stjorthotic Chapter 30 A Gathering of Big Shots
Chapter 30 A Gathering of Big Shots
What else could Yu Zhen do? No matter how anxious he was, he could only suppress his feelings for the time being.
In any case, everyone meant well but ended up doing something wrong; they were all very eager to help him broaden his future path.
Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense.
He wrote a science fiction novel, and in the end, his work was even recruited by the national science and technology department!
If such a change were to actually happen...
For Editor-in-Chief He and his colleagues, this is absolutely, positively, a truly remarkable story in the literary world, right?
The same thing could happen to any writer in the Chinese literary world.
Others would certainly feel honored and would regard this as a valuable asset for cross-industry collaboration.
A wonderful thing that everyone longs for but cannot have.
Now that he's encountered this situation, he's acting all dramatic and unreasonable. Just because his work might not be published, he's throwing a tantrum and getting furious?!
There's nothing we can do!
I've figured out the key point.
Knowing that getting anxious and upset is pointless.
Then all we can do is try to adjust our mood and learn to take it calmly.
At this moment, he can only hope that the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau will not make a big fuss about some of the technological concepts in his work that will become commonplace in the Internet age, and treat them as guiding lights for the process of scientific and technological research and development.
They even went so far as to take it as a scientific paper, a blueprint for scientific research and development.
Editor Xiao Wu observed and remembered Yu Zhen's indescribable expressions and reactions.
She had a strong misunderstanding.
Yu Zhen was worried that if his new work, "Brain in a Vat," were to be detained by the Science and Technology Bureau, it would seriously delay his progress in gaining international fame.
I thought to myself that it was a huge waste and a great injustice to the creator that such a good scientific paper was only confined to the databases of a few domestic government departments.
Technology knows no borders. Such extraordinary articles on future technologies should spread rapidly around the world and be known to more and more people.
Furthermore, China's technological capabilities are so backward.
If the science and technology bureau were to restrict the author's hard work to a limited scope, how long would it take to see even a glimmer of progress on those great and forward-thinking new concepts of future technology?
"No, no, I was too hasty in bringing the manuscript back to the publishing house to share with everyone. I've delayed Writer Yu's important matter..."
Wu Ke felt deeply guilty, so she had the idea to contact Selena Feng, the international student at Yenching University, after work.
She couldn't help but make a determined plan, since she still had a complete copy of the manuscript.
Originally intended as a permanent memento, but now I have to make a small sacrifice.
What if the manuscript of "Brain in a Vat" is really held up by the Science and Technology Bureau for a long time for some inexplicable reason and not allowed to be published...
The only question is whether entrusting this matter to Selena Feng, an international student at Yenching University and a Chinese-American, is reliable.
Therefore, we must find a way to align the interests of this international student with those of writer Yu, so that they can share both prosperity and adversity.
Yu Zhen had no idea that editor Xiao Wu had secretly harbored such audacious and wicked thoughts.
The rest of the editorial staff were also unaware that Wu Ke, due to a sense of guilt and a desire to make amends, as well as the unconsciously developed super fangirl mentality towards writer Yu, was willing to be her assistant, even if it meant working like a slave, to be a perfect female helper.
The next day.
The Science and Technology Bureau has not yet responded or confirmed anything.
The entire publishing house was already incredibly busy with other matters, including the "First National Symposium on the Adaptation of Outstanding Literary Works into Film and Television," which was scheduled to be held in mid-April.
People from the eight major film studios.
Relevant personnel from local literary and art associations in various provinces and cities.
A group of renowned writers were invited to Shanghai to participate in a seminar on their works…
These literary and artistic veterans and future bigwigs from all over the country, no matter who they were, as soon as they arrived in Shanghai, they all rushed to the courtyard at No. 74 Shaoxing Road to visit Yu Zhen, a young and promising writer who had suddenly emerged.
There's nothing we can do about it.
It should be noted that this grand event involving the national literary and art circles was initiated in response to the fact that Yu's 25 story collection works were being eyed by eight major film and television production studios who wanted to divide them up.
That's how the seminar came about.
Therefore, in all accounts, everyone's ability to attend the conference in Shanghai is entirely due to the influence of writer Yu.
Besides, although there's an old saying that "there's no first place in literature," who, inside or outside the literary circle, wouldn't be incredibly impressed if they heard that the same author had 25 of his story collections selected by the eight major film studios?
Moreover, with the release of the New Year special issue of "Story Club", everyone has already read Yu's 25 works.
Whether a work is good or bad, who doesn't have a clue what's really going on?
Yes, that's right. Yu's writing level, which is at the level of a storyteller, is indeed not quite up to par.
But, well, they just have a great story to tell!
Using the most plain language, it tells the most captivating story.
Who has the nerve to complain now?!
Great skill but no workmanship, great sound and great sound.
Yu, the writer, is nothing but a nobody; his writing is terrible and his literary skills are low-level.
They have clearly reached a higher level of writing skill. They have long since transcended the use of flowery language and superficial elegance to embellish the inner layers of their writing.
In the days that followed.
Yu Zhen suddenly became an extremely busy person.
Every single day, groups of cultural figures flock to the Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House compound, drawn by his reputation as a young and promising writer, eager to have a long chat with him about matters related to literary creation.
Unfortunately, when it comes to this kind of thing, there's nowhere for him to hide.
Besides, he had absolutely no chance to hide.
You can hide from the monks, but you can't hide from the temple.
"Sigh!~~"
Last winter, I suddenly and mysteriously traveled through time.
He really only wanted to gain some fame and experience in the literary world, reliably resolve the issue of his unclear identity after his physical body transmigrated to the present era, and then take advantage of the reform and opening-up policy to ride the wave of the times, leisurely witness the start of the great era of reform and opening-up, and enjoy himself in the torrent of the times.
Who would have thought that last winter's creative work was too intense?
Who could have known that this trip to Shanghai would once again bring them extraordinary assistance?
Suddenly, he had become one of the top cultural figures in the country.
There's no escaping it now.
What else can we do?
He had no choice but to grit his teeth and start learning to accept it.