This night Bu Wuniang rarely drank two cups of wine, and Jia Yun also drank two cups of wine. Because she was still young and did not drink much, Jia Yun became a little drunk after two cups of wine.
It just so happens that when you are a little tipsy, your writing will be more interesting.
After asking Ni Er to finish his meal, Jia Yun stayed in her small bedroom. After taking a nap, she sat down at the old small desk.
At this moment, there is a stack of white paper on the small desk, and Jia Yun is holding a pencil in her right hand.
That’s right, it’s not a brush but a pencil!
Many people in previous lives had a misunderstanding that ancient China only used writing brushes, while hard pens such as pencils, fountain pens, and ballpoint pens were only introduced in modern times.
Actually, that’s not true. China has had hard pens for a long time, and there are several types of hard pens, including ancient pencils made of graphite.
Ancient pencils are also called "lead pencils", "lea" means lead chalk, and "呠" means wooden pieces. Ancient people not only used graphite to make pencil leads for writing, but also used small wooden boards to clamp the pencil leads to facilitate writing and prevent breakage.
This is already very similar to the pencils used in later generations.
It’s just that the ancients commonly used brushes, pencils and other hard pens but didn’t use them much.
Just yesterday, Jia Yun bought some pencils after a search. She spent very little money and they are not expensive.
Why buy pencils? It’s simple, Jia Yun is about to start his money-making plan!
Traveling through this period of time, especially the recent incidents of seeking money from Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng withdrawing his life, and Ni Er borrowing money, etc., made Jia Yun deeply realize that she must make money.
What's more, this time he enrolled in Jing's Martial Arts School. Although he had enough money at the moment, he only had twelve taels left. If he didn't make money, he would suffer from the recent trouble of lack of money in the future.
He cherishes time and does not want to spend a lot of time just making money. In his opinion, this is a waste of time.
However, if he can spend some time and energy to make money and solve his own troubles of lack of money while attending Jing's martial arts school to prepare for the martial arts, then he is willing. This is not a question of whether he is willing or not, but a must.
With Jia Yun's physical strength and memory, coupled with the experience and skills from his previous life, it is not difficult for him to make money in this world of red mansions.
He has thought of more than ten ways to make money.
However, only three of them are currently available. The other methods are either very dangerous, require a lot of capital, require a lot of backers, or take a long time...
For example, he could use the military research and development technology he was proficient in in his previous life to make money, but how dare he touch it now!
Among the three methods currently available, Jia Yun chose the one he liked, which was to make money by writing books. To be precise, making money by writing chapter-length novels!
Could ancient people make money by writing books? The answer is yes!
For example, during the Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong was neither an official nor a businessman nor a farmer, but he made a lot of money by writing books. He wrote many books, including novels.
During this time, Jia Yun has already inquired and learned that the printing and publishing industry in this world of Red Mansions is no longer weak, and some scholars make money by writing books.
Although Jia Yun was a science and engineering student in his previous life, literature was his biggest hobby outside of his major. He had read a lot of books and was also good at writing. In addition, he now has a strong memory, so he can make money by writing books.
Got it!
In order to save time and money, Jia Yun plans to write with a pencil first and then use a brush to copy. If he writes directly with a brush, it will take more time and cost more due to errors and omissions.
At the moment, Jia Yun is holding a pencil in her hand and writing the title of a book on the white paper: The Eight Parts of the Dragon!
The book he wants to write is "The Eight Parts of the Dragon"!
First, in the Qing Dynasty, it was relatively easy to make money by writing chapter-length novels, while martial arts novels like "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" were novel and attractive in this era, and it was relatively easier to make money.
Secondly, Jia Yun liked "Dragon" in his previous life. In his opinion, even if this martial arts novel is not Master Jin's pinnacle work, it can definitely be ranked in the top three.
Jia Yun has read the original work several times and watched the TV series several times, including more than one edition. Coupled with his strong memory and his writing skills, he is confident that he can write this novel well.
Thirdly, although the Qing Dynasty did not have as harsh a literary prison as the previous Qing Dynasty, it still had some restrictions in this regard.
"Tian Long Ba Bu" is relatively clean in this regard. It does not reveal the darkness of feudal rule, does not criticize the corruption of the imperial examination system, and does not resist the constraints of feudal ethics...
It is a strange martial arts novel. The background of the story takes place in the Song Dynasty, and is mainly in Dali, Yunnan. Although the novel involves the ethnic conflicts between the Song, Liao, Dali, Xixia, and Tubo, these were not in the Qing Dynasty.
There will be no problem. On the contrary, some places are still in line with the ruling ideology of the Qing Dynasty.
Even so, Jia Yun would still be cautious when writing and would not write anything that was not clean to the Qing Dynasty and cause trouble.
The original work of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" is very long, with more than one million words. Jia Yun plans to reduce it to one million words, mainly in terms of text and as little as possible in terms of plot.
As for the writing style, in fact, the writing style of the original work is somewhat suitable for this world of Red Mansions.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" were written at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. "Journey to the West" was written in the Ming Dynasty. Only one of the four famous works, "A Dream of Red Mansions", has not appeared.
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is written in semi-vernacular, "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West" are both written in vernacular, and "Dream of Red Mansions" is also written mainly in vernacular. The writing style of the original work of "The Legend of the Dragon" is similar to that of "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West".
"Record" and "A Dream of Red Mansions" are very similar.
However, Jia Yun will still pay attention to her writing style and try her best to use writing styles that are in line with the current world.
Jia Yun believes that "Dragon Babu" should be a best-seller in this world.
Maybe in the future, it may be listed as one of the four great classics along with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Journey to the West". It is not impossible, "A Dream of Red Mansions" will no longer appear, and "Dream of Red Mansions" can be included in the four great classics.
Why can't there be a martial arts novel like "Journey to the West"?
Jia Yun just thought about it this way. His main purpose of writing "Dragon and the Eight Parts" this time was not to become famous all over the world and to be famous throughout the ages, but to make money. It was very tacky but very realistic.
If Mr. Cao in his previous life knew that Jia Yun traveled to his world of Red Mansions to write a martial arts novel to make money, he would probably laugh or cry, right?
You know, the material environment when Cao Gong wrote "Dream of Red Mansions" was very difficult. It can be said that it is full of absurd words and a handful of bitter tears! It is said that the author is crazy, who can understand the meaning?
Cao Gong paid too much in writing "Dream of Red Mansions" but received little material gain. However, in such a difficult material environment, he wrote a great masterpiece in Chinese history.
Jia Yun admired Duke Cao very much.
But his main purpose of writing "Dragon Babu" this time is indeed to make money. He feels that writing this martial arts novel should make a lot of money. If he doesn't make a lot of money, he will use other methods to make money.