The prince does not fight for the heir

Chapter 111
Shopkeeper Liu She talked about the Huaben teacher's literary meeting, "hehe" laughed straight: "This is indeed the first time that the Huaben teacher holds a literary meeting! So in order to protect the true identities of the Huaben teachers from being exposed, all invitations Posts are delivered according to the pen name and the bookstore where the story book is published and sold."

As he spoke, Liu She took out two invitation cards from his pocket.

"This old slave, there is another invitation post that Wenhui specified to send to Mr. Liaozhai, but even this old slave doesn't know who Mr. Liao Zhai is, so I can only entrust it to the young master!"

"There is another letter. It didn't specify who to send it to. It just said that I invited the representative of Panlong Bookshop to attend." Liu She handed both invitations to Fu Xuechen and gave a simple explanation.

Fu Xuechen was very curious: "Could it be that if I go, I can know the true identities of many pseudonym owners?"

Liu She shook his head: "That can't be done! It's said in the post that if you go to participate in the cultural meeting, you can use masks, curtains and other means to hide your identity. Of course, this is not a rigid requirement, and you are welcome to show your true colors. , As for the representatives of each bookstore participating in the meeting, they are free to do so."

Huh?Isn't this similar to a masquerade ball?Fu Xuechen found it very interesting. When he opened the invitation post, he saw that the time was set at the beginning of noon this morning, which is equivalent to about eleven o'clock in the morning in later generations. Official papers.

You can still have a banquet!Fu Xuechen became more interested.

"What will this article be about?"

Seeing the question, Liu She couldn't help twirling his beard and said, "I think it's mainly to show the talents of the script teachers themselves, make friends with various bookstores, big and small, improve their reputation, and exchange experiences in writing scripts by the way?"

"Let's all go!" Fu Xuechen decided immediately: "Meeting many Huaben masters at the same time, we will definitely be able to understand their thoughts earlier, and maybe we can grasp the current mainstream creative direction of Huaben masters."

Seeing that the Young Master's family was full of enthusiasm, fearing that she would be disappointed, Liu She had no choice but to remind him: "Master, this teacher's literary association is a new one, and I'm afraid there won't be too many people participating in it, and the conditions for all parties are relatively simple. "

But Fu Xuechen smiled: "It's okay! If possible, I hope that there will be a Huaben teacher's meeting every year from now on, and this meeting will be held by our bookstore instead, and it will be grand!"

Liu She was thoughtful. When the profit of the bookstore was rising, the young master had said that in the future, Panlong Bookstore would be a chain bookstore, occupying the four districts of Kyoto first, and then spreading to other counties. Come on, the young master's ambition is not small!He also hosted the script teachers' literary meeting. Is this going to catch all the outstanding script teachers in the world?
The Lianghu Guild Hall is in the southeast of the bookstore, only two streets away, and it takes seven or eight minutes to walk there. Fu Xuechen simply left the horse at the bookstore, and took Fu An, accompanied by shopkeeper Liu She, all the way to the guild hall. go.

Because of the Dragon Boat Festival, the streets are very lively, there are many snacks for sale, and there are also many strange gadgets, Fu Xuechen passed by a peddler who sold children's toys, and bought a red fox fur mask for himself.

If Fu Xuechen went to the meeting as the owner of the bookstore, Fu Xuechen didn't really need to hide his face to hide his identity, but in the invitation post there was an extra post that should have been handed over to "Mr. Liaozhai" Fu Yuchen. It will be used as Mr. Liaozhai's identity.

Lianghu Guild Hall is actually a large inn and restaurant with a three-storey building, occupying three yards. The layout and grade are about the same as four-star hotels with complete facilities in later generations.

There are a lot of scholars from the two lakes, with a prosperous literary style and prosperous business, which is why there is such a grand guild hall in Beijing. It is not only used to accommodate students and businessmen from home, but also to do business with the outside world. The daily profits are very considerable.

But when he arrived at the guild hall, Fu Xuechen found out that the so-called Huabenshi Wenhui actually only occupied one of the floors of a high-rise building in this luxurious guild hall. It was originally a place for people to drink tea and listen to books.

In the fairly spacious lobby, there are about 30 Eight Immortals square tables, which can comfortably seat more than a hundred people without feeling crowded. Three tea doctors walk through it from time to time, refilling tea for guests at any time.

In front of the wall facing the corridor is the performance stage of the storyteller, which is slightly higher than three inches above the ground, so that tea guests can see every expression and movement of the storyteller clearly, but at this time there is no storyteller performing.

