Maybe many book friends have read online articles for many years, and they have read even more than me who writes books, but when faced with the question of what online articles are, I am afraid they still don’t have a clear understanding!
What exactly is web writing? What art form is it essentially? Is it just a novel written on paper in the past, written on the computer, and then uploaded to the Internet?
Are novels without paper books considered online novels? This kind of perception is biased!
If we follow this understanding, there are many traditional literati writing on the Internet, and there are also many eulogists of local style or new literature, including the new era. There are so many different themes!
But why aren’t those books called online texts? Why don’t hundreds of millions of Internet article lovers read it?
This is a cognitive bias. In fact, the essence of the online articles you read should be a variant of storytelling, cross talk and other art forms in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China!
In fact, speaking of it, the characteristics of the author of the online article are somewhat similar to those of Guo Degang’s Deyun Society!
It’s neither cross talk nor drama. The most equivalent literary form of online writing is actually storytelling, and it must have been the story telling that was left to the public in Tianqiao in the past. It relied on the rewards from the audience to survive!
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, there was a period of time when folk folk arts were very prosperous. Wherever merchants gathered, many craftsmen came here to make a living!
The Tianqiao in Beijing, Nanshi in Tianjin, and the hills in Tangshan, including Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai, all have this kind of folk entertainment venues that have flourished due to the development of industry and commerce!
For example, in Beijing, storytellers from all over the world come here to make a living. Those who are not famous just tell stories on the overpass. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Seven Heroes and Five Righteousnesses, the West Chamber, or the Three Kingdoms. As long as you don’t criticize the current emperor and president, it’s okay. No one cares what subject matter you talk about!
Whether you are a ghost story or a knight who has been loyal and loyal for ever, you rely on your ability to make a living!
Any old master with some skills would be qualified to tell stories in teahouses, restaurants, and even theaters during the Republic of China.
When temporarily renting a box from the owner, it doesn't matter whether you pay rent or the owner taps the money. The old artist has to rely on his own mouth to tell his three meals a day and his food and clothing from the pockets of the audience!
Take a look, is this essentially similar to the online article?
For online articles, the author signs a contract with the website. The website provides you with an electronic virtual space to write a story chapter by chapter, attracting readers to read it!
Where do the resources for the website and the author come from? It comes from all readers. In ancient times, it was called listening to books!
Moreover, both online articles and storytellers have a key similarity, that is, they are all written in chapters. In ancient times, it was called, "If you want to know what happens next, please listen to the next chapter's decomposition!" '
The online article is updated with several chapters every day, leaving a suspenseful expectation at the end, allowing readers to continue reading tomorrow!
The common lingo is "kouer", which is the suspense after a chapter. Storytellers and Internet article authors who know how to tie buttons usually have a fixed fan base!
Don’t think that storytellers in the past were all conservative and could only talk about Water Margin of the Three Kingdoms for the rest of their lives. That’s a big mistake. Those kind of storytellers would have starved to death long ago!
During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the competition in the folk art industry was very fierce. If you are a true storyteller and cannot compile or modify your own books, you will definitely starve to death!
Because the audience is not stupid. Once they have heard your plot elsewhere, they will definitely not be interested. You have to make changes or even create new ones, so that you can make a living!
This is exactly the same as online articles. Each online article is a brand new story. Readers will continue reading only if they see new ideas!
The same was true for storytellers in the past. If the old gentleman didn't innovate, he would lose his audience. In the end, he wouldn't even be able to make back the money for electricity, so he would starve to death!
There is a drawback at this time. What is the drawback? What if the storyteller becomes ill or something happens at home? Isn’t this story over?
At that time, ordinary people were eligible to use recording equipment. Many people would wait to listen to it at regular intervals every day. Once the recording was interrupted, they would never know how to unlock the back button for the rest of their lives!
"Pa... I just heard the sound of a bowstring, and a saw-toothed wolf-toothed arrow shot straight to Xiao Letian's door as fast as a meteor and lightning! Are there reinforcements coming in a hurry? If you want to know what happened next, please listen to the next chapter! "
"The gunfire was like thunder, the British giant Dreadnought pierced the waves, and the 260-caliber naval gun was aimed at the command module of the Zhiyuan. At this moment, the distance between the two ships was only a hundred meters! There was only a boom, and the shells went straight to the flagship where the head of state was. Shoot! If you want to know what happens next, please listen to the next episode!"
Okay, Xinjing Storyteller buried the buckle, smiled and collected some scattered copper wire and silver coins with a bamboo basket, and the audience happily waited for tomorrow's story to go home!
