Chapter 669 "Water Margin"!

The legend of Changan Film and Television Company continues this year!

This year, Changan has produced too many classic works, each of which has made thousands of audiences smack their lips and sigh.

"Dragon Ball Season 2" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" did not disappoint fans and audiences. The wonderful plots made the entire summer season extremely lively, coupled with the upcoming animated film "Wall-E", which will be released once a year, and the new book of Lao Zei.

It can be said that the entire summer season is filled with the entertainment works of Changan Film and Television Company, and there will be no boring moments at all!

After the release of "Frozen" last year, it can be said that the fans of Changan Animation Films have gradually increased, and making animated films is not particularly complicated, especially for Lin Qiu and Changan.

Although the outside world says that after the box office miracle of "Frozen", Changan Animation is under great pressure to produce, but in fact Lin Qiu did not take it too seriously, because there were too many classic animated films in the past life, even if it was one a year, it would not be a big problem to make it for ten years.

For example, the "Wall-E" released this year is a classic movie that won the 2009 Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. It tells a story in the future world. Perhaps many people have heard of this animated movie in their previous lives, but have never seen it in person. However, as long as the name of the protagonist of this animated movie is mentioned, most people may have an impression.

Wall-E.

Robot Wall-E.

However, Lin Qiu actually knows in his heart that according to the rules of the movie market in his previous life, it depends on luck to break the box office miracle of animated movies like "Frozen". After all, in his previous life, "Frozen" is still the holder of the world animated film box office record.

Although there are quite good works such as "Castle in the Sky", "Coco" and "Zootopia" in the animated film library of his previous life, the upper limit can actually be seen.

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As for the two new works brought by Lao Zei, one will be released in July and the other in August.

One is a classic handed down from Xiazhou, and the other is a classic novel from Mizhou.

The one released in August is Mizhou's classic novel "The Great Gatsby".

Lao Zei has published classics of the times in Ohio and England, but he has not published classics in the United States. It must be said that the literary history of the United States is very rich, and there is a lot of room for selection, so Lin Qiu chose this work.

In fact, the majority of domestic netizens in the previous life knew this name because it came from a movie, but in fact the original work of this work came from 1925, telling the story of the rich man Gatsby in the United States in the 1920s, in a city filled with singing and drinking in the air.

The historical status of this book in the previous life is not low. It not only directly established the historical status of the author, but even a hundred years later, it is still frequently selected as one of the 100 outstanding novels in English literature, and ranks among the top three.

And this work released in July is the third of the four great masterpieces-"Water Margin"!

The four great masterpieces are different.

Lin Qiu had to publish this "Water Margin". It can even be said that compared with "Journey to the West" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" is actually more flavorful of Xiazhou history, even though it has a lot of fabricated elements like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

This book describes the story of 108 heroes led by Song Jiang in the late Northern Song Dynasty, who revolted in Liangshan, and then accepted the amnesty and fought everywhere after gathering.

It can be said that it vividly describes the whole process of the peasant uprising from its occurrence, development to failure.

It reveals the social roots of the uprising and the internal historical reasons for the failure of the uprising, which can be said to be quite classic.

However, many people in the past said that the story of Water Margin was too dark, the description of human nature was too explicit, and it was not suitable for teaching and entertainment. There is a saying that young people should not read Water Margin, and old people should not read Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

In this book, the competition between the rivers and lakes and the temple is more exciting and real.

In fact, when readers read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", they will find that many things are more illusory, and even more plot-based coincidences. After reading it, it is like seeing a picture scroll of the Three Kingdoms.

However, "Water Margin" is a completely different novel style. It is more popular and easier to understand than "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the social conditions are more real, such as the wrestling between the emperor and the ministers, and the various competitions between the ministers. Whether it is Gao Qiu or Cai Jing, they are classic characters that appear in history books in later generations.

And the number and wonderfulness of the characters created in this book, in Lin Qiu's impression, is the best among the famous works.

There are only 108 heroes, except for a few who are mentioned in a few words, the others have their own characteristics. Lu Zhishen's righteousness, Wu Song's bravery, Lin Chong's forbearance, Li Kui's foolish loyalty, and Song Jiang's ambition are all wonderful!

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Needless to say, the popularity of the old thief is naturally full. When "Water Margin" was officially released in early July, the bookstore was still full on a hot day!

