Chapter 16: The Reader's "Anger"
The first serialization at the beginning of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was already very amazing.
Zhao Shanqi, the owner of the Hong Kong publishing businessman "Juxian Pavilion", read Zhang Shaojie's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", and he was in a surging mood and could not suppress the publication of an article saying: "The author of "The Tang Dynasty", Zhang Shaojie's metaphysical skills are amazing. Between the lines, there is a feng shui and Taoist culture. Seeing Zhang Shaojie's works, I dare to say that this is a new breakthrough in the novel genre, and a new martial arts novel that integrates metaphysics, science and science has been born.
The publisher keenly discovered the significance of the epoch-making work of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"!
It is this kind of whimsical writing style that is more attractive than traditional martial arts, which makes the future of fantasy novels popular!
The beginning of "Datang" was an instant hit, and it was appreciated by both the elegant and the vulgar!
After the second issue of "Datang" was published, it was almost full of wind and rain!
Throughout Hong Kong, nouns such as "Datang", "Zhang Shaojie", "Kou Zhong", "Xu Ziling", "Fu Junzhuo" and so on began to appear in the market.
Countless readers are worried about the fate of the two difficult brothers "Kou Zhong" and "Xu Ziling"! Countless readers, when they read "Fu Junzhuo" vs. "Yu Wenhua", have already felt that this kind of martial arts description is already shocking, and the atmosphere description of fighting alone has reached a new level.
When the plot unfolds, Fu Junzhuo's fragrance is lost. Countless people with surnames burst into tears.
At the same time, in the streets and alleys, the voices of citizens scolding "Yu Wenguo" have begun to come one after another.
In the past, the name of martial arts novels "Yue Buqun" was first used to describe hypocrites. Now the name "Yu Wenhua Bone" is obviously used by many people to describe bad people.
Of course, there are also some readers who are too fascinated and even sent a letter directly to the editorial office of "Martial Arts and History" to personally attack Zhang Shaojie after reading Fu Junzhuo's death.
A reader named Ban Meng angrily accused in the letter: "Zhang Shaojie, you dare to write Fu Junwu to death!" Okay, you wait, once I meet you on the street, see that I don't spray you in the face! I'm afraid, if you feel scared, give me a little more serious later, and then dare to write an important role, you just wait for me to take dozens of brothers to smash the glass of your house! β
There was also a reader named Chen Guanyu who wrote coldly: "You slut, you have succeeded, you have succeeded in angering me!" Originally, I was expecting Fu Junzhuo to prefer Kou Zhong or Xu Ziling. As a result, you silently wrote her to death! Do you dare to cheat a little more? Do you dare? β
There is also a reader with the nickname "Black Cat Playing in the Water" who sent bullets in the letter and threatened incoherently: "Zhang Shaojie, you bastard!" I'm going to kill you now, it's time for you to realize the reader's anger! β
Now, every day, dozens of letters about Zhang Shaojie are received in the editorial department. Add it up, and gradually there are hundreds of letters.
Editor Hu packed the letter and sent it to Zhang Shaojie, jokingly: "How is it, I feel scared!" β
Although Zhang Shaojie looked at it in a cold sweat, he still smiled and said, "What are you afraid of!" This is an expression of love! If it weren't for great love, how could there be such great hatred! β
"Are you really not afraid that those threats will come true?" Hu Bo laughed.
"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid! So I'm going to write "Datang" well, so that those readers will be deeply fascinated, so that they will be afraid of my strike, and they will not dare to really be cruel to me! Zhang Shaojie said proudly.
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Although Fu Junzhuo was written to death, some readers were very emotional.
However, readers did not give up on "Datang", but because of the strong expectation of revenge and the suspense of Shuanglong's cultivation of "The Secret of Eternal Life", readers began to feel unstoppable!
During this period, as the plot of "Tang Dynasty" continued to unfold, Zhang Shaojie's fame in Hong Kong increased! At least among the readers of martial arts novels, the name of Zhang Shaojie, a cutting-edge writer, is already very loud.
Many people who haven't even watched "The Tang Dynasty" have begun to know that there is a writer called "Zhang Shaojie"!
"I heard that no, in the next issue of "Martial Arts and History", there will be an exclusive interview with cutting-edge writer Zhang Shaojie." Lovers of martial arts novels on the street said excitedly.
"Looking forward to it, the realm of "Datang" is high enough to start a sect. I really want to know how Zhang Shaojie created it," another like-minded person echoed.
The preview of the special interview with Zhang Shaojie, the author of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", was solemnly published in the promotional poster attached to the second issue of "Martial Arts and History" magazine in 1980.
On the poster, although there is no photo of Zhang Shaojie, but now just the three words of Zhang Shaojie are enough to attract a lot of attention!
In the martial arts novel industry, it has not been a long time since there have been countless readers who have paid so much attention to an author! With this trailer, with the release of the second issue of "Martial Arts and History".
In fact, it's not just "Martial Arts and History" that released a trailer for the next issue. Other publications in the "Ming Pao" newspaper industry have also begun to publish graphic publicity, giving the next issue of "Martial Arts and History" magazine an interview column, and a magnificent advertisement!
"The cutting-edge 'martial arts league leader' Zhang Shaojie talks about his writing experience!" ββMing Pao
"Zhang Shaojie will explain the creation of "Datang" to you!" ββ"Ming Pao Evening News"
"Becoming famous as a teenager, "Martial Arts and History" reveals the secret of the popularity of martial arts genius Zhang Shaojie for you!" ββMing Pao Weekly
Because of these advertisements, countless readers who love "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", as well as some authors of martial arts novels, have sent money to the magazine to pre-order the third issue of "Martial Arts and History" in 1980
Before the release of the third issue of "Martial Arts and History", an order of 50,000 copies had already been accepted in advance!
By Monday, January 21, the first issue of the magazine had sold 70,000 copies.
And on January 23, the circulation exceeded 100,000!
By Saturday, this issue had already sold 120,000 copies!
This sales record is not only in the fiction magazine, but also in the first place! Even in all the periodicals and magazines in Hong Kong, it can be ranked in the top 10!
"I still underestimated Zhang Shaojie's popularity!" Hu Bo muttered to himself!
The popularity of Zhang Shaojie and his "Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" far exceeded anyone's expectations.
When Gu Long's novel was serialized, "Martial Arts and History" magazine could only sell 80,000 copies.
After Zhang Shaojie's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was serialized, the magazine's sales continued to rise. In the first issue of the serialization of "Datang", "Martial Arts and History" sold 75,000 copies.
After "Datang" was serialized for 40,000 words, the second issue of "Martial Arts and History" this year has a circulation of more than 100,000 copies.
By the time Datang serialized more than 60,000 words, the circulation of the third issue of the magazine had broken the historical record, reaching a new high of 120,000 copies!
Zhang Shaojie and "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" have become a popular vane in the martial arts novel industry!
In the whole of Hong Kong, media and publishing-related industries, "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" has become a well-known existence! There are almost no people in the major publishing industry who don't talk about "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and Zhang Shaojie!
Driven by "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", martial arts novel authors began to become sought-after, and major publishing institutions, in order to dig out the next Zhang Shaojie, have spent a lot of money and signed many new authors of martial arts novels.