At the age of 38, he went to college and his children were classmates.

Chapter 156, Fermentation! (Thanks to the owner of [Cucumber Nougat] for the patronage!)
"Dad, why are you asking this?"

Lin Xiamo asked curiously.

Knowing her father as she did, he was still angry just now and wouldn't care about Shen Qiushan's situation unless something unexpected happened.

"Old Yu from the Cultural Bureau said he won some kind of Nebula Award, and it's a foreign award!"

"To be honest, these foreigners' appreciation level needs improvement!"

"He's just a writer of online novels, yet he can win an award abroad. These foreigners really haven't seen anything like the world!"

Lin Moxuan pursed his lips and complained, trying his best to show that he didn't care about the award, hoping to pass on this subjective feeling to his daughter.

So as not to let Lin Xiamo be further influenced by Shen Qiushan's award and become a "literary genius".

As a result, Lin Xiamo, on the other end of the phone, hung up the phone quickly after hearing that Shen Qiushan had actually won the Nebula Award.

Hearing the busy tone from his phone, Lin Moxuan's lips twitched involuntarily. He felt that his second "cabbage" was completely beyond saving!

No way, this blind date tonight has to be a bit more intense!!

Chinese Language Publishing House.

Chen Min had just arrived at the office.

The subordinate, Zheng Sihai, rushed into the office with a big smile, even forgetting to knock: "Editor-in-Chief Chen, good news!"

"Fantastic news!!"

"what happened?"

Chen Min raised an eyebrow slightly. She had been quite depressed this past week because her nemesis, Zhou Gang, was always causing trouble.

Especially during meetings, he would always bring up "The Three-Body Problem" to accuse Yin Yang Chen Min of "using public office for private gain".

There were even rumors circulating within the publishing house that Chen Min helped Shen Qiushan publish his book because the two were having an affair.

Although it's unclear who spread this rumor, it's obvious to anyone with a brain that Zhou Gang was behind it.

As a man, Zhou Gang was naturally unwilling to lose to Chen Min in the workplace competition. He couldn't wait to bring down Chen Min, the editor-in-chief, so that he could take her place!
Dealing with internal strife has already given Chen Min a huge headache, so it's no wonder she's been in a bad mood lately.

"The Three-Body Problem has won an award!"

"It won the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel!"

"Moreover, Shen Qiushan also won the Best New Science Fiction Writer Award!"

Zheng Sihai, his expression excited and beaming, exclaimed, "I knew 'The Three-Body Problem' would be amazing!"

"If we can't win an award, then the Nebula Award is just a name without substance!"

I've heard such great news!

Chen Minteng stood up abruptly, and her previously slightly tired spirits suddenly seemed to be filled with energy.

"Convene a meeting immediately!"

"Have Xiao Zhang notify everyone to participate!"

"Especially Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhou!"

Chen Min emphasized this point.

"it is good!"

Zheng Sihai nodded and strode out of the office. He immediately found Chen Min's assistant, Zhang Huihui, and informed her of the meeting.

Soon, all departments received the meeting notice.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhou Gang hadn't even arrived at his office at the publishing house when he heard that Chen Min had convened a general meeting.

What's wrong with this woman so early in the morning?!

Zhou Gang cursed under his breath, while Cao Zizhou, the president of the publishing house who didn't come every day, actually showed up at the publishing house early in the morning.

"President, you've come at the perfect time."

"Editor-in-Chief Chen suddenly convened a plenary meeting!"

"You can't expect a meeting like this to be announced at the last minute, you have to give at least an hour or two's notice!"

Zhou Gang seized the opportunity to criticize Chen Min.

But today, President Cao, who is obsessed with the art of balance, is acting differently than before.

If Zhou Gang had criticized Chen Min before, Cao Zizhou would most likely have given positive feedback, subtly showing his support for him.

But Cao Zizhou said with a straight face, "If Editor-in-Chief Chen is calling a plenary meeting, it must be for work-related matters."

"She's the editor-in-chief; it's her duty!"

