In 1937, British writer J.R.R. Tolkien published the first book in his medieval series of novels, The Hobbit's Adventures, the first in the Lord of the Rings series, and thus ushered in the era of fantasy novels! The whole text is described in a conversation-like manner, and the content of the story is similar to that of a children's book, so it is often regarded as a children's story and classified as a fairy tale. ”

"Nowadays, the book is actually an adult fairy tale. Today, Bantan Corporation of America has published a children's book written by children - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone! It was recently written by Alex Carpenter, who everyone has been talking about as the 'magic boy'. ”

A novel critic crackles and pounds on a typewriter as he writes for The New Yorker. During this time, both on the radio and in the newspapers, there was news from the Carpenter brothers. The New Yorker, as a magazine that reflects the trend of the times, certainly cannot be left behind.

"This novel written by the so-called 'magic boy' is very childish and unaesthetically pleasing to the whole story, but for the eight-year-old Alex, it is already considered a 'superb' writing. In addition to the novelty of the setting, what can be boasted of is that the author's imagination is very strong. But if there is no fantasy, it is still not enough to compare with similar works such as "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Legend of Narnia". ”

As one of the leading publishers in the United States, Bantan Book Publishing has a very strong sales channel. In line with the recent limelight of the Carpenter brothers, the book sold 500,000 copies as soon as it hit the market, and it looks like it is about to exceed a million copies!

This kind of sales volume has made many professional writers very hot. They also bought a copy to see what was so merit about such a book. When I flipped through it, I was shocked by Alex's vernacular writing.

In this era without the Internet, the articles that can be printed and published are all carved several times, and the words in them will not be so naïve and shallow, if not every word.

But the reality is so strange, such a simple and easy-to-white novel, printed again and again, in just a few months, has sold millions of copies! The book is still being printed in the printing press, and it is unknown how much it will eventually sell.

It is said that this book is very popular among children, and when they get it in their hands, they want to read it all at once. Many children who read this novel will spontaneously take it to school to show it to other classmates, and play role-playing games during breaks.

Some people criticize, naturally some people praise!

Some of the more objective and unbiased critics of fiction have found something interesting in this book. At first, their voices were too small to attract attention, and slowly, more and more people joined them.

"From the very first page of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the reader is captivated by the mysterious atmosphere. The story begins on a gloomy Tuesday, when Harry Potter, a boy of strange origin, lost his parents at the age of one and was sent to a most ordinary citizen family. ”

"The story begins with the hero's Cinderella-like grievance, who has been living in a cupboard at the top of the stairs and a spider since he was adopted by his uncle's house. The story is written very realistically and emotionally from the start, and it quickly creates a connection with the protagonist and brings people into the characters naturally! ”

Another fiction critic wrote that he was going to contribute to a newspaper. When he first started, he also frowned at this kind of junior high school level writing, but fortunately the sentences were smooth and easy to understand, otherwise he would have been thrown aside. When he didn't mind this kind of problem, after reading a few chapters, the plot became more and more interesting, but he didn't expect to read it in one go.

"Writing is a problem, but if you think about it, a book for an eight- or nine-year-old is just right. The most important thing is that such fantasy novels are needed by American children right now, and they love such books. ”

At the beginning, the comments in the newspaper were more and less liked, but they couldn't stand the rising sales of others. The market feedback was very good, and even "The Lord of the Rings", which was selling well at the time, had to give it three points.

Finally, the master of fantasy, Tolkien, took notice of the book. After studying it carefully, he wrote in his own article: "It's very interesting, and I look forward to the follow-up story being written soon." ”

C.S. Lewis, another author of fantasy novels, also wrote: "Oh my God, this is exactly the novel I want to read!" I really want to know the next story between Harry Potter and Voldemort! ”

In the mouth of C.S. Lewis, this novel is more interesting than the "Legend of Narnia" that he wrote.

C.S. Lewis once said, "People don't write what I want to read, so I have to write my own." And just like that, he wrote a book that thousands of people wanted to read.

After the praise of these two fantasy novel gods, Alex finally has some confidence in this novel, which is far from the original "Harry Potter", in fact, at first he was also worried that he was not good enough to write and would mess up Aunt Rowling's masterpiece. What I didn't expect was that he could still be affirmed by so many people.

