Chapter 156, Fermentation! (Thanks to the boss of [Cucumber Nougat]!)
"Dad, why are you asking this?"
Lin Xiamo asked curiously.
Based on her understanding of her father, he was still angry just now and it was impossible for him to care about Shen Qiushan's situation unless something unexpected happened.
"Old Yu from the Cultural Bureau said that he won some Nebula Award, and it's a foreign award!"
"If you ask me, the appreciation level of these foreigners needs to be improved!"
"He is a writer of online novels, but he can actually win an award abroad. These foreigners really have never seen the world!"
Lin Moxuan pouted and complained, trying his best to show that he was indifferent to the award, hoping to pass this subjective emotion to his daughter.
This is to prevent Lin Xiamo from being labeled a "literary genius" because of Shen Qiushan's award.
As a result, Lin Xiamo on the other side quickly hung up the phone after hearing that Shen Qiushan actually won the Nebula Award.
Hearing the busy tone in the mobile phone receiver, Lin Moxuan's mouth twitched subconsciously. He felt that his second cabbage was completely lost!
No, this blind date tonight needs to be more intense!!
Chinese Publishing House.
Chen Min just arrived at the office.
His subordinate Zheng Sihai rushed into the office with a big smile on his face, even forgetting to knock on the door: "Editor-in-Chief Chen, good news!"
“Great news!!”
"What's wrong?"
Chen Min raised her eyebrows slightly. She had been quite depressed in the past week because her arch-enemy Zhou Gang was always looking for trouble.
Especially during meetings, he would always bring up "The Three-Body Civilization" to accuse Chen Min of "using public power for personal gain."
There was even a "dirty rumor" about Chen Min circulated within the publishing house, saying that the reason she helped Shen Qiushan publish the book was because they had an affair.
Although no one knows who spread this rumor, it is obvious that Zhou Gang is behind it.
As a man, Zhou Gang was of course unwilling to lose to Chen Min in the workplace competition. He wanted to quickly remove Chen Min as the editor-in-chief so that he could take his place!
Dealing with the "internal friction" has made Chen Min exhausted, so her mood has certainly not been good recently.
“The Three-Body Civilization won the award!”
"Won the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel!"
"Moreover, Shen Qiushan also won the Best New Science Fiction Writer Award!"
Zheng Sihai was excited and said with great joy: "I knew that The Three-Body Civilization would work!"
"If we don't win this award, then the Nebula Award is just a name!"
Hear the good news!
Chen Minteng stood up suddenly. She was a little tired but suddenly she seemed to be full of energy.
"Hold a meeting immediately!"
"Let Xiao Zhang notify everyone to participate!"
"Especially Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhou!"
Chen Min emphasized this specifically.
"good!"
Zheng Sihai nodded and strode out of the office. He immediately found Chen Min's assistant Zhang Huihui and informed her of the meeting.
Soon, all departments received meeting notices.
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhou had just arrived at the publishing house and had not yet reached his office when he heard that Chen Min had convened a general meeting.
Why is this woman going crazy so early in the morning?
Zhou Gang cursed in his heart, and at this time, the president Cao Zizhou, who did not come to the publishing house every day, actually showed up in the publishing house early in the morning.
"Boss, you're just in time."
"Editor-in-Chief Chen suddenly called a general meeting!"
"How can such a meeting be announced at short notice? It should be at least one or two hours in advance!"
Zhou Gang took the opportunity to complain about Chen Min.
But today, President Cao, who is obsessed with the principle of balance, has a different attitude than before.
If Zhou Gang had complained about Chen Min before, Cao Zizhou would most likely have given positive feedback and secretly expressed his support for him.
But at this moment, Cao Zizhou said with a stern face: "Editor-in-Chief Chen called a general meeting, so he must have something to discuss about work."
"She's the editor-in-chief, that's her job!"
Zhou Gang was stunned to see Cao Zizhou's reaction. He was completely different from the president he knew.
What's going on?
