Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Great Thief Xiao Shiyi Lang (II)
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One day in January, the weather was still cold. In the early morning, in a simple and elegantly decorated study in Jianghai City, a gentleman sat quietly alone in front of the computer, his mind was highly concentrated, and he seemed to be looking at something more important.
This gentleman is naturally Lu Yichou, the president of Qianhong Culture, who is known as "the most literary businessman". At this time, what he was looking at was not an important article, but the beginning of a manuscript, which was called "Xiao Shiyi Lang".
Although the opening chapter is only three short chapters, and it is basically composed of short sentences and dialogues, it still took the experienced Lu Yichou nearly an hour, back and forth, to read back and forth twice, before he looked away from the computer screen and fell into deep thought.
Unlike the previous times when I read Gu Yongsheng's manuscripts, this time I was not amazed or shocked, but just a little ...... Confused and incomprehensible, although he has long known that this is a novel tailored to the screenplay, but with his years of reading experience and professional intuition, there are obvious differences between this "Xiao Shiyi Lang" and any of his previous books, and this gap is not only reflected in the paragraph choice and narrative angle, but more importantly, the overall style and feeling, as well as the very different character temperaments.
The Feng Siniang who appeared at the beginning of this book and the previous female characters can be said to have no resemblance, Feng Siniang's arrogance and pungency, not to mention that there is no shadow of Liu Yufang or Li Wenxiu, even compared with the same pungent and arrogant Lian Nishang, it is completely different.
Feng Siniang sees through the world, but she is still sentimental about the world, such as she cares about her age, for example, she doesn't care about others peeking at her bathing, and for example, she hates to marry, and for example, she loves Xiao Shiyilang......
All in all. It's not the same, it's not the same.
Lu Yichou rubbed his eyebrows, his mood became more and more complicated, he had seen Gu Yongsheng, chatted with him, talked about literature seriously, he didn't doubt that these things were from Gu Yongsheng's hands, but- he was worried.
As a businessman, he worries, as an expert-level figure in the industry. He was worried. Because Gu Yongsheng's previous works have accumulated a lot of popularity and attracted a certain number of fans, his sudden change of style at this time will inevitably cause readers to rebound, which is the part that businessmen are worried about.
Other than that. As a growing author, transformation. It's undoubtedly a high-risk option.
Lu Yichou saw this clearly. But he won't try to persuade Gu Yongsheng to do anything, first, except for the change in style, the beginning of this story is indeed unique, which can be described as frequent highlights, and first, he has been an editor and understands that any author in this world is a little narcissistic. Once they conceive a story, once they decide to start writing, there is basically no one to persuade them.
So, Lu Yichou immediately transferred the manuscript to Wei Wuzhi and Yi Shui'an. After that, he left a message for Gu Yongsheng's WC: "I have read the new book, and I have time to talk about it in detail." ”
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Gu Yongsheng is naturally not free now, because he is talking to Mi Hu in detail.
"How's that, how do you feel?" asked Liu Jingting confidently after letting Mi Hu read the first three chapters.
Mihu did not reply.
Liu Jingting is not in a hurry, because he knows that as long as he understands martial arts and the martial arts market a little, he can roughly judge the infinite potential of this script, of course, the most fundamental reason why he has this confidence is that in the other world, these have been proven, so he thinks that Mihu's current quietness is because she was shocked by this novel and unique story, and she was speechless for a while, which is normal.
Whether it is the sharp writing like a knife, the appearance of the two protagonists, or the delicate psychological description shown by the omniscient and omnipotent narration means, there is much to be remarkable, and Liu Jingting has reason to believe that Mi Hu, who has experience in editing, can easily capture the value of this book.
Little girl, don't be nervous, quickly show the worship and shock in your heart, Liu Jingting thought so, and then Mi Hu really spoke:
"Liu Jingting, did you peek at the girl taking a bath?"
If the two of them were eating now, Mi Hu's face must have been sprayed with rice residue and soup, no matter how witty and clear Ren Liu Jingting was, he couldn't have imagined that after reading such a novel full of humanistic feelings and supreme positive energy, the first question in Mi Hu's mind would be this.
"In college, oh no, huh?"
"At the beginning, I wrote about a woman taking a bath," Mihu turned her head to stare at Liu Jingting, with a sword in her eyes, "And it's written in such detail, have you peeked at it? What did you just want to say, when you were in college?"
Liu Jingting almost said that the incident that leaked his mouth happened in the summer of the university, at that time, the opposite of the dormitory where he lived was the girls' dormitory, one night, a buddy in the dormitory had a whim or was so hot that he couldn't stand it, and secretly climbed to the top of the building to enjoy the cool, just when the guy enjoyed the pleasure of "seeing the mountains at a glance" on the roof of the independent building, the greater pleasure soon appeared in front of him - through a thin layer of glass, I saw that there were several girls in the water room of the girls' dormitory opposite!
Since then, going to the top of the building to enjoy the shade has become the daily routine of the house, a whole week later, others found out the abnormality, after learning the truth, "go to the top of the building to enjoy the shade" suddenly became a trend in this boys' dormitory, Liu Jingting after a few ideological struggles, really felt that the weather was too hot, so the general trend went to the roof......
There's no way to explain this to Mi Amber in front of you.
