies, sci-fi animations and even all kinds of toys that you usually come into contact with... basically all the sci-fi content you come into contact with comes from the West.

That's why everyone looks down on science fiction in their own country.

Anger!

Wrong!

The editors of the Science Fiction Club saw the comments on the Internet, and their lungs almost exploded. They originally wanted the China Science Fiction Club to be in line with the international standards as soon as possible, and exhausted their minds for the development of science fiction. It’s all for them to understand, and they have been condemned and abused by netizens without thinking?

However, this is not over.

Next.

I saw a marketing account on the Internet make a comment: "Unbelievable! It's really incredible! I checked just now and found that the [-] science fiction articles submitted by Science Fiction Club to the international community this time actually cost [-] to [-] million yuan. Manuscripts collected nationwide. I just want to say, this result was obtained in the end of [-] to [-] million? A result of annihilation of the entire army? Then what is the significance of paying tens of millions of huge sums?
And I also learned from a certain source that this science fiction club even invited dozens of Internet authors to participate in the event in order to solicit articles.Haha, web writer?Are they also writers?Your sci-fi club has even invited these people, what good works can you write?You just send a group of Internet writers to compare with those foreign sci-fi masters?Originally, the level of science fiction in our country was far below the world level, but now you even ask Internet writers to compare with them. Are you a monkey sent to make fun of it?Damn, I was really shocked when I heard this news, it was outrageous to the extreme.Just based on your attitude, Huaxia's science fiction will be destroyed, let alone tomorrow! "

Netizens were shocked when they saw it.

"My God, is it so dark?"

"Ma De, take tens of millions to solicit manuscripts? Will the whole army be wiped out?"

"It's fine if all the money is spent on soliciting papers, but what the hell is asking online writers to write soliciting essays, and one essay is [-] yuan, which is really far from the spectrum."

"Hahaha, laugh three times! It's hopeless!"

"Twenty to thirty million!!! How many poor people are there in our country!!! Is this how our taxpayers' money is wasted?"

"Strict investigation! Strict investigation must be done!!!"

"I really didn't expect that a small science fiction club would be so dark."

"Eye-opening!"

As time went by, the article of this marketing account began to ferment on the whole network.

A few hours later, it rushed to the hot search!

Finally, the heat completely exploded!
What started out as a small sci-fi essay contest turned into a large-scale cyber storm where the entire network denounced sci-fi clubs.

Science Fiction Club.

All the editors were numb, they had no idea that the situation would turn out like this.

Seeing that the public opinion on the Internet is developing in an unexpected direction bit by bit, everyone's minds are blank.

"Why is that?"

"Are they all crazy?"

"What did we do wrong?"

"Take a step back, even if we spend money, it's the hard-earned money of our sci-fi club. What does it have to do with taxpayers?"

"..."

at the same time.

Seven o'clock editorial team, Chen Yu has already got the news.

He looked at the boiling news on the whole network, and was stunned for a while: "It turns out that the real purpose of the Science Fiction Society's essay solicitation is to participate in the World Science Fiction Convention? No wonder they are so aggressive. But it is too tragic. Twenty science fiction articles were wiped out, and our country Is the sci-fi really so backward?"

He suddenly remembered "The Wandering Earth", which Liu Xingliang once praised so much.

"Even short sci-fi short stories like "The Wandering Earth" are not eligible for the shortlist? Isn't the entry standard for the World Science Fiction Convention too high?"

At this time, Chen Yu's eyes suddenly narrowed, because a piece of media had already listed [-] manuscripts for the Science Fiction Society's participation in the World Science Fiction Conference.Just glanced at it, and his heart skipped a beat, because he didn't see the name of "The Wandering Earth" on the article.

Ok?
impossible?How could there be no "Wandering Earth"?
(End of this chapter)