The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 19 The First Change of the World Line

As the train rattled by, the bored Xu Jiuyang took out the business cards he had collected at the Galaxy Awards ceremony and played with them.

There weren't many photos, just of Lao Wang, Teacher Zhao, He Xi, and... Reporter Han, as well as several editors in the editorial department. Others like Xiao Liu, Xinghe, and Panpan were not yet fashionable to this extent, but they also exchanged contact information.

After thinking about it, Xu Jiuyang pulled out reporter Han's business card and wanted to throw it out of the train window.

"What are you doing?" asked the old man sitting opposite.

"I don't like him and don't want to deal with him." Xu Jiuyang shrugged.

Although Lao Wang experienced that era, he at least knew where his position was, otherwise he would not have written a novel like "On Behalf of Heaven"; although Teacher Zhao was petty bourgeois, he was just petty bourgeois; and people like He Xi and Xiao Liu also kept their eyes on the right place.

Only reporter Han, tsk tsk, if you don’t like "Red Ocean" so much, why don’t you post it?
Think about those people in the literary and art circles. It is just as some future UP hosts said, that Chinese science fiction was elevated to a height that does not belong to it by a certain electrician and a certain cyber succubus.

"If you don't like it, then don't like it. There's no need to throw it away. Maybe you'll need it someday." Dad shook his head and said.

Xu Jiuyang raised his eyebrows in surprise. His father had never said such words to him in his previous life. Was he seeing that his son had achieved something and wanted to pass on some more advanced social knowledge to him?

Then I heard my father say, "Don't think you can get carried away just because you won first prize. It will be hard for you to make a living from this in the future."

Well, it's still the same, I shouldn't count on it. Xu Jiuyang rolled his eyes secretly in his heart, but he still promised repeatedly that he would study hard.

To show that he was listening, he deliberately took back reporter Han's business card. After all, he still had to write science fiction novels for a while. Who knew if he would really need to call reporter Han during this period?

Besides, if he didn't want to fight, he could let the kid king fight. He and Ale had exchanged business cards, and he was very active at the venue and made many new friends.

So Xu Jiuyang was originally thinking about whether he should remind his father, but now he has put it out of his mind. Some things will not change, just like Hong Kong's official return two months ago.

Well, some things have changed. This time, I won the first prize of the Galaxy Award together with Lao Wang's "Seven Shells", not to mention that I squeezed Teacher Zhao's "The Eyes of the Birch" to the second prize. Last year, I also squeezed Xinghe's "Duel on the Internet" from the special prize to the first prize.

The reason is very simple. Both "Duel in the Internet" and "Upgrade" are based on the theme of virtual space. Although the latter has nothing special and the editor's so-called humanistic care, the story plagiarized from the movie is indeed interesting - in the past two years, a lot of readers' letters have accumulated in the editorial department.

There were no newcomer awards at the time, and the author was still a middle school student, so it was definitely hard to give him an award. However, "Upgrade" didn't win an award, while the similarly titled "Duel on the Internet" won the special prize, which is a bit unreasonable, so...

Well, the above are just Xu Jiuyang’s guesses, but the changes are real. So how should we train Yuan Fang next?

This was one of his fun ideas. Although Hollywood science fiction films were basically obsolete 10 years later, there were still many remnants of the golden age.

He can't copy everything by himself, and he is not interested in doing so. Only by finding a few more people like Yuan to guide him can he achieve his goal. In the future, when Hollywood's original science fiction movies are released, science fiction fans here will find that our authors have already achieved such success on this subject.

Speaking of which, this idea was actually sparked by classmate Yuan Fang. Her conception of dreams was so similar to "Invasion of Brain Cells", especially after he pointed it out in his reply letter.

So when we met at the conference and were asked about the difference between writing and film, he directly used a section of Paprika to explain it. After all, people like Tsutsui Yasutaka are not worthy of respect, and Kon Satoshi doesn't need Paprika to prove his status. Unfortunately, there is only one Yuan Fang at the moment, and Liu Cixin still has a few years to go before he can make a name for himself.

Thinking of this, Xu Jiuyang couldn't help but sigh. He really wanted to clink glasses with Liu Da and say, "The only heroes in the world are you and Cao."

Well, the copycat also has ideals, okay? He is just lying down and playing dirty, not ignoring the fun.

"I'm talking to you!" Dad's voice sounded in my ears.

"I'm listening..." Although he was extremely impatient, Xu Jiuyang still kept a low profile. There was no other way. It was said that there could not be a father and son without hatred, but it was impossible for him to really punch me, right?
"I'm working hard to review math, physics and chemistry, and strive to get to a middle position in the future," he said.

Math, physics, and chemistry were okay in junior high school, and I could catch up with a little effort - although in the end I was still not as good as I expected, but it was only a little bit worse than my previous life.

It’s different in high school. If you don’t have talent, you can only rely on rote memorization by doing a lot of practice questions. But how could Xu Jiuyang possibly do practice questions?

I can only express it verbally first, and do it as long as I can, and then... write a few more novels, and not limited to science fiction?
"You..." Dad sighed, "It's good that you understand. I didn't make it to university because of the times. You have such a good opportunity now, you should work harder."

Here it comes, I knew it. Xu Jiuyang clicked his tongue twice in his heart, and then was shocked again. Could it be... that he is now planning to use other means to get himself into college?
Yes, if the old man can get Principal He’s son into Shuimu, maybe he can also get himself into a university.

Although the prerequisite given by Shuimu at that time was that the score had to pass the passing line, the old man might not necessarily send himself to Shuimu.

No, I can't write any other novels. For now, I'll have to rely on science fiction novels to make money. Also, I'll find a few more young authors like Yuan Fang. I wonder if her best friend who looks a bit like Li Xiaoran can also write novels.

Unfortunately, even though some things are well-planned, the actual situation will not develop as he wants. By the end of the year, Yuan Fang's article "Invasion of Brain Cells" was successfully published, and then she wrote to say that she might not write science fiction novels again.

"I eventually discovered that what I enjoyed more than science fiction was creating stories, creating different types of stories to show a whole new world," she wrote in the letter.

In other words, she wants to try other creations next and hopes to still discuss writing techniques with him in the future.

Although Xu Jiuyang felt a little depressed and regretful, he still said in his reply that it was okay. As a reborn person, he was very familiar with such things that could not be forced.

If he doesn't want to write science fiction, then he shouldn't write it, so that he doesn't have to worry about how to distribute it later. And after careful recollection, there are not many Hollywood science fiction movies that he can remember, plagiarize, and achieve success.

As things stand, he was a bit too ahead of his time in copying both "Interstellar" and "The Martian" in 98 - the latter would obviously be better off being changed into a mainland version, and if one wants the mainland version to be popular, it would be best to wait until Comrade Yang returns from space.

"Solar Disaster" is more suitable to be released after "The Wandering Earth". It won't be a big deal to give Liu Cixin a boost in popularity, so let's just copy "Gravity".

Then, when Xu Jiuyang turned the corner again with "Meet in 98", he finally ushered in the first change of the world line: "My Fair Princess" was officially broadcast.

(End of this chapter)