After "Lady" was put on the market, it was not only the women of officialdom and the families of wealthy businessmen who bought it, but also far more men than imagined.
The color magazine is really eye-catching in this era, even more than the content itself. But apart from that, the articles in the journal are also eye-catching enough.
To put it in exaggerated terms, when many female readers saw this publication, they felt that they had never seen such a wonderful publication in their lives. From the various news above, to the paintings that deliberately displayed beautiful and new clothes, as well as many stories about makeup, clothing, celebrity anecdotes, and even serialized stories written with female protagonists, they all attracted people. Sight.
There are not many books with female protagonists in this era, and even if there are, most of them are written by male authors, and they usually contain a man's heart, not a girl's heart.
On the other hand, well-known female writers like Yue Ke, because they are full of ambition, do not use women as protagonists in their works.
This reminded Yin Lian of her previous experience of playing games in middle school - boys playing female accounts, and girls playing male accounts were inexplicably popular. But the difference is that everyone is free to choose which account to play. At this time, when writers create, their choice of character gender and subject matter have to be restricted by reality.
But Yin Lian didn't sigh at all. After all, any creation will be subject to the constraints of the times, and different eras have different constraints.
Although there is a shortage of people, the story serialization in "Lady" this time was not written by herself. After all, if she had to do everything herself, then she wouldn't be able to do anything else.
But she didn't encourage Li Lici to write... Li Lici herself, although she is still a bit naive now, but because she has read a lot, she is somewhat aloof when writing articles. Although her later works are beautiful in diction, they have become Compassion and pity are too realist.
Of course, Yin Lian did not sentence her to death without authorization. She still asked Li Lici to try to come up with a plot for the story, but the entire outline failed to pass the review of the editorial team. Others taboo that she is a princess and speaks tactfully, but after all, this group of young people are still at a vigorous age, and their temperaments are relatively straightforward. Even if they are tactful, they are just tactful, and will not distort their true thoughts.
Not suitable means not suitable.
Li Lici was greatly hit by this.
After being hit, she sat by the pond and fed the fish. She found Yin Lian coming over and asked her pitifully: "Am I really bad at writing?"
Yin Lian said: "It's not bad, it's just inappropriate. Princess, what do you think makes me popular?"
Li Lici thought for a while and said: "I don't know... I think if it were a storybook like "The Legend of the Clouds", it would definitely be popular."
Yin Lian: "..."
"Records of the Clouds" and the like are like Xia Guo's "Journey to the West". Li Lici's examples were so high-level that Yin Lian almost couldn't finish the conversation.
But if you think about it carefully, given Li Lici's character, it's not surprising that she would target a work of this level. Yin Lian gave up and said directly: "Actually, there is no final decision on what kind of novels will be popular, because different styles of novels will be loved by different people. Of course, the premise is that they are well written. But the princess should It’s good to have confidence in yourself, because you have always been very talented and have a wonderful pen.”
"But I can't write a storybook well." Li Lici pouted slightly and muttered a little childishly.
"There is a word called high-pitched and low-key." Yin Lian said, "It's not that you can't write a storybook well. Of course, you are a novice now. If you want to start learning to write a storybook, you will definitely not be able to write well at the beginning. You need to accumulate experience. However, Your problem is not here, because you have a good literary foundation, and you can definitely learn the writing skills very quickly... Princess, the storybook writes the story that the reader wants to see, and a person thinks in his heart The stories you want to see must be related to what they think, want, love, and hate. And what do ordinary people pursue? It is nothing more than power, wealth, fame, love, hate, and love. You have no advantage in this regard."
"With your identity and character, you neither suffer from money and fame, nor do you have a strong desire to pursue money, fame and fortune... In this case, it is really difficult for you to write a story that can touch the hearts of readers. Maybe your experience in the future If you have more, you will know more about the love, hatred and resentment of ordinary people, and maybe you can write the stories they want to read."
Li Lici thought for a while and said, "Do you understand more about the pursuits of ordinary people...I understand."
From the look on her face, she didn't look like she was going to give up easily.
The final words are selected by the author Yin Lian.
She rummaged through her list for a long time and found the names that were staying in the capital during this period. Then she tried her best to ask people to inquire and search for a while, found these people, and selected the right person among them to compose this sentence. Book.
She didn't give up on the others either. For those who already had works, she offered to help publish them. For those who have no works yet, they also try their best to get the other party to submit past manuscripts. However, not all of these future famous artists are suitable for serialization, or have mature creative abilities at this time.
