Xu Jixin sat in Kang Jianfei's office and waited hard. As the editor-in-chief of Oriental Daily, he has been let down by Kang Jianfei in the past few months.
After receiving a call from Kang Jianfei's assistant, Xu Jixin came to get the manuscript early in the morning, but after waiting for half an hour, he still hadn't seen anyone.
Suddenly, there was a clear sound outside the door, and Xu Jixin turned around and happened to see Kang Jianfei walking in.
Editor-in-chief Xu came so early?Kang Jianfei asked with a smile.
Xu Jixin smiled bitterly and said: Mr. Kang, I have been waiting for your manuscript for half a year.
Then wait a little longer. Kang Jianfei returned to his seat and sat down, saying, "I'm looking for someone to write a novel, and the ghostwriter will come later."
Xu Jixin was not surprised to hear that it was a ghostwriter. It was strange that Kang Jianfei, a busy man, wrote a novel himself, but he still asked curiously: The gunmen introduced by our Oriental Daily failed to catch Mr. Kang's eyes. I wonder who was looking for this time?
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: Huang Jiaqiang.
Xu Jixin thought for a long time but couldn't figure out which Huang Jiaqiang was. He could only sit in the office and wait patiently.
After more than twenty minutes, a tall and thin man came in, holding a stack of manuscripts in his hand. As soon as he entered the door, he bowed and said: Mr. Kang is sorry, there is a traffic jam on the road.
Kang Jianfei introduced: Editor-in-chief Xu, this is Huang Jiaqiang.
Hello, I am Xu Jixin, the editor-in-chief of Oriental Daily.Xu Jixin took the initiative to shake hands with Huang Jiaqiang, but his eyes fell on the manuscript in the other party's hand.
Hello, Editor-in-Chief Xu.Huang Jiaqiang shook hands with Xu Jixin excitedly.
Xu Jixin had consulted the novel and asked: I wonder where Mr. Huang is?
For Huang Jiaqiang, who has been rejected for many times, the editor-in-chief of Oriental Daily is a big shot. He responded respectfully: Hong Kong Art Museum.
Yeah?It turns out that Mr. Huang is still an artist.Huang Jiaqiang's answer surprised Xu Jixin. He thought Huang Jiaqiang was a writer at which company.
Huang Jiaqiang smiled and said: "Artists can't be said to be doing some chores in the art gallery."
Kang Jianfei interrupted: Jiaqiang is very persevering and sent me twelve letters within three months, all of which were novels written by him.
I wonder what novels Mr. Huang has written before?Xu Jixin asked.
Huang Jiaqiang looked embarrassed and said: I have written some short and medium stories, but I have not published them yet.
In fact, Huang Jiaqiang has submitted several manuscripts to the Oriental Daily, but he was shot to death with an ordinary editor, and Xu Jixin has never seen it at all.
Xu Jixin looked at Kang Jianfei with confusion, as if he wanted to know why he chose Huang Jiaqiang to write. A staff member of an art museum who had never published any works. Xu Jixin really couldn't see any special features.
Editor-in-chief Xu would rather read the manuscript first. Kang Jianfei smiled and said, Jiaqiang sent me twelve letters in three months, and finally came to our company a few times. I met him and talked about it.
In fact, Kang Jianfei is just talking nonsense. If he hadn't recognized Huang Jiaqiang or Huang Yi, he wouldn't have let an amateur write for him.
In parallel time and space, although Huang Yi had already started writing novels at this time, all he wrote were traditional martial arts, and it was not until the fantasy "Moon Demon" written in 1987 that he finally published it.
Due to the inspiration of Kang Jianfei's "The Legend of Qin" and the stimulation of "The Ethereal Journey", Huang Jiaqiang's ideas for creating novels have become much broader, and the manuscript he sent to Kang Jianfei was fantasy martial arts.
Xu Jixin opened the manuscript and glanced at the novel title "The Legend of the Clouds and the Rain", and then read the content of the main text directly.
"The Legend of the Clouds and the Rain" was originally Huang Yi's semi-mature work. At this time, Kang Jianfei listed the plot he remembered outline, and then wrote it out by Huang Jiaqiang, who was not capable of controlling the novel. The taste was very different from the original "The Legend of the Clouds and the Rain".
Xu Jixin only read a few lines of words and saw that Huang Jiaqiang's writing skills were not good (Huang Yi often failed the composition when he was studying). He really couldn't understand why Kang Jianfei found such a person to write for him.
