"A flower is a world, a leaf is a Bodhi, a writer writes a book, in fact, he is also building the world. Real or unreal. The characters and stories written by writers always need to have a large or small world background. Take the two novels "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" as an example, the story is set in the Song Dynasty, and the difference between the two novels is less than ten years. There is also your "Deer and Ding Ji", which takes place in the early Qing Dynasty. ”

"Your martial arts novels are almost entirely based on ancient history. It's just that there is a chronological gap between the front and back. Too far to get in touch. The ages are relatively close, and they are easy to connect. All of your works can be seen as a world - the world of Kim Yong Kim's martial arts! In addition to the martial arts world, there are also science fiction worlds, fantasy worlds, fantasy worlds, and even two-dimensional worlds."

"Wait!" Kim couldn't help but interrupt Chen. He frowned and said slowly: "In your later life, your thinking is too jumpy, and I can't keep up." Martial arts, science fiction, I know it. What's going on with this fantasy and fantasy you're talking about? ”

"Western fantasy, Eastern fantasy." Chen Yuan explained, "Western magic novels, dragon knights, angels, devils, and lizard-like Western dragons can all be summarized as fantasy. And our "Journey to the West", "Romance of the Gods", "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan", and my "Sealed Demon" in the East can be collectively called fantasy. ”

Kim nodded and said, "This way there is also a system." Western fantasy, Eastern fantasy, huh. ”

"Novels have a world of novels, and movies have a world of movies," Chen Yuan continued, "I write novels, and I will make movies in the future." So for me, the two worlds are common. A novel can be made into a movie, and a movie can be written as a novel. If you look at the background of all novels and movies as one world after another. There are tens of millions of such worlds! ”

Kim didn't interrupt Chen Yuan again, he was waiting for the focus of Chen Yuan's topic.

"Did Old Man Jin ever think that if these worlds were real, just like the world we live in now! Thousands of worlds exist at the same time, all controlled and governed by an inexplicable rule. We can call the one in charge a god, or whatever. It doesn't matter. The important thing is that this god wants to play a game in which he chooses people he likes from thousands of worlds and sends them to another world to be tested. The survival of the fittest, the survivors are getting stronger and stronger, and they become god-like beings step by step! Chen Yuan said.

Kim Yong Kim understood a little and exclaimed, "Your idea in the afterlife is really bold!" That's the idea for your next work? ”

Chen Yuan nodded and said, "Sort of, I'm thinking about the rules of the game." The general plot has been thought out, an ordinary person in our real life, because he is tired of the boring life day after day, is tempted to participate in a life and death game, enter a certain novel or movie world, and after surviving, he will return to a special space, or return to the original world, waiting to enter the next world. There is fighting, plundering, conspiracy, and true feelings. But whoever it is, follow the rules of the game that have been set until one day, someone can break them. Replace God! ”

"Do you want to merge all the novel and film worlds into a larger world background?" Kim exclaimed, "You're so bold, but you might as well try it!" ”

Chen Yuan looked happy and said, "Do you think it's feasible too?" ”

"It's doable, but there's still a lot of problems." Kim Yong Kim, after a long pause, said, "Let's talk about the choice of the world, it must be from easy to difficult, and occasionally there can be a difficult one, but you must grasp the proportion." I'm not worried about that. Your "Sealed Demon" is very well written. The layout and conception are all exquisite. ”

In the face of Kim's praise, Chen Yuan's face was calm, but his heart was happy.

Kim added: "And the rules of the game you mentioned, we must try to improve them as much as possible, even if we can't be invulnerable, try to avoid mistakes." Also, and most importantly, your novel is going to be released. If you really write the background world of other novels and movies, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble! ”

As soon as the words came out, Kim Yong came to his senses, he smiled, and then said, "You are also very cunning in your later life!" I said how can you discuss the next novel with me, it turns out that you are running for the copyright in my hand! ”

"To be honest, if I hadn't seen you today, I don't know when the idea of this new novel would have come out!" Chen Yuan said sincerely, ""The Sealing Demon" has a total of 108 volumes, with 240,000 words per volume, and a total of more than 2,600 words. With so much content, I'm afraid that the kid will have to write it for 10 years to finish it. The newspaper said that "The Sealed Demon" is worth more than 100 million, although it is true, but if you look at it separately, it will be tens of millions of dollars a year. Not so exaggerated! ”

"That's a lot," Kim said with a smile, "I've already read all the content of your novels that have already been published." The wild world you write, although there are also hierarchies, is not enough to write so many words. Since it's a huge work, there are other worlds besides the wild world, right? ”