Seeing Cao Zizhou's unexpected reaction, Zhou Gang was taken aback. This was completely different from the president he knew.

what's the situation?
Is something big happening?
Zhou Gang had a keen sense of smell, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Enter the conference room.

Many people had already arrived, and since they did not know that Cao Zizhou would be coming, Chen Min was sitting in the main seat.

"President!"

As soon as Cao Zizhou entered the conference room, the employees, led by Chen Min, stood up.

"Everyone, take a seat."

Cao Zizhou waved his hand lightly, then said to Chen Min, who was about to give up the main seat, "Editor-in-Chief Chen, I'm just attending the meeting. You sit down!"

After saying that, he took the initiative to sit in the first seat on the left.

Seeing this, Zhou Gang was even more bewildered.

Actually, he wasn't the only one who was confused; the other employees were also very surprised because Cao Zizhou was clearly showing his support for Chen Min!

Soon, the conference room was filled with people.

Chen Min cleared her throat and said, "The reason for this meeting today is to announce some very exciting news!"

"Our publishing house's upcoming work, 'The Three-Body Problem,' has won the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel!"

Wow! !

Chen Min had barely finished speaking.

The meeting room erupted in chaos!
Unlike Lin Moxuan, who was not very familiar with the Nebula Awards, everyone present was a professional and knew all too well the prestige of the Nebula Awards.

It is the most prestigious award in the field of science fiction!
This award has always been monopolized by foreign writers, and no one in China has ever won it.

And now someone has actually won the "Best Science Fiction Novel Award," such a prestigious award!
It is foreseeable that this event will create a huge wave in the domestic literary circle!

This will definitely have a positive impact on the sales of "The Three-Body Problem".

Moreover, after winning an international award, "The Three-Body Problem" will definitely be translated into multiple languages ​​and sold abroad!
Science fiction novels are going global!

That's quite a feat!

Now everyone understood why Cao Zizhou had voluntarily given up the main seat.

Because this time, Chen Min made the right bet!
If it weren't for her, as the editor-in-chief, overcoming all opposition and firmly cooperating with Shen Qiushan, the publishing rights for "The Three-Body Problem" might not have gone to any particular publisher.

Judging from the current situation, no matter which publishing house Shen Qiushan chooses to cooperate with, the other party will make a huge profit!

Zhou Gang felt his throat go dry and his mind went blank.

Nebula Award?
The Three-Body Problem won the Nebula Award?!

This is too fake!

He just took the prestigious Nebula Award without batting an eye!

Shen Qiushan is just someone who started out writing online novels, how could he have such talent?!
Zhou Gang found it utterly unbelievable.

The main reason is that he doesn't want to believe it either.

Because if "The Three-Body Problem" actually wins the Nebula Award, wouldn't that be a huge slap in the face for him?

Previously, he had been opposing Chen Min and Shen Qiushan's collaboration.

The reason why the publication of "The Three-Body Problem" was relatively slow was also due to his secret efforts!
Furthermore, in recent meetings, he has consistently used the fact that Chen Min signed the "Three-Body Problem" book to attack her!

In Zhou Gang's opinion, signing a science fiction novel was absolutely the most foolish decision he could ever make!
The result was completely unexpected!

The Three-Body Problem won an award!

It's also the highest award in the field of science fiction, the Nebula Award!
"Editor-in-Chief Chen, is this information accurate?"

"Could this be some kind of rumor?"

Zhou Gang was unwilling to admit defeat so easily, and he asked with a frown.

"Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhou, are you kidding me?"

"This kind of news can be spread through rumors?"

"The Nebula Awards were announced early this morning, and the organizing committee has already sent the winners' emails to our publishing house."

"But you're saying this news is fake?"

Chen Min gave Zhou Gang a cold glance; in fact, she had been waiting for him to speak.

Recently, Zhou Gang has been targeting her, even resorting to despicable tactics like spreading rumors!
Chen Min is no pushover!

To reach the position of editor-in-chief of a publishing house is a hard-fought battle, and once there is an opportunity to fight back, they will never hesitate!

