China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Time has come quickly to November.

Office of the President of Science Fiction World Magazine.

President Alai was handling work when assistant Xiao Wu opened the door and came in.

"President, the latest post office subscription data for "Science Fiction World" magazine is out."

Alai continued to work with his head down, without raising his head at the same time: "Put it aside."

Xiao Wu put down the data report and exited the president's office.

After more than ten minutes, Alai finished handling the matters at hand and then prepared to take a look at the latest subscription data report.

To be honest, he didn't really want to see this report.

Since the monthly circulation of "Science Fiction World" magazine reached its peak of 400,000 copies in 2000, it has been declining, and by 2003 it fell below 300,000 copies.

From a circulation of 400,000 copies to a circulation of 300,000 copies, "Science Fiction World" magazine only took 3 years, and this period of time coincided with the time when he became the president of the magazine, so many people regarded it as

This downward trend is entirely his fault.

This makes Alai feel a little aggrieved. He became the president in 2003, and the magazine's circulation has been declining since 2001 and 2002. How can this blame fall on him alone?

He also said that Alai had no feelings for science fiction and that working at Science Fiction World magazine made him feel inferior.

What else is there? He has been committed to transforming the science fiction world in the direction of pure literature, but obviously his blind efforts have failed - it is simply nonsense!

But when talking about 1,000 to 10,000, the magazine's sales volume did drop from his hands to less than 300,000 copies. This ironclad fact left him unable to defend himself.

How low has the magazine fallen this month?

It can’t be that it has dropped below 290,000 copies, right?

This damn environment!

Alai picked up the data report and glanced at it with some annoyance. Then a number caught his eye, which made him dazed for a moment. He thought he had seen it wrong. He looked at the number again in disbelief.

305000!

That's right, after a year of hovering between 290,000 and 300,000, the magazine's subscriptions finally exceeded 300,000 copies again.

Remember last month, the number seemed to be 294,000 copies?

So the number of copies increased by 11,000 this month?

Alai is in a good mood.

However, the current number is only 5,000 more than 300,000. It is still not safe and may fall back next month.

Thinking of this, Alai immediately called deputy editor Yao Haijun.

"Deputy Editor Yao."

"President."

"The number of magazine subscriptions has increased slightly this month. The trend is good. It shows that your work is still effective. Keep it up. As long as we continue to pay close attention to the quality of works, the environment of the magazine will definitely get better. With stable work quality,

Naturally, there is a stable number of subscriptions.”

"The president is absolutely right. The increase in sales this month is largely due to a book called "Moon". The most commendable thing is that this is the author's first book. As time goes by, it may be another Liu Cixin

.”

Alai said: "I have also read the book "Moon", and it is indeed very good. Your editorial department must work hard to stabilize the author and provide convenience for him to create more works."

Yao Haijun said: "I'm afraid it's not easy. The author's thoughts are not entirely on this. Editor Yang Feng told me this. Li Mu is actually a director and screenwriter, and his first screenwriting work attracted Cheng Long's attention.

Note that in the end, Cheng Long invested tens of millions and even starred in the starring role. Obviously, this Li Mu will have more development in the film and television industry. However, I heard that he has a special liking for publishing novels in the United States. Maybe we can

Let’s start from this aspect.”

Alai said: "You want to use the relationship between the magazine and foreign publishing houses to publish for him as much as possible to impress him?"

Yao Haijun said: "The premise is that the quality of his new work is okay."

…

Science Fiction World Editorial Department.

Yang Feng was reviewing a manuscript when suddenly her cell phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was Li Mu's phone number.

"Hey, Li Mu."

"Editor Yang, the first part of my new book trilogy has been sent to your email. If you have time, please take a look. I think this book should be suitable for the European and American markets, so I ask Editor Yang to take your time.

, and strive to release this book into the U.S. market as soon as possible.”

Yang Feng said: "Don't worry, our magazine has a lot of foreign resources. As long as the quality of your book is good, there will be a way to publish it in the United States."

"Thank you then, Editor Yang."

"You're welcome, this is what I should do."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Feng did not go to see Li Mu's new work immediately. Although she was full of curiosity about this new work at the moment, she still insisted on finishing the manuscript she had just read half of.

After she finally finished reading the last manuscript, she found what Li Muxin had sent to her in the mailbox. However, after she downloaded the file, when she looked at the two manuscripts in Chinese and English on the desktop, she was filled with excitement.

Everyone is confused.

"How much does he want to publish his novel in the United States! He even wrote the English version? What does this mean? Is it inevitable?"

When Editor Yang Feng told this matter to other editors in the editorial department, the entire editorial department instantly fell into a sea of ​​joy.

"Hahaha... I said, this Li Mu is too funny, isn't it? Has anyone seen a writer write two kinds of words together?"

"Hahaha, this is really funny. This Li Mu's brain circuit is really...unusual...hahaha!"

"If your work is well written, people will naturally help you translate it into various languages. If your work is not good, it will be useless if you translate it into many languages."

"The level of his "Moon" is very high. If he can write with peace of mind for three to five years and continue to accumulate experience and reputation, he may not be able to publish it abroad in the future. But he is too impatient. What is the saying? Impatient.

Can’t eat hot tofu!”

"I feel like his new book won't be better than "Moon"."

"You don't have to feel it, it will definitely not be better than "Moon". A work like "Moon" cannot be written casually."

"Having been an editor for more than 20 years, I have seen too many authors who were thinking about what to do from the beginning. Most of these authors failed in the end. On the contrary, there were those who just thought about writing well and did not think about it at all.

The group of people who achieved good results eventually succeeded one after another.”

"This is the truth. The only thing a writer can control is the quality of his work. So I have been advising the authors I know not to think about finishing the book. The writer should just go all out to write it well.

That's enough."

However, people in the editorial department are still very interested in Li Mu's new book.

"The Hunger Games, you can't tell what it's about just by looking at the name."

"I read the English version. To be honest, I'm quite curious about Li Mu's translation skills."

"There are still a lot of words. Isn't he the screenwriter and assistant director? How can he have time to write? Let's not talk about anything else. Anyway, he is really efficient."

…

After the complaints, the editors began to read the book one after another.

About two hours later, all the editors had stopped reading. The novel had nearly 200,000 words, so of course everyone had not finished reading the work yet.

Yang Feng’s latest statement: “This book, in terms of depth, text, thoughts, and science fiction attributes, may not be as good as the author’s last book “Moon”, but at the same time I feel very strongly about this book.

The achievement of "Moon" will definitely far exceed that of "Moon", because now I can hardly stop reading. Once I start reading, I can't stop. This book seems to have some kind of magic."

All editors know that Yang Feng is the most self-disciplined person in the entire editorial department, but now she commented that she simply cannot stop reading.

What does this mean?

At this time, a young editor said: "This is a dystopian story, fast-paced and full of suspense, which makes people fall into it without knowing it. This is an extremely addictive work. You clearly know what he depicts."

The world is unreal, but I just can’t help but want to read on.”

Immediately, another male editor said: "When the little girl was shot and died, the heroine made an ancient gesture, a gesture that represented reverence and farewell. To be honest, I almost burst into tears when I saw this."

Another editor commented: "It is gripping, the imagination is amazing, the story deduction is breathtaking, and the plot has ups and downs. Of course, the biggest feature of this book is just as editor Yang Feng said - you can't stop after reading it."

Of course, there are editors who are not optimistic about this book, and there are also a lot of them. The evaluation of this book by the editorial department actually has a vague trend of polarization.