Kang Jianfei was not a bookworm in his previous life, and did not read many novels. He only read novels when he was bored when he was wandering around. Later, when he joined a film and television company, he basically worked with the crew or read novels at home.
I watch various movies and professional books, and don’t have much time to read miscellaneous books.
Of course, Kang Jianfei is very familiar with TV dramas with the crew, such as "The Condor", "The Condor Shooting", "Little Li Flying Knives", "Four Famous Catchers" and other novels that have been remade many times. It's a pity that others have already written these novels.
It was written down, and he couldn't copy it at all.
"Zhu Xian", "Sou Shen Ji" or "Kunlun"?
Kang Jianfei also wanted to copy these novels, and he still remembered some of the general plots, but he didn't have the writing skills and couldn't write them at all. Wu Ruiqing was the same, he couldn't write with that kind of fairy spirit or Jin Yong flavor.
Kang Jianfei is currently taking care of the company's affairs and does not have much time to write novels. He can only make an outline himself and let his cousin write it for him.
But ghostwriting and editing are completely different things. As a sixteen-year-old cousin, I absolutely cannot let him write novels that require rich experience or a lot of knowledge.
For example, in the novel "Kunlun", even if Kang Jianfei gave the plot outline to Wu Ruiqing, Wu Ruiqing would probably not be able to read what he wrote, not to mention that neither of them knew anything about magic.
After thinking about it, Kang Jianfei remembered a cultivation novel "Piaomiao Journey" that he had read many years ago. The writing of this book seems to be very poor (if you are a fan of Piaomiao books, don't criticize me, you will know after you go back and read it again). It is purely based on plot.
It's just right for a young man like Wu Ruiqing to write for him.
Kang Jianfei has forgotten most of the plot of "The Misty Journey", but that doesn't matter. The book is stinky and long anyway, so it doesn't matter if I cut some chapters to round out the plot.
Kang Jianfei changed the basic setting. The name of the protagonist Li Qiang was so frustrating that he easily changed it to Li Chengfeng. Then the rules of the Chongxuan Sect also had to be changed. Nowadays, Hong Kong still emphasizes the inheritance of sects.
Afterwards, the setting of "All Brothers" without distinction between elder and younger would definitely be scolded if written.
Kang Jianfei was worried that people today would not be able to accept this kind of cultivation novel, so he took out the manuscript and said: "Don't read the outline yet. I wrote the first fifty thousand words. You can read the text directly. If you don't think it's good, I'll change it to another book for you.
Write."
Wu Ruiqing took the manuscript and read it, and found that the opening chapter was in modern Hong Kong. He couldn't help but ask: "Cousin, is this book about traveling through time and space again?"
Kang Jianfei dragged a stool over to sit down and said, "Don't ask any more questions. Just keep reading. After you finish reading, tell me about your reading experience."
Wu Ruiqing had no choice but to shut up and read the novel manuscript. As soon as he appeared, the protagonist Li Chengfeng was betrayed by his friends and girlfriend, and he also suffered from a terminal illness.
This protagonist is too weak!
Wu Ruiqing patiently continued to watch, until Fu Chongbi, the real person from Qingfeng, appeared and took the protagonist as his disciple, and his eyes suddenly brightened. Fu Chongbi instantly took the protagonist Li Chengfeng to Mars, and there was a teleportation formation on Mars, so
The plot left Wu Ruiqing stunned.
Wu Ruiqing has already watched "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" several times at a young age, but at least "Shushan" is still on the earth, and this "Miscellaneous Journey" actually went to a planet in space!
When Wu Ruiqing finished reading the 50,000-word manuscript, he looked at Kang Jianfei expectantly and said, "Cousin, this book is really good. Why don't you write more."
As soon as Kang Jianfei saw his expression, he knew that his worries were unnecessary. It seemed that Hong Kong people at this time would not be disgusted with books like "The Misty Journey".
