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Chapter 13 Bad money drives out good money

These writers of the Mandarin Duck Butterfly School are different from those of Ping Ban Asia. They are used to writing classical Chinese and erotic novels and are unwilling to make changes.

The so-called one trick can eat all over the world.

According to later online articles, most writers of the Mandarin duck butterfly school wrote routine articles.

What kind of talented beauty, young ladies, sad feelings, separation from life and death...

It’s nothing more than the boring** in the boudoir. As long as the plot is slightly changed, you can write another new story.

This is a good way to make money, which saves effort and effort. Who is willing to change this writing routine?

However, you can't kill it with one stick. There are also romance writers in the Mandarin duck butterfly sect.

For example, Zhang Henshui's "The Golden Fen Family" and "The Killing and Laughtering Causes".

Any subject is written in depth and has touching power, so Zhang Henshui is called the master of popular novels.

The writers who criticized "The Legend of Qin" relied on their seniority and had a status in the Shanghai literary world, so they joined forces to put pressure on Zhou Shoujuan, allowing him to cut "The Legend of Qin" in half.

He even threatened that he no longer wrote for "Free Talk".

The page of "Free Talk" is so large that you can't just publish a novel "The Legend of Qin". What would you do if there were no other writers to provide it?

Of course, this is just an assumption. As the newspaper with the largest circulation in Shanghai, the supplement of "Shenbao" does not have any manuscripts, it is just a matter of the quality of manuscripts.

And this also involves human relationships.

Zhou Shoujuan could not have been able to play against most writers in Shanghai for a new author. As the editor of newspapers, it was a desperate situation. How could he continue to live in the Shanghai newspaper industry in the future?

What's more, he has a close relationship with these writers from the Mandarin Duck Butterfly School and has no way to refuse.

He underestimated the controversy caused by "The Legend of Qin", and his position in the Shanghai newspaper industry could no longer be suppressed.

Faced with pressure from all sides, Zhou Shoujuan finally made a decision.

So he wrote a letter to tell Lin Zixuan that the publication of "The Legend of Qin" was about to stop.

At this time, the story of "The Legend of Qin" has just arrived at Xiang Shaolong who has stolen the sky and changed the sun. He regards Zhao Pan as Ying Zheng, and breaks out of the capital of Zhao, Handan, and comes to the city of Xianyang in Qin.

The new map has just opened and is about to come to an abrupt end.

Zhou Shoujuan's desire to innovate "Free Talk" was also disappointed.

He felt sorry for Lin Zixuan and introduced Zhonghua Book Company.

He had worked at Zhonghua Bookstore. Although "The Legend of Qin" cannot be serialized in newspapers, as long as it is not a banned book, there is no problem for the bookstore to publish it.

In fact, seeing that "The Legend of Qin" is so popular, Shanghai booksellers have long been unable to hold back, but they have not found the author and have not taken action.

Booksellers don’t care about the arguments in the newspapers, as long as readers like to read them, anyway, the publishing department does not explicitly prohibit them.

Some illegal bookmakers have begun the great cause of piracy.

Some booksellers also asked the author to imitate "The Legend of Qin" in order to make a profit, and Ping Jinya received such a manuscript.

While watching the debate in the newspaper, he wrote his "Seeking the Tang Dynasty".

He set the story back to the end of the Sui Dynasty, and combined with the "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" of the Qing Dynasty, it tells the story of time travelers coming to the end of the Sui Dynasty, how they met heroes from all walks of life, met beauties of all kinds, etc.

His writing speed is very fast, and some plots are copied directly from "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", regardless of whether the subsequent plot is reasonable or not, it is just shoddy.

In less than half a month, the first 100,000 words of "Xuan Tang Ji" have begun to be printed.

This is efficiency, which is faster than Lin Zixuan's plagiarism.

Lin Zixuan was not unhappy when he received a letter from Zhou Shoujuan. This was originally a test-and-see approach to see the market reaction.

Judging from the reactions over the past month and a half, the results are pretty good.

Ordinary readers like it very much, and government departments do not explicitly prohibit it. As for experts and scholars, they do not need to pay attention to it.

My buddy is going to become a literary man, how can you take this little thing to heart?

He declined Zhou Shoujuan's suggestion and did not intend to publish "The Legend of Qin" for the time being.

Since this type of novel has its own sales, why bother booksellers to make money? Moreover, he also needs a platform to publish novels.

He is not short of money, so he might as well get a newspaper by himself without any restrictions.

There are countless tabloid newspapers in Shanghai, with hundreds of them, and the competition is very fierce, which also shows the prosperity of the newspaper industry.

"The Legend of Qin" has become famous. Once "Shen Bao" is cut in half, readers will definitely be dissatisfied and will take the opportunity to launch their own newspapers.

He made an appointment with Zhou Shoujuan to meet him.

The two had never met before, and Lin Zixuan was unwilling to reveal his identity. It was a piece of news for the eldest son of the Lin family to write novels in Shanghai.

When Zhou Shoujuan saw Lin Zixuan and learned about his identity, she couldn't help but laugh and cry.

His friends in the circle were worried that Lin Zixuan would steal their jobs, so he would work hard to suppress them, but this young master Lin probably didn't care about the little royalties at all.

This contrast is speechless.

Lin Zixuan thought Zhou Shoujuan had a good character, so he expressed his idea of ​​running a novel newspaper.

He is considered an outsider in this industry and needs an expert editor to support the scene.

He did not intend to dig Zhou Shoujuan. The corners of "Shenbao" are not that easy to dig. He wanted Zhou Shoujuan to introduce him to a trustworthy editor.

He does not lack manuscripts, but the one who lacks is the person who does business.

Zhou Shoujuan agreed and carefully looked for editor-in-chief for Lin Zixuan.

This is the case in this circle. When he came to "Shenbao" as an editor, he relied on Wang Dun's introduction. Most of the editors in Shanghai's newspaper industry are familiar with it.

What Lin Zixuan is not looking for is the kind of old-fashioned literati, at least he must be able to accept vernacular Chinese, have certain experience in newspaper industry, be flexible in mind, and know how to adapt.

On this day, the internal gathering of the Mandarin Duck Butterfly Sect, Pingjina, who had just finished the second volume of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", also came to attend the party.

Everyone eats and drinks and is happy.

During the meal, Zhou Shoujuan talked about the fact that "The Legend of Qin" was about to stop serialization, which made other writers relieved and raised their glasses to celebrate.

Ping Jinya was quite moved. A good novel was strangled, and he was still the first person to bombard him.

In economic terms, bad money drives out good money.

After the party, Zhou Shoujuan found Ping Jinya and asked him if he planned to be the editor-in-chief of a new newspaper.

In terms of reputation, Zhou Shoujuan was a big name in the circle of the Mandarin Duck Butterfly Sect at this time. Ping Jinya had not yet made a fortune. In order to live, he had to imitate other people's novels.

This is also the reason why Zhou Shoujuan intends to support Pingqianya, and Pingqianya has no reason to refuse. Even if it is a tabloid, the editor-in-chief cannot be seated.

Zhou Shoujuan told Lin Zixuan about his identity, but he did not mention that Lin Zixuan was the author of "The Legend of Qin".

Pingjinya heard that the investor was the eldest son of the Lin family, and he felt relieved. The Lin family had a great fortune and would not at least not owed wages.
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