Su Wen wrote five articles in just three days.

On the first day, he devoted himself to reading the literary and artistic articles in the "Kyoto Life Newspaper", and also found a questionnaire about the readers of the Life Newspaper, compared the status and popularity of various genres in the minds of readers, and determined the type of articles he wanted to write.

The next day, I pondered the "adaptation" of the article, and then began to write.

To be precise, in just two days, he wrote five articles, totaling more than 10,000 words.

As soon as the article came out, Ma Junwu, who was full of expectations, grabbed it and had a sneak peek.

However, when he saw the title of the article from Su Wen's laptop, the whole person was stunned and looked incredulous.

He was really dumbfounded, what the hell is this.

Take a look at the title, what "Snow White", "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Thumbelina", "The Ugly Duckling"!

"I'm rubbing! It's a children's story, right? Ma Junwu looked at Su Wen with pain and innocence, and his eyes were about to burst into tears.

"Can't you write children's stories?" Su Wen asked rhetorically.

Ma Junwu didn't know what to say, he was still looking forward to Su Wen's masterpiece before, thinking that if Su Boss was going to write an earth-shattering beautiful article again, who would have thought that it was a child's thing!

That's right, Su Wen drummed up fairy tales very undisciplined!

This time, Hans Christian Andersen and Grimm suffered from him, and their classic fairy tales were "adopted" by Su Wen and turned into children's stories with Chinese characteristics.

"Why?" Ma Junwu asked sadly and angrily, because he believed in Su Wen so much, because he looked forward to it so much, and because he paid so much affection!

At the end of the day, there is no classic poetry, and there is no beautiful prose. Cleverly conceived novels are not either!

Only fairy tales!

It's so special!

The hope is too high, the contrast is too great, and no one can stand it.

Su Wen smiled and said, "There's a reason for this. ”

"Don't fool me!" Ma Junwu was not convinced, "You have to study the "Kyoto Life Newspaper" these days, and I also read it, and there are no fairy tales on them at all!" The positioning of the People's Life Newspaper is some idle readers who are older. For example, people of the grandparents generation like to read some articles with strong educational significance. For example, philosophical articles, and family essays, there are no fairy tales! Fairy tales are generally articles published in professional fairy tale magazines, and they have a specific readership. Life Newspaper ...... Boss Su, do you have any opinions about Senior Sister He Rong, if you don't want to deal with others, then refuse to write the manuscript, why bother to write these things after agreeing to others? ”

Su Wen was furious when he heard this: "What do you mean by knocking? Do you think I'm the kind of person who jokes about my reputation? Although it is a commissioned manuscript. As long as the level is not bad, it can be published, but with my current reputation, if my article is too bad, it will only damage the impression in the minds of my readers. My reputation and prestige are at stake, do you think I dare to be careless? I'm being careful now, let alone coping! ”

Ma Junwu was stunned for a moment, still a little skeptical: "It's a fairy tale?" ”

Su Wen snorted: "Do you think fairy tales are easy to write?" In your eyes, of course. Fairy tales are just things to coax children, and they can be written casually, right? Is that the case? Maybe. But in my eyes. Fairy tales are easy to write, but to write well and well, it is even more difficult. Why? Because of the fairy tale children read the article. If you want children to like it, then your essay should be full of innocence and fun. Innocence is a thing that has passed in the past. As an adult, even if you are naïve in your mind, you cannot return to the state of innocence. Then, when writing an article, you have to put yourself in the child's shoes. This is definitely the biggest problem for an adult. Therefore, a good fairy tale is even more difficult to write than an ordinary article, and it is difficult to succeed! ”

Ma Junwu was shocked, and after thinking about it, it seemed that it was really the case.

Su Wen said: "Why did I write fairy tales for the Kyoto Life Newspaper? It's not a no-brainer, it's a choice I made after thinking about it holistically. As you said, the readers of this newspaper are generally older people. What is the general state of older people? In my opinion, they are all married! In other words, they are all parents. Some are parents, and some are grandparents. Do you think that the readers of Life Newspaper are not children, and there will be no market for fairy tales? No! Contrary! ”

"You mean to say......" Ma Junwu was a little enlightened.

