Chapter 48: Personal Special Topic of Tiankong Network

  "Oh, you have a piano here."

  Seeing a piano in front of him, Zhou Fan's hands itched again.

  "There is only one, I brought it myself for practice, can't compare with those in the big piano stores downtown."

  The piano is not something that ordinary people can play, it's called the king of instruments and belongs to a more high-end category. Generally speaking, even a basic piano costs at least tens of thousands, which is still considered cheap, while better ones cost hundreds of thousands or even millions. In my previous life, there was once a rich second-generation girl who went to a piano store to show off her wealth, constantly yelling at the staff and saying "Do you know my net worth? Believe it or not, I can buy this place with cash." Then she pulled out a credit card and said "I'll take this piano." The result was that the manager replied, "Alright, 2.68 million RMB, please enter your password." That girl was left speechless on the spot.

  "Why not? Give it a try."

  Seeing Zhou Fan's appearance, Zhu Ya Qiong couldn't help but laugh. For such a freak, it was already enough to shock her earlier. Presumably, this small piano wouldn't be beneath him either. However, Zhou Fan rubbed his hands together, yet didn't make a move. He feared that he would get carried away and play the "Destiny Symphony", which would be very unwise.

  "Never mind."

  He smiled and finally restrained his desire. When his brother had money in the future, he would buy five pianos at once, put one in the living room, one in the bedroom, one in the corridor, one in the courtyard, and one in the toilet...

  "What a pity."

  Originally wanted to appreciate Zhou Fan's piano skills, but unexpectedly, Zhou Fan didn't play, leaving her with a little disappointment.

  "Well, that's about it."

  After taking Zhou Fan on a tour, Zhu Ya Qiong was still somewhat satisfied with her music room. However, after she finished speaking, she discovered that Zhou Fan's eyes had wandered to another place again. Following his gaze, it turned out that what attracted Zhou Fan was the recording studio. This recording studio could be said to be the most valuable part of the music room, and Zhu Ya Qiong didn't know how much she spent to create this music room. It was precisely because of this that ordinary people were not allowed by Zhu Ya Qiong to enter the recording studio, not even for rent.

  "What's up? You're looking at our recording studio?"

  Zhu Yaqiong laughed happily as Zhou Fan's eyes didn't even blink.

  "I didn't expect Tianhua City to have such a good recording studio."

  Looking at the equipment in this recording studio, it would cost at least a few million. This is something that Zhou Fan, who is currently struggling to make ends meet, cannot afford.

  "It's actually nothing, if you need it in the future, you can come here to record anytime."

  "Really?"

  "Of course it's true, and everything is free, I'll even be your helper."

  "Whoa, so seductive?" Zhou Fan came back to his senses and looked at Zhu Ya Qiong, "Haha, Zhu classmate, you're not trying to seduce me, are you?"

  The temptation is really too great.

  Think about it, before Zhou Fan recorded a song, I didn't know how bad it was. If his singing skills weren't good, he would have been eliminated for sure. Actually, Zhou Fan had been considering recently whether to find some egg cartons to put in the room as sound absorption. However, it seemed like too much trouble and the effect might not be that great. Unexpectedly, the recording studio he had been thinking about day and night actually had a room here.

  "Where is the temptation?"

  Zhu Ya Qiong opened her big eyes and looked innocent.

  "How did I feel like I've fallen into your trap?"

  "How could this be? You don't care, then forget it."

  Zhu Ya Qiong retreated in order to advance.

  "No need, no need, it seems like I'll have to trouble Zhu again in the future."

  "Don't be polite, we're all music students anyway, I hope Brother Zhou can give us more guidance in the future."

  Zhu Ya Qiong was directly shocked by Zhou Fan's performance just now. This also made Zhu Ya Qiong change her way of addressing Zhou Fan slightly.

  "Haha, then let's all help each other."

  The two of them chatted for a while longer before Zhou Fan bid farewell and headed back home.

