Chapter 673 Promoting the Development of Martial Arts Culture

After Jin Yong and Gu Long, martial arts novels in Chinese society really declined. Although there were Liang Yusheng, Wen Ruian, Huang Yi, etc. in history, these people are also famous, but there is still some gap compared with the first two;

After this group of people, the creation of martial arts novels almost came to a halt. This may be because after the social and economic rise of Hong Kong, the entertainment industry took off, and people who were capable of writing novels all became screenwriters. After all, being a screenwriter only requires telling a story, and does not require the effort to write every word, and the money earned will not be less.

This is really a pity. The martial arts culture has not been passed down continuously. This has even led to the fact that in the future, except for a few original martial arts TV series such as "Water Moon Cave" and "The World's Number One", the rest are repetitive remakes of Jin Yong's novels, which are broadcast every few years, and people who watch them are sick of it~
Therefore, from this perspective, Yang Wendong also hopes to use the power of capital to promote the development of the martial arts novel industry. In this way, he can provide more spiritual entertainment for himself and other billions of Chinese people.

Similarly, from a capital perspective, if there are more wonderful novels, or if there is a young martial arts novelist like Jin Yong and Gu Long, it will benefit the Hong Kong entertainment industry and even the future mainland entertainment industry greatly. TVB alone can adapt more novels and export more Hong Kong culture and Chinese culture.

It can be said that it is a hundred benefits with no disadvantages. As for how much money is spent, as long as there are results in the future, it will definitely not be a loss. Even your own newspaper needs novels.

Jin Yong and Gu Long thought for a moment, and Gu Long agreed, "Mr. Yang, this idea looks great. If we can guide more people to become martial arts novel writers in the future, it will be an achievement.

But how should this be done? "

Yang Wendong said: "The specific operation is up to you to decide. I am not a professional, but from an economic perspective, my idea is to publish novels in the name of the newspaper, attract some people to submit novels, and then after you or a professional team's review, they can be published in the newspaper."

Jin Yong said: "But in fact, all newspapers in Hong Kong have taken such actions. What's the difference?"

After Jin Yong built Ming Pao with his novels, other newspapers in Hong Kong naturally followed suit and tried desperately to attract talented people to write martial arts novels.
Although its performance is far inferior to Jin Yong's products, this kind of competition is not about industrial products. Once you buy this, you can no longer buy that. Instead, it is repeatable. Readers reading Jin Yong's novels will not be affected by reading other people's novels, as long as the quality is good.

Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "It's still different. First of all, few of the reviewers in each newspaper are professional, and I think the team you have formed must be much more professional;

Secondly, we have a training mechanism. If you find that your writing is good but not qualified for the newspaper, we can arrange for professionals to communicate and guide you, or directly recruit you and train you. If you succeed, we can recoup the cost.
Third, I will try to unite multiple newspapers so that together we can provide enough reporting opportunities.

In this way, the efficiency will certainly be much better than that of many newspapers acting alone."

Combining Hong Kong's newspaper resources and people with potential together would definitely be much better than these organizations and individuals connecting with each other;

Just like the music industry, there are specialized training schools and specialized entertainment companies that come to recruit talent, which is definitely much better than letting talented people randomly look for companies;
After listening to this, Jin Yong nodded and said, "That's right. As long as Yang Sheng's association succeeds, its efficiency will definitely be more than ten times stronger than before. Amazing. With such an idea, it seems that Yang Sheng really likes martial arts."

"Haha, actually I also like science fiction and mythology, but there are too few of them." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "As for martial arts, I like it on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also has economic benefits. It can be made into a TV movie. Only with sufficient economic returns can the development of the entire industry be driven."

As an online novel reader in his previous life, he naturally preferred fantasy novels. At least in this kind of world, it was possible to live longer, or even achieve eternal immortality, such as in "Panlong" and "Devouring".

However, after these novels were adapted into movies and TV series, few of them failed miserably. Although this may have something to do with the fact that the film and TV companies at the time were too inexperienced, the worldview was too grand and difficult to film.

Martial arts novels are much simpler. Although they involve martial arts, the main themes are still family and country feuds, love between young people, etc. They are easy to shoot and easy to empathize with.

Jin Yong also smiled and said, "Yes, more people will participate if the economic benefits are high."

This is the most obvious truth. In this society, if any industry wants to develop, it must be able to make money. It is impossible to achieve results by relying on passion.

