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Chapter 99: Can a novice writer write history? (2 in 1 large chapter)

"Boss Chu Ying, do you want to write history?"

"Correct."

"What is there to write about in history? Write about the city. The pretentiousness and slap in the face you write about the city is very burning."

"You have to change your taste."

"No, no, I've always liked this taste."

Although Chen Yi has confidence in "Nirvana in Fire", not everyone is optimistic about Chen Yi's writing of history.

Such as Dangdang.

For example, Chen Yi's readers are a series of readers who have read "School Beauty" before.

When they learned that Chu Ying's new book turned out to be history, they were the first and the second.

of course.

For Chen Yi writes history.

Other authors who were also preparing to write history at the same time were very excited.

"Hahaha, brothers, we got the news, that Chu Ying is also preparing to write history."

"No way, really?"

"Of course it's true. Chenyang Publishing House has already arranged the publishing process."

"That's great."

Let’s talk about the pen name Chu Ying.

Although he debuted not long ago.

But the record broken by "School Flower" really worried many authors.

I heard before that Chu Ying might publish a new book in the near future.

Many fellow authors are still a little nervous.

after all.

The market is that big.

The sudden arrival of a best-selling author will definitely affect the sales of other authors.

Not to mention, Chu Ying is not an ordinary best-selling reporter.

This guy is an author who has broken records.

But when they learned that Chu Ying's new book was actually history, many authors breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haha, if this guy writes about the city, I would still be a little worried, but if he wants to write about history, pfft, it won't work anymore. Let me laugh for a while."

"I really can't believe that he actually wrote history. It's great. I really want to see what kind of history he writes."

"Tsk tsk, the author of Xiaobaiwen writes history, but I don't know what the history will be like?"

Logically speaking.

Generally, the author writes other types across lines, and this does not happen.

But there is something special about historical works.

Many people can see historical authors writing about cities, science fiction, romance, and other messy things.

There really aren’t too many authors in other genres turning to writing history.

As for why.

It is also simple.

History is a relatively profound subject.

To write historical works, you naturally have to do some research on history.

And if you have some research on history, then the works you write will generally not be too novice.

Those writers who write novices, especially urban writers, if you ask them to write history, it will simply cost their lives.

So when everyone heard that Chu Ying's new book was history, they were all happy.

Because for them, they understand that Chu Ying doesn't understand history at all.

At least I haven’t studied the history in depth.

I just have doubts about this.

After Chen Yi updated the first three chapters of his new book "Nirvana in Fire", many authors were stunned.

"Is this a new book written by Chu Ying?"

"Didn't you mean the author of Xiaobaiwen? Why does this style of writing seem more sophisticated?"

"Isn't this guy always pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger?"

Follow previous rules.

Chenyang Publishing House will release three chapters in advance to promote its upcoming new book.

But after many authors read the first three chapters of "Nirvana in Fire", they found it different from what they imagined.

in their hearts.

they feel.

If Chu Ying were to write about history, he would definitely be as full of mistakes as when he was writing about cities.

No.

There are even more flaws than writing about cities.

Because history cannot be written casually.

Some of the events, titles, descriptions of the environment, and the clothing of the characters are all very particular.

If you write something slightly wrong, others can point it out to you.

For example, something like paper.

Paper appeared during the Han Dynasty. If you had paper from the Pre-Qin Dynasty, it would make people vomit blood.

There are also things like potatoes and peppers that are not native to China.

If you write about the Tang Dynasty, readers will scold you to death.

There are even some figures in the Tang Dynasty who read poems written by authors in the Song Dynasty.

If you are not very familiar with history, it is easy to make mistakes.

Some friends who want to watch the excitement really want to see what kind of fool Chu Ying will make when the time comes.

"Damn, this guy is also smart. He knows that he can't write history, so he actually makes an imaginary history."

"Okay, now we can't find any faults with him, overhead history, how else can we find it?"

Many people secretly called Chu Ying a thief.

Imaginary history is the so-called absence of dynasties.

He could be any time in ancient times.

Or not any ancient time.

His title, clothing, description of the environment, etc., all need not be based on the original history.

So if the author writes alternate history, he can write whatever he wants, and you can't fault it at all.

It's just fictional history, although it has so many advantages.

But he also has a problem, that is, he has no sense of substitution.

Yes.

Alternative history is not real history, so readers will not be substituted into a certain historical period for the first time.

This also prevents readers from having too much of a sense of involvement.

"This guy is a chicken thief, but he writes alternate history, I think it's useless."

