The sky above Yulang International Company was covered with dark clouds and shrouded in haze, which seemed to be a sign of impending storm.

The secretary looked panicked and knocked anxiously on the closed door.

“come in.”

Huang Yulang shouted casually, then turned his attention to Li Zi on the other end of the phone and started chatting with her for a long time.

Due to the recent plunge in the company’s stock price and the sudden emergence of “Comic World”, he had to devote himself to the creation of “The Great Swordsman”, thus neglecting Li Zi. Unexpectedly, she actually got angry about this and he could only coax her “humbly”.

Huang Yulang hung up the phone only after Li Zi’s anger had completely subsided and she agreed to have dinner with him.

“Women are really troublesome.”

“Mr. Huang.”

The secretary stepped forward cautiously.

“What is it?”

Huang Yulang looked depressed.

“You asked us to keep an eye on Comic World and report to you immediately if there is any movement.”

The secretary handed over several newspapers including the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po and Ming Pao.

Huang Yulang looked carefully and saw that it was clearly written on each one that Hong Kong Radio will rebroadcast the collection of the “Ghost Blows Out the Light” series of radio dramas starting next Monday. It also announced that it will release the sixth radio drama of “Ghost Blows Out the Light” in the near future, titled “Return to the South China Sea”.

In an instant, his eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.

“Mr. Huang, what should we do?”

the secretary asked timidly.

“boom!”

Huang Yulang slammed the newspaper on the table and said, “What should we do, Punia, why don’t you call them to the conference room for a meeting?”

“Yes, I’ll go and notify the meeting right away.”

The secretary ran out as fast as he could.

Seeing his back disappear from his sight, Huang Yulang’s angry face showed a bit of panic and uneasiness.

Now is the critical moment of the confrontation between “Yulang Comics” and “Comic World”. Although “Comic World” has won the first place with “Xuan-Yuan Sword” and “Ghost Blows Out the Light”, fortunately, there is always a way out. The emergence of “The Great Swordsman” has stabilized the company’s position and stock price.

And thanks to the news that “Chinese Hero” will be adapted into a movie, the reprinted version of the comic will surely achieve good sales results.

However, just when “Yulang Comics” was developing in a good direction, unexpectedly “Comic World” would do such a thing!
They actually asked Mr. Fang to come out of retirement. This is totally unethical!

Is the sixth part of “Ghost Blows Out the Light” just an ordinary killer move? It is a world-destroying move at the level of a nuclear bomb!
When he thought of this, he felt indignant, “Fuck you! What the hell is the relationship between Mingkong Publishing Company and Fang Sheng?”

…………

“Ah…ah sneeze!”

Fangyan was lying on the bed in the first-class cabin. He sneezed, then reached out his hand from under the blanket and adjusted the air volume of the air outlet.

Then he took off his blindfold and looked through the window at the vast sea of ​​clouds outside the plane. Under the sunlight, they were shining with golden light.

I pressed the button to call the stewardess, and soon the blonde and blue-eyed flight attendant came over with a smile.

“How can I help you, sir?”

“what time is it now?”

When Fangyan learned that it was already 2: in the morning, he asked again and found out that it was less than hours’ flight away to Los Angeles.

So he asked the flight attendant to prepare breakfast for him, and he went to the bathroom and washed up quickly.

Not long after, the first-class passengers, including Lin Qingxia and Fang Yan, woke up one after another.

The sweet voice of the stewardess began to slowly play on the radio:
“Dear passengers, we have arrived at our destination safely. The aircraft will taxi to the designated parking space. To ensure your safety, please do not stand up or open the luggage rack to pick up your luggage before the ‘seat belt sign’ goes out…”

“Wow, this is Los Angeles!” Fang Yan’s eyes were full of light. From the moment she got off the plane to the moment she walked out of the airport, she kept looking up and down and looking left and right.

Suddenly, a sign written in both Chinese and English came into view.

“Sister Ruoxue!”

“swallow!”

When Bai Ruoxue saw Fang Yan running towards her, the smile on her face became even brighter.

Fang Yan and Lin Qingxia followed closely behind, greeted her one by one, and exchanged pleasantries.

“Let’s get in the car first. We’ll talk in the car later.”

Bai Ruoxue led everyone to the extended version of Cadillac parked not far away.

Fangyan handed the luggage to the driver and got into the car. Immediately, a thick stack of documents was handed to him.

“Teacher Fang, these are all the operations and investments we carried out according to our original plan after the stock market crash last year…”

Bai Ruoxue said seriously.

“We’ll talk about this when we get there.”

Fang Yan glanced at Lin Qingxia and the other person who were getting in the car, “Let’s talk about the Nebula Award first.”

Bai Ruoxue closed the documents and said that the first round of voting for the Nebula Award had ended. Among the five nominated novels, the only one that could pose a competitive threat to “The Three-Body Problem” was “Free Fall” by Lois Bujold. The second round of voting would be held next.

This is also the rule of the Nebula Awards, which adopts a two-round voting system, and all members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America can vote.

Then the organizers of the Nebula Awards will rank the shortlisted works for each individual category and decide the final winning work based on the total number of votes.

“It seems that the chances of The Three-Body Problem winning the award this time are quite high.”

Dialect is spoken in a joking tone.

“It’s more than not small!”

Bai Ruoxue smiled and said that Jason Epstein, who was representing Random House at the time, told her on the phone that it was “very big.”

Fangyan smiled at each other. Although he was also optimistic that “The Three-Body Problem” would win the award, he could not easily set a goal.

“Teacher Fang.”

Bai Ruoxue said, “Jason Epstein wants to make an appointment with you to discuss the next publishing plan in person.”

“He really never misses any opportunity.”

Fangyan immediately guessed Jason Epstein’s purpose.

If Random House really “got lucky” enough to win the Nebula Award, it would definitely not miss this good opportunity to “strike while the iron is hot.”

Whether it is publishing a hardcover version of “The Three-Body Problem” or publishing another science fiction novel, it can make a lot of money for himself and Random House.

“Teacher Fang, do you want to arrange a meeting with him at the premiere of Artificial Intelligence?”

Bai Ruoxue suggested seriously.

“Just as you say.”

Fang Yan turned around and said, “The premiere of Artificial Intelligence is before the Nebula Awards. Are you interested in attending with me?”

“Go, go, go. Brother and Sister Ruoxue have already gone, so how can I not go!” Fang Yan’s tone was filled with anticipation and excitement.

Under Fangyan’s gaze, Lin Qingxia smiled and nodded, but the smile on her face soon froze, thinking about the rush of this trip. Although she had prepared an outfit for attending the Nebula Awards ceremony, it was not at all suitable for an occasion like the premiere of “Artificial Intelligence” where so many stars gathered.

Bai Ruoxue was surprised, “What’s wrong, Sister Qingxia?”

“No…nothing.”

Fang Yan saw that Lin Qingxia looked worried, so he covered his mouth with his hand and whispered something to his younger sister. (End of this chapter)