Chapter 273 War

Strictly speaking, the book "The Deer Tripod" can no longer be regarded as a martial arts novel, and it is more appropriate to say that it is a historical novel. What's worse is that for some readers, when reading Zhang Duo's books in the past, they could bring themselves into Guo Jing, Yang Guo and Ling Hu Chong, but Wei Xiaobao could not replace them. Because the character of the protagonist is too contrary to the general values.

Wei Xiaobao is almost completely unethical in addition to knowing some loyalty heard from the storyteller's mouths. The human nature he showed is the common advantages and disadvantages of many Chinese people.

Lying and cheating are all human nature, but because there is usually a suppressed concept of morality and norms. For example, in times of emergency, senior intellectuals will also use low-level means. There are many people who are usually sanctimonous gentlemen but are dirty in private.

Wei Xiaobao has advantages, but ordinary people may not have them. No one can say that Wei Xiaobao is bad, because he is a real person like others, not an imaginary hero or hero. Ordinary people may not have his behavior. The human nature he showed is everywhere in ancient times and modern times. This is the great place of Mr. Jin Yong. Through Wei Xiaobao, he captures the eternal human nature of the Chinese people. In fact, the human nature of the whole world is reflected in Wei Xiaobao.

When commenting on Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Ni Kuang said that it ranked first in martial arts novels and second in Mr. Jin Yong's works. Because it is the Deer Tripod that ranks first.

No matter how well Zhou Yuemin's "Oriental Friar" is written, it is at most wonderful in plot, but in terms of ideological connotation, it is impossible to compare with "The Deer Tripod" in any case. Moreover, the plot of "Deer Tripod" is also full of ups and downs, with twists and turns, and may not be inferior.

However, when Tang Tianhao looked at the manuscript of nearly 300,000 words, he found that Wei Xiaobao had not learned any decent skills. He felt that Zhang Duo's book was too far away, and he was afraid it would not be bought by readers.

"Zhang Shao, Zhou Yuemin and others made an 'anti-martial arts' storm before. You won't have an 'anti-martial arts' tendency this time, will you?" Tang Tianhao suddenly thought of a bad possibility in his mind.

"Lao Tang, let me tell you this, this book is indeed an anti-book, anti-form routine and thought compared with my previous works!" Zhang Duo said in a low voice.

When Tang Tianhao heard this, his heart thumped. Such an unusual boss is really a headache. Zhang Shao, won't it be too risky to do this? Would you like to change the type and write something else?

Zhang Duo laughed and said, "Lao Tang, I'm busy filming now. I really don't have time. If you want to fight with Zhou Yuemin, it's also easy. Go to Wansheng Novel Chinese Network and ask Chen Zhisheng to find a few writers of Xiuzhen novels for you, and ask them to take out an outline and the beginning of tens of thousands of words as soon as possible. You choose one of them to give him a hundred words. They will definitely work hard to write.

The development of Wansheng's Chinese novels is stable, but it is limited by the number of domestic Internet users, resulting in online novels still not being comparable to the physical book market. The most obvious is the difference in income. The starting price of novelists who write serialized in newspapers is 100 words, while top authors such as Zhang Duo and Wang Cheng can reach the price of 400 words. Among the Chinese authors of Wansheng's novels, those who can reach a thousand words are considered high prices. Therefore, as long as Tang Tianhao goes to Wansheng Novel Network to find the author, there must be a brave man under the reward.

"Zhang Shao, what about your Deer Tripod?" Tang Tianhao was also a little worried when he thought that he actually gave the boss's serial novel. He won't have any opinion about himself in the future!

Zhang Duo smiled and said, "It's okay. With my current reputation, it's not that I can't sell books directly!" It turned out that he had the idea of publishing directly.

Speaking of this, Tang Tianhao is no longer polite. After hanging up the phone, I went directly to Wansheng Novel Chinese Network to discuss the selection of the author with Chen Zhisheng.

This is also a good thing for Chen Zhisheng. After all, the vast majority of online novel writers hope that they can become physical book authors one day. If you can become the author of a newspaper serial novel, the increase in income is one aspect, and more importantly, there is hope to produce a book!

So as soon as Tang Tianhao's "Recruitment Order" came out, the authors of Wansheng Novel Chinese Network had to sleep like chicken blood. There were more than 50 authors who wrote 50,000 words of manuscripts and the outline of the novel within a week.

After screening with the editors in the newspaper, Tang Tianhao chose an author named Dongfang Bai, and his new book is also an urban cultivation novel.

After the release of the new book, readers suddenly felt like they were splashed with dog blood. They waited for Zhang Duo's new book from the end of April to July. During this period, Songjiang Morning News did not serialize the long stories of other authors in order to leave space for Zhang Duo's novels, but published several short stories.

