China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 21 Praise
In the history of "Science Fiction World" magazine, there have been two sudden sales explosions: one in 1995 and one in 2000.

Before 1995, the monthly circulation of "Science Fiction World" magazine was only 1995 to 15 copies, but it suddenly increased to [-] copies per month in [-].

Before 1999, the sales volume of "Science Fiction World" magazine was about 20 copies per month, and it suddenly increased to 2000 copies per month in 40.

This is the second sales explosion in the history of "Science Fiction World".

Because in June 1999, "Science Fiction World" magazine published the science fiction novel "Heart Song Kuiying" by young author Wang Lin. This is a novel about memory transplantation. The editor-in-chief Alai also wrote a special article about chip Popular science article on implant surgery.

On July 1999, 7, the composition question for the college entrance examination came out——If memory can be transplanted, public opinion was in an uproar, and the magazine "Science Fiction World" became famous, and many students and parents who had never heard of the magazine before ordered the magazine one after another.

Li Xu was in high school in 94. He only knew that there was such a sci-fi magazine in China after reading the news. He has been very interested in sci-fi since he was a child, and he has subscribed to the magazine every issue since then. This subscription is In seven or eight years, until he graduated from university and became a physics teacher in the first year of high school, he gradually stopped the habit of subscribing.

As for why the magazine that has been subscribed for seven or eight years suddenly stopped subscribing, he thought it might be because of the lack of a surprise. The magazine still occasionally releases some excellent works, but most of the time it can no longer give people the feeling of surprise. In addition, I became busy after work, so I stopped ordering unknowingly.

"Ms. Li, does it mean that people who are not interested in physics can't learn physics well?"

"Of course not. For the content before the university, there is nothing that can't be learned by doing too many questions."

"Then teacher, were you interested in physics when you were in school? Or did you just learn physics well by doing more questions?"

"Of course the teacher is interested in physics. For example, since 94, the teacher has to subscribe to a magazine called "Science Fiction World" every month, which publishes some science fiction stories. The teacher's subscription is seven For eight years, I didn’t gradually stop subscribing until after graduating from university. It is true that you can learn physics well by brushing the questions, but if you are interested in the subject, of course you will learn more with less effort.”

""Science Fiction World"? Is this magazine still available?"

"It should be. A few years ago, the teacher still subscribed."

After class, Li Xu chatted casually with the students, then returned to the office with his textbooks.

At noon, some students wandered around the school gate, and unknowingly came to the newspaper stand not far from the school gate.

"What is the name of the magazine Mr. Li mentioned this morning?"

"It seems to be "Science World"!"

"What "Science World" is "Science World"!"

"Yes, yes, "Science Fiction World."

"Would you like to buy a copy?"

Then the students flocked to the newsstand.

"Boss, is there a "Science Fiction World" magazine?"

The boss is a thin-eyed man who looks very shrewd.

"Yes, yes, I just arrived this morning. Let me tell you, my classmates, that this magazine is so popular that you can't get it from newsstands. It took me a lot of effort to get 20. Ben, how about five? It’s really exciting.”

The boss saw that there were five classmates, and immediately wanted to sell five copies at a time. This magazine is not very easy to sell, but there are still some regular customers, so he has to order a few fewer copies every month.

"How much is a copy?"

"Five dollars."

"Then let's...a book first."

"Good Le!"

Back in the classroom, the five students read their heads together for a while, and the magazine gave them an average feeling, so after reading for a while, three of them went about their own affairs without any interest .

Half an hour later, the two classmates who were reading magazines together suddenly started arguing.

"Don't flip through so fast, I haven't finished reading it yet."

"I said you can't hurry up?"

"What's the hurry?"

"Or I'll watch it after I've finished."

"That won't work. If you want to see it first, I will watch it first."

"I can't attend the afternoon class until I finish it. I have something to do and I can't do anything else."

"Okay, okay, I'm going to buy another one."

The other three students were stunned.

what's the situation?
Is it so pretty?

Why did you grab it?
Obviously very ordinary, right?
The three of them just watched it.

Students are the age with the most curiosity. Now that someone is arguing to read the magazine, and the other party would rather buy another copy than wait a while, everyone's curiosity has completely exploded.

Many students leaned over their heads and rolled their eyes in a similar manner.

But I can't understand it without looking at it from the beginning.

Fortunately, the classmate who went out to buy magazines came back, and immediately many classmates surrounded him.

The students who just bought the magazine directly turned to an article in the middle.

The students leaned over to read the title of the article: "Moon".

……

School at night.

Many students headed straight for the newsstands outside the campus.

"Boss, here is the latest "Science Fiction World", the one with the novel "Moon"."

