When Hanlin Culture Media and Nanhai Publishing Company celebrated the sales of "In the Name of the People" exceeding one million, the person concerned sat in front of the computer and looked at the document in front of him with some confusion.

The writing of the first part of "The Lord of the Rings" has reached the middle and late stages, but Zhang Chu feels that whether it is the translation he saw in his previous life or the words he wrote, there is no such infectious and heart-shaking sense of tragedy when expressing the death of Gandalf and the fire demon!

If this plot is well written, it will surely be remembered by readers forever.

Originally, he was a little dissatisfied when he was writing, but when he went back to read and checked it again and again, he felt even more dissatisfied!

This is the high point of the mood of the whole text, and it is also the time when there is a huge turning point.

He didn't want to come back many years later and regret that he didn't do a good job when he wrote it, and there was no chance to start over at that time.

What is tested here is not the ability to construct and lay out the plot, but the emotional resonance of the text.

Some writers have words that look gorgeous and give people a sense of brilliance, but they don't move the reader at all.

Zhang Chu is not this type of person, his writing is more changeable, simple when it should be simple, gorgeous when it should be gorgeous, and what kind of writing is used under what circumstances!

An excellent book needs to be "thorny", that is, to write a plot that makes the reader find interesting, whether it is a comedy or a tragedy, there must be jumps and twists anyway.

It must not be written in a straightforward and unobstructed manner, otherwise few people will pay for it.

This is like a traditional garden in ancient China, with flowers and trees everywhere, but the winding paths are secluded, and there are no caves.

When the mountains and rivers are restored, this is probably the greatest fun that writers can provide to their readers.

For example, the plot of "The Lord of the Rings" is always thrilling, and the adventures of Frodo and others are by no means smooth, they set out from the Shire, and meet Aragorn, a descendant of Essidor, but when they are chased by the Ringwraith, Frodo is stabbed by a sword with cursed poison.

As Frodo's injuries worsened, Aragorn led them to Rivendell for refuge, and at the river's crossing, the elven lord Elron unleashed a flood to save them.

When Gandalf falls into the abyss, the rest of the team take refuge in the Golden Forest of Roslorian, where they meet Galadriel, the Elven Queen of the Lord of the Rings!

The road to Mordor was not easy, and when the group finally reached Mount Amenhan by boat, Borromir, who was traveling with them, was tempted by the One Ring and tried to take it for himself from Frodo.

The whole expedition fell apart!

The plot of the first part is just spreading out the drawing paper, but it can also be called a small gao tide.

It's just that until this part of the content is finished, Frodo and the others have not yet arrived in Mordor, let alone completed the task of destroying the One Ring!

Although Aragorn and the others were more skilled in martial arts, Frodo had witnessed the madness of the expedition members being tempted by the Lord of the Rings by the lakeside, so he planned to go to Mordor alone.

If it weren't for Sam, a friend who grew up, insisting on accompanying him, they wouldn't have gone together.

The first draft was about 280,000 words, but there were a lot of words lying in the waste box.

Zhang Chu didn't want Mingzhu to be dusty, and he didn't want a work that was enough to leave a strong mark in the history of fantasy literature to be ruined by himself, so he repeatedly took it out to read and revise!

As for the English version, it has not been moved for the time being, and he will translate it after he finalizes the Chinese version, saving useless work.

No one told anyone the news that the first draft was completed, so it was clearer.

And now that "In the Name of the People" has just been released, he announced that the first part of "The Lord of the Rings" has finished writing the first draft, which will not only steal attention, but also make people doubt the progress.

A fantasy epic that requires a specialized language to be written in a few months!

There are indeed many fast gunners in the literary world, and Zhang Chu also has a precedent, and each of his works takes a few months to write at most, except for "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", which has not yet been written.

Revision is probably the most painful time for a writer, and often the text that is self-satisfying at the time of writing seems a little rough or unsuitable at this time.

Some of the more serious people will even spend three to five times as long writing the first draft to shuffle up the plot and reassemble it!

This place has not yet been entangled, and after Zhang Chu made a mark, he found that the rest of the places needed to be modified.

He's really getting himself in a big trouble.

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In Hanlin Culture Media Company, Zhou Kang sat opposite the desk of General Manager Ye Shumei, and he said: "Director Xu Ji's studio handed over a message more implicitly, saying that Mr. Xu had received Fumao's email, and it is estimated that there should be no problem in being shortlisted." ”

Ye Shumei didn't know much about this situation, and asked suspiciously: "What is Fumao?

"Fumao is the artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival, and he is also called the president of Cannes. Since November last year, the Cannes Film Festival has been calling for films, and the registration deadline is in March this year, and the main competition list will be announced around the 10th of this month. ”

"It turned out to be this, I thought it was Fumao Records. You continue. ”

"Mr. Xu himself has a lot of fate with Cannes, he has won the best director there, and his works have been shortlisted several times. This time, our "Farewell My Concubine" has been submitted after the production of the post-production, and it is said that Fumao specially sent an email to Mr. Xu to praise the good shooting of the movie. Not to mention that there is a drama in winning the award, at least the shortlisted can't run away!"

The Festival de Cannes is one of the three oldest film festivals in the world and enjoys a high reputation around the world.

It's a mecca for filmmakers from all over the world, and some even think it's more artistic than the Oscars.

Of course, it is also a platform for film manufacturers to promote themselves, many Hollywood blockbusters hold their premieres here, and many films from different countries are looking for potential buyers here!

Just like "Farewell My Concubine", the overseas distribution rights have not yet been determined.

Then Cannes has become the best platform for its promotion.

Ye Shumei has also heard of the name of Cannes, "If you can win the award, it is very likely to form a word-of-mouth effect at home and even internationally, and even have the opportunity to represent the mainland to participate in the competition for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film." ”

So on the side of Director Xu Ji's studio, the other three production companies all hope that Zhang Chu can go to Cannes to give the film station a platform and help it publicize. Even if the director once won the director award in Cannes, even if those actors have good popularity in China, but overseas, their combined popularity is not as high as Zhang Chugao!"

Otherwise, how could the investors of this film want Zhang Chu, the screenwriter, to go with the original author?

Cannes belongs to France, and now the top seller of French books is still Zhang Chu's "The Da Vinci Code", and his popularity throughout Europe far exceeds that of so-called international directors and international movie stars.

You know, Zhang Chuke has won a national medal in France!