Liu She took out the invitation card from the bookstore and obtained a tea table by the window. This seat is slightly in the front, but it is not in the front row. It is a good seat where you can see the performance seats clearly.

The food at the Wenhui is free for the invited guests. There is enough tea, and there are three plates of snacks such as peanuts, fennel beans, melon seeds, etc. on each table. .

The tea party before the dinner party was for the guests to greet each other and get to know each other. As guests from all walks of life arrived one after another, the teahouse quickly became lively, and even Liu She had acquaintances who greeted him.

Fu Xuechen had already put on the mask she bought, and when she saw someone greeting Liu She, she said, "You don't have to worry about me, I'll entertain you when you need to, and you can just treat me as my master if I come with you."

Teenagers still love to play around!Liu She secretly laughed, since the young master wanted to pretend to be a storyteller, then he would not disappoint, so he pleaded guilty, and left his seat to go to the business friend who greeted him diagonally.

Fu Xuechen touched the red fox mask that covered the upper half of her face, and looked at the other guests in the teahouse who had covered their faces like her.

A chubby round-faced scholar noticed Fu Xuechen coming up with Liu She when he was seated. Seeing her glance over, he immediately cupped his hands and said, "I'm also Panlong Bookstore, my teacher, whose pen name is Luo Guanzhong, sage Brother is?"

Fu Xuechen did not expect that the first person to greet her would be Luo Qi, a guy she was already quite familiar with. Although the other party also wore a laughing arhat mask on his face, only his chin and mouth were exposed, but the other party's rather characteristic figure, and A familiar voice, as soon as he opened his mouth, Fu Xuechen recognized him.

"I'm here on behalf of 'Mr. Liaozhai'!" Fu Xuechen smiled and nodded in return.

"Hey! You, you are..." Luo Qi stared, and instantly recognized his young master.

"If you see it, don't say it!" Fu Xuechen quickly stopped him, "I am the representative of Mr. Liao Zhai now."

Luo Qi quickly shut his mouth tightly, and then couldn't help asking: "Then Mr. Liaozhai...?"

"Oh, he didn't come, I'll borrow his name!"

Facing the few script masters who knew that he was from Shaodong's family, Fu Xuechen did not intend to impersonate Mr. Liaozhai.

Luo Qi understood, but felt a little regretful. Mr. Liaozhai was one of his teachers who he admired quite a lot. He didn't expect the other party to be so mysterious, so he didn't come directly, and missed an opportunity to get acquainted.

Soon, Wu Rui and Zhou Zhong came together, and they also wore masks on their faces. Since they knew each other, they quickly got together with Luo Qi and Fu Xuechen, but He Ci was a member of the organizer , has been busy welcoming the guests, and has not been able to come and chat with a few people.

Fu Xuechen doesn't read much about the scripts of this time and space, and doesn't know much about the script masters of other people's scripts except for his own. With the introduction of Luo Qi and others, it was like a quick chat with a lot of unfamiliar script teachers. call.

I left a little impression, one of them, pen name Xia Ke, masterpiece "Lu Yidao", etc., looks thin and tall, but his head is big, with a bold temperament, and the other person, pen name Mo Zhongyou, happened to be a supernatural being before Liaozhai was born. The author of the most famous work "Shan Ling Ji", both of them are the cooperative script teachers of Hanmo Bookstore, the largest bookstore in Beijing.

Fu Xuechen wanted to find a few good seedlings at this huabenshiwenhui, and dug them if he could, but the volume of Hanmo Bookstore is more than three times larger than that of Panlong Bookstore, and his cooperation with huabenshi is the least likely Being poached away, and both of them are following the traditional path, the work has a strong literary taste, Fu Xuechen doesn't like it.

On the contrary, after Mo Zhongyou got to know Luo Qi and others, he felt a sense of sympathy for each other, and chatted enthusiastically about their famous classics "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West".

Fu Xuechen didn't intervene much, just listened to these people's discussion from the sidelines. From the other family's words, my teacher only thought that she came to inquire about the situation of the Wenhui on behalf of Mr. Liao Zhai. Although she was friendly to her, she didn't take her seriously.

Gradually, many of the teachers with poor grades around them were unknowingly attracted by the recent famous words teachers here, gathered around five people, listened to their conversations devoutly, and occasionally raised questions. If you get answers to these questions, you will feel that you have gained a lot, and this trip has been worthwhile.

