Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 5 What you learned is so similar

Yang Ye came even though he was here, and he still looked determined.

Pan Yuesheng thought it was better to take a look.

He took the manuscript, took a look at the handwriting, and immediately felt a lot of affection for Yang Ye.

Since Yang Ye has a super powerful host, when he copies books, he writes mechanically, just like copying.

The result is that...the words written are all standard Song fonts.

Pan Yuesheng read this manuscript as if he were reading a printed book, it was very smooth.

The smoothness lies not only in the handwriting but also in the writing.

Jin Yong has the smoothest writing among Chinese writers, bar none.

The reason is that his language has not been influenced by "Western Chinese", does not abuse prepositions, and does not use the grammatical structures of Western languages.

What is "Western Chinese"?

After the Revolution of [-], some Chinese literati represented by Lu Xun hoped to transform Chinese through "literal translation of Owen's syntax" and thus transform the "Chinese way of thinking".

They divide language into several elements according to function, and pay attention to the logic of collocation of language elements. Just like English, they divide words into nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions...

Classify various sentences according to grammar into imperative sentences, declarative sentences, rhetorical questions...

Everyone has learned these things in elementary school and has become accustomed to them.

But before modern times, Chinese did not have these things.

Jin Yong is the master of vernacular writing in the past hundred years, and may also be the last expression of vernacular writing.

Because after him, all young writers began to systematically learn "Western Chinese" from elementary school.

"Western-style Chinese" emphasizes the logic of grammar and the directionality of prepositions. Jin Yong is just the opposite. He rarely uses prepositions, such as the word "的", and rarely uses them. The reading feels very smooth.

In Jin Yong's novels, the protagonist often appears very late, but readers can still read smoothly. A large part of the credit lies in the charm of his language.

And the Kunlun prequel "The Iron-Blooded Prodigy" copied by Yang Ye is essentially a super imitation show of Jin Yong.

The first paragraph at the beginning reads:

The Daba Mountains, connected to the Qinling Mountains in the west and the Wu Gorge in the east, are majestic and steep and well-known throughout the world.The roads in the mountains are steep and narrow, and deep ravines and huge ravines can be seen everywhere; the thrilling places are really difficult for birds to fly, and apes can stop.With Li Taibai's broad-mindedness, he couldn't help sighing when he passed by this place: "The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the blue sky." It was September, the late autumn season, and the mountains were covered with red maples like fire and yellow leaves like butterflies, creating a colorful scene.Among the high mountains and ridges, there is only a bird path, which is connected to the cliff above and deep valley below. It is there or not, winding to the south.A gust of mountain wind roared past, lifting up the dead vines on the cliff, revealing three mottled dark red characters: "Shenxian Crossing".At that time, the mountains were silent, birds were resting and insects were crouching, and springs were flowing silently.The human voice came from afar, and it seemed particularly clear when it fell on the empty mountain.The voices gradually became louder, and only an old man and a young man were seen, meandering along the winding bird path.

The writing mostly uses phrases and is very fluent. There are 256 words, and the word "的" only appears once. It can be said to be very Jin Yong.

Pan Yuesheng has followed Jin Yong for many years. Just reading this paragraph, he almost believed what Yang Ye said.

Is Jin Yong really coming back to write novels again?
But as I read on, I quickly realized that this book was actually a high-quality imitation.

Although it is still a bit immature, the imitation is really good.

Not only the writing style, but also the characters, plot, and layout have been learned [-]% to [-]%.

"The Iron-Blooded Prodigy" tells the story of the Mongolian Khan Meng Ge who led his army to march south in the late Southern Song Dynasty.

Young Liang Wenjing and his father Liang Tiande fled to Bashu to escape military service by the Mongols. On the way, they encountered the assassination of King Huai'an, the governor of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Bai Pu, a counselor in the palace, discovered that Liang Wenjing looked very similar to the King of Huai'an, so he thought of a plan to replace Tao Jing with his luggage.

Liang Wenjing did not want to pretend to be the king of Huai'an and escaped overnight, but was caught by a Mongolian girl Xiao Yuling.

"Poor Confucian" Gong Yangyu was the lifelong enemy of Xiao Yuling's master Xiao Qianjue. He taught Liang Wenjing the "Sancai Guiyuan Palm" to restrain Xiao Yuling's Blackwater School martial arts.

Unexpectedly, Liang Wenjing and Xiao Yuling secretly fell in love while fighting each other.

Xiao Yuling's senior brother Xiao Leng wanted to kill Liang Wenjing, but Xiao Yuling planned to stop him.

Liang Wenjing finally escaped with his life and was forced to Hezhou again. He had to pretend to be the king of Huai'an to boost the morale of the Song army on the front line.

The Mongol army pressed on the border, and Liang Tiande died in battle. Under internal and external troubles, Liang Wenjing completed his life growth. He first defeated Xiao Leng, then commanded the army to kill the Mongol Khan, and solved the siege of Hezhou.

