Chapter 260: A Superhero's New Companion
Lin Zixuan wrote out this setting about spy war heroes and handed it over to the creative group of Vientiane Bookstore for discussion.
He sets the story around the time of the First World War, and the story of a British agent named James Bond who saves the world around the world, which includes encounters with various beautiful women and the heroic image of the agent.
In fact, it is constantly playing handsome, and presumably the adventure stories of such lone heroes will be welcomed in the UK.
Lin Zixuan, a series of popular novels like this that does not require elaborate crafting, generally does not write it himself, but hands it over to the creative team, and he just needs to review it finally.
The creative team of Vientiane Book Company has been expanded from the previous writers' group, and more than 20 full-time writers have joined it.
They are able to produce at least 100,000 words of manuscripts every day, which is enough for the magazines of Vientiane Bookstore, and can also be exported to other newspapers and magazines to earn extra money.
These people have their own writing directions according to their own characteristics, writing delicately about romance and rough about fantasy.
Some people are good at layout, some people are good at writing details, as long as they master their characteristics, they can complement each other and write the story well.
Lin Zixuan is paid according to the number of words, and the more he writes, the more he will be paid, and the salary will be good.
He is not limited to the way out for these people, if someone feels that he can take charge of himself and chooses to leave Vientiane Bookstore, Lin Zixuan will not stop him.
They are even allowed to use the writing ideas provided by Vientiane Bookstore, which is good to gather and disperse.
On the one hand, he established this creative group to contribute to Vientiane Bookstore, and on the other hand, he wanted to transplant the writing creativity of later generations to this era and blossom in this era.
Meantime. He also doesn't force these people to write according to his settings, and they are free to innovate.
The people of this age are the same as the people of the people to come. They are all smart and able to draw inferences.
Lin Zixuan just provided a fulcrum. Whether they can pry the earth or not depends on their ability.
For example, this story setting about "007" was hotly discussed at the meeting of the creative team.
Some people have asked whether it is better to find an assistant for Bond like in "Sherlock Holmes", Holmes has Watson, and Bond should also have a partner, which is conducive to telling the story.
The story of Bond's daily life and adventures can be told from the perspective of this assistant.
In this day and age, Chinese readers are no strangers to Sherlock Holmes.
In 1916, Chung Hwa Book Company published The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes Detective Cases, translated in classical Chinese by Zhou Shoujuan, Yan Duhe, and later Cheng Xiaoqing, who was later known as the "father of Chinese detective novels".
The thrilling plot, tense scenes, scientific detective methods and rigorous logical reasoning in the novel have aroused great interest among Chinese readers.
Lin Zixuan was not surprised by this proposal. It's just that "007" is not a detective novel, but a spy novel.
Espionage is a secret profession that requires strict secrecy and does not require such close friends, and this is the adventure story of a lone hero.
There are also people who ask why a British hero should be written, why not a Chinese hero can be written with a Chinese as the protagonist, and a story of a Chinese hero saving the world.
The person who asked this question had a strong sense of patriotism, and Lin Zixuan was more pleased.
It's just that the heroic stories of the Chinese as the protagonists certainly do not sell well in foreign countries, and Western readers do not want to see an Oriental save the world. In that way, they have no sense of substitution, but they can create such heroes in China.
He remembered a TV series called "Swallow Li San" in later generations, and he might be able to write a "Shanghai Rogue Hero" based on it.
Someone came up with the idea of combining the above two opinions. Can you arrange a Chinese as an assistant for Bond.
Bond is in charge of playing handsome, and the Chinese are in charge of fighting.
In foreign novels and films, the image of the Chinese has always been slandered and scandalized. There is no positive image.
Why don't we start with this story and add an image of an upright Chinese?
In order for the novel to sell well in foreign countries and be accepted by Western readers. It is possible to give up the position of the protagonist to a Westerner, then adding the position of a Chinese assistant should be acceptable.
Many foreign readers know that Chinese know kung fu. It can also promote Chinese kung fu by the way.
That's the effect of brainstorming!
Lin Zixuan was very emotional, even his thinking was limited by the times, isn't this the model of "The Green Hornet"?
An American hero and a Chinese aide, this is the model that can be popularized in all heroic stories.
Why should I copy it according to the original book? You can modify all the stories.
For example, add a Chinese friend to Superman, add a Chinese partner to Batman, and all superheroes have an upright, kind and brave Chinese existence around them.
In this way, we can change the image of the Chinese in the Western world, enhance the sense of identity of the Westerners with the Chinese, and thus improve the living environment of the Chinese in the Western society.
He remembers receiving a letter from a girl from the United States.
The Chinese girl named Huang Liushuang told about her difficult experience in Hollywood, and Lin Zixuan was deeply touched by it.
Now that the ideas of these superheroes are in his hands and in his hands, this new model will be implemented.
The superhero comics created by Vientiane Bookstore must add a Chinese image, either a kung fu master, a scientist, or a doctor, all of which must be a positive image.
Although Lin Zixuan still needs to pay for the publication of comics in the United States today, with the cultivation of the comic market, these comics will influence young people in the United States and change their perception of the Chinese.
Maybe one day, they will accept the story of a Chinese person becoming the hero protagonist.
For example, the comic called "Chinese Heroes" in later generations has a good chance to enter the American market.
He called the people from the comics department to a meeting and issued the latest requirements, no matter what, to add Chinese people to the story, to show Chinese tolerant and brave side.
No one objected to the boss's order, but praised the boss for his wisdom.
The comics department has increased from the earliest three to eight, and every day I draw foreign superheroes, I am about to vomit, and this time I can finally draw Chinese, and I am excited to discuss.
The character setting of the comic is very important, not only not to affect the plot of the story, but also to show the role played by the Chinese in it.
Otherwise, adding a useless Chinese will not only not work, but will also cause the reader to resent it.
For example, in the story of "007", you can set the Chinese as scientists, develop various high-tech spy equipment, and this Chinese must also have humor and be able to interact with Bond.
Of course, Lin Zixuan doesn't need to worry about these details, and the members of the creative team will hand them over to him for review after they come up with the story outline.
Who made him the boss, and that's the benefit of being a boss.
The series of novels, called "007," he plans to try it out in a foreign-language newspaper in Shanghai and, if successful, seek publication in the UK.
Let's use literature to change the image of the Chinese people from this moment. (To be continued.) )