Sometimes, when Alex's conspiracy theory strikes, he secretly thinks, "Maybe the gods are giving face to Bantan, that's why they say that?" After all, the sedan chair carries people, and you can't speak ill of each other! ”

In any case, with the encouragement and urging of the great god, he will take some time to write a second novel in addition to recording. After all, he has the ability to "memorize completely", and when he can't remember the plot or get stuck while writing, he will close his eyes and watch the Harry Potter series of movies again.

This time, when he writes, he is no longer as casual as before, bent on improving his writing so that the critics who say his writing is poor will silence him.

After he wrote tens of thousands of words, he looked back and said, "Damn! What is this written! It's not cool at all, will anyone read a novel that makes people feel bad after reading it? ”

After all, he is a reader who has been edified by a lot of online articles, and Alex really can't stand the so-called "spring and snow"-like tone! In a fit of rage, he discarded all the manuscripts he had written.

"I'm a little white, what's going on? It's just that some people like to watch, you bite me Dingding! Alex cursed through gritted teeth, and continued to write the cool text in his heart in the vernacular.

In this way, the second novel in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", was completed quickly. The speed was so fast that he was surprised himself.

The setting still uses his previous background in the magical world, in which he also specially highlights a major feature in the online novel, that is, fighting monsters and upgrading! This was a breakthrough in an era before computer games and tabletop games were not yet widely available. In order to perfect this feature and make it easy for readers to understand the concept, Alex also made character cards for the important characters in the book.

Alex said to himself, "Well, the character cards are all here, why don't you take advantage of the situation to get the game rules of Dungeons and Dragons out as well?" ”

"Forget it, that's a lot of work! Besides, if I spend time on those things, how can I have time to make money! "After the last time, Alex still gave up, comparing the input-output ratio is too small and not worth it.

"When you have time and money in the future, you can organize someone to get it!" Once Alex had made up his mind, he didn't think about it anymore.

He spent several more days revising the manuscript, correcting some of the irrational parts of it, or laying some unnoticeable foreshadowing. After doing all this, he called Karl, the editor in charge, and asked him to pick up the manuscript of the novel.

Anyway, Alex is also a "big writer" now, and he still has a best-selling book. There is still a privilege to let the editor in charge come and get the manuscript.

"What? You've already written the second part? Carl was taken aback when he got the call. He had planned to find a chance to talk to Alex about how to write later. Unexpectedly, before he prepared the relevant information, the other party had already written it.

After Carl got the manuscript and read it quickly, he was finally convinced. The style of this book is still the same as the previous one, and it is also refreshing to read.

"What a book! I was so nervous that my palms were dripping with sweat! Carl was already fascinated by this unique cool text, he had never seen anyone write like this, and the plot of the book kept the reader in a sense of coolness, like a tidal wave.

"Then you can follow the new book publication!" Alex didn't want to bother with it anymore after getting Carl's approval, he still had a lot of recording work to do.

Seeing this, Carl quickly talked about the sales of the first book. However, Alex really had little interest in this, and he wrote the book just to try to get his first pot of gold, but it didn't work.

Now that he has made money through music, he doesn't care much about the sales of the books he wrote before.

However, the book did bring him a lot of money, and he even had to do his first record. It's just that it's unlikely that you want to get the money. Faced with the money he couldn't get yet, Alex was not interested.

"So, I'll take my leave!" Carl saw that Alex was in a sluggish state, so he immediately stopped the topic and left with the manuscript.

Alex was annoyed, and he was tormented by Mark's fastidious work attitude. According to his idea, he just needs to record his perfect performance, and leave the rest to the producers and tuners.

What I didn't expect was that Mark, who didn't know what to stimulate, had to keep improving and record repeatedly. Originally, it was normal to do this, and there are many such perfectionists who can succeed in making music. For example, Mike Jackson, and John Lennon, they are all representatives of this type of person.

It's a pity that Alex Carpenter is not such a person. He felt that as long as he could get by, he would be fine. What's more, when he was exerting his abilities, the quality of the recorded records was definitely much higher than most of the times in this era. But Mark has to be nitpicky, and he must be absolutely perfect. It's usually the others who don't meet the requirements, and Alex has to suffer with them.

At the beginning, he was just trying to make music, but now he seems to have made a lot of money, and he doesn't care so much about it anymore. He was already thinking about how to use the money in his hand to make more money.