Western Shanxi, Niangziguan Power Plant.
After lunch, Liu Cixin came to the mailroom, took away the magazine "Science Fiction World" he subscribed to, and returned to the single dormitory leisurely.
I have been working and living for more than a year since I was assigned to be an engineer after graduation.
The work of a power system like him can be said to be extremely boring and monotonous. He has to stick to his post during the day, but has nothing to do. It is the same at night because he has no girlfriend, so he can only play cards with his colleagues. , the result is that he plays cards in the first month of joining the job, and the second month of joining the job...
Play cards in the third month of joining the job!
Big Liu, Big Liu, how could you be so degenerate!
Did you forget the science fiction novel creation plan you ordered before? The Master said, "I examine myself three times a day." I can't continue like this!
I woke up suddenly, but I did not fully realize it. Liu Cixin still played cards as usual. Until one night, he lost all his salary in a card game. Such painful understanding made me feel that I I truly realized that I could not continue to fall like this.
You must do something to fill the night time. Even if you can’t make money, at least you won’t pay it!
So, I thought of my favorite science fiction literature, which I can read science fiction novels and even create.
Especially when the dialect "Midnight Bell" surpassed "Japan Sinking" and set a new record of the novel's annual sales, it was reprinted and reported by domestic media, widely publicized, and subsequent dialects entered the global writer's revenue list with "Midnight Bell" The first five, "Midnight Bell" won the best overseas novel of Japan's Nebula Awards, and a series of news has been continuously spread to China, making him realize that science fiction literature has such a future!
Then he picked up his pen and created "Huaxia 2185", but unexpectedly he won the Galaxy Award this year.
I was secretly happy that I was indeed talented in science fiction literature, and I was one step further from Teacher Fang.
When I thought of this, my steps became light and I felt a little light when I walked in the corridor of the dormitory building.
"Xiao Liu, do you want to come to my room to play cards in the evening?"
By the single dormitory next door, I heard a middle-aged voice with a Jinxi accent coming from the room. "Brother Wang." Liu Cixin shirked that he often gathered with three friends to play cards, and he didn't lack one of them, so he wouldn't go there and join in the fun.
Old Wang next door said that one of them had taken a family leave and had not been at home these days, so there is only one missing in this game, and Liu Cixin is missing.
As he was talking, an old Wang's card friend walked out of the room, "Xiao Liu, just play a few games, just treat us as a few of us to reminisce about the past."
"That's right, I remember right, Xiao Liu, you haven't played cards with us for a long time!"
The tone of Lao Wang next door was filled with a hint of resentment, "This is not the case when you first entered the factory. Too same! ”
Liu Cixin showed an embarrassing but polite smile. "This is not..."
Old Wang next door pays attention to the "Science Fiction World" in his hand, "I really don't know why you like reading science fiction novels so much. Science fiction novels are not relatively poor in literary works. Is it a kind of literary work? "It almost says that science fiction is at the bottom of the literary contempt chain. "Yes, science fiction literature is really too imaginative, some even have no scientific logic, and it is completely a dream."
The old ace friend nodded and responded. Science fiction is not the type he likes, but he likes to read mystery journals such as "The World of Reasoning".
Old Wang next door agrees deeply. A series of stories such as suspense and reasoning, police and gangster criminal investigation, and forensic doctors solving cases are really wonderful.
"Especially, I like to watch every issue that has been serialized."
"In fact, science fiction literature and reasoning literature also have some similarities."
< br>A thoughtful light flashed in Liu Cixin's eyes.
The two looked at each other and couldn't believe it: "No, right? What are the similarities between science fiction novels and mystery novels?" Liu Cixin explained: "Science fiction only uses various scientific elements and fantasy ideas. In fact, What touches the most is the part of the human nature displayed in the works. Just like Teacher Fang's "Midnight Bell" and "Artificial Intelligence", science fiction is just an excuse."
Old Wang next door suddenly realized, and the mystery novel The charm lies in addition to the unexpected killing methods, it is also complex human motivation.
Liu Cixin said seriously in a serious tone: "Science fiction literature also has an important mission, which is to popularize scientific knowledge. The current development of the country requires a large number of scientists, physicists, and chemists. China's science fiction originated in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, some people gradually began to describe the impact of technology on people. Mr. Lu Xun and Liang Qichao all advocated the introduction of science fiction into China, hoping to use science fiction and science to inspire people's wisdom. I hope that science fiction can plant the seeds of love for science in children's hearts." "That's true, but now it's "brain-body upside down". It's better to sell tea eggs than to make nuclear bombs."