In fact, no matter how many well-known authors there are in the future, these people are still ordinary people who are just starting out or have unappreciated talents. Although there are a few well-known ones, their influence is still very limited at this time due to lack of time to polish.
So Yin Lian's plan went very smoothly.
It's not that she doesn't want to discover more influential authors, such as Yue Ke who is currently in Lucheng, or Su Changhen who is in Liancheng, but at this time it is a bit too late, and she has not made any achievements in the publishing house. Before, this was obviously a bit too ambitious.
So Yin Lian just chose a suitable author from among the people in the capital for the time being. Because of the nature of the publication "Lady", of course, we cannot make random choices. We can only choose those female authors or male authors whose styles are very popular with women.
In fact, Yue Ke and Su Changhen belong to these two categories. However, due to the geographical distance, these two are currently in a state of unavailability. Yin Lian can only choose an emerging female author - this Although there were not too many female writers in that era, the following period of history was a time when the number of female authors increased dramatically and they gradually showed their brilliance in history.
The person Yin Lian chose was a typical famous "romance author" in history. She is extremely good at writing the story of middle-class women's pursuit of love, self-pursuit, and a status that allows them to control their own destiny during these decades. This theme can be said to be in line with the trends and fashions at this time, so it quickly became popular.
When Yin Lian found her, she had actually created her first novel. Although the writing is still a bit immature, the unique style and talent in the story are always lovable. Such an author who can still be sought after five hundred years later is naturally talented.
However, there were no similar works in Xia State at this time, let alone works created for women. Although the other party was interested in submitting the article, he was not favored at all. In this case, Yin Lian hit it off with him.
And this cooperation was also successful.
Although "Lady" is currently only released in the capital, its scope of influence has quickly begun to spread, and almost everywhere in the capital has begun to talk about it.
In Taiyuan University, some college students hurriedly brought a copy of "Lady" into the classroom, and then began to travel through time and discuss it.
"I saw a strange book at the newsstand today. I wonder if you have seen it?"
"What strange books can be found at the newsstand? Could it be that some big shot has published some flyers!?"
"No, it's a periodical called "Lady"."
"Lady? This name is a bit weird. My fair lady, a gentleman is so kind. Why does this name sound more like some romantic novel?"
"Is it really a story book? Or a picture book?"
"There are paintings, but most of them are different from what you imagine."
When the cover of the magazine was shown to everyone, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed: "This is a color print!? Why is the painting so detailed? The colors are so varied!?"
"The woman on the cover has such a lively look, but her face and makeup are too lifelike!? It's as if she can come back to life at any time. It has a bit of a Western painting style, but Western paintings are not as realistic and delicate. , and it’s much more colorful and muddy. It’s a bit biased toward Gongbi, but the characters in Gongbi are definitely not so realistic.”
""Traditional or Advanced - What is the Character of a Crown Princess"... This newspaper is so powerful, they actually interviewed several candidates for the Crown Princess... No, not only the candidates for the Crown Princess, they also interviewed Ms. Ding ! She can’t be a candidate for the crown princess, right!?”
The article at the beginning of the publication attracted everyone's attention. After reading the entire article, many people suddenly fell into deep thought, but their reactions varied.
"I think this article is very interesting. It is true that regardless of men or women, only seeking knowledge can change their destiny."
Someone retorted: "The more a woman learns, the more trouble she will have!"
But the other party replied, "Isn't that true for men?" and added, "With knowledge and ideas, people will be capable and difficult to deal with. But this is not a bad thing, unless you hope that your wife will always be a liar. A fool or an ignorant woman. But now is the new era. How can any talented man want to spend his life with a wooden beauty who cannot read a word and has no common language? "
The male readers were arguing endlessly, but the female readers were filled with only excitement and excitement. The ladies asked each other about the content of "Lady", and then began to discuss the above topics. Some discussed the serialization, some discussed clothes, makeup and life tips, and some specifically discussed issues about the future mother of the country and the standards of female models.
The articles in the journal successfully guided everyone's thoughts to a certain extent, and many people were persuaded to discuss whether a woman's future should not depend on the kind of person she marries, but whether she should receive a better education.
Suddenly, the influence of "Lady" exceeded everyone's imagination. After Li Laixi knew what kind of things Yin Lian often did, he began to doubt his previous judgment.
