As a science fiction writer, it's important to be inspired.

Even Big Brother Liu is no exception.

He Yun is naturally the same.

It is precisely because of this that in the past few years, He Yun has not had any decent science fiction works, on the one hand, because he has no time and no energy to create, and on the other hand, he has no inspiration.

The latter is the main reason, after all, a good inspiration is like a spiritual spring for an author.

"Looks like I'm going to have to find some time to figure it out." He Yun muttered secretly, but he faintly made a decision.

Although he really didn't have time, he still had it if he could squeeze it.

Now that he had made a decision, He Yun naturally wouldn't give up halfway, so, after careful consideration, he decided to create a science fiction essay as soon as the new paper was written.

As for the length, it must be short, and it is impossible to be long.

After all, he doesn't have that much time to create long-form sci-fi.

What's more, "The Postman", a realistic novel that is rushing for the world literary award, is also being created, and it is impossible for him to create two novels at the same time.

However, although he does not write long-form science fiction, he can create it as a prequel to a certain science fiction.

What is a prequel, as the name suggests, is the previous part of a work.

If He Yun can create such a story, he only needs to continue this one in the future.

Of course, it is also possible to develop horizontal associations in a large context, and then create another science fiction work that is both related and different.

Just like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, although the background is similar, the characters in each movie work are different.

To put it more bluntly, He Yun can completely recreate a new sci-fi series.

Just like the last time he created the "Prehistory Series", he opened a "new pit".

Anyway, he has created brain-burning short sci-fi stories such as "End Brain" before, and this time he can continue this model and continue to develop in the direction of brain-burning sci-fi works.

Of course, this is only a preliminary idea, and He Yun has not yet figured out which theme to move closer to.

Everything has to wait for his new paper to be written and published before he can create a new science fiction.

And at the current pace, his new paper will be at least a month away.

That is, it will not be completed until mid-August.

If this is calculated, it is very likely that He Yun will not be able to catch up with the selection of this year's Hugo Awards.

"Forget it! If you can't catch up, you can't catch up! But what he promised to editor-in-chief Yang Xiao was that he couldn't break his promise. ”

Thinking of this, He Yun muttered secretly again, and then shook his head slightly.

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For the next period of time, He Yun devoted himself to writing new papers.

Computer typing is fast, not to mention that He Yun's paper is not a related paper on engineering or science, but a purely theoretical paper, so relatively speaking, it is relatively easy.

However, in order to publish successfully, in addition to rigorous arguments and arguments, it is also necessary to have a novel point of view and a unique perspective.

The most important thing is that you have to be different from other people's papers, otherwise it will be difficult for you to publish your papers.

Indeed, literature-related papers are not at all like science papers, relying on the word "new".

You've got to come up with something different.

In this regard, He Yun thought about it for a long time, and finally set the direction of the dissertation topic on the religious literature that he was good at.

Just as the last time he used the Classic of Mountains and Seas as the basis for exploring the influence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism on the development of ancient literature, this time he focused on the influence of ancient philosophical ideas on literature.

What is the ancient philosophical outlook is actually very simple, in fact, it refers to Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

However, this time, He Yun did not discuss it on the basis of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", but discussed the integration between the changes in philosophical thought and literature with the development of ancient society and the changes in the feudal system.

Such a unique direction is difficult to conduct in-depth discussions without a certain depth of knowledge.

And He Yun is naturally not among them.

At his current level, there is no problem at all for such a unique research direction.

As a result, his new thesis went relatively smoothly, and there was no "Kavin" phenomenon in the middle.

So much so that he felt that in less than a month, he would be able to complete this new thesis of more than 40,000 words.

That's right!

You heard it right, this paper is more than 40,000 words, and this is not an online article written in later generations, every word and paragraph in his paper will be concise and accurate, and there will be no too much nonsense, let alone water words for the sake of water words.

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As for the research direction of He Yun's new dissertation, Professor Liu actually did not agree with it at first.

According to his original words, he is going to use this to select the title of full professor, and if he can't publish some key papers and influential papers, it will be difficult to pass the examination.

Professor Liu, on the other hand, believes that his topic is somewhat similar to the topic of his previous dissertation, and it is better to choose another topic.

But in the end, He Yun persuaded Professor Liu with his "three-inch tongue".

However, in fact, the reason why Professor Liu agreed to He Yun's topic was not only because of He Yun's confidence and persuasion, but also because of the opinion of another professor.

This professor, He Yun naturally knew him, and he wanted to see Professor Zeng before.

At the beginning of this year, when He Yun was still in Hunan Province, he received a call from Professor Liu, in which he hoped that He Yun could rush back to Kyoto early.

The reason, of course, was that Professor Zeng was eager to see him.

Later, because of the child's illness, the two did not build it.

Later, when Professor Zeng returned from abroad, Professor Liu led him to meet with him.

This time, Professor Zeng also put forward valuable opinions on He Yun's topic selection.

It was precisely because of his persistence that Professor Liu changed his mind.

He Yun was able to start writing a new paper without changing the direction of his original topic.

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September is here in the blink of an eye.

Kyoto Normal University has also ushered in a new season.

As the representative of the teachers of the Chinese Department last semester, He Yun still took the rostrum to speak this time.

Fortunately, he is already familiar with such a scene.

This time, he directly took off the script and spoke on stage for more than ten minutes.

After the normal class, He Yun returned to his former peaceful life.

He taught the students during the day, wrote essays in his spare time, and continued to work on "The Postman" in the evening.

In this way, such a peaceful life lasted for more than ten days.

This afternoon.

He Yun met the editor-in-chief Yang Xiao, who came to Kyoto on a business trip.

