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Maybe read a chapter or two before lunch dinner, read a little more when you take the subway and light rail bus, and read it again at night when you're done with everything, it's hard to have a whole day to read.

On the first day and the second day, many readers have no time to see the wonderful content after buying the book, most of them stay in the front or middle stage, and only a few people quickly scan it at a glance and ten lines, knowing the temporary ending.

But after all, the majority of people who read it step by step, the reputation of "The Three-Body Problem" is still above Lin Han's reputation, and everyone is not rushing for the quality of this book, but the name Lin Han.

Relying solely on the personal charm of writers to attract readers is not a long-term solution, so the National People's Congress Publishing House is still waiting for the opportunity, and word of mouth has not yet spread.

The sales in the first three days were quickly counted, and "Twilight" was undoubtedly on the top of the best-selling weekly list, and "The Three-Body Problem" also won the runner-up.

Many people are looking forward to "The Three-Body Problem" overturning "Twilight", but it doesn't seem to have gotten their way in terms of sales, and the sales of this fantasy romance novel are rising with the support of the main female force.

Although Lin Han occupies a favorable position in the domestic market, his sales are not as good as the domination of "Jurassic Park" over "Twilight" abroad.

That's right, things are so dramatic, "Twilight" has performed as steadily in the North American market as ever in his hometown, but Lin Han's other sci-fi masterpiece "Jurassic Park" has enough reputation and readers.

The east is not bright and the west is bright, and the trembling of these two authors begins unexpectedly. Forecasters had predicted the opposite, believing that "Twilight" would beat dinosaurs in North America and "Three-Body Problem" in China.

This time the statistics went out, but it was a big surprise.

"Jurassic Park" continued to make efforts, after occupying the first place on the New York Times bestseller list last week, this week it continued its efforts to win the war by a narrow margin, achieving the feat of a Chinese writer topping the list for the first time!

Every step Lin Han takes is making history, but he is not satisfied with this achievement.

Jurassic Park's triumph is a no-brainer, and the novel that has taken off a global dinosaur craze is nowhere near its sales limit, and it's no problem to get to the top of the charts.

However, "The Three-Body Problem" made him a little unexpected, although the sales were much better than when he was on earth, but he still couldn't escape the shackles of niche literature, and when the novel's reputation did not spread, the number of readers was not large.

In the past, although "The Three-Body Problem" on the earth sold millions of copies, it relied on strong stamina to continuously promote it, and it was the accumulation of time that had such a high mass popularity.

Now that Lin Han's "Three-Body Problem" has only been released for a week, the number of readers radiated is really limited, and there are not even too many comments on Douban.

Compared with the number of evaluations of Lin Han's novels before, the number of ratings for short stories increased very rapidly in the early stage, because novels such as "The Country Teacher" and "The Wandering Earth" are very small and easy to read.

The novels or novels such as "I, Robot" and "The Martian" and "Jurassic Park" are in a balanced state, and it seems that there are about a similar number of readers evaluating and scoring every week, because it usually takes a week to half a month from buying a book to reading it, and even some busy people will drag it out for a month.

Compared with the sighs of netizens, Lin Han felt that this trend was quite good, and the pressure on him was not too great, after all, he appeared as an impactor, and he was amazing enough in terms of sales, and he was not inferior in terms of evaluation.

At this time, Lin Han was sitting in the lounge, what he was about to participate in was the salon held by the Popular Science Writers Association, and he had mentioned the idea of dimensionality reduction attack and two-way foil in the discussion salon, and that would be used in the last two parts of "The Three-Body Problem".

The salon hadn't officially started yet, and the science fiction and popular science writers had gathered in pairs to talk about recent events.

"Have you read Lin Han's book? I wrote hundreds of thousands of words, and I didn't see the shadow of the aliens, it was completely the story of the wolf!"

"Yes, he is really bold, he actually mixed the Cultural Revolution with science fiction, and he didn't know how to pass the review. ”

"Before, it was said on the Internet that he could have the power to fight with "Twilight", but now it seems to be vulnerable, which is really embarrassing. He will put gold on his face, writing novels well is the king, looking at sales all day long, is this still a writer?"

A few people in casual suits and jackets said in low voices, they were gloating at this moment, and seeing Lin Han's failure seemed to be the greatest pleasure.

Lin Han is like an alternative among these writers, he is young, he is handsome, he is talented, and at the same time he is not from an orthodox background, not so much a writer as a star.

Compared with him, most of these writers are crooked and old, and the science fiction reserve force has not been sufficient, and now they still rely on middle-aged and middle-aged writers to support the situation.

"I think Lin Han is completely bringing the crooked atmosphere of the entertainment industry to our circle, so many news on the Internet say that "The Three-Body Problem" and "Twilight" PK, as a result, our science fiction has a disaster, and it has been implicated in vain, which has become a stepping stone for that romance novel. It's infuriating to think about, which means that no one in our entire science fiction literary circle has ever sold vampire novels. ”

"He's just grandstanding, maybe it's just relying on this way to attract attention. ”

"I watched "The Three-Body Problem", I think time is too chaotic, a moment is now and a moment has passed, this chapter is still in real time, and the next chapter will either enter the game or enter Ye Wenjie's memories. Although the writing is somewhat strengthened, the female characters he describes don't seem to be very real, but the role of Dashi makes me remember deeply, Wang Miao is the protagonist or Ye Wenjie is the protagonist?"

Lin Han seems to have become the center of the topic, who made him in the limelight, whether it is newspapers, television, or radio news, he and the novel "Three-Body Problem" are all mentioned.

Now these people began to sneer at the unsatisfactory sales of "The Three-Body Problem", writers are not necessarily nobler than ordinary people, they are also mortals with seven emotions and six desires.

