After the live broadcast of the show, Stephen and a group of others led the staff to the backstage and found Zheng Qian.

At this time, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, but Stephen and the others were all in good spirits, looking at Zheng Qian with bright eyes, and Stephen explained the intention.

When Zheng Qian heard this, he hurriedly invited them to sit and asked the staff to bring coffee.

"Qin, hello, I'm the editor of Harbours Publishing in the United States, you can call me Hannah......"

Hannah was the first to introduce herself, and the others got up one after another.

"We are all very optimistic about "The Three-Body Problem", to be honest, I haven't been so moved by such a work for a long time!"

A middle-aged man said happily: "A good publishing platform can make "The Three-Body Problem" shine and spread all over the world, with hundreds of millions of readers......

This is a publishing editor from Mike Millan Press, Cooper is also one of the six major publishing houses in the United States, with hundreds of branches at home and abroad, and he is also an avid reader of "The Three-Body Problem".

In addition to Mike Millan, scholars, Habers and other famous publishing houses also sent personnel.

Zheng Qian was actually a little surprised, he didn't expect "The Three-Body Problem" to be so popular in the United States.

You must know that although the first part of "The Three-Body Problem" has been completed and published in the magazine "Science Fiction World", there are not many people discussing it except for the small circle of science fiction literature.

In addition, Zheng Qian entrusted the editor-in-chief Zhang Hanting that he would not publish it in a short period of time, so there were great restrictions on dissemination, and people could only read "The Three-Body Problem" by collecting the "Science Fiction World" periodical.

Of course, as long as you want to read it, hand-made versions on the Internet are also everywhere, and countless "enthusiastic netizens" have a clear division of labor and have copied each chapter on a literary website.

Zheng Qian knows these things, but at this stage, the laws and regulations are not perfect, and the cost of rights protection is high, even if he wins the lawsuit, he will not play the slightest role in protecting his rights, so he will turn a blind eye to it and let it spread.

It's just that compared with the current savage growth of immortal fantasy love, the attraction of science fiction literature like "The Three-Body Problem" is far less high.

The first is that the expression of literary devices is too slow.

The second is that this kind of hard science fiction is far less popular than soft science fiction, the so-called soft science fiction is fantasy literature, and all the development is close to the humanities, which is basically imagination out of thin air and has no scientific basis.

The current soft science fiction market is basically monopolized by online writers, and most writers subconsciously follow the laws of science when creating.

Of course, with the advent of the era of fragmented reading, in order to pursue the so-called coolness, it is normal to develop to the point of blowing up a planet with one punch.

However, the consciousness upload network in "The Three-Body Problem", as well as the description of the three-body world, the supervisor, the small water droplets and other plots, are also quite amazing at the moment.

"Zheng Qian, you don't need to worry too much!"

Seeing Zheng Qian's frowns, Stephen hurriedly said: "The choice is in your hands, I know that you don't know their background information, so I put together a document, you take it back and take a good look at it, and after determining the satisfactory partner, consider the price." ”

"They will stay in China for two days, you can rest assured that the information of each publishing house is true and reliable, if there is something you don't understand, you can contact me at any time, my mobile phone will be turned on for you 24 hours a day." ”

After speaking, Stephen took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Zheng Qian.

After that, he said to the other editors: "Ladies and gentlemen, the time is not early, let's wait quietly for the good news!"

The others looked at each other, all helpless, although they wanted to come forward and communicate with Zheng Qian more, but they also knew that Zheng Qian had just finished participating in a game, and besides, the time was indeed not early, so they left one after another.

Hannah said to Zheng Qian before leaving: "Qin, I especially like "The Three-Body Problem", in addition to "The Three-Body Problem", your performance today is also very good, really, we Habers have also published a personal biography for the queen of heaven Donn, if you want, I can introduce Donn to you!"

Tang En is the hottest Canadian diva singer in the North American music scene, he is forty years old, and has won many Grammy Awards, American Country Music Awards and Canadian Juno Awards.

When Hannah said this, she naturally wanted to be close to Zheng Qiantao.

She didn't have access to Don at all, but it was true that Done published a biography at Hubbers Press, and held many book signing events with Hubs's help.

When the other editors heard Hannah's words, their faces immediately changed.

"Hey, Hannah, don't lie, Don doesn't know you well!"

Someone said loudly: "You borrow Don's name like this, be careful of receiving a lawyer's letter!"

"Yes, Qin won't be so stupid to believe you, don't lie!"