In a teahouse, the two sat opposite each other.

In front of them, a tea set was placed.

The two chatted while making tea and tasting tea.

"Comrade He Yun, do you have any ideas about the new science fiction work? I've been waiting for you for more than a month, haven't I? You promised me that there must be science fiction this year, it's September, when will you be able to write? ”

"Uh...... This may have to wait a while, and I really don't have time right now! He Yun smiled bitterly at this moment and couldn't help but reply.

"Do you have to wait a while? Do you have any good ideas of your own? When Yang Xiao heard He Yun's words, she was a little disappointed, and she hurriedly continued to ask He Yundao.

When He Yun heard this, he immediately smiled and immediately replied, "Well...... At present, there are indeed some ideas, but they are still relatively scattered and incomplete. ”

"Oh...... Can you tell me about it? As soon as Yang Xiao heard that He Yun really had an idea, he was immediately interested, and immediately asked.

In this regard, He Yun didn't want to hide anything, he hesitated for a moment, organized the language and said: "My idea is somewhat similar to Truman's world, the story probably happened one day in the future world, by chance, a scientist through a complex and brain-burning experiment, and finally found that the world is actually just a mysterious idea, the scientist thought about it and decided to publish his conjecture, but the whole world didn't believe it, and it happened that at this time, the mystery seemed to have noticed the scientist, He ...... with a blow in a certain dimension"

He Yun narrated his science fiction ideas little by little.

And these things were in Yang Xiao's ears, but they made her a little confused.

Maybe He Yun said it more fragmented, or maybe He Yun didn't say it very clearly, in short, the introduction of the brain-burning story made her almost confused.

There were many places where he couldn't understand what He Yun was saying.

This will be a mysterious consciousness, an increase in entropy, and a quantum mechanics, although Yang Xiao can't understand it, he thinks He Yun's science fiction is very good.

So, she smiled at He Yun, immediately took a sip of tea and said: "Although I don't understand the synopsis of this story, I think it is different from your previous science fiction works, many science fiction concepts seem to be related to many aspects of physics, are you sure you can control it?" ”

When these words fell, Yang Xiao immediately realized that there was something wrong with his statement, so he continued: "I'm not questioning your ability, I just think you should play to your strengths and weaknesses and give full play to your strengths." ”

After working with He Yun for so many years, Yang Xiao and Liang Dakang naturally know He Yun very well, and have even studied and summarized his science fiction works, and they know what science fiction is best at.

But they didn't expect that He Yun would choose the direction of science fiction that he was not good at this time.

This kind of science fiction literature requires not only superb questions, but also in-depth research on all aspects of physics.

This includes the latest and most cutting-edge topics related to quantum mechanics and so on.

Of course, then again.

Such an assumption is just an assumption, whether it will be true, or whether the ideas in it will find a correspondence in the real world, this cannot explain anything, let alone let He Yun push it back.

Although he is not a physics-related major.

But He Yun read a lot of books, and almost since he was reborn, he began to read all kinds of books.

After more than ten years, the books he has read have already been able to pile up.

It is precisely because of this that he has enough confidence in his choice.

"Editor-in-Chief Yang, please believe me, I won't joke with my reputation." He Yun hurriedly replied.

Then, he continued: "If it really doesn't work, I will write the outline of the book for the time being, and then show it to your magazine, and then take the next step." How is it? ”

"Uh...... There's no need for this! Didn't I hear your initial idea just now? Yang Xiao immediately shook her head and refused to deny He Yun's idea.

"No, no, no! Chief editor! This is just my initial idea, and I will have to wait for the outline to come out and make further revisions. He Yun shook his head and said immediately.

"Oh well! Then I'll wait for your news! Yang Xiao finally agreed with He Yun's idea.

Next, the two talked a lot, from purely cultural topics, to talk about the great changes that have taken place in today's society and the great changes in people's ideological outlook.

The two chatted until after dinner, and then editor-in-chief Yang Xiao got on the train under He Yun's desire.

It wasn't until he returned to the courtyard from the train station that he breathed a sigh of relief.

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In a blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed.

He Yun's new thesis has also taken shape.

Considering that it will take some time for the revision and review of the new paper, He Yun plans to start writing the outline of the new science fiction work while waiting.

These days, he has some scattered ideas.

Through the writing of this outline, many of his ideas were also incorporated.

Of course, some will also be deleted, as for which one to delete, He Yun has already thought about it.

His new sci-fi work will be a philosophical sci-fi that questions the reality of the world.

He chose all the names, and it was called "Prisoner of Thought".

In just four words, it is said that the world is like a prison, and human beings seem to be prisoners.

It also illustrates the importance of ideas.

As he wrote in the outline: "The human mind is infinite and boundless...... One day, when you find that you are just a program or someone else designed it, and the whole world is being manipulated to move forward, or your own world is just someone else's "farm", what will the world become............

In just a few lines, He Yun explained the antecedents of the whole story clearly.

In the follow-up progress, he will take scientists as the protagonists, with the pursuit of the truth of the world as the core line, and discuss through various experiments or phenomena that have not been solved in physics so far.

It can be said that this is the most professional sci-fi short story in He Yun's history.

It is precisely because of this that editor-in-chief Yang Xiao persuaded He Yun to think twice after listening to He Yun's introduction.

But He Yun was full of confidence in this.

After all, he had never challenged a similar difficulty so far.

"Wait...... I almost forgot that there was another important question that was not included in the outline...... Since there is a false side to this world, will people also be divided into two sides? Or parallel space? ”

Suddenly, He Yun thought of his rebirth again, could it be because of ......

Reborn in 1985 as a writer