In Hong Kong, the release of new albums is in full swing.

The factory is in full swing printing the album and posters, and the promotion and distribution of the album has begun to work rapidly.

In the mainland, the birth of the top ten of "Chinese Idol" has also sparked a wave of discussion and star chasing.

Many people have made a rough assessment of the strength of each player, and even some people have ranked them on the Internet, but no matter whose list it is, Zheng Qian's name is in the top three.

Even in the entire Southeast Asian region, there are many foreign viewers of "Chinese Idol" watching and discussing, which is no less than the discussion heat of some Han Zong, which is enough to prove the influence of "Chinese Idol".

At the same time, on the other side of the ocean.

In New York, USA, Stephen King, editor-in-chief of National Geographic Magazine, has been working hard to implement the English translation of "The Three-Body Problem" in just over two months since he got the overseas translation copyright authorized by Zheng Qian.

However, translation is always boring, so in the process, he also specially landed on the largest "Science Fiction World" community forum in North America, although it is not directly related to the domestic "Science Fiction World" magazine, but in fact, there is no direct connection between the two.

Stephen excitedly opened a separate serial post in the serialization area.

In his spare time, he will release the translated chapters of "The Three-Body Problem" in serial posts.

At first, not many people read it.

It wasn't until the serialization lasted more than half a month and the chapter exceeded ten chapters that the first reader patronized.

"It's amazing! This is a science fiction story from China, and it happened during the Cultural Revolution, I was deeply intrigued! I was so curious, is the author a Chinese who knows kung fu?"

Seeing the first reader, Stephen was very happy and replied: "Yes, the author is Chinese, called 'Qin Cheng', you can call him "Qin", the original version of "The Three-Body Problem" is in Chinese, I got Qin's authorization to translate on my behalf!"

Although Zheng Qian insisted on using his original name, the English translation was too eccentric and difficult to decipher, so in order to make Zheng Qian's pen name more eye-catching, Stephen changed the character "Qian" to the homonym "Qin" that was easier to pronounce while ensuring that Zheng Qian's surname was "Cheng".

At the same time, the word Qin also represents the first dynasty born in China, so Stephen felt that it was very meaningful.

As a result, in the next period of serialization, "Qin", the author of "The Three-Body Problem", was often brought forward, and many readers who like to read "The Three-Body Problem" will also go to other posts to recommend this book.

With the passage of time, the serial posts of "The Three-Body Problem" have become more and more popular, and the number of hits has exceeded 100,000, which is a sign of a small fire in the forum, and by the beginning of July, the number of replies to the serial posts has reached thousands, and the number of clicks is quite 300,000.

It was also at this time that a publisher contacted Stephen and claimed that he was willing to publish and distribute "The Three-Body Problem".

But Stephen didn't agree, when the serial post reached 100,000 clicks, he knew that "The Three-Body Problem" did not have the problem of adapting to the soil and water, and in the science fiction world community forum, posts that can reach 100,000 clicks basically have the hope of being published, and the probability is very high, which is also the starting point for many grassroots authors to make a fortune.

However, Stephen actually has experience in publishing books, he himself has published two English teaching books for Chinese with the help of "English World" magazine, in addition, his college classmates also have the knowledge of "Scholar Press", one of the six major publishing houses in the United States, so he is not very interested in the wild road publishers in the forum.

He serialized in the science fiction world community, just to pass the boring serialization time, and to find some like-minded enthusiasts, he has already said hello to his college classmates, and when he finishes translating the whole book, he can get the edition number and publish it smoothly with the help of the "Scholar Publishing House", and the copyright fee is given a high score of 12%, which is already a very high category for new writers.

The most important thing is that the distribution channels of "Scholar Press" are all over North America, not only in the United States, but also in Canada, Mexico and other places, they also have hundreds of stores, plus downstream channels, their tentacles are almost all over the European and American continents.

So, even though some publishers gave a high score of more than 15%, Stephen ignored it.

He especially admires "The Three-Body Problem" and wants this science fiction masterpiece to be seen by more people.

Therefore, in the preliminary plan for Zheng Qian, except for the six major publishing groups in the United States, Stephen will hardly consider other copyright holders.

It is precisely because of Stephen's arrogant posture that many publishers are hungry, and every day they will knock on Stephen's text message window and ask: "Aren't you thinking about it? Sir, we can discuss a better publishing plan to your satisfaction!"