"Oh, and I also have some good news to tell Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhou."

"Shen Qiushan, the vulgar and low-class online novelist you described, actually won the Best New Science Fiction Author Award!"

"I think Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhou needs to improve his professional standards. Someone who can win the Nebula Award for Best New Science Fiction Author is considered vulgar and low-class in Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhou's eyes. No wonder the sales of the books he promoted were not ideal..."

Chen Min adopted a stance of kicking a dog when it's down.

In the past, Cao Zizhou would have stepped forward to smooth things over, but today he simply watched coldly without saying a word.

Zhou Gang was speechless after being rebuked.

His old face turned bright red, then slowly turned into a liver color!

Chen Min was in a great mood after having a good talk, and all the pent-up frustration from the past few days was released in one go.

It gives you a feeling of complete exhilaration.

She cleared her throat and continued, "The award for 'The Three-Body Problem' is a major boon for our publishing house."

"I previously estimated that the sales of 'The Three-Body Problem' might not exceed 10 copies, but now I think it's a sure thing that it will sell more than 10 copies!"

"Therefore, our next focus is to expedite the release and sales of 'The Three-Body Civilization'!"

"Manager Zhang, please contact the distributors on the online sales platform and start pre-sales immediately!"

"Manager Wu, you also need to put some effort into marketing; we can't miss out on this hot topic..."

Chen Min arranged all related tasks in an orderly manner.

This time, Zhou Gang didn't utter a single unnecessary word. He was an experienced veteran and knew that anything he said in this situation would be useless.

If you lose, you have to admit it.

Stand at attention if you get hit!
He's a seasoned veteran with that much awareness; Chen Min's position is now unshakeable.

So, if I want to continue working in the publishing house, I need to repair the relationship.

Editorial Department of Sanjiang Evening News.

Wang Zhixin just posted a video criticizing Shen Qiushan on his Kuaiyin account.

The fact that Shen Qiushan earned 1000 million yuan by writing online novels has once again made him a focus of public opinion.

His "scumbag novel" has been highly controversial online, with a lot of criticism.

This gave Wang Zhixin, a veteran critic of Shen Qiushan, a new job opportunity. In the past two weeks, he has posted a video criticizing or mocking Shen Qiushan almost every day.

This has become his secret to attracting attention!
He has quite a few supporters online, who can be roughly divided into two categories: one is those with a strong sense of resentment towards the wealthy. They cannot tolerate the fact that Shen Qiushan actually earned 1000 million yuan from these online novels!

I wish the relevant authorities would shut down his lousy novel right away!
Then he gave back the 1000 million he earned from selling the copyright!

Another group consists of "pure love warriors" who cannot accept the male protagonist of Shen Qiushan's novels being a scumbag.

I think this kind of thing shouldn't exist!

As a veteran journalist, Wang Zhixin understands all too well what netizens want to see. As a result, he can accurately grasp the psychology of these two types of people in every speech, thereby capturing the traffic they bring.

Today, Wang Zhixin, as always, approached the issue from a moral perspective, because from this angle, no one can refute him.

After all, the male protagonist in Shen Qiushan's novel is indeed a scumbag who cheats on his wife!

However, he had already talked about morality too many times before. In the latter half of the video, he shifted the topic to why a third-rate online novel like Shen Qiushan could earn 1000 million yuan!

His conclusion was that online novel authors of Shen Qiushan's caliber did not deserve to possess enormous wealth!
In the video, he also made a sarcastic remark about the film and television company that bought the film and television rights to Shen Qiushan's novel, saying that the person who spent 1000 million to buy the film and television rights to Shen Qiushan's novel was thinking with his ass!
This kind of viewpoint is what those "anti-rich" parties like best.

I haven't even earned 100 million, so what makes you think you can earn 1000 million?

And it's all thanks to writing online novels!
That's something anyone with hands can write!
But I tried writing it, and I didn't even earn 10,000 yuan, let alone 10 million!

So, what makes you think you can make this money?

