Chapter 223: New Short Story - "Archaeological Notes" (3000+)

This black notebook is He Yun's "treasure chest", and many flashes of inspiration are recorded here.

It is precisely by relying on this black notebook that he has successively written masterpieces such as "Lonely Island Spy" and "Houyi Running to the Moon".

It can be said that once the critical moment comes, He Yun will take it out and flip it over.

Of course, in his spare time, he will also write casually in his notebook, no, over time, there are already more than 100 fragmentary descriptions or short essays in this notebook.

Now that there are so many magazines inviting articles to him, and it is even suspected that it is still the handwriting of the "Kang boss", He Yun naturally will not let it go.

After all, before that, not to mention the care of himself, these magazines had actually invited him to write one after another, but at that time, for various reasons, he did not submit articles to these magazines.

"October magazine is good to say, this part of the manuscript of "Lake and Mountain Love" written in advance can be sent to them for a try, but "Contemporary" magazine, you also have to vote for a copy, after all, they are all old friends."

After becoming famous in the writer's circle, He Yun's submission method has changed slightly.

Let's take this time as an example, he used to submit the manuscript by himself, and it is still unknown whether he can successfully pass the review, but now it's okay, it's the other way around.

Now that he is submitting, others are inviting him to write, but can he write or not? Submit or not? It all depends on whether he has time or not.

If October magazine did not choose to adopt his manuscript, it just so happened that he could exclusively license his "Love in the Lakes and Mountains" to the literary magazine "Contemporary".

Anyway, he has cooperated with the "Contemporary" literary magazine several times, and each time it is very pleasant, and this time his "Lake and Mountain Love", he hopes to further cooperate with the "Contemporary" magazine.

However, now that "October" magazine has sent him an invitation to write essays, he naturally has to give them a face, and also send them a manuscript of "Love in Lakes and Mountains".

As for the remaining invited magazines, such as "Harvest" and "Hibiscus", he found some gains after rummaging through the black notebook.

After some deliberation and consideration, He Yun decided to send them a short story each.

What is the subject matter? All belong to the theme of realism, one of which is based on the southbound SAR migrant worker "Agui" as the protagonist, indirectly describing the sadness and joy of the migrant workers from his perspective, focusing on the rapid development of the SAR and the positive and optimistic attitude of the protagonist "Ayang" in the context of reform and opening up.

In general, this short story is realistic, the number of words will not be too long, about seven or eight thousand words, and the main plot will be very simple, probably the protagonist "Agui" entered a construction site under the leadership of a fellow countryman, starting from a brick movers at the bottom, and after becoming a contractor, he had a head, and then returned to his hometown to lead the villagers to get rich.

The other is with "retired veteran Liu Dajun" as the protagonist, focusing on the story of him becoming the village party secretary of a mountain village, because he saw the great changes brought about by the reform and opening up outside, and in order to get the villagers out of poverty, he led everyone to dig out a mountain road to the outside world on the steep stone wall.

These two short stories have a single plot, but they both reflect a common theme, that is, in the context of reform and opening up, the extraordinary deeds of two different "ordinary little people".

"By the way, I almost forgot, and "Story Club", they named weird and strange topics, which is a bit difficult?" He Yun muttered silently, but he was secretly pondering.

If it's a realistic theme, it's okay, after all, I have the experience of writing "Love in Lakes and Mountains", so it's not so difficult to write.

But for the weird and miscellaneous themes, he had never written before, how could he write in such a short period of time, why couldn't he write ghost stories?

"No, ghost stories can't be written, but.... Adventure fantasy genres may be something to consider. At this moment, He Yun couldn't help but think of a certain Internet genre in later generations.

That's right, it's "tomb robbery...", oh, wrong, it should be said that it is "archaeological adventure fantasy theme".

Since ghost stories can't be written, and they have to be anecdotes, then this kind of adventure fantasy theme can really be considered.

However, He Yun will not learn from Uncle Nan, digging pits everywhere, and learning "Hu Bayi" if he wants to learn.

And the length must not be too long, after all, he doesn't have much leisure time now, so he can only choose short stories, and the number of words must be controlled within 8,000 words, otherwise, the time will definitely drag on for a long time.

"If that's the case, then a suitable archaeological target has to be chosen as the core, perhaps..... Can I consider the tombs of an ancient civilization in the southwest, such as the ancient Dian Kingdom or the Yelang Kingdom? ”

The reason why He Yun chose this kind of archaeological target, of course, was not because he was hot and chose it randomly, but because this kind of archaeological target is very mysterious, and once it is written as an adventure and fantasy, it is bound to be more attractive.

