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Chapter 359 Something's Wrong (Second Update, Please Subscribe)

mid-may.

There are only ten days left before the official start of the World Science Fiction Convention, and sci-fi fans all over the world are almost getting more and more excited, waiting for the opening of this pinnacle event in the sci-fi world.

At this moment, in the world's major bookstores, because of the popularity of the World Science Fiction Convention and media reports, all bookstores took advantage of this time to place several popular science fiction books in the most prominent positions, and accompanied them with huge beautiful posters , so that they attract more people to buy.

Every year in this month, the sales of science fiction novels in bookstores will skyrocket, making the bosses happy.

Nordic.

In a bookstore, the crowd is surging at the moment, very lively.

At the door, several huge posters were extremely dazzling.

The sci-fi masterpiece "Mysterious Man" is now on sale!
The world's top sci-fi master Wagner's "Abyss Steel" is coming!
The shocking poster has attracted countless sci-fi fans, even many ordinary people have stopped and unknowingly took out a copy of "Mysterious Man" or "Abyss Steel" from the most conspicuous place.

Doc is a researcher at Random House. His job is to go to various bookstores to investigate the purchase of new books, readers' responses and payment rates after his company's books are published.

This month, the scope of his investigation is the sales of Random House's science fiction works.

When he walked into the bookstore, he saw the scene in front of him: the readers who almost walked into the bookstore, nine times out of ten, the books they read immediately were all highly recommended works by the bookstore.

This is quite normal.

It's just that most ordinary people put the book back in place after reading a few sci-fi works.Science fiction, even if it is vigorously promoted by bookstores, the audience is still not very large.

Doc observed silently, taking out his notebook from time to time to record the traffic, data, purchase rate and even the details of the readers' conversations.

After a while, he sat aside to rest.

Looking across the sci-fi bookshelf, due to the strength of Random House, almost half of the best-selling works of the sci-fi club are published by their company, which makes him a little proud.

But soon, Doc's eyes narrowed, and he saw a few books lying quietly at the bottom of the bookshelf: "Three-Body Problem".

"The Three-Body Problem? That Chinese science fiction book that was published in an expedited manner recently, but only printed [-] copies?"

Doc felt uncomfortable. He didn't understand why the higher-ups published such a meaningless work.And he also saw the results of this work in the bookstore in front of him - sales: zero.

"Very well, because of this work, the great Random House will be ridiculed by colleagues for a long time."

Doc muttered in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.After all, the publication of this work was ordered by the president of the group, Marcus. God knows what kind of nerves that old man is having.

Over time.

There are more and more people in the bookstore.

At this moment, a group of people dressed as students walked in from outside the door. Immediately after entering the door, several people's eyes lit up, and one by one they took a hot-selling science fiction book from the bookshelf and read it.

Only the last student hesitated for a while, not knowing what to look at.Because he didn't like reading science fiction very much, this time he came to the bookstore at the instigation of other students, saying that the World Science Fiction Convention was about to open, and everyone should keep up with the trend.But after entering the bookstore, he saw a dazzling array of books, and he didn't know which one to choose.

"Hey Darren, why hesitate?"

"Yes, these sci-fi are very good-looking."

"It will definitely allow you to discover new worlds."

"The creativity of science fiction is much stronger than other novels."

"..."

After the other students said a few words, they sat on their chairs and sank into reading.

Nobody cares about him.

Darren sat on the floor along the bookshelf, with a dazed expression. After a while, bored, he took a book from the next shelf and opened it. It was "Three-Body Problem".

After about half an hour.

The group of students started whispering.

"Ego's "Mysterious Man" is not as good as I imagined. Although it is still wonderful, it is still much worse than the previous Hugo Award works."

"I feel that "Abyss Steel" is also so-so, and Wagner is exhausted. If this work was written by someone else, I would give it an eight. But it is Wagner's work, so I can only give it a six."

"It is true that there have been no good works in the field of science fiction in the past few years. It is estimated that all good ideas have been written."

"..."

There was a lot of discussion.

Half an hour is enough for everyone to choose books.

Some people bought books they liked.

Some people give up the idea.

But just as the students were about to leave the bookstore, everyone was taken aback suddenly, because they saw Darren sitting on the ground, holding a science fiction book and reading it seriously.

"Haha, didn't Darren say he doesn't like science fiction?"

"I didn't expect to be so fascinated by it?"

"Hey Darren, what novel are you reading?"

Everyone laughed and talked, but Darren seemed to have never heard of it.

Only the student who was closest to him looked sideways, and suddenly froze, and then a look of astonishment appeared on his face: ""Three-Body Problem"?"

"What? The Three-Body Problem?"

"The translation at the bottom of the bookshelf?"

"I saw it just now. It's the work of a sci-fi artist in China. But I've never heard of its name, and it seems that China's sci-fi has always been lagging behind, right? It can't even be a finalist for the World Science Fiction Convention."

Everyone looked at each other.

Soon someone laughed: "Normally, Darren has never read sci-fi, so he can read all kinds of garbage with relish. I think when I first came into contact with sci-fi, I was fascinated by even the sci-fi works of lesser-known writers." , I lament the writers’ brains. I guess Darren is the same... And now, only a few top sci-fi masters can attract me.”

Hearing what this classmate said, everyone was deeply impressed.

Who hasn't gone through this process?
At this moment, Darren was finally awakened. He raised his head and said in a daze, "You are calling me? I'm sorry, I was fascinated by it just now. This "Three-Body Problem" is really well written. Are you leaving? Please wait." Wait... let me finish this part."

After speaking, he sank into reading again.

The classmate who spoke just now let out a yo, and picked up a copy of "Three-Body Problem": "Hey, please let us remember Hua! Xia! Da! Zuo who brought Darren into the door of science fiction!"

When he said the last thing, he deliberately emphasized his tone, and then turned to joke and read.

A few other students knew what he meant, and they also took out a copy of "Three-Body Problem" from the bookshelf and opened them one after another, planning to find some faults in it and make fun of Darren for being attracted to such a rubbish book.

that's it.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Gradually, the banter on everyone's faces gradually disappeared, and everyone's faces became surprised and shocked.

It was almost half an hour later.

A boy finally raised his head, rubbed his jerky eyes, and said in a strange tone, "This... this... this "Three-Body Problem" is really the work of a Chinese science fiction writer?"

One sentence seemed to ignite everyone's hearts instantly.

"Damn it, I didn't realize I was fascinated until you told me."

"There's something about this novel."

"It's not just something, the setting of Trisolaran is too awesome."

"Don't answer...don't answer...I feel chills on my back when I see this."

"..."

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, each with quite a shock in their eyes.

Suddenly one person said: "Go! Go home and watch!"

After all, there are more and more people here, so it is not a good place to read.

Several people nodded one after another, each took a copy of "Three-Body Problem" and left in a hurry after paying.Some people even gave up "Mysterious Man" that they wanted to buy and chose "Three-Body Problem".

not far away.

Doc, who had been doing research silently, almost burst into shock. In his opinion, it was normal for these students to buy "Three-Body Problem".But it's too wrong to let them give up the best-selling masterpieces of top sci-fi masters such as Igo and Wagner, and choose an unknown Chinese writer's work.

"what happened?"

Doc suppressed the shock in his heart, and his strong curiosity made him pick up a copy of "The Three-Body Problem".

(End of this chapter)