Xiang Qingran was born in 1889 and is from Pingjiang, Hunan. He is both civil and military and chivalrous.

He was admitted to Changsha Higher Industrial School at the age of 14, and then traveled to Japan, where he studied at Overseas Chinese Middle School and Law and Political University.

After arriving in Japan, I didn't enter the school for a while and wandered all day long. I was quite familiar with Japanese brothels and lower classes.

The novel "History of Residing in the East" which was written as a condemnation of the current situation of students studying in Japan in the late Qing Dynasty, which is a very practical work.

But after returning to China, the bookstore only promised to give him a royal remuneration for every thousand words, which greatly undermined his enthusiasm for writing.

Nowadays, martial arts novels are popular. Chen Zhifang, general manager of Shanghai World Bookstore, appreciates Xiang Qingran's talent and invites him to write martial arts novels, which led to the emergence of "The Legend of the Warriors in the Jianghu".

Ping Jinya accidentally heard the news and went to see Xiang Qingran. After reading the beginning of the novel, she thought it was pretty good.

Now the Shanghai publishing industry is fiercely competitive, so talented authors must not be let go, but they cannot break the rules too much, otherwise they will be rejected by the entire industry.

In this matter, World Bookstore took the lead. If Ping Banya wants to win the score, he must take out enough chips.

So, he thought of his big boss, no matter how he didn't need to do it anyway.

With Lin Zixuan's current popular status, as long as he praises "The Legend of the Warriors", this martial arts novel became popular before it was published. I believe Xiang Yanran would not refuse such heavyweight recommendations.

However, he didn't know Lin Zixuan's personality very well, and there were many strange phenomena in the literary world.

For example, both of them are writers of the Mandarin Duck Butterfly Sect, and may become confidants or become enemies.

Lin Zixuan's own martial arts novel is well written, and he may not be able to show that others are equally good on similar subjects. People's hearts are separated from their belly, so Ping Banya dare not speculate on this aspect without authorization.

So, he brought Xiang Qingran directly to see Lin Zixuan's reaction.

If Lin Zixuan was perfunctory, he would no longer have the idea of ​​Xiang Qingran. If Lin Zixuan valued Xiang Qingran, he would also have a credit for his recommendation.

This shows how difficult it is to be a qualified subordinate.

Lin Zixuan didn't know Ping Jinya's little thoughts, but after she figured out that Xiang Qingran was Ping Jiang Buxiao, she became even more eager.

He actually had never watched "The Legend of the Warriors", and he had never watched "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" which was later made into a movie. He was not interested in such martial arts novels from the Republic of China period.

But Pingjiang Buxiaosheng, Wang Dulu, and Huanzhu Lou have heard of the names of people.

"The Legend of Jianghu Heroes" takes the dispute between the people of Pingjiang and Liuyang in Hunan for Zhaojiaping, as the lead, and the disciples of Kunlun and Kongtong respectively helped boxing to compete for the "water and land dock" of Zhaojiaping as a clue, which leads to the grudges and hatreds of the two major martial arts sects.

The author was influenced by Hunan folk customs and combined realistic with gods and monsters to show a world of martial arts and lakes that was different from the past.

It even brought a little bit of fairy tale, which influenced the creation of "The Legend of the Swordsman in Shushan" by the owner of Huanzhu Lou.

Lin Zixuan looked through it a little, but still couldn't get interested, mainly because he was not very used to the narrative methods of old-school novels during the Republic of China period.

Just like readers who have been used to reading online literature in later generations will not be used to reading traditional literature.

Online literature is fast food literature, with ten lines at a glance. Traditional literature needs to be read carefully, otherwise you will not understand the charm of it at all.

But this did not prevent him from paying attention to "The Legend of the Warriors" and praised the plot setting, believing that this is a unique novel and has great significance in the innovation of martial arts novel writing.

Lin Zixuan promised to recommend this novel in the newspaper.

Xiang Qingran was flattered.

Lin Zixuan is a master in martial arts novels. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is very wonderful. He originally wanted to imitate Lin Zixuan's writing style like other literati, but he felt a sense of arrogance in his heart.

Why can’t I write the martial arts novels in my heart?

He knew martial arts, had good knowledge, and could make up stories. So he took a different approach and wrote "The Legend of the Legend of the Warriors in the Jianghu".

He showed it to Lin Zixuan this time, and he was indeed a little nervous, but even if Lin Zixuan didn't appreciate it, he would not give up. No path must be correct on the road of literature.

He believes in himself.

With Lin Zixuan's affirmation at this moment, he became more confident.

Ping Jinya took the opportunity to invite Xiang Qingran to publish "The Legend of the Rivers and Lakes" in "Popular Novel Weekly", which is not inconsistent with the end published by the World Bookstore, and it also allows the author to earn an extra royalty.

Xiang Qingran did not sign a contract with the World Bookstore, so he agreed to ban Asia.

Lin Zixuan secretly told Ping Jinya that the treatment of Xiang Lingran and Zhang Henshui was the highest.

This is the division within the Wanxiang Bookstore. For authors under the Wanxiang Bookstore, as long as Lin Zixuan heard of the names in later generations, they will be given the highest treatment.

To win over writers, we must start when they have not become famous.

Lin Zixuan stood at the door, looking at Xiang Qingran's back, feeling a sense of accomplishment that "all the heroes in the world come to me".

In fact, Xiang Qingran also wrote a book called "The Legend of the Chivalrous Heroes in Modern Times".

This book roughly takes the martyrdom of the "Six Gentlemen of Wuxu" in the late Qing Dynasty as the coordinates, and each of them was recommended for about ten years, and some of the personalities extended to the early years of the Republic of China.

The book uses the Great Sword King Wu as the guide, bringing out the original legend of the hero Huo Yuanjia, interspersed with heroes from all walks of life in the late Qing Dynasty, and interpreting the legend of Huo Yuanjia's "three-attack on foreign strongmen", which ended with Huo Yuanjia being poisoned.

In order to highlight the heroes in the book, he fabricated a large number of non-existent legendary deeds in it, turning Huo Yuanjia from a human to a martial god.

In later generations, most of the plots in TV series and movies by martial artists during the Republic of China originated from this book.

Sometimes we think it is real history, but it is actually made up by Xiang Qingran.

There is no way, what the audience wants to see is a legendary story, not a real life, the real life is too boring.

The plot of "Tianmen Hero Huo Yuanjia" also comes from "Modern Heroes of Chivalrous", but was moved from later generations to this era.

In the summer of 1922, a literary group was established in Shanghai called Asakusa Club.

This is a literary group mainly composed of young people from Sichuan. The main character is Lin Ruji. Their creations are mainly lyrical novels like "automatic biography".

At this time, writers mainly from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, such as Shen Yanbing and Zhou Zuoren, formed the literary research association.

The creation society was formed by writers Guo Moruo and Yu Dafu who studied in Japan.

The Lakeside Poetry Society was formed by Zhejiang students Ying Xiuren and others.
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