Chapter 91 Second Part Works
To put it in a media phrase, the type that you would never have thought of before - martial arts, will appear today. This new literary genre, which inherits the chivalrous spirit of ancient times and integrates the martial arts system as a whole, will inevitably drive the hot sales of all Chinese paper books.
Newspaper reviews of the 2012 federal bestseller list revealed a surprise hit, selling over 1 million copies: "The Book and the Sword". At first, we thought it might be the work of some renowned master. But as we looked through the entire year's news, there seemed to be no such rumors. Until, after careful research, we finally discovered...
The author who completed sales of 1 is a complete newcomer. In fact, he hadn't even published one before this.
However, his first work has already reached a sales volume of 10 million sets, which is against the sky.
What's even more astonishing is that the sales of 10 million sets were achieved with only a dozen or so bookstores selling it. In other words, more than 80% of China's bookstores did not sell this work. Yet, within such a small range, this work still sold 10 million sets.
No wonder some people have evaluated that the sales volume of "The Legend of Book and Sword" will definitely reach 4 million sets, or even 5 million sets miracle.
The Economic Daily also observed this phenomenon, and after their reporter's investigation, they made their own comments based on data. They found that the publishing industry's data has been rising rapidly in recent months. This is a very strange phenomenon, because the publishing industry has been growing slowly for several years. In some places, there have even been negative growth situations.
Until, in their investigation and understanding, they discovered that there was a book called "The Book of Swords and Enmity" which had driven the growth of the entire industry. Of course, this growth wasn't very big. However, they discovered such potential. Moreover, they also indicated that "The Book of Swords and Enmity" still has great potential, and will fully erupt in the future, believing it to be beneficial for the entire publishing industry.
Apart from this, the literary weekly that has always observed literature and new culture also evaluated "The Book and the Sword" from another angle. They found that after the appearance of "The Book and the Sword", many famous authors turned to create martial arts novels. We strongly agree that martial arts is not just a small innovation, perhaps it is another new literary genre born in thousands of years.
If so, the emergence of "The Book and the Sword" can be said to have opened up an era.
What's more, Literary Weekly even revealed a piece of gossip.
It is said that Mokuyou University is researching whether to set up a course for martial arts studies.
It can be seen from Zhou Yifan's work "The Record of Book and Sword Enmity" that a new culture has emerged.
This culture may have no power in a short period of time, but it can change the world in the future.
"They're quite sharp-eyed, aren't they?"
At this point, Zhou Fan frowned.
Although these reports are all about the Book and Sword Enchanting Record, praising Zhou Yifan. However, from these news, Zhou Fan saw a hint of crisis. For example, there were reports that many famous authors had turned to writing martial arts novels and achieved success. Although Zhou Fan knew that this trend was unavoidable, it made him worry that these martial arts novels would impact his own master's status.
Of course, strictly speaking, Zhou Fan didn't need to worry too much.
Jin Yong's 15 works, each one is a classic, no matter when they are published, can show their sharpness. However, what Zhou Fan wants is not just this fame, he wants that in the future decades or even hundreds of years, when people mention martial arts, the first thing they think of is him, Zhou Fan. Now looking at it, Zhou Fan has just become famous, his position as a master is not solid, and it's easy to be impacted by other authors.
Although it sounds a bit like worrying about nothing, it still made Zhou Fan change his mind slightly.
It seems that Tian Long Ba Bu will be delayed for a while, and first release The Legend of the Condor Hero.
As for why I changed my mind, it's actually not that "The Legend of the Condor Hero" is more brilliant than "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", nor is it necessarily more famous. In fact, "The Legend of the Condor Hero" has a shortcoming, which is that it doesn't quickly enter the main theme. However, "The Legend of the Condor Hero" has an extremely strong advantage, which is that it's the first part of the "Legend of the Condor Hero Trilogy".
The Legend of the Condor Hero, The Return of the Condor Hero, The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber.
These three parts have a closer connection in time and also have more influence on each other's characters.
Of course, this is not the main point.
The most important thing is that the emergence of the three parts created a profound and rigorous martial arts system.
What is called martial arts system, is actually the same as the world background.
Originally, there was no Condor Trilogy. When everyone wrote martial arts novels, each author created their own martial arts world and their own martial arts moves. However, after the Condor Trilogy appeared, the entire martial arts system came out. For example, the sects in it, Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan, Kunlun... almost all previous ones were based on these sects as the main storyline.
This is not all, in addition to this, the entire martial arts system, it also involves various schools of martial arts, such as, Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms, Dog Beating Stick Method, Nine Suns Divine Skill, Nine Yin True Classic... etc., later generations of authors also imitated them.
If it weren't for the trilogy, even if Jin Yong were reincarnated, he wouldn't have such high popularity.
Like Gu Long, he was a rare talent, but he didn't create his own martial arts system.