Just like the plot of "The Three-Body Problem," the current internet environment is actually very bad.

It basically follows the "Dark Forest Theory"!

There are so many people with conjunctivitis; they simply can't stand seeing others do well!
Take writing online novels as an example. Once you achieve good results, countless eyes will be watching you. If you violate the rules even slightly, those people will report you relentlessly!
Even if we can't take it down, we'll still disgust you!
After the news of him earning 1000 million yuan by writing online novels went viral.

Shen Qiushan was essentially exposed to the Dark Forest theory.

Just like in "The Three-Body Problem," where the coordinates of the Trisolarans and Earth were revealed...

Recently, Penguin Novels has received countless complaints, and relevant departments have even called to inquire about the matter.

However, Shen Qiushan's novel ultimately only deals with the male protagonist's moral issues, and does not rise to the level of illegality or violation of regulations.

Although the male lead is two-timing, there are no vulgar or pornographic scenes, so it's not going to be forced to be taken down!

However, with Shen Qiushan as a "target," self-media bloggers like Wang Zhixin can continue to produce content...

Wang Zhixin, who had just finished posting the video, was in a good mood as always. He brewed himself a pot of tea and read through the comments from netizens while drinking it.

Just then, his former nemesis, now his boss Zhang Dayong, walked over humming a tune: "Old Wang, I have an interview assignment."

Seeing Zhang Dayong's smiling face.

Wang Zhixin knew then that it must be some kind of difficult task for him.

Previously, Wang Zhixin had the advantage in the competition between the two for the position of deputy director, but he was ultimately humiliated because he clashed with Shen Qiushan, which led to the Sanjiang Evening News being criticized and trending on social media.

Wang Zhixin, the instigator, naturally became the target of internal punishment within the unit!
The position of deputy director then fell to Zhang Dayong.

With his enemy in power, Wang Zhixin's life was bound to be difficult!
Zhang Dayong had already tried to sabotage him several times before, but Wang Zhixin couldn't do anything about it. He had lost the struggle himself!

Seeing Zhang Dayong's smiling face again, he silently cursed in his heart: "Old bastard, you'll get struck by lightning sooner or later!"

"What interview?"

Wang Zhixin asked, frowning.

"It's just a profile interview."

"From another province?"

"This province!"

"That's from another city?"

"This city is located in Sanjiang!"

Wang Zhixin was somewhat surprised by Zhang Dayong's answer.

He had assumed that this interview assignment would be either in another province or another city!

In short, the goal was to mess with him, but it turned out to be none of those things!

The interview assignments in this city were simply normal work.

This is completely unlike Zhang Dayong's style!

"Interview with a Nebula Award winner."

"Old Wang, hurry up!"

"This is a huge hot topic; if nothing unexpected happens, this news will definitely go viral!"

"Hurry up and get ready!"

After saying that, Zhang Dayong hummed a little tune and left.

Wang Zhixin was completely bewildered, silently thinking to himself: Could this old silver coin have found an 18-year-old girl?

Why am I in such a good mood!
"Brother Wang, what task has Deputy Director Zhang assigned you this time?"

Hao Bo, who was sitting at the next workstation, came over. The two had also participated in the "live mock exam" together and usually had a good relationship.

"Interview with a Nebula Award winner!"

Wang Zhixin replied, then asked doubtfully, "Has anyone in our country won the Nebula Award?"

"How come I've never heard of it!"

"Uh?"

"Deputy Director Zhang wants you to interview the Nebula Award winner??"

Hao Bo's expression turned interesting; he had just seen the news that Shen Qiushan had won the Nebula Award.

I originally intended to tell Wang Zhixin, but I didn't expect Zhang Dayong to be so cunning, actually getting Wang Zhixin to interview Shen Qiushan.

Isn't this an impossible task?!

This is clearly an act of humiliation and harassment!
"What happened?"

Seeing that Hao Bo's expression was off, Wang Zhixin frowned and asked.

"Brother Wang, the Nebula Award winner is Shen Qiushan!"

"The news just came out and is still trending on social media!"

