1980 My literary era

Early in the morning in mid-July, Wangfujing Bookstore had just opened, and readers waiting at the door swarmed into the bookstore.

Various universities, middle schools and primary schools have just had their holidays, and it is also the hottest time of the year in Yanjing. Wangfujing Bookstore is air-conditioned, making it warm in winter and cool in summer all year round. So at this time, this will become the place where these students spend the most time every day during the summer vacation.

This happens not only in Wangfujing Bookstore, but also in Xinhua Bookstore in many big cities.

The readers who enter the bookstore are mainly students, and some primary school students are accompanied by their parents.

As soon as everyone enters the bookstore, the most eye-catching thing is the newspaper rack at the door. Here are all kinds of magazines and periodicals.

Today, there are a lot of magazines on the newspaper rack as usual. One of the magazines has a red label on the bottom with the words "New Issue Released" written on it.

Almost no one of the elementary school students who entered the store paid attention to the books and newspapers rack. As soon as they entered, they rushed to the children's books and popular science books area.

Only a small number of college students and high school students stopped by the newspaper rack, and many people were attracted by the words "New Issues Available" on the newspaper rack.

The launch of new magazines does not refer to the monthly launch of publications, but the first issue of newly established publications. There are many magazines and publications established in China every year, but not many can be placed in Xinhua Bookstore, so that students can catch up. Even less.

"Heroes of Kyushu", the name is very eye-catching, and what is even more eye-catching is the cover of the magazine.

Under the sky full of yellow sand, the knight is wearing a straw hat and robe, with a long knife hanging on his waist and riding a green-maned horse. The aura of the world that hits his face instantly makes the students who see the cover unable to take their eyes away.

With the name "Heroes of Kyushu" and the cover full of Jianghu flavor, a high school student with a three-quarter hairdo couldn't help but pick up the magazine.

There is also a line of small words in the lower right corner of the magazine cover, "No. 1 in the world" Xiao Zhuanfeng.

Anyone who has read the magazine knows that this should be the headline work of this issue.

After flipping through the catalog and coming to the main text, the first page is the headline work "The Best in the World" on the cover.

"In the 23rd year of Chenghua, Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen passed away, and his third son Zhu Youtang succeeded to the throne with the reign title of Hongzhi.

Zhu Youtang was generous and kind, practiced frugality, was not close to women, drove out traitors, opened up his opinions, was diligent in political affairs, and worked hard to govern. He was called "Hongzhi Zhongxing" in history. Historian said: "Those who are called wise rulers under the third generation are Han Dynasty Emperor Wen, Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, and Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty. ’

In the 18th year of Hongzhi's reign, Zhu Youtang died in the Palace of Qianqing. He was given the posthumous title of "Emperor Jiantian Ming, Tao Cheng, Zhongzheng, Shenwen, Shenwu, Benevolence, Great Virtue and Jing", and was known as Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty in history. His son Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne and was named Zhengde. Emperor Zhengde favored eunuchs, was close to sycophants, and indulged in entertainment, which led to more and more intense struggles in the court and made the people miserable.

At that time, Emperor Xianzong had a son, Zhu Wuwu. Because he was a concubine and had a rebellious temperament, he was not liked by the late emperor. He gave up glory and wealth since he was young and wandered around the world. Because of his excellent martial arts, he was known as "Iron Gallant". The Lord of Gods'..."

In the 21st century, famous martial arts masters are dying and getting old, and talents are withering. In addition, readers have become aesthetically tired of martial arts novels, so martial arts novels have long since declined.

Since Liang Yusheng and Jin Yong, whether in the Mainland, Hong Kong or the Bay Islands, it has been normal for martial arts novels to be adapted into film and television works. Many of these martial arts novels have become household names due to film and television adaptations.

But after 2000, film and television works adapted from martial arts novels have reached a dead end. Everything that can be filmed has been filmed, and everything that can be changed has been changed. The audience has long been tired of film and television works adapted from martial arts novels.

