Chapter 14 Gold Prize
50, 40 after tax. Judging from what Guo Wei said, the subsequent film and television adaptation of "Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur" is a foregone conclusion and will soon be included in the agenda of Tencent.

Even Tencent proposed to operate him. If it were Chen Yuanguang three months ago, he would definitely be overwhelmed and extremely excited.

After his threshold was greatly raised due to time travel, this incident did not cause any ripples in his heart. He was not as excited as when his monthly income from online writing exceeded 10,000 yuan.

By the time Chen Yuanguang realized that only three months had passed and thousands of ships were already sailing, he felt a sense of loss.

The world is still the same world, but I am no longer the same person.

Tencent was very efficient, and Guo Wei responded to him that evening, saying that it was no problem to arrange for Levitt to have a one-on-one conversation with him. The time for the conversation could not be guaranteed, but they would create an opportunity for him to be alone with Levitt.

This promise was enough. Chen Yuanguang was confident that he could shake Levitt's faith with just a few words.

"Let us congratulate the winner of the 2477th Science Fiction Rising Star Award, Mr. . Welcome!"

There is one gold medal, two silver medals and three bronze medals. In previous years, the prize money for the gold medal winner was only 30,000 yuan. This year, because it is the 10th edition, the standards have been raised.

"Let us welcome Liu Da to present the award to our Science Fiction Rising Star Gold Award winner."

After Science Fiction World Magazine and Tencent joined forces, this award ceremony was made particularly grand. The first day was the live judging session, and the second morning was the award ceremony. In the morning, science fiction celebrities presented the awards, and Michael Levitt would be present for the dialogue session in the afternoon.

“Congratulations, Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur is very well written. Some science fiction and mystery works have great tricks and descriptions of the future, but the connection between the tricks and future technology is not very clever.

Your work gives me a sense of reality, as if the case really happened.

Come on young man, China's science fiction still depends on you young people." Liu said with a smile as he handed the trophy to Chen Yuanguang.

As a casual fan of The Three-Body Problem, Chen Yuanguang read a kind look on Liu Cixin's face, perhaps because of the big age difference.

"Thank you, Liu Cixin. The Three-Body Problem is an insurmountable peak in Chinese science fiction. I will try my best to write a better work than The Three-Body Problem." Chen Yuanguang not only complimented the other party, but also expressed his own ambitions.

Later, the quality of Chinese works that won the Hugo Award disappointed Chinese science fiction fans, and netizens realized that it was indeed an honor for "The Three-Body Problem" to be awarded the Hugo Award.

"Yes, I didn't tell you because it wasn't finalized before."

After Chen Yuanguang won the award, press releases were everywhere, including Jiangnan University’s official Weibo account, which quickly reposted the Science Fiction World award-giving Weibo post:

"A senior student from our school won the gold medal of the 10th Science Fiction Rising Star Award."

The number of comments from Jiang University students exceeded 100 within just one hour:
"There are actually handsome guys of this level in our school that I don't know?"

"Great! Does anyone have his contact information? I'm from Jiangnan University's School of Arts and would like to ask for advice."

"We are both seniors, and I am still working hard to graduate, but you are so outstanding"

It is normal for Jiangnan University to report this incident, because it is also a way for students to bring glory to the university, but other media outlets are vying to report it first, and Tencent is behind it.

After the film and television copyright licensing agreement was signed, the project was quickly approved under the leadership of Guo Wei, and they wanted to release it during next summer's schedule.

It is a science fiction mystery with low cost, strict logic, and low requirements for special effects. The original work is set in Kuala Lumpur, so the scale can be larger. All these factors make Tencent very optimistic about this project.

Of course, the most important factor that makes them optimistic is the successful counterpart "Detective Chinatown 3".

With Tencent's help and the fact that the incident itself was newsworthy, Chen Yuanguang's photo alone was enough to attract attention. "You really don't consider me a friend. I didn't know about it until Xiao Su forwarded the Weibo post to me.

If she didn't send it to me, how long were you going to keep it from me? Did you have another dog when I went to New York?" Lin Jia asked on the phone after hearing the news. Her expression was lifeless, but with a hint of smile.

Chen Yuanguang protested: "No, I was busy with the award ceremony today. I was planning to take a photo of the trophy and send it to you after returning to the hotel tonight, but I didn't expect the news to spread so quickly.

You know I was preparing for TOEFL and GRE while finishing Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur, so I didn’t have the time to look for the dog.”

Lin Jia said on the other end of the phone: "I don't think you would dare.

I haven't had the chance to read your book. After you win the award, how will the Science Fiction World help you operate?

Do you want me to help you find someone to run it? My dad seems to know the head of CITIC Press, so you can consider asking them to help you run it.

In addition, regarding copyright, my family seems to have a film and television investment company. I can also ask them for you and let them help you operate it.”

Lin Jia didn't mention this before because all the online articles written by Chen Yuanguang were Tokyo romance novels and the copyrights couldn't be sold. How could Chinese people watch Japanese romance movies and TV shows written and acted by Chinese people, speaking pure Mandarin?

Or relying on lip syncing to let Japanese voice actors dub? This is too weird.

It is different with Past Events in Kuala Lumpur. Lin Jia roughly knows that most of the characters in the film are Chinese, and there are successful cases. She is confident that she can help Chen Yuanguang to operate the copyright.

Not to mention winning the gold medal, even if he didn't win the award, just based on the subject matter, Lin Jia was confident that he could help Chen Yuanguang sell the copyright.

It's just the difference in price.

"I have already sold it to Tencent for 50 yuan. Tencent came to me to make an offer before the awards ceremony.

Tencent was the sponsor of this competition and participated in the preliminary review. During the preliminary review, they felt that Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur had great potential, so they signed a film and television copyright transfer agreement with me in advance. "Chen Yuanguang explained.

"When you come back, Qun Guang can eat whatever he wants." said Chen Yuanguang.

Lin Jia snorted twice, thinking that while he was starting a new life in New York, Chen Yuanguang was also growing very fast.

The transition from romance to science fiction is a bit abrupt.

"You have a conscience. One meal is not enough. It will take a week." Lin Jia said.

Chen Yuanguang said, "Wait for you to come back. Will you come back during Christmas? If not, I will come to see you once I have finished my application."

Chen Yuanguang estimated that by then the money from Tencent had already come in, and it was more than enough for a flight to New York.

Lin Jia said: "I will definitely come back, but I am not sure whether I will return to Jiangcheng. If I don't return to Jiangcheng, you can come to Hangzhou to find me."

"Are you still planning to apply to overseas universities? Isn't your writing career going well?"

Chen Yuanguang briefly introduced his plan to build relationships with Lin Jia.

Lin Jia opened his mouth slightly on the other end of the phone, "Is this the solution you mentioned before?"

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