Even if there are online book sales channels, most book lovers are still willing to buy books offline. After all, they can see Lao Zei's wonderful works in the first place and keep up with thousands of readers. Otherwise, even if the goods arrive tomorrow, they will lose a lot of flavor.

"Lao Zei is really good at this type of work!"

"I like to read Lao Zei's semi-classical works, which are very fucking flavorful."

"Hahahaha! I was illiterate before, but after reading Lao Zei's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West", I can now completely understand them without any reading difficulties."

"+1, I feel like my own cultural and papermaking skills have improved a lot. I don't know if it's an illusion."

"It's an illusion, brother."

"Come on, start reading! Every time I read this kind of book about the history and culture of Xiazhou, I feel so happy!"

Amid the expectations of thousands of readers, "Water Margin" gradually unveiled its veil.

"Said by gods and monsters?"

"interesting!"

"Classic old thief style work!"

"Looking at the beginning, it feels like another classic..."

"It's different. It's a completely different style from the Three Kingdoms."

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The style is indeed different.

Because starting from the second chapter, "Water Margin" began to use the appearance of characters to drive the plot, instead of letting thousands of heroes roll forward in the historical tide like the Three Kingdoms.

Nine-patterned dragon Shi Jin, flower monk Lu Zhishen, green-faced beast Yang Zhi, leopard-headed Lin Chong...

Classic characters appear one after another, bringing out sections of personal experiences and plots, such as Lu Tixia's punch to conquer Guanxi, Nine-marked dragon walking through the red pine forest, Lin Chong beating Coach Hong with a stick, Fengxue Mountain Temple, and going up Liangshan Mountain on a snowy night. The plots are all wonderful, and thousands of readers can't take their eyes off the book.

Obviously, just judging from the excitement of this content, "Water Margin" is full of fans as soon as it comes out!

The shaping characteristics and direction of these plots are actually very obvious. They are to create a group of "heroes" who are forced to go to Liangshan for various reasons and start a peasant uprising. At least this is what the readers think at the beginning of reading.

The story of Lu Zhishen knocking down Zhen Guanxi with three punches is the story of how Lu Zhishen heard someone crying in the tavern and learned that Zhen Guanxi was bullying Jin Cuilian and his daughter. He stepped forward, beat him to death with three punches, and then escaped. There is also Lin Chong, who was sent to Cangzhou for offending Gao Qiu. Later, he was tricked into Baihu Hall and was almost killed.

On a snowy night, Lin Chong learned the truth about being framed in the mountain temple, and finally embarked on the road of resistance, going up Liangshan on a snowy night.

It has to be said that when a character like Lin Chong ends up in this situation, readers will naturally stand on this side, especially in modern times. When it comes to the Song Dynasty, there are basically nothing good to say...

The feudal ruling class was cruel and decadent, with traitors and sycophants in power at court, was a mess, was weak externally, had no wealth, and even caused the humiliation of Jingkang for hundreds of thousands of years. How can modern people have anything good to say about it?

Therefore, as soon as the main plot of "Water Margin" came out, readers naturally stood together with the heroes of Liangshan, and felt that the forces they supported were gradually growing, and they had a deep sense of involvement.

Every hero's story can actually reflect the dark side of feudal society and the rebellious spirit of the people at that time.

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"Wonderful!"

“It’s wonderful!”

"Made, the Song Dynasty court is really dark. It is forcing the heroes of Liangshan to die one by one. How can we not revolt?"

"Let me tell you, these Liangshan heroes are not all good..."

"It's a mixed bag of good and bad. I can only say that the old thief is very realistic. If they were all real heroes, it would be unreal."

"When I read the story about dominatrix Sun Erniang, I felt a little sick to my stomach."

What readers are discussing is exactly the controversial and discussed point of "Water Margin", that is, the author did not describe Liangshan as an incarnation of justice.

For example, this dominatrix, Sun Erniang, not only seeks wealth and murder, but also cruelly uses the victim's corpse as raw material to make human meat buns and sells them. She is simply an inhumane beast that cannot be tolerated by nature.

For example, Dong Ping, who was originally the governor of Dongping Mansion, saw the beauty of the prefect's daughter and wanted to get involved. Later, he surrendered to Song Jiang, killed the prefect and his wife, and took the prefect's daughter. Such beastly behavior of killing parents and raping their daughters, The same is not allowed...

There are many more beastly behaviors of people such as Li Kui, Zhu Gui, Yang Xiong, etc., which need not be mentioned one by one.