Old Wang next door shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Okay, it's better not to mention this kind of thing."
After the two of them repeatedly requested, the thin-skinned Liu Cixin refused, so he had to reluctantly agree to participate. Tonight's card game.
After making an appointment, I went back to the power plant station to continue working. I was idle and I read "Science Fiction World".
As soon as I opened the catalog, I suddenly saw the "Three-Body Problem" written by Fangdian appearing in my sight, and my heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Teacher Fang has released a new science fiction masterpiece? !
I suddenly lit up and I couldn't wait to read it. Although this issue of "Science Fiction World" only published part of the first part of "The Three-Body Problem", the length is far beyond ordinary science fiction novels, and it is also comparable to "The Three-Body Problem in my previous life. 》 There are also many differences.
For example, Liu Da’s most criticized writing style and character creation in the "Three-Body Problem" series.
In the novel, Wang Miao is simply a tool person, without personality and emotion, and the whole character is free from the plot. Fortunately, the first part is a two-line narrative structure. If there is no such protagonist Ye Wenjie and With the outstanding history, the entire architecture of the first part collapsed.
So, the dialect is integrated into the version of the TV series "Three-Body Problem", making the character Wang Miao plump and become flesh and blood.
Of course, the Netflix version that cannot be integrated into. The American drama "Three-Body Problem" is simply a scumbag, even worse than a single hair in domestic TV series!
Especially when Wang Miao's so-called "death countdown" appears before his eyes, from being kept in the dark to being shocked and unable to believe, to despair and fear of death, stopping nanotechnology research, and finally to having a great enlightenment and restarting the project, all this is deeply rooted The earth shocked Liu Cixin.
Not to mention that incredible "Three-Body Virtual Game" and that unforgettable "dehydration"!
"This...this..."
All of a sudden, I was immersed in the world of "The Three-Body Problem", so I forgot the time and didn't even know it after getting off work.
It was not until Lao Wang next door patted his shoulder that he woke him up, and his body shivered suddenly because he was scared.
"Xiao Liu, let's go to have a meal together. After dinner, go to my room to play cards."
"Oh, okay."
"Why do you look like you've lost your soul? , Could it be that he had some illness? "
Old Wang next door held an aluminum lunch box in one hand and touched his forehead with the other, "No, Xiao Liu, what's going on?" br>
Liu Cixin recovered and said that he was just reading Teacher Fang’s new work, and he was fascinated by it when he was not careful.
"Teacher Fang has published a new novel?!"
Old Wang next door glanced at the "Science Fiction World" magazine in his hand.
Liu Cixin sighed deeply. He thought that he would win the Galaxy Award and narrow the gap with Teacher Fang. He didn't expect that he was still too young and thought too simply. The two of them were in science fiction literature The attainments of the highest level are simply from heaven and from earth, and they are almost impossible to match. "That's right..." After Liu Cixin finished watching "Science Fiction World", he also lent the magazine to himself.
Liu Cixin smiled and said, "Brother Wang, don't you like reading science fiction novels?"
"I'm too lazy to read other people's science fiction novels at first glance, but Teacher Fang's, oh, and Xiao Liu's. , that's another matter! "
Old Wang next door asked for a good emotional intelligence, his eyes full of expectations. Teacher Fang's science fiction novel is so delicious!
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The latest issue of "Science Fiction World" was released for three days, and soon many places across the country learned about this issue's new work in dialects.
Science fiction fans are naturally as happy as the New Year, and even continue to recommend "The Three-Body Problem" to their relatives and friends.
Even people who are not interested in science fiction literature have bought a "Science Fiction World" magazine for their reputation in dialects, and want to have a glimpse of "The Three-Body Problem", just like the wife's secret, where Liu Cixin is located The power plant is like that, so many people robbed them, and the magazines were out of stock.
After seeing it, many people are more curious about the "Red Bank Project" that Ye Wenjie participated in.
Even the first time I saw the serialized novel, I immediately ran to Shichahai, came to find the dialect in a hurry, and asked in person to understand.
"Brother, does this Red Bank Base that explores extraterrestrial civilizations really exist?"
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
"If I say yes, you really believe it?"
"I believe it, hehe, I believe it whatever you say!"
