Chapter 119 Creating with Tang Bohu
Tang Bohu heard Shen Ze ask him if he had watched "Journey to the West", and immediately smiled: "This "Journey to the West", I have really watched it for my brother." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhen I traveled to Jinling for my brother this summer, I heard that many literati were praising this long novel of gods and demons that had just been circulated! As a brother, I also look at all kinds of miscellaneous books, and after hearing about this "Journey to the West", I naturally want to buy a copy to see. This novel tells the story of the Tang Dynasty, the story of Xuanzang's monk Xitian learning scriptures. It's really wonderful.,I can't bear to let go of the volume.,Anyway, for my brother to read it in one go.。 It's a pity that when I read it for my brother, I only wrote it eighty times, and I never finished it. Is this book ever finished? ”
In fact, before the appearance of "Journey to the West", there were already many scripts, commentaries and operas in the mythical story of Tang Sanzang learning scriptures from the West, and this story already had a good foundation for mass circulation.
As early as the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang's disciples Hui Li and Yan Cong wrote the "Biography of the Three Tibetan Masters of the Tang Dynasty Dacien Temple", which added a lot of mythological colors to Xuanzang's experience of going to Tianzhu to learn scriptures! Since then, the story of Tang monks learning scriptures has begun to be widely circulated among the people.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was "Poetry of the Tang Dynasty Sanzang", and the Jin Dynasty Academy had "Tang Sanzang" and "Pan Tao Hui", etc., which were based on the background of the Tang Sanzang Western Heaven Scriptures. In the Yuan Dynasty, Wu Changling's "Tang Sanzang Xitian Scriptures" and anonymous's "Erlang Shensuo Qi Dasheng" and other miscellaneous dramas are also stories based on Tang Sanzang's Western Heaven Scriptures.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Shen Ze's "Journey to the West" novel is popular in Daming. It's just that Shen Ze didn't expect that this "Journey to the West" had only been written for a few months and had been circulated in Jinling, which really surprised him.
After being surprised, Shen Ze couldn't help but regret a little: Damn, it's really cheap for the shopkeepers of those bookstores, and when this manuscript was sold out to them, it was really cheap. I knew it would be so popular, and I tried my best to ask for the price!
Shen Ze heard Tang Bohu's high evaluation of "Journey to the West", and couldn't help but smile and said: "Since Brother Bohu has read this "Journey to the West", do you know who wrote this novel?!" ”
Tang Bohu frowned and said: "Wen Hao, this is a brother, the author of "Journey to the West", my brother only knows that he thought that the pen name was 'Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng', but as for the real name of this genius, I don't know." When my brother was in Jinling, he also asked many scribes in Jinling, but they couldn't say anything. ”
Tang Bohu said here, and suddenly saw Shen Ze looking at him with a smile and a groaning look, and Gao Yu next to him also had the same expression, and suddenly blurted out in his heart: "This "Journey to the West" can't be written by Wen Hao, right?!" ”
Shen Ze smiled a little embarrassedly: "The little brother is not talented, this "Journey to the West" is indeed done by the little brother!" ”
When Tang Bohu met that time, he just felt that Shen Ze was quite talented in poetry and writing, and he wrote well, and he was verbal and speculative with each other, so he became friends with him. But he thinks that his talent is extraordinary, his poetry and writing are extraordinary, and his calligraphy and painting are excellent, and he really doesn't think that this Shen Ze has anything worthy of his admiration.
But today, when I heard Shen Ze say that such a large tome of "Journey to the West" turned out to be written by him, I couldn't help but admire it a little. Although the novel is a journey, compared with the scriptures and poems, it is only the last stream. But being able to write a story so long and wonderfully is indeed extremely powerful in Tang Bohu's opinion.
At that moment, Tang Bohu arched his hand at Shen Ze and said, "It turns out that Wen Hao still has such a ability, I really admire my brother." Just now, Wen Hao said that he wanted to create in cooperation with Brother Wei, and Brother Wei wrote, and Brother Wei was quite pretentious! Now it seems that my brother should really be ashamed of his pretentiousness just now. Wen Hao is far better than a brother in the novel. Wen Xuan has already written this large number of novels, and it is far from being a brother to do it, so he definitely doesn't dare to write for Wen Hao! ”
Shen Ze said with a smile: "Brother Bohu, don't say that, the younger brother said that he wants to create with Brother Bohu, he is sincere!" The younger brother's writing is really not good.,It's just that I've read a lot of miscellaneous books and wild history.,I'm better at designing this long story with twists and turns.,But the writing is really sloppy.。 The little brother really wants to cooperate with Brother Bohu, with the story of the little brother, coupled with Brother Bohu's writing, it is definitely a perfect match, and it can make our novel a big seller! ”
Shen Ze was telling the truth, not casually fooling Tang Bohu. This "Journey to the West" pays more attention to the story, as long as this interesting story is told. Readers are mainly attracted by the story when reading a book, and the requirements for this writing are not so high. The reason why Shen Ze was able to write this "Journey to the West" novel is mainly due to the fact that he watched the "Journey to the West" TV series countless times when he was a child, and he remembered every plot very clearly.