However, as the novel plot progressed, Xu Jixin was gradually attracted by the story. He waited until he finished reading the manuscript of more than 100,000 words before he raised his head and said: A very unique martial arts novel.
Although Huang Jiaqiang's writing style is not good, his storytelling ability is outstanding and he masters the development of the plot rhythm very well.
Don’t think that writing is an easy thing. Kang Jianfei is just listing the story outline. How to write it needs Huang Jiaqiang to operate it. It is actually not much different from original.
Kang Jianfei said: Let’s jointly sign the author, this is what I agreed with Jiaqiang.
Xu Jixin, regardless of whether Huang Jiaqiang's name was signed or not, would be enough as long as the golden sign Kang Jianfei was there. He nodded and said: Yes, but the novel needs to be polished and serialized. Is there no problem?
Many talented people have strange old age and illness. For example, Ni Kuang's novels are not only sloppy and difficult to identify, but others are also not allowed to modify his manuscripts, unless they are typos.
Huang Jiaqiang had no requirements for this. As soon as Xu Jixin asked, he agreed, as long as the "Oriental Daily" did not change the plot, he would do whatever he wanted in terms of the text.
Xu Jixin put away the manuscript and finally breathed a sigh of relief: This book has been delayed for eight months, and I can finally give readers an explanation.
Huang Jiaqiang suddenly remembered the question of the pseudonym and said: Editor-in-chief Xu, let me sign my name Huang Yi, which is the Yi in the "Book of Changes".
Kang Jianfei did not expect that the pseudonym Huang Yi was released in advance. However, thinking about Huang Jiaqiang, who was originally specializing in Chinese painting in college, has been studying the metaphysics of Yili, and it is reasonable to take out the pseudonym related to the "Book of Changes".
"Oriental Daily" was very quick and used big words to create a title on the front page of the supplement the next day: There are only 8 days left for the new book of Kang Jianfei, a famous novelist of the generation!
The reason why it was not serialized immediately was because another novel occupied the page at this time. The Oriental Daily had asked the unlucky author to finish it as soon as possible and ended before Kang Jianfei's novel serialization.
In addition, advertising by countdown will bring great attention to Kang Jianfei's new book.
In a tea restaurant in Yau Ma Tei, a young man ordered breakfast and picked up the newspaper on the table and looked at it.
A few minutes later, the young man suddenly spit out the char siu bun in his mouth with a puff, and then covered his chest and coughed.
It's a failure!The old man opposite the young man was sprayed with char siu on his face and slapped the table and cursed, as if the young man would hold a knife and chop someone up without an explanation.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, the boss hurried over and asked: Mingzai, what's wrong with you?
The young man named Mingzai finally straightened his anger and pointed at the newspaper and said: Kang Jianfei is about to release a new book!
Who do you think you want to publish a new book?The boss thought he had heard it wrong.
It’s Kang Jianfei who wrote “The Journey of Ethereal”!Mingzai pointed to the supplement of Oriental Daily and said, "Did you see that, the countdown to Kang Jianfei's new book is about to be serialized in 8 days left."
The boss was happy at first and then cursed: That was also a desperate situation. A book was delayed for seven or eight months, and there was no credibility at all.
Mingzai smiled and said: Uncle Gen, don’t scold him. Kang Jianfei has money now, and the big theater on the street is his.Now they make 10 or 00 million yuan by making a movie, so how can they still have time to write novels?Skipping a ticket is always better than closing a book. Jin Yong just earns enough money and directly closes the book.
That's true, it would be great if Jin Yong didn't stop writing.The boss sighed. He is also an avid martial arts enthusiast. He usually passes time by novels when he has nothing to do in the store.
The two of them said one by one, and they forgot the old man who was sprayed with sandbags on their faces. The latter could only glar at them fiercely, wipe off the things on their faces and continue to eat breakfast.
The same scene was staged in various parts of Hong Kong, and in the 1980s, when martial arts novels were already in decline, there were still countless loyal novel fans.
However, the tastes of these people are tricked by Jin Yong, and ordinary novels are difficult to attract their attention. Now there are only three most popular authors in Hong Kong, namely Ni Kuang, Wen Ruian and Kang Jianfei.
Among them, only Wen Ruian specializes in martial arts. Ni Kuang's magic weapon is the science fiction series of "Wesley", and Kang Jianfei even created a cultivation novel like "The Journey of Ethereal".
Many loyal readers were waiting for Kang Jian to fly out of the new book. Now, as soon as the news of the countdown to the new book came out, these people immediately rushed to tell each other.
Brother Zhong, Kang Jianfei is about to release a new book, and there is still one week left.