Is something big happening?
Zhou Gang still had a keen sense of smell, and he couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
Enter the meeting room.
Many people have already arrived. Since Chen Min didn't know Cao Zizhou would come, he was sitting in the main seat.
"President!"
Seeing Cao Zizhou walk into the meeting room, the employees led by Chen Min stood up one after another.
"Everyone, please sit down."
Cao Zizhou waved his hand gently, and said to Chen Min who was about to give up the main seat: "Editor-in-Chief Chen, I will just attend the meeting, you take your seat!"
After saying that, he took the initiative to sit in the first seat on the left.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Gang became even more confused.
In fact, he was not the only one who was confused. The other employees were also very surprised, because Cao Zizhou seemed to be supporting Chen Min!
Soon, the conference room was full of people.
Chen Min cleared his throat and said, "We called this meeting today because we have some great news to announce!"
"The work "The Three-Body Civilization" that our publishing house is about to publish won the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel!"
Wow!!
Chen Min's voice had just fallen.
The conference room suddenly exploded!
Unlike Lin Moxuan who didn't know much about the Nebula Award, everyone present was a professional and knew too well the value of the Nebula Award.
It is the most authoritative award in the field of science fiction!
This award has always been monopolized by foreign writers, and no one in China has ever won this award.
And now someone has actually won the "Best Science Fiction Novel Award", such a prestigious award!
It is foreseeable that this incident will definitely create a huge wave in the domestic literary circle!
It will definitely have a positive impact on the sales of "The Three-Body Civilization".
Moreover, after winning the international award, "The Three-Body Civilization" will definitely be translated into multiple languages and sold abroad!
Science fiction novels go abroad!
It can be said to be a great feat!
Now everyone understood why Cao Zizhou took the initiative to give up the main seat.
Because this time Chen Min bet on the right thing!
If she, the editor-in-chief, had not gone against all odds and firmly cooperated with Shen Qiushan, the publishing rights of the book "The Three-Body Civilization" might not have been awarded to any publishing house.
Judging from the current situation, no matter which publishing house Shen Qiushan chooses to cooperate with, the other party will make a lot of money!
Zhou Gang only felt his throat dry and his mind went blank.
Nebula Award?
"The Three-Body Civilization" actually won the Nebula Award? ?
This is too fake!
The Nebula Award is so high-profile, and it was won just like that!!
Isn't Shen Qiushan just a writer of online novels? How could he have such strength? !
Zhou Gang couldn't believe it.
The main reason was that he didn't want to believe it.
Because, if "The Three-Body Civilization" really won the Nebula Award, wouldn't it be a slap in his face!
Before, he had always been against the cooperation between Chen Min and Shen Qiushan.
He also secretly contributed to the slow publishing progress of "The Three-Body Civilization"!
And in the recent meetings, he always used the fact that Chen Min signed "The Three-Body Civilization" to attack her!
In Zhou Gang's opinion, signing a science fiction novel is definitely the stupidest decision!
The result was totally unexpected!
"The Three-Body Civilization" actually won an award!
It is also the highest award in the field of science fiction, the Nebula Award!
"Editor-in-Chief Chen, is this news accurate?"
"It can't be some gossip!"
Zhou Gang was unwilling to admit defeat, he asked with a frown.
"Deputy Editor Zhou, are you kidding me?"
"Is there any gossip about this kind of news?"
"The Nebula Awards were announced early this morning, and the organizing committee has already sent the winning email to our publishing house."
"You said this news is false?"
Chen Min glanced at Zhou Gang coldly. In fact, she had been waiting for Zhou Gang to speak.
Recently, Zhou Gang has been targeting her, even resorting to despicable means like spreading obscene rumors!
Chen Min is no pushover!
To be able to become the editor-in-chief of a publishing house, one has fought hard and gone through blood and rain. Once there is an opportunity to fight back, he will never hesitate!
"By the way, I have to tell Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhou a good news."