At this moment, a martial arts TV series came out, which single-handedly brought the subject of martial arts into the audience's attention again.

This TV series is "The Best in the World".

"The Best in the World" is a purely original script, and its freshness is naturally inferior to those martial arts works by Jin Yong and Gu Long that have been adapted countless times, but its success is not just because of its freshness.

The story structure of "The Best in the World" is grand, set in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, where temples and various forces in the world are intertwined.

The characters in the group portraits are vivid and full, including the treacherous but loyal iron god Hou Zhuwuwu, Duan Tianya who values ​​love and righteousness, the silent and unruly Gui Hai Yidao, Shangguan Haitang who disguises herself as a man, the quirky Cheng Shifei...each one The character's story lines are all very exciting.

The plot design is rich and compact, with eradication of evil, brotherhood, love between men and women, conspiracy and betrayal... various plot factors come together to make the audience overwhelmed.

Someone once said that "The Best in the World" is a watershed in domestic martial arts TV series. After "The Best in the World", it is difficult to find a work that can compete with it. It can even be said that this TV series is a swan song.

Lin Weimin agrees with most of this statement. After watching this TV series, his biggest feeling was that this TV series should be called a weakened version of "Dragon".

"Tian Long Ba Bu" is the pinnacle of Jin Yong's creative career. Jin Yong depicts a majestic and magnificent martial arts world for readers in the novel, especially the writing of group portraits is extremely brilliant. This novel is also an insurmountable peak of Chinese martial arts novels.

"The Best in the World" is excellent in many aspects such as world view structure, plot design, characterization, etc., but after all, it is a TV series produced by Wang Jingchan, the king of bad movies. He is a talented person, but he really doesn't know how to make movies. , TV series as art.

Reflecting on "The Best in the World", what is missing is a drive for excellence, which is a bit rough.

This time, Lin Weimin decided to open a small account and write a martial arts novel for the launch of "Heroes of Kyushu", and his first choice was "No. 1 in the World".

Because he is familiar with TV dramas, he naturally knows its advantages and disadvantages. He tried his best to avoid some of the shortcomings in this work during creation, and then carefully crafted it. The quality of the written work was even higher than that of the TV series.

Readers of martial arts novels in this era were basically influenced by pirated copies of Xiangjiang and Wandao martial arts novels.

Although domestic martial arts novels have emerged in an endless stream in recent years, there are very few that can make these readers applaud and compete with writers from Xiangjiang and Wandao.

It is also because the market is flooded with a large number of shoddy works, which makes many readers of martial arts novels look down upon mainland martial arts novels.

If I had to use one word to describe it, it would probably be "digging for gold from shit."

But at the same time, these readers enjoy it, and their motivation comes from their love for martial arts novels.

"Red Soldier! Li Hongbing!" The high school student with a 37-point hairstyle was fascinated by "Heroes of Kyushu". His classmates even called him several times but there was no response. The classmate pushed him helplessly, and then he replied He came to his senses and looked at his classmates.

"What are you doing? Why are you reading the magazine? Aren't you going to buy a collection of Jin Yong's works?"

It has been two or three months since the collection of Jin Yong's works was released. It has caused a great craze among the domestic martial arts novel enthusiasts. Many martial arts novel lovers have flocked to bookstores to buy it.

But what is published this time is a collection of Jin Yong's works. The 36-volume set contains all the martial arts novels written by Jin Yong. The paperback version alone is priced at 49.8 yuan.

Frankly speaking, this price is indeed not expensive. The average price of a novel is about 1.5 yuan, which is much cheaper than some single-book works.

But the problem is that Li Hongbing and the others are high school students with no income. Unlike those college students, they have living expenses at their disposal every month, so the price of 49.8 yuan is indeed too expensive for them.

