Actor: Thank you.

Suck!

Sitting on sky blue plastic stools in a roadside shop, Zhang Yuan and his assistant were eating a bowl of dandan noodles each.

"Let's go to the giant panda base for a tour later."

"Remember to take a picture for me." Zhang Yuan ordered.

"Ah, Brother Zhang Yuan, we came to Sichuan just to see pandas?" Zhao Xinxin asked puzzled.

"Isn't it worth it?"

Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.

In later generations, many people came to Chengdu during holidays just to take a look at the giant panda base.

"It's not unworthy..."

"Don't worry, there is work to do, but you have to combine work and rest." Zhang Yuan continued.

"We've been busy for a year, and we both need to take a break. Just treat it as an employee benefit, a company reward for the trip."

"Can traveling with the boss be considered a reward?" Zhao Xinxin said in a serious tone.

Zhang Yuan: …

Please at least give me some face, even if you nitpick me behind my back.

However, Zhang Yuan was attracted by her straightforward character and he felt at ease keeping such a person by his side.

After dinner, we went to the Giant Panda Base for a visit.

They came at the wrong time, as panda cubs are born only after March.

The giant pandas are hibernating now and are too lazy to move.

I took a lot of photos of Zhang Yuan.

"Boss, aren't you being a bit uncivilized?" The assistant said, looking at Zhang Yuan who was lying in front of the glass.

"The panda is pooping, and you're taking pictures..."

"You do not understand."

After taking the photo, I sent it to Xiaolongnu via my mobile phone.

"Wow, panda poop is green!"

Soon the transatlantic text message came back.

Zhao Xunxun: ...

She thought, if it were another woman, she would probably roll her eyes at such a boring thing.

Only this person is willing to watch.

Hey... Could it be that the boss came here specially because he knew that this person would like it?
Zhao Xinxin seemed to be coming to her senses, but not completely.

I sent Liu Xixi more than ten photos of various kinds, which made her very greedy.

Even said that they wanted to go out and play together after filming.

"Yoshi!" Zhang Yuan's goal was achieved.

Just to find an opportunity to hook her out.

We have to find a way to get Liu Xiaoli out of the way.

Zhang Yuan was so worried that he wanted to introduce someone to Aunt Liu.

Divorced for the second time, with a daughter, unemployed, 48 years old... Just looking at this blind date announcement, you would probably be laughed at by others.

What a good-for-nothing old aunt.

But if you see the real person, you will probably fight for it.

This aunt is not old at all, she is so awesome!
The problem is that Liu Xiaoli doesn't like anyone, and it makes him uncomfortable to keep staring at his daughter.

After leaving the panda base, we found a restaurant to have lunch.

The assistant said nothing, but was also curious about what he wanted to do.

After dinner, he led his assistant to Wuhou District.

As can be seen from the name of this area, the place name is taken from Zhuge Wuhou.

There is the famous Wuhou Temple Museum in the district, and the whole area is a good place.

Look east to Jinjiang District and north to Qingyang District.

However, Zhang Yuan's trip was not to pay tribute to Mr. Zhuge.

He took a bus to Section 4 of Renmin South Road.

On this street, there is an office building that is not too eye-catching.

This building is the public property of the SC Provincial Association for Science and Technology.

This organization is mainly responsible for promoting and publicizing the development of natural sciences and social sciences.

It sounds broad. Anyway, it covers all kinds of majors that ordinary people can and cannot think of, from campus experiments to information technology research and even anti-cult, which are all within their work scope.

Logically speaking, Zhang Yuan, an actor, has no connection with such a professional organization.

But the agency includes scientific advocacy work.

In those days, newspapers and print media were indispensable for publicity.

This organization has a professional magazine under its umbrella.

The magazine’s main work is called “Science Fiction World”!
"Science Fiction World" is known as the cradle of Chinese science fiction novels.

It was first published in 79, and at its lowest point, monthly sales were less than 800 copies.

At its peak, the monthly magazine sold a staggering 40 copies, accounting for 96% of the national science fiction newspaper and magazine market share.

"Hello, who are you looking for..."

After entering the magazine, an editorial staff member who was concentrating on his work looked up and asked, then was stunned.

"You are the……"

"It's me." Zhang Yuan was used to it. He was a familiar face now and could be easily recognized.

"Why are you here?"

"Looking for your editor-in-chief."

Soon after, Zhang Yuan was sitting firmly in an office at the innermost part of the editorial department.

The room is not big and the furniture and sofa look a bit old, but it is very tidy.

Three of the four walls in the room are lined with bookcases filled with books.

This is different from the majority of books in Mr. Guo’s home which are very new.

