Editor-in-Chief's Office.

Zhao Shanqi and Huang Yi sat opposite each other.

Speaking of which, Zhao Shanqi is Huang Yi's Bole, and the two have been friends for many years.

And with the publication of the first sci-fi "Moon Demon" written by Huang Yi, Zhao Shanqi attaches more importance to Huang Yi, in his opinion, Huang Yi definitely has the hope of becoming the second existence of "Ni Kuang".

"Brother Huang, I don't know what you think of this manuscript?" Zhao Shanqi said with a smile.

"It's so subtle that it might be able to create a new genre." Huang Yi was silent for a moment and couldn't help but answer

"Then Brother Huang has ever thought about trying to develop in this direction? I see that the "Moon Demon" you wrote before has a faint shadow of this manuscript. Zhao Shanqi immediately asked.

"Brother Zhao, I think you misunderstood, my "Moon Demon" is science fiction." Huang Yi smiled, but denied it.

Now Huang Yi has just written a book manuscript, but the boss of Boyi Publishing House values science fiction, he naturally can't admit that what he wrote is not science fiction, otherwise, it is a question whether the works he writes next can be published.

Zhao Shanqi seemed to know Huang Yi's concerns, but he smiled, and then said: "Yes, yes, yes, what you wrote is indeed science fiction, but I think this book will be like a dark horse, turning the current book circle upside down." ”

Zhao Shanqi's words made Huang Yi suddenly fall silent.

He naturally understood the facts that Zhao Shanqi said.

Because of this draft, after reading it, he also vaguely felt that a new era would be opened.

Even, he was a little tempted to learn from this manuscript and write a similar story.

But after thinking about it, Huang Yi gave up again.

He is a very principled person, and he will not easily waver in the direction he adheres to.

"Brother Zhao, if it's okay, I'll go back first." Huang Yi hesitated for a moment and said.

"Uh...... Well, since you don't have that in mind, then I won't force it. ”

Seeing that Huang Yi always insisted on his ideas and did not have the slightest intention of changing, Zhao Shanqi gave up persuasion.

For Huang Yi, he values it very much, but now, he has rejected his kindness, what else can he say.

Huang Yi soon left the editor-in-chief's room, and shortly after he left, a person knocked on the door and walked in.

"Editor-in-chief, the manuscript has been proofread, do you think it is ready for publication?"

"Oh......, I see, you can put it there first." Zhao Shanqi nodded at the visitor, and then picked up the phone on the table.

On the other hand, after Huang Yi left the editor-in-chief's room, he also returned to his room with a heavy heart.

He sat down at his desk, intending to continue working on his new work, but at this moment, he suddenly found that he could not concentrate for a long time, which made him sigh heavily.

"Alas...... Am I really making the wrong choice? ”

…………

Hunan Normal University.

Regarding Huang Yi's entanglement, at this moment, He Yun naturally didn't know.

At this time, he was sitting in the middle of the first row of the classroom, looking at Professor Ma standing in front of the blackboard, talking endlessly.

In fact, there are not many courses in the first year of graduate school, and of course there are a lot of them.

But whether it was windy or rainy, or for other reasons, he rarely "skipped class".

Especially Professor Ma's class, he has not missed a single class.

Moreover, whenever he has free time, he will soak in the library, except for reading books.

It is precisely because of this that his results have not plummeted because of his writing, but have always remained in the top three.

Especially in the final exam of last semester, he took the first place.

Not only that, in order to complete the credits as soon as possible, He Yun also took a lot of courses.

As for academic journal papers, he has already published one, so as long as he completes the credits and passes the defense, he will be able to graduate early.

Of course, this is only theoretical, and He Yun estimates that even if he can graduate early, he will at least have to finish his second year of graduate school.

"Okay, that's all for today's class, after class."

Professor Ma put down the chalk in his hand, said a word to everyone, and then announced the end of class.

And He Yun also came back to his senses, picked up his textbook and notebook, got up and left the classroom.

Today, he had finished all his classes, and as was usually customary, he went straight to the library.

A quarter of an hour later, he walked through the door of the library, and after searching for the bookshelf, he took a book he wanted to read, and sat down in a secluded place.

Little by little, two hours passed.

