Chapter 479: A Dog's Eyes on the World
The story that revolves around a parrot with a parrot as the protagonist is currently very rare, very little, almost none. At least in the eyes of the director of the Stadt Library, there really isn't a decent one. At least it can reach quite a certain level of recognition, and there is a certain degree of circulation, but there is really none.
It's a bit strange, and parrots have been integrated into society for some time. The current development of the world is also very mature, and it can even be said that it is a little saturated. If the parrot is the main character, it means a new routine, a new style. Someone must have tried it a long time ago, but the reality is that there is no decent work at all, which is a bit strange.
"Is the number of parrots still small, and the market is small?" Kevin casually said a few possibilities, "or is it difficult to write literally? If people write about parrots, after all, different races, the feeling of writing will be different." Even men write women, or women write men, there is a sense of disobedience, let alone people and birds. ”
Starter frowned, shook his head, and didn't answer.
"When it comes to literature, it's really hard to write with a parrot as the protagonist," Kevin thought about it carefully, "Write a parrot as invincible, and blow up the gods along the way, so where will it end up with humans? When people are the protagonists, the parrot is a pet, a supporting role, and shows surprise on the side." And if the parrot is the protagonist and people are surprised by the side show, I'm afraid most people won't be able to stand it. ”
"It's really a problem," Stadt replied, "and if you don't grasp it well, it's easy to cause deeper social contradictions, unless it's a double protagonist, or a group portrait, but it's not commercial." Or it is possible to elevate a parrot empire without humans directly. ”
"Speaking of which, why doesn't the parrot write on his own?" Kevin asked himself, "Is it because birds are too slow to write? I still have a bird typewriter over there, albeit a trial version." ”
Stadt still shook his head: "These reasons can only reduce the number at most, and it is impossible not to do without." There should be a deeper reason. ”
The two were silent for a while, each bowed their heads and pondered, for a long time, the two suddenly raised their heads at the same time: "Piracy problem!"
Yes, the ability of a parrot is completely different from that of a human, he is a network cable. If you want to see your work, the advantage is too great. Someone may have written about the main character of the parrot, and the parrot must have noticed it at the first time. So the parrots passed to each other, and as long as the parrots were interested, they could fly over and watch.
Even if the author locks himself up in a small dark room, he has to take it out after he finishes writing, right? In the end, it is still in the hands of the parrot and let them pass it on. And the audience of the work itself is also a parrot, so can it still make money?
In this way, the work in which the parrot is the protagonist is stifled in the cradle stage, and even those who try it will give up directly. This led to today's situation.
But if it's a game, it's a different story at all. This kind of game itself has no plot, and it doesn't matter if it's a thorough drama or not. Creating a character is used to cheat money. Since there is a large audience, it is a large amount of money.
Thinking of this, Start immediately started to write and drafted a new plan. Kevin just stood up, pushed open the window, and looked at the sky.
"What are you thinking?" Stadt drafted, glancing up at Kevin.
"I was thinking that if there was no story to support it, this game would still be empty after all. Kevin replied.
"Would you do me a favor, then?"
"I'm lazy. ”
“......”
"But I do think of a man, or a bird," Kevin replied, "and maybe it can help." ”
"You mean......" Staatt had already thought of whom.
"It's still early today, so I'll stop by to visit the prison. Kevin said, ready to turn around and go out.
Starter also stood up: "Or I'll go too, I haven't even visited the prison." I happen to be free today, and I have to see my old friends. ”
Kevin nodded in agreement, and the two immediately went out, riding all the way into the teleportation array, and they had already arrived at the prison at noon.
The prison was still the same, and the inmates had just finished lunch and it was time for their lunch break. The female prisoners were sitting or lying on their beds, and when they saw the guards leading Kevin and Statt in, they all hurriedly stood up.
"How can we get into prison?" asked Stadt in a whisper. He was under the impression that prisoners and their families were taken to a special meeting room and then visited through the fence.
"I'm different. Kevin just replied casually.
The two approached the crow's cage, and the crow also looked a little happy, and an exclamation point jumped out of his head: "Oh, there is a new guest." ”
A smile appeared on the corner of the female prisoner's mouth, and Kevin and Start clearly felt that "new guests" had a double meaning. But it doesn't matter, it's all ridicule. Stat also enthusiastically stretched out his hand and brought some food.
As the boss, he is always very skillful in human affairs, in addition to giving the crows to eat, the prison guards also gave some, and the female prisoners also brought some by the way, while smiling: "Everyone eats, everyone eats." ”
The female prisoners remained upright and did not dare to move. The prison guard smiled and took all the food, and then began to eat it himself, smiling and thanking him.
"Then you talk, I'll go outside. "The prison guards went outside while eating, took all the food away, and left nothing for the female prisoners. The female prisoners seemed to be accustomed to it, and when they saw the guards leaving, they lay down or sat again, in a daze.
