Chapter 720 Awards Fund

"Galaxy Award? It's a good name. Science fiction writers must have a vision of the entire galaxy." Yang Xiao was very satisfied with the name and praised it repeatedly.

"After all, our journey is the sea of ​​stars!" Shen Long plagiarized another famous quote. This sentence originally came from the space opera novel "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" by Japanese science fiction writer Yoshiki Tanaka. This is one of the novel's two protagonists, Rein Hart's famous quote, but Yoshiki Tanaka only started publishing "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" this year, so maybe this line hasn't come out yet.

"This line alone gives people a very passionate feeling, and a great science fiction novel can be derived from this line." Yang Xiao turned the corner again and asked Shen Long for a draft.

"Recently, I plan to write a novella, about 20,000 words, but this line can be used." It seems that this line is not incompatible with "The Wandering Earth", so let's make it!

"That couldn't be better, readers and I are looking forward to it!" After being happy, Yang Xiao began to think about how to implement this matter again, "I will report to the agency after I go back. I will object, and then take this opportunity to contact some magazines and science fiction writers in the capital, and listen to their opinions first."

"I still have to report to the Association of Science and Technology, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Writers Association." Shen Long reminded, after all, it is easier to have an official name, and of course you can't lose your independence. Call, let’s get rid of them and say hello to these units first, it’s easier to get help.”

Shen Long is not only for the Galaxy Award, but also to resist the upcoming turmoil. The strength of science fiction writers is still weak, but adding these organizations makes it different. Leng Yamen, but it is enough to deal with this little disturbance.

He also doesn't lack contacts. Jia Bing has a close relationship with the famous old writer Hei Bai. Because of this relationship, Shen Long talked with Hei Hei several times after arriving in the provincial capital. The relationship is not bad. The two sides also discussed some science fiction issues. After Shen Long's patient persuasion, Black and White's understanding of science fiction has changed.

Black and White is a veteran writer in China. In terms of seniority, he is only a generation shorter than Ba ​​Jin. He has such a huge influence in the Writers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Nor would Shen Long be turned away, as long as there was a chance to talk, that was enough.

Donating money to set up awards is also a good thing for them. As for the Science and Technology Association, Shen Long plans to call Xiaoxia and ask Tian Fujun to help talk about it. Tian Fujun studied at Renmin University and has a wide network of contacts. Now he is an extremely promising cadre. , I think the Association for Science and Technology will not refute his face for such a trivial matter.

In this way, together with Ye Yonglie and other outstanding sci-fi writers and so many sci-fi magazines all over the country, we will take this opportunity to unite, and we will not be in a state of disunity, and we will not be completely powerless to deal with problems.

After discussing the Science Fiction Literature Committee for a long time, Shen Long talked about how to use the funds, "Editor Yang, you should know about the Goncourt Prize, right?"

"I know, this is the highest and most concerned literary award in France. The famous writer Proust and the philosopher Beauvoir have all won this award." Although he is not an editor of serious literature, Yang Xiao still knows about this award Awards with great influence all over the world.

"Now the prize money of the Nobel Prize for Literature is about one million Swedish kronor, or more than 100,000 U.S. dollars. Editor Yang might as well guess, how much is the prize money of the Goncourt Prize?" Shen Long asked with a smile.

"I'm not sure about that?" Yang Xiao shook her head shyly,

"But I think, since it is such an important award, and France is a developed country, there must be a lot of bonuses, right?"

"Haha, you guessed wrong, the Goncourt Prize is only fifty francs, which is not as much as the prize money I won for the Best Short Story Award last time!" Shen Long laughed.

"Ah? What's the reason?" Yang Xiao couldn't figure it out. France is so rich, why is there only fifty francs for such an important award?

"Goncourt donated 5,000 francs as a prize for the award, but as time went by, the 5,000 francs have been spent, and the committee is unwilling to accept donations from other institutions for the sake of independence and authority, so Now only fifty francs will be awarded to the winners every year," Shen Long explained.

"However, this does not affect the interests of those award-winning writers. The Goncourt Award is announced just before Christmas, and many French people have the habit of buying the works of the winners as Christmas gifts for others, which can bring richness to the winners. royalties, and most writers will frame the fifty francs as a souvenir, and no one will actually spend it.”

"It's different for the Nobel Prize. Nobel's will is to hand over all his property to the foundation, and the foundation will invest in it. Every year, the income of the foundation will be distributed as bonuses. Since Sweden's economy is developing very well, the income in these years Accumulated more and more, and now it has reached almost one million Swedish kronor in prize money for each award." At the highest point, it reached ten million Swedish kronor.

The year Mo Yan won the award happened to have a shrinking bonus, and he only got 8 million kroner, equivalent to 7.5 million yuan. If he had won the award a year earlier, he would have received 10 million kroner; The winners shared the bonus equally and got a bonus worth more than three million people.

"Mr. Sun, do you mean to use this money to set up a fund for annual bonuses?" Yang Xiao understood, but she was a little embarrassed. At this time, it might be a little bit difficult to do something similar in China. Not quite right.

"That's what it means, but the actual operation is definitely different from the Nobel Prize." Of course Shen Long understood this, and he would not embarrass Yang Xiao.

"The situation in China is different from that in Sweden. It is not necessarily good to copy the Nobel Prize model as it is, but we can adopt a method that suits us according to local conditions, so that the money can be used for a longer period of time and bring more generous bonuses to the winners. "Winners of the Goncourt Prize can ignore the bonus, but Shen Long has to consider the amount of the bonus.

"It seems that Mr. Sun, you already have a plan?" Yang Xiao guessed Shen Long's intentions, "What kind of method? Is it troublesome to operate? I'm not afraid of your jokes. In the circle of science fiction writers, it is necessary to find someone who understands these things. It's not easy for people."

"The solution is very simple, let's buy a house!" From now on, it will be the world of real estate!

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