In the magazine circle in March, what attracted the most attention was not "Craftsman Record", which announced the news of Liu Jingting's new book, but "Children's Literature and Art", which published a small fairy tale by Liu Jingting.

The Emperor's New Outfit!

This allegorical fairy tale, which has become very popular all over the world, tells the story of two crooks who make a magical new dress for the emperor, and satirizes the emperor himself and officials big and small, while praising the brave and innocent childlike innocence.

The "new clothes that only smart people can see" have also become a symbolic object in people's daily life, and by extension, it ridicules the kind of people who don't know how to pretend to understand, are good at flattery, and slap horses, and the "little boy" who tells the truth has also become synonymous with those who dare to expose the darkness of society.

"The Emperor's New Clothes" because of its concise and profound meaning, vivid and funny plot, once published, immediately attracted the attention of a large number of readers and commentators, many netizens, including many marketing accounts, have uploaded this article to personal social networks, setting off a "new clothes fever".

What really pushed this wave of "new clothes fever" to a climax was the second-in-command's quotation of this story at a government meeting: "I hope you all go back and read the "Emperor's New Clothes" and learn the quality of that little boy who dares to tell the truth." ”

The news immediately appeared on the front pages of newspapers such as the People's Daily and the Political Commentary.

Liu Jingting's "other writing talent" has also become the object of discussion, and some old-school intellectuals, including Xu Yuanhuai, have actively proposed to Liu Jingting: "In the future creative path, we should put more and more attention on works that are meaningful to society." Create more works like "The True Story of Ah Q" and "The Emperor's New Clothes". ”

It's a pity that just as this wave of construction was gradually becoming mainstream, "Craftsman Record" suddenly released a gamble between Liu Jingting and the editors: "He wants to write a work." A complete story with one hundred and eight main characters. ”

In the eyes of orthodox intellectuals, this gamble is more like a farce.

There is no doubt that the so-called gambling game must be a hype directed and acted by Liu Jingting and his employees in order to promote the new book, and the setting of one hundred and eight protagonists is more like Liu Jingting's "suspected act of grandstanding" in order to show off his skills.

"A novel, a whole story. The appearance of three protagonists is already the limit in the theoretical sense, and there must be some emphasis among these three protagonists, otherwise it will inevitably be scattered in the process of narration. Narrative threads are difficult to unify.

When it comes to the 108 main characters, I prefer to believe that this is a wordplay to challenge a certain record, because it is an 'impossible task' in theory and practice. ”

More than half of the people on the Internet hold this view. They were negative about Yoo's challenge. The technical ones are unattainable.

There are also some readers who find out the possibility of the impossible based on Liu Jingting's previous creative experience, after all, Liu Jingting has created countless miracles in countless doubts, and foreigners call him a "magical boy", which must not be without purpose.

"First of all, there have been works such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", "Dragon Babu" and other works, I have to admit that Mr. Gu Yongsheng's ability to write group portrait dramas, but group portraits are not equal to group masters;

Secondly. In my humble opinion, the so-called setting of one hundred and eight protagonists. It should be a collection of novels, like "Seven Weapons", and each short story is linked to each other, such as the mysterious Blue Dragon Society in the Seven Weapons;

Finally, the other possibility is Sherlock Holmes, Chu Liuxiang or Lu Xiaofeng-style detective novels, let's not forget jì, as Liu Jingting's Gu Yongsheng, or a master of writing detectives, isn't the wonderful monk Wuhua in "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" the main character?"

In addition, there are neutral netizens, who do not define the possibility or impossibility absolutely, but explore the significance of Liu Jingting's challenge from the perspective of literary development.

"Development is the theme of the times, innovation is the core of progress, since the country calls for every industry to pay attention to innovation, literature does not need innovation, the novel industry, if you want to make great progress, innovation in form and content is also imperative;

But then again, this innovation also needs to have a limit, it is impossible to eat a fat man in one bite, and if you try something beyond the laws of literature, you may end up with a feather.

Looking forward to Liu Jingting's new miracle. ”

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There is a heated discussion on the Internet, and various publishing companies related to Liu Jingting or "Craftsman's Record" are also actively participating in this topic.

For example, Lu Yichou made the same bet in the Qianhong editorial group: "Is it possible for Liu Jingting to complete the 108 challenge?"

The opinion of the faction led by Wei Wuzhi is: "Unless it is a series of stories, it is impossible, even if the article is forcibly published, it is estimated that it will escape the fate of the street, at least in terms of the current level of development of literature." ”

Lu Yichou almost blindly trusted Liu Jingting, and his opinion was: "Of course you can." ”

Other cultural companies also have their own opinions, and it is rare that Liu Jingting, a powerful and popular person in the literary world, is willing to come out occasionally to create some topics, and everyone is happy to have a good show to watch.

After "The Emperor's New Clothes", the "Liu Jingting 108" relay became a hot spot, so much so that the propaganda teams of some celebrities wanted to learn from Liu Jingting.

"When everyone criticizes our hype, they always forget a basic fact, and the root of any successful hype is still in the word strength. ”

Su Jin complained to her colleagues at lunchtime.

When they say that, they don't necessarily really think that in their hearts, experienced Internet players will always find an eye-catching point to express their opinions, and deliberately leave some flaws, whether it is in the opinion or the text itself, because only in this way will it attract messages and forwards from other netizens. ”

Chang Youdao holds chopsticks, which is quite pointing: "For a simple example, it is" typo " you go to post a post and deliberately write a typo, for example, you can write 'tomorrow's yellow flower' as 'yesterday's yellow flower', and there will definitely be netizens leaving messages below the post to correct it, so that the number of replies will come out."

Other methods of using the wrong idioms and allusions are similar. ”

"Have you ever done that?"

"I often do this when I get up early and mix up the forums to cheat and reply, specifically comment on the hottest topics of the moment, express my opinions, and deliberately write some obviously brain-dead sentences, as long as I can grasp the degree, I won't be doxxed, and I will post a post to get a hundred or dozens of replies like a joke. ”

"So what the usual meaning is that the online criticism of the boss's challenge is deliberately 'sharp'?"

"Deliberately sharp, this word is used well, that's what it means, if you want to find a sense of existence on the Internet, you must have a clear point of view, because only in this way will everyone be interested in you.

Those who criticize Lao Liu for not being able to complete this challenge mostly believe that he can do it, but the meaning of his still posting this post is to let readers and netizens who believe in Liu Jingting like him come out to refute him and reply to him. Also known as fishing posts. ”

"I see. ”

Qingjiao then continued: "But no matter how you fight, in the end, the facts speak louder than words." ”

"So let's look forward to it. ”

In the April issue of "Craftsman's Record", two chapters of "Water Margin" were published in succession.

Hong Taiwei dug the earth and mistakenly walked away from the demons, "thirty-six Tiangang, seventy-two earth evils", a total of 1,808 demon lords shook Yue Collapse Mountain, and the world was shocked.

Liu Jingting threw out the first foreshadowing. (To be continued......)