Blya Road.

When Lu Shi pushed the door in, Natsume Soseki was playing with us with a cat teasing stick.

They were having a good time, and when they heard the door open, they all looked at each other.

Natsume Soseki greeted: "Lu, you can be regarded as back." Her Royal Highness the Princess has been waiting for you. ”

Lu Shi was surprised,

"How?"

He looked around, but didn't notice Margarita's figure.

Natsume Soseki spreads his hands,

"Don't look for it. I'm not you, how can she be in the same room with me alone? ”

In fact, there have been before,

Margarita is already a working woman after all, and this kind of thing is inevitable.

But since she and Lu Shi made up her mind, she began to pay attention to avoiding secrets and minimizing unnecessary trouble.

Lu Shi nodded,

"What about her?"

Natsume Soseki stretched and looked out the window,

"The carriage was still there. Let's wait, she might be on Fleet Street. I think you can also go over there and take a look at the replies from the readers of "Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", and the sales of "The Mirror" seem to have gone up to the next level. ”

As the last part of the series, there are many big scenes in "The Return of the King",

The beginning is to light the beacon:

"The sky lit up with a cloud of light, and there was a yellow flame burning behind the dark barrier."

The Great War ensued.

Readers can't help but be hooked.

Of course, the happiest are the Pike brothers, and the two can't help but be excited at the thought of releasing a new board game.

It's time to make money again!

Lu Shi chuckled,

"I always knew The Lord of the Rings was fine."

How can it not be done to trust the elderly?

Natsume Soseki continued, "There are also manga, do you want to read them?" I have heard that Mr. Picasso receives no fewer letters from readers than you do. However, the style of his work ......"

Lu Shi laughed,

"I understand."

The two of them looked at the corner together,

There is a tightly wrapped painting called "Girls in Cooperation", which is the pioneering work of this world line of cubism.

Natsume Soseki said, "How can this kind of painting sell better than manga? But Mr. Picasso had his own artistic pursuits, and apart from working with the Mirror, he hardly drew comics, which led to him being incomprehensible to many people. ”

Lu Shi was somewhat surprised,

As far as he knew, Picasso was a master of marketing.

The world always compares him to Van Gogh, but in fact, he is more business-friendly than Van Gogh.

When he first arrived in France, he was completely unfamous, so he couldn't sell a single painting.

So, he came up with a clever idea to hire a few students to go to the gallery in Paris every day and ask the owner, "Excuse me, do you have Picasso paintings here?" ”

The boss was stunned on the spot,

"Who is Picasso?"

After going on like this for a while, the owners of the gallery began to ask each other where they could buy Picasso's paintings.

Lu Shi asked, "Did Mr. Picasso not take advantage of the fame of the Mirror?" ”

Natsume Soseki shrugged,

"Of course. But everyone wants comics~"

I did, but I didn't use it completely,

If used.

Lu Shi couldn't help laughing,

For Picasso, this should be regarded as a happy trouble, right?

He muttered, "I'll figure it out when I get the chance." After all, someone sent such a good painting. ”

Natsume Soseki did not say anything,

The heart says,

The painting is indeed a good painting, and it looks very "advanced", but the threshold for appreciation is too high.

He asked, "So what are you going to do next?" Maybe you can meet Her Royal Highness the princess on the road~"

Lu Shi shook his head,

"No, I'm going to write a book."

Hearing that Lu Shi was going to start writing, Natsume Soseki suddenly guessed something,

"Is it Mr. Zola's?"

Lu Shi said "um" and sat down in front of the typewriter,

But after thinking for a moment, he moved the stool to the side and took out a pen and paper.

"The Hunt" is actually a Danish movie,

To transform it into a proper secondary creation, it cannot be just like copying other books.

It's hard to adapt it into a movie,

There are too many examples of failures to mention.

In the same way, films, especially dramas, are not easy to adapt.

Because there are many expressions in it that are implicit but not expressive, you need to rely on actors' performances, lens language, and sometimes novel techniques and special effects.

Translating these into words is a test of a writer's writing skills.

And "The Hunt" takes place in Denmark,

The whole film is full of the unique barrenness and depression of Northern Europe, how to put it on paper?

Lu Shi has only seen movies, but has not read the script, which is more difficult.

He took the pen in his hand, lost in thought.

