Chapter 71 Is this a novel?(1/2)
Because of the bombardment of the Ancient Literature Association during this period, almost the entire literary community was waiting for this book "Biographies of the Tang Dynasty Poetry".
Netizens have been flocking to the comment section of the Ancient Literature Association’s official website, and those who leave comments and discuss the matters have not known how many people have left comments.
“It’s not time yet?”
"This is too slow!"
"Take out the nimbleness of your poems!"
"Are you funny? They're writing the start time, how are you urging me? Is there no show at home? It's better to ask how many words should I put on the first test for this?"
"I also want to ask this. According to regulations, the first online trial of long-form publication reading materials seems to be about to release 10% of the main text, right?"
“That’s how it is.”
On Blue Star, if you want to try out the first online release, you need to at least 10% of the content before it is published online. Through this 10% opening content, test the netizens’ expectations for this book.
The publishing society estimates the sales market based on the feedback data of netizens, and finally prints and releases more accurately. It is a bit similar to the model of free online novels in the early stage and charging later stages.
However, this method also has great disadvantages. In order to attract readers, some authors focus all their energy on the first ten percent. As a result, when readers bought a book and read the contents behind, they found that the things behind were written like shit!
Of course, serious authors will not do this. After all, as long as there is a precedent, the author can only survive in another industry.
"Here's here!"
“It’s time!”
"Brothers! Go!"
At about twelve o'clock noon, the Ancient Chinese Association announced the reading link on time.
For a moment, I don’t know how many readers clicked in.
When you open the link, you will first see an extremely simple cover with a few big words "Biography of the Tang Dynasty Poetry" written on it, next to it is Ye Luo's signature and the name of the publisher.
After turning the cover, because it is a biographical novel, there is no directory, and it is directly the main text.
The text released totals 200,000 words.
The beginning of the article does not describe Liu Yuxi, but first introduces the background of the times, which is the political environment of the Tang Dynasty at that time.
When Liu Yuxi was born, it was the reign of Emperor Daizong of Tang Dynasty Li Yu.
This opening is easy for readers to understand.
Although there was no emperor Li Yu in the history of the Tang Dynasty, everyone had long known that this was not the real history of the Tang Dynasty, and this was a novel written by Ye Luo. Readers do not need to know who Li Yu was, just know that he was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, Ye Luo didn't describe these too much, just briefly introduced them.
Immediately afterwards, the perspective in the book came to a small bureaucrat in Jiangnan. His name was Liu Xu, who was behind Liu Sheng, the son of Emperor Jing of Han. Liu Xu, who was the son of Emperor Jing of Han... Liu Xu got his son in Jiangnan, that is, Liu Yuxi.
As for the characters such as Emperor Jing of Han and King Jing of Zhongshan Liu Sheng, readers naturally don’t know about them. However, they don’t care about these characters fabricated by Ye Luo. Everyone knows that Liu Yuxi will be born in Jiangnan.
Almost most of the following plot is told from the perspective of Liu Yuxi.
The young man was smart and diligent. He not only studied Confucian classics hard, but also received teachings from famous scholars in poetry. Even at the age of his early twenties, he directly passed the imperial examination. During this period, he met Liu Zongyuan, a Jinshi of the same ranking... At this time, Liu Yuxi was smooth sailing, and his poems also showed a sense of pride in spring.
But Ye Luo did not focus too much on this place, but after Liu Yuxi embarked on the career of officialdom, Ye Luo's description became more and more detailed.
The political environment, relationships between characters, and even the living habits, architecture, diet and other aspects of the Tang Dynasty were described.
It was like a documentary, but Ye Luo used words and wrote down all the interesting and interesting experiences he thought Liu Yuxi had in his life.
One day, whom did I go to Chang'an Street to eat something, who did I get drunk and talk nonsense, what current affairs, and what arguments did I have with whom...
The descriptions of some places are extremely detailed.
As for the poems and articles that readers are concerned about at the beginning, there are the most detailed process in the book.
When he created a certain poem, did Liu Yuxi write it himself or read it out and recorded it by others?
Or was he done it in one go, or was it modified?
Even when Liu Yuxi wrote this poem, what thoughts did he think?
When people praised him for an article, Liu Yuxi would be a little proud? Or would he wave his hand modestly?
...
Netizens can be said to be dazzled by the sight.
Some readers who read the article faster have already read it.
Many people have started writing book reviews in the comment area.
"This book is beyond imagination!"
"I finished reading it in one breath, and my head was about to explode now! There are so many things written in the book! I originally thought that this book "Biographies of Poetry in the Tang Dynasty" was about how Liu Yuxi created articles, but I could just read the poems. After reading it, it was not the case at all. Liu Yuxi's experience was too rich!"
"I'm already dumbfounded."
"This teacher Ye is definitely a graduate of the History Department!"
"Although it's only 200,000 words, there are so many contents in this book. Moreover, there are so many poems in the book!"
"Yes, I was originally looking at poetry, but who would have thought there were so many poetry here? It's so outrageous!"
Some netizens even posted his notes directly, "Share it to you, among these 200,000 words, not counting articles, but poetry alone, Liu Yuxi wrote a total of 64 poems!"
"Fuck! I haven't finished watching it yet, don't tease me?"
"Sixty-four poems? I'll take it!"
"I don't know what to say."
"Indeed, I counted too, it's really more than sixty."
“I don’t even recite so many poems…”
Just the first 200,000 words, and even before the Yongzhen reform that everyone is concerned about has appeared, Liu Yuxi has written more than 60 poems!
Although the quality is not as high as the poems such as "Autumn Ci" and "Reply to Lotte", it is definitely not a work that can fill in the numbers! Moreover, after all, Liu Yuxi is still in the early stages of his life, and whether in his life experience or literary skills, he is definitely not as strong as he did later.
But even so, more than 60 poems were written in the book!
This still doesn't include the articles that appear in the book!
If it weren't for seeing it with your own eyes, no one would believe it if he said it!
...
New Culture Association.
People from modern literary genres such as Shao Xinzhong and Hao Zhijun are staring at the computer in a daze.
Two hundred thousand words!
One-tenth of the main content!
Sixty-four poems appeared! Eighteen articles! Twenty-four memorials!
Is this something that people can write?
ah?
You told me this is a novel?
Is there anyone who wrote novels like this?
yes!
The protagonist of your novel is a poet, a poet, and a great writer!
We can understand some original poems.
Even if there are a little more, we can still understand!
But the problem is, it’s too outrageous if you have so many of them!
a little?
Is this a billion points OK?
Sixty-four original poems!
Looking at this number, modern poets like Hao Zhijun felt like they were about to suffocate!
They don’t have so many poems in a single collection of poems!
And novelists like Zhang Rumeng are even more suffocating than poets like Hao Zhijun!
This is "Biography of the Tang Dynasty Poetry and Heroes"?
Are you the novel you mentioned? Do you call this book a novel? Isn’t this bullying?
...
Of course, in fact, it is not just the people from the New Literature Association who were stunned. It can be said that people in the entire literary world were shocked and could not speak at this time.
These professors and scholars from the Ancient Literature Association have also seen Ye Luo’s main text for the first time.
Even though I had communicated with Ye Luo before and heard Ye Luo say a lot of poems in the book, they never thought that Ye Luo said so much!
They are specialized in classical literature. Whether it is ancient poetry or ancient articles, the people from the Ancient Literature Association are definitely the most professional people.
To be continued...