Chapter 30 Deleting and Modifying Works
Anyway, Wang Defu was very relieved to keep the money he earned for his smart and capable sister. In fact, he did not have high material requirements. He might have lost interest in this era after getting used to the more modern material life in his memory. He was just very glad that at least he did not go to the more backward ancient times, so he probably would have trouble even his own personal hygiene and convenience issues.
However, as a writer, it is absolutely impossible to have no money. Writers need to collect folks everywhere, obtain materials, and obtain the materials they want, which all require money. In order to portray the image of a truly rich person, they also have to experience the feeling of spending a lot of money.
And if you want to make friends with rich people, you can't spend a penny without spending it. It's like Ling Jingsu had invited an expensive Japanese cuisine meal before. He would definitely invite him back if he had the chance. This is social interaction between adults.
So Wang Defu felt that no matter when, he must ensure that he has a work that guarantees income and a steady stream of royalties every month, which will make him pursue what he really wants even more without worries.
In fact, apart from writing and academics, Wang Defu's abilities in other aspects are really not very good, so letting him run an industry or something is difficult.
On this day, Wang Defu did not choose to stay at home, but continued to take his sister to appreciate the customs and customs of this era. In fact, he felt that this era was more ancient, and even the new technology developed naturally had a classical charm.
Perhaps this is related to the reason why the world has not been invaded by foreign enemies since ancient times, but since there have been friction and exchanges with another Western Brittanian Empire, their respective cultures have begun to influence each other. Chinese culture is good at integrating and inclusive. The Chinese countries in this world have no behavior of closing their country, so this social situation has been formed.
On the contrary, in the Brittanian Empire, due to the God of Light, the ideological imprisonment was severe. If it was still conservative, it might be blasted to open the country by the Chinese Empire. Now the two empires have a good relationship on the surface, but their younger brothers are doing things in various ways under the instruction of the sect leader.
Wang Defu further learned about this era and collected more materials. When he returned home, he received a call from Ling Jingsu, asking him if he wanted to submit the article "Rain Alley".
Wang Defu refused and said that the poem was just for him to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and he would only show it to her and not need to be published publicly.
At that moment, Ling Jingsu held an oil-paper umbrella and walked in the rainy alley, which reminded him of this poem.
In the future, Wang Defu would write a magnificent book for his world, from ancient times to the present, according to the dynasty, write their life and past, and attach their representative works. Dai Wangshu and his poem "Rain Alley" will be written into the book by him. In this way, the people of this world will naturally remember the poets who created these famous works.
Wang Defu didn't need to take their poems into his own heads. He was not good at poetry because in his era, there was no soil for ancient poetry, and modern poetry was even more terrifying by some contemporary so-called modern poets, and was criticized as "as long as you can press Enter, anyone can write modern poetry."
As a result, Wang Defu's refusal was said that the behavior of only sending Ling Jingsu in "Rain Alley" made Ling Jingsu blush in front of the phone and her heart was full of tenderness. She felt that Wang Defu, a man with both appearance and talent, was so good at flirting!
Ling Jingsu, a young literary woman who likes modern poetry, certainly understands the value of the poem "Rain Alley". She believes that this poem is qualified to be included in any contemporary poetry magazine and make Wang Defu famous in the entire poetry world. At that time, I will definitely not know how many women who like modern poetry deeply admire him, and will definitely make him fame and fortune!
But he actually refused to publish this poem, saying that the poem was only for her to see. If she hadn't vaguely felt that Wang Defu was not the kind of frivolous man with a slick and erotic style, she would have even thought that the other party was using this poem to express his love!
Otherwise, why did the other party give up the opportunity to gain both fame and fortune after the publication of the poem because of her?
However, when Ling Jingsu calmed down, she couldn't help but think about it again, but now she was indeed deeply impressed by this man and began to be curious about his life trajectory.
Wang Defu's rest day was also very fulfilling. He usually went out to walk during the day and continued to write "Love and Sex" at night.
Originally, he wanted to use this book to earn more royalties, but because Ling Jing and Su proudly increased his royalties to 3 silver dollars, he felt that it was meaningless to have more water. He had decided to use 500,000 or 600,000 words to water. For traditional writers like him, 500,000 or 600,000 words can definitely be regarded as a long novel.
But now, he decided to write about 200,000 words and then decisively finish it, and mentioned all the female characters added purely for the description of sexuality. These kitsch parts were deleted as much as possible, and rewrite the two female characters Zhang Wanyi and Lu Yingmeng. After all, they correspond to the "love" and "sex" of the title of the book.
To put it bluntly, Wang Defu's change made this work "Love and Sex" whose English name can be translated into "The Unbearable Lightness of Life", and in terms of connotation and depth, it will suddenly reach a higher level! It has more capital to become a famous work!
However, it is obvious that this also comes at a price, because when a work has deeper and more connotations, and the less content it wants to please readers, its popularity will definitely decrease. It will persuade readers like Wang Defu's roommate Liu Qingshan who only reads H's description and does not think deeply at all.
Who can I blame this? Of course, I can only blame Ling Jingsu, the boss and editor-in-chief who increased the royalties for Wang Defu!
When a writer like Wang Defu, who is already terminally ill in his literary and teenage disease, has no financial pressure for the time being, there will be a ghost in what he writes, which is friendly to ordinary readers. The most annoying thing is that he is not unable to write bestsellers, he is just writing!
However, Wang Defu was not the kind who would cheat his publisher's friends after all. He told Ling Jingsu unreservedly some of the methods and models used by best-selling magazines in later generations, such as readers' survey feedback, etc., and "Red Rose" also gained the favor of more outstanding creators due to its surge in sales. The quality of the manuscript has improved a lot, and many advertisers have also come in colorfully.
In other words, even if Wang Defu began to delete the kitsch part of "Love and Sex" and caused many ordinary readers to abandon the trick, the sales of "Red Rose" should not be avalanche. Isn't that enough?
Chapter completed!