Qiankun Storyteller

Chapter 4 Wu Song
In the bookstore, seeing that everyone's appetites had been whetted, Su Wen also seized the time and continued while the iron was hot.

"I don't want Wu Song to have such a reputation!"

After listening to the shopkeeper's words, Wu Song held up the empty bowl and said with a smile: "Then can I still serve wine?"

"Heroes are different from ordinary people, so they can eat this wine!"

After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper hurriedly sifted wine for Wu Song. After sifting three big bowls, he went back to the back kitchen and cut two catties of high-quality cooked beef and brought it to the table. The people of the valley get rid of one harm."

When Su Wen said this, the audience started joking again.

"This store can be a man."

"Yes, a table of wine and meat will be given away."

"It's not like shopkeeper Meng here. He has been to his bookstore several times, and he won't even serve a dish of fennel beans."

"Come on, it's a big hero who gives people wine and meat, what are you, and you don't take pictures of yourself?"

"Ha ha!"

Everyone in the audience laughed, and the atmosphere gradually heated up.

Su Wen also continued: "In this way, the store sifted the wine, Wu Song ate the wine, Haida's wine bowl was sifted eighteen times in a row, and Wu Song also ate eighteen bowls in a row, but he still didn't look drunk, he just had a look on his face. Bright and bold!"

"Huh!"

"Eighteen bowls?"

"Good guy, it's huge!"

"Could it be that the wine jar has become fine?"

"This drinking capacity, tsk tsk, is about as good as my uncle's strength!"

"Then what is the store's reaction? I'm afraid your jaw will drop from shock?"

Everyone was beaming and discussing, and they were already initially immersed in the plot.

This is to be expected.

Regardless of classical novels or modern novels, the basic structural system is the same. It cannot be separated from the four characters of "inception, inheritance and transformation". Ignoring the differences of the times, there are many similarities in many places and many principles.

For example, the episode of Wu Song drinking, in modern online novels, is a classic plot of pretending to be X and slapping faces.

This kind of plot is very cliché, but the reason why it is cliché is because it is classic.

It can effectively grasp the psychology, give readers satisfaction, let readers bring the protagonist into the plot, and immerse themselves in the plot.

Just like now, the people in the audience have brought themselves into the book, imagining that they are that Wu Song, and they have eaten eighteen bowls of wine in a row in this restaurant that claims to be three bowls of wine. look?
Su Wen smiled, and continued: "The shop owner stood there holding the empty wine jar, looking at Wu Song who was not even a bit drunk, and was so shocked that he couldn't even utter a word. He really didn't expect there to be such a hero in the world."

"Ha ha!"

"Tell him to underestimate Wu Song!"

"Are you stupid now?"

"Three bowls are too late, I drank eighteen bowls in a row, my face doesn't blush, and I can't breathe!"

Everyone in the audience listened to Su Wen's narration, imagining that the shopkeeper was stunned and speechless. It felt like pouring a large bowl of cold well water in a sweltering dog day. Call a carefree.

Su Wen was as refreshed and joyful as everyone else, because the aura in the sea of ​​books and learning had finally turned from zero to one, and it was constantly changing and growing.

He finally got the aura!

Lingyun Lingyun, the charm of Bailing, can it be easily harvested?

It is necessary to speak to the hearts of the people and arouse the emotional resonance of the people, in order to harvest the aura of the people.

Therefore, the content of the book is very important, and so is the skill of the storyteller. It is difficult to gain aura with that kind of emotionless, great-reading style of speaking. You must use your own voice to bring everyone into the book. world.

Su Wen is only now barely able to do this, and mostly relying on the novel content in the book rather than the storyteller's skills.

My storytelling journey still has a long way to go!

Su Wen secretly sighed, and then continued to say to everyone: "After teasing the shopkeeper, Wu Song didn't stay any longer, got up and walked out of the shop after picking up his luggage."

Seeing this, the shop owner woke up and hurried out of the shop: "Wu Yingxiong, come back quickly!"

"Ok?"

Wu Song stopped and turned around: "What else is there for the store, but your drink money is missing?"

"Where are the heroes? This wine and meat are originally given to heroes. There is no such thing as a small amount of money."

The shopkeeper caught up and said to Wu Song: "It's just a lawsuit notice. On Jingyang Ridge in front of you, there is a big white-fronted worm with eye-catching eyes. It has already killed twenty or thirty big men. There are also several good hunters. The county lords were alarmed, and posted a post to take this big bug, and warned those who came and went that they had to be accompanied by two or thirty people to pass the post!"

"A white-fronted bug with hanging eyes?"

"What is the eye-catching white-fronted bug?"

"The big bug, the fierce tiger, this eye-catching white-fronted big bug...?"

Hearing this, most people in the audience were puzzled.

Su Wen smiled and explained: "There are five types of insects. Birds are feather insects, beasts are caterpillars, turtles are beetles, fish are scale insects, and humans are worms. They have the meaning of being long, so the big insects are the best of all beasts. Tigers in the mountains are also!"

"Is there such a thing as saying?"

"I used to only know that the tiger is a tiger, but I didn't think there were such ways inside."

"Sure enough, listening to books can gain insight!"

Everyone understood it, but they were puzzled again: "What is the meaning of that eye-catching white-fronted tiger?"

Su Wen said with a smile: "Everyone has seen a fierce tiger before. The tiger's eyes are fierce, hanging like a pair of lanterns. They are hanging eyes. The hair on the eyebrows and forehead are snow-white, with clear lines, which are white foreheads. In this way, they are hanging eyes. White-fronted worm!"

"I see!"

"The eye-catching white-fronted bug, it sounds very ferocious!"

