This time, for the publication of "Journey to the West", Wang Mo specially prepared ten paintings and ranked them with a serial number of 1-10.

All of them are painted by the top original artists in China.

Originally, Wang Mo wanted to invite international original painters to create, after all, aside from some patriotic complexes, the level of original painters in Europe and the United States is indeed higher than that in China.

But considering that the European and American original artists did not understand the essence of Chinese mythology at all, he finally gave up this idea and invited the original Chinese artists.

Sure enough, he made the right choice.

Although the level is slightly worse, the original Chinese painter can restore the essence of Chinese mythology to the greatest extent and draw the connotation that only belongs to the characters of the Oriental Flood Wilderness.

Of these ten paintings, the first three were used to make the covers of three editions.

Later, Wang Mo plans to release it slowly.

But now he has made the fifth "Monkey King" public in advance.

You don't have to do it step by step!

Don't follow the rules!

Taunt?

Joke?

Disdain?

Oppugn?

That's a stick, and all the ghosts and ghosts that stand in front of you will disappear.

No one thought that under the frenzy of public opinion, instead of being humble, Xilou used such an arrogant way to declare war on everyone.

If some rational people knew that this matter had little to do with the West Building, it was just media propaganda and momentum.

At that moment, the news released by the West Building officially told everyone: what the media said was right! It's even too conservative!

Because of this, the entire network was stunned by Xilou's strong response this time.

I don't even know how to respond.

Arrogant?

Overbearing?

Furious?

At this moment, countless words appeared in their minds, but they felt that none of the words could describe Xilou's actions this time.

In that case, let's speak for the facts!

They wanted to know why the West Building dared to do this!

It's useless to say more!

Works speak!

I have to say that the response to Wang Mo's move was very good, although it was a negative response, but many industry insiders and European and American netizens who were not ready to watch "Journey to the West" were all focused, and they were holding a breath in their hearts.

"I want to see where your arrogant capital is."

"Excellent! Stepping on the sky, huh? I'll find out for myself. ”

"Looks like I have to take a look at Journey to the West."

"Huaxia people, you have successfully caught my attention."

“……”

Therefore.

When "Journey to the West" was released on this day, countless readers flocked to major bookstores, ready to see what kind of fantasy mythological novel in the West Building was for the first time.

The first is Huaxia.

As the base camp of the West Building, the readers are the craziest.

Large bookstores across the country welcomed countless Xilou book lovers early in the morning.

Feng Qi and Zhu Han are two of them.

As the twin guns of the Chinese poetry industry, these two can be called the top bosses in the Chinese literary world, but they were crushed by a few poems in the West Building, and they lost their original sharpness, and they also became loyal supporters of the West Building.

But it is undeniable that the literary attainments of the two are still at the level of contemporary masters.

"Although the West Building is very profitable, he may be a little overly proud this time."

The two talked as they walked into a local bookstore.

Feng Qi sighed with emotion: "Young and vigorous, in fact, I feel that the "Journey to the West" in the West Building may be very unusual, which can be seen from the poem that Wang Mo said at the beginning. With his literary attainments, he also has proud capital. But he forgot one thing: he didn't adapt to the soil. ”

"Yes."

Zhu Han nodded: "In fact, there is no shortage of top-notch literary works in our Huaxia. However, the people of European and American countries simply cannot appreciate the unique literary heritage and characteristics of China. Our simple conversations may all contain very profound meanings, and subtlety and restraint have created our unique culture, but those Europeans and Americans simply do not understand it. This is the reason why our literary works cannot be widely circulated internationally. ”

Feng Qi sighed: "No way, it's a hard injury." What's more, Wang Mo actually linked fantasy novels and literature this time, which is even more questioned. Forget it, it's useless to talk more, let's read the book first. ”

"Good!"

The two quickly found the area where "Journey to the West" was placed.

The next second, they looked at each other, and they all exclaimed.

"Two versions?"

This is something they didn't expect at all, and the "Journey to the West" that came into view of them actually has two versions: the ancient version and the vernacular version.

Zhu Han instantly felt that he had figured it out: "I see, no wonder the media said that it was a literary masterpiece when it was promoted, probably because of the ancient version, right?" With Xilou's achievements in ancient texts, it is really simple to write an ancient edition. ”

Feng Qi frowned: "But if that's the case, then Xilou is indeed too arrogant." He wrote an ancient version, which can make us Chinese people feel literary, but foreign readers can't understand it? After all, this time, the West Building is mainly facing international readers. At home, he has long become a legend. If he can't conquer an international audience, then nothing is said. What's more, I can't imagine what a fantasy mythological novel will look like when it is written in ancient Chinese. I always feel nondescript. ”

The expressions of the two became solemn.

Rationally, they would have liked to have won over an international audience with West Building's novels.

