Chapter 198 A headache
This sci-fi serial called "My Journey Is the Stars and the Sea", also known as "One Billion Light Years", was first published by Xiao Gang in "Science and Literature" and immediately caused a stir Huge sensation.
Industry insiders exclaimed: Fang Minghua has acted on "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" again!
It actually moved the territory of the Han Dynasty directly to the light-year scale!
The clanking iron cavalry in history has become the God of War mecha in the novel, and the swans cruising in the rivers have now become space battleships flying in the stars.
But this time there is no stream of consciousness, but an epic language describing the Chinese war on a light-year scale.
Some people immediately jumped out to criticize Fang Minghua for tampering with history.
"The last time we magically modified "Journey to the West", this time we magically modified "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", will we start with "Water Margin" or "Dream of Red Mansions" next time? Is the frail Lin Daiyu in his hands? Will she become Lin Daiyu and pull out the weeping willow?”
But the readers are happy to see it.
Look, it’s so burning in the book:
"My journey is across the stars and the sea, and I have no time to weep and bury flowers with you."
"Anyone who offends me, a great man, will be punished no matter how far away he is."
"Whether I record it or not, in the past In the infinite years to come, some people will rise up, some will fall, some will become heroes, some will play clowns, some will stand up, and some will be lost and lost. But this country will continue to thrive, just like the magnificent river that has lasted for hundreds of millions of years."
Of course, it is also very satisfying to prepare to beat up Oda Nobunaga as the leader of the Japanese pirates.
Domestic readers are happy, but readers in Japan are very unhappy, and Yamamoto Ichiro is even more worried.
Chapter 12, Otowa 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
The headquarters of Kodansha is here. In an office, Yamamoto Ichiro looked at a pile of letters from readers on the table and fell into hard thinking.
After the serialization of "My Journey is the Sea of Stars", it immediately aroused the popularity of domestic readers. Some people exclaimed that this was another "Heroes of the Galaxy", which was more exciting and exciting than the latter. , but as the plot unfolded after a few serializations, readers discovered that in addition to the big BOSS of the Roman Empire, our Yamato was also the enemy of the Han Dynasty, and the hero Oda Nobunaga turned out to be the big villain!
Furthermore, the battle between the Han Dynasty and Oda Nobunaga’s troops in the starry sky was clearly about a war on a light-year scale - the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.
Although it seems that the Han army is still at a temporary disadvantage, I believe that it won’t be long before Oda will be defeated. Just as the protagonist Lu Boyan said in the novel, Yamato will become a vassal state of the Han!
How does this work? !
As a result, letters of protest flew to Kodansha like snowflakes, and some even shouted the slogan that Kodansha was a "Japanese traitor."
At this time, the old rival Chuangyuanshe also jumped out to criticize Ridanshe for importing this novel from China and hurting national sentiments.
Some people within Kodansha were also very dissatisfied with him, which made Yamamoto Ichiro, as the deputy editor, a big headache. He might not be able to secure his position as deputy editor, so he apologized and resigned.
What to do?
Yamamoto Ichiro called his old friend Iwagami Osamu to come to the office to discuss the matter.
Iwagami Haru also felt a headache.
If you want to write a space opera, it would be completely fictional like "Heroes of the Galaxy" written by Tanaka Yoshiki. Or if you want to write about the Three Kingdoms, wouldn't it be better to just write about the battles between Wei, Shu and Wu in the history of your country?
Why involve us Yamato?
"Yamamoto-kun, what are you going to do?" Haru Iwagami asked.
"If it doesn't work, I'll tear up the contract and stop publishing Fang Minghua's novel." Ichiro Yamamoto said helplessly.
"Yamamoto-kun, if you do this, Niktansha will lose a sum of compensation, and Fang Minghua probably won't authorize your Niktansha to adapt it into a comic book for the science fiction novel that is currently selling well, and This novel is indeed well written and is more popular among readers than the four short stories. Of course, the Yamato elements in it are excluded."
Iwagami Haru reminded.
