Hu Changqing is a beginner, so he just learns a rule. In fact, it is the same for anyone who learns it.
He was in urgent need of finding a chance to fight, so when he learned that Yu Dong had arrived, he ran over to find him as soon as possible.
Yu Dong is not in a hurry to revise the manuscript. If he wants to revise the manuscript, he must not write another article out of thin air. He needs to have a first draft, and his first draft is in Jinling.
"It's okay to play cards, but it's just the two of us, so we can't play."
"Isn't Yang Peng here? Plus my roommate, there are exactly four of us."
"Your roommate?" Yu Dong asked doubtfully.
"Yes, Wang Jingkang, maybe because we are about the same age, he arranged for us to be together. I also discussed with Lao Wang and gave us a room number of 416 -"
"Room number?" Yu Dong was stunned, what kind of operation is this, "What is it called?"
"New sprouts from old trees." Hu Changqing laughed. He probably thought this name was very funny. "There are too many young people in the science fiction world now. I have to hug Lao Wang to keep warm."
"It's only been a day, but you guys are showing off your class feelings. Okay, let's go play in your room."
"Isn't it nice to be in your room?"
"My room is small."
"It looks pretty big..."
Hu Changqing shouted, Yu Dong had already left his room, and he had no choice but to follow.
The two went to 416. Yu Dong looked up and saw the white paper taped to the door. There were four words written on the paper: old tree and new shoots.
"Scare, it's quite formal." Yu Dong joked.
Knocking on the door, Wang Jingkang opened the door wearing big pants and a vest. At first glance, he saw Yu Dong wondering, and then he saw Hu Changqing following him, and he immediately knew who the young man standing in front of him was.
"It's Teacher Yu Dong, please come in quickly, please come in quickly."
"If you don't dare, just call me Yu Dong."
Hu Changqing handed the poker to Yu Dong and said, "Since you all recognize him, I won't introduce it to you. You two go in and chat for a while, and I'll call Yang Peng."
After Hu Changqing left, Yu Dong entered the room and said with a smile: "Teacher Wang came yesterday?"
"Well, I came here yesterday morning." He picked up the shirt on the bed and put it on, and said a little embarrassedly: "I heard Old Hu said that I was going to your room, and I was getting ready to get dressed, but I didn't expect you guys to come over."
Wang Jingkang doesn't seem like a chatty person, but it's probably because it was the first time they met, so he still can't let go.
After all, it only took one day to get into a heated fight with Lao Hu. Wang Jingkang should not be too introverted.
Yu Dong chatted awkwardly with Wang Jingkang for a while, and Hu Changqing came with Yang Peng and He Hongwei.
Hu Changqing introduced them to them first, and then said, "Originally, I thought there were not enough people, but now there are more people. Xiao He will study aside for a while, and then go into battle after he has learned how to do it."
Of course He Hongwei had no objection and nodded: "Let Yang Peng go first, he has more 'gambling' experience than me."
A few people sat down, and Hu Changqing enthusiastically explained to them the rules of whipping eggs. Yu Dong listened and occasionally added a word or two.
After talking about it in this way, Hu Changqing didn't ask them if they remembered it, and directly announced the war, "Let's not waste time, use battle as training, and wait until we make mistakes when we don't understand."
Wang Jingkang said with a smile: "It is a good idea to use war as training. If aliens invade the earth in the future, we will not have the time and opportunity to know ourselves and the enemy. We can only use war as training and slowly explore."
Hu Changqing shuffled the cards and put everything aside, and then Wang Jingkang grabbed it first: "Old Wang, you go first - your statement makes me and Yu Dong treat me as aliens. But in your head, why do you think about it every day?
Alien invasion?”
Wang Jingkang said, "I think about it every day, and the more I think about it, there is no hope. I always feel that our earth really has no advantages. We can only hope that aliens will discover us later."
"Hey, if we let them come first, we will definitely not be able to defeat them." Hu Changqing said: "The fact that they can find us means that their technological level is much higher than ours."
Yang Peng touched the card and said seriously: "Teacher Fu Shui, I have a different opinion. If they come first, it certainly means that their technological level is much higher than ours, but it is also possible that they are just scouts or even wanderers.
...In your article "Alien Monkeys", wasn't it that the person who fell to the earth was not an army, but just a traveler?"
