When Jia Baoyu, at Feng Ziying's repeated request, finally showed his "results" over the past month in front of Feng Ziying, Feng Ziying couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
There are countless beginnings, basically three to five thousand words written, and then discarded.
Well, Feng Ziying took a look at the content. "Wild Boar Forest" is obviously written in imitation of the style of "Snowstorm on Liangshan Mountain"; "Feng Yi Pavilion" is of course modeled after "The Legend of Li Wa" and "Changban Slope" A mixture.
And "The Legend of the Banner Hero", well, why does it sound so familiar? Isn't this Gu Long's?
At first glance, the content is completely different. This is Jia Baoyu opening up the Jia family. It tells the story of the two brothers Jia Yuan and Jia Yuan, the second son of Ning Rong, who followed Zhou Taizu to conquer the world. Jia Yuan was in front of Zhou Taizu. He was born to carry the flag, so it is called "The Legend of the Flag Hero".
Feng Ziying had to admire that Jia Baoyu was somewhat capable in this regard. Although several styles were imitations, they still had a bit of that flavor. However, if he wanted to make a mark in the current legendary storybook market, , that’s not easy either.
These days, legendary storybooks are also very popular.
Generally speaking, a legendary storybook with novel plot, excellent writing style and fascinating story content can not only be printed and published in a volume, but many of them can also be used by some storytellers in the tea garden as a base for storytelling. On the one hand, it can greatly It can expand its influence and attract more readers who are not willing to listen to the book but are willing to read it. It can also boost the author's reputation, so it can be said that they complement each other.
Nowadays, the market of Dazhou legend novels is also divided into northern and southern schools.
The Northern School is mainly centered on the capital city, and is mostly mixed with northern slang and slang. The style emphasizes opening and closing, and winning with excitement and grand momentum. Most of the content tells historical and legendary stories about heroes and chivalrous acts.
The Southern School is centered on Yangzhou, Suzhou and Jinling. Its style emphasizes delicacy and elegance, with tender and soul-stirring emotions as its priority. The content is mostly about the joys and sorrows of talented people, beautiful women or ordinary people.
However, there are also some excellent scripts that can successfully integrate the content advantages of the northern and southern factions and become best-selling storybooks, but they are only divided into northern and southern versions when they are published.
It seems that Jia Baoyu is also ambitious and is ready to combine the styles of the two schools and achieve something "great".
"Baoyu, it seems that you are very interested in this legendary storybook?" Feng Ziying already had some ideas, but he still wanted to get to know this guy's background.
Interests and hobbies can often determine the transformation of a mediocre person into a capable person. Feng Ziying hopes that this will be the case for Jia Baoyu.
"Well, Brother Feng, when I am depressed, I like to read these legendary story books, which can relieve my inner worries and anguish. Looking at these story books, I feel like I am one of them, and I can dance with these heroes. Serve the country by killing the enemy, or eliminate violence and protect the country, and travel around the world..."
"Can you still have a romantic relationship with the heroic princess?" Feng Ziying couldn't help but uttered a sentence, and the sense of sexual intercourse was a bit overwhelming.
Baoyu's face turned red again, feeling a little angry inside.
You have taken Sister Lin away, why can't you even indulge in the legendary story? Although Sister Lin is not a chivalrous woman, she can still be imagined as a chivalrous woman.
Seeing that Baoyu remained silent, Feng Ziying felt that her words had hurt the other person's self-esteem a bit, and she also felt that she was a bit too talkative.
If this guy really has this hobby and interest, and has literary talent, if he can cultivate it carefully, he might be able to become a literary master.
"Baoyu, since you have put so much thought into this legendary storybook, are you just writing it for fun, or do you really want to write some earth-shattering legend?"
Feng Ziying's face became solemn, which made Jia Baoyu also subconsciously become serious.
"Brother Feng, I really haven't thought about this before, but since you asked me like this, I'm really moved. There are many people who wrote this legendary story in the capital city, but I have read it and found that many of them are Blindly catering to popular tastes, the writing style and diction are not satisfactory,..."
When talking about this, Baoyu started to talk a lot.
"Well, that makes some sense, but I see you have opened so many chapters, why haven't you written down all of them completely?" Feng Ziying asked back: "Like "The Legend of the Banner Hero", it is written that your ancestor followed Taizu to conquer the country. The dragon's actions should be very interesting. Of course, it's good that these thirteen stick monks saved the Tang Dynasty, but it looks like you are ready to give up?"
Feng Ziying's rhetorical question made Baoyu suffocate. He hesitated for a long time before saying: "Brother Feng, the main reason is that I feel that they are not satisfied with their writing, but when I wrote it myself, the clan couldn't grasp the key points. Maybe I am the kind of person with high vision and low hand? "
Feng Ziying laughed. He briefly looked at a few of Jia Baoyu's chapters. To be honest, the writing style is indeed good, but he still hasn't mastered several major elements of writing. In a word, novices are like this. Although Feng Ziying doesn't write, he... .
