Just as Lin Yi was carefully reading this new literary rare book "Trial Collection", the bookstore owner who had been paying attention to him said, "How is it, friend. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info You've been reading this book for a long time, what do you think? His eyes were full of anticipation and anticipation.

Lin Yi nodded and said, "Very good." ”

"yes, so do you want me to pack it for you?" The bookstore owner looked very happy.

Lin Yi said, "It's good, but it's ...... It's too expensive. ”

"It's not expensive, such a good book...... I've heard that it's selling well over there. Not in Taiwan, now Taiwanese people don't study, it's not the same as before. There was a hint of bitterness in the bookstore owner's tone. In addition, the rent of my shop is about to be paid, but I am really nervous...... Don't look at me, I seem to be very sleek and sophisticated, but it's not easy to do this business now! A sigh.

Lin Yi understood what he meant.

Times are different.

In the past, the mainland culture was very restrictive, coupled with the ten years of catastrophe, people had no books to read; On the contrary, the treasure island of Taiwan was extremely academic, and people had a strong desire for knowledge, and Taiwanese second-hand bookstores sprung up at that time. Until the 80s and 90s, Taiwanese culture has been exported to the mainland and influenced the mainland, such as Gu Long, Qiong Yao's novels, Sanmao's travelogue, and Taiwan's film and television culture. At that time, anyone who came from Taiwan must be the most popular and trendy.

However, now, Taiwan's economy is sluggish, and young people are even more content with pleasure, and the "small happiness" doctrine has made Taiwan's generation like a bird in a cage, unable to see the sky outside, and even not knowing what the development of the mainland is like, so that it makes jokes about "tea eggs."

Because of this, there has been a rare fault line and decay in Taiwan's cultural circles. In contrast, in the booming mainland, people are well fed and clothed, and begin to pursue spiritual and cultural needs, so that there are more and more requirements for cultural books, which has led to the emergence of a new literary craze, a book collection craze, and a more and more prosperous used book market. The contrast between the two made the Taiwanese bookstore owner have to sigh about the gap between Taiwan and the mainland.

After reading the desolation in the bookstore owner's heart, Lin Yi was embarrassed to say anything more, so he said, "Okay, let's pack this book." ”

The boss immediately became happy, mainlanders are really rich and have taste. The book has been in the bookstore for almost three years, but the locals rarely read it.

Next to them, several Taiwanese young people who read books were also surprised, they didn't expect Lin Yi to buy up to 50,000 Taiwan dollars of old books, for them, it is difficult to find employment now, and they have to use money everywhere, they used to look down on mainlanders very much, thinking that mainlanders are short and poor, but now, looking at Lin Yi, they only feel like those uncivilized natives, and people are civilized people from the new world.

In a word, people are more popular than people.

……

It seemed that he liked mainland guests like Lin Yi who were rich and tasteful, and the bookstore owner became more enthusiastic, and while helping Lin Yi pack, he said: "There are still some Republic of China books over there, you can also read them." ”

Lin Yi said, "I'm sorry, I basically have those books." ”

The owner of the bookstore said again: "I don't know if Mr. is interested in martial arts?" In the past, when mainland tourists came to me, they had to buy some martial arts novels. ”

As soon as Lin Yi heard this, he couldn't help but say in front of him: "You also have martial arts novels here?" Why didn't I see it? ”

The bookstore owner smiled embarrassedly and said: "I didn't know the market before, and I didn't know that mainland friends especially liked these books, so I didn't go in, but I can introduce you to one of my friend's bookstores, he has a lot of them, but it's just ......."

The bookstore owner stopped talking.

"Just what?" Lin Yi couldn't help but ask.

"The price of his books is too high, and they are generally not sold to the public, and now they happen to be holding a martial arts exhibition to see, you can go over and see it, and it depends on your luck whether you can buy it." The bookstore owner told the truth.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "It's okay, it's good to be able to see it, it doesn't matter if you buy it or not." ”

Seeing that Lin Yi was in such a good mood, the bookstore owner said: "Then you wait, I'll give you his business card, not far away, there is a banner of 'Martial Arts Cultural Exhibition Activities', you can see it at a glance when you walk a few steps." ”

Lin Yi took the business card found by the bookstore owner very gratefully, and saw that the business card said "Spring and Autumn Martial Arts Bookstore", Mr. Deng Changbo, and there was a large list of titles behind it, such as "Taipei Martial Arts Novel United Association", "Martial Arts Collection Culture Member", etc., it seemed that he was a person who specialized in playing martial arts books.

