Chapter 56 postscript

"Legend of Sword and Fairy" (hereinafter referred to as "Xianjian") was the first computer game I came into contact with in my life (except minesweeping and solitaire). It is still the 98 tender version of the fairy sword.Thirteen years have passed in the blink of an eye. "Sword" is not just a game for me, but also a memory of life. I remember when I was in junior high school, computers were not as popular as they are today, and even Internet cafes were rare, so my classmates took me to a place called "computer room", where there were more than a dozen computers on display, almost everyone I am playing a game of "the little man walks the maze".Everyone is playing, and I will try it too.As a result, I had only played "Super Mario" at the time, and I didn't know that the game needed to watch the plot. I skipped all the dialogue in the game. There is a "strange guy" blocking the door...

This is my first memory of "Legend of Sword", which changed my perception of the game - it turns out that games can also tell stories.Under the direction of my buddies, I learned to play "Sword of Heaven", and then I was attracted by its story.During that time, I was immersed in the fairy world created by "Xianjian" every day and couldn't call myself. I also went to major bookstores to search for novels about "Xianjian", but ended up with no results.It was not until a few years later that I saw a novel called "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" on the Internet, the author is Chu Guo.

Afterwards, every time "Legend of Sword" is released, it is like a festival for me.After each "Sword of China" was released, my life began to live for "Sword of China", and I had to pass the customs several times and play all kinds of hidden elements before I would give up. "Sword" even ignited my game dream. At that time, I thought how happy it would be if I could enter Daewoo and join the Madman Creation Group (the production team of the first two generations of Xianjian) after graduation. This wish was not fulfilled either. After entering the publishing circle, I have always wanted to plan a book about Xianjian, but I have never been able to find the opportunity.Until April 2011, I got to know Yao Xian (Yao Zhuangxian's pen name) because of planning the autobiography "Dream of Sword and Sword" by Yao Zhuangxian, the father of Xianjian.

The reason why I didn't have the idea of ​​creating an official novel for "Sword of Heaven" was because in my memory, "Sword of Heaven" had an official novel (it was the one in Chu State before).Later, in the communication with Yao Xian, he actually proposed the idea of ​​making "Sword of Heaven" into a novel.I said, "Isn't there a novel in "Sword of Heaven?" He said, "That's just the novel of "Sword of Heaven and Sword 1." Yao Xian and I hit it off right away, and the novelization project of Xianjian was officially launched.

The next step is to determine which "Sword of Heaven" to adapt first.I have been entangled between "Sword 1", "Sword 4" and "Sword 3", because I love every fairy sword, so it is difficult to make a choice.I discussed this idea with my leader Li Yaohui.He is not a player of "Sword of China", and even has little knowledge of "Sword of China", but he is a genius book planner.His suggestion is to integrate the stories of the "Sword" of the past dynasties and turn it into a similar masterpiece. That sounds like a good idea.Indeed, simply transplanting each of the "Sword" horizontally is of little significance. The stories of each generation of "Sword of Heaven" are very scattered in terms of timeline. If they are adapted into books separately, there is no obstacle for gamers, but for ordinary readers who are not gamers, it will inevitably feel weird.If it is integrated into a full-length series, connecting the stories between the generations will also help more ordinary readers understand the entire story line of "Sword".We hope that through novels, more non-player groups will know about Xianjian and understand Xianjian.

Yao Xian thinks this proposal is good, but it is also difficult, that is, the requirements for the author are high, not only must the writing style be excellent, but also have a relatively thorough understanding of the stories of "Sword" in the past. I started to look for the author of the fairy sword, and it took more than half a year from the beginning to the final determination of this work.I searched for well-known writers across the country one by one, and many of them were either unable to write or had no schedule.Yan Leisheng and Feng Ge are two good candidates, and their work "Tian Xing Jian" is enough to prove that they have the ability to take on this important task.But considering that Yan Leisheng's style is more suitable for "Xuanyuan Sword", I finally chose Fengge.Although Feng Ge has only played the first generation of "Sword and Sword 1", I don't think this is a big problem. Before writing, he can clear all the previous generations of "Sword and Sword" before starting to write.I asked Feng Ge to try to write the beginning of "Legend of Sword and Sword 4".Sure enough, he did not disappoint, and presented "Chinese Paladin 4" well on the text.Yao Xian was also very satisfied.

