At noon, Yan Buwen came to the Yun'an Teahouse early, and after waiting for a while, Donggua came over with a person, this person was wearing a torn cotton jacket and a shabby felt hat, and after seeing Yan Buwen, he said respectfully: "Mr. Yan." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Yan Buwen motioned for him to sit, this person's surname is Lu, his name is Lu Yan, he is a talent in the former Qing Dynasty, and now he writes some novels for the newspaper to eat.

"I'll dictate, you can write it, if it's appropriate, it's up to you." Yan didn't hear it.

This Qianqing Xiucai is really extraordinary, the speed makes Yan Buwen unbelievable, not long after Yan Buwen finished speaking, he finished writing completely, and not a word is bad, the handwriting is also very neat, much more powerful than winter melon.

According to Lu Yan, he once served as the chief bookkeeper for the county magistrate, and when he recorded a confession in the torture hall, he asked for writing speed, and Lu Yan was the sketch kung fu he practiced at that time, and the fastest time could reach more than 60 words in a minute.

"Okay, it's you, a thousand words and two dimes." Yan Buwen immediately finalized it, and Lu Yan hurriedly thanked him.

Lu Yan and Winter Melon Division of Labor and Cooperation, if you rely on Winter Melon alone every day, you have to exhaust him to death, so Yan Buwen also set a time, two people are one day apart, today you come, tomorrow he comes. Strive to finish "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" within ten or twenty days.

Lu Yan's hand speed is really not covered, he wrote more than 3,000 words in an hour at noon, and the money Yan Buwen gave them was also settled on the same day, and he finished writing it today, and he came to Yan Buwen to get it when he handed over the manuscript the next day.

If you get this done, it's much easier if you don't hear it, and you only need to take time out of your day to dictate it and let Donggua and Lu Yan write it. And today, the second half of the first chapter of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" was released, and the sales volume has increased by 100, and now the circulation of "Dajiang Daily" has reached 3600.

Those who wrote to scold Yan Bu listened, and saw that the latest issue of Dajiang Bao was not obediently bought, so to speak, the more black it is, the more people who read it, the higher the popularity, and if one day the novels written are not black, it proves that there are no readers.

Lu Yan handed over the written manuscript to Yan Buwen, Yan Buwen finished dictating, drank two sips of tea, ate a bite of snacks, Lu Yan had already written all the dictated content, in Lu Yan's words: "The error is less than one percent." "That's less than one percent. Yan Buwen believed in Lu Yan's sketching ability, so he took a general look at it twice, and exclaimed: "Amazing, it's not bad at the content of my report." ”

And what's even more terrifying is that there are no typos throughout. After Yan Buwen was slightly shocked, he understood that a talent like this in the former Qing Dynasty, who had been reading and writing since he was a child, basically flipped through the dictionary when he didn't play at all, whether it was a rare word or an infrequently used word, he could write, and there was no reason to write a wrong word. Yan Buwen found that he really used people correctly, and Lu Yan was really a capable person.

Yan Buwen took out two yuan and four corners from his pocket and handed them to Lu Yan, this is today's plus yesterday's salary, two corners of a thousand words, this is also a high salary, but it is nothing to Yan Buwen, "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is popular, and the benefits to Yan Buwen are more than that.

Lu Yan arched his hand, and excitedly pocketed the two yuan and four corners on the table, although he wanted to give two percent of the winter melon, but he also had a lot left, Lu Yan was very satisfied, and he was excited to thank Yan Buwen: "Mr. Yan is really a genius, Mr. Yan's martial arts novel writing level can be compared to Mr. Xiang Shuai Xiang, the grandmaster of the Southern School, no, it is even higher than Mr. Xiang, which makes us ashamed." ”

"Xiang Shuai?" Yan Buwen was puzzled, there were still such characters in the Republic of China? During the Republic of China, the grandmaster-level characters of martial arts novels belonged to the five families of the northern faction, but I had never heard that the southern faction also had a Xiang Shuai. And the five families of the Northern School are still playing with mud now, and they are not famous, and in the current era, Yan Buwen has never heard of any famous martial arts novelists.

Lu Yan saw Yan Buwen's dazed face, and he didn't dare to laugh at Yan Buwen's ignorance, so he quickly explained: "There are two people who are famous for writing martial arts novels now, Xiang Shuai in the south, who wrote a "Jianghu Wonder" a few years ago, which shocked the south of the Yangtze River and established the status of the grandmaster of martial arts novels in the south. There is Zhao Huanting in the north, who wrote "The Complete Biography of Qixia Jingzhong", although he was not famous for Xiang Shuai, but he also laid a market in the north, and now the martial arts market respects these two people. And I heard that Mr. Xiang is now living in Shanghai, and I don't know if it's true or not. ”

Yan Buwen nodded, a little understood, probably the old-school martial arts masters who came out in the era before the five grandmasters of the Northern School, Yan Buwen had also glanced at the "Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" a few times before the lord of Huanzhu Mansion, in the final analysis, although it was more amazing at the time, it was nothing compared to the later Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, and Gu Long, and played a role in laying the foundation.

