Entertainment: My knife has made the whole world sad

Comparing the three works, "Children of Captain Grant" is more of a traditional adventure novel.

"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" has the most science fiction elements, while "Mysterious Island" focuses on deserted island construction and survival in the wilderness. As the final chapter of the trilogy, the ending of "Mysterious Island" also satisfies readers.

Once such excellent works ferment, their influence begins to spread gradually!

Even primary and secondary schools across Xiazhou have listed these four novels of Lao Zei as "must-read extracurricular novels", which is also the greatest significance of this series.

At the beginning of 2031, just after New Year's Day, the last book of the highly anticipated series, "Around the World in Eighty Days", was officially released!

As the final work of the five-part "Science Fiction Adventure Series", "Around the World in Eighty Days" is the most impressive Jules Verne classic that Lin Qiu has the deepest impression of.

When young Lin Qiu read this novel, he was unconsciously attracted by the geographical knowledge, customs and human feelings, as well as the true meaning of life in the book!

You know, in today's technologically advanced world, traveling around the world in eighty days may not be difficult to understand.

But in the 19th century, this matter was extremely simple.

You know, human beings have never stopped exploring and pursuing the world, whether in the period of backward technology or the period of advanced technology today, because there are too many unknown areas on the earth, and everyone who has made outstanding contributions in the unknown areas will be recorded in history.

In the past life, almost all children who have been to school knew Magellan, a great historical figure.

He completed the great cause that Columbus tried to accomplish, sailing west from Europe to East India, which was the first sea journey across the Pacific Ocean in human history!

The story of "Around the World in Eighty Days" is so eye-catching because of human desire to explore the world!

It can be said that these five books are put together for readers who don't know the content to choose, and "Around the World in Eighty Days" will definitely be the most selected book!

Extraordinary imagination, romantic and scientific fantasy, vivid and humorous stories, and witty lines can inspire the passion of young people around the world to love science and yearn for adventure!

When thousands of readers opened the first page of Around the World in Eighty Days, they were deeply attracted by this story!

This novel tells the story of Mr. Fogg and the members of the Reform Club who bet that they could travel around the world in 80 days. Then Mr. Fogg set off from London with his servant nicknamed "Passepartout" and began an incredible journey around the world.

In this process, Mr. Fogg and Passepartout experienced hardships and dangers, were followed, sacrificed their lives to save people, got into trouble, fought at sea, ran out of fuel, and lost people...

Almost all the problems that would be encountered became the "ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties" of Mr. Fogg and his party along the way!

Such an adventure story is real and romantic. At the first moment of the adventure, it became the favorite of countless readers among these five books.

Of course, if it were just an adventure story, it would not be so highly praised by readers. More importantly, the book has profound humanistic thoughts, just like the "Sherlock Holmes" series.

"The old thief expressed his indignation at the barbaric system of burial sacrifice in Indiana through the mouths of his characters!"

"Through the experience of Know-it-all, he showed deep sympathy and indignation for the opium poisoning the people of New York!"

"Through the scene of Fix and Fogg being beaten at the San Francisco Convention, he satirized the chaos of democratic elections in Michigan!"

"The old thief is telling stories and expressing ideas!"

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Perhaps many people do not realize that the story of the old thief is subtly changing many people.

"Mom! I also want to travel around the world! I want to be a navigator in the future!"

"Dad! I want to be a scientist in the future!"

"Mom and Dad! I want to be a writer like Uncle Old Thief. I love his novels!"

Not to mention other states, just say New York. Those who are still in middle school, elementary school, or even younger, have listened to the stories in these five books, even if it is only a small part, and they are looking forward to telling their parents, planting a seed of dream in their hearts.

This seed of dream will take root in their hearts and support them to become better people!

This is the meaning of entertainment works. If they are just for fun, then such works will not be preserved.

In the past, inspired by Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days", many adventure travelers set out to break the record of global travel, and broke the record of global travel one after another.

After one or two hundred years, it is still a world classic and is sought after by readers all over the world.