The result was not good. The police found out about Xinjing Health Care that night, and they hurriedly fled the capital! Who cares whether you have a story or not? Just run away first!
Come on, from now on, there will be no continuation of this section of the Tianqiao section. The audience is scolding me for this! But it doesn't help, I can only regret it!
And in that war-torn era, transportation was underdeveloped and social security was not good. Many times, the stories that were interrupted would never be picked up in a lifetime!
During that period, there were countless classics lost among the people, and many of them could not be recovered because they were passed down by word of mouth. Once a person dies, this single copy of storytelling disappears!
From this point of view, Guo Degang and his group have really discovered and protected a number of traditional classics. Without these grassroots wild paths, many things would have been lost and would never be recovered!
Without their efforts, who would know how "Exploring Qingshui River" would be sung?
Let’s talk a little more about the past Tianqiao culture, and come back to our online articles. As long as many online articles are unfinished, then you can just stare and there is nothing you can do!
Because every book is unique and has the author's own unique style. Once it is discontinued, you can't find someone to continue writing it. It doesn't have that flavor at all!
Moreover, in the past few years, there have been countless unfinished eunuch books in the online literature industry, and countless classic books have been eliminated among them!
From this point of view, the two professions are so similar!
Due to many complicated reasons, our "Hidden Dragon of the Qing Dynasty" has been greatly affected. It has not returned to the list and has also lost too much sales through online channels!
I won’t tell you the specific reason, it’s too sensitive! It can be said that our book has reached the edge of life and death. What can we rely on at this time? We can only rely on fans and readers to support us. In the past, this was called 'supporting the corner'!
Regardless of whether you are an opera singer or a storyteller, including those who talk about cross talk and practice juggling, as long as you work hard and are good at your craft, there will always be more or less people coming to support you!
In the Republic of China, those who worked in the troupe business, after a public gathering, the entire stage was covered with silver dollars, all of which were rewarded by the patrons!
Even good storytellers, when they spin their baskets around the audience, are filled with ingots of silver and handfuls of silver coins, all of which are supported by their parents for food and clothing!
Why hold the corner? After all, it is the ancients who understood this truth. They knew how difficult it is to get around in the world, and how difficult it is to stop speaking!
Many times, for the sake of a favorite, he is afraid that the book will be gone. If he doesn't support this role, he will starve to death or change his career. In the future, there will be no good things to read or listen to!
So they would rather spend more money to let this small theater survive and let the craftsmen who make a living have a way to survive!
The truth behind this point is actually the same as the current rice circle culture! The essence of fandom culture is 'empathy'. Fans know that if they don't support their favorite celebrity, then the celebrity will disappear in three days!
I actually predicted ten years ago that the model of Deyunshe would sooner or later have a fandom culture. What was the result? There are countless newcomers who are not supported by their fans!
Change the soup without changing the medicine, the essence is the same. Today's fan culture in the fan circle and the fan culture in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China are both the same!
At the moment, the external environment of "The Hidden Dragon of the Qing Dynasty" is very bad, and it is at an absolute low point. At this time, we can only rely on fans to gather together to keep warm and get through the hard days!
Save a pack of cigarettes, a cup of coffee, give more reward points to Hidden Dragon, read this book before it’s over, and guard the last piece of pure spiritual land. Don’t lose this little bit of your heart!
Is it really for the sake of Jiao'er? In fact, it’s not just for the joy in my heart that I don’t want to give up!
Hey... because we at Yinlong are wild, there are no government agencies that provide salaries, and there are no websites that will support authors in vain!
The website is actually a small theater that used to rent out boxes, and it relied on the audience’s ticket counting and tip money to pay for utility bills! How could they support authors without making any money?
When Deyun Society first started its small theater, there was no audience, so a group of people stood on the street playing Allegro in the wind and snow to attract people! I can understand how I felt at that time!
Later, the success of Deyun Club was not due to investment from government agencies or major commercial companies, but was maintained by the tickets and rewards from countless fans. It was made famous by the fans who spared no effort to promote it on the Internet!
This model is exactly the same as it was during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China a hundred years ago, except that some tools and names have been changed. There is essentially no difference!
Therefore, if online writers want to rise, they must also rely on the experience left by their ancestors!
Xinjing bowed his hands here, would you please enjoy Xinjing's bowl of rice?
Thank you all here, thank you very much!
Thousands of words can be said, no gentleman does not support craftsmen, I bow to you parents who provide food and clothing!
