Chapter 142 Tsinghua accident (300 months)
Retreat as advance, and a good move is not a bad move.
Lin Han now temporarily puts the Hugo Awards selection behind his mind and does everything he can do. If he has been concerned about it all the time, he will not be able to live a normal life.
The flight tickets for him and Chen Jiaxuan to Los Angeles, USA are ready. He will set off next Thursday and arrive at the awards ceremony on Friday.
Before that, all he had to do was write the update of Jurassic Park next month and hand it over to Fantasy Age. This was not a difficult thing.
Releasing "Jurassic Park" was a complete accident. It would not have written a new book so quickly, but in order to save the magazine he had to make such a decision.
Since you have already written it, you have to write it in full. You can't think about the rest of the books in a scheming way, otherwise your brain will definitely explode.
Lin Han’s bookshelf has the most technical books, such as science communication. Although there is a lot of science fiction in his mind, he must charge it at any time.
Now preparing for the postgraduate exam has not disrupted the pace of life. When you are tired of reading boring theoretical books, read science fiction, history, and military books to relieve them, so that you can maximize efficiency.
The house is very quiet at ordinary times, and no one is walking around except Lin Han himself. He doesn't need to go to a beautiful environment to write something.
Now if Lin Han wants to achieve greater achievements in science fiction, he must work hard on language. Most science fiction writers have relatively plain language and do not have much literary value.
Even Asimov, the science fiction writer who remembers the most in Lin Han's mind, was defeated by his writing level. He was very dry, dull, and pale, and was even called the language level of junior high school students.
A good story is very important, but excellent writing style is also indispensable. The quality of writing style does not depend on the gorgeousness of the rhetoric, but whether the writing is just right and can accurately convey your thoughts and feelings to readers.
Some readers think that flashy style is good in writing, which is a misunderstanding. In fact, the best one is the one that suits the style the best one is.
What Lin Han now thinks is to express the same sentence in another way, so that the pale, difficult and obscure words can be concise and clear.
Science fiction is not suitable for splendid and gorgeous rhetoric, and the Nobel Prize in Literature does not necessarily value this style. Appropriate progress is important.
So "Jurassic Park" became a test field for Lin Han. The most important thing about this book is the story and rhythm. The original translation did not work hard on the text, so it gave Lin Han a lot of things to improve.
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Now "Fantasy Age" has resurrected a good show of phoenix rebirth. After the first issue was continuously printed, it has sold a total of 180,000 copies.
As time goes by, reaching 200,000 should not be difficult, which is somewhat incredible for a magazine that has been discontinued!
Originally, many people thought it would be thankful for this magazine to have 50,000 copies of sales, but the science fiction articles of Lin Han and Li Wenyuan were very attractive. With the guidance of the topic, it was reasonable to appear this number.
But in this way, we need to be more cautious in the subsequent choices, but it doesn’t matter to Lin Han and Li Wenyuan. They just need to write their own.
Early in the morning, the summer sun woke Lin Han up in his sleep. Forgetting to pull the curtains makes it easy to be dazzled.
Lin Han stood barefoot from the bed to the ground in a daze, breathed the fresh air outside the window and did two chest expansion exercises, and then he opened his eyes completely.
I just went to the gym to exercise yesterday, but now my arms and abdomen are still a little sore, and my original routine running has also been cancelled.
He soaked cereals in milk for breakfast and started browsing today's news. Today he was going to Tsinghua University to attend the highlight of the National Science and Technology Week - a speech by the famous physicist and astronomer Zhai Zhilin on "The Origin of Black Hole - Extreme Gravity".
If anyone in China is most likely to win the Nobel Prize in Physics now, it is nothing more than Professor Zhai Zhilin. The theory of the origin of black holes he proposed has been widely recognized at home and abroad, and has given countless tour speeches in major American universities.
This time, his speech was relatively simple and easy to understand. It was not the kind that was specially made for physicists, but was aimed at many college students. So Lin Han would rather be shameless than attend.
The last time he attended the National Science and Technology Week Science and Technology Exhibition, it caused a stampede. He was originally going to study hard, but he couldn't resist Li Wenyuan's invitation. The students of Tsinghua University would definitely not crowd out and look for their own signatures.
It must be a very lucky thing to hear such a master's speech, so Lin Han quickly signed up with the Science Popularization Writers Association and successfully got one of 10 places.
Science fiction writers are indispensable to dealing with these scientists, whether they invite these scientists to serve as theoretical consultants or something.
After dressing up himself in a mature direction, Lin Han was very satisfied with his current image. He deliberately left a circle of stubble on his chin without trimming it, which made him look more stable.
Drive to the parking lot of Tsinghua University, and many people have arrived at this time. The speeches originally scheduled to start at 10diǎn are overcrowded.
It is very rare to be able to listen to the master's speeches. Tsinghua students started queuing early. Tickets for this speech can be said to be difficult to find. Tsinghua University's own tickets are in short supply, but it still has a part of them to the rest.
The Science Popularization Writers Association has a relatively small influence, and it is not easy to get 10 votes, so when Lin Han appeared beside Li Wenyuan, several people around him looked surprised.
"Who is he? Is he a junior of Lao Li? The tickets are so tight that they can still be distributed to others. It's too diǎn."
"I look too young, I don't know who it is. I have to work hard to listen to speeches these days. No wonder Lao Zhang and the others can't come, so I'll give all the votes to this person."
"Shh, say a few less words."
Li Wenyuan and Lin Han did not notice the discussion of the same association member here, and now they came over and introduced him, saying, "Brother Teng, have you always wanted to know Lin Han? That's it."
"Lin Han, these are all veterans of our association, Teng Haiyun Teng Brother, Yang Ming, Zhou Qi, Zhao Zhuowei..."
Since they are from the same association, Lin Han shook hands and said hello one by one. It is not too difficult to handle interpersonal relationships well.
Teng Haiyun was a little surprised. They all knew that their Science Popularization Writers Association had specially recruited a popular writer, but they didn't expect that they were so young and handsome. They didn't look like a writer, but instead looked like a star in the entertainment industry.
"Kobayashi is indeed young and promising. Our association rarely recruits new people, and finally fresh blood is added."
No matter what you say behind your back, everyone is not bad about face and skills.
While everyone was greeting, a message spread like a hurricane: "Is Professor Zhai Zhilin hospitalized for acute appendicitis?"
"It's true or false, what should I do if this speech is cancelled?"
"No way? We have been waiting in line for so long, and it's a pity that we're going to cancel. I invited the student union buddies to have two meals in order to get this ticket."
Lin Han and others were also a little anxious. No one wanted to happen when they were sick, but now how to deal with this matter urgently, the people in the queue in front of the auditorium have already checked their tickets and entered the venue! (.)
Chapter completed!