"The Martian" won the best feature. No one here was surprised. When Yu Dong said "The Martian", there was a very warm applause.
Yu Dong took the trophy, looked at it, and let out a long breath. He didn't specially prepare an acceptance speech, but after receiving this award, he naturally had to say a few more words.
"The first two times I went on stage, I expressed my emotions quite well, but now I don't know what to say. Let's talk about science fiction movies. I want to tell you some good news. "Bring Her Eyes" is on
It will be made into a movie within the next two years."
"..."
After hearing what Yu Dong said, many people didn't react. Hasn't "Bring Her Eyes" been made into a movie?
Yu Dong seemed to know that they would have doubts, and continued: "This time it is no longer a short film, but a movie that will be released in theaters. In the last Deep Space Short Film Competition, Harold, the director of "Groundhog Day" was also
One of the judges, after watching "Bring Her Eyes", he became very interested in the film, and then contacted Shen Kong to express his willingness to remake it."
In the audience, Wang Hailin looked at Liu Cixin with a confused look on his face, "Da Liu, is there still such a thing?"
Liu Cixin also looked confused, "I don't know."
"You don't even know you are the author."
Qu Aiguo said, "Maybe it's still in the early stages of discussion."
On the stage, Yu Dong saw the surprised expressions of the people below and felt very satisfied.
He had not originally planned to disclose this matter on stage this time, but after thinking about it just now, it seemed that everyone was most interested in talking about this matter.
Now it seems that his idea is correct, and everyone seems to be willing to listen to it.
Yu Dong's novels are very successful abroad and are constantly being made into movies. Although this incident has encouraged domestic science fiction authors, most people still think that Yu Dong is an individual case and does not represent the entire Chinese science fiction community, or even the entire Chinese science fiction community.
Dong himself is famous abroad not only because of his good works, but also because of some luck.
Even if other people's works are not comparable to Dudong, they probably won't have such good luck as him, so they have no confidence that their works can go international.
But now that Yu Dong told them that another person's work was also valued by foreign directors and wanted to remake it, things became different.
If there is one, there may not be two, but if there is one and two, there is a high probability that there will be three.
If Liu Cixin's "Bring Her Eyes" can go international this time, then other people's works will naturally be very promising.
Yang Xiao, who was standing aside, licked her dry lips. She was equally surprised by the news. She had not received any news about this from deep space before, so she couldn't help but ask: "Bring Her Eyes"
Has this matter been finalized?"
After she finished speaking, she felt a little regretful. This was not an interview, but Yu Dong's acceptance speech, and it was not suitable for her to interrupt.
Yu Dong did not take it seriously and replied with a smile, "We have almost talked about it. Before, it was Deep Space Company representative Liu Cixin who was doing the talking, and Liu Cixin himself was not told. Now a lot of things have been agreed upon, and the rest is between Harold and
Liu Cixin contacted me personally, so I think there should be no problem."
Then Yu Dong continued, "I am telling you this now because I want you to understand that our goal is not imaginary, but something that we can actually hope to achieve. Okay, I won't say the rest on stage.
There will be a reporter interview session in a while. If the media reporters present have any questions, you can wait until then to ask me, and I will definitely tell you everything. Finally, for winning the Best Novel Award, I would first like to thank "Science Fiction World"
", In addition, many friends helped me to make "The Martian" come out."
"I spent a lot of time looking for information for this novel. The first person I want to thank is President Yang Xiao. When I mentioned on the phone that I needed information, she said nothing and patted her chest to express her willingness to help me.
And I went to the Sichuan Science and Technology Association to help me collect a lot of information. So the second person I want to thank is the Sichuan Science and Technology Association, among which there are many people in the scientific community..."
Yu Dong himself didn't expect it. He originally wanted to end his speech quickly, but once he started talking about gratitude, he couldn't stop.
These words were indeed spoken from the bottom of his heart. When he wrote "The Martian", he did encounter a lot of troubles. It was only thanks to the help of Yang Xiao and others that he finally wrote it.
In this way, just thanking these institutions and individuals took about ten minutes.
Kang Zhenhua also came to attend this award ceremony, sitting in the first row. Listening to Yu Dong thanking the Sichuan Association for Science and Technology on the stage, the old man smiled from ear to ear.
He still remembered the scene when Yang Xiao went to the association to ask for information. At that time, everyone was very attentive. Not only did they provide detailed information, but they also personally made annotations for fear that Yu Dong would not understand something. Even after knowing
After understanding some of Yu Dong's plans, they will also help provide feasible solutions.
It can be said that the completion of "The Martian" is a perfect collaboration between literary and artistic workers and scientific researchers.
