Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 568
This year, due to the suspension of the Hugo Awards, the World Science Fiction Convention was also postponed, and it was not officially held until October [-]th.

Zhang Zhong got the invitation letter, but he ignored it. In this year's situation, there is no need for him to go to the science fiction conference.

In fact, without the Hugo Awards, the appeal of the science fiction conference would be greatly reduced. I am afraid that apart from Zhang Zhong, not many people would go there.

However, this year's Science Fiction Convention still has something to do with Zhang Zhong, because Jiangyang City actually applied for the qualification to host the World Science Fiction Convention in 2023.

The venue for next year's World Science Fiction Convention has been decided, and it will be held in Wellington, New Zealand. The latest bid to host it is 2023.

No one expected that Jiangyang City would jump out and apply for the qualification to hold the conference, because Jiangyang is a city that has no sense of existence.

And there is only one city participating in the competition this time, Chicago, but no matter how you look at it, Jiang Yang has no hope.

However, considering that Zhang Zhong is in Jiangyang, and Jiangyang is about to have the world's largest science fiction theme pavilion, this is very helpful for Jiangyang's bid to host the science fiction conference.

If Jiang Yang can successfully bid, then Huaxia will become the second country to bring the World Science Fiction Convention to Asia after the Neon Country, and the World Science Fiction Convention that year will be included in the World Science Fiction Handbook under Jiang Yang's name.

Jiang Yang's sudden bid to host the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention should be the most depressing thing for the Chicago government, because if Jiang Yang does not bid, it is basically a certainty that the next year's World Congress will be held in Chicago.

Well now, in order to face their opponents, they must spend manpower and material resources to participate in the competition.

The qualification for the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention will be voted on at the 2022 World Science Fiction Convention, which is next year.

During this year, anything can happen.

For Chicago, if there is only one Jiang Yang, of course there is nothing to fear.But they knew that their opponent was not Jiang Yang, but Zhang Zhong, a man who had reached the pinnacle of the science fiction world in just two years.

Everyone knows what the Hugo Awards are like this year.

If there are no special events, Zhang Zhong is likely to sweep the Hugo Awards next year, which is definitely a point for Jiang Yang.

There is also the sci-fi-themed pavilion. I don’t know the specifics yet, but the pavilion will be completed next year. If this pavilion becomes famous, Chicago will have a headache.

If it wasn't held, it won't be held. Anyway, there will be opportunities in the future, but now they meet on a narrow road. If they easily admit defeat, then Chicago will have no cards.

And it was lost to a second- and third-tier city in an Asian country. It's too embarrassing to say it.

So Chicago doesn't necessarily care about the World Science Fiction Convention, but they definitely don't want to lose to Jiang Yang.

Of course, it is impossible for Jiangyang to put all the bargaining chips in the fantasy application on Zhang Zhong. Since the decision to apply for fantasy, the Jiangyang city government has also taken a series of measures.

Looking back, everyone discovered that more than half of Jiangyang's investment promotion this year was related to science fiction themes.

As soon as the news of Shen Huan came out, domestic sci-fi fans showed unprecedented attention, and their eyes were all on Jiang Yang.

Everyone also analyzed the possibility of applying for fantasy this time, mainly comparing the advantages and disadvantages of Chicago and Jiangyang.

The advantages of Chicago are obvious. Whether it is economy or culture, they are more compatible with the World Science Fiction Convention. The most important thing is that they are close and have the same language.

On the contrary, Jiangyang's economic strength is not outstanding even in China, let alone distance and language.

Jiang Yang's only advantage is that he has Zhang Zhong.

Over the years, most of the World Science Fiction Conventions have been held in North America, and there are only a dozen or so in other regions, about one-fifth of them.

So in general, everyone doesn't have much hope for Jiang Yang's application for fantasy this time.

Even so, domestic sci-fi fans expressed their support for Jiang Yang.

In fact, Affleck should be the happiest person for Jiangyang Shenhuan this time, because Jiangyang Shenfan has carried out a lot of activities related to science fiction in the local area, and the basic hardware related to science fiction has also been greatly strengthened.

And the government's support for the film is unprecedented.

Zhang Chong also felt that Jiang Yang's application for fantasy was a bit hasty this time. It is not realistic to sharpen his knife now and want to kill pigs next year.

He felt that if Jiang Yang could set his sights on the bid for the 2025 or even 2026 science fiction conference, he should be more confident.

But even though he thought so, he still supported the Jiangyang government's decision and asked Chen Qing to cooperate actively.

The biggest support Zhang Zhong can give is to produce more excellent science fiction works.

Therefore, on October [-]th, [-] Literature.com released a news about a new book.

The new book "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" will be released in both Chinese and English next month.

After much deliberation, Zhang Zhong decided to keep the title of the book.

But he changed all the protagonists, even the route of the Nautilus.

After the title of this book came out, many netizens were a little confused.

[Twenty thousand miles under the sea?As far as I know, the deepest place detected by humans is only more than 1 meters. Is this book going to subvert our cognition? 】

【In this way, is it a soft sci-fi? 】

[You said that the deepest place that can be detected is more than 1 meters, what about the places that have not been detected?Perhaps this book is a fantasy of places we cannot see. 】

【My friend, the starfish has a radius of just over 6000 kilometers...】

[Maybe this book is not about starfish, I said, what are you worrying about, you will know when the book comes out and read it? 】

[I do think of Qin Zhao's previous science fiction novel, which was also about the Undersea Kingdom. 】

[I also remembered what you said. 】

[Maybe the type is about the same. 】

……

In the study, Zhang Chong looked at the photo of the submarine hanging in front of his eyes.

This is a picture of a submarine experiment on the Seine River in 1800. In fact, this is not a submarine. It looks more like a small boat with a few sails on it. Someone is operating it, and the "submarine" is pushed underwater by human power. .

And this "submarine" is the Nautilus.

But in this world, it wasn't called the Nautilus, or even had a name.

Zhang Chong found this picture with great difficulty, and he wanted to feel the source of inspiration for Verne when he wrote "Nautilus".

The manuscript of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" has been sent to Chen Qing, and only the Chinese version has been sent, and he will also produce the English version in the next few days.

For this book, he has not been getting enough sleep these days.

Fortunately, the overall structure of the story is there, and there is no need to bother to search for the scientific knowledge, otherwise he may not be able to write this book in another two months.

(End of this chapter)