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Chapter 432 "The Legend of the Little Soldier" vs. "The Mad God"? "The Legend of Shushan" vs. "The Accidental Killing"

Beijing.

The Third Young Master kept refreshing the webpage of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts," wondering if Zhongyuan Yidianhui would post a separate chapter tonight to promote his own "Mad God."
As a result, while refreshing the page, instead of seeing a separate chapter, I saw that "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" had updated with a new chapter of the main text.

He was a little surprised.

Afterwards, he continued to refresh the webpage of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" from time to time, thinking that since he had updated the main text, he might post another chapter to promote his new book.

However, after refreshing the page for more than ten minutes, he still didn't see any new chapters.

what's the situation?
Did a speck of gray in the Central Plains distract me?

Or maybe they won't recommend it to me tonight, and I'll have to wait until tomorrow or the day after?
He picked up his phone, wanting to ask about the exact time.

He hesitated a bit, after all, he and Zhongyuan Yidianhui had no personal relationship, and he was a little worried that if he asked so many questions, it would offend Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

With his mind in turmoil, he unconsciously scrolled down to the book review section of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts".

I saw the words "Mad God" appear in some newly published book reviews.

At a glance, there are at least a dozen posts discussing their own "Mad God".

Zhongyuan Yidianhui has already recommended my book in his works?
Where did he recommend it?
Did he write a separate chapter?
With some delight, the Third Young Master refreshed the webpage again to look at the latest updated chapter of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts," but it was still the same chapter that had just been published.

There are no new book recommendation chapters.

He frowned and thought for a while, then opened the latest chapter of the main text, scrolled to the bottom of the chapter page, and sure enough, saw the book recommendation information.

—(I also recommend another good new book, "The Mad God." It's a good book, and the author updates it quite frequently, so it shouldn't disappoint. If you're interested, you can check it out.)
Third Young Master: "???"

Was it just a brief recommendation at the end of the chapter?
Why give "The Legend of the Little Soldier" a separate chapter recommendation? When it comes to me, I only give it a brief recommendation at the end of the chapter?
He was very disappointed.

But he couldn't bring himself to hate Zhongyuan Yidianhui, because he knew he had no personal relationship with him. As the top author in the industry, the fact that Zhongyuan Yidianhui gave him face by recommending him at the end of the chapter was already quite considerate.

only……

Zhongyuan Yidianhui gave a separate chapter recommendation to "The Legend of the Little Soldier," but only mentioned his own "Mad God" at the end of a chapter, which made him somewhat disappointed.

He frowned and thought for a while, then took a deep breath, slowly exhaled the pent-up frustration in his heart, exited Qidian, opened his saved drafts, then opened the outline, and after a while, he began to concentrate on writing.

He types incredibly fast.

The input method used is Wubi.

These days, Wubi input method is the preferred input method for many professional writers, and it is famous for its speed.

When many people first start using computers, they memorize the Wubi input method's radicals by rote. Once they become proficient, they look down on other input methods.

In the original timeline, Cao Sheng had looked at the Wubi input method several times, and each time he felt overwhelmed. This was probably a side effect of studying humanities in high school and memorizing too much stuff. After graduating from high school, he was very resistant to anything that required rote memorization.

Therefore, when he learned to use the internet in the early 2000s, he initially used the full Pinyin input method.

Some people find the Pinyin input method difficult to use because they can't remember the Pinyin for some characters, so they can't type them.

But Cao Sheng didn't find it difficult. He had learned pinyin very well since he was a child, and he could accurately type out the pinyin for almost any Chinese character he knew.

Therefore, he has always used Pinyin input.

That's why he can't type very fast.

His limit is basically being able to type two or three thousand words in an hour.

But for the Third Young Master, he can now easily write seven or eight thousand words per hour.

This is not just a matter of hand speed.

The issue is more about the efficiency of the input method.

The same Chinese character can be typed out in two or three strokes using Wubi, but it may take four or five, or even five or six, strokes using Pinyin.

Sure enough, the Third Young Master in front of the computer had typed far fewer words than Cao Sheng, who was a reborn person, and his typing speed didn't seem to be any faster than Cao Sheng's. However, the speed at which the text jumped into the document far exceeded Cao Sheng's.

He finished writing a chapter in less than half an hour.

