"Galaxy Awards? It's a good name, science fiction writers have to have eyes on the entire galaxy. Yang Xiao was very satisfied with the name and praised it repeatedly.

"After all, our journey is a sea of stars!" Shen Long plagiarized someone else's famous quote again, this sentence originally came from the space opera "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes" by Japanese science fiction writer Yoshiki Tanaka, which is a famous quote by Reinhardt, one of the two protagonists, but this year Yoshiki Tanaka only began to publish "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes", and this line may not have come out yet.

"This line alone gives people a very passionate feeling, and a great science fiction can be derived from this line." Yang Xiao turned around and asked Shen Long for a manuscript again.

"Recently, I plan to write a novella, about 20,000 words, this line can be used." This line doesn't seem to be inconsistent at all when added to "The Wandering Earth", so let's decide!

"That's great, and my readers and I are looking forward to it!" After being happy, Yang Xiao began to think about how to implement this matter again, "After I go back, I will report to the society first, and the society should not object, and then take this opportunity to contact some magazines and science fiction writers in the capital to listen to their opinions first." ”

"I have to report to the Association for Science and Technology, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Writers' Association." Shen Long reminded that after all, it is easier to do it in the name of an official, and of course it is also important not to lose its independence and autonomy, which is also crucial, "I will make a few calls when I go back, get rid of them and say hello to these units first, it is always easier to have someone to help." ”

Shen Long This is not only for the Galaxy Award, but also to resist the upcoming turmoil, the strength of science fiction writers is still weaker, but with these organizations it is different, although the Association for Science and Technology, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Writers' Association are all cold yamen, but it is enough to deal with this little turmoil.

He is also not short of contacts, Jia Bing and the famous old writer black and white relationship is irreversible, because of this relationship, Shen Long has chatted with black and white a few times after he arrived in the provincial capital, the relationship is not bad, the two sides also talked about some science fiction issues, after Shen Long's patient persuasion, black and white's understanding of science fiction has changed.

Hei Bai is a veteran writer in China, and he is only one generation younger than Ba Jin in terms of seniority, and he has this huge influence in the Writers' Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, he made a few phone calls, and he didn't dare to say that he would be able to do things immediately, but he would not turn Shen Long away, as long as there was a chance to talk, it was enough.

It is also a good thing for them to donate money to set up awards, and on the side of the Association for Science and Technology, Shen Long plans to call Xiaoxia and ask Tian Fujun to help say that Tian Fujun has studied at Renmin University and has a wide range of contacts, and now he is an extremely optimistic cadre, and he will not refute his face for this trivial matter.

Since then, coupled with a group of outstanding science fiction writers such as Ye Yonglie and so many science fiction magazines across the country, everyone has taken this opportunity to unite together, but it is not a plate of scattered sand, and they will not be completely powerless to deal with problems when encountered.

After discussing the matter of the Science Fiction Literature Committee for a long time, Shen Long talked about how the funds should be used, "Editor Yang, you should know about the Goncourt Award, right?" ”

"You know, this is the highest and most high-profile literary award in France, and the famous writer Proust and the philosopher Beauvoir have both won this award." Although she is not an editor of serious literature, Yang Xiao is aware of this award, which has a lot of influence around the world.

"Now the prize money of the Nobel Prize in Literature is about 1 million Swedish kronor, which is converted into more than 100,000 dollars; Editor Yang might as well guess how much the Goncourt Prize will be? Shen Long asked with a smile.

"I don't know about that?" Yang Xiao shook her head embarrassedly, "But I think that since it is such an important award, and France is a developed country, there must be a lot of bonuses, right?" ”

"Haha, you're guessing wrong, the prize money for the Prix Goncourt is only fifty francs, not as much as the prize I won last time for the best short story!" Shen Long said with a smile.

"Huh? What is the reason for this? Yang Xiao was a little puzzled, France is so rich, why is such an important award only fifty francs?

"Goncourt donated 5,000 francs for the prize, but with the passage of time, the 5,000 francs have been spent, and the committee is reluctant to accept donations from other institutions for the sake of independence and authority, so now only 50 francs a year can be paid to the prize." Shen Long explained.

"However, this does not affect the interests of the winning writers, the Prix Goncourt was announced just before Christmas, and many French people have the habit of buying the winners' works as Christmas gifts, which can bring the winners a good royalty income, and the vast majority of writers will frame the fifty francs as a souvenir, and no one will actually spend it."

"The Nobel Prize is different, Nobel's will is to hand over all his property to the foundation, which will be invested by the foundation, and the income of the foundation will be distributed as a bonus every year. At its peak, it was 10 million SEK.

Mo Yan happened to encounter a shrinkage in the prize money the year he won the award, and only got 8 million crowns, equivalent to 7.5 million yuan, and if he had won the award a year earlier, he would have received 10 million crowns; Tu Youyou shared the prize money equally with the other winners and got a prize worth more than 3 million people.

"Mr. Sun, do you mean to also use this money to set up a fund for the distribution of annual bonuses?" Yang Xiao understood, but she was a little embarrassed, in this period, I am afraid it is not appropriate to do a similar period in China.

"That's what it means, but it's certainly not the same as the Nobel Prize." Of course, Shen Long understood this, and he would not embarrass Yang Xiao.

"The situation in China is different from that in Sweden, and it is not necessarily good to copy the Nobel Prize model as it is, but we can adopt a suitable approach according to local conditions, so that the money can be used for a longer period of time and bring more generous bonuses to the winners." The winners of the Goncourt Prize can not care about this prize money, but Shen Long cannot but consider the amount of the prize.

"Looks like you already have a plan, Mr. Sun, right?" Yang Xiao guessed Shen Long's intentions, "What kind of method is it?" Is it troublesome to operate? Don't be afraid of your jokes, in the circle of science fiction writers, it is not easy to find people who understand this. ”

"The solution is very simple, let's buy a house!" From now on, it will be the world of real estate!