Chapter 128: Fantasy Novel
Li Xuan rarely wanted to make a big production by himself, but he didn't expect to hit a wall with the first shot. There are hundreds of Shaw Brothers movies, and he really didn't expect that the copyright of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" had been bought by them and had already been filmed.
What's more important is that the movie copyright bought by Shaw Brothers has not expired until now!
Thinking of the half-drawn movie storyboard at home, Li Xuan smiled helplessly.
"Why, you really want the copyright to it?" Jin Yong asked with a smile.
"Yes, Mr. Cha's fourteen, oh no, are fifteen novels, and my favorite is this "Smiling Proud Jianghu". Wouldn't you be happy to be happy! Li Xuan shook his head lightly and replied slowly.
"Haha, your pleasure, my honor." Jin Yong laughed loudly.
Pleased? Dude is only depressed now.
Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said with a wry smile: "By the way, Mr. Cha, if the film copyright of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" expires at that time, you have to consider me first." ”
"Forehead ......"
Jin Yong glanced at Li Xuan in surprise, and said slowly: "Yes, but Xuan Zai, when will your new novel be sent to me for review?" ”
"It's going to be a bit busy in the next two days, so I'll send you the manuscript the day after tomorrow." Li Xuan hurriedly started talking nonsense, he has been busy with farts for the past two days, and he is preparing to copy novels at home.
"Oh? Then check and see! ”
"Well, Mr. Cha......" Li Xuan groaned, but did not continue.
Jin Yong looked at Li Xuan, who was silent, and felt a little strange, so he asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"My new novel is not, not a martial arts novel." Li Xuan said hesitantly.
Li Xuan's mobile phone can be a martial arts novel "Kunlun", he can write a script now, but the script and the novel are completely different concepts, and he can't write the kind of writing that the novel needs.
There was no choice but to give Jin Yong a preventive shot first.
"What!" After listening to Li Xuan's words, Jin Yong was very surprised, and hurriedly asked, "What is the subject of your new novel?" ”
"Three emperors and five emperors, Shennong died. And my book also proves that Shinto is not false! Li Xuan didn't answer directly, but instead rambled a paragraph.
"Sou Shen Ji? Strange novels? Jin Yong suddenly frowned and asked.
Li Xuan secretly admired that Jin Yong was worthy of playing with the pen, and he guessed the hidden content of Li Xuan's words at once.
"Hey!"
Jin Yong shook his head and sighed, but did not speak again.
Seeing that Jin Yong's mood seemed to be a little wrong, Li Xuan quickly got up from the chair and said, "Eh, Mr. Cha, you continue to be busy, I will send you the novel the day after tomorrow." ”
Jin Yong nodded a little lonely, and said slowly: "Then Xuan Zai, go slowly, I won't send it." ”
"You don't need to send it, goodbye Mr. Cha."
"Goodbye ......"
As soon as he came out of the Ming Pao Building, Li Xuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, saying in front of a martial arts master that he didn't write martial arts anymore, it was still very stressful.
But what Li Xuan has to do now is not to go home immediately and copy the book, but to investigate the movie "Smiling Proud Jianghu" that made his plan die halfway.
It's a pity that after checking, Li Xuan suddenly felt that he couldn't cry or laugh. The film copyright of this novel was taken by Shaw Brothers to make a movie, which is a bit of a waste.
This Shaw Brothers version of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is written by Ni Frame, starring Wang Yu, a popular martial arts fighter of Shaw Brothers. Although the title of the movie is still called "Smiling Proud Jianghu", and the storyline is similar to the novel, the names of the protagonists have all been changed. Ling Hu Chong changed his name to Nangong Song, Ren Yingying called Bai Yingying, Dongfang Undefeated called Sima Wuchao, and what made Li Xuan speechless was the peerless secret book "Sunflower Treasure Book" in "Smiling Proud Jianghu", which was actually changed to "Cherry Blossom Treasure Book", is this in Hei Yu himself?
But no matter how you say it, this movie can be regarded as the first film and television work of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", and the significance is still not ordinary.
After solving these annoying things, Li Xuan stayed at home and began to copy novels. This copy is not easy, Li Xuan used to live alone, and he could put his mobile phone on the table to copy it openly. Now it's different, there is one more Zhong Chuhong at home, and Li Xuan is copying it very carefully, for fear of accidentally exposing this artifact.
Fortunately, under Li Xuan's caution for a while, nothing went wrong for the time being.
Just when Li Xuan was copying the novel, the box office results of the third week of "Black Man" also came out, and he received 2.01 million Hong Kong dollars. Box office results are still declining sharply. And the four luxury theaters have already painted this movie, and only Golden Harvest Cinemas are still showing it, but the number of theaters showing is gradually decreasing.
Golden Harvest is starting to cool off for Wu Yusen's "Money Makes Trouble".
