Chapter 222 Contemporary Famous Artists
In the first chapter, Chen Linfeng made major changes to the setting from the original work.
The most important thing is to change the skin color and identity of the protagonist, making him Chinese.
The original work is a typical British person, that is, Sherlock Holmes of the new century, who can use various modern equipment to investigate cases.
In his setting, the protagonist lived in England for unknown reasons as a child, was adopted by the Holmes family, and was renamed Sherlock Holmes.
Other subsequent settings are basically consistent with the original work. The unhumane side of the character is retained, while some martial arts settings are added.
This is obviously based on the setting of "Detective Sherlock Holmes", and there will be references in the subsequent plot. As a big chapter, time and space are transplanted, and everything is transferred to the 21st century.
Small chapters can be adapted into TV series in a relatively good way, while large chapters of this kind are naturally adapted for movies.
It can be said that the shedding of wool has been carried out to the end.
The purpose of changing and transplanting settings in this way is self-evident, and naturally there is a lot of thought involved.
Chen Linfeng's consideration is that no matter whether the idea can be realized in the future, at least the setting in the novel will have little impact on domestic readers.
As for foreign readers, this is equivalent to screening at the beginning. Those who cannot read will give up at the beginning.
It is readable, and the subsequent plot will make readers not care about the previous setting.
After all, it is a physical book, which is relatively more closed and less likely to cause dissatisfaction to spread.
Unlike online novels, if you are dissatisfied at all, you will point it out in the comment area. Latecomers may not care much at first and may easily become dissatisfied.
Moreover, he only describes the protagonist's past in the background introduction at the beginning, and basically doesn't mention it again later, so the impact on the perception will not be too great.
As for the others, there is no problem with copyright anyway, and it is not illegal.
Except for the setting changes, the overall changes cannot be said to be particularly big.
For some transplanted plots, he was able to make them as self-consistent as possible by checking the information.
Now that I have been writing books for so many years, this is no longer a problem.
During the writing process, Chen Linfeng also made a preview on his blog in order to prevent readers from waiting in vain.
I told myself that I am working hard to update it now, but it will definitely not be released within this year, and it will not be available until early next year.
The content of the new book was also revealed.
Now there is a wave of diving readers.
“It’s over, Xiao Chen has really opened a new trap.”
"It's all my fault to those who read "Sherlock" on the Internet. Xiao Chen's statement that 'at the request of fans, the content of the new book is the follow-up content of Sherlock' has been rejected."
"Xiao Chen , why don't you look at the requirements of our "Infinite World" fans? How could you be wrong at this time?"
"Yes, and we, "Destiny", have been here for 3 years, you know this? How did I spend three years?”
“I think it’s good to write new content. I like to read all kinds of stories.”
“No, it’s upstairs. , can you take a stand? I used to see you fighting for the sofa, and I thought you were a long-time fan of Xiao Chen. I didn’t expect you to be so superficial.”
"..."
While Chen Linfeng was immersed in writing a new book at home, in early December, the first domestic list recording the current status of writers' wealth, the "Rich List of Chinese Writers" was released, once again arousing public opinion.
The release was from a financial news media, but it eventually triggered discussions on China Central Television and Phoenix TV.
In a short period of time, hundreds of domestic media have been discussing it.
In the past, as a best-selling author, Chen Linfeng was known to be very profitable, but this time when there are many traditional writers on the list, the meaning is different.
In particular, there are many famous people among them, including modern famous people like Yu Guangzhong who have been in textbooks.
Chen Linfeng’s royalty income of more than 100 million yuan is almost ten times that of the second-placed artist (Yu Guangzhong) of 14 million yuan.
This contrast is too strong and completely different from the situation when the celebrity list is released.
Everyone began to discuss whether Xiao Chen was a famous person or not.
The "famous" here naturally means not only famous, but also includes many elements such as public recognition and professional reputation.
Those who can be called this way are almost all the top writers of an era.
On the top, there is the master (the real kind).
Now is the time when those writers who became famous in the 1980s are about to achieve success and gain fame, but there is a post-80s generation who wants to take over early. How can this be possible?
But the actual list is there. It is somewhat unreasonable to say that sales volume does not represent the level of literature.
When literature was booming, everyone focused on sales.
Phoenix Satellite TV made it clear in the program:
“Writers in the last century needed to consider professional reputation, and literary critics would often determine the quality of a work to a large extent.
And Now the situation has changed. People voted with their own money. Good-looking works will have higher sales.
Xiao Chen has ranked first in the sales of published novels every year since 1999, even by a long way. Surpassing the second and third place, this means the recognition of the public.
By the time of his fourth novel "She", his professional reputation was also very prominent, which shows that Xiao Chen also has great literary and ideological qualities. There has been a breakthrough.
At this time, it is unfair to classify Xiao Chen as a young writer of the new era and not face up to his achievements. "
Literary critic He Po published an article saying:
"The significance of China's own rich list is that it breaks the tradition of literati being shy about talking about money and timid about showing their wealth, and makes people know Writers can also become rich.
Wealth is not terrible, what is terrible is our showing off and contempt for wealth.
China is a moral country. For a long time, the image of literati has been poor and abject. Once this image is removed, it will be difficult for everyone to accept it. The Rich List of Writers can allow people to correct their inherent psychology and become more normal. .
Xiao Chen can earn hundreds of millions of yuan in income from royalties. This in itself is the best guidance and demonstration, and will encourage more and more people to join the literary field. I think this is a good thing. ”
A variety of things, in fact, clearly reflect the changes in social trends. Everything depends on money, and being able to make money is all about ability.
