At three o'clock in the afternoon, I took a minibus to Hong Kong Island in summer.

When I arrived at Luyu Tower in Banshan, it was exactly 3:40, twenty minutes earlier than the agreed time.

"A Tian, ​​you are here." Ren Wanying was responsible for the reception. When she saw Xia Tian, ​​she happily greeted her.

"Sister Wanying~" Xia Tian shouted sweetly, "How come you were here today?" he asked curiously.

"Mr. Cha asked me to be responsible for the reception. I'll take you up first." Ren Wanying explained, and then led Xia Tian to the upstairs room.

I saw that there was no one in the private room at this moment.

"Hey, am I coming early or I come one step late?" Xia Tian scratched his head and smiled.

"You are the first to come, and those of them have not arrived yet." Ren Wanying said with a smile, "Okay, you sit down first, I'll go down and stare. Mr. Cha will have to wait a while before he can come here."

Xia Tian nodded, found a chair to sit down, and then flipped out today's Ming Pao.

I just saw the supplement part, and the first page published my article, with the title saying: [My opinion on the future development of martial arts novels]. There is also a sub-title below [Marriage novels are in trouble, new changes in fantasy themes].

Next to it is an editor's note signed by Mr. Jin Yong, strongly agreeing with Xia Tian's article and loudly calling on all martial arts novelists not to stick to the rules, but should boldly reform, be determined to innovate, enrich the subject matter, and make martial arts novels rejuvenate new vitality.

"Mr. Cha cheered me on drums and promoted me, and it was difficult to become famous this time." Xia Tian said happily. Jin Yong's reputation is well known in Hong Kong. Especially the pen in his hand is almost comparable to that of thousands of troops. Xia Tian really cannot be famous even if he gets praise from him.

In the joyful moment, people were present one after another. In a short while, the entire private room was almost filled with people, with about thirty people.

Xia Tian didn't know that there were so many martial arts novel writers in Hong Kong, which really surprised him, but he didn't know most of them. However, those people seemed to be very familiar with each other, and they kept chatting as soon as they met, but left Xia Tian aside.

"Oh, it's so boring. Why can't Mr. Cha?" Xia Tian said depressed. He wouldn't have come to attend this meeting if he had known. He didn't know anyone, and no one talked to him. It seemed like he was a transparent person. This feeling was really bad.

Just as I was thinking, I heard footsteps, and then the door opened, three people walked in together.

As soon as they saw them walking in, the originally noisy room suddenly became silent, and everyone stood up together.

When Xia Tian saw it, his eyes suddenly lit up, and most of the depression in his heart dissipated.

He knew all three of them, Jin Yong, Ren Wanying, and one should be the science fiction novelist Ni Geng.

"Sorry, everyone, come one step later." Jin Yong said with a smile.

"It's okay, the time is just right." Everyone said with a smile, no one dared to pick on him.

Jin Yong smiled, then sat down with Ni Geng.

Ren Wanying sat next to Xia Tian and quietly introduced the identities of the guests to him.

It turns out that not all those present today are martial arts novelists, including publishers, booksellers, book critics and readers.

Xia Tian suddenly realized after listening to it. No wonder there are so many people he has never heard of.

Ren Wanying just finished introducing the article, and heard Jin Yong laugh and say, "Everyone, today I want to introduce you to a new writer. Although he is young, he is talented and has excellent creative talent..."

Everyone was surprised to hear him say this. You should know that Jin Yong is cautious and strict, and he will not praise others easily. But now it is really rare to admire a new writer so much.

Xia Tian heard Jin Yong praise him so much and felt very honored to express his praise. He licked his face excitedly and licked it with a blush.

"A Tian, ​​stand up and let all the seniors here meet you." Jin Yong said with a smile again.

When Xia Tian heard him say this, he immediately stood up, "Hello seniors, I am the last junior Xia Tian, ​​a young man, and I am still a newcomer. I hope you all will help you and help you." He said with a smile.

Everyone looked at it together, and they were stunned when they saw Xia Tian. They were so young. You should know that among the people here, Wen Rui'an, the youngest, is already thirty years old, and Xia Tian is still a big boy no matter how you look at it. Such a young man with a stinky breasts has just entered the industry and has no amazing works. Can you afford Jin Yong so much praise? For a moment, everyone was a little confused.

"Mr. Cha, this Xia Tian is the one who wrote "The Eighth Bronze Man in Shaolin Temple" in Ming Pao?" Luo Bin, the boss of Global Publishing House, suddenly asked with a smile.

"Yes, it's him." Jin Yong nodded.

After saying this, everyone finally had some impression of Xia Tian.

