1621【Legend of the Condor Heroes】

Style: Science Author: Ji MobaiWords: 2025Update Time: 24/01/18 07:30:39
The old school martial arts has a strong storytelling flavor. The structure is loose, the rhythm is slow, and there is no distinction between primary and secondary.

Xiang Kairan has this kind of problem. He always has many details, and one character leads to a story. In the end, the relationships between the characters are so complicated and confusing that the readers are confused.

In comparison, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has a main line throughout, with a compact structure, brisk rhythm, and clear priorities. It makes people unable to put it down and want to keep reading.

In addition, the writing skills of the old school of martial arts are not as good as those of the new school of martial arts.

In old-school martial arts, the protagonist and villain have relatively distinct personalities. Righteousness is right and evil is evil, and the writing is relatively routine, usually stories about repaying kindness and revenge, eradicating violence, and suppressing bandits and robbers.

In terms of the main theme of the writing, it is also through the conflict and struggle between common people and powerful people, knights and bullies, honest officials and corrupt officials, etc., to declare the concept that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil.

In comparison, in new martial arts, the protagonists are mostly both good and evil, and the characters are more vivid and three-dimensional. And although it also writes about grievances and struggles between good and evil, it also adds more elements such as treasure hunting, adventure, emotional changes, and puzzle solving, making the story richer and more readable.

Therefore, after the new martial arts was launched, the old martial arts quickly declined. So far, except for martial arts enthusiasts, most people have never heard of the names of Xiang Kairan, Zhao Huanting, Zhu Zhenmu, Gong Baiyu, Zheng Zhengyin, Wang Dulu and others.

Of course, the truth is the truth, and Xiang Nan, as a junior in the literary world, naturally cannot say that.



"Mr. Xu is being too modest." Editor Shen said with a smile, "We at Shenbao want to publish Mr. Xu's article. I wonder if Mr. Xu has a sequel?"

"Yes." Xiang Nan nodded, got up and went back to the house to get a stack of manuscripts.

Shen Jingtao glanced through it briefly and felt that the following stories were equally exciting, with no sign of a leopard's head and a rat's tail. She smiled and nodded, "Okay, very good. Mr. Xu, our newspaper is prepared to pay two yuan per thousand words." What do you think of the price for publishing your article?"

"Thank you for your appreciation in advance." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "But you also know that Hujiang is a big city and it is not easy to live in it. I write purely to make a living. Two yuan for a thousand words. To be honest, it doesn't suit me. psychological expectations.”

"Mr. Xu, what is your psychological price..." Shen Jingtao asked.

"Four yuan for a thousand words." Xiang Nan said immediately.

"This is a bit high. Mr. Bao Tianxiao and Mr. Zhou Wanjuan are only at this price." Shen Jingtao advised, "Mr. Xu, although yours is good, after all, you have not yet become famous and cannot compete with famous artists. Let’s see, how about three yuan if one person takes a step back?”

"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded.

The price of three yuan per thousand words is not bad. Anyway, there will be so many opportunities to make money in the future that we can’t afford to worry about it now.

"Mr. Xu is really a pleasant person, let's sign the contract." Shen Jingtao said with a smile.

Hujiang is an international metropolis with more complete systems. However, as Chen Hanlin said, the laws are good, but no one enforces them.



Xiang Nan then signed the contract and received his first remuneration.

In the evening, he invited Fang Yanyun to Rongshun Hall for dinner.

"Wen Qiang, seeing that you are in such high spirits, is there any good news?" Fang Yanyun asked with a smile.

"Well, mine will be serialized in "Declaration"." Xiang Nan nodded and explained with a smile, "Today, I received my first royalties."

"Really?! Congratulations, I knew you would be able to do it." Fang Yanyun said happily after hearing this.

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"Thank you." Xiang Nan nodded.

"Then I'm going to have a good meal today." Fang Yanyun smiled again.

"Okay, but I want you to pay attention to one thing for me." Xiang Nan nodded.

"What's the matter, tell me." Fang Yanyun agreed happily.

"Please help me keep an eye on it. When there is a large-scale acquisition of factory land in Huide, let me know." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

"Why, when did you become interested in real estate?" Fang Yanyun asked curiously after hearing this.

"I'm not interested in real estate." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile, "I'm interested in people."

"Oh?! What do you mean?" Fang Yanyun said in confusion.

"I can't tell for a moment." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile, "Anyway, just help me pay attention."

In the drama "Shanghai Beach", the timeline is not very clear. Xiang Nan also didn't know when Feng Chengcheng returned to Hujiang from Peiping. He couldn't wait at the station every day. So I can only find a landmark event.

As far as he knew, Feng Chengcheng returned to Hujiang after the French guy was speculating on Huide land and asked Feng Jingyao to injure Chen Lianshan. So, he was going to use this iconic event as an anchor.

"Okay." Fang Yanyun nodded.



A week later, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was officially serialized in "Shenbao", with 3,000 words being serialized every day.

At first, this book wasn’t too popular. But later in the series, the story gradually reached its climax when the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan had a gambling battle with Qiu Chuji in a restaurant and made an eighteen-year agreement.

More and more readers are following it, and the reviews are getting higher and higher. Especially after the heroine Huang Rong came out, she made a big fuss in Prince Zhao's Mansion and battled wits with the four masters. The lively plots emerged one after another and became more and more interesting. Readers couldn't put it down and were worried. Every day before dawn, some people would go to the newsstand to wait to buy the latest " Declaration".

The serialization of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" became a hit, and Xiang Nan, who was originally unknown, became a rising star in the Shanghai-Jiang literary world.

Not only newspapers and magazines wanted to interview him, but even the Shanghai-Jiang literary circles sent him invitations, inviting Xiang Nan to attend events organized by them.

But Xiang Nan doesn't really want to participate in such activities.

Because in the Shanghai-Jiang literary world at that time, the Left-wing Writers Alliance and the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School were fighting almost every day.

The left-wing criticism of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School is a money-based literature that serves as a pastime, and is an anesthetic and confusing soup on the road to people's awakening. The content is vulgar and the ideas are empty. They are the remnants of feudalism and must be overthrown.

The Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School criticizes the left wing for its binary oppositional thinking, which is either black or white, friend or enemy, revolutionary or counter-revolutionary, and those who agree with the left wing are running dogs.

The two sides were back and forth, fighting each other, and were at loggerheads. Compared with Little Pink, who leads the way on the Internet now, the battle between male and female boxers is no less impressive.

Although the martial arts written by Xiang Nan also have patriotic thoughts and advocate that the great knights serve the country and the people, there is no doubt that they also belong to the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School.

It would be fine if he kept silent about making a fortune, but if he jumped out, he might become a target. People like Zhang Henshui, Zhou Wanjuan, Liang Shiqiu and others have been criticized.

It can be said that those who stand out first will die first. The more famous an author is, the easier it is to attract criticism both verbally and written. So Xiang Nan decided it was better to keep a low profile.