He Yun took the book with him, put it back in its place, and then turned around and left the library.

In the evening, He Yun sat down at the table as usual, turned on the lamp, filled the pen with ink, and took out a stack of manuscript paper in the drawer he received yesterday.

"Archaeological Notes: The Nine-Story Demon Tower", this is the third installment in his series of adventure short stories "Archaeological Notes".

Like the previous two parts, this sequel will not be too long, at most 20,000 words.

And the plot, naturally, also inherited the plot after the previous work "Archaeological Notes: The True and False Tomb of Cao Cao", which depicts that after the protagonist and his party came out of Cao Cao's tomb, they found a remnant tablet in the tomb that they did not have in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

The remnant of the stele is only one foot in size, and the whole body is polished from white marble, and unknown characters are engraved on it.

The protagonist finally confirmed that the text on it was Xixia by flipping through the ancient books, which also led to the plot of the third "Archaeological Notes: Nine-Story Demon Tower".

Of course, the "nine-story demon tower" in the third part naturally does not refer to the tombs of the Western Xia kings.

He Yun had collected some information at the moment, and he found that the tombs of the Western Xia kings had been discovered very early.

It's just that in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state always thought that they were some Tang tombs, and it was not until the 70s, after the national excavation, that it was determined that this was the imperial tomb of the kings of the Western Xia Kingdom.

Now that the identity of the tomb has been determined, of course He Yun would not make such a low-level mistake.

Besides, although the tombs of the Tangut kings look like the pyramids of Egypt, they are still different from the nine-story pagodas.

The reason why he wanted to lead out the tomb of the Xixia King was actually to pave the way for a strange tomb behind.

This is the tomb of King Tuguhun!

That is, the No. 1 tomb of Xuewei that was later excavated.

Of course, this tomb has not been excavated now, and He Yun naturally cannot write in such detail, otherwise he will definitely "leak the heavenly secrets", so that he will suffer unnecessary trouble.

But if it is completely fictional, He Yun feels that it is too fake, and it will definitely be significantly different from the style of the first two parts, so after careful consideration, he decided to set this tomb on the shore of Qinghai Lake, as for the specific location, he naturally will not describe it in detail.

In this way, you can avoid suspicion and make yourself more convincing.

After all, the sphere of influence of the Tuguhun Kingdom in history is roughly in the area of today's Xining Province, and Qinghai Lake is the "holy lake" in the minds of various ethnic groups in Xining Province from ancient times to the present.

However, unlike "Lao Hu", the protagonist of He Yun's film was not attacked by any "fire ladybugs" and "overlord salamanders" in the tower mound.

They are just an archaeological team, not a trio of "tomb robbers", and He Yun's article is not a fantasy, so naturally there will be no such fantasy things.

But there are definitely dangers, and the dangers encountered by the protagonist in the tomb are no weaker than those encountered by the "Lao Hu" trio.

So much so that He Yun pondered for two days when he wrote this plot, and until tonight, he had not started writing for a long time.

Perhaps it was because of "Kavin" that it wasn't until a week later that He Yun finished writing half of "Archaeological Notes: Nine-Story Demon Tower", and he estimated that it would take at least a week to complete the creation of this one.

…………

In the afternoon, He Yun received a reply from the October magazine.

The magazine expressed regret that he could not attend the award ceremony, but at the same time they fully understood.

As for the prize money and award certificates, the letter said that they would send them to them.

In this regard, He Yun was naturally very happy.

He thought that if he didn't go, the bonus and certificate would be gone, but he never expected that they would send it.

"I don't know if the Hundred Flowers Literary Award will also send me the prize money and certificate like the October Literary Award?"

He Yun muttered secretly, but he didn't delve any further.

…………

Sanshui Township.

As the last shot was finished, Zheng Xiaolong couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

After he took out a cigarette and lit it for himself, he said to Feng Xiaogang who was standing beside him: "Xiaogang, have you made great progress this time?" Director Lu praised you just now. ”

"Huh...... Director Zheng, if it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have made such a big progress this time. Feng Xiaogang said with a smile.

"Don't shoot the sycophants, you go with me to see Baosteel and them, I don't know how their filming progress is, it should be almost finished, right?" Zheng Xiaolong muttered, and walked towards the distance with Feng Xiaogang.

