In the evening, book friends who had finished reading "The Martian" gathered together to talk about the book.
It can be seen that everyone is very satisfied with this book, and everyone has an excited expression.
In fact, YU has never disappointed book fans.
Even though there was a previous work called "To the West" which was not as popular as other works, it was still liked by many people. Some fans who didn't like it didn't think the book was bad, but they just didn't realize it and felt they didn't deserve it.
Feel.
"This is probably the most cheerful book in YU. I was depressed when I read "Westward" and "Deep Space" before. Fortunately, this book came out to calm me down." A man named Carragher said.
The book friend said with a smile.
"It's really cheerful, and it's not just cheerful. It's still a very hard-core science fiction novel. I saw a letter of thanks on the front of the book, which must have received technical support from these institutions."
"That's right, although it looks cheerful, some very hard-core scientific knowledge was written unconsciously. If I had read this book when I was in middle school, my physics knowledge wouldn't be so bad."
"There are also chemistry and biology." Liu Yukun said with a smile, "This is the great thing about YU. It is obviously the protagonist's diary, but it is often read in fragments, but it is very interesting to read."
"Yeah, the laughs are really dense, but I can't understand some of the laughs. I don't know if it's because of cultural differences." Some book friends wondered, "Although these laughs that I don't understand do not prevent it from being a good movie."
An interesting novel, but I still want to know why YU wrote it this way."
Everyone looked at Vice President Liu Yukun.
Here, Liu Yukun understands Chinese culture best.
Many of them also discovered when reading this novel that some parts of it that were clearly supposed to be funny did not feel funny.
This situation is rare. If it is digitalized, then probably one of the ten funny points will be like this.
Liu Yukun said with a smile, "This is not only caused by cultural differences. In fact, there are some jokes in it that even Chinese people may not be able to understand."
"Why?" Carragher looked puzzled, "Who are these jokes prepared for?"
"It is prepared for readers who understand the Chinese literary circle - or YU's circle of friends."
As he spoke, Liu Yukun took out a notebook and said, "Let me explain some of the more critical points to you, such as the name of the protagonist."
"Is the protagonist's name also a dot?"
"Of course, you will know after listening to my explanation."
Liu Yukun wrote the pinyin of "Bi Donghua" in the notebook and continued, "You are all old readers of YU, so you should have some understanding of the structure of Chinese names. The name Bi Donghua is actually three independent Chinese characters, and
Each word represents a person."
"Bi Representative Bi Feiyu is the author of "Panic Fingers"... Some of you may not know this book, but I can tell you that this book is in a series with YU's "Xiangxi"
."
"I know, I know." Carragher raised his hand, "I have read this series of books. This "Finger of Panic" contains short stories, which are very interesting."
Liu Yukun nodded and asked, "Then do you know what other books are in this series?"
"There is also "Xiangxi" by YU, and "Alive" by another writer."
"That's right, the second character of Bi Donghua's name means YU, because the Chinese name of YU contains the character "东". The third character represents the author of "Alive", and his name is Yu Hua."
"It turns out that every name has such a special meaning."
Liu Yukun said with a smile: "This is not over yet. Just now we talked about the author of "Alive", his name is Yu Hua, and he is also mentioned in the book."
"Has it been mentioned? How come I don't know about it?" A book friend asked curiously.
"It's not mentioned directly. There is a poem written by the protagonist in the book. There is a sentence in it, living can only be understood by relying on death. It is the book "Living". Although the title of this book
It’s called life, but it’s full of death.”
"Yes, this book is very tragic and absurd, but after reading it, I feel that the title Alive is very suitable..."
Liu Yukun waved his hand, "Carrag, don't talk too much. If you are interested, you can read it yourself. The novel is very good. Of course, there are many such plots in "The Martian", such as..."
In fact, Liu Yukun doesn't know all the literary jokes in "The Martian", but he can explain them to the book friends here more than enough.
Book lovers are also willing to listen to him, and the more they listen, the more interesting the book becomes.
There are already a lot of laughs that they can understand, but they didn't expect that there are so many laughs that they can't understand, so they can still dig into this book.
After hearing the literary references in it, many book lovers couldn't help but become interested in the two writers Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu and their works.
I love both the house and the crow, and I also want to understand the book "The Martian" better.
And everyone likes to be a teacher. When these book friends learned about these literary jokes from Liu Yukun, they naturally couldn't help but tell others.
In fact, they did not need to promote this matter spontaneously, because the Deep Space Company had already prepared a publicity plan in advance. Soon, book lovers knew that there were literary jokes hidden in "The Martian".
In bookstores, Chinese literature series suddenly became easier to sell.
…
Luoyuan's New Year's Eve dinner this year was hosted by the Cheng family.
When we celebrate the New Year together for the first time, it becomes a question as to who will cook the New Year's Eve dinner.
The parents of both parties discussed it for two days but failed to come up with a result. Later, the old man Cheng Minde proposed a plan to determine the winner or loser in mahjong.
In the end, after three hours of fierce fighting, Yu Dongyue's parents won by a narrow margin and won the right to contract for this year's New Year's Eve dinner.
