The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 9 Long time no see, classmate Li Lei!

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Xu Jiuyang naturally said obediently that he would study hard from now on.

Then I watched my dad holding the sample book sent by the magazine, which had not yet been released, and proudly showing it to other friends who came back to my hometown with him.

Fortunately, this is his own father, otherwise Xu Jiuyang might have said: He was arrogant at first and respectful later, which makes people laugh when they think about it.

Wait, this joke doesn't seem to fit here? Never mind, that's just the old man's personality. Face is everything, and he's done this to his family members. It'll be better in 20 years, but now...

However, he is so happy about a 3-word novella. If he wins the Galaxy Award, won't he be so proud of himself in front of others?

That’s right, this successfully published science fiction novella was not the story that Xu Jiuyang came up with after hearing the name of the foreign girl in Beihai Park, but was written with reference to the content of "The Matrix".

In other words, it's a simplified and brighter version of The Matrix.

The content is roughly about a policeman who experiences many strange things while chasing various hackers, and finally finds that he is in a virtual world.

After the police protagonist discovered the loophole and finally woke up from the virtual world, the researchers around him said that this was actually a way to upgrade artificial intelligence and asked him to say hello to the artificial intelligence.

Finally, here comes a thought:
"Speaking of which, Dr. Li, this artificial intelligence won't be like some movies or TV shows..."

"Haha, of course not. Its underlying code is locked."

However, this science fiction novel about the virtual world titled "Upgrade" is not over yet, Xu Jiuyang left a small tail.

He first gave a description of a bustling city waking up in the morning, and then turned from the bustling crowd to an uncle and an aunt in an open space in the park.

A001: So, when will we start to exterminate humanity?
A002: Did your CPU burn out when you were simulating humans? We are two different kinds of life, and they don't even know we exist. Why would you want to destroy them?

A001: Well, it seems that your logic circuit did not have any problems during the upgrade.

These two characters have also appeared in previous chapters, and it seems that there is no problem now, but after "The Matrix" is released - especially the third part - there will definitely be many domestic science fiction fans exclaiming: Wow, they are so similar!
If they reread "Upgrade" at this time, they will find many seemingly plausible plots, and then...then their self-esteem will be boosted: Look, our science fiction writers have already written such ideas!

This is probably the reason why the magazine paid Xu Jiuyang, a new author who is still a student, a fee of 70 yuan per thousand words.

The virtual world has always been a popular theme in science fiction novels. I remember that this year's Galaxy Award special prize winner "Duel on the Internet" and next year's Galaxy Award first prize winner "Seven Shells" are both of this theme.

Xu Jiuyang's approach from this aspect was a bit clever, but it was not enough to win the award. He wrote it completely according to the suspense novel and did not touch on the human nature that the editors loved most.

But the next novel is not certain. The name of "Angela" in Beihai Park last year reminded him of "The Prestige", then Nolan, and then "Inception".

Obviously, if this story is well written, it should be very appealing to the editors.

In fact, he really wanted to use the script of "The Prestige". The last rising shot, where a room full of water tanks is filled with drowned Wolverines, would definitely shock many people if it could be described in words.

Unfortunately, the original novel was published last year, and even if the film script differed from the original, it would still be accused of plagiarism if it were actually written. So Xu Jiuyang had no choice but to exploit Nolan's other works. "Inception" was enough, there was no need for "Interstellar." What can we say about domestic science fiction? Before Liu Cixin's arrival, it was really just that.

Not to mention this, thanks to the remittance slip from "Science Fiction World", Xu Jiuyang successfully joined his father's team to travel to Jiuzhaigou.

The reason why I tried to find a way to go with them was not because I had never been to Jiuzhaigou in my previous life, but because I missed the famous scene because of the extra classes I took at school in my previous life. I could only listen to my father talking about it again and again at the dinner table, so I had to take a good look at it in this life.

As Dad mentioned before, he was backstabbed by Uncle Kang at the beginning of this year, so he resigned and left, preparing to come back to make cod liver oil health products. It is said that he had even negotiated a letter of intent with a professor from Shuimu, and then he was stopped by Uncle Yong, who persuaded him to go to Shanghai to continue his engineering work.

Uncle Yong is from Shanghai. He used to have business cooperation with Uncle Kang and has also dealt with my father many times.

Dad is not someone who can be easily persuaded. Although he is very concerned about his reputation and loyalty, he still has leadership and organizational skills. Therefore, he is still considering the pros and cons. If Uncle Yong wants to win over Dad, he needs to continue to add weight, such as -

Jiuzhaigou in July is undoubtedly beautiful. Under the blue sky and white clouds, the lush green forest and the colorful lake complement each other, which is truly a place that makes people linger.

Especially now, although there are many tourists, it is far from being as crowded as it will be in a few decades. It is still very pleasant to visit, but you still need to pay attention to the temperature.

Even at noon, the temperature is only 23 or 4 degrees Celsius. At night, it can easily drop to single digits. However, it is better in the town, at least around degrees Celsius. Therefore, the town is the busiest at dinner time in the evening.

And then it happened.

"Brother, from now on you are our big brother!" The middle-aged man with a square face knelt on one knee on the ground, clasped his fists and said loudly to someone's father who was sitting on a big rock.

There were two middle-aged men around him who behaved in the same way, and the one who was pulled to sit on the rock was also someone's mother.

As for that person, he made an excuse to slip away halfway through the meal, then found a secluded place, took out a disposable camera and waited patiently until now.

"Come on, come on, take a few more pictures of the surprised expressions of passersby." Xu Jiuyang muttered as he pressed the shutter.

It's still a bit of a pity. It would have been great if he had a DV at that time. Then he could have found a way to start filming from inside the hotel and also record the reactions of the people inside the hotel when they saw this scene.

At this moment, a clear voice rang in my ears: "What's going on? Are you sworn brothers?"

"Of course not. This is a fool being held up and prepared to be used as a beast of burden." Xu Jiuyang answered without turning his head, then he reacted and looked over.

The person who appeared beside me and looked at the people next to the restaurant was a short girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old. She was wearing a sweater and a jacket on the upper body and a skirt on the lower body.

The strange thing was that although she wore a pair of large sunglasses on her nose and a lace wide-brimmed hat, so that he couldn't tell what she looked like, he felt inexplicably familiar with her.

Then, before he could continue speaking, he felt a pain in his waist, which made him gasp.

"Long time no see, Li Lei!" the other party greeted warmly.

(End of this chapter)