A Yuan, guess what will Kang Jianfei write about his new book?
Fatty, didn’t your family sign up for the Oriental Daily? In the future, you will bring one to the school every day.
……
"The Legend of the Clouds and the Rain" has not been officially serialized yet, and the news that Kang Jianfei is about to release a new book has attracted countless people's attention.
This situation made many young authors in Hong Kong jealous. Few people were interested in what they worked hard to write. Kang Jianfei's new book was well known without publishing a single word.
The eight-day countdown passed in a flash, and the Oriental Daily specially printed 10,000 copies to prevent the newspaper from being sold out like last time.
In a rented house in Kowloon, Hong Kong, Wen Rui'an stared at the wall for a long time before finally picking up his pen to continue writing.But after only writing for a while, he stopped again, threw the pen away and walked around.
Wen Rui'an is doing a very bad job now. After being deported by the Taiwanese authorities, he came to Hong Kong last year and now makes a living by serializing novels in the Ming Pao Evening News.
In the parallel space, after Wen Rui'an came to Hong Kong, he was invited by Qiu Degen to join Asia TV station to serve as the creative manager (equivalent to the chief screenwriter).
He also adapted and filmed dramas such as "The Four Famous Captains" and "The Godly Princess Li Buyi", and received a large amount of copyright fees, making his life very interesting.
Unfortunately, there is only Feng Huáng in Hong Kong without Asian TV. Wen Ruian has not become the creative manager of the TV station, and his novels have not been adapted to film TV series. He can only live by relying on royalties.
Fortunately, at the end of last year, the "Four Famous Captains" was put together into a book and sold more than 80,000 copies, making Wen Ruian's pockets plump.
Dongdongdongdongdong...
Wen Ruian, who was already Kaven, felt even more annoyed when he heard the knock on the door and ran to open the door angrily.
When he opened the door, he saw a middle-aged man wearing glasses outside. Wen Rui'an said angrily: Why are you here again?
The person who came was Shangguan Xiaobao, a great cartoonist who was as famous as Huang Yulang. He came to talk about the adaptation of the comic "Four Famous Captains". Unfortunately, the adaptation fee was too small, and Wen Rui'an was reluctant to do so.
Mr. Wen, young people nowadays like to read comics. If "The Four Famous Captains" is published, the fame of this book will definitely add icing on the cake and rise again.
Shangguan Xiaobao just pretended that he didn't see Wen Rui'an's bad face, and tried to convince the other party as soon as he came.
Wen Rui'an was too lazy to talk to him. This guy actually wanted to buy the comic adaptation rights of "The Four Famous Captains" for 20,000 yuan, which was simply a fool.
As for what adapted comics would increase the popularity of novels, it was even more nonsense. Shangguan Xiaobao saw that the novel "The Four Famous Captains" sold well last year, so he wanted to adapt it into a comic to make money.
No 200,000 yuan is allowed.Wen Rui'an directly refused, and even offered a sky-high price to make Shangguan Xiaobao retreat. After saying that, he went out to the newspaper box in the aisle to pick up today's newspaper.
As a writer who lives by typing, Wen Rui'an must read serialized novels in newspapers such as Ming Pao and Oriental Daily every day.
Wen Ruian had long known about the countdown on Kang Jianfei's new book, and guessed it was the hype method of "Oriental Daily".
After getting the newspaper, Wen Rui'an threw the Ming Pao aside and flipped directly to the supplement of the Oriental Daily. He was actually very curious about what Kang Jianfei's new book would look like.
Shangguan Xiaobao was left aside and ignored him. He was so thick-skinned that he didn't leave, but wanted to wait until Wen Ruian finished reading the newspaper before continuing to talk.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Hong Kong comics industry flourished and a large number of comic writers emerged.
Because drawing comics is very profitable, Ahmao and Dog join the ranks of comic creation, and the competition has become extremely fierce. In order to increase sales, major comic magazines and newspapers have begun to encourage cartoonists to create violent and pornographic plots.
When the comic newspapers opened at that time, either the plasma flew around or the three points were exposed. In the end, it naturally caused public outrage, so that the Hong Kong and British governments ordered a filing and legislated regulations to regulate the comic industry.
After a check, the prosperous comics market fell, and countless comics magazines and newspapers went bankrupt.
Shangguan Xiaobao and Huang Yulang are the only two remaining ones. They smartly launched the comic cleaning campaign, actively reduced violence and pornographic scenes, and finally ushered in a leap forward in adversity.