Zhang Yuan took a quick look and found that the books in the bookcase were all very old, with either oxidized and yellowed covers or bent and folded corners.

He knew what was going on.

The owner of this house should be a pragmatic and well-read person.

"Hello, may I ask what brings you here?"

The owner of the house is the editor-in-chief of Science Fiction World, Qin Li.

The lady smiled kindly and asked very politely.

Although Zhang Yuan is a celebrity, she is not only the editor-in-chief, but also a representative of the local provincial congress. Most district heads are polite when they meet her.

So there was no need for her to be polite to Zhang Yuan, the uninvited guest, but he was still very kind.

Zhang Yuan was sure in his heart that his judgment and thoughts were correct.

"I'm sorry for the hassle of coming here." Zhang Yuan also said politely.

While he was observing others, others were also observing him.

Seeing that he had a kind look, she became interested.

"You're welcome. We rarely have celebrities here. I guess there are a lot of people outside the door eavesdropping."

Ding-ling-dang-dang... As soon as he finished speaking, there was a lot of commotion outside the house.

Apparently this person got it right.

And from this we can see that this person should have a good relationship with his subordinates.

Knowing that they would eavesdrop shows that you understand your subordinates and have a good relationship with them.

"Actually, I'm a reader of Science Fiction World." Zhang Yuan ignored the people outside and asked his assistant to take out a magazine from his bag while speaking.

Qin Li took a look and saw that it was the final issue of "Science Fiction World" at the end of 06.

"Thank you for your love."

“A good magazine deserves to be loved by readers.”

"Hehehe..." The other party pretended to be very pleased and chuckled for a while.

"I love the science fiction in your magazine."

"But if I had to say my favorite, it would have to be this one..."

Zhang Yuan placed the magazine on the table and pointed to the magazine cover with a dilapidated spaceship on a red background. His finger was on the two big words at the bottom center of the cover.

"Three Body".

He came here just for this novel!
In fact, at the beginning, the name of this novel was "Past Events on Earth".

"The Three-Body Problem" is just the subtitle of the first part.

However, ever since the book began serialization in Science Fiction World in May 06, the cover title used by the magazine has always been "The Three-Body Problem".

Actually, there is nothing wrong with it. This book is called "The Three-Body Problem".

The last two parts, which do not exist yet, should be called "The Dark Forest" and "Death's End".

But later the novel became so popular that everyone just called it that, and the overall title of the series of books was called "The Three-Body Problem".

Just like "A Song of Ice and Fire", it is often called "Game of Thrones".

In fact, "A Song of Ice and Fire" is the overall title of the series, and "Game of Thrones" is just the subtitle of the first part, followed by "A Clash of Kings", "A Storm of Swords", etc...

Many series of novels will encounter this situation after they become famous.

This novel will be published at the end of December, just in time for the completion of the first part.

The editorial department is very optimistic about it, and the readers' response is also very good.

But the fact that Zhang Yuan, an "outsider", came to her for this matter still surprised editor-in-chief Qin Li.

Because "The Three-Body Problem" was only a minor hit, compared with those authors whose sales of each edition reached hundreds of thousands of copies, it was almost unknown.

"So, you want... the author's signature?" Qin Li asked hesitantly.

At this time, Liu Cixin was still unknown.

"Of course I want his autograph, but I also want to meet this person in person."

"He doesn't work in our editorial department."

"I know, but I want you to introduce me to someone."

"Because I not only want an autograph, I also want to buy the copyright of this book." Zhang Yuan revealed his true purpose.

"As for the copyright, it's in the hands of our magazine. After all, it's serialized in Science Fiction World."

"A publisher has already approached us and wants to publish a single volume, and we have almost reached an agreement on it."

"You may have made a wasted trip." The editor-in-chief said quite honestly.

"No, no, no, I don't want the rights to publish the physical book, I want the rights to adapt it into a film or TV series."

Qin Li didn't think in this direction at all.

Unlike serialized novels like "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

Domestic science fiction novels are almost at a low point in terms of film and television adaptations.

This is related to the slow and lagging development of the domestic film industry. Adaptations of foreign science fiction novels into film and television works are still quite popular, especially in Hollywood.

"Well." Qin Li took a long time to react before she was sure that he was not joking through his sincere eyes.

"Okay, I'll help you contact them!" He immediately agreed with a serious look.

The film and television rights of "The Three-Body Problem" are actually not in the hands of "Science Fiction World".

The most direct way, of course, is to go to the Niangziguan Power Plant and find Electrician Liu directly.

But Zhang Yuan deliberately took the long way around, because sometimes the long way is the shortest way.

He tried to grab the copyrights of those novels early on because those books were already famous.

