Yun'an Teahouse, Yan Buwen read Lu Yan's novel manuscript while drinking tea, Lu Yan wrote a total of five beginnings, and Yan Buwen read them all. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Lu Yan sat opposite and waited respectfully, looking at the expression on Yan Buwen's face, the day before yesterday Yan Buwen said that he would go back to prepare the draft of the novel, so the day before yesterday, Lu Yan prepared five copies yesterday, including the draft of the novel that Yan Buwen asked him to read last time. Perhaps, this time, Mr. Yan can really pick a good manuscript from it, and then give a price, no matter how high, a thousand words and two corners are enough.

Lu Yan was born in Xiucai, and he was the chief bookkeeper, so it was easy to observe words and expressions, but Yan Buwen was expressionless now, and Lu Yan didn't know what Yan Buwen was thinking in his heart. If Yan Buwen frowned, or smiled, Lu Yan still had a little bottom in his heart, but now seeing that he had no expression fluctuating, Lu Yan was uneasy.

Yan Buwen looked through the manuscript, in fact, his mind was not all on the novel manuscript, he originally thought that Lu Yan could at least come up with a decent manuscript, but the five copies in his hand, although the framework is good, but the story is very low, and he can guess the end when he sees the beginning, which can't attract readers at all. This morning, Cao Yuanan had already called more than a dozen people to come over for a meeting, including Yan Buwen, the deputy editor-in-chief of the novel column, among whom there were three editors-in-chief, and the others were deputy editors-in-chief, and then discussed it and completely divided the "Dajiang Daily" into three parts, "Pioneer Times", "Shangyu", and "Zero Point", which correspond to current affairs, gossip, and novels respectively.

Because it is divided into three, the content of the newspaper is required to increase, and the rest is strictly ignored, and the novel alone cannot simply publish "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", at least four or five high-quality novels are needed to take the lead, and when "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is finished, these novels can also carry a big banner and will not plummet in sales.

However, it is obvious that Lu Yan's novels are not good, and Yan Buwen closed the manuscript: "The writing has nothing to say, but the novel is not strong in storytelling, so it can't be used." ”

Lu Yan's heart trembled, it is true that although he has written novels for many years and practiced good writing, but because he was too dead to read in his early years, his imagination was insufficient, and he couldn't write any good stories, and the stories were too rigid, which is why Lu Yan came to Shanghai from Beiping, because his novels were cut down, and he could only come to Shanghai to eat, so he wrote novels in some small newspapers in Shanghai for a while, but they were all cut off because they didn't sell well.

Lu Yan put the manuscript away: "What Mr. Yan said is reasonable, I'll go back and think about it carefully and see if I can come up with a better storyline." ”

Lu Yan was about to say goodbye, but Yan Buwen asked him to wait for a while, and said with a smile: "No need, I'll give you a good story, you can write it." ”

It is really difficult for Lu Yan, the old man, to think about the story, it is better to give him a ready-made story and let him write it, which will save a lot of effort, and by next week at the latest, at least four novels will be serialized, Yan Buwen has already selected Lu Yan, not to mention that several friends with Lu Yan have praised Haikou, and Lu Yan can't be embarrassed when he meets them. simply ignored it, and chose one of the novels he had read for Lu Yan and asked him to write them. Because it is a classic novel, it is bound to ensure circulation.

Lu Yan was shocked: "Mr. Yan, what did you say?" ”

Yan Buwen asked Lu Yan to sit down and listen to him: "What type of novel can you write?" ”

Lu Yan thought for a moment, according to Mr. Yan's tone, as if he wanted to help himself, Lu Yan was ecstatic in his heart, so he said: "The martial arts that I have been writing about before, basically I have studied all the martial arts novels in the north, and traditional martial arts can do." ”

Yan Buwen said: "How much do you know about the history of the late Ming Dynasty?" And how much do you know about the history of the Qing Dynasty? ”

Lu Yan said: "When I was studying, I read the history books of the Ming Dynasty and knew a little about it. The history of the Qing Dynasty, I am also a talent, and I am naturally like a treasure. "Lu Yan may not know much about the history of the Ming Dynasty, but he definitely knows the history of the Qing Dynasty.

Yan Buwen asked, "Do you know that King Li Zicheng?" ”

Lu Yan was surprised: "Knowing is knowing, Mr. Yan, are you saying that I should write a novel about Li Zicheng?" ”

Yan Buwen denied: "No, you listen to me tell you a story, you can write it down." ”

Lu Yan became interested, hurriedly picked up the pen, Yan Buwen thought about it for a while, and recalled in his mind Jin Yong's other major work "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" is not long, only more than 100,000 words, a total of eight chapters, but to read it as a whole, the shock is no less than a novel of seven or eight hundred thousand words. Because the main stories are narrated from some people's mouths, and the timeline is only one day, the plot is very compact, if Lu Yan can write it well, it will be of great help to him to create martial arts novels in the future.

The structure of "Flying Fox in Snow Mountain" is good at using double lines and flashbacks to tell the grievances of the year from the mouths of others, which looks very novel. And because the person who said the things back then was trying to grab the treasure, the content of the story was not necessarily true, which made it even more confusing, and this kind of novel with more pits than the surface of the moon may attract many people's attention, and then cause everyone to discuss, and then become a hit.