After finishing writing, he didn't need to rest at all, because he had only been writing for less than half an hour and he wasn't tired at all. He then started writing the second chapter, still at a very fast pace.

At that moment, he was holding back a lot of anger.

I really want to use my speed to crush "The Legend of the Little Soldier," which is also a new book, under my feet.

He wanted to use this method to prove that it was wrong for Zhongyuan Yidianhui to give "Legend of the Little Soldier" a separate chapter recommendation while only mentioning his own "Mad God" at the end of a chapter! His "Mad God" was in no way inferior to "Legend of the Little Soldier".

……

Another city.

Xuan Yu is also diligently writing.

His typing speed is indeed far slower than that of the Third Young Master.

But his thinking was very clear, after all, this book, "The Legend of the Little Soldier," was adapted from his two previous works, "Star Wanderer" and "Starry Sky."

Anyone can write the same story a third time and their train of thought will flow smoothly.

The characters in the book were already vividly alive in his mind. Even with a few newly created characters, it was easy to portray them as lively and vivid, given that most of the characters were already so lifelike.

As Xuan Yu typed, a smile played on her lips, and she felt more confident than ever before.

He no longer doubted whether this new book would be excellent.

Because he trusted Zhongyuan Yidianhui's judgment, if the book wasn't exciting and engaging enough, would Zhongyuan Yidianhui have proactively written a separate chapter to recommend it?

All he wants to do now is write well and not disappoint the Central Plains.

A single chapter recommendation worthy of Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

He was unaware that the Third Young Master of the capital was harboring a deep resentment and wanted to crush his new book underfoot.

But he already had a small goal in mind—to reach the top of the new book charts.

He believes that since Zhongyuan Yidianhui thinks his new book is very well written, it should be qualified to top the Qidian new book chart.

……

Huizhou.

After recommending "Mad God" to the Third Young Master, Cao Sheng stopped paying attention to "Mad God" and "Legend of the Little Soldier". He was taking advantage of his rest time tonight to browse the news online.

I'd like to know more about recent news from both China and abroad.

This is one of his main ways of understanding the outside world.

It's also a habit he developed as a professional writer to stay informed about current events and trends, and to accumulate writing material.

He has long believed that for a writer to keep up with the times and ensure that their writing resonates with readers, it is essential to read the news and pay attention to the outside world.

Otherwise, if the information one receives over a long period of time is inconsistent with that of the readers, it will gradually become difficult to understand the readers' psychology, and the differences in their thoughts will become greater and greater. Naturally, the things one writes will be difficult to resonate with the readers.

He believed this was inevitable.

He believes that everyone's heart is a mirror, and the information we come into contact with is reflected outwards through the heart.

For example, a man who watches Japanese adult videos every day will inevitably associate every beautiful woman he sees with various positions, and he will most likely say some lewd things.

A man who reads medical books every day, when he sees a beautiful woman in real life, will most likely pay attention to whether she looks healthy, which organs she might have a problem with, and might even think of some anatomical diagrams. He is unlikely to say anything lewd in conversation.

and many more.

Therefore, Cao Sheng usually pays attention to information that most readers are likely to be interested in.

For example, news. For example, novels, movies, and songs that everyone loves to read.

Including erotica.

Tonight, he noticed a news article saying that Tsui Hark's "The Legend of Zu" will be officially released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, simultaneously in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

I also noticed another news article saying that Cao Sheng's screenplay, "Drishyam," will be officially released on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Both news articles surprised him.

He didn't expect "The Legend of Zu" to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year. In his mind, it was a very special movie.

Especially in a few places.

—A massive investment, numerous special effects shots, an extravagant cast, and a disastrous box office performance in the original timeline…

Of course, it's also a great pity.

When the movie "Original Time and Space" was released, many people thought it was the beginning of Chinese fantasy films. No one expected it to be the pinnacle of fantasy films.

Therefore, when this movie was released, many people didn't pay attention to it, and the extremely strong star-studded cast couldn't attract people to go to the cinema.

It wasn't until the next twenty years, when no other fantasy film could compare to it, that people gradually realized how much impact this film's failure had on domestic fantasy films.

Its disastrous failure not only deterred director Tsui Hark from ever touching fantasy films again, but also served as a warning to all other film companies and directors, who stopped investing in such special effects fantasy blockbusters.

And now, it's about to be released.

Cao Sheng doesn't know if the box office and word-of-mouth will be different in this time and space.