Chen Yuan nodded and said, "You should have heard the saying about the three thousand worlds of Buddhism, but I have my own thoughts about the three thousand worlds. Pangu opened up the world and opened up the desolate world. Later, there were Nuwa who created people, the Three Emperors ruled the world, Chang'e went to the moon and so on. The desolate world is the origin of Chinese mythology. It can be called the Central Overworld. Those heaven and earth that were split up included three thousand worlds, the middle world that was smaller than the big world, and the smallest small world. In this way, a new system is formed. ”

This time, Kim Yong was silent for a long time, and after a long time, he raised his head and said slowly, "I understand what you mean. The wild world in "Sealed Demons" should be a small world, right? When Ye Feng cultivates to a certain extent, he will break through the barriers of the small world, enter the middle world, then the big world, and finally the desolate world, the origin of Chinese mythology? ”

"Jin Lao is really wise!" Chen Yuan said with a smile, "With 26 million words, it is natural to write a huge world background. Otherwise, where would you be able to write so much content? ”

Kim Yong smiled and said, "You are the first to do so." With such a large number of words, aren't you afraid that readers will abandon the book? ”

"As long as the plot is not repetitive, the story is exciting, or lighthearted and interesting. There should be many readers who like "The Sealed Demon". Chen Yuan said.

Kim Yong nodded and said slowly, "At least I, an old fellow, still want to see this "Sealed Demon". ”

"Let's talk about the new book," Chen Yuan said, "Your old masterpieces such as "Shooting the Condor", "The Condor", "Dragon Babu", and "The Legend of the Deer and Ding" have been remade into TV series more than once, and they have all been all the rage. I thought, if you use the world of your old novel as a choice in the early stage, you will definitely attract more readers! ”

"I can sell you my copyright, but how can you handle the other copyrights?" Kim Yong frowned and said slowly: "From the lowest level of the real world, the low-martial world, to the high-martial world, the mythical world. There are many copyright issues involved in this! And it seems that you also want to add something from the West? ”

Chen Yuan nodded and said, "It's really difficult, but it's man-made." And I don't just want to make it into a novel, I want to make it into a movie! ”

"Making a movie?" Kim could only smile bitterly, "You descendant, should I say you are arrogant, or are you blind and arrogant?" ”

"Does it make a difference?" Chen Yuan also smiled bitterly.

"Your idea is completely unrealistic," Kim said with a little seriousness, "and 'The Demon' does bring you a lot of money, and with that income, you can go to make movies and even do something else." But if you want to make a movie according to your huge idea, I'm afraid that this amount of money is not enough to stuff your teeth. Do you know how much money it costs to make a sci-fi blockbuster in those countries in Europe and the United States? There are not a few people who have invested more than 100 million yuan in a movie. And it's dollars! ”

Chen Yuan nodded, he naturally knew these things. "Titanic", which was released in 97, invested 250 million US dollars, which is converted into 2 billion yuan! (From '97 to '05, the exchange rate of the renminbi against the US dollar stabilized at 8.27)

Kim continued, "If it were to be made into a movie as you envisioned, how much would it cost?" Billion? Or 100 billion? You are a descendant, your ideas are too bold, I am afraid that you will not be a peaceful master in the future! ”

"Old man Jin, you're right." Chen Yuan said calmly, "If you want to make my ideas into a movie, there will definitely be a lot of investment." But please imagine what will happen at the box office if one day, the movie is really made? ”

"It's hard to say," Kim said, shaking his head, "I've written film reviews for most of my life, and I've seen countless movies." But the kind of movie you envisioned, I really can't see through it before I see it. ”

Chen Yuan nodded, and said: "At present, Hong Kong and Taiwan films are in decline, and European and American films are on the rise!" If we don't do anything in the mainland, I'm afraid that our land of China will become a dumping ground for European and American movies in the future! That's a naked* cultural invasion! ”

Kim jerked his head up and stared into Chen Yuan's eyes. Chen Yuan didn't give an inch, and also looked back.

The two looked at each other.

Kim Yong Kim saw a hint of honesty, a hint of calmness, a hint of wit, and a hint of indifference in Chen Yuan's gaze, except that there was no arrogance and ignorance as he expected.

After a long time, Kim Yong sighed and said, "You're really worried!" ”

"Old Man Jin," Chen Yuan said sincerely, "You have to believe that some people can create miracles!" After the Chinese New Year, I will only be 18 years old, and I have a bright future. My vision is bold and unrealistic, but maybe it has come to pass? ”

Kim was silent for a while, and he thought about it for a long time before he spoke: "Well, let's make a three-year covenant!" ”