In "On Literary Freedom", when it comes to the "Feng Shuhui plagiarism incident", at the end, it is said that a famous writer may not be able to buy 100,000 yuan for a book, plus paying taxes or something, seven, seven, eighty, eight, and finally 50,000 yuan is left. So writers can't live in the city at all with this little thing.
The author said that the current published books are not marked with "print run", for example, a certain book will indicate on the page how many times the book has been published, how many times it has been printed so far, and so on. And without indicating the number of prints on it, it means that the number of prints is too small - less than 10,000 copies, the number of prints is not indicated, and it is embarrassing to mark. When it comes to the book "White Deer Plain", the number of copies is not indicated (I think the author may mean that the current printing of "White Deer Plain" is less than 10,000 copies. When it was at its hottest, it should have been higher than 10,000 copies).
The author also said that unless you are a writer like Li Bai, Su Dongpo, Yu Hua, and Shuangxuetao, who is gifted and born for literature, only the books of these writers can be sold at a good price;Otherwise, you don't have to write to support yourself. The author juxtaposes "Shuangxuetao" with other writers, and it seems that Shuangxuetao's status in the literary circle and outside the circle is very high. Of course, some people don't know Shuangxuetao, which is normal, after all, people nowadays may not even have read the four famous novels, "One Hundred Years of Solitude", and they know Yu Hua because there is his ** in the middle school textbook, otherwise the public doesn't even know Yu Hua.
The public knows "Hurricane" and "The Long Season", and their eyes light up when they talk about "Zhang Songwen". It shows that stars in the entertainment industry have a very high status in the hearts of the public.
When many people talk about "White Deer Plain", the reverence in their hearts "arises spontaneously", but looking at what is said in "Talk on Literary Freedom", this work that is very great in the eyes of some people, even the "print number" does not dare to engrave it (The original text should be that it is not popular now, so the print run is small）。The public knows "White Deer Plain" because of the TV series, not the books. Most people still haven't read a book.
In my column, I said why literature is marginalized. The marginalization of literature has nothing to do with "whether literature is useful or not", nor does it have anything to do with whether there are famous books now. Even if you write "Dream of Red Mansions" now, it will be useless. Film and television dramas are also useless, why have film and television been particularly prosperous in recent years?Because the masses need entertainment. Isn't it good to develop something that doesn't work?Even if literature is useful, not many people like to read it.
I haven't looked into Shuangxuetao's information, and it is said that he is now middle-class. This shows that he makes a lot of money, after all, he is currently the most powerful writer in the post-80s, and the existence of NO1. He became famous, one because of the "Northeast laid-off tide", and half because of "criminal investigation**" If he writes ** like "One Hundred Years of Solitude", even if he can win the title of literary giant in the literary world, it will be difficult for him to make a lot of money. And Ban Yu and several other writers related to the "Northeast Wave of Layoffs" are not as powerful as him. Precisely becauseCriminal investigation plus serious** has "best-selling".in order to sell well.
Shuangxuetao and Yu Hua are not geniuses, their level is far from Lu Xun and the authors of the four famous novels, but fortunately, there has always been a good market for suffering literature, and they can tell stories, so they are particularly famous. Shuangxuetao is no worse than Yu Hua in **, or locally, Shuangxuetao is better than Yu Hua.
It is difficult for most ordinary writers to live in the city on manuscript fees, so some people quit their positions as editors and stopped writing, but just taught everyone to write. A student receives 10,000 yuan (about half a year). A few students are tens of thousands. After teaching you, whether you can publish depends on your qualifications, and it is not that you can publish it.