Chapter 98 The Writer's Ambition
The symposium ended successfully. Liu Zhenyun stayed until the end, waiting for Chen Jiangong.
Chen Jiangong knew what he wanted to say. "I know your idea is good, but there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. It is impossible to expect them to admit that they are not as skilled as you. Not to mention them, I will not admit it either."
Liu Zhenyun was stunned for a moment, then he understood. There is no strict standard for good works, and everyone appreciates different works. He admires Liu Hongmin, but others may not think so.
Although they like Ming Dynasty, it is limited to the works. Liu Hongmin is not a great writer like Ba Lao, so how can he make them bow down to him?
Although many writers wanted to meet Liu Hongmin, it was just out of curiosity. Many of them were holding their breath and wanted to write a better work than "Da Ming".
Without this kind of ambition, how can one become a good writer?
When Liu Zhenyun thought of this, he couldn't help but start to examine himself. Although his relationship with Liu Hongmin had become more distant, he still lived under Liu Hongmin's shadow.
During his freshman year, he was inspired by Liu Hongmin and always took Liu Hongmin as his goal. However, Liu Hongmin was too strong, and before he could grow up, Liu Hongmin had already become a famous writer in the country.
Since then, Liu Zhenyun felt that Liu Hongmin was a big tree, and he was a small grass under the tree. If he did not get out of the shadow of the big tree, he would always be affected by the big tree and could not thrive.
So Liu Zhenyun began to distance himself from Liu Hongmin. Sure enough, since then, the articles written by Liu Zhenyun have become more powerful.
After Liu Hongmin gave up publishing his works in "Weiming Lake", Liu Zhenyun and his seniors from Class 77 supported the sky of "Weiming Lake".
After graduating from the class of 77, he became the mainstay of "Wenming Lake" and the most famous writer on the Peking University campus.
He originally thought that he had succeeded, so he asked Chen Jiangong to help him get an invitation. But when he heard everyone's interpretation of "Da Ming", he once again aroused his admiration for Liu Hongmin and said that he would publish these interpretations in a book.
He was also ambitious, but this ambition vanished at the symposium. "Da Ming" became a lofty goal that he felt he would never be able to surpass in his lifetime.
Chen Jiangong patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you don't understand, think about Liu Hongmin's attitude towards those historical authorities."
Liu Zhenyun's mind flashed with lightning, and he recalled Liu Hongmin's fearless deeds. Facing half of the ancient history major and the entire world history major, Liu Hongmin said whatever he wanted to say. Even when he was given a hard time during the exam and when he entered D, he still did not change his original intention.
He doesn't need to learn from Liu Hongmin completely, and he doesn't need to question authority. He just needs to challenge authority.
This difficulty is much lower than Liu Hongmin. If he doesn't even have this ambition, he might as well go back and hang out with Liu Hongmin!
Liu Zhenyun shuddered when he thought of the criticisms against Zou Shifang. If someone said he was a dog of Liu Hongmin, he would not be as calm as Zou Shifang.
Thinking of this, he immediately plucked up his courage. He wanted to challenge authority and himself, and strive to write a novel that could be published in an off-campus magazine before graduation.
Hong Kong, Tomorrow Film Company.
Zou Shifang stretched his body and put aside the manuscript of the third part of Justice Bao. With the foundation of the first two parts, the third part was written very smoothly and only needed a little polishing before it could be published.
But unfortunately, "Judge Bao" is at a disadvantage in terms of reading. If it were not accompanied by photos of the TV series, few readers would like to read it.
Ming Pao stopped serializing the second part for this reason. Liu Hongmin modified the contract and gave him half of the TV adaptation rights, which was HK$.
This made him feel a little complicated. As the author of the book, he should get the copyright fee. But after all, the two signed a contract, and the adaptation rights and royalties should belong to Liu Hongmin. Liu Hongmin was able to give him half of the adaptation fee, which could be said to be a great favor to him.
It seems that he was still influenced by the atmosphere in Hong Kong. He had never thought about this when he was in the mainland. Fortunately, he did not think about settling these muddled accounts with Liu Hongmin. He and Liu Hongmin are now one. Liu Hongmin gave him 10% of the shares of Tomorrow Film Company, just like Xu Xiaoming and Wang Yaowei who actually worked there.
So far, Tomorrow Film Company has 70 million Hong Kong dollars on its books, and if dividends are distributed, he can get 7 million Hong Kong dollars.
Compared with this wealth, what is the little profit from "Justice Bao"?
In order to avoid disputes over such trivial matters in the future, Zou Shifang decided not to write "Justice Bao" anymore and instead write his own martial arts novels.
He is also ambitious. He is now considered a well-known writer, but it seems a bit embarrassing to tell others that he still wants others to write novels based on his outline.
Liu Hongmin had already helped him decide on the creative ideas for martial arts novels. As long as he followed this idea, he would be able to write something. Even if it took a little longer, it didn't matter. As long as he took this step, he could show his true self to others.
Now I can only say that I am the financial manager of Tomorrow Company, but I cannot say that I am Lu Yuanfang, the author of "Judge Bao".
The name Lu Yuanfang was changed with the help of Liu Hongmin. He originally wanted to change it to Zou Yuanfang, which was only one character different from his real name.
When Liu Hongmin first changed his pen name, it was not Lu Yuanfang, but Li Yuanfang. But Liu Hongmin felt it was not good and always wanted to laugh, so he changed it to Lu Yuanfang.
Zou Shifang's mind was full of greetings, and he didn't know what was so funny about the name Li Yuanfang.
He stood up and handed the manuscript to Liu Hongmin, and told him again that he would no longer write "Judge Bao".
Liu Hongmin nodded in understanding. "Your writing skills are already pretty good now. It would be a bit of a waste to write Justice Bao again. From now on, just concentrate on writing martial arts novels. There will definitely be a place for you in the Hong Kong market."
Zou Shifang smiled, and he knew that Liu Hongmin would understand him.
Liu Hongmin continued, "The adaptation fee for the third part will be all yours. I will just take the royalties."
"How can this be possible? You have already changed the contract once."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "When I signed the contract, I was afraid that you would go back on your word, so I acted like a villain first and then a gentleman. Now that I have gone back on my word, this money will be my penalty for breach of contract."
Zou Shifang looked at him speechlessly. He said that even when he suffered a loss, he was taking advantage. "When will you change your stubbornness?"
"I can't change this. If I change it, will I still be a Northeasterner?"
"Then I'll leave first!"
Zou Shifang turned around and left. After he left, he wiped his eyes vigorously. It was worth it to have such a brother in this life!
Liu Hongmin followed him out the door, and seeing his actions, he couldn't help but tease, "Are you moved already? Do you want to pledge yourself to me?"
Zou Shifang immediately threw away the gratitude in his heart and glared at him fiercely.
"Get out of here——"
(End of this chapter)
