fish out a entertainer

Chapter 210 Activating the skill 'Friends out of thin air'

Li Yi personally went to Kyoto Publishing House and signed the publishing contract for "The Three-Body Problem".Under Han Shuang's personal guidance, I also visited the various processes of book publishing. At present, the workflow of the three-body problem has not yet been completed, including the cover design, etc., which will take time.

Then Li Yi made a cover design himself and gave it to Kyoto Publishing House.

Han Shuang looked at the cover picture sent by Li Yi. A man with a backpack turned his head sideways to stare at a strange-shaped building. It was like an oval arched door, and behind the door was a black planet hanging high.

Han Shuang somehow thought of the three-body planet.

Perhaps what this picture represents is the scene of human beings and Trisolaran civilization looking at each other across the sea of ​​stars.

Under Han Shuang's association, this cover was endowed with various meanings.

However, it was extremely rare for Han Shuang to come up with a cover design by the author himself, and he was a little surprised.

But I have to admit that Li Yi's plan is better than all the current plans of the publishing house, so this cover was adopted by Han Shuang and became the cover of Three Body.

Next, we go through a series of complicated procedures such as typesetting and printing.

But it's fast, it's slow, and within a month, "Three-Body Problem" officially entered production.

When everything went smoothly, the books were quickly produced.

After getting the news, Li Yi also went to Kyoto Publishing House to get [-] copies of "Three-Body Problem".

"I bought these books at my own expense and sent them back to relatives and friends." Li Yi looked at Han Shuang with a smile.This appearance of Li Yi reminded Han Shuang of those big money who paid out of their own pockets to publish books to show their own culture. Li Yi is similar to them at this moment, the only difference is that Li Yi really has talent.

"When will this batch of books go on sale?" Li Yi asked.

"We are currently negotiating with bookstores in various cities, and these five thousand books will be distributed offline and online soon." After Han Shuang finished speaking, he raised his head and his face seemed to become a lot more serious, and said to Li Yi : "The publishing house recently received news that a best-selling author is about to release a new book, and the genre happens to be in the category of science fiction.

Therefore, my suggestion is to postpone the release for a month to avoid running into this author, otherwise it may affect the sales in the first month. "

Hearing this, Li Yi nodded thoughtfully.

It just so happened that he was familiar with the best-selling author Han Shuang mentioned. Li Yi had read this person's works before. However, what made Li Yi a little curious was that this author was actually the author of romance novels. How could he suddenly go to science fiction literature? To write?

"It's okay, don't delay." Li Yi said with a smile, quite confident.

"Okay." Han Shuang looked at Li Yi's confident smile and said helplessly.

Magic City Thousand Paper Crane Publishing House, at the door of the publishing house, stood a young man in a suit, his eyes seemed anxious.

A black off-road commercial vehicle stopped at the door of Qianzhihe Publishing House amidst the humming of the engine and the screeching of brakes.

The young man standing at the publishing house couldn't help but look happy when he saw this.

The off-road commercial vehicle opened the door, and a stylishly dressed young man who looked less than 30 years old stepped out of the vehicle.

"Hello, Mr. Ma!" The man in the suit immediately stepped forward and held out his hand to this fashionable man, with an enthusiastic expression on his face.

"Hello, Editor Liu."

"Come on, please come in."

Editor Liu reached out and welcomed the young man named Ma into the publishing house.

If there are traditional literature lovers here, they might be able to recognize this fashionable young man as the author of a best-selling book under the current romance category, Ma Yinhe.

in the office.

Ma Yinhe was sitting on the sofa, with a wisp of smoke curling up in his hand, and Editor Liu was also sitting opposite him, and the same was true.The two chatted while swallowing clouds and mist.

"Editor Liu, why did you call me here this time?" Ma Yinhe asked, looking at Editor Liu, exhaling a puff of smoke.

"There are two main reasons for coming here this time. The first is that your new book has been printed and is now entering the market sales channels. Then I have to trouble you to sign [-] books in person as autographed copies.

The second is about your new book signing. Currently, the new book launch is scheduled to be held on the same day as the new book on April 15th. You should also prepare for it. "Editor Liu stated the purpose of this time succinctly.

"April NO.15? No problem, I will pay attention to setting aside time." Ma Yinhe said with a smile.

"Another thing, we got news. In the middle of this month, there is another science fiction novel that will be ready for sale." Editor Liu said with a serious face.

"Science fiction?" Ma Yinhe was also slightly taken aback, and then asked: "Who wrote it?"

"It's an unknown author, and the publisher is Kyoto Publishing House. According to the official promotional information released by their publisher, it is a hard science fiction novel."

"Hard sci-fi? Hahaha, is there anyone who can write this kind of thing now?" Ma Yinhe immediately relaxed his frown when he heard the word "hard sci-fi". He fell down and laughed out loud.

Editor Liu saw Ma Yinhe's expression and knew what Ma Yinhe was laughing at.

Science fiction literature itself is a barren land, and if branches can grow on this land, it is to find another way.For example, Ma Yinhe's practice of writing romance under the guise of science fiction.

As for hard sci-fi?
Can anyone really write hard science fiction literature these days?
What's more, he is still a little unknown author.

I heard that the Kyoto Publishing House also printed as many as 5000 copies for the first time. I am afraid that the Kyoto Publishing House will suffer a lot this time.

Editor Liu couldn't help showing a self-deprecating smile.

Soon this episode was forgotten by the two of them.

So the two talked about other things next. Regarding this novel, neither of them cared about it, and they didn't even mention the name.

Li Yi left Kyoto Publishing House and went straight back to Muyi Company. Then under Zhang Lingyun's gaze, Li Yi moved a box of books into the office.

"Mr. Li, who is this?" Zhang Lingyun looked at Li Yi curiously.

"Here, Assistant Zhang, I'll give you a copy." Li Yi casually took out a copy from the box and handed it to Zhang Lingyun.

Zhang Lingyun took the book, looked down at the cover of the book, and read softly: "Three-Body Problem?"

Then she raised her head and looked at Li Yi with puzzled eyes, not understanding why Li Yi gave herself this book.

"The science fiction novel I just wrote has not been officially published yet, so I will give you a copy first." Li Yi activated the skill of making friends out of thin air, and said to Zhang Lingyun with a smile.

Zhang Lingyun looked at the book in her hand in astonishment.

She looked at the author's name.

"Anonymous?"

Mr. Li’s pen name is quite personal.

"Assistant Zhang, take it first, and you can tell me your impressions after reading it later." Li Yi said with a smile.

"En." Zhang Lingyun nodded slightly.

　Please ignore the chapter name.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)