Long

"Whew~"

He let out a sigh of relief,

"It's a little tricky."

Natsume Soseki next to him couldn't help but be surprised,

I have the impression that Lu Shi's writing has always been a fast gunner, whether it is an academic monograph or entertainment, there is almost no time for Kavin,

Unlike those authors, it takes three or four hours to grind thousands of words.

Natsume Soseki felt something,

"Lu, are you going to touch a serious subject?"

Lu Shi nodded,

"Your sixth sense is pretty accurate."

Natsume Soseki couldn't help but be more interested, and said anxiously: "Quick! Tell me what you're going to write about! ”

The sound was a bit loud, and it scared my generation.

My junior: "Scared! ”

Deftly jumped on the table and swept Natsume Soseki in the face with his tail.

Lu Shi said: "Don't get excited, I'll just tell you." ”

He communicated and confessed with George Bernard Shaw and Kremer.

"Tsk......"

Natsume Soseki couldn't help but be speechless,

"I didn't expect the French to be virtuous. It is true that 'patriotism' is inherently just, and it is not incomprehensible that they want to deal with Dreyfus. But it is really unacceptable to smear and slander a writer of his own nation in this way. ”

Lu Shi said: "You think of your mother country......"

Natsume Soseki is embarrassed,

Indeed, he had in mind the Sino-Japanese War.

However, he certainly could not have imagined that in the future, Japan's "patriotism" would prevail, and it would even go so far as to launch a war of aggression and commit heinous crimes.

Lu Shi waved his hand,

"Let's concentrate on it."

Natsume Soseki asked, "Look at your appearance, the plot has already been thought out?" ”

Lu Shi nodded,

"Yes."

"Hunting" is 91 minutes long, not long,

So the story is not complicated:

——

Lucas works in a nursery school, and his kind-hearted and gentle personality quickly became loved by his colleagues and children.

Among them, a precocious girl named Carla is particularly close to Lucas.

Faced with the girl's naïve and simple overtures, Lucas could only refuse,

Carla retaliated by claiming that Lucas was a pervert who harassed the girl and saddled him with the crime of assaulting the girl.

For a time, he became the object of exclusion and oppression by the entire town,

Friend's anger,

Ex-wife's distrust,

Death of a dog,

Stranger's malice,

……

All of this made Lucas almost collapse,

Although Carla later confides in the truth, the malice does not end with Lucas's regaining his innocence.

He will be spurned by all.

——

Lu Shi is going to give Natsume Soseki a general lecture.

Who would have thought that the other party would directly cover his ears,

"Don't listen, don't listen."

Lu Shi is helpless,

"Natsume, you're the first reader of most of my works, what's going on now?"

Natsume Soseki pouted,

"As you said, I'm the 'first reader'. If you tell me the plot before the book is written, wouldn't that be a spoiler? ”

Lu Shi: "......"

I was speechless.

Natsume Soseki turned to say, "Now that I've thought about the content, it's just some details that are missing. ”

The plot is always the core, so the others are called "minutiae",

This is an exaggeration.

Lu Shi pondered for a moment,

"Natsume, have you read Mr. Zola's Nana?"

Natsume Soseki let out a "forehead ......" and replied with a little blush, "I studied it when I was very young. ”

Lu Shi was a little confused,

What's this guy blushing!?

He couldn't help but think about it, and finally understood,

Because there is a erotic description in "Nana", Natsume Soseki is afraid that he will regard that book as an enlightenment reading.

Lu Shi chuckled,

"I mean, don't you have ukiyo-e in Japan?"

Natsume Soseki's face turned even redder, and his head shook like a rattle,

"Don't ask~Don't ask~"

He digressed the subject: "Let's continue talking." Why did you suddenly mention Nana? ”

Lu Shi said: "I also want to mention your "I Am a Cat". ”

A word to wake up the dreamer.

Natsume Soseki is not stupid, and immediately understood that what Lu Shi wanted to say was the perspective problem,

"Nana" is a third-person perspective, so it reads like a straightforward story.

This is one of the characteristics of naturalism.

But what if you work from Nana's main perspective?

Is it to see the heart of the evil woman?

Or will you see repentance, low self-esteem?

Or, from the perspective of men who have had a relationship with Nana,

Will they feel like they are the victim of deceived feelings?