Chen Linfeng himself does not agree with such an extreme statement, or in other words, a It is quite sad that society has become like this.
But as a vested interest, he cannot give negative remarks to the outside world.
That would be like a certain horse in the future who said, "I don't like it." Like "Money", he became the representative of Versailles. The only thing Chen Linfeng was lucky about was that Guo was greatly affected by his actions back then and did not make it onto the list.
You know, in the previous life, a certain Guo ranked second on this list, and he also ranked first in the future.
It would be really sad if such people were allowed to represent successful writers in China who become famous and make money through plagiarism, promotion of money worship theory, and fan arguments.
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For this list, almost all practitioners in the literary field have spoken, and the writers on the list are also being interviewed.
The attention of traditional writers is declining day by day. It is also a good thing to have such an opportunity to let the public know more about themselves.
Especially the writers at the bottom of the list, some of whom are not even well known, have even sold a few more copies of their books through the list.
For Chen Linfeng, this list is not that useful. The main benefit may be that he can confirm his position in the writer circle earlier.
But this kind of thing happens sooner or later. It is strange that a writer who is ranked first in his era cannot be on the table.
Of course, the kind that was plagiarized in the previous life cannot be counted. Whether it is peer evaluation or industry reputation, it is too bad.
The physical book writers in the previous life were basically disconnected, and the online writers continued to connect them later.
Of course, no matter what, after such a discussion, Chen Linfeng’s position in the writers circle is basically determined.
It would be unfair to compare him with authors of the same generation. He can only be compared with those famous writers in the 1980s.
And among these authors, some of the most outstanding ones have gradually been given the title of famous writers in recent years.
So what should we call writer Xiao Chen?
Some media began to include Xiao Zhan when mentioning famous contemporary living writers, along with Yu Hua, Jia Pingwa, etc.
It’s an obvious upgrade.
Although the reason for promotion is because of being a writer on the rich list, it is a bit strange.
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On December 14th, Zhang Yimou's "A City of Golden Armor" premiered, and Chen Linfeng was invited to attend.
Lao Mouzi still has plenty of cards. Last month, he held an opening ceremony at Emily Kindergarten in Los Angeles. Now this one in China is called the world premiere.
The main thing is that this movie is one of the few to achieve a "world premiere", that is, it will be released in various countries at almost the same time.
The media in Beautiful Country has a lot of relevant reports, and the evaluation is even fair.
Although the plot of this drama is poor and incomprehensible to Chinese people, if foreigners don’t understand the history, it is still very good just by looking at the pictures.
Chen Linfeng definitely didn't want to come and suffer, but the favor was here, so he had to come. After all, he had watched "The Promise" directed by Chen Linfeng.
Liu Qianqian didn't know this. She was very optimistic about Director Zhang's new movie. She always smiled and was in a good mood when asked by reporters.
I hope you will still be so happy after watching the movie.
There is no need to introduce the premiere ceremony. It is a regular interview and performance program. Zhou Jielun made a program effect and invited several people who looked very similar to him to come on stage. It was really bluffing.
Among them, Li Lianjie came on stage for an interview, and also promoted a certain fund, and what he said was sincere.
Chen Linfeng curled his lips, this person's reputation was ruined here.
He saw Liu Qianqian nodding her head in approval.
He couldn’t help but remind him, “Don’t look at what he said nicely, you’d better not touch this charity fund, it’s not very clean.
If you want to do charity, invest money in private, and try your best to do it. Just take it seriously, and 9 out of 10 things that are advertised to the outside world are fishy.”
Thanks to his past life experience, even if part of the money he earns in this life is used for charity, he will basically not touch it. Those organizations that are seriously exposed to thunderstorms.
Most of it has been invested in building schools. In any case, this approach will not harm anyone.
Moreover, the key areas are in remote areas in the mainland and somewhere in the southwest. Those who have traveled through the latter part should all know about it.
Liu Qianqian tilted her head and asked doubtfully, "Li Lianjie shouldn't be involved, right? He is such a big star."
"I don't know the specifics. , I just heard some rumors, and that fund shouldn’t have anything to do with it anyway.”
“Oh, I understand.” Liu Qianqian nodded in understanding.
During the playback of the movie, he seemed a little bored because he had seen it in his previous life, but the others were quite attentive to watching it.
Liu Qianqian's expression was very serious, trying to understand the relationship between the characters in the movie, but she was successfully stunned in the end.
She whispered, "Xiao Feng, the relationship in this film is so confusing. Why did Director Zhang choose such a script?"
"The foundation of the drama Thunderstorm is taught in the freshman appreciation class. It's already exposed."
Liu Qianqian's face flushed, "I'm a little behind in my freshman year. I'll learn from it later."
She glared at her. Boyfriend, can you stop criticizing me all the time?
Chen Linfeng held her hand and comforted her, "I made a mistake. It's not too late to fix the problem. Sissi is still a good child."
"That's about the same." Liu Qianqian suddenly reacted, "You Who is the child? You are younger than me."
"Okay, Sissi is a good sister, okay."
"Say more, I like to hear it." Liu Qianqian was a little happy.
“……”
After the movie ended, they chatted with some people they knew nearby, and the two of them prepared to say goodbye and leave.
At this time, Zhang Yimou hurriedly came over, "Xiao Chen, don't leave yet, I have something to do with you."
Chen Linfeng was a little confused as to what could happen at this time.
He motioned to Liu Qianqian to go back first, and then followed Zhang Yimou to a room.
(End of this chapter)