Chapter 4: Jerusalem
During the days when "Love Apartment" was forced to stop filming, Lin Yuhang became an idler, when he was idle, his head was easy to think wildly, and he thought too much, either to find someone to talk to, or to write prose notes, or to write a novel story in a romantic way. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It seems to say that if the pen is sealed, it should not be written, but in fact, the pen is sealed to the outside world, that is, it is written, not published, and no one knows.
After coming to Yanjing, Lin Yuhang has always retained the habit of selling newspapers and reading current political news, of course, this does not mean that he wants to get close to politicians, but that he cannot write children's literature all his life.
In other words, slowly, he Lin Yuhang also wanted to discuss politics, after all, the purpose of all of us is for the better of the world, and politics is the most important thing.
Of course, it is not only politics, but also society, humanities, ethnicity, history, and so on, and a writer, he Lin Yuhang, should not be satisfied with only obtaining the title of master in children's literature.
In fact, so much of the previous repetition is not the main reason why Lin Yuhang really picked up a pen to write again.
The main reason is a newspaper on the coffee table.
"Charles IX" was released in Taipei in January, and on the mainland on March 1, the sales of "Charles IX" in the mainland once again exceeded one million copies!
In fact, there were 1 million copies in the first printing, and 2 million copies were printed in the follow-up, and it is estimated that even under the rampant piracy, 3 million copies will sell out quickly.
A book costs 23 yuan, and under the premise that Huayi Tianyu owns its own printing house, publishing house and bookstore, Lin Yuhang will get about 30% of the income.
That is to say, for every book sold in Phantom City, his bank account increased by 6.9 yuan, and 3 million copies were completely sold out, and he received at least 20.7 million yuan in income.
Before the turn of the millennium, Lin Yuhang's 11 works had been bestsellers, and now the new book is so popular.
In the newspaper, the total sales of all Lin Yuhang's works in 1999 were simply counted, and the staggering 7.5 million copies were staggered, and this year's media speculated that his 12 works were very likely to exceed 10 million copies a year.
In this way, Lin Yuhang has achieved an annual income of more than $20 million just by relying on the sales of his works.
Not to mention his previous accumulation of wealth investment and financial management, as well as the value of Huayi Tianyu Company.
Some people praise, some people abuse, in the newspaper, Lin Yuhang saw another traditional writer who didn't know his name, and commented that "Charles IX" was Lin Yuhang's Jiang Lang's best work, and even suspected that it was written by others, and issued cruel words: "A little hairy man who can only write popular novels has been praised to the sky by you, he is a profiteer, and he is not worthy of being a great writer on the treasure island at all." ”
The first time Lin Yuhang heard the media call himself the title of "Treasure Island Writer", about 1997, after "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" won the Hugo Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Literary Award.
Lin Yuhang, who is only 23 years old, is famous all over the world for his "Harry Potter" fantasy series of novels written by relying on his high classical English attainments, especially after "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" came out, his status in the English literary world has become quite high, and the record number of Hugo Awards and Hans Christian Andersen Awards has made him the youngest and best-selling mythical writer in the world.
At the age of 23, he won the Hugo Award and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, setting three Guinness records almost at the same time.
It is also the empowerment of these honors that makes the worship of Lin Yuhang by the people of Baodao rise from the reader to the worship of the people of a region.
It's as if Han Han belongs to Shanghai and Lin Yuhang belongs to the pride of the people of Baodao.
However, these are all false for Lin Yuhang, just like the attitude of traditional inland writers towards the Hugo Award.
"It's obviously a magic novel, but you won a science fiction award, and you have the ability to win a Lao She Award and let the media call you a writer."
At that time, a traditional mainland writer commented on the news that Lin Yuhang won the Hugo Award and was praised as a writer by Baodao.
In fact, there has always been controversy about whether Lin Yuhang is a writer or not.
Even if it is a treasure islander, 40% of people do not think that Lin Yuhang is a writer.
As for the traditional writers of the mainland, I am afraid that none of them are willing to admit it.
However, the Baodao media industry has always used the writer Yu Shao as a news headline.
Lin Yuhang also doesn't think of himself as a writer.
However, this does not mean that he does not have the strength to become a literary hero.
As early as before writing at the age of 13, he Lin Yuhang had planned it.
Don't write serious literature until the age of 30 because you can't make money.
Before the age of 50, he wanted to win the Nobel Prize, because he aspired to be a literary hero.
Bestsellers can make him a smash hit, but they won't last forever.
Only great books such as "One Hundred Years of Solitude", "Les Miserables", "War and Peace", and "How Steel is Made" can be handed down.
Of course, it is undeniable that "Harry Potter" will also be a masterpiece of children's literature, and it can also make Lin Yuhang an influential member of the history of world literature.
However, he wrote in English.
The Chinese version of the "Harry Potter" series, in addition to the first three parts and the behind-the-scenes team together, all the translation work behind, whether it is English to Chinese, Chinese to English, all handed over to the behind-the-scenes team.
For example, the English translation of "The Magic Apprentice" is "Harry Potter: The Magic Apprentice".
Because Lin Yuhang has become a global celebrity, the English versions of "Magic Apprentice 1", "Magic Apprentice 2", and "Magic Apprentice 3" have also exceeded three million copies sold.
However, at present, only three translations have been made, and they will continue to be translated in the future.
Of course, this is not the key, Lin Yuhang has completed 12 best-selling works, which will be processed and adapted many times in the future, he doesn't even have to do anything in person, the behind-the-scenes team will continue to build IP.
He doesn't have to write best-selling books anymore, and he will be able to make countless fortunes in the future.
Therefore, on the premise that he does not have to worry about running out of money and not going bankrupt and falling into poverty in any situation in the future, Lin Yuhang feels that it is time for him to create some in-depth works that can impress traditional mainland writers.
This time, of course, he had to change his pen name.
A new pen name, waiting for a new beginning, to write works that make traditional mainland writers have to admit that he has the strength to become a great writer.
In the early morning of April 1, 2000, Lin Yuhang wrote the name of his new book -- "Jerusalem" -- in his notebook with a pen.
He pondered for a moment, and then wrote a new pen name, "Foolish Heart".
"Perhaps, this Jerusalem will be written for three years, or even longer."
Lin Yuhang said to himself, he knew very well that as long as he wrote this book, he would definitely win the Lao She Literature Award in the future, and the door of the Mainland Writers Association would also be open to him.