I received a notice from the editor that it would be on the shelves tomorrow. Although I had known it would come to this point, it still felt very sudden.
This book is actually very slow to pick up, the real exciting part has not yet begun, the male protagonist is still growing up, and the female protagonist has not even appeared yet.
I can honestly say that this will be a wonderful story, but due to the many rules of the Qidian website, the subsequent author is likely to embark on the road of stand-alone self-interest.
But people in the world cannot help themselves. Fulfilling the contract is the author's responsibility. The author will try his best to ensure the quality of the work in the future. Even if only a handful of readers follow it, it will be the author's motivation to continue creating.
For feelings, you can refer to the "Preface and Evolution" related to the work, hoping to find like-minded traditional martial arts fans.
Finally, I will excerpt a column by Kunlun Yu, the deputy director of the book club and the columnist of Qidian Certification Column, to share some views on the current situation of traditional martial arts:
Poems, wine, harps and chess fade away forever, and the years pass by like water.
Spring flowers are as red as dancing skirts, prosperity is like a dream, and melancholy complains about the east wind.
People approaching middle age are worried about gray hair, but lament that their ambitions have come to nothing.
Leaning on the railing and looking at the sword like a rainbow, it is hard to condemn one's pride and singing loudly about the east of the Yangtze River.
"Linjiang Immortal Poetry, Drinking, Guin, and Chess will disappear forever" [Liang Yusheng]
Traditional martial arts is represented by the works of Jin Gu Wenliang and others, and extends to the early works of emerging writers such as Sun Xiao, Feng Ge, Xiao Zhen, Shi Weihan, Bu Feiyan, etc. It was popular from the second half of the last century to the beginning of this century.
With the rise of online literature, traditional martial arts have also logged onto online platforms, completing the transformation from old to new.
It is a pity that traditional martial arts has never been able to catch the express train of the Internet era. Instead, it has been lingering on the fringes. In the Internet era, there are few widely circulated traditional martial arts masterpieces. In recent years, it has been rapidly leaving the center of the stage with a cliff-like trend.
It has become an out-and-out niche subject.
The decline of traditional martial arts is irrefutable. Perhaps it is due to the fact that it is difficult for future generations to surpass it. Or perhaps it is due to the readers’ aesthetic fatigue after being famous for many years. Or perhaps it is because they are stuck in their own way and it is difficult to burst out with vitality. There are different opinions on the reasons, but the conclusion is basically the same. It is generally because the people are suffering.
There was a lot of negative news, and few optimistic voices appeared.
To write a traditional martial arts novel well requires extremely excellent writing skills and sufficient ability to control classical vernacular. To do this, the author needs to read a lot, accumulate and practice writing, not only reading martial arts novels themselves, but also other types of literary classics
, learn from the strengths of others as much as possible and be eclectic.
However, the words tempered in this way, compared with the smart and lively Internet language, have formed a certain reading threshold, rejecting a considerable number of readers, especially young readers who are the main force active on the Internet. Manhua is now struggling to survive.
Internet traditional martial arts writers, even the classic works by Jin Gu Wenliang and others, I am afraid that not many young readers are in the mood to read the original works. At most, they follow their idols and follow movies and TV series.
Apart from the differences in writing style, the hard-core chivalrous spirit of traditional martial arts seems to be too "main theme". The chivalrous spirit emphasizes hoeing the strong and supporting the weak, showing compassion for others, rather than fighting monsters, upgrading and changing maps, and going smoothly to reach the peak of life.
In a social environment where work pressure is increasing and the pace of life is accelerating, if the purpose of reading is entertainment and relaxation, then there is no suspense about which one to choose.
In addition, the expressiveness and imagination of traditional martial arts are indeed not as good as some other themes that are now popular in the Internet literary world. This must be admitted. After all, real swords and guns, punches to the flesh, are not as exciting as destroying the world in the blink of an eye.
And the freedom of the imagination, the grudges and grudges at will, are not as thrilling as the struggle for power in the palace and the overturning of the world.
Traditional martial arts used to be the soil where the imagination of the Chinese people overflowed, and it was the rainbow bridge leading to spiritual freedom. However, now that a hundred flowers are blooming and a hundred schools of thought are contending in the online literary world, the unique status of traditional martial arts has long been gone. For the ecology of the entire online literary world, this is of course
It's a good thing, but it's a pity for the traditional martial arts that lacks innovation and is hard to come back.
But then again, in terms of plot organization and character creation, I am afraid that many themes have to draw nutrients from traditional martial arts, either intentionally or unintentionally. In the final analysis, they are all leftover routines played by the old timers. It is the "asking the channel"
If it is so clear, it means that there is a source of living water." This is what we call it.
I don't say this to prove anything. After all, "there are talents from generation to generation, and each has led the way for hundreds of years (you know)." There will always be a time when old-timers retire. I just hope that other themes will uphold the traditional virtue of respecting the old and loving the young.
Give the elders some necessary respect, less cynicism, be kind to others, and your merits will be immeasurable.
Some people may still remember the traditional martial arts movie "Once Upon a Time" from the 1990s. This movie mainly showed the chivalrous style, national justice and feelings of family and country under the changing world. The red lights in it
Before she died, Miao Sanniang insisted on picking up the banner that said "Support the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreign countries". Personally, I felt that it was very similar to the situation of traditional martial arts today.
Although traditional martial arts may have become a dead wood that hinders the flow of history, those who still insist on writing about traditional martial arts do not want this banner to fall, even if it is eventually pierced by ten thousand swords like Miao Sanniang.