After searching for the author for several months, I finally confirmed it, and I feel relieved, but unfortunately, the cooperation with Feng Ge did not come to fruition in the end.Because the copyright of the novel "Sword of Heaven" should belong to Taiwan Daewoo, and Feng Ge hopes that he can enjoy part of the copyright of the novel. When I was at a loss, my friend recommended the writer Yehu under the tree to me.Brother Yehu likes "Sword of Heaven" very much, but it is a pity that he is devoting himself to writing a new book and has no time to be distracted. After he declined politely, he recommended the writer Guan Pingchao to me, saying that he is the best candidate to write "Sword of Heaven".

At that time, I didn't know Guan Pingchao well. I only knew that he had written a novel called "Wishing Love in the Immortal Sword".I added Guan Pingchao's QQ with the mentality of giving it a try. At this moment, I had a premonition—he was the writer I was looking for. (This buddy’s QQ profile picture is actually Chonglou!) Guan Pingchao's interest and enthusiasm for the "Sword" novel project is beyond my imagination.He told me that he is a loyal "Sword" player, and he has cleared the "Sword of Heaven" several times in the past. His previous "Sword of Heaven" (network name "Smoke and Dust") is also a tribute to his beloved "Sword of Heaven". A tribute to the work.I told him: "Don't think too much about this matter, the main copyright of the novel will belong to Daewoo." He said: "It doesn't matter, the copyright is not important, it's for the fairy sword!" I continued to tell him: "You are not Are you working on a new work "Jiuzhou Muyunlu"? Is the time allowed?" He said: "It doesn't matter, "Jiuzhou Muyunlu" can stop writing unconditionally, for the fairy sword!"

That's him!I didn't even need to ask him to try to write, just want to sign him a creative contract.But the procedures that should be followed still have to be followed, and soon Guan Pingchao sent him a trial writing of "Legend of Sword and Sword 4".The result is very satisfactory, and Yao Xian is also very optimistic. Everything is ready.Guan Pingchao flew from Hangzhou to Beijing specially for this matter, and discussed the outline of the novel with Yao Xian and me.Yao Xian spent an afternoon talking about the world view and story of the entire "Sword".Many of them are elements that have not appeared in the game at all. It turns out that Xianjian has such a large world view and hidden settings, it is simply a Chinese version of "Lord of the Rings".And each fairy sword only uses a small part of this overall world view.

This meeting confirmed that the "Sword" novel uses "Sword 3" as the beginning of the entire series, and gave up the idea of ​​using "Sword 4" with the earliest timeline.Because the world view of "Sword and Sword 3" is the grandest among all the swords of the past dynasties, to turn "Sword and Sword" into a long novel, the foreshadowing of the world view is very important. In February this year, Guan Pingchao and Yao Xian completed the 50-page general outline of the novel "Sword of the Immortal Sword".And Guan Pingchao officially started writing the first novel.

In fact, I prefer to adapt this kind of game to a novel, which is called transplantation.It's as if one day our "Sword" can be ported from the PC platform game to the XBOX360 platform or PS3 platform.Let me just say that this is the porting of "Sword" to the BOOK platform.This kind of statement makes me feel that I am not making publishing, but making games. Just like games such as "Tomb Raider" and "Resident Evil", why they can be known to passers-by is because they are played on any platform, including but not limited to XBOX360, PS3, PC, PSP, WII, IPAD and even beyond. In addition to the game platform, it has extended to various fields such as movies, novels, music, etc. Only when a game is displayed on multiple platforms can it be truly immortal.It's like after "Sword" was made into a TV series, the popularity of "Sword" increased several times, and it also attracted more new friends to become players of the game "Sword", and its sales also increased greatly.Let's not talk about the TV series itself, at least it is positive for the brand promotion of "Legend of Sword". Our domestic games need this kind of opportunity to be displayed on multiple platforms. The same is true of the novelization of games.The novel is not only for game fans, but its greater significance is to transform the game into text as faithfully as possible through the carrier of the book, so that more people who do not play games or even do not know how to play games can, through In the form of a book, we can experience the touch that we gamers can only experience through playing games.Let the classic stories in the game be known and transmitted by more people.Although this carrier may not be as popular as TV series and movies, it has at least played a role in letting more people other than gamers understand our game world.This is exactly the meaning of my creation of the brand "Long Live Gaming".Some game fans sent me private messages saying that the name "Long live the game" is too catchy and not cool enough, what game fans need is a cool name.And the answer I gave is that it needs to be a slogan, because this brand is not only for game fans, its greater significance is to let more non-gamers understand the game, and eliminate prejudice and misunderstanding of the game , let them know: long live the game! Wu Zhishuo September 9, 2012 in Beijing