And at present, with the announcement of the great discovery of the Sanxingdui site, whether it is domestic or international, the "ancient civilization of the southwest" has instantly become a "big hit" archaeological discovery.

What's more, he had just returned from Jincheng and met historians such as "Professor Tong" who specialized in the study of the ancient civilizations of ethnic minorities in the southwest.

Of course, then again, none of the above is actually important, the most important thing is that nowadays, whether it is domestic or international, there are very few such adventure themes, He Yun wants to try whether he can rely on this film to break into the Xiangjiang market, or even the international market.

Thinking of this, He Yun suddenly thought of a very classic series of movies - "The Mummy".

"If mine can be adapted into a movie like this in the future, then wouldn't I...... Can you be world-famous? ”

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For the above three, He Yunzi will not write a long story, at least the first two will not, as for the last one "adventure fantasy", maybe you can consider writing it into a series of short stories, such as the "Wesley" series by Xiangjiang science fiction writer Ni Dajiao.

However, this should all be later, and he will not consider it in the next few months, after all, he does not have this time.

He was only thinking about how to deal with the past as soon as possible, after all, that "Kang Boss" was not an ordinary person, and he couldn't ignore his existence.

Fortunately, although the time is relatively tight now, if you squeeze it, you still have enough time to write these three short stories.

Besides, the outline of the three short stories does not take much time at all, especially the first two realistic short stories, which already have a rough plot framework in his black notebook, and he only needs to expand them to become an excellent realistic short story.

After making a decision, He Yun stuffed these information and communication into the drawer, and then quickly took out the book given by Dean Yu and read it carefully.

You must know that there are not a few days left before the time set by the dean, and he almost spends reading this book during the day except for classes, and at night, it is naturally his writing time.

Today, naturally, there will be no surprises.

No, after reading the book during the day and having dinner, he returned to the dormitory, sat down at the table, took out a new manuscript paper, and wrote two big characters in the middle of the top grid on it-"Nanfei", in order to take the name.

Then, He Yun pondered for a moment, and wrote in two empty spaces on the second line: "Lonely goose south, lovesickness, sunset, many wanderers, Agui, the name Li Gui, a native of Central Plains Province, as an authentic northerner, he shyly followed behind his fellow countrymen and boarded the train for the first time in his life............"

Because it is realistic and still a short story, He Yun directly brushed aside many plot descriptions.

For example, in the section of taking the train, in just 350 words, He Yun finished the first part of the plot - "Agui goes south".

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Three days later, when He Yun finished reading the book given by Dean Yu, the short realism of "Nanfei" was also written that night.

He revised it and decided on the first draft.

And the next day, he wrote on a new piece of manuscript paper with six big characters, "That Mountain, That Man, That Road" as the name of the second article.

Three days later, the nearly 8,000-word "That Mountain, That Man, That Road" was also completed.

After writing these two short stories of realism, He Yun originally planned to continue writing the third short story, but at this moment, he suddenly received a notice from Dean Yu asking him to take a new round of exams tomorrow.

There was no way, He Yun could only stop the idea of continuing to create "Archaeological Notes", and took out the book he had read two days ago and read it.

Early the next morning, taking advantage of the lack of classes in the morning, he came directly to Dean Yu's office with his books.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

"Come in, Koga!"

In the office, Dean Yu's voice came.

Hearing the sound, He Yun pushed the door and walked in, this time, to his surprise, Senior Li Hanming was not there.

However, he didn't think much about it, and walked up to Dean Yu with the book.

"Dean, I'm here."

"Hmm...... Have you finished reading the book? Dean Yu looked at He Yun with a smile and asked.

"After reading it, Dean Yu, please take out the exam papers." He Yun nodded and replied with the same smile.

"Exam papers? No, no, no...... This time, I will not give you the exam papers, or even give you questions, but you will write it yourself, and you will write about your own doubts or opinions about the content of the book. ”

"Dean, you don't want me to write a thesis, do you?" As soon as He Yun heard Dean Yu's words, he immediately showed a hint of surprise and said with a smile.

"Hahaha...... You really guess...... That's right! It's a paper, write it, the time is still two hours, and you can write as much as you can. Dean Yu immediately laughed and continued.