Yu Dong and the others arrived one day early, which was already considered too late, so Tan Kai even complained to them a few words.
On the other hand, Cambot and George Martin had traveled thousands of miles from the United States and had already arrived the day before yesterday.
This time Cambot came and brought a lot of people with him. Basically all the backbones of the YU Umbrella Association and the Singularity Association came.
The representatives of the Cucumber Garden Science Fiction Association, Qu Aiguo and others also arrived in Yanjing first, and the three associations had already completed their meeting.
"I was also present when they met, and we had a good chat. Jeff from the YU Umbrella Association and others have actually been more interested in the Cucumber Garden Association. After all, you are in Jinyi, and the Cucumber Garden Science Fiction Association is also in Jinyi. I heard
Jeff told Hans that after the International Science Fiction Association is over, they will go to Jinyi to have a look," Tan Kai said.
"This is a good thing." Yu Dong nodded.
Yu Hua asked Tan Kai from the side, "How many days will the summer camp in Chengdu last?"
Tan Kai smiled and replied: "Just one day."
"It's only been a day." Yu Hua shook his head, a little disappointed.
The schedule for this International Science Fiction Conference is from the 28th to the 31st in Yanjing. The morning of the 31st is the closing ceremony. In the afternoon, some people will rush to Chengdu Moon Bay to participate in summer camp activities.
Yu Hua and the others just came here to have fun. Compared to the formal activities of the past few days, they were of course more concerned about the summer camp activities that followed.
"Although the official event is only for one day, since we are in Chengdu, we can of course accompany you to whatever you want to do."
Mo Yan said from the side, "Editor Tan, don't listen to Yu Hua asking about your enthusiasm. In fact, we won't be able to stay in Chengdu for long."
"How do you say it?" Tan Kai asked.
"After the conference, we are going to the United States." Yu Dong explained.
Tan Kai nodded: "Is it about the new book?"
"Wrong, it's the Old Book." Yu Hua reminded.
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After meeting Tan Kai, Yu Dong was going to find Liu Cixin and Wang Jingkang, but as soon as he went out, he ran into Jeff and Liu Yukun.
Yu Dong looked at them both: "Are you here to find me?"
"Yes, yes, YU, are you going out?"
"Do you have something important to tell me?" Yu Dong asked.
Jeff shook his head, "It's nothing important. I just heard that you came to Yanjing, so I wanted to come over and see you."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Well, I'm about to go find Liu Cixin and the others. You guys can come with me."
"Okay." Jeff and Liu Yukun agreed happily.
The three of them first went to Liu Cixin's room and knocked on the door. No one responded, so they turned back to Wang Jingkang's room.
Before they even entered the door, the three of them heard the commotion in the room.
When I went in, I saw Liu Cixin, He Hongtao, Yang Peng, Xing Yusen... half of the participating science fiction writers were crowded in Wang Jingkang's room.
He Hongtao saw Yu Dong first and shouted excitedly: "Brother Dong is here."
His voice attracted the attention of everyone in the room to the door.
Then everyone was greeting Yu Dong in such a mess that Yu Dong couldn't tell who was talking to him, so he could only nod his head constantly.
After nodding his head, Yu Dong was not in a hurry to say hello, and first introduced the two people around him: "This is Jeff and Liu Yukun. Jeff is the president of the YU Umbrella Reading Club, and Liu Yukun is the president of the Singularity Association.
, I came here specially to attend the International Science Fiction Conference."
Wang Jingkang nodded and said, "I know, I know, I heard that three folk associations came this time. Why didn't a little song come?"
"President Qu went out just now, seemingly to deal with some affairs of the Yanjing branch." Liu Yukun said.
Jeff followed up: "President Qu said he won't be back until dinner."
Everyone was a little surprised when they heard Jeff's words.
Both of them spoke Chinese, and Liu Yukun spoke Chinese. No one found it strange, because Liu Yukun looked like a Chinese at first glance. But Jeff was different, he was a serious foreigner.
Jeff's Chinese pronunciation is definitely not comparable to Jimmy's, but his level is quite high, at least everyone present can understand it clearly.
He Hongtao smiled and said: "Since I met Brother Dong, I have met more and more foreigners who are good at speaking Chinese."
Jeff waved his hand modestly: "Where, where, thank you, thank you."
"Holy shit, you can even use 'where, where'!" He Hongtao's jaw was almost dropped in shock.
The most difficult thing in language learning is not the words and pronunciation, but rather the expressions that have more distinctive language characteristics. The use of this type of vocabulary basically requires the support of a strong sense of language.
The fact that Jeff can use it so well means that he has really put a lot of effort into learning Chinese.
"In order to better understand YU's novels, many people in our association are learning Chinese. People like me are already relatively poor."
Jeff's words are of course an exaggeration. There are indeed many people in the YU Umbrella Association who are learning Chinese, and there are indeed many who are very good at it. But there are basically no other people who speak better than Jeff, except for Chinese Americans.
