Chapter 25 Old Lu Yueyue, Xiao Gu folds his horns

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Liu Jingting got off the bus, stood for a while, put his hands in his pockets, and began to walk, the process of meeting Lu Yichou, the boss of Qianhong Company, was very smooth, and there was no kind of psychological warfare at all, which made Liu Jingting look forward to meeting Lu Yichou even more.

However, he really wouldn't choose a place to meet, the souls of the two worlds are grassroots, so he really can't set the place in Yuebuck as lightly as Beihetang, so he decided, where to go, where to count.

Passing by a snack stall gathering place, turning a corner, walking under the overpass, a pebble path runs straight from north to south, and there are street signs and an advertisement hanging on the cement pole next to it: No. 1806 Elephant Road, where customers gather in the tea city.

Along the overpass at the head and the pebble road at the foot, go all the way to the north, and the cement poles on the road are full of colorful flag advertisements.

About seven or eight hundred meters, a huge tea city appeared in front of you, the majestic building was densely hung with various color ribbons, the square in front of the tea city, there were big balloons flying, and there were tables, chairs and benches in the center of the square that had not been cleaned up, which should have just opened.

Liu Jingting Shi Shiran walked into the tea city and saw a big screen hanging above the south side of the hall, on which the process of people picking tea was being played, and a strong male narrator was explaining the efficacy, practice and history of various teas.

This is naturally a good place to chat, which is not only in line with the literary and artistic model of this meeting, but also declares that you have Yuebuck, and I have Tieguanyin.

Liu Jingting was just about to step on the automatic elevator, when the phone rang at the right time, and a string of unfamiliar numbers was naturally from that Mr. Lu.

"Hey, hello, is it Mr. Lu?"

Sure enough, a young man's voice came from the phone: "It's Teacher Gu Yongsheng, right? ”

Hearing the teacher's two words, Liu Jingting almost fell down the stairs, and after confirming that this was a joke from the other party, he smiled and said: "No. 1806 Elephant Road, guests gather in Tea City, classmate Lu." ”

After a hearty laugh, three words came from the phone: "Coming soon." ”

Five or six minutes later, a black Kaidi sedan stopped at the gate of the tea city, and a polite young man got out of the car, straightened his clothes, and looked around the layout of the tea city, and then the voice in the young man's voice change period on the phone just now rang again: "Hello Mr. Lu, I am Gu Yongsheng." ”

A literary businessman who has dominated the publishing industry for more than ten years and a young author with unlimited potential have finally met.

The two of them chose a tea shop called Yixiang Pavilion, and the sharp-eyed shopkeeper judged that this person must be extraordinary from Lu Yichou's dress and the temperament exuded from him, and diligently arranged the two of them to the elegant tea room upstairs.

Liu Jingting's understanding of tea is limited to his knowledge of the tea saint Lu Yu, and there is a long discussion about camellia in "Tianlong Babu".

Lu Yichou obviously saw this, but he didn't want to show off too much, and said casually to the shopkeeper: "Let's have a pot of old tea." ”

"Gu Yongsheng, this is a pen name, right?" After ordering tea, Mr. Lu turned his head to look at Liu Jingting, and asked in a casual tone.

"Yes. ”

"Is there any moral to it?"

Liu Jingting naturally couldn't tell him the true origin of this name, and said nonsense: "Ancient nature is a qiē ancient traditional culture, and Yong is the meaning of the mean, a student is a student, and be a good student of ancient excellent traditional culture." ”

"Young, so old-fashioned?"

"Precocious. Liu Jingting smiled.

Lu Yichou nodded and said, "Yes, without this mentality, there will be no such story," took a sip of tea, "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" ...... Did you read that book again?"

"You should have more of a voice. ”

"Then I'll put it bluntly, the whole is a little bland, except for a few ring matches at the end that make the reader happy. ”

Liu Jingting said with a smile: "So when I submitted the manuscript, I finished the submission. ”

Lu Yichou waved his hand and said: "Even if you don't read the whole book, as long as you are a slightly literate editor, you will not give up this book, and there is a trend issue involved here." ”

Liu Jingting listened silently, without meaning to answer, he was quite interested in Lu Yichou's professionalism.

Lu Yichou continued: "Our martial arts stories can be traced back to the biography of the rangers in the "Historical Records", through the Tang Dynasty legends such as "The Bearded Guest", to the Ming and Qing Dynasty chivalrous novels such as "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", along the way, we can see the changes in this kind of novels, but this change suddenly stopped during the Republic of China. ”

Liu Jingting interjected casually: "It was a great era in the history of literature and art. ”

Lu Yi raised his head and said: "Novels have always been regarded as small roads in history, considered idle books, contrary to the way of economy, for a long time, they have been suppressed by poetry and songs, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, after the efforts of Liang Rengong's generation, the status has gradually risen." ”

"Common literary evolution. Liu Jingting also took a sip of tea.

After May Fourth, the status of the novel was basically established, and at the same time, its narrative was also somewhat stereotyped, so this era can be described as the most colorful stroke in the history of literature, but then it came the fate of removing makeup and going downhill, and began to stagnate and regress. ”

"As a promoter of best-selling books, Mr. Lu shouldn't have come to review literary history with me, right?" Liu Jingting roughly guessed Lu Yichou's purpose, but he really couldn't stand this orderly and boring way of chatting.

Lu Yichou shook his head with a smile and said, "Let's get some dry goods first, show my level, then we won't continue the content in the book, let me talk about my own opinion." ”

"Listen up. ”

"In my opinion, the so-called literature, in the final analysis, is a novel, and a novel, is to make up a story, to create a fake world, this world is different from our real world, because our real life is scattered and complex, and fiction is continuous and simple, it needs a complete process, to tell a story, all the novel authors who claim to describe life and reflect reality are big, I see this kind of novel, basically write the word shit, and then throw it in the trash. ”

Liu Jingting finally heard a little meaning, and looked at Lu Yichou with interest, waiting for him to continue.