Lu Yan saw Yan Buwen and fell into deep thought, and continued: "In order to make a living, I read a lot of Mr. Xiang's novels, but in general, it is completely incomparable with Mr. Yan's. ”

Yan Buwen looked at Lu Yan's expression, not blindly worshipping, but really admiring, thinking that this old showman would not be able to lie.

"I don't know, Mr. Yan's novel idea came from, and it corresponds to history, with a strong sense of substitution, so that people can't tell whether it is real history or not. Just that martial arts supreme, the sword slays the dragon. Command the world, don't dare to disobey. Relying on the sky, who will compete, these six sentences, twenty-four words. It is estimated that Mr. Xiang Shuai Xiang does not have the pen power to write. Lu Yan really wanted to ask Yan Buwen, after all, ghostwriting can't be done for a long time, if Yan Buwen doesn't need him in the future, he can also write some novels and eat.

Yan Buwen replied casually: "I thought about it when I was bored." ”

Jin Yong's novel has this characteristic, alternate history, majestic, otherwise how can it establish the status of a grandmaster? Yan didn't hear it, he just wrote it, and I copied it like this.

Lu Yan suddenly bowed respectfully to Yan Buwen: "I don't know if Mr. Yan is willing to accept apprentices, and the contemptible people are willing to worship Mr. Yan as a teacher and learn the skills of martial arts writing." ”

Yan Buwen was stunned, he didn't expect that this half-hundred-hundred-year-old man would be impressed by the novel "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", and was willing to worship Yan Buwen as a teacher, but of course Yan Buwen would definitely not accept it, first, Yan Buwen had no ability to teach others at all, so he would not mislead others, and second, this Lu Yan was almost fifty years old, and he still worshiped himself as his master, which always felt a little strange and abnormal. Therefore, Yan Buwen simply refused: "Mr. Lu, this novel was also written by me in the middle of the time, and I don't have the skills to write martial arts myself, so I have nothing to teach you, why don't you go to Mr. Xiang as a teacher and learn from him, is it feasible?" ”

Lu Yan said: "The ancients, there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, there is a specialization in the art industry, and in the creation of martial arts, Mr. Yan is more talented than me, and it is more than enough to be a contemptible master." ”

Yan Buwen shook his head, Yan Buwen didn't want to do this kind of thing, he was afraid of trouble, and he was forced to publish a novel, so he couldn't wait to be idle, how could he find something to do for himself.

Lu Yan continued: "Although Mr. Xiang is called the Grandmaster of the Southern School, the level of his novels is indeed unusual, and if Mr. Yan's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is published, he will definitely be able to replace Mr. Xiang's position. ”

Yan Buwen said: "I'm not a person who advocates reputation, I don't care much about this kind of false name, and I don't need to apprentice." ”

Yan Buwen waved his hand, but Lu Yan fell to his knees suddenly, startling Yan Buwen, this feeling is like walking on the road well, and an old man lying next to him is as terrifying, I don't know what Yan Buwen is wrong with him.

Lu Yan kowtowed: "Mr. Yan, my teacher also, if I don't accept it, I will not be able to kneel for a long time." ”

Yan Buwen hurriedly wanted to pull Lu Yan up, but this old man was quite strong, he just couldn't get up, Yan Buwen was helpless, so he could only say: "Old man, I'm afraid of you, okay, I can be your master, but first I have to agree on a condition." ”

Lu Yan was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Yan, even if you say, I will agree to any conditions." ”

Yan Buwen walked to the window, looked out the window, fell into deep thought, and then looked back at Lu Yan: "You also know, I'm busy, let's agree on a condition, I will take you as an apprentice, you can study my novels, but, when I didn't call you, don't come to disturb me, okay?" ”

Yan Buwen doesn't want Lu Yan to visit him every day when he has something to do, wouldn't that be the end, then he is still idle and can't become his artificial answering machine? As soon as you encounter any problems, you will come to ask Yan Buwen, and Yan Buwen will not be annoyed to death.

Lu Yan was silent for a moment, nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, I will obey the master's orders." ”

Yan Buwen helped Lu Yan up and emphasized: "If you don't comply with this condition, I won't be your master again." ”

After Yan Buwen sent Lu Yan away, he laughed: "In the future, except for the delivery, I won't bother to take care of you." ”

At most, I can only show him how his novels are written? And Yan Buwen's vision does not represent the vision of people in the Republic of China, whether it is good or not is not Yan Buwen's final say, with this, Yan Buwen does not have the ability to be his master to teach him to write novels.

The manuscript for the next week, let the winter melon be sent to the editorial office downstairs, a total of two chapters, after this period of warm-up, Yan Buwen has a hunch that "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is about to become popular in Shanghai, and now it has slowly reached the edge of explosion, and only a little heat is owed.

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An old residential area in the county seat of Shanghai, where most of the people are old Shanghainese, the population is older, but the life is comfortable, there is no prosperity in the concession, and of course there is no noise in the concession, it is a more suitable place for people to cultivate their self-cultivation. And in this old Shanghai county there is a teahouse, the name is "hearsay", you can see the plaque above the door with these four big characters written on it, the handwriting is powerful, the mountains and rivers are pulled out, it is very spectacular.