Start sneered: "Fortunately, I brought enough food, come on, come on, I still have sugar here." ”
Kevin was surprised: "How much do you load?" "You must know that the teleportation array can't carry a space ring, and these are fully pocketed.
The female prisoners gladly accepted and thanked them, and it was hard to imagine how they had committed a crime. Then, Starter took the opportunity to say something about helping to take care of crows and the like in the future, and Kevin couldn't help but sigh after reading it on the side: "Maybe I need to learn from you in this regard." ”
Then, after a moment of conversation, the subject begins, and Statt expresses his hope that the crow will write something, literature with birds as the main character, anything.
Unexpectedly, the crow had already started to create, and a female prisoner next to him took out a notebook from under the pillow and handed it to Stadt: "This Mr. Raven is very talented, and he is bored here, so he will dictate it, and we will write it." But at the same time, we also wanted to add some of our ideas, so this book was written by a few of us prisoners. Would you like to review?"
The two nodded and took it, looking at the cover of "Dog Eyes See the World". The two couldn't help but glance at each other, and then flipped:
I'm an old dog, a 40-year-old dog, a stray old dog. My body is still very young, and I don't know why I have lived so long. I could understand human speech, I could even write, and I used to sit outside the classroom and listen to lectures and find that I could understand them all. I came to understand that my intelligence was very high, far more than the wisdom of a dog.
But even so, my life hasn't changed. I'm still wandering, and when wandering, day other dogs.
Kevin and Stadt looked at each other: "......"
"Good," Kevin commented directly, "It's very good for my appetite, and it starts well." ”
Start pondered for a moment: "In the first person, the protagonist is a dog, this ...... The novelty is still very good, you can give it a try. I would venture to ask, what is the follow-up plot?"
The female prisoners looked at the crow, and the crow coughed dryly: "The dog will meet a crow in the future, and the crow will walk him frantically, and he will fight with the crow with wits and courage, and finally lose to the crow and have a mental breakdown." ”
Everyone: "......"
The crow coughed dryly: "I know that if I write myself as the protagonist, I will be suspected of being self-congratulatory." So I changed my perspective. ”
"Hmm......" Kevin thought for a moment, "I'll give a good evaluation when I'm done." ”
But Starter said directly: "The protagonist dies, this tone is too dark, isn't ......it?"
The female prisoner interjected: "But we will add a lot of branches to it, such as this dog meets a kind girl, but the girl doesn't live long and dies." Then I met a good guy who turned out to be a dog meat dealer and so on. ”
"It's too dark," Statt was already thinking about how to refuse, "It's not that you can't send it, but I feel like I'm depressed when I see it." Even if you force humor in it, it will become black humor. ”
The female prisoner sitting in the farthest part said coldly: "Our life is originally gloomy. ”
Statt was stunned and had nothing to say for a while. The air was quiet throughout the room.
""Dog Eyes See the World," Kevin broke the silence, "is the dog used as a vehicle to satirize the many chaos of human society?" In this way, the main line may not be important, but the branch line is the main line, right?"
The room was silent again, and the female prisoners almost acquiesced.
After a long time, a female prisoner broke the silence: "How is it?
"Yes," Stadt replied, "but with such a dark tone and not a mainstream routine, there is a high probability that it will not become popular." ”
"It's okay," the inmates smiled, "and we're not going to ask for any manuscript fees, we just want to make a sound." ”
"Is there a grievance?" Kevin asked.
"We deserve it. The female prisoners smiled self-deprecatingly.
Kevin was silent for a moment and spoke: "That's it, since this book is co-written by everyone, then add me one." If I don't change your ending, I'll add a few branches. How?"
The female prisoners were stunned, and then smiled: "Actually, we are not qualified to negotiate terms with you, you can do whatever you want." ”
"You're welcome," Kevin said, "The manuscript fee will be given to you when the time comes, even if it is donated to the prison." ”
The crow spoke, "What are your big plans?"
Kevin smiled, "I have to plan for my life." ”
"What do you want to do?" said Stadt with a nervous face.
"I'd like to try a long-form comic strip," Kevin replied, "and since you're not going to get it, I'll try it." ”
Starter frowned: "You just like to do something unrealistic." ”
"Yes," Kevin doesn't deny either, "Anyway, I have some resources on hand right now, so I can give it a try." The first step is, of course, the script, my own, and the previous work wrote that the assassin would eat, and I didn't dare to move anymore. I'm still nervous if my current work is really popular. So it's better to collect a work at the moment, and it's a crow's, and the style is very similar to mine. ”
"But technically......" Statt frowned, "how many years are you going to do it?"
Kevin just snapped up a finger to signal that he didn't need to say more. The two then changed the subject, chatted with everyone for a long time, and walked out of the prison in the evening.
"Technical question," Kevin picked up the question, "do you remember Fran?"
"You're going to use the undead...... Uh, Fran spell to make a dynamic diagram?"
"You can give it a try. ”