China Entertainment Mythology 2004

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

Liu Xiaohui brought home a magazine and an envelope from get off work that day.

"Xiao Mu, your "Science Fiction World" magazine has arrived, and by the way, there is also a letter."

"knew."

Li Mu went over and took the magazine and letter, then turned and returned to his room.

Speaking of which, I was originally a science fiction fan, and my study room was filled with "Science Fiction World" magazines.

"Science Fiction World" is a magazine edited and published by Science Fiction World Magazine. It is also the science fiction magazine with the largest circulation in the world. It also hosted the 1991 World Science Fiction Association Annual Conference.

Over the past two decades, with the care and support of millions of readers, the science fiction world has produced countless science fiction works of high quality and highly collectible value, and has also cultivated a large number of outstanding local science fiction writers.

This includes the Chinese science fiction giant Liu Cixin, who will be famous in later generations. In fact, Liu Cixin was already famous at this time, but his fame was still limited to the science fiction circle.

At this time, Liu Cixin had not yet started writing his most famous work, The Three-Body Problem, and had not won the Hugo Award. Guan Hai had not revealed in the New York Times that he would read The Three-Body Problem on a daily basis, and neither did Zuckerberg.

He began to promote "The Three-Body Problem" to others - so at this time, although Liu Cixin was relatively well-known in mainland science fiction circles, few outsiders knew of his existence.

The circle of science fiction is still too closed for the time being. Among all types of literature, including romance, thriller, martial arts, and officialdom, there are works that have sold half a million or even more than a million copies in any category. Only in the circle of science fiction,

At present, there are very few works that have sold more than 100,000 copies.

Before "The Three-Body Problem", Liu Cixin's highest-selling work was "Ball Lightning" written next year, with sales of just over 50,000.

Unlike later generations, the sales volume of Liu's "The Three-Body Problem" exceeded 20 million, and its copyright value is even more inestimable.

The couple who bought the film and television rights to "The Three-Body Problem" for 100,000 yuan sold it for 120 million a few years later, making a brutal profit.

By the way, the letter just now was written by Liu Cixin to the original person.

I am an avid science fiction fan. In addition to ordering the magazine "Science Fiction World" on a daily basis, I occasionally write to my favorite authors to discuss the plot. Sometimes I even tell the author that I want to write science fiction novels, but I am worried that I am not capable enough.

I was worried, but I didn’t expect that Liu actually replied this time.

Li Mu opened the envelope and read it. To put it simply, in addition to thanking the original person for liking his work, Liu also advised the original person to try writing if he really likes science fiction. He also said that he was writing

He had been anxious before and worried that his knowledge was not enough to be a writer, let alone writing about the most difficult science fiction subject matter.

But when he really started to write, he discovered that the hardest part of writing was actually starting to write.

After reading the reply, Li Mu fell into deep thought.

At present, the science fiction circle is indeed too small, but if you take a longer-term view, you will find that there is actually a lot to do here.

The later "The Wandering Earth" was able to sell 4.6 billion at the box office as proof.

The current domestic science fiction market is far from mature, but there will always be a day when it matures in the future. As a time traveler who knows the development trajectory of later generations, Li Mu feels that he can do something in advance.

He had no intention of plagiarizing Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem". Someone had just written a letter to encourage him, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

He will not limit his sights to China alone. So many classic science fiction novels, film and television dramas in the world have not yet been released, so he can write the works he values ​​​​in advance.

"Science Fiction World" magazine has a certain influence in the world, and has a certain degree of communication with colleagues around the world. He can use the platform of "Science Fiction World" to publish works abroad. The domestic science fiction market is immature, but it is different abroad. Sales volume

It’s not unusual for science fiction works to have sales of over 100 million yuan.

Moreover, the domestic science fiction market will mature sooner or later in the future, and then he will produce these science fiction works.

So which work should I write first?

Li Mu sat on the computer chair and flipped through the magazine he had just received. He first looked at the catalog: Special Planning, Galaxy Award Essay Competition, Daily Star, Super Short Science Fiction...

I didn’t see Da Liu’s name, but there were two authors he knew: Luo Longxiang and Yang Guifu.

Li Mu browsed through it roughly. There were no works that were too long, and there were no works that were too amazing. Anyway, from Li Mu's point of view, it was not that he couldn't read them, but if he had other pastimes, he would not read these things.

After all, he comes from 20 years later, and science fiction works are precisely time-sensitive works. Many things that are still fantasy and dare not be thought of may be ruined in a few years.

Therefore, he may even feel a little childish when looking at these authors.

In a sense, Li Mu can write excellent science fiction works even without copying.

His description of what the world will look like in the next 20 years is already the world's top science fiction work, and it is a work that can fully withstand the test of history.

When the things written in his book appear in the real world in the future, he will even be able to become a god and transform from a science fiction writer to a prophet.

There was too much to think about, so he retracted his thoughts.

"Galaxy Prize Essay Call."

Li Mu muttered silently.

Before Liu Cixin won the Hugo Award, he had won the Galaxy Award many times. The Galaxy Award is the highest honor for Chinese science fiction novels. It would not be bad if he could win the Galaxy Award.

So it’s still the question from the beginning, which work to write?

Original?

Don’t be ridiculous, he created his own creation before time travel, and he created his own creation after time traveling, so didn’t he travel through time in vain?

Let’s test the waters by writing a short or medium-sized story first. You don’t need to write those famous things first. Just write a more general work first.

After much deliberation, he set his sights on a low-budget science fiction movie he had watched in his previous life.

The story tells that the male protagonist signed a three-year contract with the Moon Heavy Industry Group, and the work he needs to do is to mine the original energy source in the lunar soil - helium-3 on the surface of the moon.

This is an extremely lonely job for the protagonist, because the satellite used for real-time communication with the earth has been broken for a long time. He is the only living person in the entire lunar base, and there is only one person to assist him in his work.

Intelligent robots can communicate.

The too-silent environment made time even more difficult. Fortunately, the three-year contract period was about to end, and he was about to return to Earth to reunite with his wife and daughter.

However, three years of working on the moon made his health worse and worse, and he often experienced hallucinations, which caused him to be unable to concentrate while working. As a result, he had a serious accident while driving the lunar rover.

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Li Mu completed the novel in just three days. Then he searched online for submission methods for the "Science Fiction World" Galaxy Award competition, and then sent the work called "Moon".

It is worth mentioning that this small-budget science fiction film with an investment of only a few million US dollars won more than ten awards that year, and is still talked about by many science fiction fans even 20 years later.

On Douban, 260,000 people gave this movie a high score of 8.5.

The Los Angeles Times commented: "If we want to talk about the future influence of "Moon", then it is simply "2009: A Space Odyssey". This is a film that can be compared with Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey"

’s works.”

By the way, this film also won the Hugo Award in 2010 - "Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Performance in a Long Play". Yes, it was the "Hugo Award" won by science fiction tycoon Liu Cixin, but Liu Cixin won

Received the Hugo Award for Best Feature, and this film won the "Best Dramatic Performance Award for a Feature".

In terms of the weight of the award, the one awarded by Da Liu is still more substantial.