"Yes, the fictional history without a sense of substitution is so good-looking. Is his fictional history more exciting than the real history?"

"I think so too."

A group of authors are still constantly looking for various faults in "Langya Bang".

……

"Boss Chu Ying, why do I feel that the Langya list you wrote is going to explode again?"

Compared to these authors.

Some authors in the new author group have a different view now.

"32, what's going on?"

"I opened a new book and didn't say anything about it."

"I just opened it too. I haven't had time to tell everyone yet."

"Okay, you have to blow my ass again."

32 said with a crying face: "I also opened a history book."

"32, how do you write history? Don't you write about cities?"

"I write about cities, but I couldn't write about you, so I had no choice but to write about history. By the way, I have been writing about history before."

"That's daring."

"But why are you writing history? You are clearly trying to steal my job again."

32 looks crazy.

Chen Yi comforted him and said: "32, I just wrote it randomly. Mine is an imaginary history, which is different from traditional history."

"I know, but after reading your first three chapters, I feel that the alternate history worldview you wrote is even bigger than our traditional history."

"I just wrote it blindly."

"We're still good friends without pretending."

……

What to say?

Chen Yi spread his hands.

In fact, he didn't write blindly, I copied them directly.

but.

For the book Nirvana in Fire.

seriously.

Chen Yi is also looking forward to it.

To know.

This film and television drama adapted from a book in the past life has also become a phenomenon-level work.

Even the books themselves are not weak in influence.

also.

In fact, fictional history may not be as immersive as traditional history.

But if your historical settings are written more rigorously, the sense of substitution is sometimes even better than traditional history.

It's like writing a fantasy novel.

When you first start a fantasy novel, you may not have much sense of immersion.

But later on, when you fully accept this world setting, you will feel how wonderful this world setting should be.

……

Yueyou Bookstore.

time flies.

After "Nirvana in Fire" entered the publishing process, "Nirvana in Fire" soon became available to the public.

Chen Yi and Dangdang both had new books on the shelves, so they met again at Yueyou Bookstore.

"Dangdang, aren't you a guaranteed buyout? What are you doing here? No matter if your book sells well or not, you can get the money."

"That's what I say, but the better my performance, it will also affect my buyout price in the future. Moreover, I can't just look at the guarantee. If I can exceed the guarantee, that would be even better."

Dangdang replied.certainly.

Not just above the guarantee.

If the new book does well, even if there is no more money in the future, it will be of great benefit to the author's reputation.

So Dangdang was more looking forward to it than Chen Yi and called Chen Yi early in the morning.

"What about you, or split?"

"Ah."

Chen Yi nodded: "The main reason is that the publishing house doesn't want to buy me out, so I can only share it."

"normal."

Dangdang nodded: "Who asked you to change the genre? If you still write about urban superpowers, how could I not give you a buyout? However, you have the foundation of the last book. No matter what this book, there are still many die-hards Came here to buy.”

"It probably won't do much."

Chen Yi shook his head.

It is naturally best to have old hardcore players.

But Chen Yi knew.

When the subject matter changes, sometimes it’s not just the old die-hards who don’t support you.

It's because people really don't like it.

Some people will only look at cities throughout their lives, and some people will only look at history.

As for the others, I rarely touch them.

Unless your work reaches a phenomenon level, they may be interested in reading it.

But relying on the old hardcore to support the new book is probably useless.

really.

While Chen Yi was chatting with Dangdang, he saw many readers rushing towards his new book immediately.

But a pity.

After just a few minutes of reading, these readers put "Nirvana in Fire" back.

no way.

They really don't like historical themes, even if they are old-timers.

"look."

Chen Yi smiled helplessly.

But he didn't lose heart.

This was also what he expected.

Say.

He was an Internet author in his previous life, and he knew it clearly.

One book cannot catch all readers in one go.

The previous school beauties were targeted at new readers or novice readers.

So Nirvana in Fire is aimed at historical readers, or Laobai readers.

These are two groups.

……

"Han Zhi, although the film and television production in the Southern Continent is not as good as that in the Western Continent, it is still very strong. Our Longxing Film and Television copyright library is somewhat insufficient, especially some classic film and television copyrights. You have to hurry up and purchase some film and television rights."

"Mr. Li, these days I have been taking the time to choose copyrighted works that are suitable for us."

"Ah."

Communicated with the boss of Longxing Film and Television.

Han Zhi, the person in charge of the copyright department, turned his attention to the recent historical works of Zhonglu.

