Chapter 27 (1/2)
”The four famous novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties have the greatest influence, can increase my literary name and make the most money. However, there are too many words, the second is to cultivate the market, and the third is that there are some things I have never touched and need to buy some relevant books to cover up. Therefore, at present, the Tang legends that are most suitable for those short and medium stories are seamlessly connected in the times. After the Tang legends have trained some readers, I Then write those famous novels. After that, you can write the history of later generations into novels, so it is much more convenient to use poetry and allusions. ”
Fang Yunsi thought about it and aimed at the biography of Yingying, the most influential legendary novel in the Tang Dynasty. The famous Yuan Opera romance of the west chamber was adapted from this novel. This novel has a high historical and literary status. Once it is in the world, it will inevitably cause a sensation in the current Shengyuan continent.
Jin Shengtan, a famous writer and literary critic in the Qing Dynasty, once rated the ”book of six talents” and compared the romance of the west chamber with the outlaws of the marsh, historical records and Du Fu's legal poems.
”However, the original text of Yingying biography is too short, with only more than 3000 words. It can't be written and can't sell at a good price. The ending of this short story is tragic, and the story doesn't meet the tastes of readers in Shengyuan.”
”The adapted story of the west chamber is the last big reunion. Since the story of the west chamber has the greatest influence and the story is stronger than the biography of Yingying, it should focus on the story of the west chamber. However, what is not suitable for the Shengyuan continent cannot be retained,” Fang Yun thought.
Therefore, Fang Yun began to look for novels or Yuanqu related to yingyingzhuan and Xixiang in the world of strange books, and then slowly pieced together new novels by himself.
The full text of the romance of the west chamber is more than 50000 words, but it is a Yuan opera after all, and it needs to be deleted a lot to write a novel.
At this time, there were only 160 words on one side of the book, but only 320 words on one page. Fang Yun decided to reduce the number to about 30000 words and make up a hundred pages. In this era, it has been regarded as a novel.
After an hour's busy, Fang Yun took out the essence of the book ”Yingying biography” and ”the West Chamber”, and removed or changed the elements which did not conform to the saint yuan's land.
This story is similar to and different from the original romance of the west chamber. It is about an official woman, Cui Yingying, who was forced to promise to Zuo Xiang's son in order to keep her father. However, before marriage, she met a poor scholar, and then they fell in love. Later, the poor scholar won the first place in the exam, fought poetry with Zuo Xiang's son, and finally won and married Cui Yingying.
”The story of waste wood killing Gao Fu Shuai and pushing Bai Fu Mei down is indeed an eternal theme at all times, at home and abroad. Do you want to write Titanic in ancient costume? Forget it.”
Fang Yun couldn't help laughing.
A new ”Romance of the West Chamber” was included in the world of rare books, and then Fang Yun began to study ink and write.
Fang Yun named the poor scholar in the romance of the West Chamber ”Fang Zhiyun”. Cui Yingying's name remained unchanged, but Zuo Xiang's son was changed to ”Liu Zizheng”. He wanted to laugh at the thought of Liu Zicheng's expression when he saw the book.
In this way, without Fang Yun's too much explanation, people will speculate that Fang Yun must have been bullied and humiliated by Liu Zicheng, resented in his heart, and wrote this wonderful book based on his own experience.
The whole book is in the world of strange books. Fang Yun doesn't have to think at all and keeps writing on paper.
There were no sentences in the books of this era. Fang Yun added commas, periods and colons for the first time, and did not add other punctuation marks. In addition, it is divided into paragraphs to make the reading experience better.
”The story is moving and the punctuation is amazing. If you don't believe it, this book won't catch fire! The Confucianists here are much more enlightened than the ancient earth. Once they find that this punctuation is more convenient than sentence reading, they will certainly apply it quickly, especially the military, because punctuation can minimize misreading and ambiguity and avoid problems with military orders. The novel doesn't have much talent, but this book should at least It's the Da mansion! After it's been around for a long time, it will be called the state. However, I want to keep the original this time. ”
Fang Yun wrote quickly. Unconsciously, at night, he hurried to have dinner and asked Yang Yuhuan to leave him a supper, and then continued to write.
The night was dark, but he had bright eyes and night vision. The night had no impact on him, and he still wrote hard.
Daniel Fang slept with him first, but the little fox didn't wake up.
Late at night, Fang Yun continued to write until dawn. He wrote for 12 hours. His arm was sore and he couldn't write any more.
After only three hours of sleep, he got up, ate breakfast and continued to write.
Near noon, the smell of vegetables filled the room. Fang Yun rubbed his sour wrist and stopped writing to rest.
I've been writing brush all the time. I'm very tired. If I hadn't been talented these days to nourish my body and eat well, he would have been tired and sick.
”Oh...”
When Fang Yun followed his reputation, he saw that the little fox in the bamboo basket had awakened and was looking at Fang Yun with dark eyes, revealing an innocent and lovely appearance, silly.
The little fox sniffed, smelled constantly, turned his head to the direction of the door, and a fragrance floated in from the outside.
Fang Yun smiled and said, ”are you awake? Can't you wake up hungry?”
The little fox immediately showed a shy look and gently lowered his head. He was embarrassed to see Fang Yun.
Fang Yun was surprised. Could the little fox understand people?
”Go, I'll hold you for dinner.” Fang Yun said and walked over.
Unexpectedly, the little fox struggled to run, but his limbs were like stepping on cotton. He had no strength at all. Finally, he could only curl up and look at Fang Yun with frightened and pleading eyes, as if saying not to hurt him.
Fang Yun slowly stretched out his hand and put his hand in front of it without touching it.
The little fox felt that Fang Yun had no malice. The panic in his eyes disappeared and he still looked begging.
”If I hurt you, you would have died outside the city. Can you still live now?” Fang Yun said.
The little fox immediately showed a thoughtful look, and the color of begging faded.
Fang Yun reached out and touched its head. It showed a reluctant but helpless look.
”Go.” Fang Yun reached out to hold it.
The little fox doesn't like being held by Fang Yun and struggles hard. Unfortunately, it's too small. Fang Yun can't struggle with one hand.
”If you move again, I'll throw you out of the city and let the monster chasing you eat you.”