In fact, don’t think too highly of the newspaper serialization at this time. When Jin Yong serialized the novel in the newspaper, the plot was full of loopholes, and there were often bad sentences due to the tight time. The current version of Jin Yong’s novel has been published for ten years.
What it looks like after multiple deletions.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Don't you want to write it? Then I'll find someone to do it for you. Those gunmen are more professional than you."
"I'll write it!" Wu Ruiqing immediately put the manuscript away, for fear that Kang Jianfei would take it back. It's all money!
Kang Jianfei's manuscript fee at this time was still five hundred per thousand words, and he was the only one in Hong Kong who had no semicolon. Although Ni Kuang was paid such a high price by Huang Yulang, he mainly serialized in "Ming Pao", and Jin Yong could give Ni Kuang
A manuscript fee of 300 per thousand words is considered generous.
Wu Ruiqing read the outline and various settings carefully. Seeing that he was busy, Kang Jianfei was too lazy to stay longer, so he said hello to his cousin and left.
It wasn't until Wu Chenggang came back in the evening that he saw his son writing a novel again. He suddenly became angry and ran over to collect the manuscript and said: "I can't read the book well, and I write such nonsense again. Believe it or not, I will tear it up for you."
Seeing that Wu Chenggang was about to tear up the manuscript, Wu Ruiqing quickly shouted anxiously: "Don't tear it up, daddy, your hands are not paper, but tens of thousands of dollars! My cousin's new novel costs 500 yuan for 1,000 words. This time he will share it with me.
Half the royalties."
Wu Chenggang stopped and started reading with a frown. Then he couldn't help but shook his head and said, "You are so ignorant and unskilled. Why did you write so many typos?"
Wu Ruiqing snickered after hearing this: "That was written by my cousin."
Wu Chenggang watched it for a while, and finally realized the hard work of Secretary Kang Jianfei. It used to be Li Shan, and now it is Chen Shuli. Every time Kang Jianfei writes a script, they have to process it, otherwise they really can't see people.
In fact, there are not many typos. The main reason is that Kang Jianfei has not changed his habit of simplified characters.
Wu Chenggang's face turned even worse when he saw the back, and asked: "Did you write the back?"
Wu Ruiqing nodded and smiled: "Yes, I wrote the following three thousand words. How about daddy, my writing is much better than my cousin, right?"
Wu Chenggang slapped Wu Ruiqing on the forehead and scolded: "Writing is useless. Although your cousin's writing is vulgar, at least the narrative and dialogue are sophisticated. What are you writing? The words and deeds of the protagonist and supporting characters are all different.
It's extremely childish, and you can tell at a glance that it was written by a kid who doesn't understand anything."
Wu Ruiqing said angrily: "I rewrote "Looking for Qin", and not many people read it."
Wu Chenggang taught him a lesson: "Revision is revision, as long as the writing is smooth, ghostwriting is a kind of creation, and you are still very young. Do you think there are many people in Hong Kong who are qualified to ghostwrite for Jin Yong and Gu Long? If this novel is published in newspapers
Go up, your cousin will be completely embarrassed by you."
Wu Ruiqing touched his forehead where he had just been slapped, and asked angrily: "What should I do?"
Wu Chenggang scolded: "What else can we do? Of course I will do the writing for you, and you can review your homework yourself!"
"Oh." Wu Ruiqing ran to flip through her textbook dejectedly.
After dinner, Wu Chenggang carefully read the various settings and outlines left by Kang Jianfei. The more he read, the more he felt that his nephew's imagination was strange.
In fact, before the popularity of television, apart from watching movies, the biggest pastime and entertainment activity for Hong Kong people was reading novels. It can be said that few Hong Kong men before the 1980s were not martial arts fans.
Wu Chenggang also loved martial arts novels when he was young. Wu Ruiqing is so obsessed with novels now because he stole his father's novels to read when he was a child.