Fu Xuechen quietly listened to the discussion of the literati in front of him, and inexplicably had the illusion of dreaming back to the online literature forum of later generations. The only difference is that the later generations are all keyboard warriors, while these people in front of them are all relying on their mouths .

Such a lively discussion, even if there were some heated debates at times, the overall atmosphere was extremely harmonious, and lasted until the lunch meeting, and continued until the afternoon, when the literary meeting officially began.

As one of the initiators and organizers of this literary conference, He Ci also acted as the master of ceremonies and stepped onto the storyteller stage.

"Guests, please return to your seats. This meeting of teachers and writers will officially begin!" Following his words, everyone in the teahouse returned to their original seats.

After a while, the audience gradually became quiet, and He Ci began to give an opening speech: "The kingdom is newly established, peace is coming, and the prosperous future is far away... The Chamber of Commerce of the two lakes feels that the Chinese dialects in Beijing are gradually flourishing and become fashionable, so Willing to donate generously to the literati... So there is this literary meeting, and I would like to gather friends from all corners of the world to enjoy this grand meeting together..."

After the opening speech, everyone celebrated with foreheads and hands—in fact, this action was a warm applause.

He Ci then invited the representatives of the major bookstores to go up and say a few words. Hanmo Bookstore is the most famous bookstore in Beijing, but no one came. Representative of Fushulou.

This person was quite aloof, he went up and said a few nonsensical clichés, and then returned to his original seat. Fu Xuechen felt that this person actually looked down on today's teacher's essay meeting, and he was reluctant to come and see it. .

After that, even the representative of the first library of Cheng's family went up and said a few words, which was also a superficial encouragement without nutrition.

Soon, shopkeeper Liu She went to represent Panlong Bookstore. Because Fu Xuechen had mentioned earlier that he would fight for the right to hold the Huaben Teachers' Literature Conference, his words were much more enthusiastic than the previous two, and his posture was also swaying. Being approachable and approachable, he quickly won the favor of many Huaben teachers present.

"...Our owner attaches great importance to the creation and distribution of scripts, and is willing to provide remuneration guarantee for excellent script teachers. I believe that Panlong Bookstore will be a good place for all script teachers!"

Liu She took the opportunity to blatantly undercut the wall, and even slightly pointed out what kind of words Panlong Bookshop would like to get: "Welcome to my bookstore if you have a simple and clear writing style, can tell stories, and at the same time can take care of beautiful words. Submit the manuscript, Panlong Shupu is willing to work with you hand in hand!"

After his words fell, there was another warm applause in the venue. For a while, many representatives of other bookstores and bookstores all scolded Liu She chicken thief in their hearts. foot of a wall?

Liu She was smiling all over his face, bowing in all directions, and was about to return to his seat, when suddenly someone in the crowd asked loudly: "I'm so incompetent, I dare not ask for advice, how can I be straightforward when telling a story with straightforward words? So what?" Can you take into account the beautiful words and sentences at the same time? Isn’t there a contradiction between the two?”

After a pause of applause, many people had the same question: Yes!How to write stories in vernacular, which is the closest to colloquial language, with beautiful words and sentences?How can you expect it to be plain when you use beautiful and elegant words?Isn't this contradictory?
Liu She hesitated for a moment, he was giving an impromptu speech, and the summed up requirements were basically what the Shaodong family usually said to him, who would have thought that there were contradictions in it?
Seeing that Liu She was being questioned, Wu Rui couldn't stand anymore. His writing style was the most plain in Panlong Shupu, and he thought he had the deepest understanding of these requests raised by Liu She, so he immediately got up and asked questions. The man clasped his fists, and said: "Wu Cheng'en, my master, is willing to answer your questions for the shopkeeper Liu when I write "Journey to the West: Shi'er Biography"!"

"Journey to the West" is one of the most popular classic stories recently. Wu Rui is almost like a newcomer who has become a god in the later generations. When the person who asked the question heard that he reported his family name, he was awed: "I would like to hear more about it Please enlighten me!"

"Don't dare!" Wu Rui said modestly first, and quickly said: "In my opinion, the so-called straightforwardness means writing in the most plain and easy-to-understand vernacular. There are roughly three main points. It must be useful, do not make descriptions that have nothing to do with the story, and do not add poems and words at every turn."

"Secondly, don't stick to grammar, don't ask for confrontation, and don't use obscure allusions. Thirdly, don't make outlandish moaning, and don't avoid using slang words and colloquialisms. I mean, as long as it fits the identity of the characters in the novel, you can also write swearing..."

(End of this chapter)