In reality, the development of this work is exactly the opposite!
"The Swordsman" is serious. After the protagonist Linghu Chong appeared and the plot became more and more exciting, its popularity continued to rise!
In any case, "Swordsman" is Jin Yong's later work. Its narrative has reached a state of perfection and perfection. There are countless TV series and movies adapted from this work. This is a very popular martial arts film. classic work!
And if you conclude that it will not be a hit just by looking at the seemingly clichéd beginning, you would be underestimating Jin Yong, and you would also be underestimating Xu Qingru, who perfectly adapted Jin Yong's works into comics.
In this work, there are countless scenes, characters, and scenes of various martial arts figures fighting each other. However, through the writing, the scenes change with the mood, and the changes are endless, and they can all fit in with life.
Not to mention its ups and downs and twists and turns of the plot are very fascinating, just the dozens of distinctive and vivid characters can make readers want to stop.
For example, the open-minded and unruly Linghu Chong, who sacrifices his life for righteousness; the charming, smart, sincere and willful Ren Yingying; the cunning, cunning and inconsistent Yue Buqun; the unruly and scheming Ren Woxing; the innocent, lovesick Yilin ; The "Four Friends of the South of the Yangtze River" who are ambitious, depressed and bizarre, who escape disputes and focus on their own preferences, and the "Six Immortals of the Peach Valley" who make jokes...
Among them, the protagonist Linghu Chong is also a different person from the protagonists in other works in Jin Yong's mind.
Among Jin Yong's works, there has never been one who used so much pen and ink to write about this person's character. Not only does Linghu Chong's character appear in his words and deeds, not only does his character appear in other people's comments about Linghu Chong, but his character is also written subjectively.
Jin Yong paid special attention to portraying Linghu Chong's character because there are very few characters like Linghu Chong. Linghu Chong is truly a free and open-minded person who has reached a state of perfection. There may have been more such people in ancient society, but in today's society, they are really rare.
He acts willfully just because he doesn't want to be restrained. Any restraint placed on him will be treated as a thorn in his back. He may not dislike this kind of restraint, but if he must have this kind of restraint, he won't be able to stand it. This is a typical example of an unruly character: if you ask him to do something, he may not do it; if you ask him to do something, he may not do it. If he is not allowed to do it, he will come and see if he insists on doing it.
Of course, no matter how good Linghu Chong's portrayal is, it cannot conceal the fact that this work is "abusive". His life experience is really miserable. First of all, he has no father or mother, he is not handsome, he is always injured, and he has all kinds of misfortunes. Unlucky, he fell in love with his junior sister, but fell in love with her and was ruthless. After getting good skills, he finally retired to seclusion. In the end, he married a beautiful woman, but the most beloved one in his heart is still his junior sister. Even after she died, her feelings for Ren Yingying were "she treated me with such deep affection, I should be shattered to pieces for her"...
In fact, Linghu Chong and Li Xunhuan do have some similarities, that is, they attach great importance to love and righteousness. They seem to live for others all their lives. They seem to be free and free, but in fact they have too much depression in their hearts, especially emotionally. They all suffered major setbacks, but Linghu Chong finally got Ren Yingying, and Li Xunhuan also got Sun Xiaohong.
But even so, starting from the second chapter of the serialization of "Swordsman", its popularity ranking has rushed to the top three of the entire magazine. Xu Qingru's huge base and loyalty of fans have made this work even after it was published by the new editor-in-chief Despite the suppression, it still maintained an extremely strong momentum. This is Xu Qingru's foundation and accumulation!
Having said that, fans of Xu Qingru actually smell something unusual, because in the past, "Legends of Modern and Ancient Times. Martial Arts" spared no effort to promote her works, and would hype them up before they were released. Her new work lets everyone know the date it will be officially released, but this time, "Swordsman" appeared quietly, which also caused many of her loyal readers to accidentally miss it. Release date...
Later, her fans informed each other on the Internet and spontaneously promoted "The Swordsman", and everyone knew that her new martial arts work had finally appeared. So in the second episode, everyone enthusiastically sent in the popularity survey form, and directly Let "Swordsman" enter the top three in popularity.
However, Li Hongliang, winner of the Newcomer Bounty Award with unlimited potential, was highly praised by editor-in-chief Liu Liqun, but his work was still unable to succeed. The second episode fell to eighth, but the third episode rose to seventh.
To be fair, such a result is already very difficult for Li Hongliang, a newcomer who serialized in the official issue of "Legends of Modern Times. Martial Arts" for the first time. After all, the competition in this martial arts comic magazine with the highest sales volume in the industry is too fierce. Got it!
It's a pity that this result is good, but compared with Xu Qingru's debut martial arts film "The Condor", it is far behind.
Even now, many people believe that "The Condor" is the pinnacle of Xu Qingru. It successfully interprets what it means to be a "great chivalrous person who serves the country and the people." The three views are extremely correct, and there is nothing highly toxic in it. The plot, and the later "The Condor" certainly used the word "love" all over the place, but some of the plots were really deliberate and had quite a few poisonous points.
When the results of such a popularity survey were presented to the new editor-in-chief Liu Liqun, his face was tense and he looked bitter and resentful...
He resisted not tearing the popularity questionnaire in his hand into pieces, but when he thought of his confident words at the editorial meeting, he felt his face burning, as if he had been slapped several times.
He really couldn't understand. Is the beginning of "The Swordsman" really worthy of being so popular among readers?
If there is a loyal reader of Xu Qingru who hears the question in his heart, he will definitely tell him with a smile, because we believe that as the plot progresses, it will definitely become more and more exciting!
Xu Qingru will never let us down...
Zhou Fang secretly rejoiced when she saw the disgraced new editor-in-chief. Like Ding Yixiang, she truly realized the value of Xu Qingru - she is definitely a unique super genius, and no one can replace her!
Not only that, there is another thing that makes Liu Liqun feel anxious, because in the "Industry Gossip" section of a martial arts forum, many people are speculating that Xu Qingru's relationship with "Legends of Modern and Ancient Martial Arts" has dropped to Freezing point, will leave at any time!
Then someone broke the news that Xu Qingru’s new serial "Swordsman" was suppressed by the magazine!
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