Wu Chenggang not only wrote novels, but also created screenplays before. Unfortunately, although his writing skills were sophisticated, his writings were not very creative and the plots were not very attractive. He gave up writing after many failed submissions.
Things are different now. The novel idea of "The Misty Journey" is simply a masterpiece of genius in this era. Moreover, Kang Jianfei listed out the detailed outlines of the previous volumes, and Wu Chenggang wrote it extremely smoothly.
Writing until midnight, Wu Chenggang not only finished revising the tens of thousands of words written by Kang Jianfei, but also continued to write more than 10,000 words.
The next day was a holiday and Wu Chenggang didn't get up until after ten o'clock. While he was brushing his teeth, Wu Ruiqing said: "Dad, my cousin just called me and asked me to send the manuscript to the Oriental Daily as soon as I finish revising it.
Let’s go to the publisher, they’re pressing for manuscripts again this morning.”
Wu Chenggang asked: "When will the newspaper want it?"
Wu Ruiqing said: "It seems that it will be officially serialized on New Year's Day."
"Pfft!" Wu Chenggang said speechlessly as the toothpaste foam in his mouth spurted out, "What is this A Fei doing? Today is the 30th, and the newspaper will be published the day after tomorrow. It's only been two days, and he still blames others for rushing him."
Wu Chenggang is a good-natured man who is always afraid of making things difficult for others. Hearing that the novel would be serialized the day after tomorrow, he was afraid that the newspaper office would be impatient, so he quickly washed up, picked up the manuscript of the novel of more than 60,000 words, and rushed out the door.
After a lot of trouble, I met Xu Jixin, the editor-in-chief of "Oriental Daily", and he took out the manuscript and said: "Hello, editor-in-chief Xu, I am Kang Jianfei's cousin Wu Chenggang. He has something to do and can't come today, so he asked me to
I brought the new novel manuscript."
Xu Jixin, who was already waiting for the manuscript, was very happy when he heard this and said quickly: "Mr. Wu, please sit down quickly. I can't help but make a trip in person. Just give me a call and I'll have someone pick it up."
In Wu Chenggang's eyes, the editor-in-chief of "Oriental Daily" was a big shot. He didn't expect that the other party would be so polite. He smiled and said, "It's nothing. It just so happens that I have nothing to do today."
Wu Chenggang claimed to be Kang Jianfei's cousin, and Xu Jixin did not dare to neglect him. He asked his assistant to make a pot of good tea, then he couldn't wait to open the manuscript and said, "Sorry, I'll read the manuscript first."
"As you please." Wu Chenggang nodded.
Xu Jixin had the same idea as Wu Ruiqing. After watching the city appearance at the beginning, he thought it was another time-traveling novel. In the blink of an eye, it was a battle on Mars, and then it was to the heavenly star that was suspected to be ancient China. The so-called immortal legends in ancient China turned out to be
They all arrived on this planet and did not go to the so-called fairyland.
Xu Jixin had never heard of a novel that integrated modern cities, ancient cities, and cosmic planets. The more he read, the more excited he said: "Well, as expected of Mr. Kang, the novel is creative and unconstrained. Especially the description of the heavenly star is simply a stroke of genius."
Wu Chenggang did not mention that he was the ghostwriter. Anyway, he would not make money from writing in the future. He stood up and said: "Since Editor-in-Chief Xu is satisfied, I will leave first."
Xu Jixin smiled and said, "Then walk slowly."
After sending Wu Chenggang to the stairs, Xu Jixin went straight to Ma Chengkun's office and said excitedly: "General manager, this time Mr. Kang's novel is more exciting than "Looking for Qin"!"
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Well, I didn't want to code when I got up today, so I went to play "Civilization 5".
It was originally supposed to be half an hour to play, but it ended up taking an entire afternoon. Those who have played the "Civilization" series must know that it is not a game, it is a time machine. It feels like only half an hour has passed, but in fact, half a day has passed...
