The original British black humor can be widely recognized around the world, it was the great influence of the former empire on which the sun never sets, and now the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", which has been replaced by Chinese humor, can still continue the glory of the earth?

Lin Han has no bottom in his heart, and neither does Chen Jiaxuan, they can only cross the river by feeling the stones now, and can only hope that good works can overcome cultural differences. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Here, Chen Jiaxuan had just called the editor-in-chief of "Fantasy Times" magazine and said that Lin Han was willing to serialize "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in the magazine, and Tan Lin directly dragged Li Wenyuan to Lin Han's house.

Tan Lin also knew that he was looking for a big boss to add a little bargaining chip to himself, and after Li Wenyuan learned that Lin Han had almost written the novel, he also happily went, just to get a sneak peek.

"I said you need to come to the door in such a hurry?" Lin Han scratched his hair, he was still taking a nap just now, and was directly awakened from his sleep.

After Li Wenyuan walked in, he couldn't wait to hang up his coat, rubbed his hands and said, "Brother Lin, we came here to pay you a greeting for your old age." I heard that your novel is almost finished, can we read it?"

Lin Han's eyes swept over Tan Lin next to him, and he pointed to his study, "It's almost there, it still needs to be revised, and I'm still translating into English by myself." This time, my ambition is bigger, and I want to directly unify the serialization in Chinese and English globally, so I have to get the English version out as well. ”

"Mr. Lin has this strength, and now which science fiction reader in Europe and the United States doesn't know your name? We, "Fantasy Times", are willing to publish this novel, any issue of it. ”

"Old Tan, what you say is not attractive. You should tell Xiao Lin that "Fantasy Times" also has his shares, is it possible that he can go to other magazines?" Li Wenyuan patted Tan Lin on the shoulder and said jokingly: "You should think about what kind of treatment you use, he is not an ordinary person." ”

This can be regarded as stumped Tan Lin, Lin Han's new book is not an exaggeration to describe it with the expectation of tens of thousands of people, how can a writer of this level pay for his manuscript, so he tried to ask: "How about 10,000 words?"

Lin Han didn't care about this, he readily agreed: "Just do it, 10,000 is 10,000." ”

"Tsk, Lao Tan, don't you hurry up and thank Xiaolin. These 1,000 words and 10,000 words can be regarded as wronging him, and at his best-selling level, I am afraid that there will be magazines chasing after him at a price of 20,000 words or 30,000 words. Li Wenyuan sighed, he knew that this was already the friendship price within the friendship price.

The book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" has more than 80,000 words, and the serialization fee is only more than 800,000 yuan, and there are taxes to be paid.

800,000 may be an astronomical amount for a rookie author, but for Lin Han, who is currently at the peak of his popularity, it is just a few days of royalties for physical book sales.

At the point where Lin Han arrived, he didn't value money very much, and what he valued was that his works would be expanded on a larger scale through serialization. Anyway, the "Three-Body Problem" series is still helping him make money, and the money-making plan of this new book can be put aside for now.

Originally, Tan Lin was ready to bleed, and he was ready to have a discussion mode with Lin Han asking for a sky-high price to sit on the ground and repay the money, who knew that the other party didn't care about these things at all.

If Lin Han's new book is released, the sales of the magazine will be able to earn back the 800,000 yuan, not to mention the advertisers, everyone knows that this will be an excellent advertising opportunity, the quality of readers of science fiction novels is very good, and it is a big company to invest in advertising in this area!

Just like the advertisements placed in CCTV-5, most of them are aimed at male audiences, mainly sporting goods and car advertisements, and this advertising fee can at least make a lot of money.

It is equivalent to Lin Han using his fame to help the rise of "Fantasy Times" magazine, although Lin Han usually does not manage the operation of the magazine, but he can always be relied on at this critical time.

"Okay, okay, I've made a concession on the manuscript fee, and by the end of this year, you will have to let our two shareholders get dividends. You still don't read novels?"

Lin Han doesn't want to be thanked by these two big men, good authors are always a scarce resource, and if you want to keep this group of people, the level of manuscript fees is one aspect, and other problems cannot be ignored.

It is not uncommon for manuscript fees to be in arrears for half a year, and if a magazine can send the manuscript fee in a timely manner, even if the price is a little lower, it will be popular with writers, and whether it is pleasant to deal with editors, whether editors can give constructive feedback, and how much freedom in writing there are, these are all factors that affect writers' choice of magazines.

