"By the way, senior brother, how is your new book? Everyone is very concerned about it recently."
Yang Peng suddenly talked about Yu Dong's new book, and everyone else came over to read it.
Now everyone knows that Yu Dong is going to write a new book, and it's about Mars.
"Still conceiving, not writing yet." Yu Dong said.
Hu Changqing said with a smile, "We talked about the subject of Mars together at that time, but then I went back and thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of what to write. But Dongdong, you have to hurry up, I think there will be a large number of Mars on the market soon.
A novel about the theme.”
"What are you afraid of?" He Hongwei said disdainfully, "I'm just afraid that no one will write. Can those who follow the trend read the things they write in a hurry? When Dong Ge's new book comes out, it will definitely sweep the world."
"Let me see." Wang Jingkang pushed up his glasses: "Even if they are not in a hurry, I'm afraid no one can write Yu Dong. Mars has always been there, and anyone can write. They didn't have any ideas before. Is it because of Yu Dong?
If they want to write, can they write good ones?"
Yu Dong nodded, "Yes, Mars has always been there, and anyone can write. So if you have ideas, you can write, and don't worry about me."
He Hongwei waved his hand and said: "If we don't worry about you, we should also worry about ourselves. When the works come out together, we will be the ones hurt."
In fact, what He Hongwei said also reflected the sentiments of several other people. Only unknown authors can do such things as following trends, and even slightly famous authors are reluctant to do so.
In this wave of enthusiasm, if you follow the trend and write a novel about Mars, you may benefit, but it will be more of a backlash and you will definitely be scolded by many readers.
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At 2:30 p.m. the next day, the Galaxy Awards ceremony started on time.
Although it is still held in a hotel, the style this time is indeed not comparable to the previous ones. The battle at the entrance alone shocked Yu Dong and others. There were reporters from three levels outside, and many of them were carrying
Wearing a camera.
Behind the reporter were a group of readers, some of whom came voluntarily, and some of whom were invited by the magazine.
This year the magazine has prepared a small benefit for book fans. It has held a lottery and given away 100 tickets. The winning readers can use their tickets to enter the venue to watch the awards ceremony.
Not only that, after attending the ceremony, you can also participate in the subsequent science fiction fan meeting, where you will have the opportunity to get in close contact with the authors. If you are lucky, you may get books and magazines signed by the authors.
After everyone entered the venue, they found that the current venue was very different from the past. The seats had been modified, which reduced the comfort level but increased the capacity to ensure that more people could attend the award ceremony.
The stage design and lighting all looked very professional, just like a small auditorium.
Before the official start of the awards ceremony, there was a half-hour performance, which was also carefully thought out, with singing, dancing, and stage plays, and the elements were quite rich.
What impressed everyone the most was the space stage play at the end. In less than ten minutes, it told the joys and sorrows of an interstellar immigrant. This stage play also coincided with the interstellar special topic launched by the magazine last year.
After the show is over, the awarding officially begins, starting with the third prize.
Yang Peng won the third prize for "Galaxy Fantasy", Hu Changqing and He Hongwei won the second prize for "Bacterial Invasion" and "Spiral Arm Lovers" respectively.
When the second prize was awarded, Yu Dong was already standing on the side of the stage. When the second prize was awarded, he walked up with a microphone.
As soon as he saw Yu Dong Shang Gou, the stadium erupted into loud cheers.
Because many readers came, the atmosphere was very lively. When other authors came to the stage to receive their awards, the audience had already applauded the authors very enthusiastically.
But when Yu Dong came on stage, the applause suddenly increased by an order of magnitude.
Whether Yu Dong's novels are good or not is another matter. His performance in the foreign book market in the past two years alone is enough to conquer domestic readers.
So uplifting!
There are few people who are unwilling to applaud such a writer who has brought glory to the country.
People are accustomed to admiring the strong, and Yu Dong is unparalleled in the field of science fiction and is an undisputed strong man.
When the applause faded, Yu Dong on the stage pressed his hands and said, "Thank you everyone for the applause, but tonight, I am just a brick, a brick responsible for bringing out beautiful jade. It is the first time I come to this stage as an award guest, and I feel
It's a great honor. Why? Because it reminds me of when I received the trophy from Chairman Kang on this stage."