But readers never thought that Songjiang Morning Post did not serialize Zhang Duo's new book this time. What's the situation? Isn't Songjiang Morning News Zhang Duo's industry? They won't return their boss's manuscripts! So Zhang Duo is really going to seal the pen, or he doesn't have time to write a book!

On the first day of Dongfang Bai's novel being serialized in the newspaper, people paid attention not to the content and conception of the novel, but not why Zhang Duo wrote it.

At this time, Zhang Duo was filming in Nanhai Film and Television City. Jiang Xiancheng was busy applying for the number of Lu Dingji, proofreading and typesetting, and the publicity work has not yet started. Readers don't know anything about Zhang Duo's new book, but feel at a loss.

For other authors who write serials, there is a feeling that a thousand-year-old daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law and turn over to sing. Now Wang Cheng has been in a semi-retired state, and Zhang Duo obviously does not write serials. They have finally survived to this day.

Qin Shiyue is now serializing for Southeast Metropolis Daily. Although this is only a third-rate tabloid, he is not a big author.

"What is serialized in Songjiang Morning Post is not Zhang Duo's book. Haha, that's great. This damn guy is finally not writing novels. It seems that I'm going to have a good day." Qin Shiyue put down the newspaper and giggled. If Qi Siyuan is here, I'm afraid he will laugh at him for not being able to control himself. Because there is too much difference between him and Zhang Duo. Even if Zhang Duo seals the pen, I'm afraid it's not his turn to come out.

Zhou Yuemin immediately became very unhappy when he saw the new novel in the Songjiang Morning Post. He devoted himself to writing at home for a few months, just wanted to compete with Zhang Duo and grab the title of king of popular novels from Zhang Duo. I hope I can dominate the popular literary world for ten years or even longer like Wang Cheng.

But now, Zhang Duo has only announced that he will not publish novels for a temporary suspension. He will not really come out. Although it feels good to reach the top now, he has not defeated Zhang Duo in terms of reputation and sales of the novel!

"Mr. Wu, I want to make some comments. Why don't we publish it in the newspaper?" In Wu Weizhong's office, Zhou Yuemin sat on the sofa and asked rudely.

Although Zhou Yuemin is bold, he is not unaware of his progress and retreat. He can go to Zhou Mingde for some things, but if he goes to Zhou Mingde for everything, the person who offends him will be fine. In fact, coming directly to Wu Weizhong has made the editor-in-chief in charge very dissatisfied.

Wu Weizhong gently "hummed" and smiled contemptuously and said, "Do you want to trouble Zhang Duo?"

"I can't say that. I just want to read his new book. In fact, many readers are waiting for his new book. I just hope he can take some time to send out the new book as soon as possible." Zhou Yuemin said plainly.

Wu Weizhong listened and raised his eyebrows. Obviously, he did not believe Zhou Yuemin's words. He didn't help Zhang Duo. Even if he had a certain personal relationship with Zhang Duo, it was a thing of the past. Moreover, the friendship generated by the cooperative relationship will not last long. He is just worried that Zhou Yuemin will be unobstructed and do something uncontrollable.

"How sure are you to do this?" Wu Weizhong asked.

"Lity!" Zhou Yuemin said with a smile.

"It's only 60%?" Wu Weizhong frowned and was obviously dissatisfied with this certainty.

"Six percent is enough. Now my book is so popular that the sales volume will not be low, but I don't know if Zhang Duo dares to publish books at this time."

Zhou Yuemin's plan is to invite Zhang Duo to produce a new book together in the newspaper. If Zhang Duo agrees, a novel that has not been serialized by the newspaper and recognized by readers can only rely on the popularity of the past. Now that Zhang Duo hasn't written a book for three months, the decline in popularity is inevitable. And Zhou Yuemin's new book is now being serialized in the newspaper, and it is even more popular. If Zhang Duo responds to the battle, he is very sure to win.

If Zhang Duo doesn't want to, there will be a lot of benefits for him. It's all a gain to subdue his new book with the help of Zhang Duo's popularity.

Wu Weizhong had no reason to refuse. The next day, the Northeast Evening News published Zhou Yuemin's statement. The main content is: many readers are looking forward to Zhang Duo's new book, hoping that he will not stop writing, but write it as soon as possible to repay the readers who have been supporting him. In addition, Zhou Yuemin will issue a separate edition of Oriental Monks on July 20. For every book sold, he will donate one yuan to the Red Cross, hoping that Zhang Duo can also respond to this charity activity and publish books with him.

As soon as this statement was published, it immediately set off a wave of public opinion. Many experts and scholars jumped out and praised Zhou Yuemin's charitable behavior. And the readers were even more excited. They waited for Zhang Duo's new book for too long, but Zhang Duo just didn't come out, so that they had no place to urge the manuscript. Now Zhou Yuemin stands up and speaks, which really suits them. As for who's book sells well and how much money to donate to the Red Cross after the book is published, it is not within the scope of readers' consideration.