The literary era since 1979

Five days later, there was still no obvious improvement in the Hong Kong stock market.

Fang Yan did not focus his attention on the stock market. Instead, he made an appointment with Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian and others to visit villas in various places in a low-key manner.

After comparing and choosing, I finally bought a villa in Repulse Bay.

After all, as the most typical wealthy area, although the appearance, area and interior decoration of the houses here are not very special, it has a good geographical location, environmental supporting facilities and resources. Most importantly, there are basically private sea view rooms here, and it is also a natural oxygen bar in Hong Kong. Not only is the scenery beautiful, but it is also surrounded by mountains and waters, facing the sea, with fresh air, no haze, and basically no one can disturb you.

At the same time, during this period, Pan Yaoming also picked out a house that the family liked.

The two of them then truthfully reported the purpose of their trip to Japan to Xiao Zi, and Xiao Zi was very understanding and approved their leave.

"I've already applied for leave. Next we'll pack our bags and leave the day after tomorrow."

Fangyan walked out of the office.

"The day after tomorrow?"

Pan Yaoming reminded him in surprise that Jin Yong and Huang Zhan had called him several times, hoping to invite him to dinner.

"Are they inviting me to dinner? Are they trying to introduce Cai Lan to me?"

Fang Yan smiled, "Aren't you trying to persuade me to forgive Ni Gua this time, to let go of old grudges and forget all grudges with a smile?"

Pan Yaoming asked, "What are your plans? Do you want to attend the banquet?"

"Of course they have to attend the banquet, but since they are asking for mercy and making amends, they should prepare gifts to make amends."

Fang Yan said, "Among all the novels written by Ni Xu, only Wesley is worthy of my attention. As for Jin Yong, I want to obtain the publishing authorization for all his martial arts novels in the mainland. Both the headquarters of Sanlian Bookstore Group and our publishing company need these copyrights!"

"You're right. Fei Xue Lian Tian She Bai Lu, Xiao Shu Shen Xia Yi Bi Yuan, these martial arts novels by Jin Yong are really great treasures."

Pan Yaoming and he smiled at each other, and then decided to have dinner with Cai Lan, Jin Yong, Huang Zhan and others after the trip to Japan.

"As for Japan, I have already made arrangements with Yuhikaku. President Suzuki will arrange our itinerary for this trip."

Fangyan pushed open the door of his office.

"So, they will cover our accommodation and transportation for this trip?"

Pan Yaoming saw him nod and rubbed his hands excitedly, "This is really great, I must take advantage of you this time."

At this moment, the phone started ringing and the two people's laughter stopped abruptly.

When Fangyan answered the phone, he was quite surprised. He didn't expect the caller to be Huang Zuqiong.

Pan Yaoming was also surprised. After the call, he asked and found out that the martial arts novel Huang Zuqi mentioned had been completed and he wanted to invite them to take a look.

"I'll go with you to meet him too. I want to see how his martial arts novels incorporate the principles of yin and yang, feng shui, and the five elements!"

………………

Ever since Huang Zuqiang met Fang Yan and Pan Yaoming, he asked for a long vacation from the Hong Kong Museum and stayed in seclusion in Lantau Island to write a book.

Finally, his hard work paid off and he revised "Broken Void", which he wrote in 1979, to a level that satisfied him.

At this time, the manuscript was being circulated among Fang Yan, Pan Yaoming, Dong Xiu Yu and others.

Huang Zuqi was feeling uneasy. "What do you think of this novel?" "Your novel is quite interesting. It is very different from the works of all the martial arts writers in the Hong Kong market." Pan Yaoming said, "It presents a brand new martial arts system. Although it is also about internal strength, it feels like there is something stronger and more mysterious above internal strength."

Other people at the Hong Kong Joint Publishing Company had the same idea and were full of curiosity about the martial arts in "Broken Void".

"Is this what Taoists often call 'ascending to heaven in broad daylight'?"

"Rather than ascending to heaven in broad daylight, I think it is transcending into sainthood."

"It looks more like a suicide attack to me..."

More and more people have different opinions on how to form and use this martial arts system in "Broken Void".

Pan Yaoming turned his gaze to Fang Yan, "Yanzi, you are also a master of martial arts novels, what do you think?"

Fang Yan said: "'Broken Void' is different from the traditional, new and martial arts schools. His works show a realm that goes beyond the scope of martial arts, elevating the essence of martial arts to the level of soul duel and metaphysical fantasy."

As soon as these words were spoken, they were immediately recognized by everyone, including Huang Zuqiong.

Fang Yan said slowly, "In fact, in my opinion, martial arts novels can be divided into three levels according to the different martial arts systems."

Huang Zuqi concentrated his attention, fearing that he would miss any sentence or word.

Fang Yan held up four fingers and said slowly, "It is divided into combat, low-level martial arts, and high-level martial arts. The book Shattered Void has obviously broken away from the low-level martial arts settings of Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, and others, and has touched the threshold of high-level martial arts novels."

"Gao Wu?!"

Huang Zuqi, Pan Yaoming and others heard this new word for the first time and couldn't wait to ask its meaning.

Fangyan gave a brief explanation one by one, and then, under the confused and surprised gazes of the crowd, he held up two fingers:
“And above these three levels, I actually think there are two more levels that have yet to be explored.”

"Which two levels? Yanzi, don't keep me in suspense!"

Pan Yaoming asked the question that everyone present wanted to ask.

"I mentioned these two levels to Mr. Shen at the group headquarters when I returned to Yanjing."

Fangyan looked around and said, "That is to break away from the shackles of traditional martial arts. One is 'Xianxia', and the other is 'Xuanhuan'."

"Mr. Fang, I can understand the genre of Xianxia novels."

Huang Zuqi took Xu Ke's "New Shushan Swordsman" as an example, "But I don't think I've ever heard of this fantasy."

Facing this originator of fantasy novels in his previous life, Fang Yan said calmly:

"Fantasy novels are actually similar to science fiction and magic novels, but science fiction is based on science and technology and scientific fantasy, while magic novels integrate elements of Western mythology, religion, witchcraft, magic, astrology, etc., and fantasy novels are naturally a kind of oriental fantasy literature born from your favorite metaphysical knowledge such as feng shui, numerology, alchemy, yin and yang."

"This this……"

Everyone was stunned, as if a door to a new world had been opened.

The most shocking one among them was Huang Zuqi, especially when Fangyan, based on "Broken Void", proposed many fantastic fantasies, such as "fighting spirit turning into horse", "the supreme sage of Confucianism and Taoism", and "the great deification of the ancient times". There were so many ideas that it was hard to describe them.

The more I listened, the more I felt that my "Broken Void" was just a speck of dust in the universe, and it was totally incomparable to the dialect! (End of this chapter)