Just because scientific research staff don’t usually do publicity doesn’t mean they don’t want to do publicity.
Since "The Martian" thanked the Sichuan Science and Technology Association in the book, more and more people have paid attention to science and their association. In the past year or so, they have received more letters from science enthusiasts than before combined.
More.
Most people expressed in the letter that they are interested in science and want to know more about it, but they don’t know how to find out. The association will respond seriously when receiving the letter, provide these enthusiasts with some ideas and plans, and tell them what they should look at.
Book, where to start to understand.
Some of them are middle school students, and they will send some difficult physics or chemistry questions... If these people from the association are not busy, they will also help answer them.
What surprised Kang Zhenhua and others the most was that some people really wanted to support the country's scientific construction and would even put money in the letters. Usually it wasn't much, but it still touched them.
In this case, the association will return the money and attach a thank you letter, telling the other party that if you want to support national scientific construction, helping with basic science publicity is a better way.
Later, "The Martian" was published abroad, and the Chinese version of the thank-you letter was also translated, which made Kang Zhenhua and other scientific research acquaintances very happy. This was equivalent to promoting their association abroad.
They had never had such an experience before.
Having experienced more and more such things, science fiction novels have gradually become more and more positive in the scientific community. They have discovered that science fiction novels can also play a very positive role in popularizing science, or at least can play a propaganda role.
On the stage, after Yu Dong thanked all the people and institutions that should be thanked, he said with a smile: "My speech is over. Thank you everyone for listening."
After saying that, he nodded to Yang Xiao and went down.
Then Yang Xiao stepped forward and gave a closing speech, and the ceremony moved to the next stage. First, all the winners took a group photo with the organizer on the stage, and then it was time for interviews with reporters.
The reporter interview session is very long, because it is not only the award-winners who will be interviewed, but other more famous guests will also be targeted by reporters.
Naturally, great directors like Zhao Baogang, well-known new generation actors like Ning Jing and Xia Yu, and great writers like Yu Hua cannot escape.
Yu Dong was interviewed together with Yu Hua and others.
Standing in front of a group of reporters, Yu Hua, Mo Yan and the others pushed him forward, letting him temporarily act as the spokesperson.
"Teacher Yu Dong, you just said that there will be science fiction novels this year. Can I ask what the specific themes are?"
"How much money will be invested in "Bring Her Eyes" and will it be released in China?"
“Will ‘The Martian’ be adapted into a movie in the near future?”
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Standing in front, listening to the various questions asked by the reporters, Yu Dong pressed his hands and said, "Don't be anxious, everyone, come one by one, I will call the names, and you can ask questions."
Then he looked around among the reporters and suddenly saw the sign of the Chengdu TV station. He smiled and waved to the reporter from the Chengdu TV station, "My friend wearing a blue T-shirt, come to the front."
"Me?" Xiang Jianwei pointed at himself, somewhat flattered.
Yu Dong nodded, "Well, it's you."
After confirming that it was him, Xiang Jianwei excitedly squeezed to the front and began to introduce himself, "Hello teachers, I am Xiang Jianwei, a reporter from Chengdu TV Station."
Mo Yan raised his eyebrows when he heard it was Rongcheng TV Station. He looked at Yu Dong and thought to himself, isn't this kid just fooling around?
Yu Dong didn't notice Mo Yan's gaze and said to Xiang Jianwei with a smile: "Hello, do you have any questions?"
Xiang Jianwei scratched his head and looked at the card in his hand. On it were the four questions he just listed. He cherished this opportunity to ask questions. He found the one he wanted to know most among the four questions and said it.
: "Teacher Yu Dong, this time a foreign director remakes "Bring Her Eyes", how much licensing fee can the original author Liu Cixin get?"
"This question is very real." Yu Dong praised with a smile, and then said: "I can't disclose the specific amount, but I can tell you, it must be more than five figures."
More than five digits... This space is huge. Ten thousand is more than five digits, and 100 million is more than five digits.
But even the lowest price of 10,000 is quite impressive. After all, "Bring Her Eyes" is a short story, and this is just the licensing fee.
After getting the answer, Xiang Jianwei consciously did not speak again, and even started to step back, but Yu Dong waved to him: "Xiao Xiang, don't worry, do you have any other questions?"
Xiang Jianwei was stunned. Can he still ask questions?
Other reporters also looked at him, thinking that this guy was not a relative of Yu Dong, because Yu Dong was so kind to him.
Isn’t it just Chengdu TV Station? If it’s not related, is it necessary to pay so much attention to it?
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Chapter completed!