On April 17th, in the afternoon, the sun was bright and a little scorching!

"Chainsaw" has been sent to the editing room, and Li Yihua has also won a period of relaxation, and it just so happened that "Martial Arts" magazine invited him to participate in the writers' symposium, so Li Yihua was invited.

"Ah Hua, it should be time to call Director Li now, welcome to the writers' symposium and share your valuable writing experience!" Yang Haoran was waiting for him in front of the door in person, everything in the martial arts world has been prosperous recently, and he can't do without the person in front of him.

Li Yihua saw his old friend waiting for him, nodded with a smile: "It should be!" Don't laugh at me, after all, this is my mother's home, and my dream started here. ”

"It's all ready inside, let's go inside." Yang Haoran was quite satisfied with this answer, which proved that of course he did not see the wrong person.

Accompanied by Yang Haoran, Li Yihua came to the auditorium of "Ming Pao".

As soon as you enter, you will see a red banner with the words "Welcome to all writers", which is hung in the auditorium. In the auditorium where the lecture was held, the staff was still arranging, with microphones, chairs, and a lectern.

Many writers looked curiously at this genius writer in the auditorium. In order to make this discussion successful, Li Yihua even typed some drafts of his speech. Although I didn't bring the manuscript with me, I kept it in my mind. Li Yihua believes that if you don't give a speech, if you want to give a speech, you must help writers to help them better write excellent works and prosper the cultural market.

After "Martial Arts" led Indigo, the host began to invite Li Yihua to give a speech as the first author, which shows the importance attached to Li Yihua.

"Thank you very much to the readers, and thank you to the screenwriting department for giving me this opportunity to speak!" Li Yihua smiled, "My public speech is the first time, and the speech is not good, please bear with me." Today's speech just wants to talk to you about the way out of the future of martial arts. ”

There was silence off the stage, and dozens of writers felt that Li Yihua's aura was really powerful, and he was not a man of the year in Hong Kong.

After experiencing many big scenes in the past few months, Li Yihua was able to hold up the scene after the meeting, and he recalled: "Martial arts novels are a kind of popular novels, and the reason why it has so many fans is that it can temporarily cover the pain or confusion in reality with illusory emotions or bizarre encounters (because when people read novels, they always can't help but think of themselves as the protagonists in the text) to find a spiritual paradise; However, only a high-quality work can achieve such an engaging effect. ”

Li Yihua briefly summarized the definition of the novel, as a foreshadowing for the following speech, so as not to make other writers feel jumpy.

"Taking martial arts as the body and chivalry as the use is the most basic feature of Chinese martial arts novels. It has always catered to the traditional psychology of the Chinese nation advocating benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage, and believing in ideal personality. But in the process of development, it is also constantly changing, and the martial arts novel has changed from "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" by the owner of Huanzhu Mansion to Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and now it is time to change again! Some media say that I have changed the inherent martial arts system, which I dare not admit, because martial arts have been changing, but you don't feel it, and I just changed a little bigger, that's all. ”

Dozens of people, listening to Tao's speech. From the initial disdain, it slowly changed again, and it was more about thinking.

Li Yihua ignored the writer's emotions, picked up the microphone, walked off the stage, and said with a sad expression: "In today's vigorous development of various cultures, but martial arts is the opposite, martial arts novels that have lost their halo have become a disadvantaged group in the field of reading. At this time, there are only four words in my heart; "Dull-aching". I asked myself more than once, why is this so, why is this happening? ”

Suddenly, the whole auditorium was stirred, yes, why? The writers also secretly said in their hearts. Everyone knows this reality, but they all choose to avoid this problem and are unwilling to accept it.

Li Yihua took a deep breath and said: "I have heard more than once that writers complain that the market is not good and there are no real readers. But have you ever touched your chest and asked yourself? Is your work qualified? Does it attract readers? ”

"In fact, the essence is that the vast majority of novels today are too poor in terms of creative level, a large number of fake and shoddy works are flooding the market, and the plot is even more likely. Every time the male protagonist has a deep hatred in the sea of blood, he goes down the mountain to fight for righteousness, but his martial arts are too low and he is repeatedly defeated. Fortunately, in the land of China, there are outstanding people, three thousand-year-old people, ten thousand years of Ganoderma lucidum, and rare birds and beasts abound. Under the adventure and coincidence, the internal strength has been greatly increased! Famous mountains and rivers, frontier deserts, strange people and hidden dragons and crouching tigers, but also unique discernment, the mantle of inheritance. It is also awarded peerless miraculous skills. An ancient sword was also presented. The world's younger brother and a master were born. Of course, peerless beauties are indispensable to fall in love with each other and promise each other with their bodies. ”

"Alas! Reading such novels is like "tasting the same as chewing wax", and over time, I can't help but be extremely discouraged and "cry alone". In the long run, how can there be a market for martial arts, even if Old Man Jin comes back, I am afraid it will be difficult to eliminate its decline! ”

With Li Yihua's speech, the writers below can be said to have different expressions, and from the surface, his speech actually touched the minds of some people.

"Therefore, I suggest that you endure loneliness and raise your own level, rather than just complaining. My personal opinion is that first of all, the form should be changed to cater to the fast-paced reading style of modern people; Secondly, in terms of content, it is necessary to find another way, jump out of the mode created by Jin Yong and others, and write in line with the surname of the person in the portrayal of the characters. ”

Li Yihua's heartfelt words have formed a huge repercussion in the minds of all writers. No one thought that he would analyze the current situation of martial arts so thoroughly.

"Brother Li, how did you create "Ethereal Journey" in the first place?" A female writer with a lady's hair raised her hand heroically and asked.

Li Yihua didn't mind being disturbed in his speech at all, and replied with a smile, "At that time, I was very embarrassed, that is, I had a last meal but no next meal. I just want to change the status quo by writing a novel, after a year, my manuscript gradually accumulated more than a million words, so I kept revising, once, twice, three times, ten times, and just like that, it took more than half a year, repeated renovation and revision, and constantly scrutinized the plot and text! At this time, I finally decided to submit the manuscript, and the manuscript was named "Ethereal Journey" ......"

The writers laughed out loud when they heard the unobtrusive answer. If Li Yihua didn't say it, who would have thought that a popular novel was created in this way.