The literary era since 1979

Chapter 202 Men should strengthen themselves

"Brother! Gao Mo has made it for you!"

Fang Yan walked in quietly, holding an enamel cup.

“Two dates?”

Fangyan put down the pen in his hand and stretched himself. It was a rare Sunday, so he wanted to focus his time and energy on creation.

"Correct!"

Fang Yan answered quickly: "There are still 15 wolfberries!"

"Okay, leave it here."

Fangyan stretched his muscles and cast his eyes towards the empty space on the table.

"Wow!"

Fang Yan followed his gaze and saw that the grid paper was filled with words. It was undoubtedly the outline and summary of a martial arts novel, and next to it, there was a thick pile of materials.

"Brother, you wrote this incorrectly, didn't you?"

"Oh, what's wrong?"

"The Guangzhou Uprising clearly took place in 1911, why did you write it as 1895? This is different from what is in the textbook!"

Fang Yan blinked in confusion.

"The 'Yangcheng Uprising' you mentioned is the 'March 29 Uprising', also known as the 'Huanghuagang Uprising'..."

Fangyan patiently explained that the Yangcheng Uprising in 1895 was an armed uprising against the Qing Dynasty led by Mr. Sun.

At that time, it was agreed that the members of the Triads would be the main force, and various uprising teams sneaked into Guangzhou one after another.

Unexpectedly, the main force was unable to reach Guangzhou due to power struggles, and the news of the uprising leaked out, so they had to disband the team and declare the uprising a failure. Afterwards, the Qing troops searched everywhere and destroyed the Xing｜Zhonghui's organization in Guangzhou.

"Once Upon a Time in China II" made reference to this historical event, and the "Lu Haodong" in the movie also has a real prototype.

In order to protect the list of comrades, he failed to escape, and after being arrested he refused to betray his comrades. Like Tan Sitong, he said, "Although the present matter has failed, my heart is very relieved. But I can be killed, but those who succeed me should not be killed all." He died heroically and was called "the first person in modern history to sacrifice himself for the revolution."

"It turns out there was such a thing as a 'Yangcheng Uprising'."

Fang Yan nodded as if accepting instruction.

Fangyan blew gently on the steaming Gao Mo.

Fang Yan looked left and right, then suddenly raised her head and said with a puzzled look on her face:

"Brother, what do 'piglets' and 'pig flowers' mean?"

"Really want to know?"

"miss you!"

"To talk about this, we have to start from the blood and tears history of Chinese workers in the late Qing Dynasty." Fangyan's face was solemn and he spoke slowly.

Just like in the movie "Chinese Hero", where Hua Yingxiong was deceived by a snakehead and sold to an American mine, the local snakeheads at that time would describe the overseas world in an exaggerated way, saying that it was full of gold, and then lure the "prey" onto the ship by recruiting them.

After that, they are sold to Southeast Asia and abroad.

This situation and scene are exactly like that situation and scene.

After listening for a while, Fang Yan became very angry:
"If there are really mountains of gold and silver everywhere outside, why do foreigners still come here?"

"well said!"

"The reason why foreign ships come here is because this is the real gold mountain, and we are standing on the gold mountain."

Fangyan took out a White Rabbit candy and handed it over.

Fang Yan took the candy but had no appetite. "These people are really abominable! Too abominable! There should be a hero like Guo Jing who can use the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to send them to the west one by one!"

"Don't place your hopes on these illusory heroes."

"The real heroes are the people of noble character, the revolutionary martyrs, and the masses!"

Fangyan touched the little sister's head.

The bloody history of the Chinese workers that he just talked about is basically the historical background of "Once Upon a Time in China and America".

"me……"

Fang Yan leaned over and wanted to take another look.

"Don't look at it. I'll have plenty of time to show it to you once I finish writing it." Fangyan waved his hand and put down the cup.

Fang Yan said "oh", unwrapped the candy wrapper, put the candy into her mouth, and then walked out.

Fang Yan glanced at the little sister's back, then looked at the manuscript paper where the ink had dried. At the beginning, he went through the martial arts novels, TV series and movies that he remembered countless times in his mind.

"Kunlun", "Heroic Aspirations", "Number One Under Heaven", "Magic Whip", "Tai Chi Master", "Qin's Moon"...

