Chapter 2 The Legend of Chu Liuxiang

After hurriedly eating breakfast, Xiao Yunhai returned to his dormitory. Now that it was the summer vacation, most of the students had already left, and there was no one else in the dormitory except Xiao Yunhai.

Xiao Yunhai turned on the computer of the fourth eldest Huang Bo, sent the "Legend of Chu Liuxiang" that he finally typed out these days into his mailbox, and then hurried out of the school.

A few days ago, Xiao Yunhai thought for a long time about the path he would take in the future. He felt that with the things in his mind, he could develop in an all-round way and label himself actors, singers, directors, writers, screenwriters and other labels.

It's just that he has no money or power, and he doesn't know big figures in the entertainment industry. It's easier said than done if he wants to develop.

After more than 20 years of ups and downs in the entertainment industry in his previous life, Xiao Yunhai is no longer a fledgling boy. It is impossible for him to be able to play in the entertainment industry with his own talents.

The entertainment industry in this world is far more developed than in the previous life, and the competition is also more brutal and fierce. In order to gain the upper hand, too many people are unscrupulous, and even the innocent girl who used to be a childhood sweetheart has become the plaything of the rich now?

To this end, Xiao Yunhai decided to test the waters first by publishing a martial arts novel.

In order to know himself and his enemy, Xiao Yunhai read a lot of martial arts novels on the Internet. For this reason, he spent almost all the money he had earned from acting in a group, and now there are only 300 yuan left.

Of course, the gains are not small.

He found that the level of the Internet in this world is similar to that of the previous life in 2007. There are all kinds of novel websites, music websites, video websites, etc., but most of them are charged.

As for the martial arts novels that he is concerned about, it is already waning, and it is gradually being eroded by those fantasy novels, and the content of martial arts novels is very backward, almost equivalent to the level of the 30s and 40s of the previous life.

This does not mean that their writing is not good, on the contrary, the writing of these books is very particular, and the characters are very vivid.

Purely based on their literary skills, if they are placed in their previous lives, they can be compared with the two masters Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng.

It's just that these novels generally have one of the biggest problems - the storyline is really bad.

They are almost all in the same way. At the beginning, the protagonist lived a happy life, but was suddenly killed by people, making the protagonist carry a bloody feud, and then through various adventures, the protagonist practiced peerless martial arts, and finally killed the enemy.

For such a novel, as long as Xiao Yunhai sees the beginning, he can immediately guess the ending. It is no wonder that martial arts novels will decline.

As for the description of martial arts, it is also very low-level, and has not yet formed its own martial arts system.

Therefore, after much consideration, Xiao Yunhai finally chose Mr. Gu Long's "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang".

There are dozens of Gu Long's novels, but Xiao Yunhai didn't read them all. He only picked up a few famous ones to read, such as The Legend of Chu Liuxiang, The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng, The Sword of the Three Young Masters, and the Passionate Swordsman's Heartless Sword.

The rest are just read the beginning and give up.

Among them, "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" is his favorite one.

"The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" includes eight series in total, including "Fragrant Sea of ​​Blood", "The Great Desert" and "The Thrush". It is Mr. Gu Long's most famous and influential novel.

The reason why Xiao Yunhai chose this novel as the pioneering work was mainly because he felt that the character of Chu Liuxiang was very dreamy, especially the description at the beginning of it gave people a dreamlike feeling. He was clearly a thief, but he was described Become a fairy-like character, I believe it should give current readers a different feeling.

Xiao Yunhai walked out of the printing room next to the school with his freshly released "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang: Fragrance in the Blood Sea", found a taxi, and soon came to Minsheng Publishing House.

In this world, there are only four publishing houses that can publish nationwide.

In addition to Minsheng Publishing House, there are Yunmeng Publishing House, Haihua Publishing House and Longteng Publishing House.

In terms of strength, the old-fashioned Minsheng Publishing House is the strongest. After all, behind it is the Ministry of Culture, which is equivalent to the People's Publishing House in the previous life.

"Hello, do you need any help?" A beautiful girl at the front desk saw Xiao Yunhai and asked with a smile.

"Hello, I'm here to submit a manuscript. I want to find the editor-in-chief of your company's martial arts novels?" Xiao Yunhai replied.

"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll ask you first." The little girl picked up the phone and dialed. Soon, there was an answer.

"Sir, please go to the martial arts editing room on the east side of the second floor. Our editor-in-chief, Mr. Zhang Liye, is waiting for you there."

Xiao Yunhai nodded, thanked him, and walked to the second floor.

Before he could take a few steps, he heard the little girl behind and the companion next to him whispering: "Nana, you are not funny, such a handsome guy actually wrote a martial arts novel, you say he can published?"

The little girl named Nana chuckled and said softly, "What are you publishing? No one has read martial arts now, and now Xuanhuan is emerging. I heard that due to the downturn in the martial arts market, the martial arts editing room has to be cancelled. Now, ready to incorporate it in other editorial rooms."

"real?"

"Of course, I overheard it from the vice president the day before yesterday."

Xiao Yunhai frowned slightly when he heard what the two of them said, as if his publishing plan seemed dangerous.

He had seen the decline of martial arts and the rise of fantasy on the Internet, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. Even the martial arts editorial room in Minsheng Publishing House had to be cancelled. It can be seen that martial arts novels have reached a precarious point.

In fact, if you think about it, it's right. Martial arts novels have been on the rise for more than 20 years, and all the routines are almost rotten. Except for fried rice, there is nothing new. It's strange that readers love to read them.

Soon, Xiao Yunhai came to the door of the martial arts editing room, knocked on the door, and a slightly old voice came from inside.

"Please come in."

Xiao Yunhai walked in and saw the editor-in-chief Zhang Liye sitting on the desk chair at first glance.

Xiao Yunhai once read this introduction of Zhang Liye on the Internet. He is in his fifties this year. He has been working in major publishing houses since he was twenty years old. If he has no qualifications, he has a bad temper. He only knows how to count firecrackers, so he has been an editorial director for most of his life. , three or two kittens under his hands.

Zhang Liye was quite happy when the front desk said that someone had contributed, and he was full of expectations.

But at this meeting, it was discovered that the other party was only a young man in his twenties, a look of disappointment flashed across his face, but he still enthusiastically stretched out his hand and shook Xiao Yunhai.

Xiao Yunhai's eyes were so sharp that he could naturally see his thoughts. Before the editor-in-chief could speak, he smiled and said, "Editor-in-chief Zhang, it's not a good habit to judge people by their appearance."

Zhang Liye was taken aback for a moment, looking at the young man full of sunshine and self-confidence in front of him, for no reason he had a little confidence in him.

"I'm really sorry. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Zhang Liye, and I'm the editor-in-chief of the martial arts editing room."

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile, "My name is Xiao Yunhai, and I will be a great martial arts writer in the future. Because of my lack of money, I wrote a martial arts novel a few days ago, and I plan to publish it in your publishing house to make some money. Come to spend."