Natsume Soseki said: ""I Am a Cat" uses cats as the first-person perspective, just to increase the interest, plus cats see the world through the eyes, it is normal to have more sarcasm and ridicule. ”

Lu Shi nodded,

There are many articles that use this method,

The most familiar to Chinese should be Mr. Lu Xun's "Diary of a Madman".

And also

"Qin Cavity", the protagonist of the narrative is a madman;

"The Dust Settles", fool.

But if you want to say the most perverted, it has to be the Japanese writer, Osamu Dazai's "Human Disqualification", the protagonist simply divides himself and humans into two species.

This way of writing can increase the sense of substitution,

When reading "Diary of a Madman", readers will inevitably break out in a cold sweat behind their backs, feeling that they will be "eaten" by a "cannibalistic" society, because no one can guarantee that they are not that madman.

Especially Lu Xun introduced the ending of the madman in the preface-

The madness was cured.

This makes the sense of substitution even more prominent.

Natsume Soseki said: "Lu, different perspectives can provide different perspectives, mainly depending on who you want readers to substitute. Of course, the safest is the third perspective, as long as the story is told well, you can't go wrong. ”

Lu Shi must also understand,

After thinking for a while, he wrote a quotation mark "I" on the paper.

Of course, he needs readers to substitute Lucas.

Natsume Soseki was excited when he saw this, and put on an old-timer appearance and introduced: "Lu, according to my experience in creating "I Am a Cat", this kind of writing is still difficult. ”

Lu Shi took over the conversation,

"Yes. Many changes in the environment must rely on the reactions of secondary characters; The feelings and comments of the characters should also come out of the mouths of the secondary characters. Through the observation and hearing of the secondary characters, the plots related to the story are naturally blended together to advance the plot. ”

Natsume Soseki: "......"

Silence.

Lu Shi was a little puzzled: "What's wrong?" Why didn't you suddenly speak? ”

Natsume Soseki coughed lightly,

"Ahaha...... You're right! In one, if the protagonist is a safflower, the secondary characters and supporting characters are green leaves. ”

Lu Shi said: "This is a kind of flattering technique. Through the activities of the secondary characters to highlight the activities of the protagonist, so as to achieve the effect of shaping the characters. ”

Natsume Soseki: "......"

He finally found out that when he wanted to teach Lu, it was simply boring for himself.

How can Lu Shi need others to teach?

The so-called "good teacher" refers to oneself.

Natsume Soseki picked up the cat teasing stick,

"Come, come here, my fellow."

I can't teach Lu Shi by myself, and I can't teach a cat!?

My generation: "Meow~"

Glanced at Natsume Soseki with disdain, ran to Lu Shi's feet and curled up into a big meat ball, "snoring ~ purring ~"

Natsume Soseki is full of black lines,

￣□￣｜｜

Lu Shi didn't care about this one person and one cat,

He wrote a rough outline on a piece of paper, then moved his chair and sat down in front of the typewriter again.

Crackling -

Lines of text appear.

Natsume Soseki didn't want to be spoiled, and he couldn't help but want to read it, so he simply decided to be out of sight, put a cat leash on my life, and led it out.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Shi knocked for more than an hour, and the foreshadowing of the story was completed.

Just as there was a knock on the door outside,

"Mr. Natsume, is Professor Lu back?"

It's Margarita.

Lu Shi moved his waist and walked over to open the door.

Her Royal Highness stood at the door,

Maybe it's because she went to the office on Fleet Street today, so she wears a women's suit,

Despite some snow splashing on the lower edge of his legs, he still looks smart and capable.

Margarita looked into the room,

"Professor Lu, it's just you?"

Lu Shi nodded,

"Well, Natsume took me out for a walk."

He dodged and ushered the other into the house.

Margarita jumped in briskly, then glanced at Lu Shi cutely, and said, "Professor Lu, you are really, how can you take care of your head and tail?" ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a gift box.

Lu Shi asked, "What is this?" ”

Margarita pouted,

"Medal box."

"Ah......h

Lu Shi patted his head, and then remembered that he was wearing a medal and left directly, and he didn't take away the "product packaging".

Margarita was a little helpless,

"The secretary, registrar, and dean of the Order of the British Empire are looking for you like crazy, who would have thought that you would go straight away."