Yang Wendong added: "The cultural aspect is up to you, and the economic aspect is up to me. On the one hand, I will promote the novels to be published in newspapers, but the newspaper space in Hong Kong is limited, so I will also set up some martial arts publications and print some novels directly into paper for sale to increase revenue;
In addition, if there are good novels, I will also let TVB try to make a TV series, or arrange people to guide them on how to make changes, and the rewards for these authors are not low;
In addition, I will also give a sum of money as a minimum living guarantee to those talented but unsuccessful authors, so that they don’t have to worry about their basic living for a certain period of time. I can even cover their accommodation and meals.”

These are just small amounts of money for Yang Wendong, and he doesn't care about them at all;

Don’t even mention that the economic return will be higher after success. Even if there is no such return, as long as you spend the money and can produce some good works to entertain yourself, it is worth it.
In fact, over the years, there were times when he felt quite bored. Even in his previous life, when there were so many entertainments, sometimes he got tired of watching Tik Tok and still had to find some text novels to read, because the world that words could describe was much better than TV dramas.

"If this is possible, then this association will definitely be successful." Jin Yong said with a smile. In fact, the problem with Hong Kong novels today is that for writers, there is only one newspaper manuscript fee, and as for filming TV series, it is too far away.

But there is no way around it. After all, this is a small market with only a few media investors involved. And these newspapers basically take the lion’s share of the profits, so the royalties they pay to authors are very low.
Without financial rewards, not many people would be willing to participate.

However, if Yang Wendong really does what he said, he can directly increase the income of the novel author group tenfold or even a hundredfold, which will naturally attract more people.

Yang Wendong asked with a smile: "Then the two of you agreed."

"No problem on my end," Gu Long agreed;

He is a long-term partner of Changxing Media and TVB, and is also half an employee of Yang Wendong. He is naturally happy to have an extra job and certain rights. He will face the same problem as Jin Yong in the future. He will not be able to write novels when he gets older. So this association can be regarded as a very good late-stage career.

Jin Yong said, "I can do that, but I have Ming Pao, so I can only work part-time in this association. I will be the vice president, and Xiong Sheng will be the president. How about that?"

"Okay, you can arrange the internal positions yourself." Yang Wendong did not interfere;

Unlike Gu Long, Jin Yong has a serious career, so how could he spend too much time here? Not to mention that Jin Yong will join politics in the future, which will probably make him even busier.

Gu Long, on the other hand, is really suitable for this position.

Jin Yong smiled and said, "That's good."

Yang Wendong went on to say: "In addition, the name of our association is China, not Hong Kong, so we will accept not only novels written by Hong Kong people, but also those from Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and even mainland China.
In short, everything depends on the quality. If it is well written, then even if I am in the United States, it is OK, as long as it is a martial arts novel written in Chinese. Even non-martial arts novels can be accepted occasionally. "

In fact, in the future, the mainland will have a sufficient population, and even if the average cultural level is low, as long as there is foreign exchange income, in the environment of the 80s, there will definitely be many literary masters;
If we can absorb these people, then at least before the Internet era, the martial arts culture of Chinese civilization will definitely be very good;

This is also Yang Wendong’s ultimate goal: to promote the development of martial arts culture.

Jin Yong thought for a moment and said, "Inland China? Is it possible in the future?"

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Everything is possible. Now the mainland is on good terms with the West, and there is more and more trade with Hong Kong. I think it will be more open in all aspects in the future.

But in the short term, there is no need to think too much, just do a good job in Hong Kong first."

It has only been six years since the reform and opening up. Even before that, Hong Kong and the mainland had already had a lot of contacts, including the Canton Fair. The mainland also welcomed Hong Kong and overseas companies to participate because the mainland also needed foreign exchange.
Especially next year, the mainland will purchase large industrial equipment on a large scale. Although Hong Kong capital cannot get involved in these large purchases, it is also a symbol.

Jin Yong nodded and said, "If that's true, that's good. There are many cultural people in the mainland who are very strong in all aspects."

"Of course, I also hope to achieve win-win cooperation with these people," Yang Wendong also said.

After the mainland's reform and opening up, great emphasis has been placed on science, which is normal, after all, the development of science and technology industries requires mathematics, physics and chemistry.

This has also led to a certain degree of decline in the humanities, something Yang Wendong naturally cannot interfere with, but as long as Hong Kong's entertainment industry is developed enough, it may also be able to help some people who have achieved success in literature;

Of course, nowadays it is only limited to things related to entertainment. If it is too philosophical, there is no way to deal with it.

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