Suvin continued: "This is an easy thing to understand! Children's reading books are generally selected by parents, and they feel that children need to read such things, so they will choose such books and articles for children. As a parent, if you read a wonderful fairy tale in the newspaper, you will definitely read it to the children at night! This is the potential market for fairy tales in Kyoto Life. ”

Ma Junwu nodded slightly, thoughtful.

"You can't give up on this effort just because you don't have an obvious market. On the contrary, if there is no market, you must open up the market, as long as this market has potential, sooner or later it will give you a satisfactory return! Su Wen stared at Ma Junwu and said with emotion, "Speaking of which, I remembered a story. ”

"What's the story?" Ma Junwu blurted out.

Su Wen smiled and said: "It is said that A and B are both salesmen of a shoe-making company, and they go to a place to look for a market, and people in this place are used to walking barefoot and do not wear shoes. When Person A saw this, he gave feedback to the company that there was no market for their shoes here, and left. B, who told the company that the market was huge and worth opening up, stayed behind to show the people here the benefits of wearing shoes and convince them to buy their company's shoes. Since then, this market has become a major achievement of their company. You see, in the same place, different people's ideas create different situations. ”

This business story, which was simply a bad street in Su Wen's previous life, sounded to Ma Junwu at this time, but it was like an enlightenment, and the whole person's thoughts were quiet and transparent!

A vast and unprecedented world and ideas shocked his mind and opened up another world for him.

Ma Junwu blushed with excitement: "Boss Su, I understand what you mean!" You mean that there are many parents in the Kyoto Life Newspaper. And there are few fairy tales, so it's a big market. You just want to pilot it out and see if fairy tales are popular with them, right? ”

Su Wen nodded and shook his head: "There is nothing wrong with giving it a try." But I can't just say that this is a big market, I say it's a big picture. Of course, there are a lot of mouthfuls. You forgot, I also asked you to find some questionnaires for readers of Life Daily. A large proportion of readers suggested that the newspaper should publish more articles suitable for all ages. What does it mean to be suitable for all ages? I can't think of anything more suitable than a fairy tale. For the sake of future generations, even if it is a fairy tale, adults will read it once to see if there is a problem and whether it is suitable for their children. With that in mind, my reasons for choosing fairy tales are even more problematic. ”

Ma Junwu nodded heavily: "I understand!" It's still Boss Su who is thoughtful! ”

Su Wen smiled slightly, he actually wanted to dress himself up a little higher, for example, he couldn't bear to let the classic fairy tales of another world be dusted. I want to use these works to let everyone enjoy the fun of fairy tales, or rather...... Well, there are always a lot of reasons to think of high-end and pretending to be forced.

In fact, he didn't say one thing about the reason for choosing fairy tales, that is, the editorial team of "Kyoto Life" has a lot of energy, and it can find many important writers to write. Su Wen saw the articles of Haizi, Shui Tianyi and others above.

These people are much more famous than him Su Wen, even if the article is in the life newspaper. Juxtaposed among them, even if it is written. At most, it will be praised, and it will not help him improve his status in the literary world.

There are sufficient sources of articles with sufficient quality assurance, and it is not easy for Su Wen to make an actual column on it, so he must find another way.

Fairy tales are the best way he has ever found.

In the era of peace, culture flourished. The same is true for the market of articles, where women and children make the best money. This world has also given birth to many classic masters of fairy tales, and has become a generation of masters in the minds of many people. Therefore, the level of fairy tale literature in this era is not bad, and the status of the people who write fairy tales is not good. Although it is not as good as novels and plays, it is much more marketable than writers who write essays.

From the point of view of newspapers, magazines or cultural quotients, they value fairy tale writers who can cheat children out of money, rather than writers such as essayists and poets who seem to be better and more energetic.

Su Wen wanted to use classic fairy tales to determine his unique status in the "Kyoto Life Newspaper", and if his works were published in the newspaper and liked by readers, the Life Newspaper would definitely pay more attention to him, and the column would be a matter of course.

Writers who can write good articles grab a handful, especially in Kyoto, where there is a lot of culture, walking on the street, throwing a brick at it, and smashing it to death is a writer.

