China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 108 Who in the world does not know you

At 9 o'clock in the evening on September 1st, the CCTV program interspersed with news about Li Mu's Hugo Award:

"The latest news from our station, at the 65th World Science Fiction Convention, the Hugo Awards Jury officially announced today that the Hugo Awards for Best Long Story, Best Novelette, and Best Short Novella Awarded to Chinese writer Li Mu, Li Mu became the first Chinese writer to win the Hugo Award in history, the first Asian writer to win the Hugo Award, and the first science fiction writer to win three Hugo Awards at the same time."

On the evening of September 9, Li Mu went to CCTV to participate in the recording of the program, and he was busy until 2:11 in the evening before ending the recording.

CCTV host Wang Ning: "Hello, Mr. Li, I didn't expect us to meet so soon. The last time I interviewed you was when the project "Inception" was just exposed."

Li Mu: "It's a great honor to be a guest on our face-to-face program twice in such a short period of time."

Wang Ning: "I understand that most of your novels were first published in the United States. Can you tell us about your considerations at that time?"

Li Mu: "Because Huaxia science fiction literature is in a relatively marginal position, the circle is small, there are few readers, and the market is very sluggish. It is difficult for the best science fiction works to sell more than [-] copies. I feel that my level is no worse than those European and American writers, but they can sell hundreds of thousands or millions of copies, and some can even sell tens of millions of copies. Our same works can only Selling thousands of copies, I have to find a way to break through because I am not reconciled, and the easiest way must be to go to the mature markets in Europe and America."

Then the camera turned, and the TV screen began to show the vast starry sky, and at the same time, a man's voice explained:
"From a marginal position to a hot topic, this shot came from Yokohama, a small town of RB, on September 9. On this day, the 1th World Science Fiction Convention awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel Story to Chinese writer Li Mu's "The Martian" ", awarded the best novella award to Li Mu's work "Gravity", and awarded the best short novella award to Li Mu's work "Moon".

"The Hugo Award, the most authoritative and influential award in the field of science fiction in the world, can be called the Nobel Prize for Science Fiction Art, and thus ushered in the first Asian winner—Chinese writer Li Mu."

After the cutscene, the host Wang Ning asked:
"Did you ever think that you would win a Hugo Award?"

Li Mu: "I also thought about it, have you been nominated after all, but the Hugo Award, I always feel that this award is relatively far away from us, even the distance between the Hugo Award and the Chinese people, and the distance between the Nobel Prize and the Chinese people Even farther."

Wang Ning: "Why do you say that?"

Li Mu: "Because the Nobel Prize is awarded to mainstream literature. China's mainstream literature has deep roots. We have many excellent mainstream literature writers, but you must know science fiction literature. It can be said that there is only American science fiction in the world. Literature is well developed, other countries' science fiction literature is in a downturn, science fiction writers can't make money..."

Wang Ning: "Then why is American science fiction literature only developed in the world?"

Li Mu: "There may be many reasons why only American science fiction is developed and other countries are in the doldrums. It may have a lot to do with the country's historical tradition and technological strength. As for the reason why Chinese science fiction literature is relatively marginal, because science fiction writers can't make money. Money, even very good science fiction novels in China can only sell tens of thousands of copies. Writing science fiction in China can’t make money, so naturally it can’t attract people who are really talented in this field and can truly use all of them. All our energies are devoted to this cause. We have no shortage of talents who can write good science fiction works, what we lack is a market for these people to become famous through science fiction.”

"For example, a sci-fi writer I know named Liu Cixin wrote a book called "The Three-Body Problem". This book can be said to be the most exciting sci-fi work I have read in recent years. If In a relatively mature market, this book has the potential to sell tens of millions, but how much money does this book make for the author so far?"

"Before I bought the copyright of this work, the serial price of "Three-Body Problem" in the magazine was 180 yuan per 3 words, and I made a total of more than [-] yuan."

……

Xishan Province, Yangquan City.

"Dad, your name is on TV."

Liu Cixin's daughter Liu Jingjing suddenly pointed to the TV at home and said.

Liu Cixin and his wife rushed to the TV after hearing the news, while Li Mu was talking about the excitement of "The Three-Body Problem" in the CCTV studio.

In addition to talking about "Three-Body" in the interview, Li Mu also talked about the magazine "Science Fiction World", the glorious history of this magazine, and the relationship between himself and this magazine.

On September 9, it focused on the films produced by Huashang Media since its birth. In the news, Li Mu, chairman of Huashang Media, accepted an interview with reporters.In the interview, Li Mu expressed his confidence in the future of China's science fiction films, and introduced Huashang Media's project preparations for a period of time in the future, including the upcoming two science fiction film projects with large-scale investment. It is estimated that there will be two films The total investment will exceed RMB 5 billion.

……

Netizens said that in 07, there was no one more popular than Li Mu.

The global hit of "Super Body" made Li Mu famous in the entertainment circle.

The casting of "Inception" made a lot of noise, and the film's investment of 1.2 million US dollars even detonated the Internet. From then on, Li Mu's name really entered the field of vision of most netizens.

Next is the legend of winning the three awards of the 65th Hugo Awards, coupled with the rolling interviews of various CCTV channels and departments, and the promotion of many local provincial satellite TV and municipal TV stations. The most popular person in China.

Even whenever a celebrity starts to hype the scandal again, some netizens comment under the news:

"Don't fire it anymore. If you fire it again, can you still be as popular as Li Mu this year?"

In fact, Li Mu is not the only one who has exploded recently. In the past two days, the hotline of the "Science Fiction World Magazine" has been blown up. I don't know the data of the post office yet, but it is estimated that the number of subscribers will definitely usher in a wave of explosion.

Because there are precedents in previous years.

Before 1995, the sales volume of "Science Fiction World" magazine was less than 4. After 95, it suddenly increased to 15 copies per month.

Unexpectedly, 12 years later, the same scene would appear again in the "Science Fiction World" magazine, and the social enthusiasm this time is obviously higher than that in 95.

……

On September 9th, Huashang Media Company issued audition invitations to Gao Yuanyuan, Yu Feihong, Zeng Li, Hu Jing, Huang Bo, Zhang Zijian, Zhang Hanyu and others, and all the actors who received the invitation said that they would participate in the audition without exception.

It is worth mentioning that Gao Yuanyuan was about to sign a contract with director Lu Chuan for "Nanjing!Nanjing! ", but after receiving Hua Shang's invitation, he resolutely decided to come to the audition for the crew of "The Way to Steal the Key".

　There are only two updates today, and the missing ones will be filled later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)