"The Eighth Bronze Man in Shaolin Temple" has been serialized for several issues in Ming Pao. Although Jin Yong likes this novel very much, the market reaction is actually a bit tepid, mainly because the style of this book is different from the current trend.

The current popular style of Hong Kong martial arts novels is to imitate ancient dragons, concise language, novel plot, illusory martial arts, killing moves, cruel and ruthless, just like listening to heavy metal rock, every note is the strongest sound.

However, the style of "The Eighth Bronze Man in Shaolin Temple" in summer is similar to country music, peaceful and natural, full of innocent and childlike fun. There is neither a huge conspiracy nor a cruel murder. It only has the growth experience of the little monk Qisuo. Therefore, it is not to the taste of readers, and of course the market reaction is not very good.

It is also because of this that when Jin Yong mentioned Xia Tian's name, most of the people here didn't know which onion he was. "So it was him."

"The novel he wrote is not very good, why does Mr. Cha support him so much?"

Everyone here talked in a verbal way, and many words were "accidentally" heard Xia Tian's ears, which made him feel speechless when he heard them.

"A Tian, ​​don't be angry. I think you wrote well. I support you." Ren Wanying whispered to him.

"Thank you, Sister Wanying." Xia Tian turned his head and said gratefully.

At this moment, Mr. Luo Bin from Global Publishing House smiled and said, "I have read this masterpiece of Mr. Xia and written it very well. Our publishing house intends to publish this book. I wonder if Mr. Xia is interested?"

When everyone here was puzzled after hearing his question, they were puzzled. You should know that the market reaction of the book "The Eighth Bronze Man in Shaolin Temple" in Xiatian was not good. Even if it was published, it would probably not be sold for thousands of copies and could not make much money. I don’t know which nerve Luo Bin had the wrong thread, so he was willing to do such a loss-making business.

"Thank you for your appreciation, I'm very interested." Xia Tian nodded with a smile. Of course he was very willing to publish his book. In this way, he could not only get a considerable royalty, but also improve his fame. He wanted to.

"That's great, we'll just make up for it." Luo Bin smiled and said, "The first printing is 5,000 copies, and the royalty is 10,000 Hong Kong dollars. If I print it, I will pay another money. What does Mr. Xia mean?"

"That's it." Xia Tian agreed.

Because the local market in Hong Kong is too small and the sales volume of books reaches 10,000 copies, it can be called a bestseller. Relatively speaking, the sales volume in the mainland must exceed at least 100,000 copies before it can be called a bestseller.

It was a very honor for Luo Bin to be able to print 5,000 copies for the first time for a newcomer in Xia Tian. After the bookseller bought the manuscript, he really had no confidence in sales and could not publish it in the end.

"Mr. Cha, I will ask you to give a preface to this book at that time. How about it?" Luo Bin asked Jin Yong with a smile.

After hearing his question, everyone suddenly realized and scolded Luo Bin as an old fox and was scheming.

With Kim Yong's current reputation in Hong Kong, if he wants to write a preface for a martial arts novel, as long as that novel is not too bad, he can sell at least 10,000 or 20,000 copies.

Because of this, many writers asked Jin Yong to write a preface, but he never agreed. But today, since he admired Xia Tian so much, he would probably not refuse to write a preface for him. Since this is the case, Xia Tian's novel sales are guaranteed. Luo Bin seems to be risky, but in fact he is making a profit without losing money.

After thinking it through, all the publishers here stamped their feet and beat their chests with regret. If they had known that they had also stood up, they would have missed this opportunity to make money in vain.

But now, where did you get the medicine for regret? I can only pray that Jin Yong refuses to write a preface for him. In this way, Luo Bin will lose a piece of rice without losing it, which will make them feel better.

But reality disappointed them again. Jin Yong nodded happily, "Of course, I'm happy to write a preface to this novel." He said with a smile.

First, he liked the novel "The Eighth Bronze Man in Shaolin Temple" very much; second, he also liked the young man Xia Tian very much, so he was happy to support him.

Seeing Jin Yong agree so readily, Luo Bin's face suddenly burst into laughter, "It seems that he has really bet right this time. With Jin Yong writing a preface for this book, even if the book is a bunch of garbage, it can be sold with good sales." He said proudly in his heart.

Then he glanced at the others and sneered in his heart, "You are still too short-sighted. You only saw that the market response of this novel was not good. You didn't think about whether the person who could be highly praised by Mr. Cha would be ordinary people?! What a fool!" He said contemptuously again.

When everyone saw his proud look, they wanted to bite their silver teeth and regretted it.

"Okay, everyone, I invite you all today, mainly to talk to you about the future development of martial arts novels." Seeing that the symposium was deviated from the direction, Jin Yong quickly adjusted the topic.

After hearing what he said, everyone here suddenly became quiet.

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