"Your idea is so great, the protagonist lives alone on Mars waiting for rescue, and needs so much science and technology to support it, it sounds fantastical, I've never seen this kind of writing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info You must write this book well, I have a hunch that this may be the science fiction closest to our lives, not as cold and distant as the rest of the hard science fiction, and the resonance with real life is stronger. ”

"Do you think it's good, too?"

When Lin Han and the two talked about the excitement, they couldn't stop at all, how the actor could save himself, how to contact the outside world, and how the earth would save him, these were all suspense, which simply hung Li Wenyuan's heart.

This novel can turn the narrow, specialized, niche interest of science into a mass consumer product, which is a great thing for Lin Han, who needs to raise his profile.

"The Martian" is a triumph of individual heroism, the protagonist finds a problem and then finds a solution to it, and there is no shortage of drama and twists and turns.

Whenever the reader discovers that the protagonist has succeeded temporarily, a new problem arises, which has always firmly attracted the reader's attention and made them pray for the protagonist in their hearts.

"I'm going to write this as a non-fiction science fiction novel, so there will be a lot of real people, place names, and science and technology, which is a big project. The only problem is the setting of the main character, why he ran to Mars, which is the key and must convince the reader. ”

In the original book of The Martian, the main character is called Mark Watney, a botanist who focuses on hydrosoil science and environmental science. His main work was concentrated in key areas of the earth, and he later applied to join NASA's astronaut training program, and then went to Mars to do scientific research.

This background leads the reader to believe why the protagonist can successfully grow potatoes on Mars and turn fuel into water.

Li Wenyuan also knows that it is not enough to have such thoughts, but more importantly, it is necessary to have these trivial things, which are precisely not missing at all, and they cannot be wrong.

Most people who like science fiction are more rigorous, they will detect the smallest bugs in it, and then refute it, and sometimes even a book will be ruined because of it.

"What are your thoughts? Is it about the identity of the protagonist or the background of his work?"

Li Wenyuan immediately asked the key point, Mark Watney is an American scientist, his teammates are also Americans, and in the end, it was the NASA that cooperated with China to rescue Mark.

Lin Han didn't know whether to modify the background or not, if he didn't change it, there must be some radical readers who thought he was a traitor, and two consecutive novels were starring foreigners, maybe they would have to scold him.

"The Martian" is equivalent to NASA's best promotional film, and as a Chinese running to write NASA, it seems that something is wrong.

So he said: "I originally planned to set the protagonist as an American, and finally the United States and China will cooperate to save this astronaut trapped on Mars." But now, I think the protagonist can be made Chinese, and the gap between them will not affect too much. The most important thing in a book is the storyline and narrative style, and the names and backgrounds of the characters are just symbols. ”

"That's true, but it's very difficult to juggle both domestic and international markets. Good works can ignore these problems, and what you have to do now is to find the scientific and technical support involved, so that the novel can stand up to scrutiny. ”

Li Wenyuan looked at his friend with a complicated expression, this is really the material for writing science fiction, a long story and a short story that have been published are rare masterpieces of science fiction, and now the new book sounds very good, it is the right thing to turn him into the world of science fiction.

After deciding what to write in the new book, Lin Han's whole person became relaxed, he had watched the "Martian" movie, and also read the Chinese version of the novel, but the English version only watched some and retreated.

Those specialized scientific rankings and calculations appear in the novel, especially the content about writing NASA takes up 25 pages, which is too advanced to understand.

But now that Lin Han wants to write this novel, he must first let himself understand these concepts and these ways, and only by figuring it out can he tell the reader in an easy-to-understand way.

This may be the most difficult novel of his writing career, and it requires a lot of accumulation and research, which is not an overnight thing.

"By the way, when are you going to release a new book, it's been too long since the last book, and your readers are looking for you every day on the Internet to urge you to draft!" Lin Han cared about Li Wenyuan's new book, which has not been released for almost a year, and science fiction readers have long been hungry and thirsty.

"I'm not in a hurry, I've been reading a book on time, wormholes and dimensions recently, the title of the book has been registered, it's called "Time and Space Tunnel", and I'm currently working with a physics professor at Tsinghua University to set it up, which is more troublesome. ”

No book is so easy to write, and a novel of hundreds of thousands of words needs too many things to fill in, and it is not something that can be written if you want to.

Since they are friends, they don't have so many worries, Li Wenyuan asked curiously: "The sales momentum of your book "I, Robot" is very good, how many points are given in royalties? Now there is no need to worry about the total sales of more than 500,000 copies, your goal must be to rush to one million, right?" ”

"I signed a tiered royalty, and the more I sold, the more royalties I got. One million is a bit far away, but now the sales are quite strong, and I hope it will continue. When will your Galaxy Award be selected, I saw in the November issue that "Country Teacher" entered the semi-finals, and I don't know the results yet, it's been a year. ”

At the beginning, Lin Hanke entered the science fiction world because of the Galaxy Award essay award, but now his new books have been put on sale, but it is still unknown whether the previous short story won the award, and the efficiency is too slow.

Li Wenyuan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "I thought you were calm and didn't care about this." The results have been handed over to "Science Fiction World", I can't get specific information here, the confidentiality work is particularly good, and the results are counted by the people in the notary office. ”

"Aren't you a judge? The judges don't know the results, but my "Country Teacher" won't be too bad, at least there should be a consolation prize. ”

Lin Han joked that he originally wanted to know the content of the award in advance through Li Wenyuan, but now he failed. However, he doesn't attach too much importance to the prize money of this award, and at present, the sales momentum of "I, Robot" is so good, his manuscript fee will not be bad.

It's just that the title of Galaxy Award is very important for a science fiction writer, and it is the highest honor for domestic science fiction.

The foreign award is the Hugo Award, also known as the "Science Fiction Achievement Award", but it is not to commemorate the great writer Victor Hugo, but to commemorate the founder of American science fiction magazine, Hugo Gernsback. In addition, there are the Nebula Award issued by the World Science Fiction Association, the International Fantasy Award issued by the Science Fiction Writers Association, and the Pilgrim Award issued by the Science Fiction Research Association.

Foreign awards can't get involved for the time being, but the domestic Galaxy Award has given Lin Han a glimmer of hope, and his "Country Teacher" has not only increased its influence, but also won unanimous praise inside and outside the industry.

Looking at Li Wenyuan's expression, Lin Han knew that he shouldn't be too bad, if it was too bad, Li Wenyuan's face would definitely show clues, instead of deliberately hanging his appetite like this.