"Then what should we do?" Yamamoto was even more troubled after hearing this: "Write a letter asking Fang Minghua to modify the plot? I made a special international long-distance call to talk about this. Do you know how the other party responded?"
"What did Fang Minghua say?"
"He said not to react so violently. It's just that science fiction novels are neither history nor realistic novels! Don't take it too seriously! Baga!"
At the end of the sentence, Yamamoto couldn't help but say a curse word. He felt that he was attracted by the other party. The feeling of being "trapped".
Iwagami Haru frowned after hearing this, and after thinking for a while he suddenly said: "Fang Minghua is not willing to modify it, we can modify it ourselves."
"How to modify it? Don't mention this plot? Then The novel adaptation is fragmented. "
"Why not mention it? Don't we have enemies too? Wouldn't it be enough to change Yamato to be our enemy? "
"Our enemy? You mean the Bangzi Kingdom?" Yamamoto suddenly understood and immediately smiled:
"This is a great idea! Change Yamato to Goryeo, and change Oda Nobunaga to Yi Sunshin, it's perfect! "
"Write a letter to Fang Minghua on my behalf, tell us what you mean, and authorize us to change the article. I think he will agree." It was half a month after Fang Minghua received this letter from Tokyo. .
It is now late November, and winter has entered Xijing.
However, the family building of the Planning Commission provides heating, so the house is warm. Fang Minghua does not wear bulky cotton clothes at home, just wear a sweater.
Sitting in your room at night, drinking tea and coding is a kind of enjoyment.
Song Tangtang is also in his room today.
Since the two established their relationship, the Planning Commission Family Building in Xincheng Square is very close to Houzaimen, so the girl often comes here and sometimes even eats here.
The girl is still very diligent and takes the initiative to help wash the dishes after dinner. Fang Minghua doesn’t want to do these housework anyway.
Fang Minghua brought back the letter sent to the work to show it to the girl. After reading it, Song Tangtang smiled sweetly and said: "Minghua, you are so bad, you deliberately deceive others, but my grandfather is very happy to know that he hates Japan the most. Man!”
I really didn’t mean it.
That’s how it was written in Jin He Zai, but it wasn’t published in Japan. I think it’s pretty good and I don’t bother to modify it.
"As long as grandpa is happy." Fang Minghua said with a smile.
"Then what do you do with this letter? Do you agree to them?" Song Tangtang asked again.
"Okay."
Anyway, these two countries are not very popular.
Fang Minghua wrote a letter to Taro Yamamoto, agreeing that he should change the plot about Yamato and leave the matter alone.
Write whatever you want.
At work that day, Fang Minghua was drinking tea and looking at a poem manuscript in his hand. At this moment, the phone on his desk rang, and he grabbed it.
"I'm Fang Minghua, who is that?"
A woman's voice with a Sichuan flavor in Mandarin came from the microphone.
"Chief Editor Fang, I am Yang Xiao."
"Chief Editor Yang, hello, do you have anything to tell me?" Fang Minghua joked.
The two have spoken frequently in the past few months, and their conversation has become casual.
"I dare not give you orders. I want to discuss something with you. I want to hold a domestic science fiction award next year, just like the Nebula Award in the United States. We can also take this opportunity to bring together domestic science fiction authors to hold a pen meeting and communicate with each other. "
"Okay, that's a good thing."
"Originally I wanted to invite you to be a judge, but if you are a judge, your work will not be able to participate. I'm really sorry."< br>
“It doesn’t matter.”
“Editor Fang, what do you think the name of this award would be?”
"Galaxy Award." Fang Minghua blurted out.
"Well, this name is good and atmospheric! It also fits the characteristics of science fiction." Yang Xiao said on the phone.
That’s what it was originally called.
The two talked about next year's Science Fiction Authors Pen Conference and decided to hold it in the second half of next year. Fang Minghua was just about to hang up the phone when he suddenly heard Yang Xiao say.
"Editor Fang, one more thing. I have signed up for your article "Rural Teacher" in the name of the magazine to participate in the 83-84 National Outstanding Novella Award."
(End of this chapter)