He Hongwei said, "I have a different view. I think even if aliens find us first, it does not mean that their technological level is ahead of ours. It may also be because their evolutionary direction is very suitable for them to travel in the universe.
How high is the level of science and technology? Just think about it, if there is such a kind of creature, they do not need air, have no temperature requirements, and can fly..."
"I don't refute the first two, but flying is difficult to achieve because you are talking about flying in the universe. This is impossible in our current physical system. There is no..."
"I think it's possible, if this creature has a big pocket that can hold a bunch of rocks. When flying in the universe, he only needs to throw a rock in the opposite direction."
"Isn't this the spacecraft becoming a spirit?"
At this time, the cards have been drawn, and Hu Changqing caught the bright card. He smiled and played the cards: "Three three strips and one pair four... Actually, I think aliens may not be disadvantageous to us. There is a high probability that higher civilizations will not be as inferior as lower ones."
Civilizations can invade at will, and they may even help us. The aliens described by Clark in "Childhood's End" did not occupy the earth, but instead helped the earth develop technology."
"That's because the setting is that the earth is about to become extinct, and they are just watching over the disappearance of human beings." He Hongwei said: "Our speculation about advanced civilizations has not been confirmed. Maybe advanced civilizations want to ensure their own survival."
If we continue, we will rather kill the wrong ones than let them go, and wipe out all alien races."
When the topic of alien races came up, several people had different opinions.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But when it comes to whether to continue exploring the universe, several people are surprisingly unified.
Even a pessimist like He Hongwei believes: "Of course we have to find them, and we have to die happily. And if we don't go to find them, they will find us."
After chatting about the universe for a while, several people brought the topic back to reality. He Hongwei asked, "Brother Dong, your "Resident Evil" will be released tomorrow. "Science Fiction World" should be a book by now, right?"
"There should be." Yu Dong nodded.
"You said that when I saw Sister Xiao at night, I asked her for a copy, would she give it to me?"
"Probably not." Yu Dong shook his head.
"Why?"
"Sister Xiao never distinguishes between people when making money." Yu Dong said with a smile, "If you want it, I will get a copy for you tomorrow morning."
"Do you have a signature?"
"bring."
Hearing that there were still signatures, Yang Peng hurriedly said: "Brother, you can't favor one person over another."
"Okay, you have it too."
Wang Jingkang looked at the two young men, then at Yu Dong, and coughed lightly: "Ahem, I..."
"Everyone has a share, but when you publish a separate book in the future, you will have to pay it back."
"Brother Dong is joking. Apart from you, who else in the science fiction world has the ability to publish a single book? By the way, Brother Dong, how many copies will be printed this time?"
"Eighty thousand."
Hearing this number, He Hongwei was a little disappointed, "Why is it only 80,000? This book has sold millions of copies in the United States, and it should be printed in at least six figures. This 80,000 is not enough to sell."
"Eighty thousand is almost enough, and that's what the domestic market is now. Any more, and the publishing house will have to bear the risk." Yu Dong said.
Yang Peng also said, "Yes, if there is not enough to sell later, we can print more."
He Hongwei curled his lips, "Anyway, I feel that it will definitely not sell enough. You have no idea how popular this book is here in Chengdu. During the holidays, many students from our school go to the bookstore every day to ask. I also have a few classmates,
I heard there was a book signing the day after tomorrow, but I never went back. They knew I knew Brother Dong, and they wanted to get signed books from me through the back door. They also offered me two yuan for a book, but I didn’t agree."
"You should agree. When we get the money later, we'll share it." Yu Dong said with a smile.
In fact, He Hongwei's feelings are different from others.
Chengdu is the base camp of "Science Fiction World", so their publicity here is naturally stronger than other places, so much so that Jin Jiang Hotel has placed an advertisement for the autograph session the day after tomorrow. People who eat and stay at Jin Jiang Hotel can see this every day.
advertise.
Transportation is not developed these days, so those who can come to attend autograph signings are basically people from this city. Unlike in later generations, fans from thousands of miles away can quickly rush to the battlefield as soon as the fans are called.
Therefore, in order to achieve good signing results, "Science Fiction World" will naturally focus on publicity in this city.
The book signing this time was at the Xinhua Bookstore on Renmin South Road. This bookstore is quite large and was established in the 1950s. It has a history of 40 years now and can be said to be a landmark building in Chengdu.
Yang Xiao and the others have fully prepared everything this time, and they just want to make this autograph session a prosperous event, so that it will be more convenient for publicity later.
