Chapter 379 Is this science fiction?
President Jian was about to turn off these news, when he suddenly saw a bad development.
The updates come from a big fan of a certain celebrity.
According to big data push, if he didn’t bring “Gu Lu”, it would be impossible for President Jian to get it.
Yi Xin Ai Lin Fei Fei: "I'm really convinced, Gu Lu is just a writer, right! Why do you buy hot searches every day to flood the screen?! Writers should write well and stop fooling around, okay? In the past two or three months, it has been a hot search every month. Is it worthy?”
Lin Feiwai is a traffic star in the parallel world. His real name is Lin Xia. He is called Lin Feiwai by his fans because he likes to talk nonsense. Regarding this information, President Jian is clear because Modu Publishing House has also cooperated with many traffic stars. Sincerely, it always feels very absurd for a popular celebrity with not very high academic qualifications to recommend masterpieces such as "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and "The Veil". Anyway, President Jian will feel ridiculous.
There is a lot of popular science below. But it’s not that this big fan doesn’t know him, he is fundamentally different from the post-00s generation who first saw Bilibili.
President Jian guessed that it might be Xiao Gu’s popularity that stole the limelight from traffic stars.
A certain netizen’s reply killed the competition——
“You want to ask me if Gu Lu is worthy? Then I can only answer you: The God of Employment is as valuable as a star. The guaranteed three-piece package for graduates and laid-off employees: express delivery, food delivery, and Didi. There are two industries that are predicted by Gu Lu. Don’t think I’m flattering. Don’t tell me the truth. It’s reasonable to have a hot search every month, but can Master Gu Lu comment on the riders who are trapped in the system?”
There are pictures and the truth, which is an interview with the person in charge of Didi and Meituan Waimai. "Literary and artistic works are still helpful to technology. The one-click alarm in "2023" provides an early warning for the safety of online ride-hailing, so it also allows We pay special attention to it. "We only provide a shopping platform for riders, takeaway merchants, and it is impossible to gain the maximum benefit." Teacher Xiao Gu's prediction was wrong in this regard. "
The former "China Finance". The latter was an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Wuzhen Internet Industry Conference.
“It’s no wonder that my writing ability is so strong, and my thinking about science and technology exceeds that of most people.” President Jian lamented. He used to sneer at the academic argument of relying on creation. Because it is neither scientific nor logical. Now that I think about it, he qualifies as a genius.
Great, boomerang hit me in the face. Netizens realized that Gu Lu not only predicted the development of science and technology, but also warned of the dangers. The safety issues of online ride-hailing and the platform’s exploitation of merchants and riders.
It was completely wrong. Netizens started to comment on the person in charge who was hit by the boomerang. The latter did not respond at all.
In the end, it was nothing, and the popularity was limited. Really, what should be on the hot search list is not popular. Those who shouldn't have been put on it were put on it in a blink of an eye.
“Email—ahem.” President Jian saw the email was from Gu Lu’s new book. Fortunately, his wife had already fallen asleep.
The opening chapter is an introduction:
[Mistake hell for paradise!
Cruelty is an inescapable human nature.
Welcome to the sickly beautiful Suokouqiu thousands of years later——
“A new order can only be born after being watered with countless blood.”]
I have never read physical books. The introduction, cover and waistband can further arouse readers' desire to buy. However, President Jian, who works in the publishing industry, still has certain expectations for the introduction.
But what a strange introduction. Thousands of years later... It should be a work that exudes imagination about the future like "A Space Odyssey". It’s just that the time span isn’t that big.
Speaking of which, is it Suokou Hill again? If President Jian remembers it correctly, this place has appeared many times in Xiao Gu's works.
The Chongqing Iron and Steel Family Building is the location of the scenic spot "Bazhong Building". President Jian also knew something that others didn't know. When he was in junior high school, Gu Lu lived in the fourth building. In other words, Xiao Gu really knows how to take shortcuts and walk through the corridors to go to school.
I don’t want to think about this anymore. I can’t tell what it is from the introduction. President Jian calmed down and started to read the work——
[Sometimes late at night, after everyone around me became quiet, I He would sit quietly in his chair and close his eyes to watch.
What appears before my eyes is the same scene, always the same, every time.
In the darkness of the Buddhist hall, the flames burning on the Humo Altar are accompanied by the flames coming from the ground...]
President Jian sighed slightly. He had read the Chinese manuscript of Suspect X's dedication. The writing style of two consecutive novels can only be described as average, and it is not enough for popular literature as long as it can express the plot. Among the several novels written by Gu Lu so far, the one with the smoothest writing style is undoubtedly "Mr. Holmes".
He thought this way, but when President Jian read the first chapter, he was completely stunned.
I am "Chu Xunge, born in No. 6 Shenqi District, Suokouqiu", a work narrated from a female perspective.
The beginning seems to be that an old system has had very serious consequences, so Chu Xunge seems to want to record it to prevent the same thing from happening again in the future.
What makes the well-informed President Jian stunned is definitely not the female perspective. It is normal for writers to use the perspective of animals for the purpose of narrative.
The real reason is that this opening chapter doesn't feel like science fiction at all. It can even be said that it's not even soft science fiction. For example, in the first chapter, it is introduced that Chu Xunge's father is the captain of Shenqi District No. 6, the top leader of a certain area.