A few people have been saving for more than a month, and each of them has saved more than ten yuan. Today, they specially gathered together to buy a collection of Jin Yong's works. They will be able to read Jin Yong's works this summer. It makes me happy just thinking about it.

After entering the bookstore, several other people rushed to the bookshelf containing the collection of Jin Yong's works. After reading the books for a while, they were ready to pay for it, but they found that someone was missing.

"Heping, look! I found a martial arts novel magazine!" Li Hongbing said excitedly to his classmates.

Lou Heping was not interested in magazines. "They are all shoddy stuff. How about Jin Yong's novels? Give me the money quickly and I'll go check out."

"I think it's no worse than The Legend of the Condor Heroes," Li Hongbing said.

Lou Heping glanced at Li Hongbing in surprise, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"If you don't believe me, read it yourself!" Li Hongbing handed the magazine to Lou Heping.

Lou Heping glanced at Li Hongbing, "I still don't believe it..."

"What are you doing for peace? Asking the Red Soldiers to collect money, why are you still interested in it?"

After a while, the other two classmates came back without seeing Lou Heping. They found that he, like Li Hongbing, was standing in front of the newspaper rack, concentrating on reading magazines, and came over impatiently.

"What's going on with you two? Are you still buying books?"

When the four people gathered together, the classmates couldn't help but complain about Li Hongbing and Lou Heping.

But the two of them acted as if they didn't hear anything. Each of them held a magazine in their hands, and they were engrossed in reading it, without hearing their classmates' voices at all.

They couldn't hear and had no choice but to take action. The two of them came to their senses. Li Hongbing ignored the classmate who called them and asked Lou Heping first, "How is it? Am I right?"

Lou Heping opened his mouth, "It's a little worse than "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and it's only on the level of "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword".

"Just be tough!"

"What do you mean I'm tough-talking..."

The two actually got into a quarrel, and the two classmates who came to call them had no choice but to interrupt.

"That's it, you two! Do you still want to buy books?" A classmate interrupted the argument between the two.

Li Hongbing hesitated and said, "Buy."

He then said to Lou Heping: "Don't you have seventeen yuan in your pocket? Lend me two yuan first."

"Lend you two yuan? Why?" Lou Heping asked.

"I'll buy a magazine." Li Hongbing said.

Lou Heping immediately realized that what Li Hongbing wanted to buy was the "Heroes of Kyushu" they had just watched. He hesitated and said, "I won't borrow it."

"Why?"

"I still want to buy it myself!"

"Then you can lend me one dollar and a half, that's enough."

"No, I'll lend you a dollar and a half and I'll buy the books. After I buy the magazines, I won't have money for food or transportation."

"What do you mean? Brothers, after all these years, I have borrowed one yuan and five from you without borrowing money?"

"Brother, can you let me starve?"

The two were noisy and bickering. The other two were angry and helpless, but at the same time they were a little curious. One of them picked up the "Heroes of Kyushu" that Li Hongbing had just placed.

More than an hour later, four people walked out of Wangfujing Bookstore, each holding a copy of "Heroes of Kyushu".

In the end, the collection of Jin Yong's works was not purchased. The four people had a total of fifty-four or five yuan in their pockets. Everyone couldn't stop watching "The Best in the World" and wanted to buy "Heroes of Kyushu".

Moreover, when several people were arguing, many people also discovered the first issue of this book that had just been released. Seeing that one copy was sold out, they finally unanimously decided to buy "Heroes of Kyushu" first. This thing is a magazine. It’s hard to buy after this period.

As for the collection of Jin Yong's works, bookstores have been selling them anyway, so it won't be too late to buy them again next month after I save enough money.

It was noon when several people came out of Wangfujing. Li Hongbing asked, "Why are we going now?"

"Go and eat to your belly!"

Lou Heping's suggestion was unanimously approved by several people. Anyway, everyone has money in their pockets. If they don't buy the collection of Jin Yong's works, they can spend it how they want!