Chapter 659 The Greatest Hero
On December 20, The Legend of the Condor Heroes sold 35 million copies nationwide.
On December 21, The Legend of the Condor Heroes was in full swing, with sales of 49 million nationwide.
On December 22, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, under the influence of its extremely high reputation and ratings, ushered in its first major explosion, with sales of 56 million nationwide, easily breaking the 100 million mark, and sweeping across the Dragon Kingdom with the momentum of a tsunami.
[Sales exceeded 100 million in three days, Luoyang became a best-selling miracle!!!]
When the media reported this news in an extremely excited tone, the industry was shocked. Last Spring Festival, Luoyang shocked the industry with the science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem, which sold over 100 million copies in a week. Many people thought that it would become a milestone in Luoyang's career as a writer.
Now Luoyang uses The Legend of the Condor Heroes to tell the world that his limit is the sea of stars.
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“After being out of stock for two consecutive days, I finally bought The Legend of the Condor Heroes.”
“I didn’t like to read martial arts novels before, but this The Legend of the Condor Heroes is definitely an exception.”
“After reading The Legend of the Condor Heroes, it’s hard to read other righteous martial arts novels. I don’t know whether to be happy or depressed.”
“Today, five students in our class were reading The Legend of the Condor Heroes. The teacher confiscated all of them because the study pressure in the third year of high school was very intense. After class, everyone went to the office to find the teacher. As a result, we found that several teachers in the office were holding a copy of The Legend of the Condor Heroes…”
In the bookstore, in the subway, on the bus, on the streets.
Even before going to bed, during work breaks, or in a tense class…
There are people reading The Legend of the Condor Heroes at any time. This is a truly universal reading for all men and women, young and old. Some martial arts fans who used to be very unimpressed by Luoyang’s style also announced that they would join the pit after The Legend of the Condor Heroes.
The names of Guo Jing and Huang Rong have resounded throughout the country for a while.
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On December 23, as The Legend of the Condor Heroes continued to be popular, Luoyang accepted an interview with the People's Daily. Although the People's Daily had reported news about Luoyang before, this national newspaper had never actively invited Luoyang.
As a newspaper within the domestic system, the active invitation of the People's Daily means nothing.
After a little consideration, Luoyang agreed to it naturally, and the People's Daily also attached great importance to this interview. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Chen Suifeng personally came out, and the other party's first sentence was: "I stayed up late to watch The Legend of the Condor Heroes last night, and I was late for work this morning."
Luoyang couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and the distance between the two was instantly shortened.
Then Chen Suifeng put on a formal working attitude and said, "The Five Wonders of the Central Plains seem to have quite a connection."
Seeing that the other party was serious, Luoyang also said with a slight serious expression: "In fact, there is a theory of the five elements in ancient my country, gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Each element corresponds to a substance and a direction, that is, wood in the east, gold in the west, fire in the south, and earth in the north."
Chen Suifeng lowered his head and pondered, and after a moment, he suddenly realized!
He said with bright eyes: "The east belongs to wood, so the East Evil is Huang Yaoshi, and Huang is the grass radical, which means wood; the west belongs to gold, so the Feng in the West Poison Ouyang Feng is the gold radical; the north belongs to water, so the Hong in Hong Qigong is three drops of water; the middle is earth, corresponding to Wang Chongyang, because Chong is earth; the south belongs to fire, and the Deng in Yideng is the fire radical..."
After figuring this out, Chen Suifeng spoke louder and louder.
His expression became more and more excited as he spoke: "Because the southern fire overcomes the western metal, Master Yideng's One Yang Finger can restrain Ouyang Feng's Toad Skill. And because metal overcomes wood, Ouyang Feng chased Huang Rong away and bullied Huang Rong to death for his nephew!"
The other party's literary literacy is very high, and he can understand it almost at once.
After Chen Suifeng calmed down a little, he said: "The Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing should come from the Book of Changes, right?"
"The arrogant dragon regrets is the Qian Gua of the Book of Changes, and the image says Shang Jiu; the flying dragon in the sky is also the Qian Gua, and the image says Jiu Wu. In addition, the dragon in the field is also the Qian Gua, and the image says Jiu Er. As for Hong Jian Yu Lu, it is the Jian Gua of the Book of Changes, and the image says: Jiu San..."
After Luoyang finished speaking, he was also a little emotional.
These are the terrible things about Jin Yong's novels. Many things in it that seem to be strolling in the garden are actually vaguely referring to something.
Three years ago, when he was still a freshman, he dared to start with Gu Long because Gu Long's novels were more imaginative and divergent in thinking. Unlike Jin Yong's novels, they were full of Buddhist and Taoist mysteries and the combination of ancient Chinese culture.
"It seems that Teacher Luoyang also has a deep understanding of our ancient culture."
If the sentence that he stayed up late to read "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was a compliment, then Chen Suifeng's praise this time was really from the heart. The wit of the young man in front of him in the Condor Heroes was already amazing.
Luoyang nodded and said, "Ancient culture is profound and extensive, and Condor Heroes is just a drop in the ocean."
Luoyang is indeed full of interest in ancient literature. He was obsessed with ancient literature for a long time in his previous life. At that time, let alone obscure books such as "The Book of Changes", he could even read "Classic of Mountains and Seas" with relish and couldn't put it down.
Next, this interview went quite smoothly.
When talking about the creative techniques of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Chen Suifeng's tone was full of emotion.
"The combination of martial arts and history, this pioneering writing style has actually shocked me. While Mr. Luo controls history, he can write stories and shape characters at will. Under the broad historical background, he fully uses literary means to write the legendary story of the East Evil, West Poison, South Emperor, North Beggar and Central Divine Power. With the ingenious arrangement and delicate psychological description of the pen, the martial arts novel has become a kind of work of art that makes people reluctant to put down the book, savor it again and again, and applaud. This is enough to be crowned as a king."
As expected of the editor of the People's Daily, Chen Suifeng is quite accomplished in using words when praising others.
As the person being praised, Luoyang can only maintain a humble smile and be neither humble nor arrogant.
At the end of the interview, Chen Suifeng suddenly asked, "Teacher Luoyang, what kind of people do you think can be called heroes?"
Hearing this somewhat familiar question, Luoyang was slightly stunned. It seems that there are many so-called heroes in all martial arts novels, but the patterns are different. For example, they are not afraid of power and rob the rich to help the poor, and they help the weak when they see injustice...
In the novel, these behaviors will be named "heroes".
In "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the protagonists Guo Jing and Huang Rong defended Xiangyang City to the death. Now they have almost become synonymous with heroes, triggering rounds of enthusiastic discussions on the Internet. Therefore, it is understandable that the other party asked this question.
So he smiled faintly and used Guo Jing's own famous words in "The Return of the Condor Heroes": "The greatest heroes serve the country and the people."