Then there is a description of the area: No. 6 Shenqi District consists of seven townships scattered over an area of about one thousand square kilometers. The boundary between the outside world and Shenqi is three gourds. Considering that in the world after a thousand years, even the three gourd signs may no longer exist, so let me give an explanation here. The three-gourd sign is also called "willow branch rope", which generally refers to the three things that are born and the three. There are countless wind chimes and gourds hanging on the vines made of willow branches. It is a solid roadblock to prevent evil things from the outside world from invading the sacred area. The children were repeatedly warned never to go outside the three gourds. There are demons and monsters wandering around in the outside world, and children will encounter terrible things if they go out alone.
Isn’t this related to the legend of gods and ghosts? Moreover, willow branches, gourds, and wind chimes are all props used to ward off evil spirits in China.
Monsters such as rats, cat demons, balloon dogs, evil spirits, karma demons, etc. The article even clearly states that rats do exist, and rats are obedient to humans and will help humans with civil construction.
In the words of Chu Xunge’s father, Hua Shu is despicable, treating adults with “cursed powers” as gods, and is very dangerous to children who have not yet awakened to the cursed powers.
To be honest, just for the opening chapter, if it were not for the name Gu Lu, there would even be a risk of rejection if the manuscript was submitted to Modu Publishing House!
The world view given at the beginning is too confusing, and it even describes the stories of "evil ghosts" and "karma demons" in the textbooks of that world.
The former will follow those who unintentionally walked out of the Sanhu Bei back to their hometowns and start killing people, while the latter will corrupt all the creatures living around, similar to a nuclear bomb.
What exactly does Xiao Gu want to write? !
President Jian read it twice and found new information. First of all, in the world a thousand years from now, it seems that technology is very backward, and even basic power supply cannot be guaranteed.
What is the background of the world like? If it was really a thousand years in the past according to the introduction, even if there was a war that destroyed the world, technology would have developed again. President Jian was confused.
"Why is the area called Shenqi District? What kind of gods live there?" This is another information that President Jian discovered. He believes that Gu Lu's works cannot be named randomly.
I couldn’t sleep well. President Jian couldn’t sleep at all. Send a message to Xiao Gu: "Xiao Gu, is the new work a fantasy with a bit of supernatural color? After all, it also has the setting of evil ghosts and karma demons."
President Jian had insomnia tonight because Gu Lu fell asleep , too late to reply to the message.
Fortunately, around seven o'clock the next day, Gu Lu's WeChat message was answered.
[Xiao Gu: No, the new work is a science fiction novel. And compared to "Flowers for Algernon", it is more towards hard science fiction. ]
President Jian recognizes all the texts in the other party’s reply when taken apart individually, but when combined together, he feels that he does not recognize them.
Still prefer hard science fiction? President Jian's face with dark circles under his eyes became more confused, almost as if he was more sleepy.
[Jane: Isn’t today April Fool’s Day? Are these manuscripts sent correctly?
Xiao Gu: Of course I sent it correctly. Also regarding the manuscript, Uncle Jian, when have I ever made a joke? ]
Come on! President Jian has been working in the industry for more than 20 years, and this is the first time that he feels that he is completely unsure about a work.
What is Hard Science Fiction? It is a science fiction work based on "hard sciences" such as physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, psychology, and sociology.
So what is soft science fiction? It can be directly understood as a brain-hole article, a work created based on a scientific brain hole. Just like "Flowers for Algernon" was written based on the experimental idea of making IQ smarter. It also has errors in medicine and psychology, such as the deer being too instrumental, and ordinary schizophrenia and intelligence. The barriers vary greatly.
“You got up so early today?” Aunt Fang got up to make breakfast and saw her husband sitting in the study. It is also normal, because during the busiest time, President Jian gets up around 6:30 in the morning and holds an impromptu conference call for half an hour at home before going to work.
Strictly speaking, among the people Gu Lu knew, only Xiao Xue, the former master of involution, could compete with him.
"Oh, yes, look... there is something wrong with the manuscript that Xiao Zhang, Xiao Wang and the others reviewed yesterday. I'll get up early and have a look." President Jian replied.
"Today we eat oatmeal and eggs," Aunt Fang said, "I must lower your blood sugar."
After saying that, Aunt Fang walked into the kitchen and started busy.
President Jian looked down at WeChat and wanted to ask what the story was about. Even the first draft, which will be revised later, is difficult to understand. It would be bad to just ask again, so I thought for a long time before sending a message: "I am looking forward to the complete work."
Of course I am looking forward to it. If it weren't for the word "Gu Lu", President Jian would think so This is a failed work.
Gu Lu is not joking. If we talk about George Orwell's "1984", half of the readers think it is hard science fiction and half of the readers think it is soft science fiction. Then "Brave New World" is recognized by most people as hard science fiction. Like the previous explanation, the work conducts an in-depth exploration of sociology. "From the New World" is similar to "Brave New World" in a sense, except that the setting is more fantasy and it also digs deeper into sociology.
“Are you looking forward to it?” Gu Lu smiled, feeling that Uncle Jian didn’t mean what he said. Because when he saw it for the first time, he didn’t even bite it!
(End of this chapter)