Chapter 44: Five-Star Recommendation
"The meaning of reading can be as small as getting rid of poverty and becoming rich, or as big as saving the world. As a short story, this span should be a precedent that has never been seen before in the history of Chinese literature. Believe it or not, this is the story of a group of rural children saving the world, and in an ancient and barren land, the harvest is meager but there is real hope. This is a very different science fiction writer and is worth reading, with a recommendation index β β β β β !"
When the new issue of Selected Fiction went on sale, readers in the middle read this editor's recommendation, and these loyal subscribers almost forgot the last time they saw a science fiction novel in the magazine.
So, under the curiosity of the five-star recommendation, they opened the following text one after another and began to read it carefully, but the result was out of control and couldn't stop at all.
At this time, Lin Han wrote out the next few chapters of "I, Robot" and handed it over to the National People's Congress Publishing House after completing the proofreading, and they had to hurry up to print the novel and then publish and sell it.
There is a saying on the earth that it is better to be famous as soon as possible, and now that Lin Han has been behind for so long, he can't miss any opportunity.
Some time ago, he was writing novels almost day and night, and now he just wants to rest for two days, and then talk about it when he comes to his senses, even if he writes a book that exists in his head, it is still very brainpower-consuming.
It's the end of November now, the sky over Yanjing City is full of dark clouds, the weather is gloomy, Lin Han after the delivery of the manuscript is now nothing to do, he sits on the sofa and watches variety shows, and relaxes himself.
Nowadays, it takes a certain amount of time for both printing and publishing, and although the staff is working hard, it will take some time to sell as soon as possible.
Compared with "Science Fiction World", the sales of each issue of "Selected Novels" have stabilized at more than two million copies, and the all-encompassing Selected Novels have a very large readership, some people may not buy every issue, but at least the people who have read it are very wide.
Two mainstream publications in a row chose to reprint "The Country Teacher", and Lin Han received a lot of remuneration from it, which allowed him to create with peace of mind and no longer have to worry about rent.
"Man, are you on Weibo and the forum? Those sci-fi fans are almost going crazy, and now they are frantically swiping the screen, you hurry up and take a look. β
Li Wenyuan's text message appeared on Lin Han's mobile phone, he didn't know what he liked, and he actually sent a message on purpose.
Lin Han also came to be curious, he used the mobile phone client to log in to Weibo, and found that there were dozens of people @him, and clicked on Li Wenyuan@his's topic #Rural Teacher#, and the discussion of this topic came to the 37th place on the Weibo hot topic list!
This term may not be a big deal for other stars, but it is undoubtedly a great honor for a novel, especially a science fiction novel.
Under this topic, he saw that the number of views has exceeded 4.78 million, including more than 300 discussions, and the topic host is the official Weibo of "Science Fiction World".
"#δΉ‘ζζεΈ#εεε¨ I saw this novel on "Selected Novels", I can only say that it is fantastic, I never thought that science fiction could be written like this, the author is really a genius. β
"I have quietly deleted the previous Weibo, Lin Han did not destroy the science fiction novel, but added a classic to the science fiction novel!"
When I saw this novel, my friend told me that it was actually written by the director of Out of the Solar System. If only his directing ability was half as good as his writing ability, no, one-tenth of it. β
"I bought a copy of Science Fiction World, and today my table mate told me that she had also seen it in Selected Novels, which was amazing! β
"Congratulations alien, I fell in love with this author, what other books has he written?"
"It's unbelievable that I can see the day when science fiction is in mainstream culture magazines, why is this person Lin Han, how nice it would be to replace it with the rest of the people. β
"Lin Han's former number one black fan came to give you a science popularization of the awesome aspects of "Selected Novels", this magazine sells very well, backed by the National Writers Association, almost every author wants to be on the magazine, quite awesome. Anyway, there were no science fiction novels here in the last year, which is the best one. β
"Mainstream literature is finally willing to admit science fiction, and this TM is finally waiting for the next novel. β
The host of the topic, "Science Fiction World", put a message of his own on Weibo: "Lin Han (pen name Alien), the author of "Country Teacher", will log in to the science fiction world with his new work! The preface and first chapter of the long science fiction novel "I, Robot" will be published in the December issue, and the rest of the content will be presented in turn in the next 8 issues, so stay tuned!"
This is the publicity mode of "Science Fiction World" while the iron is hot, and now "Country Teacher" is popular again, attracting more readers' attention, so I took the opportunity to advertise new books and magazines to tell netizens the news of the new book.
And after Lin Han saw this micro-blog, he also forwarded it and accompanied it with a picture, "The first issue of "I, Robot" was serialized and the 12th issue of Science Fiction World in 2016, and the full text is expected to be serialized to the 8th issue in 2017, and the full text has been completed. At the same time, the novel will be released in simplified Chinese by the National People's Congress Publishing House in January next year. β
In addition to the preface, the novel "I, Robot" has 9 chapters, that is, 9 different short stories, namely Robbie (also translated as a small machine), ring dance, reasoning, catching rabbits, the robot that tells lies, catching robots, escaping, evidence, and changing angles.
The situation that the work is popular and the writer is not popular is shown here, and there is a lot of discussion about "The Country Teacher", but few people pay attention to the author's Weibo, so Lin Han still needs to work hard.
"The Country Teacher" is already in the past tense, and Lin Han and Chen Jiaxuan have begun to shift their attention to the book "I, Robot", which is his first full-length science fiction novel, and if the sales are not good enough, it is easy to cause difficulties in negotiations later.
It was just a phone call at this time that made Lin Han jump up from the sofa and throw away all the troubles in front of him.
"Writer Lin, are you free now? If the schedule can still be scheduled, then come to Houhai Bar Street, where we used to drink for a long time, to celebrate the end of my dervishes!"
Wang Hao's excited voice came from the phone, following the crew of "Journey to the West" to run to almost 20 provinces and cities, and now that he is finally liberated, he naturally wants to get together with old friends.
Lin Han was taken aback, he didn't expect that such a long time had passed, so he replied happily: "I can reluctantly change the schedule for you, although I am free all day now." See you at 7 o'clock tonight?"
"Okay, don't be late, the person who is late will pay the bill!"
"See you then!"