For the filming of "Love in Lakes and Mountains", Lu Xiaowei was deliberately divided into two director groups, and some minor shots were handed over to Zhao Baogang, which was also the result of Zheng Xiaolong's strong recommendation.

In this regard, some old people in the crew naturally have opinions, but Lu Xiaowei did not say anything about it.

Because he knows Zheng Xiaolong's personality very well, he is the kind of person who is not right about things and not people.

What's more, among the young people in the creation center, Zhao Baogang and Feng Xiaogang are very potential and worthy of vigorous training.

A day later, Zhao Baogang returned to Sanshui Township from Meishan County with people.

After Lu Xiaowei briefly asked him, he announced that the drama was officially completed.

Of course, although the completion is completed, the follow-up editing work still takes time.

Zheng Xiaolong has already arranged this, and he plans to concentrate all the forces of the creation center after he goes back, so as to complete the editing of the TV series "Love in Lakes and Mountains" as soon as possible.

…………

The middle of April is fast approaching, and the weather in Hunan Province is gradually getting hotter.

And while "Dongting" magazine was busy with an essay competition, a newsstand in Xiangjiang.

Li Lijun was holding a book and watching it with relish.

As a visitor to Hong Kong in the 60s, he still has a deep impression of his hometown.

Now that he is old, and the newspapers report on the return of Xiangjiang every day, he gradually has the idea of returning to his hometown.

It's just that his son is a little opposed to this, which makes him very angry.

After arguing with his son, he simply stayed in the newsstand during the day, out of sight and out of mind.

"Lao Li, what are you looking at? So fascinating! Give me a report. ”

"Take it yourself!" Li Lijun glanced at the person who spoke, but smiled, and then moved his gaze back to the book he was holding.

"You old Li? Then I'll take it myself, here's the money, you take it. ”

The old man who spoke bent down, took a copy of the Ming Pao, threw down the money, shook his head slightly, and turned to leave the newsstand.

A moment later, a group of students walked over.

They searched the newsstand, and when they saw that there were no books from Ni Kuang, they prepared to leave.

But at this moment, Li Lijun suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed: "Okay! That's how it should be! ”

Li Lijun's reaction made the students look at it curiously.

In the crowd, a tall boy with glasses couldn't help but ask, "Boss, what kind of book are you reading?" Is it good-looking? ”

"It's you little ones! All after school? ”

Li Lijun glanced at the student in front of him, and saw that it was an "acquaintance" nearby, so he smiled and introduced: "A new book is very interesting, do you want to read it?" ”

After saying this, he handed over the book in his hand.

The tall boy couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw the book handed over, but he still took it.

The others also gathered around curiously.

They gathered around and watched carefully.

And this look is more than half an hour.

Li Lijun was not in a hurry, he turned around and took out another copy of "Wild Shenhai Lu".

At this time, I heard that the tall boy took out a banknote and handed it to Li Lijun: "Boss, I bought this book, how much is it?" ”

"Six dollars and five hundred and fifty copies."

"Then I'll have a copy too!"

"Get me a copy too!"

…………

Soon, more than a dozen copies of "Wild Shenhailu" purchased by Li Lijun's newsstand were sold out.

At the same time, the same phenomenon has occurred in many newsstands and bookstores in Hong Kong.

Just one day later, the first printing of 20,000 copies of "Wild Shenhailu" was "robbed" and emptied.

For this reason, after Zhao Shanqi got the news, he immediately chose to print 50,000 copies and put them on the market.

But three days later, it was sold out again.

At this moment, many big booksellers and publishing houses in Xiangjiang were shocked.

Especially the latter, as one of the large publishing houses in Xiangjiang, although Boyi Publishing House has a "backstage", the author of the book they publish is not famous, and he has not even heard of it before.

However, when they inquired again, they were directly stunned.

The author of this book is actually a mainland writer?

How is this possible?

How could a writer in the mainland write such a book?

Although skepticism is suspicion, these publishers are not stupid, and after reading the book "Wild Shenhailu", they immediately realized that this book is likely to create a new era comparable to "martial arts" and "science fiction".

Therefore, after some verification, they immediately began to try to contact He Yunlai.