This also makes many people know Gu Long's great name, but a large number of people have not read his works.
After saying so much, Zhou Fan actually wanted to say that the emergence of the Three-Step Shooting Technique is extremely significant.
To make it clear, Tian Long Ba Bu will be released later, first complete The Legend of the Condor Hero trilogy.
Just as Zhou Fan was considering whether to code out the first few tens of thousands of words of "The Legend of Hero Shooting", a thought suddenly appeared.
Yes, let's reserve the book title first.
Tianya is one of the largest platforms in China, with tens of thousands of authors under its umbrella. Basically, all the good names have been taken. Zhou Fan was worried that when he started his new book, "The Legend of the Condor Hero" would be snatched up by someone else. He immediately logged into the backend and directly added a new work - "The Legend of the Condor Hero".
However, for the time being, this book has not uploaded any content chapters, only a title and an introduction.
Everything is done, Zhou Fan didn't look at the background again, and first wrote a few tens of thousands of words as draft.
However, Zhou Fan didn't care about anything else, but the new book title he had just occupied instantly appeared among his tens of millions of fans.
"Wow, brothers, Zhou Yifan's new book is out on Monday, hurry up and take a look."
The end of "Shu Jian En Chou Lu", although it's hard to let go, a classic book will always come to an end. Just as they were thinking about what to read next after finishing the new book, Zhou Yi Fan suddenly released a new book, which was like a blockbuster bombshell. Countless fans of Zhou Yi Fan immediately swarmed to the page of his new book.
The Legend of the Condor Hero
The subject is similar to "The Book and the Sword" and has a strong sense of chivalry.
Introduction.
The greatest hero:
Introduction is just one sentence, only wrote a sentence, chivalrous big ones: and also left a colon.
Although this introduction is not like an introduction, it doesn't give any hints about the plot, story or background. However, after reading "侠之大者" (The Great Hero), people can't help but feel a sense of reverence. It seems that this is another classic heroic tale. Then, looking at the colon after "侠之大者", it's clear that "侠之大者" is not a complete sentence, and what follows has not been said.
Such an introduction suddenly makes many people interested.
Many people have posted their views on the Legend of Heroic Archer.
They start by analyzing from the beginning, with book reviews. From the title of the book, it's similar to "The Book and Sword Enmity Record". At the same time, the title has a word for "shooting eagle", which is not very easy to understand. Is it really related to shooting eagles? It seems that way, because for ordinary people, we've only heard of shooting birds, but rarely hear about shooting eagles. In other words, something like an eagle is very difficult to shoot down. Only those with innate divine power and extremely accurate eyesight can bring it down.
However, if we just look at the two characters "She Diao", it is difficult to say clearly that it has something to do with Diao.
However, the two words "hero" at the back are easier to say. It seems that this is a martial arts work about heroes.
Back to brief introduction.
The greatest hero.
These four words are easy to understand, and at the same time, they have a great momentum, making people feel like their whole body is boiling after reading them.
As for what comes after the colon, I reckon Zhou Yifan still has something to say on Monday.
Perhaps this book is about what makes a great knight's story.
Or perhaps, Zhou Yifan had already given out the answer on Monday, but he wanted to test some of his readers?
The following text doesn't have a single sentence that is hard to understand. For someone like Zhou Yifan, who is a slow writer, wanting him to publish a new book immediately after finishing the previous one and continuously serialize it can only be expected in the next life.
Alright, after saying so much, what I actually want to say is: Monday is coming, Boss Fan, hurry up and update!
Such posts have received many fans' approval.
"The landlord is really capable."
A netizen replied.
"I can tell so much from just the title and introduction of the book, I admire it wholeheartedly."
Another netizen also expressed his own views.
Of course, more is under the influence of this friend, thinking about the content after the colon of the great knight.
It seems like everyone believes that Zhou Yifan is going to take some kind of exam on Monday.
The colon above is probably written about what a great knight should be like.
Then what is the great chivalrous?
Someone immediately started responding, I think, a great heroic act is when one sees injustice on the road and rushes to assist with sword in hand.
But another book friend disagreed, "Such a hero is too small, I think that the greatest hero is one who upholds justice on behalf of heaven."
"Haha, still upholding justice and righteousness, is there any demon-slaying or evil-eradicating? I think the greatest chivalry is to live life with integrity."
"No, I think..."
A heroic act has sparked heated debate among many people.
They all poured out their understanding of the great chivalrous spirit. In these comments, some are based on their understanding after reading "The Book and the Sword", while others supplement their understanding with Chinese culture. Some even elevated the power of chivalry to a higher level, speaking out the broad sense of the great chivalrous spirit.
In an instant, a heroic biography with zero comments and likes, rose to the top of the site's click-through rankings amidst thousands of clicks.
This is another miracle.
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