"Okay, okay, I'll put the finished document on this computer and ipad, you can look at it for yourself. By the way, give me some advice, if there is anything wrong or contradictory, or even inappropriate words, you can point it out, and treat you as free labor today. ”

Lin Han can also be regarded as making the best use of his resources and fully squeezing their labor, a famous editor-in-chief in the industry, a science fiction god-level writer, it is the best thing to find them to give him a new book pointer.

Li Wenyuan couldn't wait to open the file on the computer, and he said to himself: "I'm afraid I don't have the ability to teach you now, but I can correct your typos." ”

Tan Lin sat on the chair next to him with the ipad in his hand and browsed attentively, and the study suddenly became quiet.

A good novel is attractive enough, and after Lin Han looked at the two of them, he turned around and went to the kitchen to boil water and make tea.

The boiling water is poured into the cup, the emerald green tea leaves gradually unfold, and the unique tea fragrance gradually spreads.

After putting the teacup next to Li Wenyuan and Tan Lin, Lin Han silently took his mobile phone, he logged in to the Facebook client, and found that he had more than eight million fans on Facebook, and it was a miracle that the account that updates two or three messages every month can be followed by so many people.

Lin Han announced the news that he was about to release the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and then left the studio's mailbox for the magazine to contact as soon as possible.

A cup of tea turned from hot to cold, Li Wenyuan laughed coldly, he slapped the table vigorously, "Xiaolin, you are too funny at the beginning, the protagonist's house was forcibly demolished, and as a result, the earth was also forcibly demolished!"

"Wine is wine, and I gave it such a lofty name, the Pangalactic Gargle and Blasting Medicine, which is expected to spread on the Internet. No wonder you want to call this title, it turns out to be the same name as the book in the novel, if it were the cover of our magazine, I would definitely add a big word don't panic on it!" Tan Lin laughed without raising his head, this book has been laughing intensively from the beginning, and he can't control himself at all.

Li Wenyuan and Tan Lin have been watching and laughing all the time, and the novel is not only full of words that make people laugh, but also secretly hacked a handful of "Reader's Digest".

When the two-headed galactic president appeared, when the Golden Heart spaceship appeared, when the famous melancholiac robot Marvin appeared, the laughter in the study never stopped!

"What should I do, my face seems to be stiff with laughter, and my stomach hurts from laughter. Li Wenyuan took a sip of tea, and then looked at the lower right corner of the monitor, "Why is it more than four o'clock in the afternoon, and I watched it for nearly three hours in one breath?"

Tan Lin rubbed his face, "Lao Li, I don't think I've ever read such a humorous science fiction novel in my life, and I completely forgot that I was helping him correct and correct his mistakes, and I directly became a thorough reader." ”

"Do you want to be so exaggerated, it's really so funny?" Lin Han asked suspiciously, he had almost reborn the book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", so his confidence was a little lacking.

Li Wenyuan took two deep breaths, tried to suppress his smile, and said solemnly: "Although the "Martian" you wrote also has a lot of funny points, it is far from being as funny as this book, it is too interesting. It's just such a joke full of Chinese style, I don't know if I can conquer foreign readers, maybe you should find some foreign readers to try it, maybe students who come to China can help you. ”

"I probably didn't have time, I just posted a message on Facebook, and now a lot of fans are helping me contact those magazines and even the studio, and I've received formal and informal emails. It seems to be a little too exciting!"

"There are a lot of foreign science fiction magazines, you must choose carefully, the first science fiction writer who has successfully hit the world, choose the most suitable one. Tan Lin said excitedly, as an editor, he also wants to run "Fantasy Times" into a world-famous magazine, but there are still some difficulties for the time being.

In Europe and the United States, science fiction has become synonymous with fantasy, many science fiction magazines publish science fiction, fantasy novels, and even the associations of these two categories are the same, and truly pure science fiction magazines are very rare, most of them are mixed with science fiction and fantasy.

Nowadays, the most famous American science fiction information magazine is "Locus", of course, the two traditional science fiction magazines are "Analog" (Analog), "Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine", and the old British science fiction magazine "Interzone" (Interzone) is also very famous.

At present, science fiction online magazines are also on the rise, and European and American readers are more familiar with "Strange-Horizon", "Clarksworld", "Lightyear", "Daily Science Fiction", "Intergalactic Medical Show", "Galaxy Edge" and so on.

These magazines can be very famous, and Lin Han's wish is to publish the English version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in one of these magazines, and the rest of the smaller magazines are not of much interest! )