How much.
Because Jeff can speak Chinese, everyone's first impression of him was quite good, and they naturally started chatting with him.
Wang Jingkang pushed his eyes and said with a smile: "You didn't come just now. We were talking about the Hugo Awards. Da Liu said that he originally thought that you didn't go to the Hugo Awards Ceremony and that Secretary Hu would have made the trip in vain.
I didn’t expect the Hugo Award to be quite grand, so I awarded it to you anyway.”
Liu Cixin nodded and said: "That's what I really think. There's also old Martin who won a prize even though he didn't go."
Yang Peng laughed: "Da Liu, if Uncle Martin hears what you said, he will definitely be unhappy."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "It can be considered a mix-up. "Dragon's Blood" was originally a by-product of "A Song of Ice and Fire". However, the sales volume is not bad. The Hugo Award has received very little attention in recent years. This kind of sales volume is needed."
Good science fiction is just window dressing.”
Jeff stood next to Yu Dong, secretly dumbfounded. YU spoke so directly.
In fact, according to the Hugo Award announcement process, the winning works must be those with high sales, because the award selection basically relies on readers' votes.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But it turns out that is not the case at all.
If the selection were strictly based on readers' votes, the works that have won awards in recent years should all be YU's works. However, since YU's debut, he has only won one short novella award at this Hugo Award.
From this we can see that there is still internal manipulation of the Hugo Awards.
Not to mention the Nebula Award. It is originally an internal selection, and the jury has the final say as to who gets the award.
Thinking of this, Jeff couldn't help but sigh.
He was not sighing because YU didn't win the award, but he was sighing for the future of the Hugo Awards and Nebula Awards.
In the two days since he came to Yanjing, Jeff also heard some news related to the International Science Fiction Conference.
The opening ceremony of this International Science Fiction Conference will be held at the same time as the Galaxy Awards Ceremony. Editor-in-Chief Tan Kai of "Science Fiction World" said that this year's Galaxy Awards will expand the scope of award selection.
This means that science fiction novels do not necessarily have to be published in "Science Fiction World" to have a chance to win the award.
While they are expanding the scope of selection, they cannot let go of their own biases. Comparing the two, it is obvious who has the better future.
Maybe in the near future, when people think of science fiction, the first thing that comes to mind is not Nebula, Hugo or Locus, but the Galaxy Award.
Jeff has this idea not only because the Galaxy Award itself is making changes, but also because the explosion of science fiction in China in recent years has been so amazing.
Since the release of YU, it seems that all other Chinese science fiction writers have been activated at once.
Jeff specifically studied Chinese science fiction novels before and after 1992, and found that in just a few years, the overall level of Chinese science fiction writers has improved a lot.
For example, the chubby young man whose pen name is He Xi has undergone tremendous changes in style in his works in recent years. Liu Yukun told Jeff that He Xi’s improvement is not only the enrichment of science fiction elements, but also the strengthening of the novel’s compilation.
His writing ability has also improved a lot.
Regarding this point, Liu Yukun concluded after analysis that a large part of the reason for the improvement in standards is that Chinese science fiction writers have begun to make money in the past two years.
Before that, everyone wrote for their hobby, and they might have wild ideas, but the stories were rarely polished. Now, they can treat science fiction writing as a career, and with more effort, their level will naturally improve.
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Jeff was lamenting the rapid development of Chinese science fiction, but Liu Yukun had been staring at Liu Cixin opposite.
Among the Chinese science fiction writers, apart from Yu Dong, Liu Yukun's favorite is Liu Cixin, so this time he came to Yanjing to meet Liu Cixin.
While everyone was chatting, Liu Yukun kept leaning towards Liu Cixin.
It took more than half an hour for Liu Yukun to finally approach Liu Cixin.
"Hello, Teacher Da Liu."
Liu Cixin was listening to Wang Jingkang talking about the mountains. He turned to look at Liu Yukun and responded with a smile: "Hello, hello, just call me Da Liu, and the teacher will be exempted."
Liu Yukun blinked and said, "Then just call me Xiao Liu."
"Xiao Liu..." Liu Cixin laughed: "Okay, okay. I heard about your Singularity Association. It's doing very well. You must have put in a lot of effort."
Liu Yukun said modestly: "I actually didn't do anything, and it all depended on the support of Deep Space Company and Jeff. Of course, the foundation of the Singularity Association is all domestic science fiction writers. As long as there are outstanding writers like you, I
I believe that the Singularity Association will continue its long-term and stable development.”
Liu Cixin smiled and pushed up his glasses. He didn't expect Liu Yukun, a Chinese-American, to speak tactfully.
"you are too humble."
Liu Yukun was no longer polite, but changed the subject and said, "Big Liu... I read your new work "Country Teacher", which is very thoughtful and touching. I have always believed that science fiction does not necessarily have to be grand scenes, like "
Chapter completed!