However, the Yu family and the old couple were not idle either, so they ran over to start a fight.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chen Hong and Fu Jing also wanted to help in the kitchen, but they were kicked out. The last few women and children chatted together, and Yu Dong
They ran to chat with the old man.
Cheng Minde liked writers, and of course he admired Yu Hua and the others very much. He was quite happy to know that they came to celebrate the New Year.
"When you went to Yanjing last time, it was a pity that I had something to do, otherwise I would have seen you that time." Cheng Minde cleared the cigarettes for Yu Hua and others and talked about the previous literary exchange meeting.
"I'll definitely visit next time I go there," Bi Feiyu said.
Cheng Minde smiled and said: "Your annual meeting is very popular this time. I heard it from people when I was in Yanjing. I also heard someone mention that there will be a representative meeting next year, but you held one in advance.
."
"Old man, a few of us haven't even joined the Writers' Association, so there's no such thing as a writers' representative meeting." Yu Dong said, "And we've been to a lot of film and television circles, and more people say it's like a film festival."
In fact, Yu Dong and the others knew something about the congress. After all, Wang Meng had called them before, but there had been no news since then, and they didn't know what the specific situation was.
After all, Cheng Minde was not from the literary circle. He didn't know much about these things, so he didn't ask any more questions. He looked at Yu Dong again, "I heard from some colleagues in the physics department that one of your science fiction novels has attracted the attention of the scientific community abroad?
"
Yu Dong nodded, "It has attracted some attention, mainly about the gravity of celestial bodies. Deep Space Company also invited Kip Thorne from Caltech to be the company's scientific consultant, which can be regarded as a publicity method."
"This kind of publicity method is also very good. If you need any information in the future, you can ask me. Our school also has a lot of information."
"Okay, grandpa, just don't think it's troublesome for me."
Cheng Minde smiled and said: "Even if I think you are troublesome, my colleagues in other departments will not think you are troublesome. I have heard of this Kip Thorne. He is also my junior brother. He also stayed at Princeton.
He is very famous in the field of gravitational physics."
"Speaking of Princeton, it has something to do with us. After the Chinese Literature Series was published in the United States, it was favored by Joyce Oates and was even included in the school's recommended must-read list." Bi Feiyu smiled.
He said.
Cheng Minde raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "I don't know about this yet. So, this Chinese literature series is quite popular in the United States?"
"Sales are pretty good," Yu Dong said modestly.
"That's great." The old man sighed, "If I had encountered such a thing when I was studying at Princeton, I would probably be very happy...but I might also miss it. At that time, when I studied abroad, my mind was full of learning advanced knowledge.
, and probably don’t have time to pay attention to these things. I only stayed at Princeton for more than two years, and I really don’t have enough time.”
Listening to Cheng Minde talking about the past, the eyes of Yu Dong and the other three were full of respect.
At that time, Hua Luogeng resolutely returned to China and wrote the famous "Open Letter to All Chinese Students Studying in the United States". In the letter, he wrote, "Although Liangyuan is good, it is not the hometown where I have lived for a long time. I will come back." "Science has no borders.
Scientists have their own country."
At that time, Cheng Minde had just given up his job at Princeton and returned to China.
It can be said that China’s mathematics is what it is today, which is inseparable from the efforts and dedication of people like Hua Luogeng and Cheng Minde.
"Mr. Cheng's contribution will be remembered by the Chinese people." Bi Feiyu said sincerely, "Compared to you, we are like dust and not worth mentioning."
Cheng Minde smiled and waved his hand, "Don't belittle yourself, we are just working in different directions. Just like this pot of tea -"
The old man pointed to the teapot in front of him, "If you want to make a good pot of tea, first of all, you need a teapot, and then you need hot water and tea leaves. It doesn't matter if you lack either."
Yu Hua smiled and asked, "So Mr. Cheng, do you think literature should be tea or hot water?"
"I think that a series of cultural constructions such as literature should be like a teapot. If a country's spiritual civilization has problems, it is like a teapot with holes. No matter how well the tea is brewed, it will slowly leak out. If people's thoughts appear
The problem is that no matter how good the economic construction is, it will eventually be short-lived... I have confidence in China. China has gone through ups and downs over the years, and everything is just a matter of time."
Then, Cheng Minde looked at Yu Dong thoughtfully: "Of course, sometimes, the role of a teapot is not just to hold tea. If it has a beautiful appearance, it may attract others and make people appreciate the inside.
I’m more interested in the tea.”
The old man spoke cryptically, and Yu Dong did not answer directly, but said with a smile, "This set of teapots was one that Yanqiu took a fancy to before. I also thought it was very good, so I bought it back. By the way..."
He turned to look at Yu Hua and the others, "I'm planning to go to the United States after the new year. Do you want to come with me? The Chinese literature series is selling pretty well, so I'll just organize a book signing for you."
Yu Hua shrugged, "I can do either."
"I have to ask Principal Wu. I don't know if I will be busy after the new year." Bi Feiyu said.