  Looks like today's luck is not bad, although scolded by father, picked up a free recording studio, it's worth it.

  In the following days, everything was calm. During the day, he would attend classes and read his own books. At night, he would go to the Black Bar to teach Xiao Pangzi. Moreover, recently Xiao Pangzi had been learning very well, Zhou Fan felt that he only needed a few more days before he could leave the Black Bar. However, the time for the personal special topic on Tian Kong Wang that he had previously agreed with Editor Wu Yue had arrived.

  This special topic is actually the Sky Net's Master Interview. Although Zhou Fan was nothing before, it can't be said that he is a master. However, one book "The Record of Sword and Enmity" became extremely popular, establishing his position. It even has the appearance of starting a new generation of genre. Moreover, at this time, some imitative works have already appeared, using the overall situation in "The Record of Sword and Enmity" to create their own works.

  It doesn't matter whether this week's topic is right or wrong, although some people say it's plagiarism. However, from this we can see that "The Book and the Sword" has already brought about some phenomena. Perhaps in a few years, Wuxia will also emerge from this. Of course, it's still too early to talk about Wuxia now. After all, while "The Book and the Sword" does discuss chivalry and martial arts, the martial arts sentiment in "The Book and the Sword" is not very strong. It wasn't until Jin Yong's "Legend of the Condor Hero" trilogy appeared later that it can be said to have truly initiated the golden age of Wuxia.

  Of course, Zhou Fan knew this wouldn't take much time.

  At 8 pm, Zhou Fan entered the Tianyi Wang Zhou Yi Fan special topic.

  This special topic is in the form of a written report. In fact, from a visual perspective, it's like an instant messaging chat room.

  There is a host in the chat room, there are guests, and more are countless book friends.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, Zhou Yifan, the renowned author of the legendary novel 'The Legend of Chu Liuxiang', is our guest today at Sanjiang Pavilion."

  Sanjiang Pavilion is a brand of Tianya.cn, and it can be said that all the popular authors are able to enter Sanjiang Pavilion.

  "As the author of 'The Book and Sword: Gratitude and Revenge', Zhou Yifan, is there anything you'd like to say to everyone before we begin?"

  "Thank you everyone for your support. What should I say? Suddenly, I don't know what to say either. Hmm, just ask me whatever you want, and I'll do my best to answer and satisfy everyone."

  "Oh, great, Yifan is so awesome!"

  When Zhou Fan appeared on stage, hundreds of thousands of fans kept refreshing their screens.

  "It seems that Yifan Dada is also a sentimental person. As the host, I think I have the priority to ask questions."

  The host is a middle-aged uncle who speaks with style.

  "Give you face, go ahead and ask, don't ask something too difficult, if it's too hard I won't know."

  As soon as Zhou Fan entered Sanjiang Pavilion, he was still a little excited. But after a while, he calmed down.

  "The first question is, what inspired you to create 'The Book and the Sword'? As everyone can see now, this work is not like our current history. It can be said that under your pen, we saw a lot of innovation. For example, the chivalrous spirit inside, the martial arts moves, all made readers' eyes light up."

  The host's question is still very professional, and the first question has already hit the point.

  However, Zhou Fan had already had an answer.

  "This may be due to the fact that I read more chivalric novels when I was a child, such as "Three Heroes and Five Gallants" and "Water Margin", which all mentioned righteousness, mentioned fighting for justice, and of course, also mentioned chivalry. However, they did not give a unified name to this chivalry. Or, at that time, people always thought that righteousness was actually chivalry. But I think it's not enough, I think chivalry should have its own characteristics, not just righteousness. So, there is also the work "The Legend of Sword and Chivalrous Spirit"."

  "You've said it so well, I'm afraid that's also the chivalrous spirit mentioned in many great books, which has attracted so much attention. So, for the second question, how do you define the genre of your current work? Because we found that many book friends say that 'Book and Sword' is not a historical novel, it should be called a chivalric novel, what do you think?"

