China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 78 New Book
Li Mu had seen both the movie version and the novel version of "Divergent" in his previous life. The difference was that the movie he watched was in English, but the novel he was reading was in Chinese.

The total number of words in the Chinese version of "Divergent 1" is about 22 words. If he devotes all his energy to this novel, it will only take half a month to complete the creation of the Chinese version.But he is still busy with the later stages of "Super Body", participating in various official and semi-official activities, and attending various evening parties, salons, seminars, etc. in the entertainment circle, so it was not until the end of January 07 that he finally completed "Divergence" Creation of "Partner 1".

After typing the last full stop, Li Mu stretched his waist, and then he glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer——20:27, not too late, Li Mu immediately dialed the number of Qin Li, editor of Science Fiction World Magazine. Telephone.

"Sister Li, I wrote another book, which is still aimed at Europe and the United States. I still have to trouble you for domestic and foreign publications."

"Are you writing a book again?"

Qin Li originally had a slight cold these past few days. Although the problem was not serious, she also felt tired all over the body and drowsy all day long. Unexpectedly, she suddenly became energetic now, as if her nose that had been stuffed for two days was ventilated .

"Well, but this time I only wrote the Chinese version, and I have to ask Sister Li to help me find a reliable translator."

"No problem at all, don't worry, you must find a top domestic literary translator."

"Then please trouble Sister Li, I will send the novel to Sister Li's mailbox immediately."

"it is good."

After a while, Qin Li received a new email, and she couldn't wait to download the work.

"Divergent?"

What are you talking about?

Unlike works such as "The Martian", "Inception", and "Interstellar", this novel does not have any useful content from the title alone.

Qin Li poured herself a cup of hot water, took two more cold medicines, then sat down in front of the computer and opened the file.

"Our house has a mirror, which is hung in the corridor on the second floor, with a sliding panel in front. As a member of the Selfless family, I will sit in front of the mirror on the second day of the first month of every three months, waiting for Mom cut my hair."

With the deepening of reading, Qin Li quickly figured out the setting of the novel.

Triss, the heroine of "Divergent", lived in an era with clear latitude and longitude, and human beings were divided into five factions—the honest faction, the learned faction, the fearless faction, the friendly faction, and the selfless faction. Those who were abandoned by these five factions would become As a non-affiliated person, he lived a life like a vagabond.

Triss was born in the Unselfish faction, but eventually chose the Dauntless faction.As a result of the personality test, she was a Divergent, a person who should have been killed by that society, and she was warned not to tell anyone, including her own parents.

……

"call!"

Qin Li was dazed, it was already three o'clock in the morning, but her spirit was still extremely excited.Seven hours, 22 words, she read it in one breath, without any feeling of irritability and boredom. She already faintly felt the potential contained in this book.

The two most popular novel series sold in the European and American book markets in the past two years, one is "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer, and the other is "The Hunger Games" by Li Mu.

Qin Li has specifically studied the reasons why these two series are so popular, and she also has some personal experience, and this "Divergent" gave her the feeling that:
"If you liked The Twilight Saga or The Hunger Games, you'll be crazy about Divergent!"

……

Editorial Department of Science Fiction World Magazine.

A female editor turned her head and asked, "Why didn't Sister Qin come today?"

Yang Feng edited: "It should be a bad cold again."

A male editor with glasses said: "Sister Qin has had a cold for a long time."

Yang Feng said: "It's been long enough, it's been more than a week."

"By the way, how many books did Li Mu sell in total?"

"2400 million copies, the total sales volume of the two "Hunger Games" novels is 2100 million copies, and the combined sales volume of the five novels "The Martian", "Inception", "Gravity", "Interstellar" and "Moon" is 300 million copies. "

"Why do you say "The Martian", "Inception" and other books can't sell "The Hunger Games"? It seems that the quality of the next five novels is higher."

