Chapter 67: The Daily Life of a Best-Selling Author

Shen Mengxi used to have a dog, a big golden retriever, but he was too lazy and rarely walked the dog, so that the big golden retriever became a big golden pig...

However, dogs are still very cute, especially the ones that have been raised since childhood.

But he doesn't have much time, he doesn't even go home a few times a year, and he has a dog?

Let's get a specimen!

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Early the next morning, Shen Mengxi got up and cleaned up in the mirror, he had to go to the show-"Dialogue"...

The program "Dialogue" is from CCTV, which requires the program to be orthodox to a certain extent.

If you look at it from the current perspective, "Dialogue" is really an amazing show, Ma Yun, Lao Wang, Ma Huateng, and Robin Li have all been on this show...

Relying on the influence of CCTV, it covers a wide range of topics, such as science and technology, politics, and economics.

But in terms of entertainment, it's a little worse...

By the way, Luo Fat, that Luo Zhenyu, who sold anxiety, is now the producer of "Dialogue"...

So, you see, CCTV is really a gathering of talents, but unfortunately, it has not been retained...

Shen Mengxi received the invitation, it is normal, after "Yunnan Worm Valley" and "Kunlun Divine Palace" were listed, they immediately occupied the top of the best-selling list, and led a wave of tomb robbery, "Descendants of Maoshan", "Secret Road Tracking", "Tomb Robbery Notes" are all on the best-selling list...

So there are a bunch of experts and scholars who can't watch it...

criticized "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" for bringing bad social atmosphere...

Call it vulgar, kitsch ...

It almost didn't make it into a three-vulgar series.

There is a lot of discussion on the Internet, and even many netizens say that 'archaeology is official tomb robbery'!

Seeing that the tomb robber was caught, why didn't the person who left such a powerful message recruit the national team?

saw the national archaeological news, and left a message that this group of tomb robbers disturbed the cleanliness of the dead.

This kind of speech has been repeatedly banned, causing many experts to be furious, and one by one they are clamoring for the book to be banned...

It's hot!

Shen Mengxi can feel the pressure even if he is far away in South Korea.

This time in the "Dialogue" program, he must be on the top!

He was joined by two experts in the field of archaeology, one is Professor Chen and the other is Professor Zhang...

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Shen Mengxi has short hair, a light-colored casual jacket, a white T-shirt underneath, refreshing and clean, wearing black eye sockets for dressing, sitting on the stage, looking out of place with the people around him.

It's so handsome!

The host is Chen Weihong, who participated in the host competition at the same time as Xiaosa, Xiaosa won the first place, he was the second...

"Mr. Shen just returned from South Korea?"

"Hmm. ”

"You didn't expect the novel you wrote to be discussed by so many people, did you?"

Shen Mengxi smiled: "I have a prediction in this regard, but I didn't expect things to be so big, even CCTV came to me!"

"Okay, let's hear from the two professors first. ”

The professor who can be on CCTV still has a few brushes in his stomach!

Professor Zhang spoke first: "Actually, since the 80s of the last century, the theft and excavation in China have been very, very serious, and there is a tendency to become more and more intense, and the reasons are very complicated. Personally, I think there are several main aspects: First, compared with the previous 30 years, the government's control over society and individuals has been relaxed to a certain extent; second, with the rise of the market economy, the economic attributes of cultural relics have been fully developed, and the trafficking and smuggling of cultural relics has also become networked and internationalized; third, the methods of cultural relics protection have always failed to keep up with the changes of the times, resulting in the tragedy of the commons. ”

"I don't think it's fair to put it all down to tomb robbery novels, even if they don't have these novels, these people would still go to tomb robbing..."

"But many people on the Internet have a wrong understanding of tomb robbing, and I think this needs to be discussed!"

Professor Chen also took over the conversation: "If a writer of fiction wants to win readers, he must render the mystery, but as an archaeologist, the biggest work I have done in the past few years is precisely to disenchant - to peel off the 'mysterious' things attached to archaeology little by little. Mystery and mysticism have never had anything to do with me. For example, the tomb robbery novel, which tells the Luoyang shovel very magically, in our opinion, is just a craft that practice makes perfect. Tomb robbery novels and archaeology are fundamentally two different things, it is to tell its own story through the theme of ancient tombs, which has nothing to do with real archaeology and ancient tombs. Let's not be sentimental and force these two things together. ”

These two experts spoke more objectively...