After all, Mr. and Mrs. Tsui had come to Huizhou specifically to ask him to help revise the script. Although he didn't revise it, he did offer some suggestions.

I wonder if Tsui Hark listened to Cao Sheng's advice?

I have no idea how different this version of "The Legend of Shushan" is from the original version.
Cao Sheng hopes this version of "The Legend of Shushan" will be somewhat successful, even if it doesn't make much money at the box office, at least it won't lose too much money.

Let's save some face for Tsui Hark, and also leave some hope for other film companies and directors.

……

"Drishyam" is also being released on the first day of the Lunar New Year?

Cao Sheng could hardly believe it.

Because this play has only been around for a short time, from the time the script was written until now.

Did I write this script in September or October?

He doesn't remember very clearly.

But whether it was written in September or October, it hasn't been that long since then, only about 4 months.

It's about to be released?

Isn't the efficiency a bit too high?

But then I realized that this seemed to be standard practice in the Hong Kong film industry, as directors there always seemed to be very efficient at making films.

Some movies are even filmed in just one or two weeks.

So, thinking about it this way, he felt that it was quite reasonable for "Drishyam" to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

However, I am the screenwriter of this movie, and it's about to be released. Has no one invited me to the premiere?

Cao Sheng found it a bit strange.

He thought for a moment, then picked up his phone and dialed his assistant Cui Xinyu's number.

"Hello, boss, what can I do for you?"

Cui Xinyu's voice came from the phone.

With the Chinese New Year approaching, Cao Sheng gave her a holiday a few days ago. She has already gone home to prepare for the holiday.

Cao Sheng: "Are there any movies recently that have invited me to their premieres? Like 'Drishyam'?"

Cui Xinyu: "Yes! They invited me within half a month. I reported it to you, but you declined, didn't you?"

Cao Sheng was stunned. "Really? I refused?"

Cui Xinyu: "Huh? You forgot? That morning when I came to report to you, I said that both 'The Legend of Zu' and 'Drishyam' invited you to the premiere in Beijing. You said it was the first day of the Lunar New Year and you didn't have time to go to Beijing to watch the movies. You forgot?"

Cao Sheng frowned.

After careful recollection, I finally remembered something.

During that period, he was in seclusion, focusing all his attention on his new book, "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts," and he also handed over his mobile phone to Cui Xinyu to manage.

If there are any important calls, Cui Xinyu will answer them for him. Every morning when she brings him breakfast, she will report on his work while he is eating.

As a night owl who stays up all night writing, mornings are always when he's at his lowest point, and some of his work just goes in one ear and out the other.

He casually declined invitations to movie premieres.

I didn't take it to heart at all.

"Oh, I see! Okay! I got it. By the way, the New Year is coming soon, so I wish you a Happy New Year in advance!"

Cao Sheng smiled, relieved.

Cui Xinyu: "Boss! Happy New Year to you too! By the way, are you planning to attend the premiere of 'Drishyam'? Should I call and ask them to send you an invitation?"

Cao Sheng: "Forget it! It's the Chinese New Year, I really don't have time to go to Beijing. I'm not a celebrity, the premiere won't miss me."

Cui Xinyu: "Oh, okay! I understand."

……

The next morning.

Cao Sheng slept until after 8 o'clock. When he got up and went downstairs, he saw his parents already busy in the kitchen.

He also saw his girlfriend, Huang Qingya.

Cao Sheng walked to the kitchen door and saw his father chopping meat, his mother cutting ginger, and Huang Qingya washing a large stainless steel basin.

Cao Sheng: What are you doing so early?

The three of them turned around and looked over upon hearing this.

Mother smiled and said, "Are you getting ready to make glutinous rice balls for the New Year?"

Huang Qingya: "You're up? Breakfast is ready, go and eat!"

Cao Sheng looked at Huang Qingya, "When did you arrive? Why are you here so early today?"

Huang Qingya chuckled, "My aunt called me last night and told me to fry meatballs this morning and to come over early so I could have something hot, so I came early."

Cao Sheng nodded, his face beaming.

The thought of having glutinous rice balls to eat today, coupled with seeing Huang Qingya, put him in a great mood.

Frying glutinous rice balls every year for the Lunar New Year is a tradition in their hometown.

Freshly fried meatballs are the most fragrant.

(End of this chapter)