However, there are not many people who can write fairy tales well, and they are more sought-after.

Su Wen is sure that these business cards can give him a good reputation, and he doesn't have to worry more about being designated as a fairy tale writer, because he has long been famous for writing dramas and poems, and now writing fairy tales is just a cross-border transformation.

When he succeeds, others will only say that he is a literary generalist, not some kind of fairy tale writer - in fact, it can also be said that this fairy tale artist is just another title of his, which is even more wonderful!

"Boss Su, I suddenly thought of a question." Ma Junwu said worriedly.

"Questions?"

Ma Junwu said worriedly: "The wonderful prospects you just mentioned are all based on the fact that your fairy tale works are well liked by readers. You are a good hand at writing poetry, and the drama is classic enough, and the words of fairy tales ......"

Su Wen smiled and said slowly: "Old Ma, you have to believe a little. ”

"Which point?"

"Produced by Su Wen, it must be a high-quality product."

Ma Junwu choked, and then his eyes lit up: "You mean to ......"

Su Wen shrugged: "You read my article and then talk about it." ”

Ma Junwu nodded, didn't say a word, and concentrated on reading the article.

Su Wen smiled and stopped talking.

If you don't have faith in the classics of Hans Christian Andersen and Grimm, it's a big joke.

He Su Wen is not fighting alone, he has the wisdom of the most talented people in another world and is fighting against the literati of this world!

"I don't create articles, I'm just a porter of words......" Su Wen thought to himself.

Su Wen's five articles are arranged according to documents, and he has a bit of thought about choosing the order.

Ma Junwu opened the first article "Snow White", and the beginning was written with these:

In the dead of winter, when goose-feathered snow flakes fluttered everywhere in the sky, there was a queen sitting by a window in the palace, doing needlework for her daughter, when the cold wind swept the snowflakes into the window, and a lot of snow fell on the ebony windowsill. She looked up at the window, and when she didn't pay attention, the needle pierced her finger, and red blood flowed out of the needle, and three drops of blood fell on the snowflakes that drifted into the window. She gazed thoughtfully at the bright red blood drops dotted on the white snow, then looked at the ebony windowsill, and said, "I hope that my little daughter's skin will grow white and red, and look like this white snow and bright red blood, so showy, so proud, and her hair will grow as black and bright as the ebony of this window!"

Her little daughter has gradually grown up, and the little girl is so beautiful and beautiful. Her skin was really as white as snow, and as red as blood, and her hair was as black and shiny as ebony. So the queen gave her a name, Snow White. But before Snow White could grow up, her queen mother died. ”

……

Ma Junwu has to admit that the beginning of this paragraph is well written, and there is some literary style.

In fact, he didn't know that this was Su Wen's purposeful choice, and he adapted the story. To be precise, it is the result of a combination of several different translations.

At the beginning of these two paragraphs, it is the beginning of the original version of Brothers Grimm's "Snow White", which Su Wen feels is much stronger than the domestic translated version. Otherwise, Ma Junwu would have seen a beginning like this:

In a distant land, there lived a king and queen who longed to have a child. So I prayed to the heavens very sincerely.

"Oh God! We are all good kings and queens, please give us a child! Soon after, the queen gave birth to a lovely little princess, whose skin was as white as snow, her cheeks were as red as apples, and her hair was black and soft, so that the king and queen named her "Snow White."

……

This is a very childlike story, just a story for the sake of the story, don't mention any literary style.

The fairy tales that Su Wen is now concocting are not all translated from the original version, but a synthesis of the highlights of the original version and some other versions of the story. For example, the beginning and end of the original version are good, but the story is not so refreshing and sharp, which is not suitable for children to read and parents to read.

After Su Wen's adaptation, the advantages of both are adopted, which not only takes into account the literary style, but also takes into account the fluency of the story, and the readability is stronger.

Ma Junwu was immersed in the wonderful story, wandering in the sea of words, sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling, indulging in the fairy tale "created" by Su Wen, forgetting the situation, forgetting the time, forgetting all the troubles......

The charm of classic fairy tales is beginning to be staged! (To be continued.) )