This cannot be erased by some self-righteous readers saying: "This book is too childish", "How can such a book be a masterpiece", "How can an old thief write a book of this level".

There are many science fiction novels in this world. In these science fiction novels, there is actually a unified idea, that is, in the future, humans will find that no matter how powerful the technology is, it is just a child's play in front of a higher-level civilization.

Only literature and art can truly represent the human civilization on Earth. These are the unique embodiment of human spirituality.

Some literature and art, if they only regard it as entertainment, their vision is too narrow.

The last part of "The Three-Body Problem" contains the Death God Immortal Species. There is such a plot that many readers still remember until now.

At that time, the two-way foil attack determined the demise of the earth's civilization. Faced with this inevitable situation, Luo Ji chose to live and die with the earth. However, Luo Ji sorted out a batch of cultural relics, including Xiazhou's masterpiece "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" Wait, these literature and arts need to be transported. They are symbols of the survival of this human world and the inheritance of civilization.

These are more important than people.

It is precisely because of this that these readers say that the old thief is a real artist, an artist worthy of being recorded in history.

This sentence is the evaluation of the five-part "Science Fiction Adventure Series" by Drew, a famous Texas scholar:

"If it is true that the earth is about to be destroyed as stated in "The Three-Body Problem"..."

"These five books must be literary works that will be taken away."

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Because literature is a study of human nature, it is about human nature. As long as people are still human beings and there are good and evil aspects of human nature, it will not be outdated.

Literature itself is in line with the times and continues to develop in step with the times.

The form will change and the subject matter will change. Just as the poets of the Tang Dynasty could never understand modern literature, the literary styles of later generations will also become unimaginable to us today, but the core is the same. Whenever I read Tang poetry , it can be said that literature has recorded that splendid dynasty word for word.

"One book a month! The writing quality is still so high, the old thief is the old thief..."

“After gradually turning to traditional literature, I don’t know what novels I will write next.”

"If you keep writing like this, the old thief's novel may even be included in textbooks in the future..."

"At the level of an old thief, he is a treasure of this era."

"Hey~ I have to wait another five months!!"

"Wait!"

“I look forward to the old thief’s work being included in Xiazhou’s teaching materials as soon as possible!”

Entering the new year, all five parts of the Verne series have been released, which has caused considerable influence around the world. It marks the successful transformation of the style of Lao Thief's works and makes literature lovers around the world pay close attention to Lao Thief. I'm curious about the next book.

According to Xianque’s promotion, Lao Zei’s new book will be released on May 1st!

But as for the specific type and subject matter, no information has been revealed so far. The only thing that is known is that this is another subject matter that Lin Qiu has never tried before.

In fact, as early as three months ago, Lin Qiu had already decided and started transcribing the content of the new book.

The content, subject matter, and form of the new book can be said to be the most familiar form to the majority of readers—a collection of short stories!

You know, Xiazhou students have been studying short stories in textbooks almost since they were students. In the past life, if you wanted to talk about some novels, most people might not have read them, but if you want to talk about "Back" and "Confucius" "Yiji" and other classic short stories, who doesn't know who doesn't know them?

It can be said that the influence of short stories is no less than that of novels.

This is true even for short stories in the world. Novelists such as Maupassant, Chekhov, and O. Henry who have gone down in history have all left classic novels one after another.

Such literary classics as "Dublins", "The Decameron", "Rashomon", "The Last Leaf" and "Little Town Freak" are all indelible in human history.

Lin Qiu does not have the ability to bring all these classic books to this world, let alone abroad.

Let’s talk about China in the past life, Lu Xun, Lao She, Shen Congwen, Zhang Ailing...

There are so many great literary figures and classic works.

However, Lin Qiu's most classic and representative short stories will all be included in the "Jiuzhou Short and Medium Novels Collection". Three short story collections will still be released in May, June and July, including Classic short stories about Kyushu states.

There are various themes and types.

As for if there is a chance in the future, we can definitely follow up with a fourth or fifth part.

In the field of short stories, the dazzling literary world in the previous life can be said to be "inexhaustible", and there is no need to worry about the problem of inconsistent style and tone in short story collections.

