Old-school martial arts novels have a strong storytelling flavor. They have a loose structure, a slow pace, and no distinction between primary and secondary.

Xiang Kairan's novels have this kind of problem. They are always full of details, and one character leads to a story. In the end, the relationships between the characters are intricate and complicated, and the readers are confused.

In comparison, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has a main line throughout, with a compact structure, brisk rhythm, and clear priorities. It makes people unable to put it down and want to keep reading.

In addition, the writing skills of old-school martial arts novels are not as good as those of new-school martial arts novels.

In old-school martial arts novels, the protagonists and villains have relatively distinct personalities. Good is good and evil is evil, and the writing is more routine. They usually involve stories of repaying kindness and revenge, eliminating violence, suppressing bandits, and so on.

In terms of the main theme of the writing, it is also through the conflict and struggle between common people and powerful people, knights and bullies, honest officials and corrupt officials, etc., to declare the concept that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil.

In comparison, in new martial arts novels, the protagonists are mostly both good and evil, and the characters are more vivid and three-dimensional. And although they also write about grievances and struggles between good and evil, they also add more elements such as treasure hunting, adventure, emotional changes, and puzzle solving, making the novel more vivid and three-dimensional.

The story is richer and more readable.

Therefore, after the new school of martial arts novels were launched, the old school of martial arts novels declined rapidly. Except for fans of martial arts novels, most people have never heard of the names of Xiang Kairan, Zhao Huanting, Zhu Zhenmu, Gong Baiyu, Zheng Zhengyin, Wang Dulu and others.

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Of course, the truth is the truth, and Xiang Nan, as a junior in the literary world, naturally cannot say that.

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"Mr. Xu is being too modest." Editor Shen said with a smile, "We at Shenbao want to publish Mr. Xu's novel. I wonder if Mr. Xu has a sequel?"

"Yes." Xiang Nan nodded, got up and went back to the house to get a stack of manuscripts.

Shen Jingtao glanced through it briefly and felt that the following stories were equally exciting, with no sign of a leopard's head and a rat's tail. She smiled and nodded, "Okay, very good. Mr. Xu, our newspaper is prepared to pay two yuan per thousand words."

What do you think of the price for publishing your novel?"

"I would like to thank you for your appreciation in advance." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "But you also know that Hujiang is a big city and it is not easy to live in it. I write novels just to make ends meet. Two yuan for a thousand words, to be honest, is not very suitable.

My psychological expectations.”

"Mr. Xu, what is your psychological price..." Shen Jingtao asked.

"A thousand words and four yuan." Xiang Nan said immediately.

"This is a bit high. Mr. Bao Tianxiao and Mr. Zhou Wanjuan are only at this price." Shen Jingtao advised, "Mr. Xu, although your novel is good, after all, you have not yet become famous, and you are not yet comparable to famous writers.

.Well, how about three yuan if one person takes a step back?"

"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded.

The price of three yuan per thousand words is not bad. Anyway, there will be many opportunities to make money in the future, so I can’t afford to worry about it now.

"Mr. Xu is such a pleasant person, let's sign the contract." Shen Jingtao said with a smile.

Hujiang is an international metropolis with more complete systems. However, as Chen Hanlin said, the laws are good, but no one enforces them.

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Xiang Nan then signed the contract and received his first payment.

In the evening, he invited Fang Yanyun to Rongshun Hall for dinner.

"Wen Qiang, seeing that you are in such high spirits, is there any good news?" Fang Yanyun asked with a smile.

"Well, my novel will be serialized in "Declaration"." Xiang Nan nodded and explained with a smile, "Today, I received my first royalties."

"Really?! Congratulations, I knew you would be able to do it." Fang Yanyun said happily after hearing this.

Glutinous rice

"Thank you." Xiang Nan nodded.

"Then I'm going to have a good meal today." Fang Yanyun said with a smile again.

"Okay, but I want you to help me pay attention to one thing." Xiang Nan nodded.

"What's the matter, tell me." Fang Yanyun agreed happily.

"Please keep an eye out for me. When someone over there in Huide takes over factory land on a large scale, let me know." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

"Why, when did you become interested in real estate?" Fang Yanyun asked curiously after hearing this.

"I'm not interested in real estate." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile, "I'm interested in people."

"Oh?! What do you mean?" Fang Yanyun said in confusion.

"I can't tell for a moment." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile, "Anyway, just help me pay attention."

The timeline of the drama "Shanghai Bund" is not very clear. Xiang Nan also doesn't know when Feng Chengcheng returned to Hujiang from Peking. He can't wait at the station every day, so he can only find a landmark event.

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As far as he knew, Feng Chengcheng returned to Hujiang after the French guy speculated on the Huide land and asked Feng Jingyao to injure Chen Lianshan. Therefore, he planned to use this landmark event as an anchor.

"Okay." Fang Yanyun nodded.

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A week later, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was officially serialized in "Shenbao", with 3,000 words being serialized every day.

At the beginning, this novel was not too popular. But as it was serialized, the story gradually reached its climax after the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan and Qiu Chuji had a gambling fight in a restaurant and made an eighteen-year agreement.

More and more readers are following the book, and the reviews are getting higher and higher. Especially after the heroine Huang Rong came out, she caused a big fuss in Prince Zhao's Mansion and battled wits with the four masters. The lively plots emerged one after another, and it became more and more interesting. The readers couldn't put it down and were worried about it.

Every day before dawn, people go to the newsstand and wait to buy the latest "Declaration".

The serialization of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" became a hit, and Xiang Nan, who was originally unknown, became a rising star in the Shanghai-Jiang literary world.

Not only newspapers and magazines wanted to interview him, but even the Shanghai-Jiang literary circles sent him invitations, inviting Xiang Nan to attend events organized by them.

But Xiang Nan doesn't really want to participate in such activities.

Because in the Shanghai-Jiang literary world at that time, the Left-wing Writers Alliance and the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School were fighting almost every day.

The left wing criticizes the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly school as a money-based literature that serves as a pastime and an anesthetic and confusing soup on the road to people's awakening. It is vulgar in content and empty in thought. It is a remnant of feudalism and must be overthrown.

The Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School criticizes the left wing for its binary oppositional thinking, which is either black or white, friend or enemy, revolutionary or counter-revolutionary, and those who agree with the left wing are running dogs.

The two sides were back and forth, exchanging pen and paper, and the fight was fierce. Compared with Little Pink, the leading party on the Internet, the fight between male and female boxers was no less impressive.

Although the martial arts novels written by Xiang Nan also have patriotic ideas and advocate that the great chivalrous person serves the country and the people, there is no doubt that they also belong to the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly school.

It would be fine if he keeps silent about making a fortune, but if he breaks out, he might become a target. People like Zhang Henshui, Zhou Wanjuan, Liang Shiqiu and others have all been criticized.
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