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Chapter 1295: Chapter 1079: The Old Rascal Chu Visits the Science Fiction Department

Silver Blue Books.

The chief editor Lu Bei was conducting a meeting with the heads of various departments, starting off with a command:

“Everyone, turn off your phones.”

But just five minutes into the meeting, someone’s phone rang.

Lu Bei glared furiously:

“Who is it!”

Everyone started looking around at each other, until finally their gazes landed on the table: “It seems to be your phone, chief editor.”

“Ahem.”

Then it’s all right.

Lu Bei cleared his throat softly and answered the call.

Two minutes later after hanging up the phone, Lu Bei’s gaze once again swept across the room, and suddenly he dropped a bombshell:

“Chu Kuang’s new book is finished.”

As Lu Bei’s voice fell, the entire conference room burst into lively chatter.

The Fantasy Editorial Department’s Ol’ Xiong’s eyes gleamed passionately!

The Mystery Editorial Department’s Cao Dezhi was twitching with eagerness!

The Fairy Tale Editorial Department’s chief editor Lin Xuan was already rubbing her hands in anticipation!

The chief editors of the other departments were nervously licking their lips!

Lu Bei felt like he was no longer sitting among the chiefs of the various editorial departments but a pack of ravenous wolves!

At this moment.

Their hungry eyes were fixedly staring at him, emitting a faint green glow, as if wanting to devour him alive.

Fortunately, Lu Bei understood:

What these people wanted to devour wasn’t him.

It was Chu Kuang’s new book.

In Silver Blue Books, there is a classic saying that circulates widely among various departments:

Whoever gets Chu Kuang gets the world!

After all, since this is a publishing company, the performance pressure on each department is tremendous, and who wouldn’t hope that Chu Kuang’s new book falls into the genre their department is responsible for managing?

No suspense.

Lu Bei understood everyone’s urgent feelings: “Chu Kuang’s new book is of the science fiction genre and will be managed by the chief editor of the Science Fiction Department, Tian Chun.”

“Ah!”

The chief editor from the Science Fiction Department, Tian Chun, suddenly stood up, his elated scream of surprise turned his face almost purple:

“Roger that!”

Lu Bei was taken aback by Tian Chun’s reaction, then chuckled and nodded: “Then you need to work hard, Teacher Chu Kuang is not easy to serve.”

“I will definitely treat him like an ancestor!”

Tian Chun guaranteed while thumping his chest.

Ol’ Xiong sighed.

Why doesn’t Teacher Chu Kuang continue writing fantasy novels?

Cao Dezhi’s face also showed disappointment; he had been hoping that Teacher Chu Kuang would write another mystery novel.

Lin Xuan bit her lip hard.

She was seriously considering the possibility of sending her younger brother to sway Chu Kuang’s decision.

Soon.

The meeting concluded.

Tian Chun dashed toward the Science Fiction Department as if his butt was on fire, his silhouette evoked envy, jealousy, and hatred from all the other chief editors.

Two minutes later.

The Science Fiction Department erupted with a huge cheer!

“We’ve hit the jackpot!”

“Chu Kuang has finally graced our Science Fiction Department!”

“I’ve been saying Chu Kuang might write a long science fiction next, I’ve been following his blog continuously, he hinted a while ago that his next novel might be set on Mars, and he’s already written two short science fiction pieces as a trial, it’s time for a longer work!”

“Old rascal yyds (is the eternal god)!”

“Teacher Chu Kuang the old rascal is coming to save us!”

“Our department’s performance for this quarter finally has hope!”

“So what if science fiction from Qin Continent is in decline, as long as it’s written by the old rascal, we don’t worry about readers not buying it!”

“We’re taking off!”

The editors in the Science Fiction Department were as excited as if injected with adrenaline.

The cheers were heard by the neighboring departments.

Upon finding out the reason, the other departments could only let out a long sigh, especially those that had never collaborated with Chu Kuang before.

When will Chu Kuang grace us with his presence?

All of Silver Blue’s departments face the pressure of performance.

As for Chu Kuang, every department wishes to be “graced by his presence.”

…

After finally calming down.

Tian Chun, gripped by nervousness and anticipation, managed to contact Jin Mu, the legendary “agent of Chu Kuang.”

“Hello, I am Tian Chun, the chief editor of the Science Fiction Department at Silver Blue Books!”

“Hello, Chief Editor Tian, I’ve already sent the manuscript over to your company’s chief editor.”

“I’ve received it!”

“Then I have a favor to ask of you guys, Teacher Chu Kuang would like his new book to be sent to Wei Continent to be considered for the Galaxy Award.”

“The Galaxy Award?”

Tian Chun was clearly taken aback: “As one of the top three major science fiction awards on Blue Star, although open to all continents, the organizers are quite insular, rarely awarding their prize to works from other continents.”

The fact is not that Wei Continent is biased toward their own authors.

The science fiction level in other continents is so much weaker than in Wei Continent that the Galaxy Awards feel like they belong to the people of Wei Continent; rarely do authors from other continents win the prize.

“No problem, just send it over.”

“Alright.”

Tian Chun readily agreed with his mouth full.

After hanging up the phone, the deputy editor-in-chief next to Tian Chun spoke, “Did I just hear that Teacher Chu Kuang’s new book is aiming for the Galaxy Award?”