"Chen Qiushan, the low-brow online novel writer you mentioned, even won the Best New Science Fiction Writer Award!"
"I think that Deputy Chief Editor Zhou needs to improve his professional level. The person who won the Nebula Award for Best New Science Fiction Author is actually considered vulgar and inferior in the eyes of Deputy Chief Editor Zhou. No wonder the sales of several books managed by Deputy Chief Editor Zhou are not ideal..."
Chen Min directly adopted the attitude of beating the dog when it is down.
In the past, Cao Zizhou would have stepped out to smooth things over, but today he just watched coldly without saying a word.
Zhou Gang was speechless.
The old face turned red, and then slowly turned into the color of liver!
Chen Min was in a good mood after feeling relieved. All the depressed emotions that had been accumulated over the past few days were released in one go.
There is a feeling of exhilaration.
She cleared her throat and continued, "The award for The Three-Body Civilization is a major boon for our publishing house."
"I previously estimated that the sales of The Three-Body Civilization might not exceed 100,000 copies, but now I think it is a foregone conclusion that its sales will exceed 100,000 copies!"
"So, our next focus is to push forward the launch of The Three-Body Civilization as soon as possible!"
"Manager Zhang, please contact the distributors on the online sales platform and start pre-sales immediately!"
"Manager Wu, you should also put some effort into marketing. You can't miss out on this hot spot..."
Chen Min arranged all relevant tasks in an orderly manner.
This time Zhou Gang didn't say a word. He was an experienced veteran and knew that it would be useless for him to say anything in this situation.
If you lose, you have to admit it.
Stand at attention when you get hit!
As a veteran, he still has this awareness, and at present Chen Min's position cannot be shaken.
So, if I want to continue working in the publishing house, I have to repair the relationship.
Editorial department of Sanjiang Evening News.
Wang Zhixin just posted a video criticizing Shen Qiushan on his Kuaiyin account.
The fact that he earned 10 million yuan by writing online novels once again made Shen Qiushan the focus of public opinion.
His "scumbag novel" was very controversial on the Internet and received a lot of criticism.
This gave Wang Zhixin, a veteran "Shen Hei" an opportunity to find another job. In the past half month, he posted a video criticizing or mocking Shen Qiushan almost every day.
This has become his traffic password!
There are quite a few netizens who support him. These people can be roughly divided into two categories. One category is those who have a serious hatred of the rich.
They couldn't tolerate the fact that Shen Qiushan had earned 10 million from these online novels!
I wish the relevant departments would quickly ban his crappy novel!
Then he gave out the 10 million he earned from selling the copyright!
The other category is the "pure love warriors" who cannot accept the fact that the male protagonist of Shen Qiushan's novel is a scumbag.
I think this kind of thing shouldn't exist!
As a senior journalist, Wang Zhixin knows very well what netizens want to see, so every time he speaks, he can accurately grasp the psychology of these two types of people and thus absorb the traffic they bring.
Today, Wang Zhixin, as always, approaches the issue from a moral perspective, because no one can refute him from this perspective.
After all, the hero of Shen Qiushan's novel is indeed a two-timing scumbag!
However, he has talked about morality too many times before. In the second half of the video, he turned the topic to why Shen Qiushan, a low-level online novelist, could make 10 million!
His conclusion was that an online novel writer of Shen Qiushan's caliber was not worthy of possessing such huge wealth!
In the video, he also made some comments about the film and television company that purchased the copyright of Shen Qiushan's novel, saying that the person who spent 10 million to purchase the film and television copyright of Shen Qiushan's novel was thinking with his butt!
This view is favored by those who hate the rich.
I don’t even earn 1 million, how can you earn 10 million?
And he does it by writing online novels!
Can't you write that thing with hands?
But I also tried to write it, and I didn’t even make 10,000 yuan, let alone 10 million!
So, how do you make this money?
Just like the plot in "The Three-Body Civilization", today's Internet environment is actually very bad.
Basically it follows the "Dark Forest Law"!
