Originally, Zhang Shaojie was worried that "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" would be translated by a third-rate translator with rough writing.

However, now it seems that not only the translators are at the first-class level, but also the talents of the level of Yoshiki Tanaka and Haruki Murakami have polished and retouched the translation of "The Tang Dynasty". Therefore, the translated version is actually much better than the original Chinese version.

It's just that when you taste it carefully, there is actually a smell of Haruki Murakami between the lines.

There is no way

The future Huang Yi is not good at writing, but is good at more macro perspectives such as text imagination, plot structure, and setting.

Populars - first-rate can write stories, second-rate playful writing, third-rate self-righteousness. The super-first-class story and writing are all excellent, that is Jin Yong, the master of Gu Long.

The storyline and imagination of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" are very good. But because of the second-rate writing, he writes first-class stories.

Therefore, in the history of martial arts, the status is not as high as the works of Jin Yong and Gu Long.

Now the translated version of the Chinese language has the polish of Yoshiki Tanaka, Haruki Murakami and others, and in terms of writing, not only does it not have shortcomings, but it has also become a strong point.

Zhang Shaojie can't help but look forward to what kind of results the Chinese version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" will sell.

Whether it is, or comics - the accumulation of popularity depends on the serialization of newspapers and periodicals, and the big profit is published by a single book!

In order to fully warm up the Chinese version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in advance, the magazine "Weekly Chaoyue Artistic Energy" under Tokuma Bookstore began to serialize "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in the way of magazines, and by the way, test the popularity of the Chinese version.

Magazine serialization is not counted as a royalty for a single book publication, but money is calculated by words, and the serialization fee given to Zhang Shaojie by "Weekly Chao Yue Yi Neng" reached 30,000 yuan per thousand words, although it was not the top remuneration in the industry at this time.

However, considering that the circulation of "Weekly Chao Yue Yi Neng" is only 200,000 copies per issue, it is not a top journal and magazine. 30,000 yuan per thousand words, which is already the highest remuneration for the magazine "Chao Yue Yi Neng".

The literary version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is about to be serialized in "Weekly Chao Yue Yineng" after the news is released. On June 8, 1981, a new issue of the magazine was issued, and sales soared to 350,000 copies.

"The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" released a 20,000-word beginning, which made the sales of "Weekly Chaoyue Artistic Energy" double overnight!

After Tokuma learned about it, his heart was full of joy, and he often muttered to himself: ""The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is really destined to be popular, and it is really a wise move for Tokuma Bookstore to take the lead!" Hahaha A "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" will have more than 5 million words, which is at least equivalent to winning the contract of more than 60 best-selling books in one go, and Tokuma Bookstore is about to take off"

—————————— cooperation with Tokuma Bookstore has brought Zhang Shaojie the biggest benefit, in addition to the amazing income from manuscript fees. More importantly, because of the translation of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", Zhang Shaojie met Haruki Murakami and Yoshiki Tanaka.

These two trees represent the pinnacle of the two major writing fields in the next 30 years.

Haruki Murakami belongs to the superman in the pure field, and one of Haruki Murakami's books has always been able to sell 4.5 million copies in Yuben, ranking as the No. 1 best-selling author in Yuben.

And Yoshiki Tanaka's "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" has a far-reaching impact on the science fiction world. In fact, even interstellar and cosmic works such as "The Legend of Little Soldiers" in China's Internet era will inevitably be influenced by Yoshiki Tanaka.

At present, Haruki Murakami, a literary and artistic youth, admires Zhang Shaojie's ability to write stories. However, because Zhang Shaojie's writing is far inferior to Haruki Murakami, he cannot really admire him.

And Yoshiki Tanaka likes the grandeur of the plot even more, and in the process of polishing and revising the translation of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", he can't help but become a fan of this book.

In a short period of time, Yoshiki Tanaka and Zhang Shaojie formed a deep literati friendship because of their sympathy.

As the relationship between the two gradually became harmonious, Zhang Shaojie unintentionally asked: "Tanaka-san, it is said that you are also working on a long story, can you let me see the draft?" ”

Yoshiki Tanaka was a little embarrassed to take out the manuscript of one of his works, and said: "Zhang Sang, this is one of my bad works, although I have revised it many times, but I still feel that there are many bugs, and it is not as natural and ups and downs as "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"! ”

Zhang Shaojie's eyelids were clockwork, and he looked at the beginning of "Outline of the History of the Milky Way": "...... In 2801, the center of political unity moved from Earth, the third planet of the solar system, to Deoria, the second planet of the Aldebaran (Taurus α) system. The human beings who made the declaration of the founding of the Galactic Federation there were changed to the first year of the cosmic calendar in the same year, and began to expand endlessly into the depths and borders of the galaxy. After the 3700s, the most striking feature was the chaos of wars and the collapse of order, which led to a complete halt in the development of human beings to the outside world, like an energy about to explode, and a deep crisis was brewing."