"Dear Mr. Stephen, we would like to know Mr. Qin's contact information, we have a good idea to communicate with him, can we inform him?"

"Our publishing is open to all Chinese people, and we have the largest distribution channel in the Chinese community, if you don't cooperate with us, you will regret it!"

"Your translation is fantastic, I like it very much, is the original version of "The Three-Body Problem" in Chinese? Oh, maybe I should go to China myself!"

Stephen's job is the editor-in-chief of National Geographic magazine, and the biggest workload every day is to review manuscripts, accept submissions from photographers from all over the country, and visit forums every day, so he has not seen these exchange text messages, but occasionally browses the serial posts of "The Three-Body Problem" at work to check the number of replies and clicks.

These two metrics are related to the book's popularity, and some people in the industry have figured out the rules for this.

The number of hits exceeded 100,000, which is a sign of a small fire, and there will be sporadic publishers looking for it.

The number of hits exceeded 500,000, which was already a sign of a fire, and as long as they wanted, more publishers came to negotiate contracts.

If the number of hits exceeds one million, it will not only be popular! It is also absolutely a masterpiece! Even the six major publishing groups will open their posture to compete for copyright.

Now, it is mid-July, and the serial post of "The Three-Body Problem" has reached 450,000 hits!

And since Stephen posted it, it's only been a month and a few days!

......

As one of the six major publishing groups, Harbbs Publishing Group has been established for more than 200 years, its headquarters is New York, with sales of more than $1.5 billion last year, more than 1,000 stores in the United States, and distribution channels all over the world.

Twenty-seven-year-old Hannah joined the publishing house group, although she was only a small assistant to the editor-in-chief, but her busy work every day made her hardly have time to drink coffee to refresh herself.

Finally, with diligent efforts, in just one year, she became the official editor in charge of the Harbers headquarters publishing house, no longer serving tea, pouring water, running errands and buying coffee, completely got rid of the role of a servant, and finally sat on her desk and had the right to review the manuscript.

But new editors don't have connections, and it's not good to find good authors.

Excellent authors basically have a fixed editor's one-on-one service, and she has no advantage to poach, so she changed her thinking and began to settle in major literary forums to find new sources of writers.

This is the advantage of new humans, when old editors can't even type on a computer and run around to maintain author connections, young editors have learned how to use the advantages of the Internet to discover new authors.

It's just that after two days of shopping in major literary forums, Hannah found that the Internet is really mixed with dragons and snakes, and any kind of author dares to call himself a writer.

Those serialized articles that she used to think were good, after she became a professional editor, suddenly felt that all kinds of grammar and story structure were full of errors and omissions.

She gradually became a little disappointed.

Until she strolled to the Science Fiction World Forum and opened the serialization area.

Then I saw the "Three-Body Problem" serial post that was artificially pinned, with more than 3,000 replies and a total of more than 500,000 clicks.

Hannah's eyes widened at once.

"God, what do I see?"

The number of hits exceeded 500,000!

The number of replies exceeded 3,000!

The entire sci-fi community forum, a serial post with more than 500,000 hits, can be counted on both hands.

And this unheard of "Three-Body Problem" serial post has such data, and even its serial time was a month and a half ago, not even half a year!

Hannah felt her heart beat faster and her fingers began to tremble a little, so she quickly opened the post, skimmed through the work a little, and focused on the readers' responses.

"Unbelievably shocking! The three-body civilization is so terrifying!"

"The Overseer is so miserable, in order not to end this beautiful planet, he is willing to die of dehydration, I am moved!"

"Yes, I couldn't stop crying when I saw this chapter!"

"The earthlings are so small, they haven't even met the Trisolarans, so a wise son came, and a water droplet flew directly to the solar system, and it made humans so embarrassed......"

"Qin's imagination is too majestic!"

"The Three-Body Problem is fantastic, the whole story is completely new, I've never seen it, I haven't guessed it once. I thought it was a dead end but suddenly became enlightened, I thought it was a counter-kill but was pressed to the ground, I thought it was a terrible ending, but it was actually a horror without an ending. ”

"After reading "The Three-Body Problem", the floodgates of my mind were repeatedly opened, and a wave of unstoppable majestic waves continued to impact my soul, and I learned to look up at the starry sky and think about the grandeur of the universe, the insignificance of human beings, and the transient ...... of floating life."