There are too many people with conjunctivitis and they just can’t stand seeing others doing well!
Take writing online novels as an example. Once you have achieved good results, there will be countless eyes staring at you. If there is any violation of the rules even a little bit, those people will report it crazily!
Even if I can't take it off the shelves, I still want to disgust you!
After the news that someone made 10 million by writing online novels became popular.
Shen Qiushan was equivalent to being exposed to the law of the dark forest.
Just like in "The Three-Body Civilization", the coordinates of the Three-Body and the Earth were exposed...
In recent times, Penguin Novels has received countless reports, and some relevant departments have even called to personally inquire about the matter.
However, Shen Qiushan's novel is ultimately about the moral issues of the male protagonist, and it does not rise to the level of violating laws and regulations.
Although the male protagonist is two-timing, there are no vulgar or pornographic scenes, so the film has not been forced to be taken off the shelves!
But with Shen Qiushan as a "target", self-media bloggers such as Wang Zhixin can continue to output...
Wang Zhixin, who had just posted the video, was in a good mood as usual. He made himself a pot of tea and drank it while reading the messages from netizens.
At this time, his former mortal enemy and current leader Zhang Dayong came over humming a little tune: "Lao Wang, there is an interview assignment."
See Zhang Dayong smiling.
Wang Zhixin knew that it must be another difficult task for him.
When the two of them were competing for the position of deputy director, Wang Zhixin had always had the upper hand. However, because he had a dispute with Shen Qiushan, he was eventually slapped in the face, causing the Sanjiang Evening News to be scolded and become a hot topic.
Wang Zhixin, the instigator, naturally became the target of internal punishment in the unit!
The position of deputy director finally fell to Zhang Dayong.
With his enemy in power, Wang Zhixin's life will certainly not be easy!
Zhang Dayong had found opportunities to trick him several times before, but Wang Zhixin couldn't do anything about it. It was his own fault that he lost the fight!
Seeing Zhang Dayong smiling again, he cursed silently in his heart: Old silver coin, it will be struck by lightning sooner or later! !
"What interview?"
Wang Zhixin asked with a frown.
“It’s just a character interview.”
"From the provinces?"
"This province!"
"So that's from out of town?"
"This city is in Sanjiang!"
After hearing Zhang Dayong's answer, Wang Zhixin was a little surprised.
He originally thought that this interview assignment would be either in another province or another city!
In short, I wanted to torment him, but in the end it turned out to be nothing!
The interview mission in this city is just normal work.
It’s totally unlike Zhang Dayong’s style!
“Interview with Nebula Award Winner.”
"Old Wang, hurry up!"
"This is a hot topic. If nothing unexpected happens, this news will definitely explode!"
"Hurry up and get ready!"
After Zhang Dayong finished speaking, he left humming a little tune.
Wang Zhixin was completely confused and thought to himself: Could it be that this old silver coin has found an 18-year-old girl?
Why am I in such a good mood!
"Brother Wang, what task did Deputy Director Zhang assign you?"
Hao Bo, who was sitting at the next workstation, came over. The two of them had participated in the "live mock exam" together and had a good relationship.
“Interview with the Nebula Award winner!”
Wang Zhixin replied, and then asked in confusion: "Has anyone in our country won the Nebula Award?"
"How come I haven't heard of it!"
"Well?"
"Deputy Director Zhang asked you to interview the Nebula Award winner?"
Hao Bo's face became excited, he just saw the news that Shen Qiushan won the Nebula Award.
I originally wanted to tell Wang Zhixin, but I didn't expect Zhang Dayong to be so shady that he actually asked Wang Zhixin to interview Shen Qiushan.
Isn't this an impossible task?
It's clearly a humiliation and a nuisance!
"What happened?"
Seeing that Hao Bo's face looked strange, Wang Zhixin asked with a frown.
“Brother Wang, the winner of the Nebula Award is Shen Qiushan!”
“The news just came out and is still trending on the search list!”
