The literary era since 1979

There aren’t that many places to visit in Hong Kong these days.

Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin, Tuen Mun, Tseung Kwan O and other areas were gradually developed thanks to the new town plans in the 1970s and 1980s.

Therefore, most people choose Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon to visit the Hong Kong Art Museum.

After the celebration banquet, Fang Yan, Pan Yaoming, Xiao Zi and others, having had their fill of food and drink, leisurely came to the art gallery.

The entire art museum covers an area of ​​approximately 1 square meters and has 8 exhibition halls, including a lecture hall, three studios for ceramics, painting and printmaking, and a resource center. Other facilities include the museum bookstore, art teahouse and friends of the museum room.

"There are tens of thousands of collections in the museum, all of which were purchased and donated."

As a regular customer of the art gallery, Xiao Zi introduced the art to everyone incessantly.

Fangyan looked around and couldn't help but think of the antique calligraphy and paintings he had collected over the years. Not counting those he bought from the alleys and Liulichang, he had bought no less than tens of thousands of calligraphy and paintings from official channels such as the Foreign Guest Service Department of the Palace Museum.

Although the upper limit of the value and dilution of the collections may not be as good as that of the Hong Kong Art Museum, it definitely surpasses it in terms of quantity.

It is definitely more than enough to open a small art gallery on the scale of the "Forbidden City Museum"!
“The museum’s collections include calligraphy, Chinese paintings, cultural relics, and the creative works of contemporary Hong Kong artists.”

Xiao Zi said: "Everyone can go to the exhibition hall that interests you now."

Pan Yaoming asked in a low voice: "Yanzi, which hall are you going to?"

The largest collection Fangyan has is calligraphy and paintings, so his first choice is the exhibition hall that displays calligraphy and Chinese painting.

"I'll go with you." Pan Yaoming smiled.

Fangyan joked, "Old Pan, we have known each other for so many years, but this is the first time I see you interested in calligraphy and painting."

"I'm just following you to have fun." Pan Yaoming said, "Just take a stroll to help digest the food."

Fangyan followed the sign and walked into the exhibition hall, where a shiny forehead suddenly came into his sight.

"Welcome to visit our art museum. My name is Huang Zuqi, and I am the assistant director."

Huang Zuqi introduced himself and said enthusiastically that he majored in Chinese landscape painting and was responsible for giving explanations to tourists on weekdays.

Yo ho!

The more Fangyan looked at the man's face, the more familiar he felt. Isn't this "Huang Yi"!

But now he doesn’t have this pen name, and he doesn’t write fantasy martial arts novels.

Seeing that he didn't say a word, Pan Yaoming took the initiative to make a brief introduction between him and himself.

"So it's Mr. Fang and Mr. Pan. I've heard of your great names for a long time. It's really my honor to meet you today."

Huang Zuqi's eyes suddenly lit up and his gaze immediately fell on the legendary "Mr. Fang".

Fang Yan smiled and said, "I'll have to trouble Assistant Huang to show us around."

"It is obligatory."

Huang Zuqi suppressed his inner excitement and said, "There are more than 3000 pieces of calligraphy and painting in this hall..."

Fangyan listened patiently and occasionally asked some questions. After all, he had collected so many calligraphy and paintings, so his appreciation ability in this area had naturally improved. He and Huang Zuqi could be said to have similar interests, so there was no obstacle or barrier between them when they communicated with each other.

"I didn't expect Mr. Fang to have such profound insights into Chinese calligraphy and painting!"

Huang Zuqi was very surprised.

“Just a little bit.”

Fang Yan smiled and said, "When I was listening to your explanation of calligraphy and painting just now, you mixed in a lot of knowledge from the Book of Changes, numerology, feng shui, etc."

"It's my interest." Huang Zuqi said that he taught himself palmistry, astrology, horoscopes, feng shui, guqin, dongxiao, the Book of Changes, etc.

Pan Yaoming asked: "In that case, what do you think of the recently popular "Ghost Blowing Out the Light"? "

Huang Zuqi was full of praise for "Ghost Blows Out the Light", which contains feng shui, geomancy, astrology and metaphysics, and his few words were full of love and respect for it.

Then, with a hint of regret in his tone, he said, "But I've been too busy lately, and this novel is so popular, so I haven't had the chance to queue up to buy a copy."

"Meeting is fate, how about this?"

Pan Yaoming and Fang Yan looked at each other and said that Sanlian Bookstore could reserve a copy for him, and when he was free, he could come to the bookstore and pay for it himself.

"That's really great!"

Huang Zuqi thanked him repeatedly, and then asked weakly whether the Joint Publishing Company in Hong Kong could help him publish a novel.

"Of course." Pan Yaoming nodded. "Why, Assistant Huang wants to submit an article?"

"Don't worry about the two of you making fun of me, I have actually written a few novels and submitted them several times, but I have not gained much fame so far."

Huang Zuqi gave an awkward smile.

Fang Yan asked, "What kind of novel does Assistant Huang write? Martial arts novels?"

"Ashamed."

Huang Zuqi said: "Although I am a fan of martial arts, most of the novels I write are science fiction and fantasy."

Pan Yaoming was stunned. "Since you are a martial arts fan, why don't you write martial arts novels?"

Huang Zuqi sighed quietly and said that he had been influenced by his grandfather, a martial arts fan, and had liked reading martial arts novels since he was a child.

However, there were too many great martial arts novels at that time, such as Gu Long, Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, etc., and as a newcomer, it was naturally impossible for me to make a name for myself. My debut work, Broken Void, was submitted to the "Martial Arts World", but it fell into oblivion.

Even though I tried my best to find a publishing house, no one was willing to publish it.

Because "Broken Void" incorporates a lot of weird knowledge such as physics, quantum mechanics, etc., it is not easy for people to accept.

Finally, an editor from Boyi Publishing House couldn't bear it anymore and advised Huang Zuqi to give up writing martial arts novels.

"He asked me if I could write martial arts novels better than Jin Yong or Gu Long?"

His face was filled with sadness. "Why not change the genre? Once I become famous, I can go back to martial arts novels."

"That does make sense." Pan Yaoming said, "Then why did you choose fantasy and science fiction?"

Huang Zuqi said that because science fiction novels like Ni Zu's Wesley were very popular at the time, the editor suggested that he imitate Wesley to write science fiction novels, so he created a series of science fiction novels with Ling Du Yu as the protagonist, and the name was called the "Ling Du Yu" series.

"What kind of science fiction is "Wesley"? It's just an adventure novel in the guise of 'pseudo-science fiction'."

There was a hint of disdain in Pan Yaoming's tone.

"Cough cough."

Fang Yan pretended to cough, signaling Pan Yaoming to stop talking, and then changed the subject by asking, "Are you still writing science fiction now?"

Huang Zuqi shook his head. Science fiction novels are now in decline in Hong Kong and have almost no market.

"I don't want to write science fiction anymore, so what about martial arts novels?" Fang Yan asked, "Are you still willing to write martial arts novels now?"

"Now?"

Huang Zuqi frowned and fell into deep thought. (End of this chapter)