Shangguan Xiaobao and Huang Yulang are enemies. They are old rivals who have been resentful for more than ten years. Once someone is proud, the other person will be in a very unlucky way.
In recent years, it was Shangguan Xiaobao's turn to be unlucky. He was even annexed by Huang Yulang's Yulang International three years ago, and endured humiliation and worked under the enemy's hands.
Ma Rongcheng was brought to Yulang International by Shangguan Xiaobao, and was nominally his apprentice.
As a result, Ma Rongcheng and Huang Yuelang are having a hot fight. His comic "Chinese Heroes" is selling well, and Shangguan Xiaobao is not at all.
Shangguan Xiaobao only left Yulang International at the beginning of this year and returned to his freedom. Seeing Wen Rui'an's "Four Famous Captains" sold well, he wanted to adapt the novel into a comic, but unfortunately he really couldn't afford much money.
"The Rain of the Clouds" has only been serialized in the newspaper for nearly 10,000 words. The novel after polishing is very interesting. Wen Rui'an still feels unsatisfied after reading it.
Wen Rui'an put down the newspaper and suddenly found Shangguan Xiaobao standing next to him. He said in surprise: Why haven't you left yet?
Shangguan Xiaobao said: Mr. Wen, I really don’t have much money on hand now.What do you think about this? The sales volume of each issue of "Battle 2 Painting Club" shall prevail.If the sales volume is more than 10,000 copies, I will give you an adaptation fee of 100 yuan per issue. If it is less than 10,000 copies, I will give you an adaptation fee of 80 yuan per issue.
"Eight Second Painting Club" is a comic daily. It counts 60 yuan a day and earns 1,800 yuan a month, which is far more profitable than selling off the copyright of the comic directly. Wen Ruian was a little moved by this proposal.
In fact, if Shangguan Xiaobao's signature work "Bruce Lee" was not incorporated into Yulang International, he would not have been slapped in search of Wen Rui'an to adapt "The Four Famous Captains".
Dongdongdongdongdong...
Wen Rui'an was about to agree, but suddenly the knock on the door rang again.
Who are you?Wen Ruian asked at the strange man outside the door.
The visitor smiled and said: Hello, Mr. Wen, I am Xu Xiaoming, the TV production manager of Oriental Dream Factory.
Dreamworks?Wen Rui'an had already known the name of Oriental Dream Factory and asked expectantly, "What's wrong with Manager Xu looking for me?"
That's right, Xu Xiaoming explained that DreamWorks wanted to adapt Mr. Wen's "Four Famous Captures in the Capital", but I wonder what Mr. Wen wanted to do?
Wen Rui'an was delighted that his novel had never been adapted into a TV series, which was definitely a great opportunity for him. Once the TV series "The Four Famous Captains" was popular, the number of readers of his novels would definitely increase greatly.
Restraining the joy in his heart, Wen Rui'an said: I'm very happy to be able to cooperate with DreamWorks. I don't know how to calculate the adaptation fee?
Xu Xiaoming explained in detail: The copyright fee for Jin Yong’s dramas is about 250,000 yuan now, and Gu Long and Liang Yusheng’s dramas are about 150,000 yuan.Although Mr. Wen's "Four Famous Captains" sold well, after all, you can't compare with Jin, Gu and Liang, we can only give you 80,000 yuan.
The reason why DreamWorks wanted to film "The Four Famous Captains" was the same as Shangguan Xiaobao adapted it into a comic because the book was very popular some time ago.
But the difference is that the TV series broadcast with the help of Feng Huáng TV will bring huge fame benefits to Wen Rui'an.Not to mention giving 80,000 yuan, Wen Ruian would agree even if he only gave 10,000 yuan.
However, you still have to be reserved in your face. Wen Rui'an said: I still like DreamWorks and Feng Huáng Taiwan very much. Although the 80,000 yuan is a bit low, I am very happy to be able to cooperate with you.Don’t know if I can participate in the adaptation of the script?"The Four Famous Captains" is my hard work after all, and I am afraid that it will be too outrageously modified by other screenwriters.
The screenwriter department of DreamWorks now has seven or eight pens, but it is not as famous as Wen Ruian.
Xu Xiaoming suddenly had the idea of beating a rabbit and said: If Mr. Wen can participate in the adaptation of the script, it would be great. Why not come to our DreamWorks as a part-time screenwriter.
It just so happens that I have the plan to be a screenwriter, so it’s better to obey your orders than to be respectful.Wen Rui'an was worried that he had no place to display his talents, so he naturally agreed with a smile.