Hao Bo told the truth.
"What!"
"Shen Qiushan is the winner of the Nebula Award?"
"How is this possible!?"
"How can he, who writes online novels, win the Nebula Award?"
"What a joke!"
Wang Zhixin didn't believe it at all: "Besides, I've read the book he wrote, and it doesn't have any science fiction elements at all. How could he win the Nebula Award!"
"Brother Wang, he didn't win the award for his online novels!"
"It's a book called 'The Three-Body Civilization'!"
Hao Bo explained.
"The Three-Body Civilization?"
"What the hell, I haven't heard of it!"
Wang Zhixin frowned and quickly searched the Internet.
According to Qiandu Encyclopedia, the author of "The Three-Body Civilization" is indeed Shen Qiushan.
Moreover, at around 2 a.m. today, "The Three-Body Civilization" just won the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel!
Shen Qiushan also won the Best New Science Fiction Author Award for this book!
One book won two prestigious awards! !
Looking at the related reports on the web page, Wang Zhixin was stunned.
Shen Qiushan actually won the Nebula Award!
Became the first writer in China to win the Nebula Award!
This is an achievement that fills a gap in a certain field and is definitely worth writing about.
As an experienced journalist, Wang Zhixin could already foresee how turbulent the subsequent public opinion would be.
And he, the "black fan" who chases after Shen Qiushan and scolds him all day long, will once again suffer the backlash of traffic!
The most infuriating thing is Zhang Dayong’s old silver coin!
Knowing the relationship between him and Shen Qiushan, he still asked him to interview him.
It would be strange if Shen Qiushan would accept his interview. He is now a Nebula Award winner. I wonder how many media outlets would want to interview him.
Why choose him, a black guy?
KAO!
Baldy Zhang is simply not a human being!!
Wang Zhixin cursed in his heart.
Then, he quickly looked at the comment section of the video he had just posted.
As expected, his comment section has already started to be flooded with comments!
"The worthless Shen Qiushan whom you criticized won the Nebula Award. What do you think of that, Reporter Wang?"
"Didn't you say that Chen Qiushan was a low-brow and vulgar person? What do you say now?"
"Old Wang, I've already found an excuse for you. Those foreigners have no appreciation and don't understand science fiction!"
"Old Shen has already gone abroad and won glory for the country, and you are still here cursing him!"
"I kept scolding Mr. Shen every day, but what happened? He won an international award!"
"Let's see what the clown has to say."
Sanjiang University.
The first teaching building, classroom 205.
The first class Shen Qiushan took after entering university was College Chinese.
As a general education course, students majoring in physics must also take it.
There is still a big difference between university Chinese and high school Chinese.
High school Chinese is more for the purpose of preparing for the college entrance examination, while university Chinese focuses more on cultivating students' literary literacy, aesthetic ability and language application ability.
The university Chinese teacher of Class 1 of the School of Electrical Engineering is Zhu Wenxuan, who is about 50 years old and an associate professor.
He must have read a lot of books and is very knowledgeable, and because of this, he likes to show off.
I like to mix in my personal opinions during lectures and express my own views!
In this class he was talking about modern literature, and inevitably talked about some well-known writers, and he gave his own evaluation without hesitation.
While he was standing behind the desk, lecturing, Shen Qiushan received WeChat messages from Lin Xiamo and Chen Min one after another...
After learning that "The Three-Body Civilization" won the award, Shen Qiushan was naturally very excited. He immediately responded to the news silently.
While he was typing, Zhu Wenxuan suddenly slapped the desk and said in a deep voice: "Some students think they have made money by writing fast food literature, so they look down on traditional literature!"
“This is arrogant and short-sighted!”
"Making money doesn't mean your level is really high. If you really have the talent, you should win a top literary award at home or abroad first!"
“Yes, Shen Qiushan!”
"I'm talking about you!"
"As the top scorer in liberal arts in Sanjiang Province, you should have higher standards for yourself!"
(End of this chapter)
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