2393 [Expanded World]
After reading the first ten chapters of "Harry Potter" in the summer, I was basically satisfied with the content written by these writers.
However, the disadvantage is that when Harry Potter was first written, the author j·k·Rolling had actually built a mysterious world.
Although the world may not be set up at the beginning and the context is not clear, there are already many wonderful ideas in the author's mind.
So when she was creating, she intentionally or unintentionally revealed some settings and past events. Although the east and west are not systematic, it leaves readers with many clues, allowing them to follow the map, search for the roots, explore and decipher, which adds countless fun.
Moreover, the author can also re-expand the world of "Harry Potter" based on these clues laid intentionally and unintentionally and launch new derivative works.
For example, after the "Harry Potter" series ended, j·k Rowling participated in the creation of "Where Are the Fantastic Beasts", "Harry Potter's Cursed Child", etc., and also published three new books, telling the story of Voldemort in his youth, the stories of Professors McGonagall and Professor Lupin, as well as the stories of Azkaban, etc.
However, Xia Xue found these writers and wrote according to the outline provided by Xia Tian. The writing style was indeed good, but this "propositional essay"-like writing style also limited their imagination and made them unable to freely build the magical world of "Harry Potter".
This makes the "magic world" they write very empty, like a layer of icing, with a little sweetness, but not enough to make people savor.
So in Xia Tian's opinion, such works are actually not excellent enough.
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An excellent literary work has its own vitality. For example, the works such as "Journey to the West", "Dream of Red Mansions", and "Water Margin" can be passed down for hundreds of years but are still full of charm because they have built a world of their own.
The world is rich and colorful. Almost everyone has their own personality, their own temper, and their own way of doing things. In short, the characters inside are all alive, and the world inside is also real.
For example, "Journey to the West" constructs a mythical world of monsters and monsters. Officials, people, old monsters, little monsters, gods, and Buddhas... each has their own appearance.
Benboerba, Xiao Zunfeng and Jingwei Guier are all little monsters, but their personalities are completely different; Bull Demon King and Green Bull Spirit are all bull demons, and they are also demon kings who dominate the country, but their methods of doing things are also different... This makes these characters full of vitality.
Even if the author does not write in detail, readers can figure out the daily life and style of these little monsters and the big monster king based on his previous description.
For example, in "Water Margin", they were both bandits, some of whom took the initiative to defect to Liangshan, and some were coerced to go to Liangshan. Lin Chong, the coach of the 800,000 imperial guards, was forced to go to Liangshan; Shi Xiu, a poor boy who cuts wood, has been revered for a long time and has taken the initiative to join.
These heroes have different personalities and different behaviors, Li Kui's recklessness, Lu Zhishen's generousness, Lin Chong's forbearance, Wu Song's fineness, Wang Ying's good music...
These characters live in the world of "Water Margin", and can write derivative articles anytime and anywhere according to their personality and style.
In sharp contrast, "The Romance of the Gods". Although it is also a classical masterpiece, the character portrayal of the characters in "The Romance of the Gods" is mostly superficial.
All the gods and immortals, except for magic weapons, formations, and mounts, can hardly find any differences. For example, the Ten Heavenly Lord on Ten Jue Island is nothing more than a code name, and it is impossible to tell who is who.
In comparison, there are more than 400 characters in "Dream of Red Mansions", but they all have distinct personalities. Even the little girls who are as many as the sands of the Ganges River have their own personalities.
For example, Piao'er who steals things, Sang'er who steals Qing in Ningguo Mansion, serving Aunt Zhao, Xiao Jixiang'er who doesn't have a decent piece of clothing, etc.
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The reason why j·k·Rolling is so popular is because she has built a "magic world" with extremely high authenticity.
In comparison, these writers have not written enough and built a world that is very empty and very weak.
Xia Tian also knew that he couldn't blame them for this matter. After all, they dare not write randomly on the topic essay. It is already good that they can write it like this.
He was not going to send it back and let them rewrite it. They didn't have these things in their minds, so what could they think of even if they thought about it?
So, Xia Tian took the story first and filled it out before sending it back to Xia Xue.
He mainly filled in some settings, added some items, narratives of events, etc. to make the world appear more real and credible.
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While busy writing "Harry Potter", Xia Tian also helped Lizhi open a gold shop in the New Territories.
Gold shops are located in Tsuen Wan, New Territories. Tsuen Wan began to develop in the 1950s and was already a very prosperous town in the 1980s.
Especially the construction of Tsing Ma Bridge and Ting Kowloon Bridge has made Tsuen Wan an important transportation hub and made its economy increasingly developed.
Today, the population of Tsuen Wan District has reached 700,000, which is one of the most populous districts in Hong Kong. Therefore, it is difficult to open a gold shop here, and it is not easy to do business without being popular.
There are also many properties in the New Territories in summer, so he specially helped her choose a street-facing store.
Although the place is not big, it is located at the entrance of the subway station, so the passenger flow is very large.
In addition, Zhou Taifushi's new gold, silver and jewelry products were also displayed on the counter one by one.
As a well-known jeweler in Hong Kong, Chow Tai Fook is still very good at designing and processing gold and silver jewelry.
In fact, the gold, silver and jewelry in each gold and silver store is essentially no different. Whether it can attract customers depends on whether its workmanship is beautiful, exquisite, or uncommon.
The reason why the small jewelry store is not doing well is that it has no money to hire a designer, so it has to process the design according to the same style, which cannot attract customers' interest in purchasing.
Large jewelry stores can be designed by famous designers and are manufactured by masters. The gold jewelry products produced are both beautiful and novel, and naturally become the favorite of many customers.
Originally, Lizhi's small gold shop could not afford to hire any masters to design, nor could he hire any experts to help with processing. He could only purchase goods from some small processing plants, and the quality was not guaranteed.
Now that she has the supply from Zhou Taifu, she can naturally sell good results.
"I've prepared everything for you, you have to take care of it." Xia Tian smiled, "Don't let me down."
Chapter completed!