Parker was certainly not the first reader to discover Zhang Zeduan. Although he read the Chinese version, due to the time difference, he had to be one day behind the local Chinese readers before he saw it.
Prior to this, the appearance of Zhang Zeduan in the book had already caused heated discussion in China.
Zhang Zeduan appeared as a friend of Zhao Buyu, the litigator who appeared in the first chapter. His identity has not changed. He is the prototype of Zhang Zeduan, who was serving as a waiting edict in the Hanlin Academy at that time.
When he first appeared on the scene, he was probably drafting and wanted to draw the strange thing he wrote about in the introduction.
[Zhang Zeduan has been written into the book. Who can find the location of Zhang Zeduan? 】
[I'm afraid I can't find it. Zhang Zeduan probably didn't draw himself in it. It was probably Zhang Zhong who deliberately wrote him in. 】
[Writing this way, does it feel a bit sudden and connected with reality? Could it be that Zhang Zhong is narrating Xiuyuan again?]
[Is there any misunderstanding upstairs? It’s not about inserting real people into the story, but it’s a meta-narrative.]
[In fact, writing this way makes people feel more real. When I saw Zhang Zeduan coming out, I suddenly felt like this was what happened. 】
[I feel the same as the person above, and I have to say that Zhang Zhong’s writing is very good.]
[Reminder from the front row: The Code of Along the River During the Qingming Festival is not an official history book, it is a mystery novel.]
After reading the second update, most readers tend to think that this book is a mystery novel about solving crimes, and the first case should be the strange incident mentioned in the introduction.
The sudden disappearance of the ship, the Taoist priest in white, and the brocade silk with eight characters written on it are all mysterious.
If something weird like this happens in Bianliang, the government will definitely investigate.
The first thing they found was another ship that had been hit by the missing ship, and the authorities found several bodies on it.
In order to solve the case, the former litigator Zhao Buyu was called in again.
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In fact, this time it was not just British and North American readers who scolded me, but also many Chinese readers.
As for why I scolded my mother, there is no other reason, just out of context.
This update just happened to say that a group of people investigating the case heard someone shouting, and the source of the sound seemed to be in the dark room on the ship.
But when they were about to open the darkroom, the story came to an abrupt end.
What exactly is inside the darkroom will have to wait until the next issue to see.
Of course, this is not over yet. There are too many mysteries at the beginning of this book, such as how the boat disappeared out of thin air, how the Taoist priest in white ran away, and where did the fresh plum blossoms scattered by the children around the Taoist priest come from?
It's Qingming Festival at this time, where can I find fresh plum blossoms?
In addition, although it is known that the corpses on this boat were poisoned, it is not yet clear what relationship they have with the Taoist priests in white and why they died.
Many readers thought it was a bit fantasy when they read the introduction, but after reading the introduction, they knew that there shouldn't be any fantasy stuff. There must be clues to this matter that can be found.
Zhang Zhong's books rarely have such an opening that throws a lot of mystery at the reader.
It is also a mystery novel, Murder on the Orient Express. The case came out a long time ago. At first, everyone was only interested in the Orient Express.
With the sacrifice of suspect x, everyone knew who the murderer was from the beginning.
The ten little Indian boys were introduced one by one, and the foreshadowing was laid before the reasoning began.
Of course, this is also the first time Zhang Zhong has written a detective mystery novel related to Chinese history.
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In front of the computer, Zhang Zhong stared at the screen in a daze. There was no comparison between writing a book by himself and copying a book.
He can copy books at a speed of tens of thousands per hour, but if he really wants to write by himself, he has to use his brain more.
He had previously drawn "Gulliver's Travels", and he combined "Flowers in the Mirror" with this book to write "The Adventures of Chun Yufen".
He wrote quite quickly at that time, mainly because he had two books as a basis, and the flow of the story was relatively easy to follow, and there was nothing particularly difficult about the structure of a book with the theme of "Travel Notes".
At that time, Zhang Zhong was still a little swollen and felt that his literary thoughts were welling up.
Now it seems that this is not the case.
Since he couldn't do it as smoothly as copying a book, Zhang Zhong simply took his hands away from the keyboard, and then slowly constructed the story in his mind.
It has been four or five days since the second issue of "Code Along the River During the Qingming Festival" was updated, and the influence of this book has slowly begun to become apparent.
To be honest, although the beginning of "The Code of Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is quite exciting, it is not outstanding. It is just an ordinary detective story.
The most critical point that attracts readers is the Riverside Scene during the Qingming Festival itself. This book uses the Riverside Scene during the Qingming Festival as the background layout of the story, and the artistic collision produced is refreshing and impressive.
The advantage of serialization is that the potential of a book can be slowly tapped. Many people began to discuss "The Code of Along the River During the Qingming Festival" like a popular TV series.
Just as readers are anxiously waiting for the arrival of the third issue, good news comes from "The Last Starfish", the movie is scheduled to be released on July 18th.
Ever since Affleck announced the filming of "The Last Man" last year, this movie has been touching the hearts of science fiction readers because it will be the first science fiction adaptation, which is of great significance.
At the beginning, some readers were not satisfied with "The Last Starfish" becoming Zhang Zhong's first science fiction adaptation film. They would have preferred to see "Dune" and "I, Robot" first.
But when the dust settled, they also expressed their unconditional support for "The Last Starfish".
Rational analysis shows that the two most suitable books to lead Zhang Zhong's science fiction works are "The Last Starfish Man" and "Flowers for Algernon", because these two movies cost less, are relatively less difficult to shoot, and have lower risks.
Naturally it is much smaller.
If we were to make a grand science fiction film like "Dune", it might end up being a failure.
You have to eat food one bite at a time, and the science fiction adaptation also has to be done step by step.
Anyway, "The Last Starfish" has finally been released.
Although it still takes a few months to wait, readers have already waited for so long, so naturally they don't care about these few months.
Just when netizens had not digested the news of the final release of "The Last Starfish Man", "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" also jumped out to promote it.
The shooting speed of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" was very fast. After all, it is a large company, and the assembly line operation has an advantage in speed, and this film was not originally difficult to shoot.
So this movie has been completed recently.
But this film has much more CG than "The Last Starfish", so the finalization is just the beginning, and the most difficult post-production phase has just begun.
However, Wenner Entertainment is very confident that this movie will be released to everyone at the end of the year.