The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 23: Unreliable novel plot! (Please read and collect)
The headquarters of the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles was stunned by the information sent by the Hong Kong Silver City Organization.

A major Hong Kong newspaper is soliciting manuscripts from mainland writers. If the manuscript passes the review, the minimum payment is HK$50 per thousand words. If the quality of the manuscript is good, you can even get HK$200 per thousand words!

Such remuneration is absolutely astronomical for mainland writers.

Not to mention, the Hong Kong Times pays in Hong Kong dollars, which can be directly exchanged into US dollars!
In 86, the mainland was still severely short of foreign exchange. Anyone who could earn foreign exchange was a hero!
However, what gave the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles a headache was that major newspapers in Hong Kong had a requirement to only accept science fiction, martial arts, and popular novels centered on folk stories.

In mainland China today, scar literature is the mainstream, and popular literature is looked down upon.

But no matter what, we have to give it a try to earn foreign exchange!
Even if those old writers are unhappy, aren’t there still young and middle-aged writers with quick minds?
Fortunately, a lot of martial arts novels and popular science fiction novels were sent to Hong Kong Island soon after.

It also includes a rough outline template written by Wu Feng.

Not only that, he also wrote a special letter to make suggestions.

If you are afraid of not being able to write well at the beginning, you can simply translate the deeds of the characters in the "Biographies of Knights-Errant" in "Records of the Grand Historian" and fill in some content. It is best to make it vivid and full.

In fact, the deeds of all the knights-errant recorded in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" are all wonderful, and as long as the stories are written according to historical facts, they will be fine.

If some entertainment elements were added and well integrated with the style of the dynasty at that time, it would definitely be an excellent story in the Hong Kong novel world.

When Mr. Cha wrote about Guo Jing, he also had to find a way to make him smoothly integrate into the tide of history.

And which of the knights-errant recorded in "Records of the Grand Historian" was not a prominent figure at that time?

It is closely related to the situation in the court, so there is no need to figure it out in any detail.

There were powerful knights in the Han Dynasty, and the knights in the Tang Dynasty were not unknown little characters!
It can be said that there is too much material to write about.

There is great potential in adapting not only knight-errant stories but also folk tales.

Wu Feng only mentioned it briefly, such as the folk legend in his hometown about a cat demon eating children. After careful investigation and tracking by the police, it turned out to be a means for the Paihuazi Group to cover up their tracks.

In short, after reading the content of Wu Feng's letter, the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles felt their horizons broadened, and at the same time they felt more confident and assured about earning foreign exchange.

As for science fiction, in fact, there was no shortage of masters of writing soft science fiction in mainland China in the 1980s!
At least in terms of storytelling and writing style, it is much better than Ni Kuangke. After all, it is not so bad as to put all the blame on the imaginary aliens after the writing collapses. This is the difference.

In the field of hard science fiction, young writers were also gradually emerging. At that time, Bashu's "Science Fiction World" magazine was quite famous and had very good sales.

Soon, the headquarters of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles distributed the writing task to the provincial federations of literary and art circles, which immediately caused an uproar.

The veteran writers of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles scoffed at this and simply disdained to do it.

However, young and middle-aged writers are quite interested in it. Among them, many famous literary giants in later generations are interested in giving it a try, and they are very eager to earn foreign exchange and make meritorious deeds.

Writers of this era have a strong sense of national ownership and are very proactive in doing anything they can to help the country.

Not to mention, the royalties offered by major newspapers in Hong Kong are really too high, no one would complain about the money being too much!

Soon, writers from local literary associations wrote short and medium-length novels and submitted them to the headquarters of the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, which then sent them to the Silver City Organization in Hong Kong.

Wu Feng didn't know that many writers in the mainland Federation of Literary and Art Circles were getting agitated because of his call for submissions.

At this moment, he was sitting in the van, complaining in his heart: It turns out that some plots in novels are not reliable at all. Isn't this a scam?

In recent days, Wu Feng had been looking for a stable source of income. He'd been thinking about the popular Hong Kong variety show novels he'd read, and his attention had been drawn to the arcade machines featured in them. He'd excitedly visited various shopping malls and arcades, but his results had been disappointing.

At this time, there were already many arcades in Hong Kong Island, and even large shopping malls had video game arcades.

The plot like in some novels, where one directly becomes the sole agent of Hong Kong game machines and then quickly becomes rich by acting as an agent for game machines, is simply impossible at this time.

Unless he could come to Hong Kong Island seven to eight years earlier, there would still be a glimmer of hope!

In addition, the arcade game hall business is not as booming as described in novels.

After investigation and visits, he soon discovered a fact, that is, the arcade games at that time could not compete with the red and white game consoles at home, which was so incredible.

After careful investigation and analysis, Wu Feng found out the reason.

There were very few arcade games at that time, and the fun and story-telling were not very good.

For example, the famous "Mario Bros." can be played on arcade machines, but it is just as fun to play on home game consoles. Arcade machines don't have many special advantages.

As for classic games like Street Fighter, Raiden, The King of Fighters, and Metal Slug that appeared when arcades were at their peak, they had not yet been developed at that time.

When Wu Feng saw this situation, his heart sank.

He has a lot of ideas. If he can get cooperation from a game development company with good technical capabilities, he will probably be able to make a lot of money during the subsequent arcade boom.

One "Street Fighter" and one "King of Fighters", enough to last until 2024!
If you can become a gaming tycoon, you will not only be able to make huge profits, but also help the mainland improve its technology in the electronics industry.

No matter how simple the arcade game motherboard is, it is still a finished product of integrated circuits!

Chips were not widely used in the 1980s, instead integrated circuits became the mainstream.

He returned to Shanghai in a depressed mood. Before he could even sit down, his cousin called him and asked him to go to Hongyi Teahouse to discuss something.

Wu Feng's idea moved him, and he called his trusted younger brother to ask about Guan Zaisen's recent movements.

Almost half a month had passed since he lent money to this guy.

Because he wanted to find other legitimate sources of income, Wu Feng had been very busy recently. He went out early and came back late every day and rarely met Guan Zaisen. Naturally, he had no idea about this guy's recent situation.

"Brother Feng, Guan Zaisen lost a lot of money in Ao Island not long ago!"

"He hasn't been in the mood to relax in the sauna lately!"

"A few days ago, a few horse traders came to Shanghai Street and found Guan Zai Sen to force him to pay back the money. A fight almost broke out. This matter even alarmed Long Gen, the leader of the Helian Sheng Mong Kok Hall!"

"It's said that Guan Zai Sen has been in a bad mood these past few days and is trying to raise money to pay off his debts!"

Live it!

After Wu Feng heard this, these two words immediately popped up in his mind!
At the same time, he also understood the purpose of his cousin asking him to go to Hongyi Teahouse for a talk.

(End of this chapter)