"Alas! The key lies in the word 'failed', otherwise I will really become a famous person! By then, just this word, without fifty taels of silver, don't even think about it!"
The young scholar gestured to the calligraphy he had just written and said loudly.
"Ha ha......"
Lin Xu was so amused that he laughed loudly. The more we talked about this guy, the more he became more and more attracted to him!
"Lin Xu, may I ask what you call me, brother?"
"Zhang Wenchang!"
Lin Xu nodded, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
Previously, in order to take Yang Dingyuan under his command, he made a bet to write a stunning drama, namely "The Peony Pavilion"!
Although he is very familiar with "The Peony Pavilion", the whole play of "The Peony Pavilion" has fifty-five episodes and more than 200,000 words. Even if he was given a computer, he would not have the patience to type out each word, let alone
Said it was written with a brush!
Therefore, he planned to dictate "The Peony Pavilion" once, and then find a writer to write it for him. Finally, he would just review the manuscript.
As long as you are willing to spend money, it is not easy to find a ghostwriter. In fact, there are many scholars from poor families who usually make a living by copying books.
At this moment, because this scholar who made a living by selling calligraphy and paintings suited his taste very much, he had the idea of taking this scholar into his employ!
So, he smiled softly and said: "Brother Wang, I happen to have a book writing job here. I can make much more money than you can by setting up a stall here and selling calligraphy and painting. I wonder if you are interested?"
"Writing a book? Copying books is the right thing to do!"
"It's not copying a book, because the book I asked you to write does not exist in this world."
"oh?"
Zhang Wenchang looked at Lin Xu with doubtful eyes: "You don't want me to create a book by myself, do you? Thank you for your opinion. I can write some words and draw pictures, but writing a book, haha, I think to myself
I don’t have this ability yet!”
"You don't have to come up with it yourself. How about I dictate it and you write it?"
"You want me to ghostwrite for you?"
"That's right, a thousand words and ten taels of silver, how about it?"
Lin Xu had learned about the market situation. The price for a scholar to copy a book, even if it was a high-quality font, was generally one tael of silver per thousand words. However, Lin Xu directly offered ten times the price, which was not ungenerous!
However, after listening to Lin Xu's quotation, Zhang Wenchang laughed loudly: "Ten taels of silver for a thousand words! This price is indeed very sincere! However, although I, Zhang Wenchang, am so down-trodden that I make a living by selling calligraphy and paintings, I will not do it for
You can do anything with money!”
"Is it a loss of status for a scholar to copy books? What's the difference between what I asked you to do and copying books?"
"Of course there is a difference! What the scholar copied was either a book by a sage or a popular script. In short, it is valuable! But how do I know what you are dictating? If what you are dictating is something meaningless,
Then even if you give me a thousand words and a thousand taels of silver, I won't be interested at all! Although I am poor, I am not willing to steal money, let alone waste time!"
Hearing Zhang Wenchang speak so arrogantly, Xia Dahai refused: "You, a down-and-out scholar, still dare to look down on my husband? Do you know how talented my husband is? There is a beautiful woman in the south. Have you heard of this poem? Once upon a time, it was difficult to make water out of the sea. This poem
Have you heard of poetry again? These two poems were both written by my husband! Can you write them?!"
Thanks to the hype of some unknown forces, the two poems Lin Xu wrote in Jinfeng Tower that day have become popular throughout Suzhou. As long as people who know some literary skills, basically everyone does not know these two poems.
Poetic!
Even those traffickers and lackeys who are illiterate in writing know this poem!
"There is a beautiful woman in the south, peerless and independent! A smile can captivate a city, and a smile can captivate a country! Once upon a time, it was difficult to change the sea, but except for Wushan, it is not a cloud. I look back lazily at the flowers, half destined to practice Taoism and half destined to be a king!"
Zhang Wenchang recited these two poems while shaking his head, and then looked at Lin Xu with surprise and admiration, and said: "Did you write these two poems? Are you Mr. Lin Xulin from Jiangling County?!
"
"Yes, this is Lin Xu."
Lin Xu smiled softly and sighed secretly in his heart. Being famous is different. No matter what the occasion is, as long as you announce your name, you will immediately receive a wave of admiring looks! This chapter has been completed!