Later, Liang Wenjing hung up his crown and left, married Xiao Yuling, and retired to the spring forest.

...Although the whole novel has only [-] words, it is very similar to the structure of Jin Yong's novel.

The protagonist of Jin Yong's novel can be summed up in eight words: "make a big fuss and then leave."

"Iron-Blooded Prodigy" 100% fits this setting.

In terms of character setting, Xiao Yuling is the Mongolian version of Huang Rong.Her master, Old Monster Xiao, is equivalent to Huang Rong's biological father, Huang Laoxie.

Liang Wenjing and Guo Jing, one is the idiot in Xiao Yuling's mouth, and the other is the silly brother in Huang Rong's mouth.

Liang Wenjing's name has one more character than Guo Jing. He is a somewhat educated Guo Jing who can drop his book bag.

Although both of them look stupid, they both have inner talents, extremely high understanding, and can learn peerless martial arts in a short time.

Liang Wenjing learned the "Three Talents Guiyuan Palm" in a short period of time and defeated Xiao Leng.Just like Guo Jing learned the "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" in a short period of time and defeated Ouyang Ke.

By the way, Xiao Leng likes Xiao Yuling, just like Ouyang Ke likes Huang Rong.

Xiao Qianjue hopes that Xiao Yuling will marry Xiao Leng, and Huang Yaoshi also hopes that Huang Rong will marry Ouyang Ke.

Xiao Yuling injured Xiao Leng, and Huang Rong almost killed Ouyang Ke.

Liang Wenjing's master, Gong Yangyu, was a poor scholar, and Guo Jing's master, Hong Qigong, was a beggar and also a poor scholar.

To put it bluntly, "The Iron-Blooded Hero" is simply a simplified version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Despite this, "The Iron-Blooded Prodigy" has smooth writing and compact structure, especially the Hezhou battle at the end, which is almost comparable to the Xiangyang battle in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and the result of both sides is that Meng Ge Khan was shot to death.

Overall, this novel is still very exciting.

Pan Yuesheng read the [-] words in one breath without pausing, and did not even notice that it was time to get off work.

After reading it, Pan Yuesheng covered his head, sighed, and asked: "Young man, what is your name?"

"Aspen leaves, wood Yi Yang, leaves of leaves."

Pan Yuesheng said: "If I had seen this novel more than ten years ago, I might have really thought that it was written by Cha Sheng. Mr. Yang, your imitation ability is very strong. It's so similar and wonderful!"

Yang Ye chuckled and said: "When you are just learning how to practice, you naturally need to find a master to learn from. I heard that Gu Long's early works were also imitated by Mr. Jin Yong."

Pan Yuesheng smiled and said: "In terms of imitation, his imitation is far worse than yours, but he later found his own way and eventually became a martial arts master. Young man, if you can find your own style, your future is limitless."

Since ancient times, literati have looked down upon each other. Gu Long and Jin Yong are as famous as each other, so it stands to reason that they should be equally powerful.

But on the contrary, Gu Long is Jin Yong's number one fan and often makes mindless compliments to Jin Yong.

Gu Long started his career by imitating Jin Yong in his early days. His first novel was called "The Sword of the Sky".If I had to use four words to describe this book, it would be...relying on a defense.

That's why Pan Yuesheng said that Gu Long's imitation was far worse than Yang Ye's.

Pan Yuesheng said: "I have accepted this novel, and I will show it to Cha Sheng to read in person."

Yang Ye quickly said: "That's my honor. Actually, this is just a prequel."

"Oh? Is there a sequel?" Pan Yuesheng was very surprised in his heart, but his expression was relatively calm.

Jin Yong's martial arts novels have greatly helped the sales of "Ming Pao". After he finished writing "The Deer and the Cauldron" last year, he announced that he would stop writing, and the sales of "Ming Pao" declined.

Although Jin Yong hired Gu Long to save the day, Gu Long went out to drink and pick up girls when he had money, fished for three days and exposed himself to the Internet for three days, and hired someone to write for him at every turn, which gave Pan Yuesheng a headache.

The young man in front of him is already a super imitator of Jin Yong at a young age. If he is trained well and given time, he may not be able to become a famous martial arts master.

When I heard that there was a follow-up to "The Iron-Blooded Prodigy", I was naturally very surprised.It's just that he is mature and stable, and he is not subtle.

Yang Ye said nonsense: "Originally, I wanted to write a novel, but my ability was limited. After writing tens of thousands of words, I couldn't continue. But I was not convinced, so I re-conceived the idea. I decided to use Liang Xiao, the son of Liang Wenjing and Xiao Yuling, as the novel. The protagonist is writing a one-million-word martial arts novel based on the era when Mongolia destroyed the Song Dynasty. I have already made an outline and I believe it will be published soon."

"If that's the case, how about we serialize your "Iron-Blooded Prodigy" first, and then continue to serialize your new novel? What's its name?"

"Kunlun."

(End of this chapter)