The level of people is here, and the vision is also here, it is impossible for everyone to follow the clouds!

Of course, it may also be the sentence that Shen Mengxi said when he met, 'The two professors are experts, and if "Ghost Blows the Lantern" is adapted into a film and television drama in the future, the two will definitely be invited to serve as archaeological consultants!'

Shen Mengxi took over the topic: "Actually, tomb robbery novels are a kind of variant of adventure novels, with new maps and new plots. For example, zongzi and curses are obviously exaggerated and literary. A real tomb robber, how can you meet this thing. The circle of tomb robbers can tolerate this kind of retarded who goes into battle after reading two novels. I'll be honest, don't be surprised by the two professors, the source of knowledge of the poachers is generally the heavily mystified practical experience + published professional archaeological and historical literature. ”

"As the two experts said, tomb robbing is mainly driven by economic interests rather than interest and curiosity, this is a black industry, it has existed for thousands of years, it has existed in the past, present and future, even if there are no tomb robbery novels, films, legends, etc., tomb robbery will still be rampant. ”

"I wrote "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", mainly because of the interest after watching "National Treasure", "Mummy", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", the first sequence of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has a total of eight, and the form of unit drama, whether it is the character design or the realism of the literary style, is adapted from film and television dramas!"

"So, my protagonist is a middle-aged man in his thirties, because of this, the choice of actors is a little wider..."

"Also, the protagonist Hu Bayi was born in the People's Liberation Army, and went to the tomb to take treasure in order to help the families of his deceased comrades-in-arms, although it is not legal, but it is humane, and the most important thing is that he almost didn't bring anything valuable out of the tomb..."

"Eight works, except for "Yunnan Worm Valley", which is a simple tomb robbery and adventure, the rest are related to local legends..."

Professor Zhang asked Shen Mengxi: "I'm curious, where did you find the information in Shen's books?"

"I am a native of Xi'an, and I have been walking the streets and alleys since I was a child, and I know a lot of people from three religions and nine streams, including those who are inverted... Therefore, I have a little understanding of this industry, as for things like feng shui, my family has relatives who do futures, to open mines, whether there are mines in the mountains, the mine owner finds a geological exploration team to go to the mountains to investigate, and also invites the old gentleman from Guangzhou to show people feng shui and see the yin and yang house, come and see feng shui. These old gentlemen all said that they were the descendants of the Heavenly Master, and they talked about the situation of the mountain, the pattern of feng shui, and dealt with them a few times, and they were very interested, so they read a lot of books about feng shui..."

"I used to be interested in archaeology, and I read Professor Zhang Ziheng's "General Theory of Chinese Archaeology" and Professor Wang Hongjun's "Fundamentals of Chinese Museology", but my cultural level was limited, so I went to Nortel's Department of Literature..."

The three of them chatted very happily, not at all like a tense scene, but harmonious...

This... It's not the same as you imagined!

Fortunately, in the audience's question session, some viewers directly questioned: "At the beginning of the year, two criminal suspects took risks and went to rob tombs because they were addicted to the novel "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", what do you think of this?"

Shen Mengxi was about to answer, but she continued: "Mr. Yan Kai, deputy editor-in-chief of Harvest magazine, said that the new form of literature with the gimmick of terror hunting and curiosity to obtain ill-gotten gains has a tendency to spread to the mainstream media. A complete country and civilized society governed by the rule of law should not be allowed to spread. Tomb robbery novels should be resisted, and anyone who encourages tomb robbery should be morally and forensically condemned!

"I..."

Before she was done, she went on to ask: "Most members of society underestimate the harm of tomb robbing, which will cause a lack of history and culture in our country and destroy the tomb culture." This is causing serious damage and damage to China's traditional cultural carriers, and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has an instigating effect!"

"The Anti-Vulgarity Act passed in the United States in 2005, what do you think would happen if "Ghost Blows the Lantern" was released in the United States?"

A series of questions made Chen Weihong have to interrupt her: "You let Mr. Shen answer, you ask again!"