In addition to these, there are many, many plots that readers who have not read the original work will not understand.

Take Wu Song and Hua Rong as examples.

When Wu Song and Hua Rong are mentioned, thousands of people in the past life want to give them a thumbs up.

Why, it’s so famous!

Wu Song is a hero who fights tigers, a heroic hero!

Xiao Li Guang of Huarong is also very skilled in martial arts!

It can even be said that among the heroes of Liangshan, these two are among the top five in reputation.

But the story of Wu Song’s blood splattering in Yuanyang Tower is far less widespread than Wu Song’s other stories.

In Yuanyang Tower, he killed fifteen people in a row. Except for three damned people, the rest were innocent women, maids, old ladies and slaves.

In Centipede Ridge, he hacked to death an innocent Taoist boy for no reason.

Although they knew that Sun Erniang and Zhang Qing were evil people selling human meat buns, they did not act righteously and instead became sworn brothers with them.

Therefore, the actual images of many characters in Liangshan Heroes are actually inconsistent with the images of many impression streams.

Another example is Xiao Li Guanghua Rong.

He has the skill of "making a leap with a hundred steps". Ranked ninth among the heroes of Liangshan Bo, he has a silver spear and a bow that can shoot all over the world. He has a very good reputation. However, the original article also describes more than one "evil thing" about Hua Rong.

He harmed his colleagues and cheated his own sister.

In order to force Qin Ming to join the gang, he led his troops to kill hundreds of innocent people outside Qingzhou City, set fire to the villages, and caused more people to be displaced. It was a terrible tragedy.

But both Hua Rong and Wu Song have a lot of personality and charm.

Wu Song is still a brave and fearless character, who is loyal and righteous, values ​​brotherhood, has a strong character, is unconstrained, has blood and dares to resist, but it does not mean that these Liangshan heroes are all protagonists and the embodiment of justice. This understanding is completely wrong.

Human beings are very complex animals, which is even more vividly reflected in the content of "Water Margin".

Coupled with the overall plot, the readers' minds are also very complicated.

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"One hundred and eight people, each with their own destiny, each with their own ambitions, and each with their own faces!"

"The Three Kingdoms focuses on historical figures, and Journey to the West focuses on immortals, Buddhas, demons and monsters, which are all beyond the reach of life. Only Water Margin writes about the mundane world, peddlers and heroes, and it is outlined in plain language, with thousands of faces and distinct personalities. In terms of writing alone, it can be said to have reached the pinnacle!!"

"The level of the old thief has reached a level that I can hardly imagine. In terms of writing, I feel that this "Water Margin" has reached a higher level."

"The demise of Liangshan is almost It is foreseeable. Even if they don't accept the amnesty, these people together are always a time bomb..."

"They are really not that loyal, right? It doesn't mean that you can do evil just because you are loyal. Gao Qiu and the Grand Tutor are treacherous ministers, but these 108 heroes are not all real heroes. Who doesn't have a few innocent lives? The three views are shattered, a bunch of idiots, from the Liangshan heroes to the emperor, none of them is normal... Is this the Song Dynasty?"

"How can I read the vicissitudes of life, the whole volume is desolate. ... What kind of Jianghu morality and brotherhood are all gone? It's bullshit."

"+1, I read some comments, all of which are about the happy stories of revenge, but my experience is different. The stories of these Liangshan heroes seem to be not only happening in the Song Dynasty."

"To be honest, they talk about loyalty, but their minds are full of calculations."

"The world is a dream, and life has several autumns. In the whole Water Margin, I only like Lu Zhishen."

"What a bullshit Liangshan hero, in order to force Qin Ming to go up the mountain, he killed so many people in Qingzhou City, and in order to force Lu Junyi to go up the mountain, he slandered Lu Junyi and caused him to be They are arrested and imprisoned, and they are a group of gangsters, vagrants and bandits, emitting a foul smell. History has proved that such gangsters can never seize power. Who in history was not a hero in overthrowing the previous dynasty? "

"I like Yan Qing the most. He is loyal but not pedantic. He knows how to speak to people and to ghosts. I hate Song Jiang the most. He is too pedantic. He talks about loyalty, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trustworthiness. In the end, he was poisoned to death by treacherous officials. He deserved it. He was worried that Li Kui would rebel after knowing it, so he actually poisoned Li Kui to death... It's out of character. Is he a human being?"

... (End of this chapter)