Chapter 412: The Fourth Part of the Archaeology Series?
In the evening, in the kitchen, He Yun was tinkering, and a smell of vegetables wafted out.
At this time, at the dining table, Gao Lao was holding a bottle of wine and showing off to Professor Liu: "Look, Moutai, He Yun bought it for me." β
"Then I have to have a good drink, don't drink for nothing!"
"Hahaha...... Don't worry, Lao Liu, I have enough today, if I finish drinking, I still have it. Elder Gao suddenly said with a smile.
"The dishes are ready, Professor Liu, you have to have a drink with Elder Gao today." At this time, He Yun walked out with a plate of pig ears.
This is a good dish to accompany the wine, He Yun specially went to the vegetable market to buy it, and it was fresh.
"Xiaohe, you can also sit down and have a drink with us!" Professor Liu raised his head and looked at He Yundao.
"Okay, then drink some, but I can only drink three taels, not a little more, otherwise I will get drunk!" He Yun didn't refuse, and sat down directly.
"Come, come, I'll pour it for you, I'll come first." At this time, Elder Gao picked up the bottle of Moutai, poured himself a glass first, and then poured it into the cup in front of Professor Liu.
"Pour it yourself! Koga. β
"Hmm...... Good! He Yun saw that his father-in-law gave him the wine bottle, and knew that he understood what he meant, so he picked up the wine bottle and poured himself a small glass.
The three of them were like this, chatting and drinking at the same time.
An hour later, the three of them were almost drunk, and Gao Lao suddenly said to He Yun: "The computer is debugged?" β
"It's not fully debugged yet, I have to go to Kyoto to buy some software to install, and I plan to go to Kyoto on the National Day."
"Xiaohe, are you going to Kyoto for National Day? That's a good idea, we can take the train to Kyoto together. Professor Liu suddenly interjected.
"Oh......? Is it such a coincidence? So, Professor Liu, let's take the bus at 7 o'clock in the evening, do you think it's okay? β
"On September 30th, right? Okay, no problem, let's meet at the school gate then! β
"Yes! That's it, Professor Liu. β
"Come on, let's drink, Lao Liu, you see there are so many more, let's stop drinking a little."
"Nope! No, my head hurts, let's stop here today, anyway, there will be time in the future, and I'll come back to drink with you in two days. β
"That's okay, He Yun, you haven't drunk much, just help me send Lao Liu." Seeing that Professor Liu was about to get up and leave, Elder Gao hurriedly glanced at He Yun.
He Yun immediately understood what Elder Gao meant, he immediately stood up, grabbed Professor Liu, and helped him to walk out.
Professor Liu's home is actually in the family area, not far from here.
After He Yun sent him home directly, he turned back.
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In mid-September, Huang Yi sent a letter to He Yun again.
After receiving the letter, He Yun opened the letter and read it as soon as possible.
"Huh......? "The Story of the Vermilion Bird" was actually published on Taiwan Island! β
In this one, he handed over almost all the publishing rights outside the mainland to Huang Yi's publishing house to operate, and the purpose was naturally to better promote this one.
After all, Huang Yi has connections, and He Yun is famous, so this one naturally sells well.
According to Huang Yi in the letter, "The Legend of the Vermilion Bird" not only ranked in the top 20 of the Xiangjiang book circle, but also successfully published and distributed in Taiwan Island, Southeast Asia and other places.
For this book alone, He Yun will receive a royalty of 120,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Although it is pre-tax, it has already made He Yun earn a lot of money.
However, this is not the most important thing, what caught He Yun's attention the most was that Huang Yi invited him to Xiangjiang to participate in an international book fair held in Xiangjiang.
At that time, He Yun will also attend the book fair as a writer and publisher.
"Is it held in November? I don't know if there will be time then. He Yun muttered, but suddenly remembered something, he immediately slapped his forehead, and said, "That's right!" I remember that the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary" magazine Chen said that there will be an international book fair next year, and he also said that he was going to translate my book "The Journey of Life" into English and exhibit it at the book fair, but I don't know when exactly. Isn't it the Xiangjiang Book Fair? β
"That's not right! I remember that the book fair that Editor-in-Chief Chen said seemed to be French! Then it doesn't seem to be this book fair! β
After muttering a sentence secretly, He Yun put the letter away.
