Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

"Then please trouble Mr. Linden. If you need it, come to me again." Yang Rui turned his head slightly and agreed to Linden's words.

Lin Deng smiled and said, "Okay, I will definitely find a way to hold a grand publishing presentation for you."

Yang Rui smiled and shook hands with Lin Deng.

Scholars show off, that's not called showing off, it's called reporting work.

If a scholar can't even get the limelight, how can he continue to mess around? Yang Rui's ion channel laboratory is also supported by the funds of Peking University. Done.

Of course, American academia has higher requirements for fame. Publishing houses are probably used to giving authors various jobs to gain fame. college.

Peking University has nothing to do.

Originally, publishing a book was a very honorable thing for the Chinese.

The so-called supreme virtue, secondly meritorious service, secondly establishes words, and will not be abandoned for a long time, these are called the three immortals. To be able to publish a book, in the eyes of the Chinese, is to make a statement.

But in China in the 1980s, in this era of inferiority, confidence and turmoil, being able to publish a book in the United States, the meaning on the surface and the charm behind it are even more memorable.

The reporters of Beijing TV station were dispatched again, with cameras and video cameras, while taking pictures of Yang Rui, and taking rare material for the documentary.

According to Beijing TV's plan, Yang Rui's documentary has basically been completed. Director Wang even started editing later, and will only broadcast it after next year's Nobel Prize nominations. At that time, it should also be the time when Yang Rui's news value was the highest.

It's a pity that Yang Rui didn't live according to Director Wang or the TV station's script, so Director Wang could only set up the camera and lament the time he wasted on editing.

2 o'clock in the afternoon.

Teachers, officials, and leaders who entered the venue one after another filled the small banquet hall of the Great Wall Hotel with only a small passageway.

Yang Rui also looked at the decoration of the Great Wall Hotel with some curiosity.

According to the standards of the 1980s, the Great Wall Hotel is the most luxurious hotel in China. It is also the first joint venture hotel of the Sheraton Group in China. It is 21 stories high and built according to the five-star standard. standard charges.

Nowadays, most Chinese people have heard of the Great Wall Hotel, but not many have been in it.

It is like a five-star hotel opened in Mozambique. When foreigners come for the first time, they would rather be more expensive to live in, while the locals can only look up to them.

Yang Rui has been to the Great Wall Hotel before, but this is the first time he has entered its banquet hall.

Every day here is booked out by various conferences, and its compactness is even worse than that of later generations' wedding weekends.

Norton Publishing did not know what channels they used to snatch a room that could accommodate more than 200 people in time.

Obviously, the effect of doing so is very good.

All the invited guests came to the scene, especially the officials of some relevant departments, who also took time out of their busy schedules to choose to corrupt in the Great Wall Hotel.

If this kind of banquet was held in other hotels, although there would still be many people willing to attend, it would certainly not be so many, especially if it was just a press conference.

Yang Rui sat down at the table in front of him, with several officials from the Ministry of Education and the publishing house.

There are 20 tables in the banquet hall, and three English editions of "Genomics" are placed horizontally on each table for guests to use. And next to "Genomics", there is an obvious reminder: Please read it and put it back.

"It's amazing, one person wrote such a book?" Director Ma from the Ministry of Education picked it up and looked at it for a while, then put it gently in front of his face, patted the cover with his hand, and commented: "The paper quality is really good. Well, the printing is also colorful, and this picture is much higher than our level."

"Thank you." Yang Rui was sitting next to him, and he didn't know how to answer the comments of "good paper quality" and "good printing".

The official from the publishing house next to him laughed, and said: "Look at the price of this book, 130 is US dollars. If we have so much money, it's only a matter of gold leaf if you say how good it can be printed."

"Isn't the Oxford Advanced Dictionary published by our Translation Publishing House also well-printed? Especially in the past few years, it has a basic foundation, and Mr. Liu is very serious about proofreading." The official from the same publishing house is still a little proud when talking about this.

Director Ma turned over the book and found the price of the book, confirmed the figure, and asked in amazement: "Is it true or not? A book sells for $130? Americans are being taken advantage of."

"Books in America are so expensive." Yang Rui interjected with a smile, to avoid endless questions.

"What about the Chinese version? How much does the Chinese version cost?" Director Ma asked Yang Rui, and then looked at the publishing house official next to him.

"Such a thick book costs at least 13 yuan." The person from the publishing house turned upside down and asked Yang Rui, "Have you found a publishing house? Do you want us to help publish it?"

"Peking University Publishing House probably will release it, but I'm not sure, so let's wait a bit." Yang Rui was more willing to hand it over to Shi Gui's Publishing House, so he just delayed.

The people from the publishing house just asked a question, but Yang Rui didn't immediately agree, so he didn't say more. After all, it was just an academic book, and if it wasn't for the English version, he wouldn't even have to ask.

In China, academic books are almost impossible to sell if they are not included in the textbook plan. Of course, the same is true abroad, but foreign textbook plans are drawn up by various schools, which gives the publishing house a certain living space, while in China, Plans are drawn up from top to bottom, and it is extremely difficult to include new textbooks. Naturally, the profit also comes from the level of public relations, not the level of textbooks.

Under such circumstances, publishing houses have little interest in publishing academic books. Even textbooks written by well-known professors often need to be responsible for their own profits and losses. Way to sell.

Yang Rui's book is a bit different, after all, he carries a lot of gimmicks with him now, but that's all.

Director Ma listened with some interest, and asked with a smile: "Do you want to translate the Chinese version, or do you have a Chinese manuscript?"

"The Chinese manuscript still needs to be revised, so it is possible." Yang Rui really couldn't say that he wrote the English first.

In order to write this book, Yang Rui practiced his English well. Writing a book in English is much more difficult than writing a thesis. Although it is still necessary to refer to the original work, this kind of imitation has always been the only way for the author to learn.

Chief Ma stroked his beard and thought about it.

Yang Rui picked up the water glass and pretended to drink water. He would rather have no one to talk to him.

Middle-aged and elderly domestic cadres in the 1980s were not good people to chat with.

After a while, Lin Deng went to the front desk, and amidst bursts of applause, he said in English: "Now, I announce that the "Genomics" publication briefing written by Mr. Yang Rui of Peking University will officially begin..."

There were Chinese interpreters at any time on the scene, which drew even bigger applause.

"The Great Wall Hotel, as well as the introduction of a special person from a foreign publishing house, this book is very powerful." Director Ma turned to the other side and bit his ear.

"There are also reporters from TV stations and newspapers." The one whose ear was bitten gestured to the door, and said, "It is supposed to be good, otherwise, the professors from the Department of Biology of Peking University would not be able to attend all of them, um... there are still many from Tsinghua University."

"That is to say, this book is really good." Director Ma nodded slightly.

"What did you think of?" The ear bitten noticed something.

Director Ma stroked his chin beard, smiled without saying a word.

"You're thinking of Director Zhu's son, right?" The ear-piercing turned his head and whispered back.

Director Ma blinked: "You know?"

"Who doesn't know that Director Zhu's son has a short working life in the evaluation of his title, and he is trying to meet the conditions for an exceptional promotion recently."

"You really do know."

"How do you want to fix it?"

"You think it's appropriate?" Director Ma glanced at Yang Rui, and lowered his voice.

"It's okay, whether it's the translation or the original, it's considered a publication, and it doesn't take much time to operate. Besides, he has his own name in the English version, so he shouldn't care about the Chinese version." Several questions were raised.

Director Ma nodded slowly, then looked at Yang Rui with a smile on his face.

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