But now, it's very unreliable.

Then.

Feng Qidao: "I read the ancient version. ”

Zhu Han said: "Then I'll look at the vernacular version." ”

The two of them each picked up a book, sat down in a silent position, and began to read.

Feng Qi took a deep breath and opened the text.

The title made his eyes flicker slightly: [Spiritual Root Cultivation Source Flows Out of the Heart Cultivation Dao Sheng]

Then comes the opening verse:

[Chaos is not divided into heaven and earth, and no one can see it.

Since Pangu broke Hongmeng, it has opened up from Ziqing to distinguish turbidity.

Covering the masses of beings to look up to benevolence, inventing all things to be good.

If you want to know the Yuan Gong of the Creation Society, you must watch the Legend of Journey to the West. 】

Feng Qi secretly praised in his heart, and it can be seen from the beginning that Xilou's attainments in ancient texts are indeed remarkable. The title and opening verses are not something that ordinary people can write.

Even he raised his eyebrows slightly.

"The opening style is really very literary. It's just a book with a strong literary nature, so it basically won't be liked by ordinary readers, right? ”

Literature and best-selling have always been the opposite.

Because ordinary people can't stand the tirade of Wen Crepe at all, only popular, interesting, and novel magic novels like "Rose's Fantastic Journey" can be liked by the public.

Sure enough, the following content confirmed his conjecture:

[The number of heaven and earth is one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred years old. The one yuan is divided into 12 branches, Naizi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. Each meeting should be 1800 years old. And just one day: when the child is young, the rooster crows; Yin does not pass through the light, and Mao is the sunrise ......]

It's too profound.

It's so dry.

At this time, Feng Qi really understood why "Journey to the West" wanted to publish a popular version, if it was only an ancient version, it was estimated that 90 out of a hundred readers would be intimidated by the esoteric text.

However, at this moment, Feng Qi did not think about the popular version of things.

Because the more he looked down, the more frightened he became.

He found that he still underestimated the literary nature of "Journey to the West".

Originally, Feng Qi thought in his heart that Xilou was forcibly writing ancient texts, because a modern person writing ancient texts would be more or less uncomfortable.

However, all the way down, his content is very smooth, and there is hardly any shadow of modern text in terms of words.

Even Feng Qi once thought that he was really reading a novel written by the ancients.

Feng Qi's scalp was numb when he saw it, this feeling was really terrifying, and from this, he could feel that Xilou's attainments in ancient texts had reached a peak state, which was not comparable to them at all.

Especially in the book, various poems appear frequently and come easily.

For example, when depicting the Water Curtain Cave, the West Building reads:

"A white rainbow rises, and thousands of snow waves fly; The sea breeze blows constantly, and the river and the moon are still shining. ”

"The air conditioner is divided into green mountains, and the rest of the flow is moist and green; The gurgling waterfall is really like a curtain curtain. ”

When writing about the Monkey King, Xilou wrote:

"Sanyang Jiaotai produces a group of people, and the immortal stone cells contain the essence of the sun and the moon."

"Borrowing eggs to turn into monkeys to finish the avenue, pretending that his name and surname are worthy of Dancheng."

"Vipassana does not know the cause and has no appearance, but the outer combination knows that it is tangible."

"Everyone in all generations has belonged to this, and they have been called kings and saints."

Such verses can be found almost everywhere in the text.

Although their literary quality is very different from the poems written before Xilou, there may be a large number of poems mixed in the article, and it is not abrupt to see, but the scenes are described through the poems on the paper, this kind of skill, Feng Qi can't help but be amazed.

Therefore, after reading the first time, Feng Qi had already let go of all his external thoughts and immersed himself in reading.

After watching the first episode, Feng Qi couldn't hold his breath anymore, and the initial ripples changed into a lot of waves.

It was only the first time he saw that the West Building had built a magnificent worldview.

Many times it is just a few words, and a vast and majestic momentum seems to rush towards them, making people see a magnificent world of gods and demons in a trance.

What is even especially rare is that Feng Qi felt the refreshing feeling of reading a novel for the first time!

Yes, you read that right.

It's refreshing!

For many years, when Feng Qi reads literary works, he basically looks at them with an attitude of scrutiny or learning.

But when he watched "Journey to the West" in front of him, he not only felt the literary and artistic nature that convinced him, but also felt the inner excitement that he had not seen for a long time.

In front of him, he subconsciously appeared that the West Building sent out the CG picture of the Monkey King that amazed the world yesterday.

Combine pictures.

Feng Qi had a strong expectation in his heart, he wanted to know how the stone monkey in front of him had grown into the Monkey King who could compete with 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals!

……

While Feng Qi was reading, he didn't notice Zhu Han next to him, and his breathing had become rapid at the moment.