Since there is still more than a month left, he naturally will not make a decision easily.
Whether there will be time or not is not certain!
"Let's take one step at a time!"
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try{mad1('gad2'); The unexpected receipt of Huang Yi's letter was just a small episode in September.
A week later, Li Yanxing rushed to find He Yun.
"What? A bookseller from Taiwan Island sent you a letter to publish your three novels? What about faith? β
After listening to Li Yan's explanation, He Yun was stunned and immediately asked Li Yan.
Two of Li Yan's three works have been published, and the remaining "Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang" is also going through the publishing process.
Compared with the first two films, her third novel "The Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang" was finally handed over to the Hunan Provincial People's Publishing House for publication.
This was what he expected, but it was a bit unexpected for him to have a Taiwan bookseller looking for her.
Although it is said that cross-strait relations have improved in an all-round way, very few people from Taiwan still come to the mainland, not to mention cultural exchanges, which are pitiful compared to those on the Xiangjiang side.
"The letter is here, Mr. He, can you help me see if this is true?"
"Crown Press? Where do you seem to have heard this name? Where? β
"Wait...... Qiong Yao! No way! Isn't this founded by Qiong Yao's husband, Ping Xintao? I remember that Huang Yi mentioned this publishing house in his letter before. β
Indeed, if you want to say which publishing house is the most famous on Taiwan Island, everyone may have their own opinions, but when it comes to the most famous publishing house that publishes popular literature, it naturally has to be the "Crown Publishing House".
Zhang Ailing, Ni Kuang, Qiong Yao, etc. have all published works in this publishing house.
Especially Qiong Yao, because of the publication of her works, she became attached to Ping Xintao, and finally married him.
Moreover, many of Qiong Yao's works were published by this publishing house.
It can be said that Crown Publishing House was able to occupy a place on Taiwan Island, and Qiong Yao's contribution must not be ignored.
"I really didn't expect this publishing house to take a fancy to these three written by Li Yan?"
"It's just how did they know about Li Yan's three? It stands to reason that the first two have already been published, and their editors can see it, which is still possible, but the "Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang" is still in the Hunan Provincial People's Publishing House, and it has not been published, how did they know about it? β
He Yun thought about it, but he didn't understand the key to this, so he opened the letter handed over by Li Yan.
Looking at the contents of the letter, he couldn't help but frown.
"This ...... Is this really from Crown Magazine? What's wrong? After He Yun read the letter, he muttered quietly.
The letter did not say how they knew about Li Yan's three works, and did not mention the specific details of their publication, they only said in the letter that they wanted to publish Li Yan's three works, and if Li Yan was interested, they could send a letter to reply to them, and then discuss them in detail.
"Teacher He, how is it? Is this letter true? At this time, Li Yan frowned when she saw He Yun, and hurriedly asked.
He Yun hesitated for a moment and said to her: "I don't know if this letter is true or not, but judging from the address, it shouldn't look like it's fake." β
"You wait for this, I'll find someone to confirm again." He Yun then added.
Li Yan, who heard this, thought about it and immediately nodded: "Okay, Teacher He, this matter will trouble you!" β
"It's okay, it's just a gesture! But seriously, if it's true, do you want to give your three books to this publisher for publication? When He Yun said this, he set his eyes on Li Yan.
"This....... Teacher He, I won't tell you, I do ..... There is this idea. Li Yan said to He Yun with some embarrassment.
"Hahaha.... You girl, what's so embarrassing about this, if you have an idea, you can think about it! In fact, several of my teacher's works have already been published by a publishing house in Xiangjiang, and there are also publishing houses on Taiwan Island that have published mine. He Yun said to Li Yan with a smile.
"Alright, you go back and wait for news first! I'm going to send a telegram to my friend and ask him to help me inquire! After He Yun sent Li Yan away, he left the school with the letter.
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A few days later, he got the news from Huang Yi and confirmed the authenticity of the matter.
So, he immediately found Li Yan and told her about it.
"Li Yan, I have already inquired with my friend, and he said that this address is indeed correct!"