Hao Bo told him the truth.

"what!"

"Shen Qiushan is a Nebula Award winner?"

"How can this be!"

"He's just a web novelist, how could he win the Nebula Award?"

"What an international joke!"

Wang Zhixin simply didn't believe it: "Besides, I've read the book he wrote, and it doesn't have a single science fiction element. What kind of Nebula Award did he win!"

"Brother Wang, he didn't win the award because of online novels!"

"It's a book called 'The Three-Body Problem'!"

Hao Bo offered an explanation.

"The Three-Body Problem?"

"What the hell? I've never heard of that!"

Wang Zhixin frowned and quickly searched online.

According to Baidu Baike, the author of "The Three-Body Problem" is indeed Shen Qiushan.

Moreover, just around 2 a.m. this morning, "The Three-Body Problem" won the Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel!

Shen Qiushan also won the Best New Science Fiction Author Award for this book!

One book won two highly prestigious awards!!

Looking at the related reports on the webpage, Wang Zhixin was completely dumbfounded.

Shen Qiushan actually won the Nebula Award!
He became the first writer in China to win the Nebula Award!
This is an achievement that fills a gap in a certain field, and it is absolutely worth making a big fuss about.

As an experienced journalist, Wang Zhixin could already foresee the ensuing uproar in public opinion.

And this "hater" who chases after Shen Qiushan all day long to hurl insults will once again suffer the backlash of online traffic!

What's most infuriating is Zhang Dayong's old silver coin!
Knowing full well about his relationship with Shen Qiushan, he still asked him to interview Shen Qiushan.

It would be strange if Shen Qiushan agreed to his interview; he's now a Nebula Award winner, and countless media outlets would want to interview him.

Why choose him, a hater?

Damn!

Zhang the Bald is utterly inhuman!

Wang Zhixin cursed inwardly.

Then, he quickly checked the comments section of his latest video.

As expected, his comment section has already been flooded with criticism!

"Shen Qiushan, whom you criticized as worthless, won the Nebula Award. What do you think, Reporter Wang?"

"Didn't you say that Shen Qiushan was despicable and vulgar? What do you say now?"

"Old Wang, I've already come up with an excuse for you: those foreigners don't have any appreciation skills and don't understand science fiction!"

"Old Shen has already gone abroad and brought glory to the country, and you're still here cursing and swearing!"

"He kept hurling insults at Lao Shen every day, and what happened? He won an international award!"

"Let's see what this clown has to say next."

Sanjiang University.

Classroom 205, First Teaching Building.

Shen Qiushan's first class after entering university was College Chinese.

As a general education course, physics majors are also required to take it.

There is a significant difference between college Chinese and high school Chinese.

High school Chinese is more about preparing for the college entrance examination, while college Chinese focuses more on cultivating students' literary literacy, aesthetic ability, and language application skills.

The university Chinese teacher for Class 1 of Electrical Engineering is Zhu Wenxuan, who is around 50 years old and is an associate professor.

He must have read a lot of books and be very knowledgeable, which is why he likes to show off.

I like to insert my own opinions and viewpoints into my lectures!
In this class, he was teaching modern literature, and inevitably he talked about some well-known writers, and he didn't hold back in giving his evaluations.

While he was standing behind the lectern, lecturing with great enthusiasm, Shen Qiushan received a series of WeChat messages from Lin Xiamo and Chen Min...

Upon learning that "The Three-Body Problem" had won an award, Shen Qiushan was naturally very excited and immediately replied to the message.

Just as he was typing with his head down, Zhu Wenxuan suddenly slammed his hand on the lectern and said in a deep voice, "Some students think that because they have made money by writing fast-food literature, they look down on traditional literature!"

"This is an arrogant and short-sighted act!"

"Making money doesn't mean you're really good at it. If you're truly talented, win a top domestic or international literary award first!"

"Yes, Shen Qiushan!"

"I'm talking about you!"

"As the top liberal arts student in Sanjiang Province, you should have higher expectations for yourself!"

(End of this chapter)