Chapter Twenty-Six: Copycat Masters
I believe that there is no one who likes to read books who has never understood Jin Yong, and I will not repeat them one by one here.
There was a time when Chen Yongren had a misunderstanding of history after watching Jin Yong's martial arts works; His views on Jin Yong, as Mr. Liu Guozhong, who will be known as the "first debate of martial arts novels" in the future, said-
"It was not Jin Yong who started to build his own martial arts world on the coordinates of history, but he was the most conscious and accomplished one of them. Pure historical novels are too restrained to accommodate Jin Yong's unbridled imagination, and most of the old-style martial arts works have no credible historical background to set off, and they are vague. Although some authors, such as Gu Long, write down dynasties and even years in some works, they can't smell the breath of that era between the lines, and the thoughts, language, and behaviors of the characters read more like contemporary stories. ”。
Jin Yong heard the knock on the door and said "Please come in", Shen Baoxin and Chen Yongren walked into the former's office when they heard this, closed the door, Jin Yong saw Chen Yongren slightly stunned, and cast a questioning look at Shen Baoxin.
"I'm here to introduce you to a little friend." Seeing this, Shen Baoxin smiled at Jin Yongren with a thug hand at Chen Yongren.
Chen Yongren was very uninterested in the description of the word "child" in Shen Baoxin's mouth, he solemnly hugged his fist at Jin Yong, saluted the rivers and lakes, and said with a serious expression: "After the end of school, Chen Yongren will visit Jin Daxia; The juniors are bothering today, please forgive the seniors! ”。
Shen Baoxin and Jin Yong were stunned on the spot, the former had already known Chen Yongren's ghost horse, and quickly reacted and shook his head and sighed to Jin Yong: "How is it?" This kid is kind of interesting, right? ”。
Jin Yong reacted and nodded with a smile: "It's a little interesting!" After speaking, he stretched his hand to Chen Yongren and said: "Young man, please sit down, meet in a hurry today, please forgive me for not greeting me well!" ”。
Chen Yongren sat down with a smile: "Jin Daxia is polite!" ”。
"Alright, you two don't talk about it!" Shen Baoxin scolded with a smile and then said to Jin Yong: "Ah Ren is a horror novel serialized in the supplement some time ago, the author of "The Grudge" is not a woman, and he has written a new novel, I think it is very good, I want to discuss with you if I can open a famous column for him?" ”。
Jin Yong was surprised when he heard this, glanced at Chen Yongren and said: "I have also watched "The Grudge", the young man has a lot of ideas, can you show me the new work?" ”。
Chen Yongren was secretly grateful to Shen Baoxin for his support, and he was also very respectful to Jin Yong, and presented the manuscript with both hands, and Jin Yong took it and read it carefully......
After a while, Jin Yong put down the manuscript and looked at Chen Yongren seriously, nodded and sighed: "It is indeed a good work, although the writing is not much better than "The Grudge", but the writing technique and story structure are more than a step higher than the previous work, you are not a latecomer, but a rising star!" ”。
"Mr. Cha has a good reputation!" Chen Yongren said modestly, it is indeed too famous. Seeing this, Shen Baoxin was relieved and asked Jin Yong: "Then do you think you can set up a column?" ”。
Jin Yong muttered for a moment: "The level of the work is indeed enough, but ......."