In the mainland, for some reason, there are not too many people who play martial arts novels. First, martial arts novels are most expensive in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and many people don't have this channel to find this kind of old books; second, this Hong Kong and Taiwan version of martial arts is generally very expensive, and ordinary people can't afford to play it; Third, mainland martial arts fans generally collect one or two master works, which are relatively single, such as Jin Yong and Gu Long.

Therefore, in terms of the collection of martial arts novels, the entire mainland is not yet a climate, and it is not comparable to the collectors in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

After all, people have the right time and place, and Hong Kong and Taiwan versions of martial arts novels can be seen everywhere.

……

Following the guidance of the bookstore owner and the address on the business card of the martial arts bookstore in his hand, Lin Yi soon came to the "Martial Arts Spring and Autumn Used Bookstore" that was holding an event.

The bookstore is not very large, there are banners hanging outside, the words "martial arts culture exhibition" are written, the form of the event looks simple, the only highlight is that there are two large flower baskets at the door of the bookstore, and two couplets are hung on the flower baskets.

Shanglian: A sword is cold and shining in Kyushu;

Downlink: Just for the red dust idiot.

If you remember well, Lin Yi has the impression that this couplet should be a word in an old martial arts novel, and there is also the saying "The sword qi is 30,000 miles long, and a sword is cold and illuminates Kyushu", but although these two sentences are more domineering, they are not as profound as the above two sentences, because "A sword is cold and glorious in Kyushu, just for the red dust and obsessiveness" just speaks of the bitter state of today's Taiwanese used book industry.

After stopping at the door for a while, Lin Yi walked straight into this small "martial arts culture exhibition" venue.

After all, the bookstore turned into a small venue, fortunately, there don't seem to be many people visiting, compared to those dazzling old books, the few people are pitiful, once again witnessing the recession of Taiwan's used bookstores, and the decline of the cultural atmosphere.

The whole exhibition area is a hollow font with a notch, and Lin Yi walked in and was greeted by the first part of the exhibition area.

The name of the exhibition area is called "Pen Life Martial Arts".

This exhibition area focuses on the "pearls of the rivers and lakes" in the martial arts circles of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and introduces many unknown martial arts masters to you.

In fact, most of the so-called "pearls of the rivers and lakes" here refer to writers who emerged in the 1950s in the martial arts novel craze in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but because some of their works were lost in circulation, they were not famous enough. These "pearls of the rivers and lakes" include "Hoof Wind", which served as the first editor-in-chief of "Martial Arts World" magazine, and his representative works include "Bloody Battle of Gudou Mountain" and "Brave Thirteen Levels"; "Yellow Eagle", who became famous for "Hero Shen Shengyi"; "Zhang Menghuan" serialized "Shen Jian Feilong" in "Martial Arts Novel Weekly"; "Dragon Riding the Wind", which became famous for "Snow Knife Prodigal Son"; In the inaugural issue of "Business Daily", "Mu Songting" and others published "The Complete Biography of Shandong Xiangma".

For these "pearls of the rivers and lakes", Lin Yi is only familiar with Huang Ying. Because Huang Ying is not only a martial arts novelist, but also a famous screenwriter, his "Silkworm Transformation" can be said to be a milestone in the era of martial arts TV dramas in Hong Kong in the eighties, and was later remade into "Golden Silk Rain" by the mainland, which seems to be starring Wu Jing. However, Lin Yi impressed him the most is "Zombie Taoist" written by Huang Ying, which is definitely a generation of wonders in the TV series, the first time to integrate the zombie theme into the TV series, and also made Lin Zhengying, an old actor. Later, I heard that Huang Ying invested in making movies, owed usury, was collected for debts, hacked to death at home, and a generation of martial arts monsters passed away.

In addition to Huang Ying, Lin Yi is most familiar with the "Snow Knife Prodigal Son" dragon riding the wind. Because when Lin Yi read this novel, he thought it was written by Gu Long, and the characters in it are too similar to Fu Hongxue, but they are more handsome and graceful than Fu Hongxue. (To be continued.) )