This beginning, perhaps in the later era of online literature, was criticized as cliché. However, in the 80s it was relatively new.

Zhang Shaojie knew it in his heart and smiled in his heart, this is probably the beginning of "The Legend of Yinying".

Soon after, I saw the familiar name of the person - Reinhardt. Zhang Shaojie is even more sure that this product is "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes", the originator of space opera streams!

"To be honest, I don't think this book is a popular work!" Zhang Shaojie said solemnly.

Yoshiki Tanaka couldn't help but be a little depressed, and said: "I also think so, compared to Zhang Sang's beginning, it is fascinating." My work is extremely immature, the reading experience is very bad, and the reader needs hundreds of thousands of words to gradually understand the story."

Zhang Shaojie nodded and said, "You can realize that it is naturally very good." However, although the beginning of this story is too dull, with the novelty of the story setting, it may be able to make readers endure the surname. What you need to do is to insist on persistence and persistence, maybe it was on the street at first, but with the accumulation of word of mouth, maybe it will become more and more popular! ”

"Thank you for your advice, but I think it seems necessary to follow the example of "The Legend of Yinying" at the beginning, delete the boring introduction, and go directly to the impact plot" Yoshiki Tanaka said with full feelings, "Instead of counting on this book, slow heat, it is better to modify the beginning and change the beginning from dull to exciting!" ”

Yoshiki Tanaka's perception, Zhang Shaojie doesn't know whether it's good or bad.

According to the principles of business writing, it needs to be a few thousand words, or even hundreds of words, at the beginning, and it is best to attract the reader with the first line at the beginning.

But the classic "The Legend of Yinying", in history, is the opposite. It was very dull and boring at the beginning, and for a long time, this work was inconspicuous in the market. However, with the continuous serialization of "The Biography of Yinying", readers in the early stage felt more and more the charm of the work, so this work began to gradually blow out after being serialized for several years.

Now history has changed.

Yoshiki Tanaka's "The Legend of Yinying" is aware of the boring and dull beginning, and intends to rewrite the beginning. What kind of result this will cause, Zhang Shaojie can't predict.

Historically, "The Biography of Yinying" was published in 82 and was written until 87. The 2 million-word "The Biography of Yin Ying" was published in 10 volumes, with a cumulative sales of more than 18 million copies, and won the "Nebula Award" for the most authoritative surname in science fiction in 87 years. After that, in '88, this anime adaptation was a huge success, bringing the influence of "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" to the whole world.

"Come on!" Zhang Shaojie took a deep breath and said, "If you have trouble writing, you can write to me!"

Yoshiki Tanaka nodded and said, "Thank you Zhang Sang, you will always be an example for me to learn!" ”

June 8th, ————————————. With the big sale of the movie version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", the publicity work has come to an end.

At the same time, the translation team organized by Tokuma Bookstore translated and sorted out the Chinese version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" with high efficiency and high quality.

Although the serialization in the magazine "Weekly Chaoyue Arts" has achieved amazing popularity, it is only a warm-up for the upcoming single book.

In fact, the first single episode of the Chinese version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was officially published, scheduled for June 20, 1981.

At this time, the translation team is working intensively on translation, revision, and polishing every day, and 5 translators confirm each other's translations to ensure that they conform to the meaning of the original text. Haruki Murakami, Yoshiki Tanaka and other writers of this book are polishing and processing the translated version again. Finally, 3 senior text editors continued to check the original text of the Chinese version, and re-proofread and retouched.

After 10 people translated, edited, and organized, although some strong personal style of the text may be smoothed out.

However, "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" originally did not rely on the style of writing, but on the plot. As long as the text translation is concise and accurate, then it can not damage the charm. What's more, after the fine modification of the 10-person team, the readable surname of the text is much stronger than the average!

Regarding the matter of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", Zhang Shaojie put it aside for the time being.

In fact, Zhang Shaojie's visit this time is not just to promote "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

Before coming to Yueben, Zhang Shaojie had signed a set of console assembly for Xiaobawang game consoles and a production line for game cassette programming with Panasonic Electric Co., Ltd.

The order value of the entire production line reached 3.8 million US dollars, and Zhang Shaojie has already paid a 10% deposit. This time, I came to this mainly to visit Panasonic Electric Company

(To be continued)