At the end of July, Golden Harvest was preparing to release the comedy "Money is Strange", and at the same time, Shaw Brothers also released "Heroes Without Tears" starring Chu Yuan director Zhao Yazhi.
The box office appeal of the two directors is evenly matched, and it is estimated that it will be a small theater war at that time.
Li Xuan copied the book at home for two days in a row, and only copied nearly 50,000 words, and his right arm was so tired that his right hand was still unable to exert himself.
But fortunately, 50,000 words is enough to make a difference.
"Sou Shen Ji?" Jin Yong took a thick stack of manuscript paper in his hand and asked in surprise.
"Hmm!" Sitting opposite Jin Yong, Li Xuan nodded calmly.
glanced at Li Xuan, who had a calm face, and Jin Yong, who was still in a state of surprise, flipped through the manuscript in his hand.
Slowly looking at the manuscript paper in his hand, Jin Yong became more and more surprised. Although the beginning of this "Sou Shen Ji" looks like martial arts, the content in it goes beyond the scope of martial arts, and it can be said to be imaginative.
After reading all the 50,000-word manuscripts, Jin Yong somehow remembered the ** time divine book, the "Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" that had a profound impact on the authors of Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts novels.
For readers of Hong Kong and Taiwan novels, "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" is a very unfamiliar novel, because the version of the novel released at this time is full of typos and wrong chapters, and ordinary people can't read it at all. Only those authors of novels who have read the original book can understand the "book from heaven". It's a pity that the original version of the novel has long been lost, which can only be regretted.
And for those authors of novels, "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman" has also deeply influenced a generation. In the works of martial arts masters such as Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, and Gurung, you can vaguely glimpse the shadow of "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman".
And now Jin Yong looked at the manuscript in his hand and was stunned for a while, could it be that there should be such a strange book in Hong Kong?
There are talented people in the country!
Putting down the manuscript in his hand, Jin Yong took off his gold-wire glasses and rubbed his eyebrows, then put them back on and said to Li Xuan: "The work is very good, and it even reminded me of Master Shanji for a while." ”
"Master Zenki?" Li Xuan asked suspiciously.
"Oh, it's the lord of the pearl house." Kim Yong explained with a smile.
Li Xuan didn't expect Jin Yong to give him such a big evaluation, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I can't catch up with one-ten-thousandth of the owner of the Pearl Building, Mr. Cha praised it falsely." ”
"I'm not going to talk big, the idea of your book is really unique, it's just imaginative!" Jin Yong sighed with a slight regret.
"Haha, it's because it's imaginative, that's why I said it's not a martial arts novel."
"Well, it's really not a martial arts novel." Jin Yong nodded and continued: "But it's not a Zhiwei novel, tsk, is it divided into the swordsman?" But the content is not ......"
"Mr. Cha, I think ......"
"Huh?"
Li Xuan paused for a moment and continued: "I think it can be called a fantasy novel. ”
"Fantasy novels?" Jin Yong looked at Li Xuan abruptly, but his mouth was savoring this new term.
"That's right!" Li Xuan shrugged his shoulders and continued: "Xuanzhi is mysterious and mysterious, only fantasy. ”
"Well, yes, that's a good name! Xuanzhi and Xuanzhi ......" Jin Yong nodded in appreciation, and recognized the name.
However, Jin Yong glanced at the name of the novel on the manuscript, and reminded: "But Xuan Zai, you'd better change the name of this novel." ”
"Change your name?" Li Xuan was stunned by Jin Yong's words.
"yes, after all, it's not good to have a heavy name."
"Haha, Mr. Cha, you don't need to change your name, this is good, I don't think Gan Bao will come to me in the middle of the night for trouble for this little thing." Li Xuan rejected Jin Yong's kindness, how domineering are the three words "Sou Shen Ji", why change it? Besides, there are no copyright disputes, and Ganbao has been dead for thousands of years.
"You, you......" Jin Yong smiled and pointed at Li Xuan, then picked up the manuscript and put it in the drawer, and continued: "Okay, then that's it, the name will not change." The manuscript will be put here first, and I will arrange for it to be submitted as soon as possible. As for the manuscript fee, you are not short of money now, and it is better than the original price. ”
Sweat! It seems that Jin Yong's stinginess is committed again.
The corners of Li Xuan's eyes twitched, and he didn't bother with such a small amount of money, he stood up and said directly: "Then Mr. Cha, since the business is done, I will ...... first."
"Don't go!" Jin Yong suddenly interrupted Li Xuan's words, and then he also stood up and said, "It just so happens that my business is also done, let's go, accompany me to have a cup of afternoon tea." ”
Eh, Jin Yong invited himself to afternoon tea? Li Xuan glanced at Jin Yong a little strangely. (To be continued.) )