"Before I took the stage, I was still thinking about my virtues and abilities. I also had this opportunity to personally hand over the trophy that symbolizes the highest honor of Chinese science fiction to the author with the best performance this year. Just think of me as thick-skinned, I finally came up.
"
"Ha ha……"
Hearing Yu Dong's self-deprecation, the audience couldn't help laughing.
After they finished laughing, Yu Dong continued, "Actually, I have already seen the result of the special prize. This is a writer I like very much. His works always reveal a kind of desolation and sadness, and his writing is cold and stern but not without warmth.
However, if you think that he really wants to perform a tender scene for you, then you will be fooled, because no tenderness can escape the fate of being cut off in his works... Well, there are many people here
You may have already guessed who it is, so I won’t give in. Now I announce that the first prize winner of this year’s Galaxy Award is “The Star”, written by Wang Jingkang!”
Amidst the applause, Wang Jingkang walked onto the stage excitedly, took the trophy from Yu Dong's hand, and was about to exchange a few words with Yu Dong when Yu Dong thrust the microphone into his hand and whispered, "Go quickly, the stage is now
It belongs to you."
After saying that, Yu Dong retreated to the audience and gave the stage to Wang Jingkang.
None of the Galaxy Award-winning works this time were previously published, and all are new works. Perhaps because of the rapid development of domestic science fiction in the past two years, the writing ideas of these authors have also changed a lot.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Especially after the magazine launched the interstellar topic last year, more authors have set their sights on the fascinating outer space.
Moreover, everyone's writing style has also changed a lot, which was most deeply influenced by Yu Dong.
For a while, everyone was analyzing Yu Dong's novels and found that there are many writing skills hidden behind his seemingly simple language. It is these skills that make his writing look different from others.
The gorgeous and powerful rhetoric that everyone pursued in the past has gradually rarely appeared in people's works.
Everyone began to pursue a more beautiful thing called rhythm.
The beauty of a sentence, a paragraph, or an article does not lie in the number of beautiful words and sentences used, but in the rhythm formed by each word and each word grouped together.
Yang Xiao once said in a private chat with Tan Kai that Yu Dong single-handedly improved the overall writing level of Chinese science fiction writers.
This sentence may be a bit exaggerated, but it is not unreasonable at all. Since Yu Dong appeared, people have discovered that science fiction novels can be written in this way, and those beautiful languages ​​may not only appear in traditional literature.
For Wang Jingkang, today is a happy day.
Although he is old, he entered the industry very late and is considered a late bloomer. Now he won the first prize of the Galaxy Award just two years after entering the industry, which makes him full of hope for the future.
Sometimes Wang Jingkang also thinks that his group of science fiction writers are lucky, because it happened to be the time when Yu Dong appeared and Chinese science fiction returned to glory.
Now writing science fiction novels is not only a hobby, but also brings him a lot of income.
And after he got a writer's agent, he only focused on writing and didn't have to worry about other things at all. Someone would help arrange everything.
But he also has worries. He is worried that he is old now, does not have enough energy, and that many knowledge updates are not as good as those of young people. In a place like the science fiction world that requires full imagination, this is a fatal flaw. So he has been working hard to improve.
Regarding my own writing skills, I strive to pursue the latest scientific knowledge and do not want to be left behind by these young writers.
By the time Wang Jingkang finished his acceptance speech, the award ceremony was over.
However, today's activities are not over yet. In the following time, everyone will move to the restaurant for the next activities, a science fiction fan meeting and interviews with reporters.
After arriving at the restaurant, the ones that attracted the most attention from reporters were of course Yu Dong and the writers who won the award today. This was not the first time for them to receive awards, and they all had experience in dealing with reporters.
After about ten minutes, Yu Dong and others sent the reporters away.
The next meeting for science fiction fans was much more casual, everyone split up, and readers went to chat with their favorite authors, asking for photos and autographs.
In fact, Yu Dongting likes this kind of atmosphere. There are only a hundred readers in total, and the media reporters are less than 200 people. They are spread out in this hall, and each of them does not face too many readers.
