Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 222 Contemporary Masters
In the first chapter, Chen Linfeng made relatively large changes in the settings compared to the original work.

The most important thing is that the protagonist's skin color and identity were changed to Chinese.

The original is a typical British character, a new century Sherlock Holmes, who uses all kinds of modern equipment to solve cases.

In his setting, the protagonist was stranded in England as a child for unknown reasons, and was adopted by the Holmes family and renamed Sherlock Holmes.

The rest of the settings afterwards are basically consistent with the original work. The ruthless side of the character is retained, and some settings about martial arts are added.

It is obvious that the setting here is borrowed from "Sherlock Holmes", and the subsequent plot will also have references to it. As a large chapter, time and space transplantation will be carried out and all transferred to the 21st century.

Small chapters can be adapted into TV series more easily, and this kind of large chapter is naturally adapted into a movie.

It can be said that they have taken the wool-pulling to the extreme.

The purpose of changing and transplanting the settings in this way is self-evident, and naturally there are some careful thoughts involved.

Chen Linfeng’s consideration is that no matter whether the idea can be realized in the future, at least it is set up like this in the novel and will not have much impact on domestic readers.

As for foreign readers, this is equivalent to screening at the beginning. Those who can't read it will give up at the beginning.

If you can read it, the later plot will make you forget the previous settings.

After all, it is a physical book, which is relatively more closed and less likely to cause the spread of dissatisfaction.

Unlike online novels, any dissatisfaction will be pointed out in the comments section, and latecomers may not care much about it but may also become dissatisfied easily.

Moreover, he only describes the protagonist's past in the background introduction at the beginning, and basically does not mention it again later, so it will not have much impact on the viewing experience.

As for the others, there are no copyright issues and they are not illegal.

Apart from the changes in settings, the overall changes are not particularly large.

For some transplanted plots, he was able to make them as self-consistent as possible by looking up information.

Now that I have been writing books for so many years, this is no longer a problem.

During the writing process, Chen Linfeng also posted a preview on his blog in order to not let the readers wait in vain.

Tell myself that I am working hard to update it, but it will definitely not be released this year and will not be available until early next year.

The contents of the new book were also revealed.

This triggered a wave of lurking readers.

"It's over. Xiao Chen has really dug a new hole."

"It's all the fault of those people who read Sherlock on the Internet. Xiao Chen's words, 'In response to the requests of the fans, the content of the new book is a sequel to Sherlock', have already been confirmed."

"Xiao Chen, why don't you take a look at the demands of our "Infinite World" fans? How can you be wrong at this time?"

"Yeah, and our Destiny. It's been three years. Do you know how I've been spending these three years?"

"I think it's great to write new content. I like reading all kinds of stories."

"No, the one above, can you please have some attitude? I always saw you grabbing the sofa in the past, and I thought you were a big fan of Xiao Chen's books, but I didn't expect you to be so superficial."

"..."

While Chen Linfeng was busy writing a new book at home, in early December, the first list in China recording the wealth status of writers, "China Writers Rich List", was released, once again sparking public opinion.

The report was released by a financial news media, but eventually sparked discussions on China Central Television and Phoenix TV.

Within a very short period of time, hundreds of domestic media outlets discussed the issue.

In the past, as a best-selling author, everyone knew that Chen Linfeng was very profitable. But this time, when there are many traditional writers on the list, the meaning is different.

In particular, there are many famous artists among them, including modern masters such as Yu Guangzhong who are included in textbooks.

Chen Linfeng's royalty income of over 1400 million yuan is almost ten times that of the second place's million yuan (Yu Guangzhong).

The contrast is too stark, and is completely different from the situation when the celebrity list is released.

Everyone started discussing whether Xiao Chen was a famous artist.

The "master" here naturally does not just mean famous, but also includes many factors such as public recognition and professional reputation.

Those who can be called this are almost all the top writers of an era.

Going further up, you will become a master (the real kind).

Now is the time when those writers who became famous in the 80s are about to achieve success and gain fame, but a person born in the 80s wants to take the lead ahead of others. How can this be possible?

But the real list is there, and it is somewhat unreasonable to say that sales volume does not represent the literary level.

When literature was popular back then, everyone regarded sales as a skill.

Phoenix TV made it clear in its program:

“Writers in the last century needed to consider professional reputation, and literary critics often largely determined the quality of a work.

But now the situation has changed. People have voted with their money, and good-looking works will have high sales.

Since 99, Xiao Chen's published novels have been ranked first in sales every year, even far exceeding the second and third place. This represents the recognition of the public.

By the time of his fourth novel, "She", it had received outstanding professional reputation, indicating that Xiao Chen had made breakthroughs in literary and ideological aspects.

At this point, it is unfair to classify Xiao Chen as a young writer of the new era and ignore his achievements.”

Literary critic He Po published an article saying:
"The significance of China's own rich list is that it breaks the tradition of writers being ashamed to talk about money and shy away from showing off their wealth, and lets people know that writers can also become wealthy.

Wealth is not scary, what is scary is our flaunting and contempt for wealth.

China is a country with great moral values. For a long time, the image of intellectuals has been one of poverty and desolation. Once this image is deviated from, it is difficult for people to accept it. The list of rich writers can help people correct their inherent mentality and become more normal.

Xiao Chen can earn hundreds of millions of yuan from royalties, which is the best guidance and example in itself. It will encourage more and more people to join the literary field. I think this is a good thing.”