Shangguan Xiaobao stood aside and watched the two chatting happily, and suddenly felt that he was a little redundant.
After receiving a call from Kang Jianfei's assistant, Xu Jixin came to get the manuscript early in the morning, but after waiting for half an hour, he still hadn't seen anyone.
Suddenly, there was a clear sound outside the door, and Xu Jixin turned around and happened to see Kang Jianfei walking in.
Editor-in-chief Xu came so early?Kang Jianfei asked with a smile.
Xu Jixin smiled bitterly and said: Mr. Kang, I have been waiting for your manuscript for half a year.
Then wait a little longer. Kang Jianfei returned to his seat and sat down, saying, "I'm looking for someone to write a novel, and the ghostwriter will come later."
Xu Jixin was not surprised to hear that it was a ghostwriter. It was strange that Kang Jianfei, a busy man, wrote a novel himself, but he still asked curiously: The gunmen introduced by our Oriental Daily failed to catch Mr. Kang's eyes. I wonder who was looking for this time?
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: Huang Jiaqiang.
Xu Jixin thought for a long time but couldn't figure out which Huang Jiaqiang was. He could only sit in the office and wait patiently.
After more than twenty minutes, a tall and thin man came in, holding a stack of manuscripts in his hand. As soon as he entered the door, he bowed and said: Mr. Kang is sorry, there is a traffic jam on the road.
Kang Jianfei introduced: Editor-in-chief Xu, this is Huang Jiaqiang.
Hello, I am Xu Jixin, the editor-in-chief of Oriental Daily.Xu Jixin took the initiative to shake hands with Huang Jiaqiang, but his eyes fell on the manuscript in the other party's hand.
Hello, Editor-in-Chief Xu.Huang Jiaqiang shook hands with Xu Jixin excitedly.
Xu Jixin had consulted the novel and asked: I wonder where Mr. Huang is?
For Huang Jiaqiang, who has been rejected for many times, the editor-in-chief of Oriental Daily is a big shot. He responded respectfully: Hong Kong Art Museum.
Yeah?It turns out that Mr. Huang is still an artist.Huang Jiaqiang's answer surprised Xu Jixin. He thought Huang Jiaqiang was a writer at which company.
Huang Jiaqiang smiled and said: "Artists can't be said to be doing some chores in the art gallery."
Kang Jianfei interrupted: Jiaqiang is very persevering and sent me twelve letters within three months, all of which were novels written by him.
I wonder what novels Mr. Huang has written before?Xu Jixin asked.
Huang Jiaqiang looked embarrassed and said: I have written some short and medium stories, but I have not published them yet.
In fact, Huang Jiaqiang has submitted several manuscripts to the Oriental Daily, but he was shot to death with an ordinary editor, and Xu Jixin has never seen it at all.
Xu Jixin looked at Kang Jianfei with confusion, as if he wanted to know why he chose Huang Jiaqiang to write. A staff member of an art museum who had never published any works. Xu Jixin really couldn't see any special features.
Editor-in-chief Xu would rather read the manuscript first. Kang Jianfei smiled and said, Jiaqiang sent me twelve letters in three months, and finally came to our company a few times. I met him and talked about it.
In fact, Kang Jianfei is just talking nonsense. If he hadn't recognized Huang Jiaqiang or Huang Yi, he wouldn't have let an amateur write for him.
In parallel time and space, although Huang Yi had already started writing novels at this time, all he wrote were traditional martial arts, and it was not until the fantasy "Moon Demon" written in 1987 that he finally published it.
Due to the inspiration of Kang Jianfei's "The Legend of Qin" and the stimulation of "The Ethereal Journey", Huang Jiaqiang's ideas for creating novels have become much broader, and the manuscript he sent to Kang Jianfei was fantasy martial arts.
Xu Jixin opened the manuscript and glanced at the novel title "The Legend of the Clouds and the Rain", and then read the content of the main text directly.
"The Legend of the Clouds and the Rain" was originally Huang Yi's semi-mature work. At this time, Kang Jianfei listed the plot he remembered outline, and then wrote it out by Huang Jiaqiang, who was not capable of controlling the novel. The taste was very different from the original "The Legend of the Clouds and the Rain".
Xu Jixin only read a few lines of words and saw that Huang Jiaqiang's writing skills were not good (Huang Yi often failed the composition when he was studying). He really couldn't understand why Kang Jianfei found such a person to write for him.
However, as the novel plot progressed, Xu Jixin was gradually attracted by the story. He waited until he finished reading the manuscript of more than 100,000 words before he raised his head and said: A very unique martial arts novel.