If nothing else happens, after these collections of short stories are released, these works will gradually appear in Xiazhou’s textbooks!

The mysterious author ID of "Old Thief" will have further influence in Xiazhou.

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Calculating carefully, it has been a full year and a half since Lin Qiu's last movie "The Pursuit of Happiness" was released!

In the past year and a half, Lin Qiu's movie fans across Kyushu can be said to have been eagerly waiting for Lin Qiu's new film. As for the film "Titanic", Chang'an has been vigorously promoting it since last year. It can be said that it is very popular. Winning the appetite of movie fans around the world!

It can also be seen from the production cost alone how ambitious Lin Qiu and Chang'an are this time.

Lin Qiu and Ye Zhiyuan's films have always been well received in the Kyushu film market, and even won numerous awards at the Academy Awards, the largest film award in Kyushu. Looking at the entire Xiazhou Film Festival, the current highest box office record in Kyushu is only It’s 1.5 million, which means it can’t even make it into the top 30 global box office movies. It lacks a representative high-box office movie!

The film "Titanic" did not go to any film festivals, but the expectations of moviegoers contained in the film itself are huge enough.

Lin Qiu has always not had too many expectations for the movies he shoots. After all, he knows that the box office of these masterpieces will not be bad.

But this time is different. For this "Titanic", Lin Qiu's goal is quite clear, which is to impact the list of total box office of Jiuzhou movies! !

So years ago, before the "Batman" series officially started, Lin Qiu rarely participated in Jiuzhou's movie promotion activities with the crew of "Titanic".

And at the event, facing the reporter's question about the box office expectations of this "Titanic", he said: "I believe that this movie is a movie that any fan will feel worth the price of the ticket when they walk into the cinema."

"I, including the entire Chang'an, have great expectations for the box office of this movie. We believe that this movie can break Xiazhou's Jiuzhou historical box office record and impact the high position of global movie box office."

"For me personally, I also want to become the director with the highest box office in the history of world cinema, no one else."

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Lin Qiu, who has always been low-key, actually made such a bold statement in the promotional activities, almost shouting that he would rely on this "Titanic" to impact a higher peak!

As soon as these words came out, the Jiuzhou film circle was boiling!

The eight states outside Xiazhou are even more curious about this "Titanic". They are curious about what kind of movie can make such an excellent director like Lin Qiu have such confidence!

In Xiazhou, it is completely crazy!

Even during the Spring Festival, the pre-sale screenings and pre-sale box office of "Titanic" have reached a terrifying level!

The theaters throughout Xiazhou seem to be creating the conditions required for "Titanic" to create a box office record, and the fans are even more supportive. Many stars in the entertainment industry have posted messages and plan to book the theaters to support it! !

"Go! Bring the whole family to buy tickets to support it!!"

"Book the theater to support it!"

"Xiazhou should have a movie that enters the world movie box office list!!"

"Come on, Lin Qiu!"

The pre-sale screenings on the first, second, and third days of the Lunar New Year were almost sold out in an instant. The fans used the most practical actions to support Lin Qiu and Changan Film and Television Company!

Over the years, Lin Qiu has brought so many high-quality works. Now Lin Qiu has said that he wants to hit a higher peak, so how can the fans be lame?

As for many remarks that deliberately seek to gain a sense of presence, such as saying that the local box office in Xiazhou is meaningless, once they were released, they were hit in the face by countless comments:

"What's the matter, Xiazhou box office is not money?"

"Have you been kneeling for too long? Lin Qiu is now the best director in the world. We Xiazhou people have the ability and qualifications to support any movie we want to support!"

"Just watch it twice! Just watch it three times! You'll be so anxious!"

This is a pre-sale event that has never appeared in the history of Xiazhou movies! !

Before the first day of the Lunar New Year, the pre-sale of "Titanic" in Xiazhou exceeded 2 billion!

In addition to the reason of national support, there is also the ticket price of "Titanic", which is more than ten yuan more expensive than ordinary Chang'an movies.

... (End of this chapter)