He got the news.

Recently, major publishing houses have vigorously supported historical works.

This aspect is the reason for the merger of Nanlu.

On the other hand, historical themes are more suitable for film and television.

This is the same for Han Zhi.

Generally, Han Zhi's first choice of film and television works are placed in history.

China has a history of more than thousands of years, and any dynasty can produce a spectacular film and television drama.

So.

Han Zhi is also the same as ordinary readers.

On the day when a number of historical works were put on the shelves, Han Zhi visited major bookstores.

First of all, Han Zhi chose the work "Wei Wei Tang Feng" by the great historical author "Tonight".

This is a historical work belonging to the Tang Dynasty.

To be precise, it was written during the Li Shimin period.

But this historical work is not about Li Shimin, but the story of Li Shimin's sons seizing the throne.

"It's still okay to write."

Han Zhi turned over it.

The master "Tonight" has a profound writing skills and a very solid historical level.

It's just that Han Zhi just put him on the pre-selection list and didn't decide so quickly.

It's not that he alone doesn't have the ability to make decisions.

Just because there are many works written during this period.

There were even works from this historical period two years ago.

Although tonight's "Wei Wei Tang Feng" was well written, there was no major innovation in general.

Even if there is to be an adaptation, it will only be a few years away.

Han Zhi continued to read.

He turned to the work of another author "32".

32 This author was known to Han Zhi before.

Because history was written before 32.

Before that, Han Zhi always believed that 32 was very talented in writing history.

It's just that the level of film and television in Zhonglu was not high enough at that time, so several histories written by 32 were not adapted very much.

At that time, Han Zhi was not the person in charge of the copyright department of Longxing Film and Television. He had added 32 Weichat.

He also told him that if 32 insists on writing history, he may gain a lot in the future.

A few years passed.

Han Zhi really saw that 32 came back to write history.

"The Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty."

32 is written about the story of Jin Yiwei in the Ming Dynasty.

This made Han Zhi happy.

The Ming Dynasty is a dynasty that many people like very much.

But many people have always regarded Jin Yiwei as a villain before.

32 However, he took a different approach and used Jin Yiwei as the protagonist to write the history of his struggle.

This is a bright spot.

But Han Zhi looked at it, and found that there was something wrong with the book 32.

Maybe it’s because I haven’t written history for a long time, but this new book has flaws in many places.

And it is also possible that 32Writing City took too long to write, and some of the plots in it are a bit unclear and not very logical.

If it were to be adapted, it would require a major revision.

But after all, the idea is still good, and Han Zhi also put this book on the pre-selection list.

Read on.

Just a pity.

Some other authors' new books are mediocre in writing and do not have much film and television value.

"Langya List".

Han Zhi flipped through the book.

It turned out that it was just a pretext, and Han Zhi was not interested in it at first.

It doesn’t mean that you can’t write in a vacuum.

But generally historical works rarely have fictional themes.

As for why.

It's also simple.

What everyone looks for in historical works is the depth of history and their familiarity with history.

You take a piece of history and make it up.

Most of you are not familiar with the background of this historical fiction.

Second, Han Zhi doesn’t think this fiction is more exciting than the real history.

But even though he thought so, the writing skills of this work still made Han Zhi's eyes shine.

Judging from this, Han Zhi concluded that at least the author's historical level was acceptable.

And depending on the situation, this alternate history plot is also very good.

Although it may not be suitable for adaptation, as a history lover, Han Zhi continued reading.

"what……"

"The historical background of this Langya Bang is not much worse than other historical periods."

"It seems, in a way, even more exciting."

Although this is unlikely.

But at least the series of contradictions and conflicts shown in the book made Han Zhi read with relish.

But when Han Zhi saw Lin Shu fighting wits and courage with a group of characters and achieving his goal step by step, Han Zhi became angry.

"Plot, I didn't expect that this Nirvana in Fire is actually about plot."

The series of plots here really made Han Zhi secretly enjoy watching them.

Although in fact, in real history, he also had a series of machinations.

but.

Langya Bang singled out this plot to describe the court at that time.

Such a perspective may not be as thick as the real dynasty.

But its brilliance is no less than real history.

"Nirvana in Fire, the pre-order price is 500 million, and you can add more..."

Excited, Han Zhi made an acquisition plan for this work.

Although he knew that this was a fictional work.

Previously, they generally would not adapt it.

but.

If it's exciting enough, that's another matter.

"Nirvana in Fire" is such an exciting fictional historical work.

(End of this chapter)