"I'm also getting a copy of the same one. A lot of my classmates are saying it's super good-looking, so I want to see if it's real or not."

"Does the boss have Science Fiction World magazine?"

……

The small-eyed boss is blindfolded.

"Science Fiction World" has always been a niche magazine. It used to sell less than [-] copies a month. What's the matter today?
Also, what about the novel The Moon?

Twenty magazines were sold out in a blink of an eye, and the boss couldn't help but regret that he didn't have enough stock.

"I'm sorry students, the magazine is sold out."

"Sorry, the last one was bought by that classmate just now."

"It's gone, it's gone, it's really gone, a total of twenty books have been entered."

"Students, why are you suddenly interested in "Science Fiction World" today?"

""Moon"? Three consecutive issues?"

The boss rolled his eyes. It seems that at least a few more "Science Fiction World" will be added next month and the next month.

The next morning.

Teacher Li Xu came to the classroom as usual. As soon as he entered the classroom, he felt that the students were more active than usual. Many students gathered together in small groups to discuss something intensely.

"Cloning, definitely cloning, just like Dolly the sheep in the book."

"So the main body was seriously injured?"

"Sure, do you even need to ask?"

"Then who cloned the main character? Also, why did you clone him?"

"It must have been cloned by the Lunar Heavy Industries Group! As for why, have you heard of the mine disaster? This is the mine disaster that happened on the moon, and you have to lose money! I guess the employee died in an accident and will pay a very high sum of money. , Or is it because you are afraid that news media reports will affect the company's high-tech or safe and reliable image? In short, the cloning of the protagonist is to give an explanation to the protagonist's family and public opinion, but I did not expect that the cloned person did not die, so this is troublesome."

"Looking at the trailer, it will be serialized three times. It's too ridiculous. Can't it be finished at one time?"

"Would you still buy the next issue after the first release? Anyway, as it is now, I will definitely buy the next issue of the magazine. I have to see if my guess is right."

"You said what about the wife and children of the clone who returned to Earth? Now there are two people, but there is still only one wife and child. How will the two protagonists be divided?"

"How to divide? Of course, continue to be the wife and children of the main body."

"The clone is too miserable. To him, his wife and children belong to him, as he remembers."

The good classroom turned into a vegetable market, Li Xu couldn't help but cleared his throat.

"Students, students, be quiet, what are you all discussing, so excited?"

Then almost all the students looked at the teacher, and then many students held up a thin book at the same time.

"Ms. Li, the latest issue of "Science Fiction World", the stories in it are really wonderful."

Li Xu was dumbfounded.

""Science Fiction World"?"

Students: "That's right, isn't it teacher, did you say that this magazine is very good yesterday? Then some students bought one, not to mention, it was really exciting, and then many students bought it."

"Science Fiction World" is indeed good, but it's not so good, is it?

Li Xu shook his head with a smile, thinking: "This group of students still don't read much. Just a random issue of "Science Fiction World" shocked them like this. If they can see the most exciting novel in the past [-] years How many episodes, then don't go crazy!"

At this time, a classmate handed his magazine to Li Xu: "Teacher, the other novels in the magazine are actually mediocre. No wonder you are becoming uncertain, but there is a novel called "Moon" in it that is really amazing and beautiful." , Teacher, please take a look too, I guess you will like it too."

"Others are so-so... "Moon"? Surprised by heaven and man?!"

"Is it true that this issue just published a masterpiece? Wang Jinkang or Liu Cixin?"

Li Xu took the magazine and turned directly to the place where the students had folded a page. He first looked at the author's name of the article: Li Mu.

Never heard of it.

It seems that it's not a masterpiece, but that the students have never seen a really good sci-fi, so this is why they made such a fuss.

Li Xu smiled as if he knew everything.

"The school committee will send out the papers first, and everyone will continue to study the questions today."

"Also, the teacher doesn't object to your reading extracurricular books, but it's best not to take up the time in class. Now everyone still focuses on studying."

Then Li Xu sat in front of the podium, and then slowly read it, thinking while reading: "This group of students are so excited about an ordinary science fiction novel, if they see works written in the past [-] years- By the way, all the magazines I ordered before are still there. Tomorrow I will pick the best ones and take them to school, and let the students experience what real science fiction is! The ones that are saved are like bumpkins. It’s amazing to see anything.”

15 minute later.

"Damn... no more? What did you do? Awesome!"

Then Li Xu raised his head and saw that the students doing the quizzes were all looking at him, and he smiled awkwardly and politely.

……

almost the same time.

Suddenly, the customer hotline of Science Fiction World Magazine was overwhelmed.

(End of this chapter)