"Really!" When Li Yan heard He Yun's words, she almost jumped up with joy.
"If someone didn't deliberately play a prank, then this letter should have been sent by Crown Press!" He Yun nodded, and after replying, he then said: "You can make up your own mind about this matter, the teacher suggests that you first write back to them and ask about the specific details of the publication, such as royalties." β
try{mad1('gad2'); } catch(ex){}"Okay, then I'll think about it when I go back, thank you!" Teacher He! β
"Thanks what! I didn't do anything! He Yun smiled and let her leave.
After Li Yan left, He Yun turned around and returned to the house, he walked into the study, came to the table, and took out a manuscript from the drawer.
This is an outline that he has prepared for his new work.
That's right!
He's going to open a new pit again!
It's just that, like the previous sci-fi "End Brain", this time, he does not plan to create a long story, but plans to create a few short and medium stories.
More precisely, to create a sequel to the Archaeological Notes series.
Prior to this, He Yun had already created three "Archaeological Notes" series, namely "Archaeological Notes: The Tomb of King Lang on the Night", "Archaeological Notes: The True and False Tomb of Cao Cao", and "Archaeological Notes: The Nine-Story Demon Tower", and now he will continue to create this series.
This time, He Yun collected a lot of information about the ancient tombs, and all of them have been excavated at the moment.
The reason why these materials are collected, rather than using undiscovered tombs as the subject matter, is also due to the troubles caused by the creation of the two previous "archaeology".
After all, the heated discussions caused at that time alarmed the high-level, and if such a big "wave" was set off, He Yun would be really in trouble.
It's better to keep a low profile!
Of course, this is naturally not the main reason, in fact, the reason why He Yun did not choose the ancient tomb that has not yet been discovered as the material for writing is because he already has a better goal.
This time, he plans to target the legendary submarine tomb.
Oh! Wrong!
It should be said that it is an underwater tomb.
And this time, the prototype is not a specific tomb, but an original one.
In other words, it was created based on an ancient tomb hidden under the water.
When it comes to the tomb hidden under the water, perhaps the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is the famous tomb of Shen Wansan in the early Ming Dynasty.
But in fact, the tomb of Shen Wansan under the water of Zhouzhuang is purely a legend.
At that time, Shen Wansan had already been copied by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and was sent to Yunnan Province, how could there be a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry to accompany the burial, let alone build any underwater tombs to hide treasures.
In addition to Shen Wansan's tomb, there are many ancient tombs that are more or less related to the bottom of the water, such as a Han tomb in Lu Province, which is hidden under the water.
Of course, it was flooded, after all, the Yellow River was often diverted at that time, and it is not surprising that the ancient tombs were flooded.
There are also ancient cities hidden under the water, such as the ruins of the ancient Dian Kingdom in Yunnan Province.
It can be seen that ancient tombs and ruins hidden under the water are not uncommon in this land.
Therefore, there are still some such materials.
When He Yun collected all these materials and even legends, he began to write these two outlines.
In this story, the archaeological team will target an ancient tomb called "Tomb of the Ancient Water God", and finally find the story of this ancient tomb after a lot of hard work.
Because it is a thoroughly original plot, there is no trace of the same type to refer to, so He Yun has very high requirements for this outline, and after he revised it, he plans to revise it again.
No, after he took out the outline, he picked up a pencil and revised it while thinking about it.
A few days passed, and when He Yun revised the outline of the ancient water god tomb that had been named "Archaeological Notes", the time had already come to the end of September.
Since he had already made an appointment with Professor Liu to go to Kyoto together, the syllabus could only be put on hold for the time being.
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Kyoto, Zhongguancun.
Looking at the lively scene in front of him, He Yun couldn't believe that this was the legendary Zhongguancun.
"Little brother! Little brother, come back to your senses, see, what you need, just tell me! In front of the counter, a young man with glasses took out a bunch of things and put them in front of He Yun.
He Yun came back to his senses and found that they were all floppy disks, and some words were written on them.
He glanced at it, but he was a little disappointed, and said, "Boss, don't you have a Windows 3.0 system, and word, do you?" β
βwordοΌ No, Kingsoft has one, as for Windows3.0, you wait, I'll call someone and ask him if there's one? β