“Yeah.”

Tian Chun said, “You know the situation with the Galaxy Award. The evaluation standards are so high – what if teacher Chu Kuang doesn’t make it?”

“Then we simply won’t promote it.”

The deputy editor-in-chief laughed, “If the outside world doesn’t know, naturally it won’t damage Teacher Chu Kuang’s reputation.”

“That’s also true.”

Tian Chun’s spirits lifted again: “Weather Wei Continent’s readers buy into Teacher Chu Kuang’s science fiction isn’t important. Either way, readers from the six continents of Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao will definitely buy it!”

“Yeah.”

The deputy editor-in-chief laughed again and said: “I have read those two short stories by Teacher Chu Kuang, and in my opinion, we should perhaps have more confidence in Teacher Chu Kuang. His level of science fiction writing is very high, not less than some of the big name science fiction authors of Wei Continent.”

“Of course, I understand this.”

Tian Chun said, “It’s not about lack of confidence. It’s just that the level of science fiction in Wei Continent is too high, almost on par with Zhong Continent. You also perfectly know the situation with Qin Continent’s science fiction; we have always been eating dust behind others.”

This is an inferiority complex at play.

Having served many years as the chief editor of the science fiction department at Silver Blue Books in Qin Continent, Tian Chun had always felt inferior about the current state of Qin Continent’s science fiction, always thinking that only the science fiction from Wei Continent and Zhong Continent was of high quality, even though, indeed, that was the case.

“Let’s judge by the quality first… ‘The Martian Rescue’, tsk tsk.”

The deputy editor-in-chief locked his gaze onto the title of Chu Kuang’s new book, his eyes conveying a strong sense of anticipation. He had also followed Chu Kuang’s blog and had a general idea of the content of this novel with survival on Mars as the main theme. Regardless of Chu Kuang’s influence, the topic alone filled him with anticipation.

“Yeah.”

Tian Chun nodded.

If other science fiction authors from Qin Continent were to vie for the Galaxy Award, Tian Chun would have scoffed.

But if it were the divine Chu Kuang taking action, Tian Chun really dared to ignite a small flame of hope in his heart.

…

As the pillar of Silver Blue Books, any novel by Chu Kuang was treated with the utmost attention.

From company leaders to junior editors, everyone would handle it with care.

After dealing with official business, the chief editor, Lu Bei, also made a special trip to the Science Fiction Department during off-hours.

To Lu Bei’s surprise:

Not a single person in the Science Fiction Department had left work!

Everyone’s gaze was fixed on their computer screens, occasionally scrolling the mouse wheel.

Even—

The arrival of Chief Editor Lu Bei did not catch everyone’s attention.

The editors were completely engrossed in a certain work on their computers, as if it possessed a magic power.

From time to time, someone would burst into laughter.

Had they seen a plot twist that sparked a knowing chuckle?

Lu Bei didn’t disturb the editors, tiptoeing into the chief editor’s office instead.

In the office.

Tian Chun was also reading, with a persistent smile on his lips.

“Good read?”

Lu Bei couldn’t help but ask.

Startled, Tian Chun turned his head to see Lu Bei and quickly stood up, “Chief Editor, please take a seat!”

“I’m asking if it’s a good read?”

“It can be described as nothing short of spectacular!”

As Tian Chun talked about it, he became animated: “I didn’t expect Teacher Chu Kuang to find such a tricky angle to write science fiction. This novel isn’t like ‘Wandering Blue Star’, focusing on the entire human race, but narrows the perspective to the individual…”

Tian Chun went on non-stop.

In a word: Amazing!

The corners of Lu Bei’s mouth curled up slightly: “I heard Chu Kuang wants to enter the Galaxy Award competition, do you think it’s appropriate?”

“He must compete!”

Just moments ago, Tian Chun appeared nervous, but now he was eagerly assertive, “This novel definitely has the weight!”

Chief Editor?

Perhaps Tian Chun’s voice was too loud—the editors outside finally came to their senses and saw Lu Bei inside the office.

“Hello, everyone.”

Lu Bei greeted the editors outside: “You’re all reading ‘The Martian Rescue’, right? How is the book?”

“Fascinating!”

“A masterwork!”

“Teacher Chu Kuang is too strong!”

“If anyone can save Qin Continent’s science fiction, it can only be Teacher Chu Kuang!”

“I’m about to cry, to think that in my lifetime, I could see the hopeful rise of Qin Continent’s science fiction!”

“It’s written too well!”

“Whether it’s the proportion of the science fiction plot or the character creation, everything is just perfect!”

“There’s a lot of dry content in science fiction, but what’s strange about this novel is that, even though it also has a lot of professional knowledge, even readers not interested in science fiction definitely won’t find it boring!”

Lu Bei smiled.

Chu Kuang never disappoints.

Can he really lead the rise of Qin Continent’s science fiction?

Maybe he himself should also take a good read of this book tonight.

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ps: Have the updates these days been powerful enough? Unfortunately, the strong typing skill is about to enter cooldown status. Calling it a day for now, I will return to the fray after I’ve recuperated. Also, I want to recommend a novel that Polluted White is currently following, the name is “Your Majesty”, Ol’ Wang’s books are always sensational.

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