Even Zhu Han's neck became red, and his face was full of excitement.

His right fist clenched and swung in the air.

Even if he was in the library at the moment, Zhu Hancong couldn't help but let out a low roar: "Okay! Good! Good! ”

Since Zhu Han reads the popular version, and he usually reads books faster, his reading speed is much faster than Feng Qi's.

When Feng Qi finished slowly tasting the first time after reading it, Zhu Han had already seen the fourth chapter of the popular version.

His heart was already boiling.

In just a few chapters, the Monkey King has started a hearty legendary road:

Learn seventy-two changes under the Bodhi Ancestor!

Go deep into the Dragon Palace to get the Dinghai God Needle!

Break into the underworld and tick off the book of life and death!

Destroy the Demon King of the Mixed World!

The four seas and thousands of mountains are all arched, and the nine secluded and ten categories are all removed!

Just these few things made Zhu Han's goosebumps pop up.

But more is yet to come.

After learning that he was edicted by the Heavenly Court, but he knew that he was just sealing "Bi Ma Wen", he was dissatisfied and sacrificed the golden hoop stick, hit all the way to the South Heavenly Gate, and finally broke out of the Heavenly Gate.

At this point, Monkey King has officially appeared!

"Wearing gold armor and shining in a golden crown."

"Holding a golden hoop stick in your hand, and stepping on cloud shoes are commensurate."

"A pair of strange eyes look like stars, and the ears are hard over the shoulder."

"Standing tall is a lot of change, and the voice is as loud as a bell chime."

"Sharp-mouthed and tooth-barred, high-hearted to be a Monkey King."

These lines of poetry have not been deleted in the popular version, and they have been preserved intact. In many cases, in ordinary novels, a small amount of poetry can greatly enhance the B-section of the novel.

That's it at this moment, a poem, instantly highlights the domineering and arrogant of Monkey King.

At this time.

With the Monkey King sentenced out of the heavenly court, he turned over and became the next Monkey King.

Heavenly Court is furious.

The Jade Emperor immediately ordered Li Jing, the king of Tota, to be the generalissimo of demon subjugation, and the third prince of Nezha to be the god of the Three Altars of the Sea Society, and led 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals to immediately arrest the Monkey King.

Zhu Han just saw this.

His eyes were round and he was trembling.

"Good fellows! What a Monkey King, alarming the Heavenly Court, was arrested by the next 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, such a spirit! ”

He felt every cell of himself tremble.

This is not the first time Zhu Han has read popular novels, in the past, he was scornful of this kind of novels, and he felt that it was completely the author's obscenity, and there was no appreciation at all.

But when he read "Journey to the West" at this moment, he found that his feelings were completely different.

Even though its description is very straightforward, whether it is the appearance of the characters, their personalities, or the description of the shape of the treasure and the state of the scene, they are all detailed and detailed, which makes people look very smooth and comfortable.

Or rather, more than just fluidity.

But in the beginning of a few chapters, an unruly and earth-shaking Monkey King jumped on the page, a huge desolate world was deeply embedded in his heart, and a fantasy world with hundreds of millions of gods and demons became very clear and three-dimensional in his mind.

This ability made Zhu Han breathtaking.

Therefore, Zhu Hancai didn't think about it at first, and then quickly sank into it.

Refreshing!

It's so cool that it explodes!

He, a literati who scorns online novels now, is actually like those readers who like online texts at this moment, and is deeply infatuated with the refreshing plot of "Journey to the West", which is like a wave and is almost endless.

That's why Zhu Han looked red-faced.

Even, at first, he was a little worried that Xilou would put all the climactic plots in the first few chapters to write.

But keep watching.

Only then did he realize that he was wrong.

The next plot is even more explosive!

100,000 Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals can't subdue the Monkey King!

Monkey King fought against the Heavenly Immortals.

Even if he was finally captured, thrown into the gossip furnace, and experienced seventy-seven forty-nine days of smelting, he was still fine, but he made himself a pair of fiery eyes!

This imagination!

This depicts the power!

This spirit!

Zhu Han was already deeply fascinated by this monkey.

I like its arrogance, I like its domineering, and I like its rebelliousness.

"Oh my God!"

Zhu Han didn't know how many times he unconsciously let out such a sigh, until he didn't know how long he had watched it, and when he saw Xuanzang appear and was about to go to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, he subconsciously raised his head and stretched his already stiff and sore neck.

Glancing at his phone, Zhu Han's heart shook violently.

Before I knew it, it was eleven o'clock!

He came in at eight o'clock.

I watched it for more than two hours this time?

How long has it been since I've been so addicted to a novel?

The last time seemed to be back when I was younger, and then there were no novels that made me forget to eat and sleep.

Zhu Han always thought that it was because he was older and lost the vigor he had when he was young.

