"Editor Yang, I've finally met you!" Shen Long smiled and stretched out his right hand, Shen Long had great respect for Yang Xiao, and under her leadership, "Science Fiction World" went from the trough to prosperity and became the world's No. 1 selling science fiction literary magazine.

In 1984, at the most difficult moment when the source of manuscripts and financial resources dried up, Yang Xiao became the editor-in-chief of Science Literature and Art; At that time, she could have chosen a powerful and wealthy unit to "go high", but she chose silent dedication - sticking to the only position of Chinese science fiction.

Under the circumstance that the country was completely "weaned" and the higher-level authorities did not give a penny to the publications, she united everyone to edit more than ten best-selling books such as the children's popular science books "Good Night Story 365" and "Middle School Physics Atlas", relying on the profits from the publication of books to subsidize the huge losses of the publications, and at the same time "feeding" the editors themselves.

At the moment of transportation tension, she took off her high heels and pedaled on the tricycle; When the elevator stopped, she led a few editors to carry tens of thousands of books to the office on the tenth floor; On days when the wind was howling, she and her editor rode their bicycles from school to school to organize manuscripts and solicit subscriptions.

She carefully reads and processes the manuscripts, attaches great importance to the training of new authors, and insists on personally criticizing the letters of readers and listening to the voices of readers for a long time.

In the late 80s, she single-handedly dragged a heavy bookcase full of periodicals and science fiction books published in China to Italy to attend the WSF Annual Meeting. She represented China in defeating rival Poland in winning the right to host the 1991 WSF Annual Meeting.

In 1990, when many WSF member countries boycotted the 1991 WSF Annual Meeting in China, she took a train from Beijing to the Netherlands after a long journey of eight days and eight nights, despite the suffering of motion sickness. Many science fiction writers were amazed by her courage and perseverance.

Through her efforts and the efforts of her colleagues, WSF member countries once again overwhelmingly approved the holding of the WSF Annual Meeting in Chengdu; She served as the secretary general of the annual meeting organizing committee, and with her outstanding organizational skills and hard work, she made the Chengdu annual meeting "the most grand and successful annual meeting since the establishment of WSF".

It is an exaggeration to say that if there is no insistence on Yang Xiao, maybe Da Liu, Han Song and others will not insist on science fiction writing, and China will lose a large number of excellent literary works such as "The Three-Body Problem" and "The Wandering Earth", and there will be no box office of more than 4 billion yuan in "The Wandering Earth", and the opening of the era of Chinese science fiction blockbusters may come later.

How could Shen Long not respect such a person; Yang Xiao was quite surprised by Shen Long's solemnity, after all, she was only a young editor under the age of thirty, but Shen Long was already a famous writer.

"Teacher Sun, I'm really embarrassed, it stands to reason that I should have gone to see you first, and now you have to pick me up." Yang Xiao hurriedly reached out and shook hands with Shen Long.

"Let's go, I'll send you to the venue first, and we'll have a good chat when we're done." Shen Long didn't just come to pick her up this time to meet, he had more important things to discuss with Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao came to the capital for a meeting this time, and after Shen Long got the news, he asked her to meet her in the capital, and after signing in at the meeting place, Shen Long took her to his courtyard.

"You're a clean place, it's really good for creating." Yang Xiao looked at the surroundings and said, after a moment of greeting, she began to comfort and encourage Shen Long, "Teacher Sun, although your article "Happy Hunting" has caused a lot of controversy, I have also received many letters from readers and science fiction writers, and they have all expressed their support for you. ”

Shen Long waved his hand, "These are all small things, and sometimes this kind of controversy will promote the development of science fiction literature." "Shen Long is an old man, he is not afraid of these arguments, and he also participates in the controversy, quoting scriptures and classics to refute the opposition so that he has nothing to say, and wants to play theory and pen with high-ranking officials, but they are still a little behind.

"I'm asking you to come here this time to discuss something else." Shen Long said the topic, "Last year, Mr. Mao Dun donated his manuscript fee before his death to establish the Mao Dun Literature Award, which is a great promotion of traditional literature; Although the influence of science fiction literature today cannot be compared with the tradition, I think that if there is an award dedicated to science fiction literature, it can also promote the development of science fiction literature! ”

"yes." Yang Xiao nodded, especially at this time, science fiction literature is facing huge pressure, if an award can be set up and said that heavyweights will appear, it will definitely be a good thing for domestic science fiction literature.

But I'm afraid it's a bit difficult, not to mention the establishment of the award committee, awards, and award ceremonies, but the expenditure required to set up the award is not what the current "Science Fiction Literature and Art" can afford, and there is no Mao Dun in the science fiction literature industry.

Seeing Yang Xiao's embarrassed face, Shen Long said, "It just so happened that some time ago, "Happy Hunting" was translated into English and published in the American magazine "Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature", and I got a remuneration of 10,000 US dollars. ”

"What do you mean?" Hearing this, Yang Xiao suddenly became excited.

"So I'm going to give $200,000 to support the award." Shen Long said, since Gowen can advance the Galaxy Award, of course I can.

"Two hundred thousand dollars!" Yang Xiao almost suspected that he had heard it wrong, now the official exchange rate of the dollar against the people is about 1.9, but no one will exchange it according to this ratio at all, and the banks and customs are full of black marketeers who resell dollars, if they exchange according to the ratio they give, at least they can exchange for millions.

Even if it is not good to go to the black market, nearly 400,000 yuan is not a small amount, more than the Mao Dun Literature Award, suddenly hearing this good news, Yang Xiao was a little stunned for a while, and he didn't slow down for a long time.

"But I want to explain in advance that this money is not for the "Science Fiction Literature and Art" magazine, according to my idea, we need to set up a science fiction literature committee first, and then this committee will select and award awards." The Galaxy Award was established four years later, and was first selected by two magazines, "Science Fiction Literature and Art" and "Wisdom Tree", and later "Wisdom Tree" was discontinued and became independently selected by "Science Fiction World", which is not that Shen Long does not trust Yang Xiao, but this is a better way.

"That's as it should be." Yang Xiao woke up from the huge surprise, she took a sip of tea to calm down, "I can help contact the committee." ”

"That's for the best." Shen Long said with a smile, he trusted Yang Xiao's organizational ability very much.

"By the way, what are you going to call this award?" Yang Xiao asked.

"Galaxy Award!"

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