  "This issue, actually I considered it when uploading this part. At that time, I was thinking about which category to put this work in. Urban and fantasy are definitely not, after selecting and choosing, only history is a bit more suitable. After all, the story told by "Book Sword Enmity Record" also took place in the Qing Dynasty, with some connection to history. However, this part is not written about history at all, at most it can be considered as a wild history. Even, it can't even be counted as a wild history, it can only be counted as a Jianghu Zhiguai category. As for what book friends said about chivalry, it's actually still possible, but I still feel that it's a bit different."

  "Yes, we also feel that calling it chivalric is possible, but it seems to be missing something. If you were to create a new category for yourself, what would you choose, or rather, what kind of category would you innovate?"

  "I think it can be called martial arts."

  "Martial arts?"

  "Yes, the essence of martial arts is to prohibit violence, but he himself should have a violent side. However, this kind of violence cannot be used at will, and his ultimate service is still for chivalry. A world with only martial arts but no chivalry would be chaotic, while a world with only chivalry but no martial arts would lack many characteristics. So, I think the world depicted in "The Book and the Sword" is a world of both martial arts and chivalry, just like books and swords."

  "Well said."

  Everyone presented fresh flowers, and the word "martial arts" can be said to be more accurate.

  "Okay, I'll let other book friends ask questions. However, there are too many people here today, so we can only randomly select a portion of them to ask questions. For those who didn't get selected, I'm sorry."

  Soon, the first lucky one appeared.

  The person with the ID "Chen Jialuo's younger brother" was very excited and almost couldn't ask a question. Until the host urged him, he asked, "Yifan Dada, you are my idol, I really like your work. Look, for your work, I even re-registered an ID..." Everyone saw it and burst out laughing.

  The protagonist of "The Book and the Sword" is naturally Chen Jialuo. This guy called Chen Jialuo his brother, it's really quite funny.

  "However, I want to say that, Ye Daxia, can't you stop bullying the master? Even Xiangxiang Gongzhu was sent to Qianlong by you. If it weren't for another Huo Qingtong sister, I would have to fight you to the death."

  Obviously, in "The Book and the Sword", Chen Jialuo, in order to avenge his country and family, personally sent Xiangxiang Princess to Qianlong's side, which almost killed a group of book friends at that time. On that day, a large number of book friends made a big fuss in the comment section, strongly protesting against it. They hoped that Zhou Yifan would rewrite it, as they did not want to see such an ending. Unfortunately, at that time, Zhou Yifan was busy with something and didn't have time to look at the comment section. In the end, since Zhou Yifan didn't appear, and this book really attracted them, they could only continue reading it with a bad mood.

  But now that I can finally have close contact with Zhou Yi for the first time, I have to ask this question anyway.

  "This..."

  Zhou Fan's scalp was numb, this problem needs to be handled properly. In fact, Jin Yong's works all have some weird quirks, but "The Book and the Sword" is still okay. I really don't know what kind of reaction readers would have if "The Return of the Condor Hero" were published and Little Dragon Maiden was XXOOed by Yang Guo. But for now, there's no time to think about that, just get through this hurdle first.

  "I understand everyone's feelings, but I want to say that a novel should have its own connotation and helplessness. Maybe I can also write the protagonist in a way that is flawless, just like most authors on Tianya Club. But we need to understand that in the world of 'The Book and the Sword', the protagonist Chen Jialuo is not a perfect person, he also has his shortcomings. In the midst of national hatred and family feud, Chen Jialuo can only choose to give up love... Perhaps this is hard for us to accept. But such events are numerous in history. I don't care about others, but in my writing, I will make it vivid and substantial, making the whole story rich and full."

  This is Zhou Fan's interpretation.

  Although such an interpretation may not be acceptable to everyone, it can also be understood. After all, the author cannot always follow the reader's thinking. If you always follow the reader's taste, then it looks great at first glance. However, after the excitement is over, there is not much significance.

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