Lu Shi is embarrassed,

"Mainly thinking about Mr. Zola. Besides, I'm not very familiar with the rules and regulations. ”

He moved his gaze to the medal box,

The box is delicate and gorgeous, representing the supreme honor,

It is made of high-quality walnut wood, with a natural grain that is full of nobility, with smooth edges and gold edges, giving it an elegant and dignified feel.

The front of the box is carved with a crown,

Below the crown is a row of gilded reliefs depicting various symbolic motifs.

Lu Shi muttered: "This thing must be very valuable." ”

"Poof!"

Margarita laughed,

"You still expect to sell it?"

Lu Shi shook his head and opened the box,

Inside there is a soft blue velvet cover for the protection of the medal,

On the inside of the lid is engraved the motto of the Order of the British Empire:

For God and the Empire，

For God and the Empire.

Lu Shi opened the drawer, took out a folded "Mirror Newspaper" from it, and opened it carefully.

The KBE medal was revealed inside.

Margarita was stunned,

"Professor Lu, you just put such a valuable thing like this?"

Lu Shi spread his hands and said, "Isn't there no medal box before?" ”

Margarita was speechless.

She no longer talked to Lu Shi about this, and instead reported to work: "Because of the unprecedented popularity of "Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King", the sales of "The Mirror" have reached a new high. However, there is still not as much sales as "Chaowen Dao" in Europe. ”

As she spoke, she couldn't help but complain: "Professor Lu, you are really a monster. Books sell better than newspapers, and no one has ever done before. ”

Lu Shi said: "Doesn't this also sell the Bible? ”

Margarita glared at him,

"Compared to the sales of the Bible, this thing is already weird."

She continued: "Then there is the matter of Monsieur Picasso. He's popular now, but he's also very distressed. ”

Lu Shi wanted to laugh when he heard it,

This world line is so interesting that even marketing freaks don't have a rut.

Margarita said: "Mr. Picasso wanted to talk about a partnership with our advertising agency. ”

Lu Shi was dumbfounded,

"Does he have any money?"

Picasso's manuscript fee was very high,

However, the people who compete with him are all business giants, can they compare?

Margarita explains: "What Mr. Picasso means is if you work with an advertising agency. For every painting he sells for the next 25 years, he pays us 10% of the advertising fee. ”

Land Hours: ???

There is such an outrageous thing!?

Margarita misunderstood Lu Shi's shock and said, "Yes, I also think it's worse than investment." The price of the artwork...... Alas...... Even if you know how to draw, you may not be able to judge accurately. Why don't you go talk to Mr. Picasso? ”

"Goo......

Lu Shi swallowed his saliva,

"It's up to you to decide. Since I have entrusted you with the management of the advertising agency, I will fully trust you. ”

Margarita said, "Then I agreed." Mr. Picasso's prestige is growing, and future paintings should not be difficult to sell. ”

As she spoke, she pinched Lu Shi's forearm,

"What 'full trust'? I think you just want to be a shopkeeper! ”

Lu Shi shook his head,

"I really don't have time right now."

He pointed to the typewriter and said, "Because of Mr. Zola, I want to make one." ”

Margarita's curiosity sparked,

She leaned over and read the contents carefully.

The opening scene is a scene of several middle-aged men swimming by the lake in the town, a typical desolate and cold scene of Nordic countries.

"I", that is, the protagonist Lucas, appears at this time.

Unemployed, Lucas temporarily helps out at a nearby girls' school, often playing games with the children about hunters attacking prey, and his friendly and welcoming personality is welcomed by the students.

Among them, Carlain, the five-year-old daughter of Lucas's friend Theo, often gets lost, and has an admiration and affection for Lucas, who picks her up and takes her to and from school, and even begins to have some intimacy that seems to be out of nowhere.

Lucas, who noticed the strangeness of his behavior, politely declined the offer.

As a result, the intense frustration led Kara to tell a big lie to the principal......

At this point, the foreshadowing of the story is over.

Margarita saw that the cold hair on her back stood on end,

"This story ......"

She felt herself gripped by a deep despair.

If you were Lucas, how would you deal with such a situation?

It seems like......

Nothing can be done?

Margarita couldn't help but look at Lu Shi,

"What about the back?"

Lu Shi spread his hands and said, "I haven't written it yet." ”

"Uh-huh......"

Margarita was instantly grasped by deeper despair,

I can't sleep tonight!

(End of chapter)