But there are also some readers who have other voices:

"I'm a little confused, is this science fiction? Why are the characters in it playing games? Also, King Zhou Wen and Newton are standing together? What does this game want to illustrate? What is the story of the Cultural Revolution? Evans? Planting trees? God, it's dizzy to watch, can anyone give me a science popularization!"

"Very good, the author successfully let me buy the high school physics textbook home and study it again!"

"I think maybe my IQ isn't worthy of watching sci-fi!"

Hannah was trembling.

It was as if she had seen a treasure waiting to be discovered.

Although I don't understand what this is called "The Three-Body Problem" is about, the terrifying number of clicks and the amazing number of replies, as well as the praise rate of more than 85%, make her feel that this treasure is shining and dazzling.

She suppressed the excitement in her heart, and hurriedly used her account to send a text message to the owner of the "Three-Body Problem" serial post.

"Okami, I'm Hannah, the editor of Hubbs Press, I noticed the excellent work "The Three-Body Problem", and I want to discuss cooperation with you, can Okami give me a contact information?"

After sending the text message, Hannah continued to excitedly wait for a reply.

However, an hour passed, and Hannah sent four or five messages in a row, but these messages were like a stone in the sea, and there was no trace of them.

Hannah's fiery heart finally cooled.

She thought calmly for a moment and sent a text message again: " God, my contact information is XXXXXX, forgive me for being very eager to contact you, in short, you must give me a chance to negotiate, we Habbs Publishing is the world's largest publishing group, whether it is channel resources or publishing strength, the industry is obvious to all, I dare not promise anything else, but I can guarantee that your work, no matter what kind of conditions and treatment other publishing houses give, we Habbs Publishing House can give, must be higher!"

After sending the text message, Hannah took a deep breath and began to re-browse the serialization of "The Three-Body Problem".

She wanted to see what kind of magic attracted so many people's attention.

It is also necessary to understand this story so that you can lobby the editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief!

Soon, looking at it, Hannah's back was sore, she got up and twisted her body, raised her watch to look at it, and was stunned.

Two hours have passed!

Time flies so fast!

This kind of immersive reading experience, she hadn't experienced in a long time.

She also finally understood where the charm of "The Three-Body Problem" was.

Western science fiction literature, such as those Star Wars blockbusters, is always the same people, but they dare to claim the universe and the galaxy......

Compared with "The Three-Body Problem", the pattern is really too small!

Almost all Western science fiction works are a cosmic worldview with the earth as the center and stage, and Westerners as the dominant worldview.

It can only be said that the Renaissance and the scientific and technological revolution of Western civilization were at the forefront, making Westerners at the forefront of the human sequence in the Age of Discovery.

Colonize the New World and the uncivilized world, smash the way with gunboat diplomacy, so that the whole world learns Western civilization, language, clothing, culture, and so on.

Therefore, in the present moment, modernization is Westernization.

These historical experiences have given Westerners great confidence, so much so that when people face the universe, they are extremely optimistic, believing that human beings can dominate the civilization of the galaxy and the earth will become the center of the galaxy.

But in fact, such an idea is too arrogant!

Hannah's eyes looked thoughtful.

As for China, what did it see in the Age of Discovery and the period of humiliation?

What they see is the slaughter of advanced civilizations against backward civilizations!

The West only demanded the opening of its ports and trade with China, but in the Americas and Europe, it directly hunted and killed people as monkey-like animals, and in Africa, they even treated people as slaves to capture and call.

It took a century of humiliation for China to get back on its feet.

So they are not as optimistic as us Westerners, who think they can rule the universe.

Therefore, in "The Three-Body Problem", the weakness and despair shown by human beings in the face of cosmic civilization is an experience that Western people have never experienced, and that sense of reality makes all readers can't help but be attracted to it.

Hannah felt as if she had really unearthed a treasure.

She continued to read, and after another hour, she finally finished the current serialization, and her mind was full of the mystery and vastness of outer space, so that she could not calm down for a long time.

"Ding Dong!"

A crisp sound was heard, and the text box at the top of the forum page began to flicker.

Hannah came back to her senses and was overjoyed!

The great god replied!