He was a fan of the Internet before this time travel. He started watching the Internet in the early 2000s, from the earliest Huanjian, Tianying, Cuiweiju to Qidian, starting from "Story of Grace" and "Mercenary World" from Taiwan at that time. From the starting point to Xuehong, Toad, Old Pig, etc., he was master of all of them, and he felt that he had at least mastered some of the basics.
This legendary storybook is equivalent to the Internet literature of this era, and it is probably about the same.
"Baoyu, Brother Yu thinks you have basically touched the threshold of this legendary storybook. Your writing style is not bad, but your main problem is your lack of experience. You still have to think about how to grasp the taste of the audience and readers..."
Feng Ziying briefly talked about some basic gist of how to write it, which made Jia Baoyu suddenly enlightened and even more in awe of Feng Ziying. No wonder Brother Feng can do anything, even these legendary storybooks are so sophisticated.
"Baoyu, in this case, you can use the story of Thirteen Stick Monks to Save the King of Tang Dynasty as a blueprint for your creation, and write a good legend. I will be responsible for making arrangements with Uncle Zheng Shi, and wait until you have achieved something in this area. Then Brother Yu will be able to give you a task."
Feng Ziying is already thinking about expressing the story of the Western Xinjiang's counterinsurgency and expansion of the Western Region through the legendary storybook. This kind of thing is definitely something that both the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War would like to hear, and it can also please Emperor Yonglong. As for the specific details, that's too much. It’s so easy to compile, so many stories can be picked at your fingertips.
After settling Baoyu, who was overjoyed, Feng Ziying went to negotiate with Jia Zheng again.
"Ziying, how can you let Baoyu write some legendary novels? How can you let Baoyu do such a thing for such a boring scholar?" Jia Zheng simply couldn't understand it. This was beyond his imagination.
"Uncle Zheng Shi, times are changing, and some of the original views may not be suitable." Feng Ziying shook her head, "I used to think that opera was a boring activity in leisure time, but now can you say that this is low-level? Writing scripts Who is the most famous? Taoist Taoist Qingyuan was a Jinshi in the 27th year of Yuanxi. He was a minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Who doesn't know him? "
Feng Ziying was refuted and was speechless.
Qingyuan Taoist Tang Xianzu is undoubtedly the leading figure among Jiangxi scholars. He has been practicing seclusion in his hometown for the past few years. However, when mentioning Jiangxi scholars of this dynasty, who dare not mention Qingyuan Taoist? His Four Records of Linchuan, such as "The Peony Pavilion" and "Nan Ke Ji", are even more famous.
"From my nephew's point of view, this legendary storybook is increasingly entering people's homes. Nowadays, many scholars don't like to go to the theater to watch plays because they find it too noisy. They prefer to watch them in a relaxing and relaxing way, which is more enlightening. It’s a legendary storybook with a moral meaning. If Baoyu has this idea, let him give it a try. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t matter. If it works, maybe it’s a way out.”
Feng Ziying's words made Jia Zheng a little puzzled, "Ziying, what do you mean by saying this is a way out? Could it be that you are publishing this book and selling it?"
"Uncle Zhengshi, if you believe in my nephew, then let Baoyu give it a try. Didn't the imperial concubine also say that Baoyu should be given to the nephew? Baoyu is the imperial concubine's biological brother, and she can trust her nephew. Could it be that Zhengshi Uncle, you still don’t believe it?” Feng Ziying paused and said, “Otherwise, let Baoyu give it a try for one year. If he can get some luck, then Uncle Shi can feel at ease. If it doesn’t work, then my nephew will find another place for Baoyu. Find a way out.”
Jia Zheng looked at Feng Ziying who was sworn in, and thought for a moment, what if he didn't agree?
How could he, the father, not know about his own treasure? Since Feng Ziying felt that there was a way out of this seemingly absurd legend writing book, he had nothing to say.
However, he still felt that Feng Ziying was not just asking Baoyu to write a legendary storybook and sell it, but was more or less involved in the affairs of the court, but he couldn't guess it, and the other party was obviously now Don't want to say it.
"That's all, Ziying will let you and Baoyu deal with it. You have always been measured, I only believe in you." Jia Zheng said solemnly, this was like entrusting Jia Baoyu to Feng Ziying.
Now that she had made up her mind, Feng Ziying stopped talking.
A mere legendary storybook would naturally not make Feng Ziying so aggressive. With Jia Baoyu's level, among the literati who failed in the imperial examination and were struggling to make a living, it would be easy to find a gunman like this who was better than Baoyu. , but it has lost that meaning.
Feng Ziying thought that since "Internal Reference" was so popular in the DPRK and China, if he could make a copy of "Internal Reference" that could be disseminated in the market, how popular would it be?
The current printing level and capabilities are enough to support a newspaper with a moderate circulation, at least in the capital city. So, can seizing this public opinion advantage first push certain things to appear earlier?
The legendary words written by Baoyu could have been serialized in this newspaper in the future, or printed and sold in single copies. When Baoyu became more familiar with this matter, he might have become a veteran editor of this newspaper.
