Qu Aiguo? Yu Dong? Personal disciple?
Wang Hailin was confused for a moment, what is all this?
"Senior, I know about Teacher Yu Dong, but why are you his direct disciple?" Wang Hailin asked.
Qu Aiguo said with a proud look on his face: "Junior brother, do you know when Teacher Yu Dong came to learn Jinyi?"
"I heard it was last year?"
"That's right, it was last year. Then do you know which class was the first class he taught?"
"It seems to be some kind of art major?"
"What art? It's art, the art of arts and crafts." Qu Aiguo said with a look of disgust: "How did you get into college?"
"Lucky, lucky." Although Wang Hailin had a bad temper, he could not underestimate Qu Aiguo's momentum and he did not dare to retaliate.
Before he came here, he had heard that it was OK to mess with the teachers in the university, but you couldn't mess with the powerful seniors, otherwise they would make you wash your smelly socks every day.
Wang Hailin also looked down at Qu Aiguo's feet. Those big feet must have smelly socks.
Qu Aiguo didn't know that Wang Hailin was studying his socks, and waved the "Science Fiction World" in his hand in front of Wang Hailin: "Our Dong brother is not only a frequent visitor to top literary magazines such as "Zhongshan" and "Harvest", but also
He is even more of a landmark figure in the world of science fiction. No, the new issue of "Science Fiction World" announced that Dong Ge's new book, a stand-alone novel "The Last City", will be released soon."
Wang Hailin stroked his score, "I've heard of Mr. Yu Dong's involvement in science fiction, but I haven't paid much attention to him. Is he so famous in the science fiction circle?"
"Aren't you ignorant? If you pick up any science fiction fan on the street, if there is one who doesn't know Brother Dong, I will be responsible." Qu Aiguo patted his bare chest and said firmly.
"The problem is that it's hard to find science fiction fans..." Wang Hailin muttered quietly, then he saw Qu Aiguo's eyes and smiled quickly: "I mean, I also want to pay attention to science fiction, but I can't find an organization.
"
Qu Aiguo patted Wang Hailin on the shoulder, "Didn't you meet the organization now? I am the president of the Cucumber Garden Science Fiction Association. Do you want to join?"
"Yes I do."
"Okay, if you want to join the meeting, go to Room 301, Teaching Building No. 2, at seven o'clock tomorrow morning." Qu Aiguo patted Wang Hailin on the shoulder again, then raised the magazine in his hand and ran down the corridor, shouting: "Breaking news, Brother Dong.
The new book "Prison No. 7" will be released soon!"
Wang Hailin looked at Qu Aiguo, who was running and shouting, and scratched the back of his head. After talking for a long time, he still couldn't explain why he was the direct disciple.
Looking back, Wang Hailin ran to the dormitory and told Jia Zhangke about the matter.
"How about it, do you want to come with me tomorrow morning?"
Jia Zhangke shook his head, "I will not join the Science Fiction Association. I plan to go to the Cucumber Garden Poetry Society."
"Cucumber Garden Poetry Society? What is this?" Wang Hailin asked in surprise.
"This is a poetry club founded by teachers Yu Dong and others. It is quite famous in our school." Jia Zhangke explained: "There is also the Cucumber Garden Science Fiction Association you mentioned. I also know that the president is a second-year engineering and art student.
It was founded by senior Qu Aiguo, and their association is also filled with Mr. Yu Dong’s book friends, but the association only focuses on science fiction novels.”
Wang Hailin's eyes widened, and he patted Jia Zhangke on the shoulder, "You can do it, kid. You usually look like a boring gourd, but you are quite good at finding out information. Okay, I will go to this science fiction association alone, but I will go to this Cucumber Garden Poetry Association
I want to go with you."
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"The Last City" will not be released until the end of next month, but "Science Fiction World" has already made preparations in advance, and has begun to announce the release information in this issue as a warm-up.
The main reason is to see readers' feedback, so that we can also determine how many copies will be printed in the first print.
Science Fiction World Magazine had no experience in handling single volumes of long-form science fiction novels, so they didn't have much confidence.
The science fiction market was originally sluggish. Although it has improved this year, it is still relatively small. Moreover, the domestic book industry has been in recession in the past two years, and piracy has been rampant, making it difficult to gain confidence.
Of course, piracy is the most serious problem. When exaggerated, the original version only sells 10,000 or 20,000 copies, but the pirated version has sold hundreds of thousands.
Genuine books are still a luxury product for many people. Take "The Last City" as an example. It has 420,000 words and is priced at 12 yuan. This price is not high for the number of words, and even for the quality of the typesetting.
They are all a bit low.
But many people still can't afford it, and most people's daily salary now is less than twelve yuan.
Based on this situation, it is impossible for the genuine version to outperform the pirated version.
Genuine copies need to be edited and arranged, and the author must be paid. In addition, most pirates do not pay taxes, so even books of the same quality cannot be sold at the same price as pirated copies.
Moreover, it is difficult to control piracy now, because the national conditions are such that those who cannot afford genuine books should not be left without spiritual food.
Yu Dong didn't care too much about this, and his days went on as usual. On September 20th, Jimmy came to Jinyi with George Martin's preparation materials.
After reading those materials, Yu Dong became more certain that what George Martin was preparing was "A Song of Ice and Fire", so he immediately made a decision and asked Jimmy to get the copyright of this book.
Jimmy originally had different opinions, but seeing that Yu Dong was really optimistic about the book, he didn't say anything more.
The main reason is that they do have some money now, and buying the copyright of George Martin's book is not a big deal. Even if they make a wrong decision, it will not have much impact.
Moreover, as "Resident Evil" and "Second World" are about to be released, the company's funds will continue to grow, and the money on hand will only become more and more. It is not impossible to do something to make the boss happy.
So Jimmy quickly returned to the United States with the manuscript and materials. After this time, the plans for the two books "Resident Evil" and "Second World" will officially begin.
When Jimmy left, Yu Dong also said something to him: "When you are free, collect more information about new writers and give it to me."
Jimmy was not too surprised by this and nodded in agreement.
After Jimmy left, Yu Dong was still thinking about "A Song of Ice and Fire". He was originally inspired to look back and see if there were any other well-known writers who had not yet made their fortune, so that he could start early.
But I can't recall much at all by recalling it out of thin air, and I can't remember specific information.
For example, he thought of Rowling, but she is not famous at all now and can't find anyone at all.
You can't just spend money to find a blond woman in her twenties or thirties in the UK, and then screen the photos for him.
Chapter completed!