I can translate this well, and there is no better translator than me, there are not many people like me who understand both Chinese culture and science fiction, Ken Lewis made up his mind.

But before starting the translation, there is still a problem to solve, that is, to obtain authorization from the original author, Ken Louis could not find Shen Long, but he has the mailing address of "Science Fiction Literature and Art", so he immediately wrote an enthusiastic letter and asked "Science Fiction Literature and Art" to be forwarded to Shen Long.

And used this time to start translating "Happy Hunting", and when he finished translating the full text, he also received a reply from Shen Long, who agreed to his request in the letter, and was willing to give him the translation and send it to American science fiction magazines.

Of course Shen Long is willing, can he still send the money to the door? According to records, as early as 1977, the remuneration of American magazines for 1,000 words reached 500 US dollars, and the remuneration of some famous writers could even answer two US dollars for a word.

Although Shen Long is not short of money now, no one will be afraid of having a lot of money, if he can publish an article in the United States, even if he gives some points to the translator, he can lose a lot.

More importantly, if people know that their articles are favored by foreign magazines, and that they are also American magazines, when the news is transmitted back to China, it will definitely cause huge repercussions, and maybe it can also relieve the pressure faced by domestic science fiction and inspire more authors to participate in the creation of science fiction.

Ken was greatly encouraged to receive the reply, and immediately sent his translated English manuscript to Shen Long, asking him to correct it, and when he sent it, he realized that Mr. Sun Shaoping, who had written the book, did not necessarily understand English.

Sun Shaoping doesn't know much English, but it doesn't matter, Shen Long's English is very familiar, and he still has Liu Yukun's original work, take Liu Yukun's original book and Ken Louis's translation to compare, and then combined with his own adjustments, Ken's translation was revised, he marked the revised part with a pencil, and sent it back to Ken.

Not only that, but he also proposed the concept of steampunk in the letter, elaborating this concept in both Chinese and English, explaining the origin and basic elements of the steampunk world.

Ken was shocked again when he received the reply, and the revised words and phrases were more in line with the reading habits and aesthetics of an American than he had written; What fascinated him even more was the depiction of the steampunk world, and he was deeply obsessed with it.

He immediately replied with a compliment to Shen Long, then copied Shen Long's revised manuscript, and then put it in an envelope with the article about steampunk, and sent it back to the United States in a diplomatic pouch for personal gain, and entrusted his friend to deliver it to his favorite "Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine".

Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine rose to prominence and thrived in the fifties, quickly moving from quarterly to bimonthly to monthly, and now one of the most influential science fiction magazines in the United States; In the history of Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, it has produced a large number of famous science fiction writers who have won the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award.

It can be said that if a science fiction writer's work can be published in "Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine", then he has successfully entered the mainstream circle of European and American science fiction.

The letter soon reached the review editor of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, and at the beginning of the letter, when the editor saw that this was a science fiction article from China, he couldn't help but shake his head, and felt that there was almost no need to continue reading, but for professional reasons, he still read it patiently.

Like Ken, he was immediately fascinated by this wonderful world, where magic and science coexisted, huge steam-powered machines, magical differential machines, and this world had a unique charm that made the editor addicted.

After reading it, and then looking at the description of the steampunk world, the editor will understand it better, after all, Britain is the mother country of the United States, and he is no stranger to the Victorian era and the steam age.

He has to admit that the Chinese science fiction writer has created a new and fascinating science fiction world, and the steampunk world has great potential to be tapped, and there will definitely be more science fiction writers interested in this world, resulting in a lot of steampunk themes, just like the Dungeons & Dragons world created by Wisconsin insurance salesman Gary Gygaix a few years ago, or the Cthulhu world created by Howard Lovecraft.

But in order to promote the concept of steampunk, this article should be published in the magazine as soon as possible, and this setting elaboration of the steampunk world should also be placed in front of this article.

We can even make this a key recommendation for the next issue, and ask the editor-in-chief to help write a small article to recommend this one, as well as the concept of the steampunk world.

Once they get the attention of other science fiction writers, they will create new stories about the steampunk world and submit it to Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, so that we won't have to worry about the manuscript for a long time to come, until readers lose interest in the steampunk world.

The editor quickly found the editor-in-chief and strongly recommended "Happy Hunting" and the setting of the steampunk world, and the editor-in-chief also realized the commercial value of it, and immediately decided to make a decision on this matter, making sure to publish the two works as soon as possible, and he would personally write the recommendation.

As for the manuscript fee, although this is the work of a rookie writer, the editor-in-chief still generously gave the standard of 500 US dollars per 1,000 words, and the two articles add up to more than 20,000 words, and the editor-in-chief directly offered more than 10,000 US dollars.

Soon after, the manuscript fee of more than 10,000 US dollars came to Ken's hands across the ocean, and Ken was a little embarrassed to see such a large sum of money, how to give this money to Mr. Sun Shaoping?

It is estimated that he is not happy to exchange it for RMB to send him money in the past, but now the official exchange rate and the black market exchange rate are far apart, and I don't know if he is willing to exchange it for foreign exchange coupons.

Why don't you invite him to the capital, he has to buy things when he gets the money anyway, is there a better place to shop than the Friendship Store? And Ken also wanted to meet this whimsical writer.

Soon after, Ken's letter reached Shen Long, who gladly accepted Ken's invitation and prepared to go to the capital.