If you don't hurry up and get it, it might be gone in a few months.

But it was different with "The Three-Body Problem". Liu Cixin did not start writing full-time until 10 years later.

The novel became known to the public only after it won the Hugo Award in 15.

In fact, in a few months, "The Three-Body Problem" will win the highest honor for Chinese science fiction novels, the Galaxy Award.

But domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers.

Most people still recognize foreign awards more.

So with limited money at the time, Zhang Yuan put Liu Da at the last priority.

But in his heart, in terms of the status of the work and the author, even if those guys were doubled together, they would still not be as good as Electrician Liu.

With the efforts of one man, he has brought Chinese science fiction to the highest level in the world... This is the evaluation given by Fudan professor Yan Feng, a heavy game fan and science fiction fan.

It cannot be said to be completely exaggerated.

But unlike Nanpai Sanshu, Tianxia Bachang and Liu Lianzi, Electrician Liu is an honest man.

Those guys are all very extroverted and smart. In comparison, Liu Cixin is actually a typical introverted science and engineering guy.

Being rather introverted, Zhang Yuan was afraid that his presence would scare him and would be counterproductive.

It would be much better if we had the editor-in-chief of Science Fiction World as a medium.

Since Liu Cixin first started to publicly release his works, he has been on the Science Fiction World platform for more than ten years.

So he has a good relationship with the magazine.

And Zhang Yuan looked for this editor-in-chief because Sister Qin has a very good reputation in the industry.

She was famous for never delaying the payment of royalties, and in that era of copyright chaos, she imported many overseas science fiction works on a large scale.

Because in those days, foreign authors would shake their heads whenever they mentioned China.

All the works of great authors are pirated in the country, and no one cares.

Only Editor-in-Chief Qin was very proactive in negotiating copyrights with overseas writers, and also attracted a large number of foreign authors to publish their works in Science Fiction World.

At the same time, after her approach was supported, she translated "Science Fiction World" into foreign languages ​​and published it overseas, thus achieving communication between science fiction writers at home and abroad.

NASA's Mars expert Attis, who is also a famous science fiction writer, even named one of the landform pictures sent back by the Mars Rover rover by his team after Qin Li.

It can be said that it is well-known overseas.

With her around, talking about copyright issues is like having a guarantor with an excellent reputation.

At the same time, going directly to her is also to skip one person.

That is Yao Haijun, the editor-in-charge of Liu Cixin's works.

The final peak of the science fiction world was when editor-in-chief Qin Li was in office.

About two years later, this person suddenly resigned, and the one who replaced him was impeached by all the screenwriters not long after he took office.

Anyway, in the end it was removed due to economic problems.

Later, as Liu Cixin became famous, the editor-in-chief Yao Haijun, who was closely associated with him, also rose in status and eventually became deputy chief screenwriter and director of the company where the magazine was located.

But this person was later brought down because of the economic problems caused by privately using copyright for profit.

A top executive of a magazine actually ignored copyright laws. It is no wonder that Science Fiction World later declined.

"Okay, then I'll get ready and we'll set off tomorrow."

After talking to Qin Li, this gentle-looking strong woman immediately planned to go in person and look for Da Liu together with Zhang Yuan.

"I'll talk to Mr. Liu's editor and ask him to give us a heads up."

"It won't be abrupt if we both go over there."

Zhang Yuan felt relieved when he saw that she didn't mention Editor Yao in her words.

This saves the editor from interfering and causing trouble.

"This is a great achievement. It turns out that leaders are always ambitious."

If someone could buy the copyright of the magazine's works, it would add luster to her resume, and she naturally would not give the credit to others.

The next day.

Niangziguan Power Plant is located in Pingding County, Xinjiang Province, less than 50 kilometers away from Electrician Liu’s hometown, Yangquan County.

There is no airport near this place, and there is no direct train from Sichuan.

Zhang Yuan asked Editor-in-Chief Qin to take a plane to Shijiazhuang first, and then take a bus and drive on the highway for more than 100 kilometers before arriving at the destination.

"Come, Engineer Liu is here..."

After questioning, a staff member took the two to an office somewhere inside the power plant.

The worker politely called Liu "Engineer Liu", after all, he was indeed an engineer.

The worker pushed the door open and walked in without even knocking.

Click!

As soon as I entered the door, I heard a panicked keyboard sound.

Afterwards, Zhang Yuan saw an honest-looking middle-aged man sitting in an office chair and slowly turning around.

"Hello, Mr. Liu, I've heard a lot about you."

Liu Cixin pushed the round black-framed glasses on his nose and looked at the visitor in confusion.

The Lord was very confused... (End of this chapter)