…
Yu Dong and the others played cards all afternoon, and in the evening Yang Xiao and Tan Kai went to the hotel to treat the authors to dinner.
This time the Galaxy Awards battle was not as big as last year, and no heavyweight guests were invited. However, according to Yang Xiao, although the battle was not big, it attracted much more attention than before.
"We invited many media here last year, but this year is different. As soon as the news about the Galaxy Awards was released, they came to the door themselves. There were so many media that I had to screen them."
Speaking of this, Yang Xiao had a smile on his face.
Tan Kai asked her before if she would like to invite a few heavyweight guests to fill the scene this year, but she said no.
This comes from the confidence that her performance has been rising steadily over the past two years. Nowadays, unlike in the past, the sales volume of "Science Fiction World" has exceeded 40,000 copies, and the momentum has not dropped. Not surprisingly, it will exceed 50,000 copies this year.
You know, their sales volume was only a few thousand two years ago, and it was a bimonthly publication at that time.
In other words, in just two years, the annual sales volume of their magazine has increased tenfold.
The most important thing is that they don't have to worry about manuscripts now.
The people in the editorial department are so busy every day that they can hardly review the manuscripts alone.
Once there are more manuscripts, the standards for accepting manuscripts will also increase, and the quality of the magazine will naturally increase accordingly. The higher the quality of the magazine, the more readers it will attract and attract more readers...
Speaking of this, Yang Xiao really wants to thank Yu Dong.
Tan Kai reported data to her before, saying that among the manuscripts received by the editorial department, the number of manuscripts from Jinling was significantly higher than that from other regions. Later, it was found out that it was Yu Dong who had established a science fiction association in Jinyi and also set up
Support fund, so submissions from Jinling are very enthusiastic.
For this reason, Yang Xiao also joked with Tan Kai that they have always wanted to build Chengdu into the science fiction capital of China. Now that Jinling has emerged, it may become a strong opponent for them.
After dinner, Yang Xiao and Yu Dong chatted alone for a while, mainly talking about the autograph session.
She took out a red envelope and gave it to Yu Dong, "This is something interesting from the bookstore."
Yu Dong weighed it and said with a smile: "I mean, the portion is not light."
"I'll count it for you, it's five hundred yuan." Yang Xiao said with a smile, "I know you don't like it, but it's already a lot."
Yu Dong nodded, it was indeed a lot. Today's book signings don't sell many books, but being able to sign a few hundred copies is already very impressive. Based on five hundred copies, Yu Dong can get one yuan for signing one book, and the author's remuneration is calculated separately.
Of course, for the bookstore, the profit gained is not only the profit of 500 books. The signing event itself is also a kind of publicity for the bookstore.
Seeing Yu Dong accepting the "red envelope", Yang Xiao smiled and said: "There is one more thing I want to trouble you with. Since "Resident Evil" became famous, many friends have approached me asking for books, but I didn't agree immediately. First
Let me ask you what you mean."
When she asked for books, she naturally meant signed books, and they were specially signed.
If it were another author, Yang Xiao would not be so careful. The main reason is that Yu Dong is well-known in the literary circle and may have different views on this kind of thing. The more important thing is that Yang Xiao knows something about the relationship between Dong and Jimmy.
, and also knew that he was not short of money.
Yu Dong was indifferent to this matter and said with a smile, "It's okay. Sister Xiao, please tell me the names of these friends later, and I'll just write a few books."
After hearing Yu Dong's promise, Yang Xiao said with a smile, "Then I'll thank you in advance on behalf of those friends. I'll list the names for you later. You know one of them. I happened to meet him last time I went to the Association for Science and Technology.
When I got to Kanglao, he also asked me for books."
When Mr. Kang asked for a book, Yu Dong was even more excited, "Then I'll write it tomorrow."
…
On the afternoon of the next day, the Galaxy Awards ceremony went on smoothly. "Second World" won the special prize. The first prize went to "Seven Shells" and "Iceman". He Hongwei and Yang Peng both won the second prize.
After the award presentation, Yu Dong and the others were surrounded by a group of reporters.
Because there were so many reporters, some reporters used dark tricks to seize the opportunity. They held up a copy of "Resident Evil" in front of Yu Dong: "Teacher Yu Dong, Teacher Yu Dong, I have read your "Resident Evil". The story is very interesting.
Chapter completed!