"It may be that the reading of the last five novels has a threshold. Take "The Martian" as an example. According to editor Qin Li, this book has been registered in NASA. Dozens of hundreds of NASA active or The former staff members collectively picked faults in this book, but in the end they couldn’t find a few obvious loopholes! Although the method of survival on Mars written in it seems to be unclear, professional terms are thrown out one by one, and the Readers are confused, but in fact, most of the content written in the book is really very operable! Based on this alone, this book is a masterpiece! But it is also because of this point that this book Books have a higher reading threshold than The Hunger Games."

"That's right, there is also "Inception" for the same reason. After reading it once, I was a little confused, and then I went back and read it again carefully. I finally sorted out the plot completely——f*ck, and then I just knelt down, a masterpiece! I think the vast majority of readers are actually not very fond of using their brains, so there is no way, "Inception" just sells But The Hunger Games."

""Inception" is actually easy to understand, and "Interstellar" is the real head-scratcher - relativity, quantum mechanics, five-dimensional space, time dilation, gravitational slingshot."

"Especially the time dilation theory in it."

"After reading the novel, I read a lot of related works. After reading it, I seemed to understand it for a moment, but after a while, I thought about it carefully, and my brain was still a mess."

"Just a few theories made me suffer from insomnia for several nights. My mind was full of the universe, time and space, and the theory of relativity in those days. It was simply uncomfortable to scratch my head."

"As for this kind of novel, if you like it, you will immediately kneel down, but when you meet someone who doesn't like it and doesn't like to use their brains, how can this kind of book be as enjoyable as "The Hunger Games"!"

Several people were discussing, when editor Qin Li opened the door and came in, with two big black circles on her head, but her spirit was unexpectedly good.

"Li Mu sent me the new book last night, and I stayed up late to read it at 3 o'clock in the morning."

After speaking, Qin Li sat in front of the computer and did some operations:
"The novel has been sent to the work mailbox. Those who are interested can read it."

When the editors heard the words, they all took action immediately, downloading, downloading, and reading.

This is Li Mu's new book, how could everyone not be interested?

"The Divergent" is a typical American novel, with no pissing point in the whole process, all kinds of dizzying tests and challenges, and exciting and exciting plots one after another.

But the most exciting part of the novel is actually the author's construction of the world view, and those who disagree do not belong to any category:

They have the helpfulness of the selfless group, but they are not as selfless as the selfless group.

They have the honesty of honesty, but want to keep their privacy.

They have the erudite spirit of exploring the unknown and the thirst for knowledge, but they don't want to regard these as the whole of life.

They have the kindness and friendliness of the friendly group, but they are very clear that people are full of contradictions.

They have the bravery and determination of the Dauntless faction, but they cannot abandon their truest fears.

They are dangerous to the world because they cannot be controlled by their own characteristics like the other five factions.

Because they have this quality, but they also have other qualities.

Manipulators are terrified by the existence of Divergents, who believe that such people should not exist.

They are afraid that such "uniqueness" will spread.

If the number of Divergents increases, the world's classification of human beings will become meaningless, so Divergents must be eliminated.

……

In the afternoon, close to get off work.

"What do you think of the book "Divergent"?" Editor Qin Li asked after seeing that everyone had almost finished reading it.

"It's okay, but I actually like Li Mu's "The Martian" better."

"It's wonderful, but I feel it's not as shocking as Li Mu's "Inception"."

"It's very enjoyable to read it in one sitting, but when it comes to discussing the depth of the novel, this book is actually not as good as Li Mu's debut novel "Moon."

"The plot is intense and exciting, and the setting of the world view is also very innovative. It can be said that the reading experience is very good. But after reading it, I always feel that this book is far less shocking than the "Three-Body Problem" just completed by Da Liu."

After listening to everyone's opinions, Qin Li said: "I feel the same as everyone else, but the problem is that the problems in "Divergent" and "The Hunger Games" also exist in all of them."

Everyone in the editorial department was shocked when they heard this.

That's right! "Divergent" does have many problems, and it is far from being too deep, but why not "The Hunger Games"?

But "The Hunger Games" sold 2100 million copies in the United States!

And what about Divergent?

(End of this chapter)