All in all, it clearly reflects the changes in social thought. Everything is about money, and being able to make money is a skill.

Chen Linfeng himself does not quite agree with such extreme statements, or rather, it is quite sad for a society to become like this.

But as a vested interest, he cannot make any negative comments to the outside world.

That would be like what Ma said in later generations: "I don't like money", and he would become a representative of Versailles. The only thing Chen Linfeng was thankful for was that Guo was greatly affected by his actions back then and was not able to make the list.

You know, in the previous life, a certain Guo was ranked second on this list, and later ranked first.

It would be a very sad thing if authors who become famous and make money through plagiarism, spreading money-worshiping theories, and engaging in debates with fans were allowed to represent successful writers in China.

……

Almost all practitioners in the literary field have spoken about this list, and the writers on the list are also being interviewed.

The attention paid to traditional writers is declining, so it is a good thing to have such an opportunity for the public to know more about them.

Especially for writers who are lower on the list, some of them are not even well-known, and they even sell a few more copies of their books thanks to the list.

For Chen Linfeng, this list is not that useful. Its main benefit may be that it helps him determine his position in the writer circle earlier.

But this kind of thing is bound to happen sooner or later. It would be strange if the most advanced writer of an era could not get to the table.

Of course, those that were plagiarized in previous lives cannot be counted, as both the evaluation by peers and the reputation in the industry are too bad.

In the past, there was basically a lack of physical book writers, and it was later continued by online writers.

Of course, no matter what, after such a discussion, Chen Linfeng's position in the writer circle has been basically determined.

It is unfair to compare him with authors of the same generation. He can only be compared with those famous writers in the 80s.

Among these authors, some of the most outstanding ones have gradually been given the title of famous writers in recent years.

So what should we call writer Xiao Chen?

Some media have begun to include Xiao Chen when mentioning famous contemporary living writers, and mention him together with Yu Hua, Jia Pingwa and others.

It's a clear upgrade to a higher level.

Although the reason for the promotion was due to a list of rich writers, it was somewhat strange.

……

On December 12, Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower" premiered, and Chen Linfeng was invited to attend.

Zhang Yimou still has enough cards. He held the opening ceremony at Emily's in Los Angeles last month, and now the global premiere ceremony is being held in China.

The main point is that this movie is one of the few that has achieved a "world premiere", which means that the time of its release in different countries is almost the same.

There have been a lot of related reports in the media in the United States, and the comments were even quite reasonable.

Although the plot of this drama is considered poor and incomprehensible by Chinese people, for foreigners who do not understand history, it is still very good just by watching the pictures.

Chen Linfeng certainly didn't want to come and suffer, but he had to come because of the favor. After all, he had watched "The Promise" directed by Chen.

Liu Qianqian didn't know all this. She was still very optimistic about Director Zhang's new movie. Facing the reporters' questions, she was always smiling and seemed to be in a good mood.

I hope you can still be so happy after watching the movie.

There is no need to introduce the premiere ceremony. It was a regular interview and performance program, but Zhou Jielun created a show effect by inviting several people who looked very similar to him to the stage, which was quite intimidating.

Among them, Jet Li went on stage to be interviewed and also promoted a certain fund, speaking with great sincerity.

Chen Linfeng curled his lips. This is where this man's reputation was ruined.

He saw Liu Qianqian nodding repeatedly, looking very approving.

I couldn't help but remind him, "Don't think what he said is nice, you'd better not touch this charity fund, it's not very clean.

If you want to do charity, just donate money privately and do your best. If you publicize it, 10 out of 9 times there is something fishy going on.”

Thanks to his experiences in his previous life, he uses part of the money he earns in this life for charity, and basically avoids those organizations that have gone through serious financial troubles.

Most of the money was invested in building schools. After all, this approach will not harm anyone.

Moreover, the key areas are placed in remote areas of the mainland and somewhere in the southwest. Those who travel through time should understand the latter.

Liu Qianqian tilted her head and asked doubtfully, "Jet Li shouldn't be involved in this, he's such a big star."

"I don't know the details, I just heard some rumors. Anyway, I don't want to have anything to do with that fund."

"Oh, I understand." Liu Qianqian nodded, not quite understanding.

During the movie, he seemed a little bored because he had seen it in his previous life, but the others were watching it quite attentively.

Liu Qianqian's expression was very serious. She tried to understand the relationships between the characters in the movie, but was successfully confused in the end.

She whispered, "Xiaofeng, this film is so confusing. Why did Director Zhang choose such a script?"

"The foundation of the drama Thunderstorm was taught in the freshman appreciation class, so it exposed my level."

Liu Qianqian's face flushed red. "I just fell short in my freshman year. I've studied hard since then."

She glared at her boyfriend and asked, "Can you please stop criticizing me all the time?"

Chen Linfeng grabbed her hand and comforted her, "I was wrong. It's not too late to make amends. Xixi is still a good child."

"That's more like it." Liu Qianqian suddenly realized, "Who are you calling a child? You're younger than me."

"Okay, Xixi is a good sister, okay."

"Call me more. I like to hear it." Liu Qianqian was a little happy.

"..."

After the movie was over, the two chatted with some people they knew nearby and then prepared to say goodbye and leave.

At this time, Zhang Yimou came over in a hurry, "Xiao Chen, don't leave yet, I have something to talk to you about."

Chen Linfeng was a little confused as to what could happen at this time.

He gestured to Liu Qianqian to go back first, and then followed Zhang Yimou to a room.

(End of this chapter)