Yan didn't listen to the dictation, and let Lu Yan write it down by himself: "The story takes place outside the Guanwai during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty......"

In order to snatch the treasure box, everyone was invited to Yubifeng Villa by the treasure tree monk, the owner went out, and then led out Hu Fei, everyone continued to snatch the treasure chest, and then the treasure tree opened it after snatching, and found that it was a knife inside, and then it led to a past. Legend is that King Li Zicheng relics, when the army was defeated, there were four guards of Hu Miao Fantian, and then King Chuang was trapped in Jiugong Mountain, and then let Miao Fantian and the three go to ask for help, but when the rescue did not arrive, the Qing soldiers came, so Hu dedicated a dead pawn to the Qing soldiers, and was promoted to make a fortune, Miao Fantian and the three thought that Hu had betrayed, so they went to assassinate Wu Sangui when they met Hu, and then did not listen to the reason, and killed him. After that, Hu's son told them about the situation, and then Miao Fantian and the three committed suicide, but their son didn't know it, so he went to kill the Hu family, and then it caused a century-old grudge......

The plot of the story is very simple, and it requires extremely high writing skills, so Yan Buwen told Lu Yan about Jin Yong's method of writing this novel, and let Lu Yan practice.

Lu Yan said gratefully: "Mr. Yan's great kindness, toothless and unforgettable, there is a little doubt, did Hu Fei kill Miao Renfeng in the end?" ”

Yan Buwen explained: "Of course I don't know this, you have to remember one thing, the novel is not for us to read, but for the readers, what you think is left to them, they think that if they are killed, they will be killed, and if they are not killed, they will not be killed, so you can hype up the heat, understand?" ”

Lu Yan nodded, wrote down all the content, and couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. Yan is really talented, you told me about Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, I thought I would write around him, but I didn't expect to find another way to create such wonderful content." ”

Lu Yan glanced at what he had written down, and then handed it to Yan Buwen to see, Yan Buwen glanced at it, rearranged the plot and returned it to Lu Yan: "That's almost, the overall length should not be too long, it should be compact, just send it to my office after writing a chapter, and give it to the winter melon if I'm not there." ”

Lu Yan was grateful to Dai De: "Mr. Yan, can you add your name to the work at that time, this novel was only written by me, not created by me, and I am uneasy to impersonate your credit." ”

Yan Buwen smiled and said: "It also makes sense, I will consider adding it when the time comes, and you will bring a pen name by the way when you submit the manuscript to avoid unnecessary trouble." ”

Lu Yan nodded, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart, the creative techniques of this novel are different from the more popular novels on the market, he recalled the plot, although he felt excited, but the current Shanghai market is respected by Mr. Yan's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", readers are used to reading this kind of novel, and a surreal novel like "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" will not appear?

Lu Yan said his doubts to Yan Buwen, and Yan Buwen smiled: "Don't worry at all, novels can't be set in stone, only innovation can win." I don't know if Mr. Lu has ever heard a saying: Those who fight, with the right fit, with the odd victory. Therefore, those who are good and surprising are as infinite as heaven and earth, and inexhaustible as rivers. ”

Lu Yan exclaimed: "This is from "The Art of War", but how much does it have to do with the novel?" ”

Yan Buwen said in his heart, this old scholar should indeed study abroad, otherwise his thinking is too old-fashioned, books are dead, people are alive, and he must learn to use it: "It's the same when applied to novels, now there are too many old-school martial arts novels, and the market is tired, so we have to use this novel to stimulate the market." ”

Lu Yan sighed at Yan Buwen's great wisdom, and laughed that an old man who was over half a hundred years old was not as good as a young man who could see the market clearly, and then thought about it, he worshipped him as a teacher, and he was not wrong, Yan Buwen gave him the feeling that it was unfathomable, and he seemed to have his own set of opinions on everything.

Lu Yan was excited, he had always understood his weaknesses, he had more than enough pen power, but his creative thinking was insufficient, with the stories and writing skills provided to him by Mr. Yan, he was so excited that he had to rush out of a chapter without sleeping tonight: "Mr. Yan, then I will leave first." ”

Yan Buwen said: "Let's set the remuneration first." "Now that they're all here, everything is done at once.

Lu Yan said strangely: "However, my manuscript has not been handed in yet." ”

Yan Buwen said: "Say, how much money do you want for a thousand words." ”

As long as Lu Yan doesn't write nonsense, there will definitely be no problem, Yan Buwen didn't bother to look for him again, so he simply asked directly.

Lu Yan was a little excited, and then asked, "Thousand words...... Two Corners...... May I? ”

Yan Buwen thought he had misheard: "Two corners of a thousand words? ”

Lu Yan thought that he was too high, and hurriedly lowered: "A corner of a thousand words is okay." ”

Yan Buwen stood up and put his hand on Mr. Lu's shoulder: "Be confident, I'll give you two yuan for a thousand words!" ”

"What, what?" Lu Yan couldn't believe it, and stood on the spot, "Mr. Yan, what are you talking about, two yuan for a thousand words?" ”

Lu Yan was about to make sure again, but Yan Buwen had already walked out of the teahouse.

Lu Yan looked at the notes in his hand in disbelief: "Mr. Yan, is he serious?" ”