"Otherwise, how could we have hurt the lives of twenty or thirty big men?"

"Next, how will Wu Song react?"

Everyone stretched their necks under the stage, looking at Su Wen on the stage, already a bit impatient.

Su Wen also didn't whet everyone's appetites, and continued: "The shopkeeper's words are really scary, but Wu Songyi is so bold, he didn't care, he laughed and said: If there is a big bug on the hill, let it know Wu Song today! "

After all, Wu Song turned around and left, going straight to work!

……

Here Su Wen made some deletions and changes.

Although Wu Song is a highly popular character in Water Margin, there are few bandits and robbers in Liangshan who can be called heroes, but he is not perfect. Can only be considered a jerk.

He has a violent personality and likes to fight fiercely with others. When he appeared on the stage, he said that he was drunk and killed one of his fellow countrymen. He dared to do it but didn't dare to be a man. He was afraid of lawsuits and left his hometown. up to dodge.

This is completely the way of gangsters, and it has nothing to do with heroes.

This may also be the reason. After Wu Song moved into Chai's mansion, he got along very badly with the other farmers in Chai Jin's mansion, and he couldn't get the respect of them at all. Even Chai Jin himself didn't take him very seriously.

After leaving Chaijin Mansion, before Jingyanggang fights the tiger, his performance at the restaurant also makes people feel very uncomfortable.

The restaurant told him that there were tigers in Jingyanggang, he not only didn't believe it, but also said that the restaurant intentionally frightened him, wanted to keep him in the hotel, and murder him at night.

Hearing this, the restaurant was very annoyed, so it echoed and ridiculed Wu Song, saying that after reading the announcement, he would definitely not dare to leave his post, and would come back and stay in the hotel when the time came.

It would be fine if he was just being a donkey with such good intentions, but Wu Song went to Jingyanggang and saw the notice posted by the government. After knowing that there were really tigers on Jingyanggang, he... was scared!

That's right, Wu Song was terrified, and was about to turn around and go back to stay at the store, but thinking of what the store owner had said before, he thought it would be shameless for him to go back like this, and he would definitely be ridiculed by the store owner, so he put his mind on it and went to Jingyanggang .

Brave at the front and timid at the end, what kind of hero is this?

Therefore, Wu Song in Jingyanggang before fighting the tiger can only be regarded as a gangster, and he didn't even perform well in the process of fighting the tiger. His feet were weak, and when two hunters in tiger skins rushed over, they even startled him, exclaiming that I will die this time.

To be honest, this is a very real reaction and a very real description. Wu Song's background and environment, such a character and temper, are a matter of course. When he meets a fierce tiger, he feels fear in his heart. This kind of reaction is also reasonable.

But sometimes reasonable is not necessarily appropriate.

There is a jargon in the world of novels, which is called: "The truth is the most important thing, and the truth is the most important thing!"

That's right, novels need authenticity and rationality, and a realistic and reasonable plot can make a novel even better.

But this is not the root of the novel, the root of the novel is artistic creation, interesting reading, rather than recording reality, even novels adapted from real events, a certain degree of artistic creation must be added, so that novels are interesting and readable.

If you pursue absolute truth, why not read novels and see your own life, isn’t it more real than any novel?

Truth is not the core pursuit of readers!

Some authors don't understand this, blindly pursue the truth, and finally kneel down to the truth.

What do readers seek after reading novels?
It's fun!
No matter what the interest is, you have to let readers have the fun of reading.

The joy of comedy, the sorrow of tragedy, these are the fun of reading and the core of the novel. Authenticity and rationality are only the corners. It has always been only to highlight the core and sacrifice the corners. How can there be any reason to highlight the corners and cover up the core?

That being the case, why does the original text of the Water Margin describe Wu Song in this way? Is it because Shi Naian doesn't know how to write novels?

of course not.

Shi Naian's description of Wu Song in the early stage is to shape a growth process for Wu Song, and at the same time lay the groundwork for the ending of Liangshan and Wu Song. This is also quite artistic and interesting, and it is not entirely based on reality. Wen Qing fell ill.

But Shi Naian is Shi Naian, and Su Wen is Su Wen.

He didn't need a Wu Song who grew up gradually from a hooligan, first became a hero, and then saw through the world of mortals and escaped into Buddhism.

What he needs is a hunk, a super hunk full of pride, bold and cautious, calm in times of danger, brave and invincible.

If the core of Shi Naian's Wu Song is sadness, then the core of Su Wen's Wu Song is coolness, as brave as you want, as strong as you want, how to be refreshing, and how to write comfortably.

The former has far-reaching implications, while the latter...is very refreshing?
That's right, it's really cool!
The audience was upset, where did Su Wen's aura come from?

Such a modification can not only strengthen Wu Song, but also please the audience, so why not do it?

As for artistry... With such a cheat in hand, if Su Wen still cares about artistry, it can only mean that his brain has been kicked by a donkey.

Su Wen's brain obviously had never had such intimate contact with the donkey's hooves, so he made some changes to Wu Song's character, so that Wu Jia Erlang was a veritable hero and hero from the very beginning.

Needless to say, the impact of a change of mind on a person, Su Wen's deletion can be said to have fundamentally strengthened Wu Song.

In this way, the consumption of Lingyun can be imagined, and most of the harvest of the three bowls just now has gone in in a blink of an eye.

But Su Wen didn't regret it, because years of experience in the street taught him a truth - as an author, if you feed X to the audience, then don't blame the audience for attacking you as an author!

Wu Song's heroic image must not collapse, otherwise, the audience in the audience will definitely teach him to be a man with reality.

(End of this chapter)