Today he realized that he had not encountered a good enough novel.

"This novel ......"

Zhu Han rubbed his sore eyes, his eyes were complicated.

He looked at Feng Qi, who was still quiet in the story next to him, and didn't know what to say for a while.

As if sensing Zhu Han's movements, Feng Qi raised his head.

The two looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in the depths of each other's eyes.

There was a moment of silence for each other.

Feng Qi was the first to speak: "Tell me how I feel." ”

Zhu Han nodded: "Yes." ”

Feng Qi had seriousness in his eyes: "The propaganda is not exaggerated, the level of masterpieces." ”

When he said this, his voice was extremely serious, indicating that there was no joke.

Masterpiece!

What makes a novel?

At least from the perspective of a famous writer like Feng Qi, a novel must have top-level literary and artistic qualities, and contain classic and eternal themes and distinctive characters, with huge ideas, rigorous plots, compact structures, and meticulously crafted words, which can bring great touch to readers and can be widely praised among the people.

And now, the ancient version of "Journey to the West" he watched meets almost all the conditions.

Just one sentence, Feng Qi stopped making comments.

That's enough!

A sentence of "masterpiece level", no praise can surpass it.

It was Zhu Han's turn.

Feng Qi had curiosity and expectation in his eyes.

He knew that there must be a great difference between the ancient version and the popular version, and he was able to rate the ancient version of "Journey to the West" as a masterpiece, and the advantage of ancient literature accounted for half.

The popular version does not have these advantages, how can it be evaluated by Zhu Han?

Zhu Han took a deep breath: "My feeling is: the mountains are uplifted. ”

Feng Qi raised his eyebrows: "Why?" ”

Zhu Han: "Although I watched the popular version, its description of the appearance and personality of the characters, the elaboration of the magic weapon, and the description of the battle scene almost amazed me, which can be said to have reached the pinnacle of chewing words." A few simple descriptions can bring various scenes to life and leap onto the page. ”

Feng Qi: "Originally, I thought that the popular version was far inferior to the vernacular version, but now it seems that each has its own advantages? ”

"That's right."

Zhu Han nodded and sighed: "But what shocked me the most was not the text content, but the extraordinary imagination shown in "Journey to the West". The thinking of the desolate world and the depiction of various gods and demons have almost reached the height of the peak. I've watched "Rose's Fantastic Journey", and to say something offended, the imagination of that magical work is less than one in ten before "Journey to the West", and it is not even qualified to be compared. Even now I have only read a small part, if there is still imagination that is not weaker than the previous plot, then "Journey to the West" can be called the best fantasy novel of Blue Star, there is no doubt. ”

The two sighed a few words to each other.

Again there was silence for a moment.

They were already frightened enough, and after exchanging each other's views at this moment, their hearts couldn't be calm.

What kind of novel is this?

Oh, my God!

Finally, Feng Qi's eyes narrowed slightly: "I can't make an accurate evaluation of this novel in the West Building. But I'm sure it will be an epic book of mythological fiction in the future. Of course, only in Huaxia ......"

"Just in Huaxia?"

Zhu Han chewed on this sentence and frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

Feng Qi sighed: "Do you think foreign countries, especially European and American netizens, can understand the flood system in "Journey to the West" and appreciate the stories inside?" ”

Zhu Han thought for a while: "It seems to be difficult. ”

Feng Qidao: "It's not that it seems, but it's definitely difficult, it's too difficult." The mythological system of the West is so different from ours. Just a Jade Emperor, they had to be stunned for a long time. As for all kinds of gods and demons, it is estimated that they can't empathize at all. In this way, although "Journey to the West" is very good, it is likely to be fiercely attacked by Western readers and media due to the high profile of the West Building. What's more, after our novel is translated into English, it has no oriental charm. In this way, it is easier to be looked down upon by European and American netizens. ”

Zhu Han was taken aback: "What can I do?" ”

He really doesn't want a good novel like "Journey to the West" to be trampled on by Western netizens who don't know how to appreciate it.

In that case, he would have to suffocate to death.

However, Feng Qi had no choice but to spread his hands and said: "Wait, if the Internet is really criticized by then, why should I write a few rebuttal articles, and let people translate them into English and publish them in the international media, so that those Western guys know that it's not that "Journey to the West" is not good enough, but that they don't know how to appreciate it." ”

Zhu Han also nodded, and said seriously: "Count me in!" ”

The two have already determined that "Journey to the West" will most likely be treated unfairly internationally, and they feel uncomfortable thinking that such a novel comparable to a famous novel will be criticized by fans like "Rose's Fantastic Journey".

No way!

This must not happen!

And when the two were thinking about preparing to write an article, Blue Star at this moment finally began to move because of the release of "Journey to the West".

Yes.

It's time for movement. (End of chapter)