Chen Yongren's heart jumped, and Shen Baoxin asked, "What?" ”。
Jin Yong said: "The famous writers who opened the column are all prestigious people, although Chen Xiaoyou's works are good, but after all, they are too young, one is afraid that it will cause controversy, and the other is ......" Speaking of this, Jin Yong looked at Chen Yongren and said seriously: "Ah Ren, I call you Ah Ren I hope you don't mind what I say below, my second worry is that after I open a column for you, your works are just a flash in the pan, Jiang Lang is exhausted, the so-called higher you stand, the worse you fall, Ah Ren, can you guarantee that you are as inexhaustible as Ni Kuang, inspiration, and creation?" ”。
Chen Yongren breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, Jin Yong's worries are indeed justified, but his main business is movies after all, and his film achievements will be outstanding in the future, who will remember that he is a novelist! Thinking of this, he said lightly: "There is Mr. Lao Cha who cares, but I have confidence in myself!" ”。
Jin Yong nodded and said to Shen Baoxin: "Since Ah Ren is so confident, I will do what you want, and with the Ni family's brothers and sisters Zhuyu in front, it is nothing for Ah Ren to open a column at this age!" ”。
Shen Baoxin was about to agree, but he heard Chen Yongren cough heavily twice, squeezing his eyebrows at him, and the former smiled helplessly and asked Jin Yong: "How do you pay the manuscript fee?" ”。
Jin Yong also noticed the small movement between the two just now, and he said with a straight face: "Then you need to say?" Seeing Chen Yongren's joy, he continued: "One yard is one yard, after all, we are running a newspaper, we have to consider sales, Ah Ren is not famous after all, and his works can be treated as famous columns, and this remuneration cannot be treated according to the column, according to the remuneration of "Curse" plus two achievements!" ”。
Chen Yongren was dumbfounded, and was about to say something, Shen Baoxin laughed, stopped him, and said to Jin Yong: "Okay, don't tease him, this kid can choke you to death if he says something in a hurry, if you have no opinion, I will give him 85 yuan for 1,000 words, and buy out the copyright of the film and television adaptation, how about it?" ”。
Jin Yong said in surprise: "Why do you keep the copyright of film and television? ”。
Shen Baoxin looked at Chen Yongren, who explained to Jin Yong: "Mr. Cha doesn't know, I am now engaged in the film industry, and I am determined to be a director, "Curse" and "Midnight Bell" I am ready to put on the screen in the future!" ”。
"If Ah Ren has no opinion, just do what you say!" Jin Yong nodded to Shen Baoxin and said, not surprised, in Hong Kong and Taiwan today, many writers are inseparable from the film industry. Jin Yong himself once wrote the script in the Great Wall Film Company under the pseudonym Lin Huan in order to pursue the actress Xia Meng, among which "Peerless Beauty" won the Gold Medal Award of the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. He also wrote movie reviews under the pen name Yao Fulan, and also wrote lyrics for movie songs. Ni Kuang and Li Bihua are both well-known screenwriters, and "Xiao Shiyi Lang" is a novel that comes out first with a movie. Gu Long and Qiong Yao both founded their own film companies in Taiwan.
Shen Baoxin said to Chen Yongren: "Ah Ren, you have to consider the reality, as I said before, we are better than selling newspapers, we have to consider sales, your work has a column, but the fame is limited after all, giving you 85 yuan for 1,000 words is really a lot!" ”。
"Alright! But it's still the same as last time, in addition to the film and television copyright, I also have to retain the foreign language translation and publication rights. Chen Yongren said.
Shen Baoxin nodded in agreement, and Jin Yong also smiled: "Ah Ren is really full of confidence!" Are you optimistic about the market for this book? ”。 Chen Yongren smiled and did not explain.
"By the way, when will your next work be completed? Half a month? A week? I'm looking forward to you being the second Ni Kuang! Shen Baoxin said with a smile.
Chen Yongren said with a smile: "There is only one Ni Kuang, I am Chen Yongren, the novel will continue to be written, but not now, now I want to have a good New Year, and then continue to engage in the main business!" ”。 Of course, novels must be written, and the original novels of classic film and television in the future must be collected in hand, such as the "Twilight" series, "Life of Pi", "Edge of Tomorrow", "Shutter Island" and many other classics......
Walking out of the Ming Pao Industrial Building, Chen Yongren touched the 20,000 Hong Kong dollar check in his pocket and sighed: "It's really hard to make money, and it's not good to write novels!" If the handwriting is broken, it is just like Ni Kuang to earn tens of millions a year, but he still has to rely on movies, and after the Chinese New Year, he will start his film debut after filming "Public Servant" with Li Xiuxian! He said with firm eyes.
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(Who could have guessed what Chan's film debut was?) He will make a name for himself with this fight...... )