When Ma Xiaohong became editor-in-chief, Yu Dong was about to be reborn. Because "Xinmin Evening News" was local in Shanghai, Yu Dong paid more attention to it. Although Ma Xiaohong is much younger now, her appearance has not changed much.
In fact, when he heard the name Ma Xiaohong just now, Yu Dong felt vaguely familiar, but now he finally remembered it after meeting the person.
Nowadays, Ma Xiaohong is still young and looks very shy. She has to lower her head when she speaks a word, just like the students in school.
Yu Dong did not expect that "Xinmin Evening News" would send such a newcomer to interview.
However, during the subsequent interview, Ma Xiaohong’s professional ability was still worthy of praise.
She made several versions of the list of questions alone, and carefully marked the differences in each version, and then let Yu Dong choose by himself.
In addition to the questions on the question list, she also made some other extensions. For example, she also asked about the new book "Deep Space."
This surprised Yu Dong because the new issue of "Science Fiction World" just came out today.
Ma Xiaohong came all the way from Shanghai, and it was not easy to find today's magazine.
It is also because of her professionalism that Yu Dong not only talked about "Deep Space", but also talked about her next two books, "Fatal Identity" and "Resident Evil 2".
"Teacher Yu, you said that "Fatal Identity" is mainly about mystery and thriller elements. Does that mean you are considering a transformation?"
Yu Dong smiled and said: "What kind of author am I?"
This question stopped Ma Xiaohong.
Yes, Yu Dong doesn’t seem to be a “genre writer” either.
Call him a science fiction writer, but he is very successful in traditional literature. Call him a traditional writer, because his popular novels are sold abroad.
Ma Xiaohong looked at her notes and realized that we had almost finished chatting today. If she continued to ask questions, Yu Dong might get bored, so she might as well stop it.
"Okay, today's interview ends here. Thank you, Teacher Yu, for your cooperation today."
Ma Xiaohong was indeed very grateful to Yu Dong. She thought she would encounter difficulties before coming here, but she didn't expect that Yu Dong was so easy to talk to. He had no airs at all and didn't shy away from problems.
"Thank you for your hard work. You came all the way here. Don't leave in a hurry at noon. Let's go to the cafeteria for a working meal together."
"No, no, I'm on the train after one o'clock in the afternoon, and I have to rush back today. When the next opportunity comes, Mr. Yu, you come to our club as a guest, and I'll treat you to a meal..."
Ma Xiaohong originally wanted to treat Yu Dong to eat local food, but then she thought about Yu Dong being a native of Shanghai.
"Okay, I'll see you next time when I have a chance. I'll see you off."
Yu Dong took Ma Xiaohong out of the conference room, but when he saw Qu Aiguo waiting at the door, he asked doubtfully: "You have something to do with me?"
Qu Aiguo scratched his head and said, "I have a few questions to ask Reporter Ma."
Yu Dong looked at the two of them unexpectedly, "Do you know each other?"
"I just met him on the road and chatted for a few words, and we got along quite well." Qu Aiguo explained.
Yu Dong did not doubt that he was there, and nodded: "That's just right, you can help me send the reporter off."
"Promise to complete the task." Qu Aiguo said, patting his chest.
Yu Dong then said to Ma Xiaohong: "Reporter Ma, I have some things to do, so I will send you off not far away. Qu Aiguo is my student. If you have any other questions, you can ask him."
"Okay, Teacher Yu, go and do your work."
After Yu Dong left, Qu Aiguo asked Ma Xiaohong with a smile, "Xiaohong, how was the interview just now? Brother Dong didn't embarrass you, right?"
"No, Teacher Yu is very kind."
"Hey, are you going to the train station? Let me see you off. I just have a few questions to ask you."
Ma Xiaohong was hesitant, and Qu Aiguo said again: "You are stupid. Let's establish a good relationship. If I have any inside information in the future, won't I tell you all about it? Not only Dong Ge's, but also Teacher Bi, Teacher Yu Hua,
They often play together. Before, the three of them and Han Dong...do you know about the poet Han Dong?"
"I know." Ma Xiaohong nodded.
"They went to the association together last time and gave us speeches one by one."
"How many of them will go to the Science Fiction Association to give you a lecture together?"
Qu Aiguo said nonchalantly: "It's not a science fiction association, it's a poetry reading association. I'm also a member of the poetry reading association. Anyway, no matter what happens in Jinyi, I can't escape my eyes."
"That……"
"Come on, I'll take you to the train station and take you to have something hot to eat while I have time. It's so cold today and we're on the road so we can't do without something to eat."
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The news that "Deep Space" will be serialized in "Science Fiction World" soon spread in the science fiction circle. Science fiction fans have not seen Yu Dong's works in "Science Fiction World" for a long time, so as soon as the news came out, everyone was
very excited.
Although the quality of the works in "Science Fiction World" has become higher and higher in the past year, and newcomers have emerged in large numbers, people are still looking forward to Yu Dong's works.
It feels like "Science Fiction World" is missing Yu Dong's works, as if something is missing.
In fact, it's not just science fiction fans who are anxious, Yang Xiao and Tan Kai have always been anxious too.
The sales volume of "Science Fiction World" is still rising with each issue, but after comparing the data, it was found that in the past few months when Yu Dong did not publish his works, the sales growth rate was getting lower and lower, and it was about to reach a bottleneck.
This is enough to show Yu Dong's importance to "Science Fiction World".
"Yu Dong still has too few short and medium stories."
Yang Xiao leaned on the office chair and sighed with some regret.
Tan Kai, who was sitting across from him, laughed and said: "The lack of short and medium stories is not the root problem. The root cause is that he does not specialize in science fiction novels like other science fiction writers. For example, "To the West", which has caused a lot of discussion recently, you have to say that this novel did not take half a year.
If I have time to write it, I simply don’t believe it.”
Yang Xiao nodded: "That's Yu Dong. If it were anyone else, he wouldn't be able to write in a year. His efficiency has always been very high, but there are too many things distracting his attention. The key is that he still has a teaching position.
Writing itself is a side job.”
"Well, he was just a counselor before, but after he started teaching, he had even less time."
"Thank you for your time. If you have nothing to do, call him to communicate with him more often, and make subtle suggestions to urge the manuscript. By the way, where is Han Song, has there been any movement recently?"
Talking about Han Song, Tan Kai laughed, "Maybe because he saw that science fiction is developing well, he is also very excited. I heard that he has a novella in hand recently, which is also about the interstellar."
After the interstellar topic came out, it still worked. A large number of manuscripts about interstellar were sent to magazines, including many high-quality manuscripts.
Speaking of which, Yu Dong's "Deep Space" is a step behind.
Chapter completed!