Liu Jingting shook his head sincerely and said: "It's purely the author's personal imagination, it's easy to see." ”
Mi Amber glanced at him, did not continue to pursue, and the topic finally returned to the novel itself: "The sudden change, the reader will definitely not be comfortable, you should be prepared to be sprayed and abandoned." ”
"Always be ready," Liu Jingting shook his head and smiled, and said: "Even if you don't transform and change your style, there will be a loss of readers, do you see Yi Shui'an, who has insisted on his own style for so many years, and there are few readers who leave?"
"It's different, your transformation is too big, it's a 180-degree turn, readers who like "White Hair" and "Seven Swords", the ninth floor will not like you, "Xiao Shiyi Lang". ”
"Because of the pure modernity of language, because there is no poetry, because there is no book bag?"
"It's a reader's question. ”
Again, the writer can't take for granted what the reader likes and then write about it, but try to write a good story to make the reader like it. You don't like Feng Siniang, you don't like Xiao Shiyilang?"
"It depends on the story behind it. ”
"What about the words that feel like this?"
"Broken Knife, Qin Se or Kitazuru are all in this style. ”
Liu Jingting smiled sarcastically and said, "The gap is too big." ”
In Liu Jingting's view, in addition to the language style of the three of them, which is pure modern vernacular, the other stories and tastes, compared with Mr. Gu Long's works, the novels they took out can really only be college students' studies.
Mi Hu didn't expect Liu Jingting to suddenly say such an immodest sentence, wrinkled his nose, and said in a low voice: "How long is this story?"
"It's a long story. ”
Mi Amber was worried. But she is still confident in Liu Jingting's strength, but in the foreseeable future, Liu Jingting will have to face the departure of readers who are not comfortable for the time being, which is a pity, although she knows that new readers will definitely join in. It's a pity if the readership is always increasing and not decreasing. How nice that would be.
Since it's thinking from the perspective of a little boyfriend. Where can we maintain dialectical materialism?
At this time, Liu Jingting's phone rang suddenly.
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The newlywed Yan'er's Yi Shui'an did not plunge into the honey pot and forget the time of the season, she still lived and rested according to her biological clock, wrote and worked, and the so-called "can't lose herself in marriage".
Then she saw Lu Yichou's email.
Regarding Gu Yongsheng's new book, she was one of the few people who knew about it earlier. knew that it was a novel written for the screenplay, and knew that it was a collaboration with Xingyue, but she didn't know that the new novel was like this.
Like Lu Yichou, after reading three chapters. Yi Shui'an also fell silent, and as the author, she had a more intuitive feeling about Gu Yongsheng's transformation.
Unlike Lu Yichou, she did not simply leave a message to Gu Yongsheng, but after pondering for five minutes, she directly dialed Gu Yongsheng's phone.
"Anda?" Gu Yongsheng's puzzled voice came from the phone.
"It's me," Yi Shui'an said calmly, "I just read your manuscript and want to talk about this book, is it convenient now?"
Liu Jingting glanced at Mihu beside him, reported Yi Shui'an's name with his mouth, and said into the phone: "It's convenient." ”
"Well, I first want to know, what is the general direction of this story, looking at the appearance of the hero, is a thief who robs the rich and helps the poor?"
"Yes. ”
"Similar to male and female thieves?"
"There's also a heroine, but it can be defined that way. ”
What surprised Liu Jingting was that from beginning to end, Yi Shui'an did not mention the question of transformation, but asked some questions about the novel itself, some trivial questions, and it was not until the end that Yi Shui'an said in a conclusive manner: "I am optimistic about this story, I like the taste in it, and I will achieve better results." ”
Hanging up the phone, Liu Jingting smiled at Mihu and shrugged.
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"Rendered with two chapters of foreshadowing,The third chapter leads to the male protagonist,The most rare thing is that in the process of foreshadowing,I can use Feng Siniang such a wonderful person to drag the reader's attention,Although the style is different,But the old way is still the same,To tell the truth,My interest in this Xiao Shiyi Lang,More than any male protagonist before Xiao Gu.,Let's be more direct.,I like the role of Xiao Shiyi Lang.。 ”
This is Wei Wuzhi's evaluation of Gu Yongsheng's new book, and it is Lu Yichou who is talking to him.
"The first few parts are a bit yin and yang. ”
"I don't think I have to worry about the reader's rebound, in fact, they should be waiting for Gu Yongsheng to give such a decision to the character, after watching Feng Siniang's appearance, I was already amazed, after Xiao Shiyi Lang came out, it was not too much to shout with the case, that chic, that lazy, that pride and wildness that regarded the wealth of the sky as dung, made people feel that this should be the character in martial arts novels. ”
"It's been a long time since you've been so boastful. ”
"Haha, it's been a long time since I've seen such a refreshing text and such a happy person, I hope Xiao Gu won't disappoint me too much this time. ”
"Keep looking forward to it, and then it's one of my thoughts, the next issue of "Dajianghu" will be published until the end of the month, I don't want Xiao Gu to wait so long, strike while the iron is hot, and put it directly on Han Shuo's "Grass on the Plain", do you see it?"
"Put it in the 'new face' column, it's done. ”
"Well, then it's decided, I'll talk to An and Han Shao later, and then confirm the rest of the draft with Xiao Gu. ”
"The PR and editorial departments should also move, and this will not beat around the bush and tell everyone that this is a completely different story, so that they can form a preconceived impression. (To be continued)