Chapter 32 Author postscript

Finally finished.Although the number of 270,000 words is just a drop in the ocean for many strong people, it is only enough to finish the beginning, but for me, who is lazy by nature, it is already the limit of the limit in my life.To use Tanaka's words: "I have paid in advance for the second half of my life's diligence."Amitabha, fortunately, I will be a dead office worker in the future, and I will no longer have to do this painful job. If I were to be called his biological parents, then his grandfather was Christian Jacques, and his grandmother was Ferr Forsyth.His maternal grandfathers are Luo Guanzhong and Chen Shou, and his maternal grandmother is Dan Brown.

Christian Jacques' The Murder Pyramid trilogy was my earliest source of inspiration.After reading his novels in one breath in the university dormitory, I seemed to have discovered a new continent. I was surprised that the same can be said for historical novels.Uncle Jacques takes the history of Egypt as the context, fills in the gaps between the real historical trend and inserts countless seemingly real details, creating an ancient world full of modern flavor.Unlike general spoofs that deliberately reverse the modern and ancient times, Master Jack wrote this novel with a very rigorous attitude. He did not force modern things into ancient times, but quietly integrated details into the article Every corner of the book gradually makes readers subtly accept and enjoy this brand-new worldview unconsciously.

I have to admit, perhaps out of a nasty taste, I'm too fond of the eccentric; it's more attractive than well-documented historical fiction—at least for me.In the novel, I am also constantly trying to follow in the footsteps of my predecessors, creating a modern Three Kingdoms era without the traces of chiseling.Unfortunately, I did the former but not the latter.Compared with the naturalness of "Murder Pyramid", "The Wind Rises" is too deliberate. Many names in "The Wind Rises", such as Jingansi, Siwencao, Junzhengsi, and the cumbersome and lengthy Shu Han administrative procedures, are all fabricated out of thin air by me without any research. They are all created to increase the authenticity of the article ancient institutions.Therefore, strictly speaking, "The Wind Rises" is not a historical novel of the Three Kingdoms, but an overhead novel borrowed from the history of the Three Kingdoms.If someone accuses me of whether I have read the history of the Three Kingdoms, I can only scratch my head and answer: "Well, actually this happened in a different dimension..."

Christian Jacques created the spirit of "The Wind Rises", and Ferrer Forsyth produced the flesh of "The Wind Rises". The two great powers of Britain and France serve me alone. What a beautiful day I am living ...well, the epilogue should be more serious.The first time I saw the works of Master Forsyth, he was very famous. I bought his collection at the beginning of this year and read it in one sitting, like drinking alcohol.The uncle's writing style is extremely calm and concise, no matter what he describes, he is calm, undisturbed, and has no petty bourgeois moans and emotions, just like a real spy; on the other hand, his The writing is very detailed, even if it is a trivial matter, it must be described in detail, even down to the flight number of the plane and the name of the store where the item was purchased.For example, the final assault on the presidential palace took less than twenty pages, and the previous hundreds of pages were devoted to describing in detail how the protagonist planned this attack.Generally speaking, this is redundant writing, but in Forsyth's novels, it shows an extremely real texture of reality, which makes people awe-inspiring.

"The Wind Rises" is a spy novel. I lacked originality and followed Forsyth without hesitation, deliberately imitating this style of writing and even the plot.Those who are familiar with Forsyth can easily find familiar shadows in "The Wind Rises": I almost wrote "The Price of the Bride" about Xu Yong's defection, and Mi Chong's death was obviously imitating Petrovsky's murder. Drop Vasilyev's bridge.As for the traces of writing, it is even more common.In my personal opinion, spy novels must be written like Forsyth to be handsome. Many readers criticized that the Western-style translation of this book was too heavy, so that some people said that if all the names and place names were replaced, it would be a typical Soviet-American spy novel.Regarding this point, I can only reply with apology: "I did it on purpose, wow ha ha ha ha ha!" There is no deep psychological reason, I just feel that combining two completely irrelevant things together will have a different aesthetic feeling .In other words, this is a 270,000-word spoof, I'm so idle.

There is no need to elaborate on the influence of Luo Guanzhong and Chen Shou on me.I am the same as all readers who like Three Kingdoms: from Luo Kaimeng, from Chen Jianshen.The reason why I chose the Three Kingdoms as the background is also because of my deep love for this era.It's just that there are too many genres written about the four-sided battle of gold and iron horses, and there are countless pearls and jades in the front, so I have to find another way, hoping to view this period of history from another angle.In any case, I should be the first novel about the spies of the Three Kingdoms, and I will be satisfied if I can be the "earliest".

As for Dan Brown, it's all because he has the same history of conspiracy as I do.As a conspiracy theorist, my creed is: everything in history has an inside story, if there is no one, then create one.For novels, the authenticity of history is not very important, the important thing is to be interesting.I like the concept of conspiracy history, not because it is closer to the historical truth, nor because it can better reflect the dark side of human nature, but simply because I have Ye Gonghaolong's interest in the tricks and inside stories of this system.For me, conspiracy has a different kind of beauty and texture. The darkness hidden in the radiant political palace is the most charming treasure.

This time "The Wind Rises" is an example.Of course, the kind of conspiracy described in the book does not exist in history, it is just a joke based on real people.I'm just trying to connect the facts at different time points together with possibilities and explain them with ulterior motives.This possibility is not necessarily historical fact, but it is fun.In other words, the events of historical facts are fixed, but there are many possibilities for the internal connection between events.It's like "The Da Vinci Code" perfunctorily turning all the details in famous paintings into a legend hidden for thousands of years. Everyone knows it is nonsense, but they also read it with relish.

In addition, I would like to thank Qinshou Da Nayan and Lin Gongxiaoxue for their guidance on the history of the Three Kingdoms, and I would also like to thank a big fat man named DA. When he was unemployed, he wrote Liu Ying and Gao Tangbing's novel for me with delicate brushstrokes. Love tragedy, now everyone understands why there is no emotional drama in the second part, right?Because he got a job. As for the readers who have been chasing the serialization, thank you for your hard work. I will promote my post-Qing reputation more in the future, because this is a great country without eunuchs and pits.

Ma Boyong