Although Huang Jiaqiang's writing style is not good, his storytelling ability is outstanding and he masters the development of the plot rhythm very well.
Don’t think that writing is an easy thing. Kang Jianfei is just listing the story outline. How to write it needs Huang Jiaqiang to operate it. It is actually not much different from original.
Kang Jianfei said: Let’s jointly sign the author, this is what I agreed with Jiaqiang.
Xu Jixin, regardless of whether Huang Jiaqiang's name was signed or not, would be enough as long as the golden sign Kang Jianfei was there. He nodded and said: Yes, but the novel needs to be polished and serialized. Is there no problem?
Many talented people have strange old age and illness. For example, Ni Kuang's novels are not only sloppy and difficult to identify, but others are also not allowed to modify his manuscripts, unless they are typos.
Huang Jiaqiang had no requirements for this. As soon as Xu Jixin asked, he agreed, as long as the "Oriental Daily" did not change the plot, he would do whatever he wanted in terms of the text.
Xu Jixin put away the manuscript and finally breathed a sigh of relief: This book has been delayed for eight months, and I can finally give readers an explanation.
Huang Jiaqiang suddenly remembered the question of the pseudonym and said: Editor-in-chief Xu, let me sign my name Huang Yi, which is the Yi in the "Book of Changes".
Kang Jianfei did not expect that the pseudonym Huang Yi was released in advance. However, thinking about Huang Jiaqiang, who was originally specializing in Chinese painting in college, has been studying the metaphysics of Yili, and it is reasonable to take out the pseudonym related to the "Book of Changes".
"Oriental Daily" was very quick and used big words to create a title on the front page of the supplement the next day: There are only 8 days left for the new book of Kang Jianfei, a famous novelist of the generation!
The reason why it was not serialized immediately was because another novel occupied the page at this time. The Oriental Daily had asked the unlucky author to finish it as soon as possible and ended before Kang Jianfei's novel serialization.
In addition, advertising by countdown will bring great attention to Kang Jianfei's new book.
In a tea restaurant in Yau Ma Tei, a young man ordered breakfast and picked up the newspaper on the table and looked at it.
A few minutes later, the young man suddenly spit out the char siu bun in his mouth with a puff, and then covered his chest and coughed.
It's a failure!The old man opposite the young man was sprayed with char siu on his face and slapped the table and cursed, as if the young man would hold a knife and chop someone up without an explanation.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, the boss hurried over and asked: Mingzai, what's wrong with you?
The young man named Mingzai finally straightened his anger and pointed at the newspaper and said: Kang Jianfei is about to release a new book!
Who do you think you want to publish a new book?The boss thought he had heard it wrong.
It’s Kang Jianfei who wrote “The Journey of Ethereal”!Mingzai pointed to the supplement of Oriental Daily and said, "Did you see that, the countdown to Kang Jianfei's new book is about to be serialized in 8 days left."
The boss was happy at first and then cursed: That was also a desperate situation. A book was delayed for seven or eight months, and there was no credibility at all.
Mingzai smiled and said: Uncle Gen, don’t scold him. Kang Jianfei has money now, and the big theater on the street is his.Now they make 10 or 00 million yuan by making a movie, so how can they still have time to write novels?Skipping a ticket is always better than closing a book. Jin Yong just earns enough money and directly closes the book.
That's true, it would be great if Jin Yong didn't stop writing.The boss sighed. He is also an avid martial arts enthusiast. He usually passes time by novels when he has nothing to do in the store.
The two of them said one by one, and they forgot the old man who was sprayed with sandbags on their faces. The latter could only glar at them fiercely, wipe off the things on their faces and continue to eat breakfast.
The same scene was staged in various parts of Hong Kong, and in the 1980s, when martial arts novels were already in decline, there were still countless loyal novel fans.
However, the tastes of these people are tricked by Jin Yong, and ordinary novels are difficult to attract their attention. Now there are only three most popular authors in Hong Kong, namely Ni Kuang, Wen Ruian and Kang Jianfei.
Among them, only Wen Ruian specializes in martial arts. Ni Kuang's magic weapon is the science fiction series of "Wesley", and Kang Jianfei even created a cultivation novel like "The Journey of Ethereal".
Many loyal readers were waiting for Kang Jian to fly out of the new book. Now, as soon as the news of the countdown to the new book came out, these people immediately rushed to tell each other.
Brother Zhong, Kang Jianfei is about to release a new book, and there is still one week left.
A Yuan, guess what will Kang Jianfei write about his new book?
