The Commercial Press in Shanghai, China, also received the manuscript.

The fact that American writers have submitted articles to Chinese publishing houses is a great honor for the Commercial Press, which shows that the Commercial Press is well known in the West and has gained popularity in the world.

This is definitely a good thing to show off, and it is also more face-saving to say it.

This incident has attracted the attention of the senior management of the Commercial Press, and they have issued instructions to take it seriously, and we must strictly control it, so that foreign writers must not think that our Chinese publishing house is unprofessional.

The Commercial Press has an in-house compilation office that specializes in translating foreign books.

They dispatched a group of talented people who were proficient in foreign languages, formed a team to tackle tough problems, and worked overtime to translate the manuscripts, striving to be faithful to the original works without the slightest omission.

But as the translation progressed, they were puzzled.

Why is this foreign writer's English level so bad, even a self-taught person like me can't look down on it.

Someone asked a colleague who had studied in the West if the English of foreigners was at this level, and the high-achieving student who returned from studying abroad did not know how to explain it.

If he says that foreigners are not all of this level, isn't that belittling the American writer's ability to write?

This is a task assigned by the senior management of the Commercial Press, and the leader attaches great importance to it, and he is a slap in the face when he says this.

If he said that foreigners are all at this level, then what are they doing in foreign countries, wouldn't it be good for everyone to learn English on their own in China.

He could only talk nonsense, explaining that foreign writers have different styles, and this style is to write stories in the most understandable language, without paying attention to literary style. This is a literary genre in the West.

Just like the ancient Chinese poet Bai Juyi wrote poems, it must be easy to understand.

The matter of writing is just covered up. Then the storyline is difficult again.

There is basically no plot about China in "The Man in the High Castle", only some traditional Chinese culture is mentioned.

For example, the Japanese use the I Ching for fortune telling and medicinal tea from the East. In fact, it is Chinese medicine.

However, from the background of Germany and Japan carving up the world, it is speculated that China should have been occupied by Japan.

The book also contains derogatory depictions of the Soviet Union, involving the struggles of the Western powers, which is a sensitive subject in China.

Although it is a science fiction story, the issues reflected are complex, and publishing this book requires a great deal of risk.

This was a difficult problem for the top management of the Commercial Press, and the publication of this book offended too many people, first of all the public concession authorities, and secondly the Japanese. Also includes the Chinese.

This kind of book that hints at the Japanese occupation of China is not pleasing no matter how you look at it.

The top brass of the Commercial Press even wondered if the American writer was trying to frame them, so they sent them the manuscript.

Lin Zixuan didn't have this thought.

The reason why he sent the manuscript to the Commercial Press was to hide people's eyes, and it was impossible for him to mail the manuscript to other major countries, but not to China, which could easily arouse suspicion.

He guessed that it was unlikely that such books would be published in China, and that the Commercial Press probably did not have the courage to do so.

This was originally an attempt, and if the high-level collective convulsions of the Commercial Press were to be published, no one could say.

Unfortunately, the top brass of the Commercial Press were sober-minded, and they unanimously decided not to publish the novel.

To apologize. They also went out of their way to write a letter to this writer in the United States explaining why.

The letter expressed joy at receiving the manuscript, but due to China's national conditions, the manuscript could not be published. Thank you for your understanding.

However, this is the first submission from a foreign writer that the Commercial Press has received, and it is of historical significance.

After deliberation. The manuscript is stored in the Honor Room of the Commercial Press Building as a testimony to the Commercial Press's influence in the West.

1926 year. The Shanghai Oriental Library, a subsidiary of the Commercial Press, was opened to the public, and the manuscript was moved to the Oriental Library.

February 1, 1921. At the 256th meeting of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Press, during the discussion of the 25th anniversary celebrations, it was proposed to build a public library with the Community Chest of the Commercial Press.

The proposal was approved by the Board of Directors.

Subsequently, the Commercial Press built a five-story building opposite the main factory on Baoshan Road in Shanghai, which was named the Oriental Library.

The building was completed in 1924 and the library was officially opened to the public in 1926.

In China, the only manuscript of The Man in the High Castle was quietly stored in a corner of the Oriental Library, where it remained unattended for many years.

On the morning of January 29, 1932, Japan dispatched six planes to bomb the General Factory of the Commercial Press on Baoshan Road in Shanghai.

On February 1, the Japanese ronin entered the Oriental Library and set fire to the famous library with 460,000 volumes.

At the same time, spies from the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and Germany came to Shanghai in search of the manuscript sent to China, and they saw the Oriental Library in ruins.

However, upon closer inspection, they made a surprising discovery.

The spies discovered that according to the library's surviving records, the manuscript had been taken out of the Oriental Library by a librarian before the Japanese set it on fire, and the administrator had since disappeared and the manuscript had mysteriously disappeared.

After years of gestation, "The Man in the High Castle", which has never been published, has attracted great attention from countries all over the world.

Although this novel was not published, it was seen by many people, who didn't care about it at first, just thought it was just an ordinary science fiction novel.

The assistant editors of those publishing houses did not even read it, only a general impression.

But when reality and fiction overlapped, they were surprised to find that many of the settings in the book turned out to be reality.

These people would talk to someone about it and try to find the novel, but they couldn't find it anymore.

Those who possess the manuscript of The Man in the High Castle keep it secret, and those who do not have it think that they must find it, and this prophetic book must not fall into the hands of others.

Intelligence agencies of various countries have joined the fray.

They traced the source and found through the postal system in Los Angeles, USA, that a total of 30 manuscripts had been sent to publishers in six countries.

Three Soviet copies were destroyed, which greatly annoyed Stalin.

The German one fell into Jewish hands, and Hitler was intensifying his search.

All eighteen books in the United States have disappeared, and most of the suspicions have fallen into the hands of the United States government.

One of the five British books is said to be in the possession of Churchill, according to a radical group in Britain, who believed that Churchill had abused his power during the general strike and seized the manuscript.

Two manuscripts in Japan are most likely in the hands of the Emperor of Japan.

The manuscript in China mysteriously disappeared and was taken away by an ordinary librarian.

They want to find someone who mails it rather than looking for it.

The spy agencies of each country gave the operation a code name, the most commonly known as "In Search of a Lost World", and the person who mailed the manuscript was called "The Man of the High Castle".

In order to find this person, spies from various countries launched a tragic and bloody pursuit operation. (To be continued.) )