I didn’t expect Liu Cixin to be an engineer.

Liu Cixin turned out to be an electrical engineer

The Chinese science fiction film "The Wandering Earth", which just won the box office championship of the 2019 Spring Festival movie, caused heated discussions and accidentally referenced the original novel of the same name. The author Liu Cixin’s past in the electric power industry.

It turns out that I also learned about the writer Liu Cixin from my children's favorite watching of "The Three-Body Problem", but what I didn't expect was that he was also a senior electrical engineer. Installing an engine on the earth is something only a power engineer can think of. Haha, is it an occupational disease?

Let’s take a look at Da Liu’s story.

Where did Liu Cixin’s “catching fish at work and writing” happen? In previous interviews, Liu has repeatedly mentioned his workplace before becoming a professional writer: Shanxi Niangziguan Thermal Power Plant. Niangziguan Power Plant is about 40 kilometers away from Liu Cixin’s hometown of Yangquan, Shanxi, and is located at the foot of the Taihang Mountains. The power plant was built in 1965, with a total installed capacity of 4×100MW (1MW=1000KW). The units were put into operation in 1971, 1975, 1980 and 1982. It was used as a war-ready power plant to ensure electricity supply in Hebei, Beijing and other places. Then it is not only one of the main power plants in Shanxi Province, but also one of the hub power plants of the North China Power Grid. After graduating from the Hydropower Engineering Department of North China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower (now North China University of Water Resources and Hydropower) in 1985, Liu Cixin entered Niangziguan Power Plant as a computer engineer.

In 2007, a 100-meter-high reinforced concrete chimney built in 1964 that needed to be demolished during the reconstruction and expansion project of Niangziguan Power Plant collapsed, marking the completion of the old power plant's historical mission. Units 1 and 2 in the plant were shut down at the end of May 2007, and units 3 and 4 are scheduled to be officially shut down at the end of March 2009.

The reason for the closure of Niangziguan Power Plant is that, in order to save energy consumption and reduce pollutant emissions, China has implemented the policy of "increasing the big and suppressing the small" in the electric power field since 2007, that is, using high-efficiency Energy-saving large thermal power generating units to replace small thermal power generating units. The "replacing large with small" project is the Niangziguan Second Power Plant Project (2×600MW units).

? Liu Cixin said that as soon as the news of "big ones suppressing small ones" came out, the atmosphere in the company immediately changed. "Our company has 2,000 people. A new large power plant can only accommodate 400 people. The remaining Where are these 1,600 people going? In this atmosphere, the style of "Three-Body" becomes a bit dark, and the struggle for survival comes to the fore. "

Judging from his resume, Liu should be. I have been interested in writing since I was a student. I started working in October 1985 and later worked as a computer engineer at Shanxi Niangziguan Power Plant. In 1989, he wrote the first edition of the science fiction novel "Supernova Era" and "China 2185", but they were not published. In other words, it took me four years to complete two novels. He has been writing non-stop. In the 1990s, he began to submit articles to "Science Fiction World" magazine. Ten years of sharpening the sword finally paid off. In June 1999, he published two works "Whale Song" and "Microscopic End" in "Science Fiction World" for the first time. In the same year, he won the 1999 China Award for the first time with "Bring Her Eyes". First Prize, Science Fiction Galaxy Award. In 2000, he published the short stories "Earth Fire" and "The Wandering Earth", and won the special prize of the China Science Fiction Galaxy Award for "The Wandering Earth". But in the back, it was out of control. In May 2006, the first part of Liu Cixin's long science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" began to be serialized in "Science Fiction World", which lasted for more than half a year and ended at the end of the year. In the same year, he won the China Science Fiction Galaxy Award Special Award for this work. The sequel to the series "Three-Body Problem 2: Dark Forest" was completed at the end of 2007 and published in May 2008. In October 2010, the third volume "Three-Body 3: The Immortality of Death" was published, which again won the China Science Fiction Galaxy Award Special Award. It took four years to complete the writing of the three-body trilogy.

I am also a power engineer

Power plants, senior engineers, and units are shut down under the background of the power reform of "big ones suppress small ones". As a power engineer, this scene It is very similar to the fact that our current power plants will be shut down in the near future in order to cooperate with the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Now that I think about it, it was a very important decision for me to join 007 last year. I didn’t have a hobby of writing before. I only published work-related articles in factory magazines and a few newsletters in the factory newsletter, so I didn’t know how to do it. I thought of writing. Now that you are on the right path, record down what you have learned, thought, and thought. Of course, I didn’t think about becoming a writer in the future. That standard is too high. However, it is also a beautiful thing to make writing your own hobby and habit and record your own growth. It’s just that Liu’s benchmark and example are more inspiring, making us more aware of the importance of writing and strengthening our confidence in writing.

Here I would like to wish you all a happy old age and wish you all the best in the Year of the Pig. The whole year starts with spring, so it’s time to plan your writing this year carefully. So, here comes the question. Let's talk about it. If you want to achieve something, besides writing, you should also write and compare yourself to Liu Dian. In which direction should I work harder to write better? Hehe, you are welcome to leave a message.