Fatty, didn’t your family sign up for the Oriental Daily? In the future, you will bring one to the school every day.
……
"The Legend of the Clouds and the Rain" has not been officially serialized yet, and the news that Kang Jianfei is about to release a new book has attracted countless people's attention.
This situation made many young authors in Hong Kong jealous. Few people were interested in what they worked hard to write. Kang Jianfei's new book was well known without publishing a single word.
The eight-day countdown passed in a flash, and the Oriental Daily specially printed 10,000 copies to prevent the newspaper from being sold out like last time.
In a rented house in Kowloon, Hong Kong, Wen Rui'an stared at the wall for a long time before finally picking up his pen to continue writing.But after only writing for a while, he stopped again, threw the pen away and walked around.
Wen Rui'an is doing a very bad job now. After being deported by the Taiwanese authorities, he came to Hong Kong last year and now makes a living by serializing novels in the Ming Pao Evening News.
In the parallel space, after Wen Rui'an came to Hong Kong, he was invited by Qiu Degen to join Asia TV station to serve as the creative manager (equivalent to the chief screenwriter).
He also adapted and filmed dramas such as "The Four Famous Captains" and "The Godly Princess Li Buyi", and received a large amount of copyright fees, making his life very interesting.
Unfortunately, there is only Feng Huáng in Hong Kong without Asian TV. Wen Ruian has not become the creative manager of the TV station, and his novels have not been adapted to film TV series. He can only live by relying on royalties.
Fortunately, at the end of last year, the "Four Famous Captains" was put together into a book and sold more than 80,000 copies, making Wen Ruian's pockets plump.
Dongdongdongdongdong...
Wen Ruian, who was already Kaven, felt even more annoyed when he heard the knock on the door and ran to open the door angrily.
When he opened the door, he saw a middle-aged man wearing glasses outside. Wen Rui'an said angrily: Why are you here again?
The person who came was Shangguan Xiaobao, a great cartoonist who was as famous as Huang Yulang. He came to talk about the adaptation of the comic "Four Famous Captains". Unfortunately, the adaptation fee was too small, and Wen Rui'an was reluctant to do so.
Mr. Wen, young people nowadays like to read comics. If "The Four Famous Captains" is published, the fame of this book will definitely add icing on the cake and rise again.
Shangguan Xiaobao just pretended that he didn't see Wen Rui'an's bad face, and tried to convince the other party as soon as he came.
Wen Rui'an was too lazy to talk to him. This guy actually wanted to buy the comic adaptation rights of "The Four Famous Captains" for 20,000 yuan, which was simply a fool.
As for what adapted comics would increase the popularity of novels, it was even more nonsense. Shangguan Xiaobao saw that the novel "The Four Famous Captains" sold well last year, so he wanted to adapt it into a comic to make money.
No 200,000 yuan is allowed.Wen Rui'an directly refused, and even offered a sky-high price to make Shangguan Xiaobao retreat. After saying that, he went out to the newspaper box in the aisle to pick up today's newspaper.
As a writer who lives by typing, Wen Rui'an must read serialized novels in newspapers such as Ming Pao and Oriental Daily every day.
Wen Ruian had long known about the countdown on Kang Jianfei's new book, and guessed it was the hype method of "Oriental Daily".
After getting the newspaper, Wen Rui'an threw the Ming Pao aside and flipped directly to the supplement of the Oriental Daily. He was actually very curious about what Kang Jianfei's new book would look like.
Shangguan Xiaobao was left aside and ignored him. He was so thick-skinned that he didn't leave, but wanted to wait until Wen Ruian finished reading the newspaper before continuing to talk.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Hong Kong comics industry flourished and a large number of comic writers emerged.
Because drawing comics is very profitable, Ahmao and Dog join the ranks of comic creation, and the competition has become extremely fierce. In order to increase sales, major comic magazines and newspapers have begun to encourage cartoonists to create violent and pornographic plots.
When the comic newspapers opened at that time, either the plasma flew around or the three points were exposed. In the end, it naturally caused public outrage, so that the Hong Kong and British governments ordered a filing and legislated regulations to regulate the comic industry.
After a check, the prosperous comics market fell, and countless comics magazines and newspapers went bankrupt.
Shangguan Xiaobao and Huang Yulang are the only two remaining ones. They smartly launched the comic cleaning campaign, actively reduced violence and pornographic scenes, and finally ushered in a leap forward in adversity.
Shangguan Xiaobao and Huang Yulang are enemies. They are old rivals who have been resentful for more than ten years. Once someone is proud, the other person will be in a very unlucky way.
