Chapter 287: The First Science Fiction War
On July 7, "Science Fiction World" was published.
People lined up in a long queue before the bookstore opened. This was because two or three days ago, the bookstore hung a banner announcing that this issue of Science Fiction World would have Liu Hongmin's new book.
This method of publicity has become the norm since Liu Hongmin started it. Bookstores also use this method to promote other famous writers when they publish books. In order to save costs, some bookstores use a banner with the magazine and writer's name blank. When someone publishes a book in a certain magazine, they temporarily put up the writer's name and magazine's name.
In the 1990s, everyone's business acumen emerged. Everyone saw that the economy was booming and wanted to try their luck in the business world.
Zheng Zhihua's "The Great Nation" sings: "One billion people, nine hundred million businessmen, and one hundred million are waiting and watching."
Although the song has not been released yet, the whole country has already shown this trend. As more and more people join the business, the speed of money circulation has become much faster, making many people think that their living conditions have improved, and they spend lavishly.
As a result, the book industry has become prosperous again. As the only platform for science fiction novels, "Science Fiction World" has still been able to sell more than one million copies even without any particularly outstanding works.
This situation may seem prosperous, but Yang Xiao knows that this is the foundation laid by Liu Hongmin. If Science Fiction World cannot cultivate more and better science fiction writers, then Science Fiction World will decline sooner or later.
Therefore, he specifically asked Liu Hongmin to write an article, hoping to delay the decline of Science Fiction World with Liu Hongmin's novels.
"It's open!"
With a shout, the crowd outside the bookstore became agitated. They began to swarm towards the door of the bookstore, and some people were squeezed so hard that their faces and feet could not touch the ground.
Seeing this, the bookstore staff immediately opened a special channel, and then appeased the crowd, asking them to go straight to the magazine area of Science Fiction World through the special channel. The long special channel eased people's impulse, and gradually began to line up. They stared at the people around them, fearing that they would cut in line and prevent them from buying Science Fiction World.
After the person at the front got the Science Fiction World, he immediately ran to the cashier to pay. Then, looking at the crowded entrance, he went straight to the bookstore and found an empty space to sit on the floor and read.
"Edge of Tomorrow" is very different from Liu Hongmin's previous science fiction novels. This novel contains a large number of war scenes.
Liu Hongmin rarely wrote about wars before, because wars are difficult to write about. He started writing about wars with Infiltration and Kite, and then made his first attempt with Pirates of the Caribbean. He then wrote about wars extensively in Dark Gate, and wrote about them in a very detailed way, whether they were local wars or total wars, from strategies to deployment of troops.
In The Frozen Throne, Liu Hongmin's description of war became even more sophisticated. In The Silver Hand, he began to consider various factors that affect war.
However, this was Liu Hongmin's first attempt at a science fiction war. Although both were fantasy, science fiction wars were more complicated than magic wars.
The way of fighting in fantasy wars is actually very primitive, tending towards the Middle Ages, with history to draw on. Some powerful characters will even be arranged for single combat scenes.
Science fiction wars are different; they are wars of the future, and the war situation is more advanced than it is now.
Liu Hongmin's description in "Edge of Tomorrow" has surpassed the current war situation. It is difficult for readers to understand, but it is also impressive. Only true experts can see the description in it.
Let's not discuss this for now, but from the description, Liu Hongmin successfully presented the extremely huge future war to the readers. The readers sat on the floor and read for the whole morning without moving. If it weren't for a friend who came over at noon, this group of people would still occupy other people's empty space in the bookstore.
The next day, a newspaper published a comment.
"'Edge of Tomorrow' shows a war that will happen a hundred years in the future. Liu Hongmin pioneered the domestic science fiction war."
This is a manuscript written by a writer or critic with some military knowledge. It does not start from actual war, but the exoskeleton mecha and other sci-fi equipment that appear in "Edge of Tomorrow" are enough to illustrate Liu Hongmin's vision for the future.
Soon, other newspapers followed suit. Although they didn't agree with the war in Edge of Tomorrow, they still took advantage of the popularity.
All books written by Liu Hongmin are bound to be best sellers in China. Liu Hongmin is the most popular writer in China, even more famous than some of the most famous stars. If Liu Hongmin had not never appeared in public, he would probably be the most famous person in China.
Many writers' articles are cited in primary and secondary school textbooks, which is a nightmare for many primary and secondary school students. However, none of Liu Hongmin's articles have been included in primary and secondary school textbooks. His novels have directly become supplementary teaching materials for university students to learn Chinese.
Fortunately, students in the Chinese Department do not have to memorize Liu Hongmin’s novel in its entirety, otherwise Liu Hongmin would definitely become the biggest enemy of students in the Chinese Department.
As soon as Edge of Tomorrow came out, it caught the attention of Chinese major students. According to their understanding of their professors, they would definitely use Edge of Tomorrow in their lectures after the start of the semester, so they could only sigh in their hearts and pay for a copy of Science Fiction World.
Sure enough, when school started at the end of August, many professors of the Chinese Department took out the single volume of "Edge of Tomorrow" in the first class, "Today, let's talk about Liu Hongmin's writing techniques in "Edge of Tomorrow"..."
Liu Hongmin knew nothing about the experience of the Chinese major students. On August 8, the single volume of "Edge of Tomorrow" was released in Hong Kong at the same time, and immediately caused a hot purchase in Hong Kong. Because the proportion of people who like science fiction novels is large, the sales in Hong Kong are even more enthusiastic than in the mainland.
The editors of Ming Pao got the book first because of their connections, so when Edge of Tomorrow was released, they had already finished reading it. So on the 16th, their review article came out.
Mr. Jin Yong even wrote a review himself: "Edge of Tomorrow" is the culmination of Mr. Liu Hongmin's science fiction work. The high-tech items in it are magical and can be used to the fullest in both life and war...
At the end, Mr. Jin Yong also said: Mr. Liu Hongmin has surpassed me in describing war. "Edge of Tomorrow" is indeed the first domestic science fiction novel. If someone said that this was a real war, I would believe it.
With Mr. Jin Yong's endorsement, the sales of Edge of Tomorrow have risen again. Many of Mr. Jin Yong's fans bought a copy to see what kind of novel could be praised by Mr. Jin Yong.
(End of this chapter)