The original plan was "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", not Li An's film, but Nie Yunlan's "Yu Jiaolong".

(ps: "Yu Jiaolong" began serialization in 1983)
Once this novel was published in Legends of the Past and Present, it caused a sensation and was snapped up by many people.

Thanks to "Yu Jiaolong" and "Spring Snow Bottle", "Legends of the Past and Present" far surpassed "Wulin" in sales and fame.

But unfortunately, while collecting information, I accidentally discovered Wang Dulu's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

It turns out that this is the original novel, and "Yu Jiaolong" is a secondary creation based on it.

In order to avoid controversy, I had to give up.

In addition, this martial arts novel should have both Cantonese flavor and Lingnan style, which reminds me of Gao Zifeng's "Huang Feihong".

Baozhilin, the traditional Chinese medicine culture of eastern Guangdong.

Lion dance, Southern Lion folk culture.

Not to mention, Huang Feihong was a master of Hung Gar, and he made it his mission to revitalize Lingnan martial arts.

So, I can't help but think of the "Once Upon a Time in China" trilogy co-produced by Tsui Hark and Jet Li, "Top Gun", "A Man Should Be Self-reliant", and "The Lion King".

Fangyan intends to use the first two parts as story templates, and then combine them with the historical background and stories of the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.

It is a martial arts novel about Huang Feihong's chivalrous deeds, and also a historical literature about Lu Haodong and others, as representatives of modern patriots and philanthropists, who struggled to find a way out for the country and strive for national rejuvenation.

How can we enlighten the people and revive the nation?

How should the country be saved and where should China go?
In the main plot, Huang Feihong is the protagonist, and in the hidden plot, Mr. Sun, Lu Haodong and others are also the protagonists.

No matter how high your martial arts skills are, they cannot defeat guns and cannons.

No matter how big the medicine box is, it cannot save everyone in the country.

So, Mr. Lu Xun gave up medicine and turned to literature, using his pen instead of weapons. Studying medicine could not save the Chinese people.

So, he stopped writing "Heroine Women" and devoted himself to seeking the Dharma in order to save the Chinese nation.

The great man is the country and the people.

This is a martial arts novel, but it is not just a martial arts novel!
It is popular literature, serious literature, and pure literature, combining all three in one!
Moreover, "Huang Feihong" is a big IP comparable to a superhero in Hong Kong and even in Southeast Asia. Not to mention that there have been fifty or sixty "Huang Feihong" movies starring Kwan Tak-hing, Jackie Chan's "Drunken Master" alone has made the name of "Huang Feihong" even more famous.

If nothing unexpected happens, the novel may be able to flow into Hong Kong.

...............

The teacup was empty, Fangyan put down his pen and rubbed his eyes.

My gaze shifted from the novel manuscript and materials to a pile of letters, at the top of which was a letter from Guo Baochang.

The young film crew headed by Zhang Junzhao and Zhang Yimou have completed the preliminary work of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", including location scouting, storyboarding, composition, etc., and would like to arrange a time to come to Yanjing for a face-to-face chat.

The faces of Gong Xing and others then appeared in my mind.

"Mom, I'm going to the telegraph building!"

Fang Yan stood up and walked out of the yard.

The public telephone station in Nanluoguxiang can only make short-distance calls within the city, not long-distance calls. If you want to make calls outside the province, you have to go to the Yanjing Telegraph Building in Xidan, or a larger post office.

Of course, a coin-operated public telephone booth has recently been set up under the pedestrian overpass in Xidan, so you can make calls morning and night.

"Teacher Guo, your phone number!"

The voice of an old man was heard from the mail room of Guixi Factory.

Guo Baochang ran over in a hurry, and after answering the phone call, he ran even faster.

He ran straight to the house that the factory had arranged for Zhang Yimou, Huo Jianqi and the other two, and shouted breathlessly:

"Teacher Fang called back!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Junzhao, Zhang Yimou and others rushed out and swarmed around Guo Baochang.

"That's right, hurry up!"

Guo Baochang panted and said, "Pack your luggage, we are leaving for Yanjing!"

"We are finally going to Yanjing!"

Looking at the excitement of Zhang Junzhao and others, Zhang Yimou's honest face was filled with excitement and his blood began to boil.

(End of this chapter)