The preface can be an introductory essay that introduces the reasons and experiences for the creation of this book; It can also be a biography, an evaluation given by oneself or a friend; It could be an expository essay on the proper way to read, etc.

The self-preface written by Zhang Tan is unsatisfactory, half-literate, far-fetched, and has no bright spots.

But at the end, a little bit of the question tells the reader what the whole story is about.

Tao Laosan thinks that this preface is written with a bit of flavor, and after reading the preface, he has a slight expectation for the novel, the growth of a hero should be a very interesting story, and the novelty is good.

Forthwith.

Tao Laosan, skipped the catalog page and opened the first one directly.

"Wind and Snow Shock".

"The Qiantang River is mighty and the river is endlessly bypassing the edge of Niujia Village in Lin'an day and night, and flows into the sea in the east. There are dozens of black cypress trees in a row on the riverside, and the leaves are as red as fire, and it is the ...... of August."

The story of "Shooting the Condor" slowly unfolded in front of Tao Laosan's eyes.

On the night of the snowstorm, the treacherous villain Duan Tiande, under the instruction of Wanyan Honglie, the king of Zhao of the Jin Kingdom, washed Niujia Village on the outskirts of Lin'an. Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin, who fled from Shandong, suffered a tragic disaster, and their families were ruined. And all this is just a heroic drama played by Wanyan Honglie in order to get Yang Tiexin's wife, Bao Xiweak.

In the chaos, Bao Xiqiao and Li Ping, who were already pregnant, were coerced by Duan Tiande, and the other was taken captive to the Jindu Palace.

Quanzhen Taoist Qiu took the opportunity, thinking that he had defeated Yan Honglie's conspiracy to collude with Wang Daoqian, which affected Niujia Village, as well as Guo and Yang. When looking for the other party's orphans, he was provoked by Duan Tiande again, and had a fight with the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan, and finally caused Master Jiaomu to die tragically.

Later, the misunderstanding was finally resolved, and Qiu Chuji made an agreement with the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan to find and teach the descendants of the Guo and Yang families separately, and agreed to work in Jia. Xing Drunken Immortal Tower competed.

At this point, the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan went deep into the desert and went to teach Guo Jing, the son born to Li Ping, but he didn't want to meet Mei Chaofeng and folded Zhang Asheng, one of the Seven Monsters. Subsequently, he pressed hatred, settled in the desert, and carefully taught Guo Jing martial arts, looking forward to teaching disciples who were not inferior to Seqiu's whims with the foreign kung fu of the Seven Monsters.

It just so happened that Guo Jing saved Genghis Khan's daughter Princess Hua Zheng under the tiger's mouth, and she lived in the desert as a mother and son.

Eighteen years have passed.

On this day, Qiu took the opportunity to send his disciple Zhen Zhibing to the desert to urge the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan to take Guo Jing to the appointment. happened to meet a powerful little red horse on the way, Guo Jing used light skills, the little red horse was subdued, but he didn't want to reveal the fact that he would be able to do internal strength, and after some entanglement, the Seven Monsters knew that there was a Taoist priest who often came to teach Guo Jing's internal strength......

The story is told and the words seem to have magical power.

Fascinating people can't help but look down.

"Beautiful, so good-looking!"

The first volume of "Shooting the Condor" has 150,000 words, Tao Laosan's reading speed is not fast, he barely finished reading more than 50,000 words in one afternoon, seeing that the sky is about to get dark, he has to go back to school for evening self-study, so he has to close the book and praise it again and again.

I want to stuff it back, but I can't bear it.

He has been successfully seduced by the novel, and he is reluctant to spend money on the book, but he is also eager to read it. Before coming to the bookstore, he had already made plans to read the book for a while every day and try to read the book for free. Who knew that it would be too difficult to execute, and the story of "Shooting the Condor" was like a cat's paw, scratching and scratching in his heart.

It's itchy and uncomfortable, I just want to see it.

"Hey, classmate, do you buy it, if you don't buy it, I'll buy it." Seeing Tao Laosan holding the book and wanting to put it away, a person next to him who was also dressed as a student couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder.

Tao Laosan noticed that in an afternoon, the "Legend of the Condor Heroes" on the bookshelf had been sold out.

All that was left was the one in his hand, and the few books that a few people next to him were reading.

In an instant, Tao Laosan decided to buy it.

If he is afraid that if he doesn't buy it, he will come back next time, and he will not see it. Maybe the bookstore will re-enter the book, but it will definitely be delayed. Tao Laosan didn't want to wait any longer, waiting for a moment more was one more torment.

"Of course I'm going to buy it, I'm going to pay for it."

Settled the bill in a hurry.

Get out of the bookstore.

Tao Laosan only felt that his flesh hurt, the price was eighteen yuan six, it was really too extravagant to consume, and if he had this money to go to a small restaurant, he could have a delicious meal.

However, while worrying about the money, Tao Laosan felt very satisfied.

When I was about to let go just now, my heart was like a knife, but now I don't need to let go, it's much more stable and comfortable.

He smiled proudly: "Go back and take a look!" ”

……

Tao Laosan went back to school with "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in pain and happiness.

And Zhang Tan, the author of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Now I'm grinning and glad.

Happily, after several reprints, "Shooting the Condor" finally sold a super number of 800,000 copies, and was able to squeeze into the top 10 best-selling lists in the mainland novel market in 2002. Compared with Han Jingming's latest novel "Flying Like a Sao Nian", which has sold more than one million copies, it is slightly inferior, but martial arts itself is not a popular reading.

With a sales volume of 800,000 copies, Zhang Tan is satisfied, Li Yan is satisfied, and the publishing house is also extremely satisfied.

But while satisfying and happy, pain is inevitable.

When Li Yan called, she told Zhang Tan a sad thing: "Now that there have been a large number of reprints and pirated copies across the country, as far as I know from booksellers in various places, the evidence is conclusive, and at least four major publishing houses have pirated the first one or two volumes of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". There are also many small publishing houses, which are also pirated for sale. ”

Piracy, this is a topic that every author can't avoid, and from the moment he wrote the book, Zhang Tan expected it.

After all, in the future in 2016, piracy still has not converged much, whether it is a physical book or an online novel, it is full of a large number of pirated copies.

"Can you sue them?"

"It's hard." Li Yan sighed and said depressedly, "The punishment in piracy cases is not heavy, and it may not be able to win the other party, and the publishing house has all kinds of excuses to avoid direct evidence." Even if we win, the fine paid by the other party may not be enough money to fight the lawsuit, and we don't have enough manpower to go to the lawsuit with them one by one. ”

Zhang Tan was also depressed when he heard this, but the fact was that it was difficult for manpower to change, so he had to say: "Send a letter to warn them." ”

"Well, the publishing house is already working to contact each other and ask these publishing houses to stop piracy. However, this can only be regarded as a matter of resignation, and if there is a little bit of piracy, there will be a little bit of piracy. But you have to be prepared, the sales of the next few volumes will definitely be greatly affected. Pirate booksellers see the sweetness, and as soon as our new book comes out, they will follow suit. ”

"I know, try to minimize the impact of piracy, there's really no way to make a little less." Zhang Tan said helplessly.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Tan smiled a little self-deprecatingly.

In the case that there is no way to curb piracy, he can only give full play to the spirit of Ah Q, thinking that pirated books are cheaper, can popularize the market faster, and let readers know their name.

Develop fame early, attract the attention of people in the film and television industry early, and adapt novels early.

It's also a last resort.

"I hope that pirated books can be edited a little better, so that there will be no missing pages and wrong pages, which will affect the reading quality of my books."