Even though Yu Dong is more popular, there are only twenty or thirty people around him now. When many readers see Yu Dong's crowd, they will move to find other authors. After all, the opportunity is rare, and it is a bit of a disadvantage to catch one author.
Overall, it was much more relaxed than the autograph session. Yu Dong signed autographs and chatted with everyone at the same time.
"Classmate, your accent sounds like you are from the north... Oh, you are from Yanjing... you are also from Yanjing Normal University? Alumni, hello, hello."
"New book, you will be able to see the new book in a while."
"Friend, you look to be in your thirties, so it's inappropriate to call me eldest brother... Oh, you're over forty, so that's even more inappropriate..."
"Girlfriend? No. But I have a fiancée."
"Why is the ticket for "To the West" delayed? There is something wrong with the printing house. We have to wait until September...well, there will be a book signing, and the publishing house will notify you in advance."
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The readers' problems are quite common, and Yu Dong doesn't need to think too much, just deal with them as if he were chatting with friends.
They are also influenced by Yu Dong and will also talk about their own problems.
Some readers are not only fans of science fiction, but also read Yu Dong's other works. Some readers even did not read science fiction novels at all originally. They started to pay attention to science fiction novels because they liked Yu Dong's other novels, and then fell in love with science fiction novels.
Take the reader who asked "Xiangxi" for example. He has been paying attention to Yu Dong since he published "Mending the Sky" in "Zhongshan", and only started to pay attention to science fiction novels last year.
Some time ago, he had been waiting for the single volume of "Going West" to be released. Originally, "Contemporary" released news that it would be released in the summer, but there has been no specific notice yet.
In fact, the single volume of "Going West" was originally scheduled to be released at the end of July, and a book signing event was held at the same time. However, due to some problems at the printing factory, the release date was pushed to late September, and Yu Dong himself only received the notice a month ago.
Some readers asked about "Fatal Identity" and the Werewolf game, but since today was a science fiction event, Yu Dong didn't talk much about it.
When the fan meeting was about to end, Yu Dong was about to meet Hu Changqing and the others when a man with glasses and a simple face appeared in front of him halfway.
This man looks to be about thirty years old, with a slightly high hairline and a bunch of hair hanging down on his forehead, making him look a bit silly.
When he saw the man, Yu Dong narrowed his eyes because he looked so much like the same person.
He should be the reader. He stood in front of Yu Dong and said nothing, but it could be seen that he wanted to speak.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Yu Dong spoke first, "Do you want my autograph?"
The other party nodded and handed over the magazine in his hand.
Yu Dong took the magazine and looked at it. It turned out to be the issue of "Science Fiction World" in December 1991. Yu Dong's "One Day" was published in this issue of the magazine. It can be said that this is the starting point of Yu Dong in the science fiction world.
, many people also started to know Yu Dong from this issue.
The fact that a man picks up this magazine can mean a lot of things. He probably does it for himself, or he really likes the novel "One Day".
"Where is the signature?" Yu Dong asked.
The man pointed to the blank space on the cover, "Just sign here, thank you."
This was the first time the man spoke to Yu Dong. His voice was low but sounded very clear.
Yu Dong signed his name on the cover, and then asked, "What is your name?"
When asked "What's your name?", Yu Dong's face was full of expectations. He hoped that he had not mistaken the person and hoped that the other party would tell him that name.
The man was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "Liu Cixin, Wen Dao Liu, kind Ci, old and new."
Yu Dong smiled knowingly, signed the words "Liu Cixin" on the back, and then asked him, "Looking at your accent, you are not a local, right?"
Liu Cixin shook her head, "I'm from Hedong. I was lucky enough to get a ticket this time, so I came over to take a look."
"Let's talk while we walk." Yu Dong saw that some readers were trying to gather around him, so he said something to Liu Cixin, and then walked forward.
Liu Cixin was a little confused in the back, why were they still chatting while walking? He just came over to get an autograph and didn't say anything else.
However, after Yu Dong said this, Liu Cixin did not want to miss this opportunity and immediately followed him.
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Chapter completed!