"Qin, I also said that I knew Robin, do you believe it?"

"Robin and I know each other very well, I've taken pictures with him and shook hands!"

Everyone laughed, Robin is a Hollywood superstar and the winner of Best Actor at last year's Academy Film Festival, and now that his popularity and influence are in full swing, they said Robin to confirm that Hannah's words are not credible.

Hannah blushed, gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, I don't know Donne, but our editor-in-chief and Don are good friends......"

She didn't have much confidence in saying this, because it was just a rumor.

Zheng Qian saw that these ghosts were about to quarrel, so he hurriedly said: "Everyone be quiet, Mr. Stephen gave me the information, I will take a good look at it when I go back, please wait for my news." ”

Everyone nodded their heads.

Stephen smiled and said, "Excuse me, Zheng Qian, let's go!"

After a group of ghost guys left, Wang Gang, who was standing on the side, said with some trepidation: "The body odor of these ghost guys is too heavy!"

Zheng Qian was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled.

Immediately, he opened the file and took a cursory look at it.

The popularity of "The Three-Body Problem" overseas is indeed very high, which may be due to Stephen's translation ability, there is such a China expert, and some complex words in "The Three-Body Problem" are easy to understand and easier to read after being translated.

Immediately, he returned to the hotel where he was staying and began to consult the materials of these publishing houses.

He did have the idea of publishing overseas, and the various conditions offered by these publishers were also very tempting, and top publishers such as Hubs and Scholars also offered a high royalty of 15%.

Although Stephen is a voluntary translator, if he wants to publish, Stephen, as a translator, will also get a certain share of royalties, but Stephen said that he does not receive royalties, only a fixed remuneration, and it is calculated according to 200 US dollars per 1,000 words, so that he can get 40,000 US dollars, and the 40,000 US dollars will be borne by the publishing house.

Zheng Qian was a little surprised.

The popularity of "The Three-Body Problem" exceeded his imagination, although "The Three-Body Problem" won many awards in his previous life, but he could not experience the scenery of "The Three-Body Problem" at that time without being deep in it.

He thought about it all night, and finally set his sights on the six major publishing houses.

"The Three-Body Problem" is not only one, but there will be a second and third part.

There is a relatively large platform, which is very suitable for the subsequent development of "The Three-Body Problem".

The next day, Zheng Qian had a phone call with Zhang Hanting, the editor-in-chief of "Science Fiction World".

Zhang Hanting also just learned the news, plus he also studied in the United States for many years when he was young, and he has a better understanding of the market of major publishing houses, so he gave his own advice: "15% is indeed a very high royalty ratio, which is a top treatment for newcomers." ”

"Each of the six major publishing houses is strong, behind them are the world's top 500 companies, which one you choose is very good, I can not give much advice, if you are more inclined to the North American market, it is right to choose the two publishing houses of Hubbs and Scholars, they have a high credit value, never default on manuscript fees, and Penguin and Lantern Books, their children's literature publication is the world's ......"

"But there is one thing I want to remind you, now the advent of the digital age, has dealt a fatal blow to the traditional publishing industry, although the publishing house is still profitable, but the sales are far less than before, in recent years, the Amazon online bookstore has just emerged, you can also consider it, they only need electronic copyright, the main buyout, the price is very high, after all, it is for the global market. ”

"But because Amazon Bookstore has moved the cheese of traditional publishing houses, and now it is basically the public enemy of the industry, if you sign Amazon, other publishing houses may not cooperate with you anymore......"

Zheng Qian's heart jumped.

How far has Amazon gotten to this?

But when you think of the current QQ and Baidu, it's not surprising.

He was a little envious, this kind of giant enterprise with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars in the future, how good it would be if he could get his hands on it......

However, he knows that his catties, this kind of enterprise that has already shown great potential, has long been favored by the upper financial giants, and ordinary players have no possibility of investing in shares.

Including the current e-commerce companies that benchmark Amazon, Zheng Qian is not something that Zheng Qian can play.

The money burned in the early stage was too bad, and without financing, ordinary people couldn't bear it.

Zhang Hanting also brought another bombshell news to Zheng Qian on the phone, as of August, there are countless submissions for the Galaxy Award essays, but there are very few long-form essays, which means that "The Three-Body Problem" has a good chance of winning the award, but the specific award time will have to wait for a long time.

Zheng Qian was not surprised by this.

His current goal is no longer the Galaxy Award, because there is really no one in China who can fight.

According to the ideal plan, the highest Hugo award is his goal.