Seven days passed in the blink of an eye. When the student party was still working at the end of the winter vacation, Lin Han sent the revised English version of the "Handering Guide to the Galaxy" to the editorial department of Nature magazine, and also sent the modified Chinese version to Tan Lin.

During these days, he has devoted himself to translation and modification. Sometimes, for the sake of one-sentence translation, he will find many enthusiastic foreign unfamiliar science fiction readers to ask online, just to make the English version more authentic!

How busy are you? You are so busy that you don’t even have time and energy to feed the tropical fish in the fish tank, so you have to wait for Chen Jiaxuan to come back to feed the fish.

Now that Lin Han has finished all this, he has been lying leisurely in the bathtub for a while, relaxing his body and spirit, and slept until the sky is dark after a nap.

When Chen Jiaxuan came back, she saw this scene. Lin Han put her whole body in a very shaped shape. She walked to the window and pulled the curtains up, and then she leaned against the head of the bed.

Looking at Lin Han's sleeping face, Chen Jiaxuan felt a little distressed. She said it well during the New Year's Eve, but this year she would reduce the number of work and not force herself so much. As a result, she was still a complete workaholic.

Not knowing how long it had passed, Lin Han slowly opened his eyes, he yawned, turned his head and found that Chen Jiaxuan was playing and watching mobile games while playing Lianlian.

"Awaken? You really should have a good rest this time. I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time." Chen Jiaxuan pressed her phone for a pause, and then complained.

Although the two lived together, Lin Han's work and rest time was already disordered. He had to be busy every night until two or three o'clock in the morning before coming to bed. When Chen Jiaxuan got up in the morning, Lin Han was still sleeping again and had very little time to communicate.

Lin Han also knew that he was wrong. He took Chen Jiaxuan into his arms, put his face to her ear, and whispered: "Okay, after finishing writing this manuscript, I will be able to rest for a long time for the time being, and I have time to accompany you."

After not being intimate for several days, Lin Han's hands inadvertently reached under Chen Jiaxuan's clothes, and then slowly climbed to the top and found two grapes...

Turning into a snake, Chen Jiaxuan did not resist, but cooperated eagerly, and the warm room as warm as spring was filled with the breath of hormones!

After making a few consecutive bluffs, the sound in the room stopped. Lin Han made up for all the regrets from the previous few days. He put his hand on Chen Jiaxuan's smooth back and looked at each other with satisfaction.

However, the sound of the croaking stomach sounded inappropriately, and the two of them reluctantly got up from the bed, took a shower and drove out to have a meal.

The rejuvenated Yanjing City is like a city that never sleeps. Most restaurants are open for business. It just so happens that the peak meal time is no longer the time, so the dishes will be served soon.

The weather was still cold in mid-February, but after eating hot Sichuan cuisine, Chen Jiaxuan felt her whole body burning. She and Lin Han walked around the park holding hands, enjoying the quiet time.

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The next afternoon, Lin Han continued to practice at the archery hall. His customized bow and arrow had been prepared. He had not pulled the bow for at least two or three weeks. Now he is looking for the feeling.

It is a bit exaggerating to say that it is an archer, but at least the accurate head is not too bad. There are even two arrows hitting the bull's eye. It is probably because the blind cat encountered a dead mouse!

After playing for half an hour, Lin Han welcomed a short rest time, and then he had time to turn on his phone. There were several missed calls on it, all from the UK, but there was no proof of identity.

He didn't dare to call back rashly, and he directly called back. What if the other party was a telecom fraud, he had to be cautious these days. However, in the subsequent email, the unread email from Nature magazine probably gave a response from the magazine.

The editor named Sullivan told Lin Han that he is the person in charge of the "Future" section of the science fiction novel column, which has been operating on "Nature" for many years. He likes Lin Han's novels very much and feels it full of black humor, which makes people laugh.

However, the "Future" column does not occupy a large amount of space in the entire magazine, and each issue has a limited layout, so most science fiction novels require the number of English words between 850 and 950, and the subject matter is limited to the near future.

Many Western magazines have few words in science fiction novels. Due to their short length, many plots are not too late to unfold, and the style is closer to a sketch than a complete novel.

If you want to write such a science fiction novel with only 800 words, this will be extremely strict for the writer, and "The Wandering Guide to the Galaxy" will not be condensed at this level no matter what! Sullivan said after the email that Lin Han saw the email, please contact him for specific negotiations.

Lin Han suddenly became confused!