In recent years, it was Shangguan Xiaobao's turn to be unlucky. He was even annexed by Huang Yulang's Yulang International three years ago, and endured humiliation and worked under the enemy's hands.
Ma Rongcheng was brought to Yulang International by Shangguan Xiaobao, and was nominally his apprentice.
As a result, Ma Rongcheng and Huang Yuelang are having a hot fight. His comic "Chinese Heroes" is selling well, and Shangguan Xiaobao is not at all.
Shangguan Xiaobao only left Yulang International at the beginning of this year and returned to his freedom. Seeing Wen Rui'an's "Four Famous Captains" sold well, he wanted to adapt the novel into a comic, but unfortunately he really couldn't afford much money.
"The Rain of the Clouds" has only been serialized in the newspaper for nearly 10,000 words. The novel after polishing is very interesting. Wen Rui'an still feels unsatisfied after reading it.
Wen Rui'an put down the newspaper and suddenly found Shangguan Xiaobao standing next to him. He said in surprise: Why haven't you left yet?
Shangguan Xiaobao said: Mr. Wen, I really don’t have much money on hand now.What do you think about this? The sales volume of each issue of "Battle 2 Painting Club" shall prevail.If the sales volume is more than 10,000 copies, I will give you an adaptation fee of 100 yuan per issue. If it is less than 10,000 copies, I will give you an adaptation fee of 80 yuan per issue.
"Eight Second Painting Club" is a comic daily. It counts 60 yuan a day and earns 1,800 yuan a month, which is far more profitable than selling off the copyright of the comic directly. Wen Ruian was a little moved by this proposal.
In fact, if Shangguan Xiaobao's signature work "Bruce Lee" was not incorporated into Yulang International, he would not have been slapped in search of Wen Rui'an to adapt "The Four Famous Captains".
Dongdongdongdongdong...
Wen Rui'an was about to agree, but suddenly the knock on the door rang again.
Who are you?Wen Ruian asked at the strange man outside the door.
The visitor smiled and said: Hello, Mr. Wen, I am Xu Xiaoming, the TV production manager of Oriental Dream Factory.
Dreamworks?Wen Rui'an had already known the name of Oriental Dream Factory and asked expectantly, "What's wrong with Manager Xu looking for me?"
That's right, Xu Xiaoming explained that DreamWorks wanted to adapt Mr. Wen's "Four Famous Captures in the Capital", but I wonder what Mr. Wen wanted to do?
Wen Rui'an was delighted that his novel had never been adapted into a TV series, which was definitely a great opportunity for him. Once the TV series "The Four Famous Captains" was popular, the number of readers of his novels would definitely increase greatly.
Restraining the joy in his heart, Wen Rui'an said: I'm very happy to be able to cooperate with DreamWorks. I don't know how to calculate the adaptation fee?
Xu Xiaoming explained in detail: The copyright fee for Jin Yong’s dramas is about 250,000 yuan now, and Gu Long and Liang Yusheng’s dramas are about 150,000 yuan.Although Mr. Wen's "Four Famous Captains" sold well, after all, you can't compare with Jin, Gu and Liang, we can only give you 80,000 yuan.
The reason why DreamWorks wanted to film "The Four Famous Captains" was the same as Shangguan Xiaobao adapted it into a comic because the book was very popular some time ago.
But the difference is that the TV series broadcast with the help of Feng Huáng TV will bring huge fame benefits to Wen Rui'an.Not to mention giving 80,000 yuan, Wen Ruian would agree even if he only gave 10,000 yuan.
However, you still have to be reserved in your face. Wen Rui'an said: I still like DreamWorks and Feng Huáng Taiwan very much. Although the 80,000 yuan is a bit low, I am very happy to be able to cooperate with you.Don’t know if I can participate in the adaptation of the script?"The Four Famous Captains" is my hard work after all, and I am afraid that it will be too outrageously modified by other screenwriters.
The screenwriter department of DreamWorks now has seven or eight pens, but it is not as famous as Wen Ruian.
Xu Xiaoming suddenly had the idea of beating a rabbit and said: If Mr. Wen can participate in the adaptation of the script, it would be great. Why not come to our DreamWorks as a part-time screenwriter.
It just so happens that I have the plan to be a screenwriter, so it’s better to obey your orders than to be respectful.Wen Rui'an was worried that he had no place to display his talents, so he naturally agreed with a smile.
Shangguan Xiaobao stood aside and watched the two chatting happily, and suddenly felt that he was a little redundant.
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