Since it is a new world, there must be new rules, and the rule setting in this refers to the novelist's craft, which involves a logical problem. ”

Lu Yichou took a sip of tea and continued: "If you want to create a convincing new world, you must have a reasonable logic of the new world, for a simple example, if you make this world a day is twenty-five hours, then you have to remember the extra hour from beginning to end." ”

Liu Jingting nodded in agreement.

"Therefore, a good novel must first have a good story, and secondly, the way the story is presented must be reasonable, smooth, and developing, and when the story reaches the end, there must be changes, and it must be different from the beginning. ”

Liu Jingting looked down at the exquisite tea set on the table, thought for a while, and said: "Mr. Lu's so-called 'different' is actually the general outline of the story, that is, the outline of the story that the authors originally circled in their minds, but having that thing is far from enough for a story, because this 'different' process is the story itself, I can't tell you that there was a Huashan in the past, and there was a person named Ling Huchong on it, and later he married Ren Yingying on the Black Wood Cliff. ”

Lu Yichou looked at the young man in front of him in confusion.

Liu Jingting smiled slightly and said, "It's just an example." ”

Lu Yichou doesn't delve into it, he has dealt with various authors, and he has long been accustomed to the unreasonable jump in their thinking, and it is not uncommon for him to suddenly propose the characters in the novel he is conceiving.

"To complete the process, just remember one thing and overcome the fear of the unknown world in your heart, in fact, many authors have panic in their hearts when they are fictional, they will have doubts, they will be embarrassed, and they can't even convince themselves, let alone convince the readers?"

Liu Jingting clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu's high theoretical level is breathtaking. ”

Lu Yichou shook his head helplessly, and said: "It's a pity that it's just a theory, there is a lack of good stories in our era, which is what I just said about the trend of "Dragon and Tiger Jinghua", many people have said it before, I won't talk nonsense, I want to hear your opinion." ”

Liu Jingting said without thinking: "Even if the status of the novel is so lofty that it overrides poetry, martial arts novels still bear the ancient view of idle books, and I hope that this will be completely changed, well, it is the 'different' you just said." ”

"That's a consensus. Lu Yi regained his true character as a businessman and said: "I read the manuscript of the ten chapters of "Seven Swords Under the Heavenly Mountain", and I can't hide my appreciation, I almost dare to assert that when this book comes out, it will cause a wave of national carnival, and everyone will understand that the four words of new martial arts are definitely not our gimmicks. ”

"It's a prize, but it's true. Liu Jingting is unreasonable and not calm.

Lu Yi smiled without a trace, and said: "There is so much nonsense, the following part, I will no longer beat around the bush, I came this time to finalize a long-term cooperation with you, because I know that you only signed books and did not sign people before." ”

"But I'm really young. ”

Lu Yichou said: "The contract is naturally signed under the supervision of your parents, but as far as I know about you, this matter needs your nod after all, you don't seem to be as small as you seem, agree?"

"It's a prize, but it's true. Mr. Liu repeated the phrase in an attempt to create a humorous effect.

Lu Yichou smiled cooperatively and said: "Three years, our first cooperation will be for a period of three years, I will pay you 500,000, and only make up for it, you will be 16 years old in three years, and we will talk about the cooperation later." ”

Liu Jingting said: "Although I pride myself on being a literati and need to be high, but in the face of the temptation of 500,000 yuan, I said that I would completely fall, but I still have something to add, the contract must be clearly stated, only the copyright of martial arts novels, if nothing else, I can give at least three novels in three years." ”

Lu Yichou thought of the rumor about the fairy tale upstart, and linked to the age of the young man in front of him and the precociousness he expressed, the rumor was true, but he also understood that even if Gu Yongsheng and Liu Jingting were the same person, he could only pretend not to know, and he didn't have to think about the possibility of operating this topic at all, because based on his observation of the young man in front of him and the beginning and end of the previous apology, it could be roughly judged that if this young man Gu Yongsheng was stubborn, it would be very troublesome.

Lu Yichou is well versed in the way of communicating with authors, and especially knows how to regulate the cooperation between the two parties according to the author's personality.

"No problem at all, three days later, we signed the contract. ”

Lu Yichou thinks that he sees Gu Yongsheng's potential, and Gu Yongsheng especially appreciates Lu Yichou's businessman feelings and mind, and is indeed the most ideal candidate for cooperation at present, so the two hit it off.

When they were separated, Liu Jingting finally couldn't help but comment on Lu Yichou's table today: "Literary critics are divided into three categories, one is those who do not read the text, rely on their own settings, make barbaric inferences, and make risky comments, one is taken out of context, does not connect with the context, arbitrarily guesses, and makes arbitrary assertions; and the other is those who take the story seriously and make their own comments or criticisms on the storyline and characters based on their own experience. Among them, the first two belong to the self-righteousness and do not need to be ignored, and the last one should be respectful and reserved learning. ”

"What level do I belong to?" Lu Yichou blurted out.

"Mr. Lu's high literary and artistic theoretical literacy has surpassed the three categories, and he is self-contained, and belongs to the kind of expert level that can really guide the author. ”

Lu Yichou smiled slightly and calmly accepted the evaluation.

"So, what I'm going to do is give you more textual examples that you can use to summarize theories, so that your research is well documented, because at the end of the day, I only like real readers. ”

Lu Yichou was slightly stunned, then laughed, this guy praised a circle, and finally went around to himself.

"Well, I'm looking forward to that. ”

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