As a weekly magazine, the length of "Nature" is really limited. Compared with the "future" section of publishing science fiction novels, the rest of the sections are more important. Now that Lin Han's novels want to appear on this stage, they must reduce the rest of the content.

"Hot topics of the week", "Science Express", "Evaluation", "Road to Success", "Toutiao" and most important "papers", these obstacles are blocking Lin Han, which is a very difficult thing.

Did you give up like this? Is it so happy to be in vain?

Lin Han was unwilling to admit defeat like this. He quickly clarified his ideas, then came out of the archery hall, organized his emotions and called Sullivan, and he wanted to fight for it again!

There is an eight-hour time difference between the UK and China, and it is now exactly the time to work in the UK, so Sullivan quickly answered the phone and said hello with great knowledge: "Hi, this is Sullivan, I'm glad to receive your call."

"Sorry, I didn't notice the call in the archery hall just now, I hope it didn't bother you."

"Arrow shooting sounds good, it is very good for you writers, and East Asians are very good at shooting archery." Sullivan chatted casually, and he was surprised to see the manuscript of "The Wandering Guide to the Galaxy" printed on his desk.

After Lin Han greeted him for a while, he got to the point, "Mr. Sullivan, I saw in the email that the number of words required by the future column is about 850 words, which is very difficult for me. I cannot compress and delete so many things."

There is almost no extra room for the full text of this "Handler's Guide to the Galaxy". If the article is deleted to be serialized, he will choose to preserve the integrity of the work.

"Lin, our magazine accepts your manuscripts in principle. Although we do not have a formal page limit, the ideal length of a science fiction novel is 1.5 pages, which is equivalent to less than 1,000 words. However, we have exceptions. If the editor thinks that this article needs more pages to fully express itself, we will provide additional pages. Your novel is very excellent and is very suitable for publication in the UK. The biggest condition I can give is 4 pages, and the content published in each issue is about 3,000 words." Sullivan said seriously, giving his own bottom line.

Lin Han was relieved when he heard this. He knew that science fiction novels, news, opinions, reports, and discussion sections were actually informal parts of Nature magazine relative to papers, and these parts accounted for a total of 40 pages of content.

Now I just took out one-tenth of the page, which is a solid sincerity!

"You mean we can schedule time to publish now?"

Surprise came too quickly like a tornado. Lin Hanyi's voice increased a little while excited. "The Wandering Guide to the Galaxy" returned to its true hometown and was indeed very charming, and he directly conquered the editor!

Sullivan paused and said, "In fact, when I decided to hand over the page to you, the editors of the other columns expressed opposition, but after I just handed over the first part of the novel to them, the group of people became rebellious! Not only did I support me to add pages to you, but I even decided to keep you serialized until the book was finished."

Although the "Handering Guide to the Galaxy", known as the science fiction Bible, has been modified by Lin Han, it still exudes endless charm, allowing the poor British to feel the familiar content.

"This is something to celebrate. So when will we see it in magazines?" Lin Han couldn't wait, and he wanted to show off.

If you don’t show off in Nature magazine, it means you won’t return home without being rich or noble, and you will be traveling in the night in a pure and elegant dress!

"Friends, we still have a lot to talk about, and you can't see it go on the market right away." Sullivan was in a great mood. He has always hoped to find good original novels. "The Wandering Guide to the Galaxy" is the best science fiction novel he has ever read. This fascinating and interesting story is not only about staying on the surface, but more importantly, using the future world to criticize the real society and see what may happen in the future.

Lin Han also felt a little hot-headed. Now he was just sure to publish his novel. He had not said how to arrange each issue, and he had not mentioned the contract, royalty benefits, etc., and there were still many things to prepare.

"By the way, I will synchronize it in Chinese in a magazine. I hope the progress between the two is basically balanced." Lin Han also put forward his own requirements. "Fantasy Age" is more flexible, and being able to publish the same book as "Nature" magazine is very important for its fame and personality improvement!

Sullivan looked at the report in front of him and said, "We won't give you much in terms of royalties. We will settle for you at a price of £0.5 per word. In fact, you are very lucky because the papers published in our "Nature" have to be paid for the page."

This is not false at all. Not only can I get the manuscript fee when publishing the paper on "Nature", I also have to pay the page fee to the magazine. Generally speaking, the page fee is US$1,350.

Lin Han was able to get £500 for a thousand words from Nature magazine, which is already very good. At least he doesn't have to pay for money! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!