To be honest, the voices of these people chatting are not loud, just a small buzz, but the whole lounge is so big that most people can still listen very clearly.

The more the group of people talked, the more energetic they became, and they didn't even care that Lin Han himself was still here, as if it was the duty of the writers to deal with the evils of the times.

The onlookers all felt a little embarrassed, and Lin Han himself was drinking water from the old god, and time would prove who was the real fool.

At this time, the door of the lounge was pushed open, and Tong Yonglie, who was wearing a straight tunic, appeared at the door in good spirits.

"Sorry, I'm a little late. People are old, and my memory is not good, so I went to another hotel, only to find that there was no one there, and now I am rushing back, hoping not to be late. ”

Tong Yonglie can be called the pioneer and founder of Chinese science fiction, and many of you here are inseparable from him when they embark on the road of science fiction writing, and those novels can be said to have influenced several generations.

The people in the lounge stood up one after another, showing their respect with practical actions, and they all said: "Tong Lao came just in time, the salon has not started yet!"

"It's good that you're not late, I'll sit down as you like, and you all sit down. Tong Yonglie said as he set his eyes on Lin Han, who was vaguely isolated on the sofa.

The people around him subconsciously kept a certain distance from him, and they were unwilling to talk to this influential person.

As a result, Tong Yonglie took a big step, walked directly to Lin Han's side, and asked, "Xiaolin, is there anyone sitting next to you?"

"No, Tong Lao, you can sit directly. Lin Han had only one relationship with Tong Yonglie, and he thought that the founder of science fiction had forgotten about him, but it was not easy to remember his name and appearance.

After sitting on the sofa, Tong Yonglie said with great interest: "I just spent five days reading your novel "The Three-Body Problem", it was so wonderful that it almost disrupted my schedule, if it wasn't for my wife hiding the novel, I would definitely read it in one go, in the words of you young people, it is too refreshing!"

"Tong Lao, you have won the award, and I am a little proud now. ”

"That's how it should be, if you can write such a good novel, why can't you be proud? Literati still have three points of pride, and we who write science fiction are also literati. ”

Lin Han didn't expect Tong Yonglie to say this, and he couldn't think of anything for a while.

It's just that the picture of the old and the young sitting together chatting seriously made the writers present tremble, Tong Yonglie definitely couldn't have been bought by Lin Han, he said that "The Three-Body Problem" is good, is that book really good?

Those writers who have always been neutral began to think, maybe they can also buy a book and read it, and only after reading the novel can they have the right to speak!

After thinking for a while, Tong Yonglie suddenly said: "By the way, I have a stomach full of questions now, and now I am just talking to you slowly." First of all, after the radio waves are amplified by the sun, why will there be peace lovers of the three-body civilization after nine years and say that the earth should not answer, so that the earth cannot be located, but Ye Wenjie can guess the three-body civilization of Centauri four light years away. ”

Before Lin Han could answer, the person who was listening intently immediately preemptively said: "What else can happen, it's nothing more than a bug in the novel." ”

"Aliens are so much more technologically advanced than earthlings, and they don't know where the Earth is, which is obviously unscientific. Xiaolin, your mistake is a bit fatal!" said one of the people next to him.

However, Lin Han shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and he said: "This is actually very simple, because Ye Wenjie knows when the radio waves are sent out, and he also knows the time when the three-body man answers, so he can calculate the distance between the two planets. However, the Trisolarans only received the signal from the earth, and did not know the time when the signal was sent, so they could not calculate the specific location. ”

Therefore, the peace-loving Trisolarans asked the earthlings not to answer, not to answer, as long as they answered, they could calculate the position of the earth by sending the signal. Lin Han added.

Tong Yonglie thought about it seriously, he patted his thigh, and suddenly said: "It turned out to be such a simple question, I drilled the tip of the horns!"

The writer who just said that this was a bug blushed when he brushed it, and after Lin Han's explanation, anyone who knew a little bit of physics knew that this was normal, and it was closely related to the content of the novel.

Fortunately, no one around noticed his embarrassed face, and these people paid attention to Lin Han one after another.

"I've also watched "Three-Body Problem", and I think the most exciting part is the setting of the three-body game world, which is eye-catching. Leo, a writer who had been silent for a long time, opened his mouth to speak, he had not participated in these remarks just now, and now he stood up after hearing Lin Han solve Tong Yonglie's problem in a chic manner.

Xia Tao, another children's science writer, nodded approvingly, "My son likes to read this novel very much, and he said that all four of them in their college dormitory are reading this book. The readership of Xiaolin's novel is actually slowly expanding, and "The Three-Body Problem" is written in a way that makes people a little heavy and nervous. ”

"I read a new book before and said that you were going to post a new book, and I bought one a few days ago, but I haven't finished reading it yet, and I'll write a book review after reading it, and then I'll be on Weibo. ”

"The novel "Three-Body Problem" is really combined with the background of the times, Xiaolin, you should have written more novels like this, what kind of fake foreign devils are written in "Jurassic Park". ”

These people talked nonsense, Lin Han didn't know for a while that he had so many hidden readers, and he couldn't see it before!

And Tong Yonglie looked at Lin Han blankly at this time, "Xiaolin, you said in the afterword that the second part of the novel is called "Dark Forest", why did you think of taking this name? ”

At the end of "The Three-Body Problem", Lin Han briefly revealed the progress of the follow-up novel, not only exposing the name of "Dark Forest", but also explaining the three-body game.

The rest of the people were also waiting for Lin Han's answer, and the originally noisy lounge suddenly became silent, as if everyone loved to watch "The Three-Body Problem"!

"The title of The Dark Forest is taken from a popular saying a long time ago: a city is a forest, every man is a hunter, every woman is a trap. (To be continued.) )