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Chapter 228 Style Issues, Ip Man Selection

Cao Sheng sent a copy of the script of "Ong Bak" to Zhao Wenzhuo, and then also sent a copy to Huang Baiming.

It has not been given to Xu Ke and Hong Jinbao yet.

This is his habit when submitting manuscripts. Under normal circumstances, he would not submit the same manuscript to multiple publishers, as this shows respect for the publishing house.

The key point is that no one likes authors who submit the same manuscript to multiple publications.

Imagine: If you are an editor at a publishing house and you receive a manuscript, and the review team has spent a lot of time and energy reviewing the manuscript through the first, second and final reviews, and when you are ready to sign the book, the author suddenly tells you that the book has been signed to another publishing house, how do you feel?
Or, if the author tells you: I have submitted this manuscript to other publishers, what price can you give me? I will sign the book to whoever offers the highest price. Do you feel disgusted?
Therefore, submitting the same manuscript to multiple publishers is something that almost every publishing house hates.

Almost every publishing house will blacklist authors who submit the same manuscript to multiple publications.

When submitting scripts now, Cao Sheng doesn't want to submit the same draft to multiple places.

Lose your character!
Anyway, he is not short of money and is not in a hurry. The worst that can happen is that he can wait for a few more days until Huang Baiming gets a reply. If Huang Baiming is not very interested in the script, he can submit it to Xu Ke or Hong Jinbao. It is still in time.

After sending the script, he noticed several unread emails in his mailbox.

One of the emails was titled: "I'm a huge fan of your book, and I have some suggestions for you!"

An email from a die-hard fan?
Cao Sheng was a little surprised.

I subconsciously clicked on this email.

The content of the mail is as follows:

"Hello, Zhongyuan Yidianhui! I am a die-hard fan of your books, and my online name is Ice Beauty. I finally found out your email address, and I have some suggestions to tell you, I hope it will be of some use to you.

My first suggestion is that the plot of "God's Tomb" progresses too fast. Although it is very good to read, it lacks a lot of details and there are too few side plots. I think there is no need to rush the plot of this book.

The second suggestion is that the powerful villains in "God's Tomb" appear too early, such as Wan Jianxian, Emperor Jingguo, Demon Lord Yang Mingxiu, etc. I think these boss-level villains should appear later. Some less powerful villains can appear in the early stage. If you write like this now, I am afraid that you will not be able to write stronger villains soon.

The third suggestion is "The Pagoda of Heaven and Earth". I think this book is too cruel, especially at the end of the movie world "One Man's Martial Arts", the male protagonist and Feng Yuxiu were not necessarily cut in half by glass falling from the sky. Don't you know that some of your fans are not very old? You write so cruelly and scary, aren't you afraid of scaring some younger fans?

......"

This email is very lengthy and contains more than a thousand words.

After reading it, Cao Sheng thought for a while.

I think this female reader who calls herself "Ice Beauty" has a very unique perspective. She can actually find so many problems in his two books.

Moreover, at first glance, these opinions seem to make sense.

It means something.

It's not bullshit.

However, he is no longer a novice author who can be easily influenced by readers.

Although he will still adjust the writing direction and style of his works based on readers' opinions.

This is the habit of every online writer.

But as an experienced author, he has long learned how to discern readers' opinions.

Which opinions can be heard?
Which opinions should not be listened to?
He knew what was going on.

Opinions like the ones raised by this ice beauty in the email seemed to be meaningful and reasonable, but he knew that such opinions should not be listened to.

Because there is no perfect work in this world.

Any writing method will have things that cannot be taken into account.

For example, in "God's Tomb", he wanted a fast-paced writing style, through which he could make the plot exciting in waves.

The biggest feature of this writing style is its fast pace and strong sense of excitement.

This is a very extreme way of writing.

It is like a swordsman's swordsmanship, there are no defensive moves, every move is an offensive, the pursuit is powerful lethality, and the actual combat effect is outstanding.

If the swordsman insists on adding some defensive moves to this set of swordsmanship, then the biggest feature of this set of swordsmanship will be lost, and the lethality will inevitably be greatly reduced. For example, "The Mysterious and Yellow Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth".

The ice beauty said in the email that the book was too cruel and would scare young fans.

This opinion seems to make sense.

However, cruelty is a major feature of infinite flow works.

Just like horror, it is a major feature of supernatural films.

Just think about it: what’s the point of a horror movie that isn’t scary? What’s the point of a horror movie that’s afraid of scaring the audience?

“Thanks for the advice, much appreciated!”

Cao Sheng replied to her and said nothing more.

He had no interest in arguing against suggestions that found fault with his writing style.

Because it makes no sense.

The style of each book he wrote after his rebirth is different. The style of each book is a choice he made after careful consideration. Once the style of a work is determined, it cannot be easily changed.

Because the style of each book will be determined in the first few tens of thousands of words, this period is also the time to screen readers.

Readers look for books to read, but in fact, the works are also silently selecting their readers.

After the first tens of thousands of words of the plot, easily changing the style of the work will drive away the readers who have already been selected.

This is like a love relationship between a man and a woman.

When you are pursuing a girl, you are gentle and polite. Girls who don’t like your style would have rejected you long ago. Finally, a girl who likes your style agrees to date you. But after just a while, your personality changes drastically, and you become rude and swearing. Let me ask you: Will this girl want to break up with you?
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Hong Kong.

On a certain film set, Zhao Wenzhuo was a little restless and itchy. He wanted to finish work quickly and go back to read the "Ong Bak" script sent by Cao Sheng.

But reason made him suppress the impulse in his heart and continue to stay on the set.

……

Huang Baiming was sitting in the company's office, chatting with Hong Jinbao about the preparations for the movie "Ip Man".

"Sanmao! How did your talk with Yuan Biao go? Did he agree to come back and film this movie?"

Yuen Biao was the candidate they both preferred for Ip Man.

Because Yuen Biao had acted in "The Prodigal Son", in which he used Wing Chun and he fought very well.

Yuen Biao’s image should be no problem for him to play the role of Ip Man.

Moreover, Yuan Biao and Hong Jinbao are brothers in the same school, so they will have a tacit understanding if they work together.

But Yuan Biao took his family to settle in the Maple Leaf Country a few years ago and has been in retirement for the past few years. Previously, Hong Jinbao called him back to play a supporting role in "A Man's Martial Arts". Because the role was not large and the shooting time was not long, Yuan Biao gave face to his senior brother and came back to act.

Then I returned to the Maple Leaf Country.

Recently, Hong Jinbao asked him to come back and star in "Ip Man", and Yuan Biao no longer agreed easily.

Because the leading role and the supporting role are different.

If you want to play the leading role, you need to invest a lot of time and energy, and it cannot be done in a few days.

Yuan Biao has retired from the entertainment industry for several years and his current focus in life is spending time with his family.

Huang Baiming’s patience was almost exhausted and he was already thinking about changing players.

Hong Jinbao smiled, "I went to see him a few days ago and had a drink with him. I finally convinced him. He has promised to practice Wing Chun more recently to get a feel for it. He will come back when the filming of this movie starts. I have already asked him to sign the contract, he can't run away!"

(End of this chapter)