Little The girl smiled, "I remember you told me the story of the United States District 51, which is a place that specializes in UFOs, and there are also corpses of alien creatures. I believe we cannot find aliens in a similar way. People plan."
Fang Yan suppressed his smile. The "Red Bank Base" in "Three-Body Problem" is like the "Special Force Special Training" in "Operation Sword", and it is all his own battle Suddenly, the director of the bureau made up the tricks and made it more mysterious than Liu Cixin. The three-point true is adulterated by seven-point false.
The little sister was very excited, "Brother, am I right?"
"Congratulations, the answer was wrong." Fang Yan and Gong Ci smiled at each other.
Fang Yan yelled, and the excitement on her face instantly turned into disappointment, and she said with a loss: "I didn't expect it to be fake..."
"Of course it is fake."
Gong Ce said: "If it is true, then the confidentiality level must be top secret. He wrote it in a book so openly, wouldn't it be leaked?"
Fang Yan felt that what his sister-in-law said was reasonable, but she was speechless for a moment, and the next moment she was gently bounced. "Ouch!" "Don't think about it all. If you really have this free time, just help Mr. Ni think about it." Fang Yan said: "Can you design a software that allows computers to have the ability to input and output Chinese characters at the same time? It can not only output Chinese characters directly on the computer, but also print out 64 dot matrix characters that are more beautiful than the 24 dot matrix of the four-way typewriter. "
"Brother, you're not trying to make trouble. I'm just a freshman."
The little sister touched her forehead.
Fang Yan smiled. In a few years, a person named Shi Yuzhu would develop such a word processing software "M-6401".
Shi Yuzhu's Giant Group is also making its Han Card sales ranked first among similar products in the country.
As he was thinking, Gong E walked over with newspapers such as "Literary Journal", "Literary Journal", and other newspapers, with a little worry in his eyebrows.
Co-written by many people in the literary world after watching "The Three-Body Problem", they both looked down on it as a genre of science fiction literature, and inferred from Ye Wenjie's story that "The Three-Body Problem", even if it is not a scar. Literature is at least a reflection literature. After all, dialect is one of the initiators of reflection literature.
Nowadays, when literary trends such as "illusion realism", "root-seeking literature", "modernism", and "vanguard literature" are popular, dialects write such a literature with scar reflection, whether it is science fiction literature or pure literature. They are undoubtedly driving a reverse history.
The critics, writers, and literary theorists who had lost to dialects in literary discussions have finally caught a rare opportunity.
And the faction, which was already at a disadvantage in the main theme film debate, also seized the opportunity to join the criticism of "The Three-Body Problem".
After all, what is included in "The Three-Body Problem" can have nothing to do with the "main theme".
"Nothing will happen?"
Gong Ce frowned. "It's okay." Fang Yan disagreed with it, but instead looked forward to whether the letter sent to Liu Cixin had been sent.
At the same time, in the Niangziguan Power Plant office, engineers from groups of three to three gathered together to discuss the "Three-Body Problem".
"You said whether the 'Red Bank Base' written by Teacher Fang actually exists?"
"Whether you believe it or not, I don't believe it anyway."
"Don't believe it? You might not know the mysterious 749th game, right?"
"This...this..."
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"Xiao Liu, do you think the 'Hongban Project' is true, or is it fabricated?"
"If it is fake, I hope it is real. If it is real, then I hope to continue and never terminate this project."
Liu Cixin showed a faint smile. In fact, compared to the authenticity of the "Red Bank Base", he cared more about the subsequent plot of "Three-Body Problem".
Teacher Fang's out-of-context skills are still so perfect that he has entered the realm of transformation.
How can I break up here?
When thinking of Ye Wenjie's signal to the Three Body, it has pushed the fate of the earth into a desperate situation. The gap between the three Body Man and the Earth's technological level is as big as Mount Everest and the Mariana Trench. The Three Body Fleet has started In voyage, humans seem to have only one way to perish and have no power to fight back.
But as a science fiction writer, he knows that science fiction generally does not give everyone a suspense ending.
So what incredible way would Teacher Fang use to reverse the plot from such a severe to despair and save the earth?
Just as he was thinking hard, the voice of the gatekeeper came downstairs, calling him to go to the mailroom, and there was a letter specifically sent to him.
Liu Cixin was full of doubts and took the letter. He looked closely and found that it was named by the "Science Fiction World" Publishing House! (This chapter ends)