Yu Dong smiled and said: "It just so happens that we are bringing students from the directing major and theater creation major there this time. Then you can lead the team and go together, so you don't have to ask for leave."
"You've already thought about this, is there any reason why I shouldn't go?"
Mr. Cheng nodded and said, "Very good. You go out for a walk while you are young, not only to learn from foreign experience, but also to promote the country. By the way, please bring Xiaohu with you this time. This child is young and capable.
It has potential, so it’s a good thing to take it out for more walks.”
"Okay, I'll ask him later," Yu Dong replied.
"By the way, where is the little tiger man? I haven't seen anyone else since I got here." Bi Feiyu asked.
Yu Dong smiled and said, "I'm writing something in Wangqiu Pavilion at the back. I've had inspiration in the past two days. I'm afraid I won't be able to grasp it, so I'm in a hurry to write it out."
"Hey, this kid is trying too hard." Yu Hua shook his head and said.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yu Dong glanced at Yu Hua, "Compared with you, I really worked very hard."
Yu Hua rolled his eyes, took out his cigarette case and scattered the cigarettes for the old man and Bi Feiyu, "Look what you said, my efforts are invisible to you, they are all in my head."
…
After the New Year's Eve dinner, Yu Dong finally saw Yu Hua's hard work - playing cards.
Several families gathered in the living room, setting up a table of mahjong and a table of eggs, playing cards and watching the Spring Festival Gala.
However, the Spring Festival Gala was not over yet, and Yu Hua couldn't bear the sleepiness and went to bed.
The key is that they drank a lot of wine with their elders at night, and in the end nothing happened to the elders, but they young people were knocked down.
After Yu Hua fell into sleep, Yu Dong could hardly hold on any longer. He had performed beyond his capacity tonight. He drank six or seven taels of wine and was already in a daze when playing cards on the table. He made many mistakes. Fortunately, he
No one talked about him because everyone else at the table was just like him.
When I woke up the next day, Yu Hua and Bi Feiyu had already left.
Yu Dong and the others are also going to take action. Starting tomorrow, he will visit Cheng Yanqiu's relatives as his new son-in-law. He is quite busy in the first month of this year.
…
When Spielberg was extremely busy, he suddenly received a call from Lucas.
As soon as the call was connected, Lucas smiled and congratulated, "Steven, congratulations on getting another good script."
Spielberg was confused, "What do you mean, Lucas?"
"Haha, don't tell me that you haven't negotiated with Deep Space about "The Martian" yet."
"The Martian? I haven't talked to them yet."
"Why?"
"Because I haven't read the novel yet."
"Didn't they show you the manuscript of the novel in advance?"
"After I returned to the United States, Deep Space gave me the manuscript, but I haven't had time to read it. There are too many things going on recently. You know, I've been very busy recently, "Men in Black", "Jura"
"Park 2", "Twister", and "Unchained", I didn't take time to read the novel." Spielberg explained.
"..." Lucas paused, "But now that the novel has been published, there is no point in getting the manuscript in advance."
"Has it been published? I haven't paid attention to it."
"It was published the day before yesterday, and I even bought a copy."
"very good?"
"Of course it's good, otherwise why would I call you to congratulate you? And even though it's only been on the shelves for two days, the market response has been particularly good." Lucas sighed, "You should read it quickly, otherwise the novel will be sold more and more.
Well, negotiations with the Deep Space Company will not be easy."
Spielberg laughed instead, "Lucas, do you think you can take advantage by talking to Deep Space in advance? Jimmy is not someone who can suffer, and they must be able to see the potential of the novel. Since I am very likely to
Yes, then the more this book sells, the better it will be. But after hearing what you said, I can’t wait to see what’s so good about it.”
"Go and have a look. After you see it, you will know what's so good about it."
After hanging up the phone with Lucas, Spielberg did not take out the manuscript Deep Space gave him, but went to the bookstore himself.
In the bookstore, he saw how popular "The Martian" was.
Of course, this is not surprising. As long as YU has a new book now, the scene will definitely be hot. Even for the previous book "To the West", the scene on the day it was released was not much worse than today.
Spielberg deliberately stayed in the bookstore for a while and heard many readers' comments about the book. The one he heard most was "humorous."
This surprised him because Yu Dong's novels are rarely "humorous".
But soon after he opened the novel, he understood why readers said the novel was humorous.
Because it's really humorous.
Whether it's the way the protagonist talks or the things he does on Mars, everything is interesting.
In addition to being interesting, the main thing that keeps people reading this novel is the dilemma the protagonist is in. Everyone wants to see if he can survive on Mars or even get out of trouble.
Such a novel with a clear and powerful structure is indeed very suitable for being made into a movie. It is easier to shoot and can easily achieve miraculous effects.
Lucas is right. If you can win the film adaptation rights of this novel, it will indeed be something worthy of congratulations.
Thinking of this, he immediately called Jimmy, but the call didn't get through.
Then he remembered that Jimmy was spending the Spring Festival in China with several other people, and the mobile phone would definitely not be able to get through.
Chapter completed!