But this "Gold~Bottle~Plum", Shen Ze naturally can't remember such a detailed plot, and this "Gold~Bottle~Plum" is just a romance novel, which tells about daily human affairs and world affairs, and the story itself is not so attractive, which requires a good writing. Some of these plots that Shen Ze couldn't remember clearly, he also needed to discuss them with Tang Bohu. Moreover, Shen Ze is not very familiar with many Ming people's secular and local slang, and it is naturally more appropriate for Tang Bohu, a native of the Ming Dynasty, to write it by a person who likes to travel around.
Of course, the plot depicting erotic love in it also needs to be polished by Tang Bohu, a master of wind and moon, and Shen Ze is not good at it. This glamorous description is one of the biggest selling points of "Gold ~ Bottle ~ Plum". Therefore, Shen Ze felt that if he wrote this "Gold ~ Bottle ~ Plum" by himself, it would definitely be difficult to sell well.
Tang Bohu listened to Shen Ze's words, and he was also quite moved, but then he was a little embarrassed, and said with a slight embarrassment: "Don't hide it from Wen Hao, you said, Brother Wei is quite good at this scripture and poetry and songs, I think these are all experts who can be captured, but I am not good at this novel at all, and the short story may be able to deal with it, but Brother Wei has never written such a large tome!" ”
Shen Ze smiled: "This doesn't matter, didn't the younger brother write the "Journey to the West" before, don't be afraid that the writing will not be good!" Besides, the overall story of the little brother already has a score. When we start writing, the younger brother will talk about the previous paragraph every day, and Brother Bohu will write it as a short story, and Brother Bohu's writing will definitely be competent! ”
Then Shen Ze said seductively: "Brother Bohu, do you know how much the little brother's "Journey to the West" sold just for the manuscript was sold?!" That's six or seven thousand pieces of silver! Brother Bohu, if you want to write this novel, how about the two of us split it in half?! The story of the little brother, coupled with Brother Bohu's writing, must be a perfect match, plus your spring ~ palace painting as an illustration, it will definitely make this novel a big seller. At that time, just if you earn money from this novel, you will be able to buy the Taohuawu Villa! If Brother Bohu is interested, this novel will be signed with Brother Bohu's name, and if the book is a big hit, it will definitely make Brother Bohu famous. ”
At first, Shen Ze wanted to make a name for "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng", but he thought that many people in Qingzhou Mansion knew that this pen name was his own, at least several of the shopkeepers of those bookstores knew that this Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng was his own, and Yang Feng, Yang Tiancheng and Princess Chunyue also knew it. It's not a secret.
It is not a good thing to be known that this "Journey to the West" was written by himself, but if it is known that this "Golden ~ Bottle ~ Plum" was written by himself, it is not very good. After all, he still has to be an official. Although even if he is qualified in the examination today, it is impossible for him to pass the Jinshi examination, but if he is qualified to be an official. Even if the officials can't be selected for a while, they can still go to the Heng Palace, and be an official who accompanies the palace to read!
If you want to mix in officialdom, you still have to pay attention to this reputation. If it is known that he has written a book like "Gold~Bottle~Mei", which involves a lot of erotic ~ love descriptions, I am afraid that it will be criticized by those old-fashioned masters.
And Tang Bohu was banned from scientific examinations for life, and he was hopeless in the officialdom, so he was naturally not afraid of these. These ~ talented people have to show their fame. The reason why they are unruly and why they are profligate is actually to gain fame.
With fame, they have more capital to live a good life. Because of their fame, their poems will be begged, and their calligraphy and paintings will be bought. This is based on the creation of the novel "Gold ~ Bottle ~ Plum", if you win fame, you can also rely on real talent to learn, than Kao's unruly artificiality, it is easy for people to agree. Therefore, Shen Ze gave Tang Bohu the qualification to sign "Gold~Bottle~Mei", which can be regarded as a great help to him to improve his reputation.
When Tang Bohu heard Shen Ze say that he had earned money by writing novels and could buy this Taohuawu villa, he couldn't help but be moved, and immediately agreed: "Since Wen Hao can be trusted as a brother, then give it a try for a brother!" However, the writing will not be good at that time, Wen Hao, don't blame you for being a brother! Well, this Wen Hao took his brother to make money together, and he was already very affectionate for his brother, as for this signature, how embarrassed is his brother. ”
Shen Ze saw that Tang Bohu agreed, and couldn't help but smile and groaned: "Brother Bohu, don't worry, it's just for Brother Bohu, your spring ~ palace painting, after this book is printed, it can be expected to be a big seller." As for this signature, Brother Bohu is not polite. The younger brother is most afraid of trouble, the most afraid of being famous, you look at the younger brother's "Journey to the West", you don't use your real name, but you use a pen name of 'Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng', you know that what the younger brother said is true! ”
Tang Bohu said with a smile: "Then let's talk about the signature after we start creating." If Wen Hao still doesn't want to be famous by then, then Brother Wei won't be polite to you! Haha, being a brother is a real person, you don't have to be thick-skinned for your brother! ”
Shen Ze said with a smile: "Brother Bohu said that you are laughing, what did you say to be polite to the little brother!" Friends have the friendship of wealth, the younger brother's things are Brother Bohu's, and Brother Bohu can take whatever he wants! ”
After agreeing on this creation to make money, Tang Bohu was also in a happy mood, but he suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help asking: "Wen Hao, has the final ending of "Journey to the West" been written?" I'm looking forward to seeing it! ”
Shen Ze said with a smile: "It has already been written, there should be a printed book in the bookstore in Jinan City, Brother Bohu has time to buy a copy and take a look!" ”
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