Ceylon Spy Love

Recently, I have read three short novels by Tan Herongyi, a post-1970s writer, on Qidian. Com, "Pursuing East", "Blood and Dark War", and "Ceylon Spy Love". I would like to share my personal opinions on the spiritual core of his works. To be honest, a short novel of 100,000 to 150,000 words like Tan Herongyi's has no ripples in the vast ocean of online novels. In today's ocean of online novels, novels about fantasy, immortality, and time travel and rebirth are still the main source of traffic. These novels can easily have more than five to six million words, or even more than ten million words. Their purpose is to keep readers glued to them for a long time, and to stir up the reader's empathy pool with the excitement created by various virtual words. In the world of online novels where traffic is king, this is the fastest way to monetize and generate income. These words are like push handles in a coin machine, collecting gold coins one by one, and those gold coins are the readers' reading volume. Strictly speaking, the works of Tan Herongyi, a writer born in the 1970s, do not belong to the category of online novels. They are only presented to readers with the help of the online novel platform. I believe that the number of readings is pitiful. In this impetuous era, various short videos and short plays are the sharpest scythe to harvest the attention of mobile phone holders. Reading text is already hard to come by, let alone the amount of reading of traditional literary works. Therefore, the fragmentation trend of reading is the most obvious feature at the moment. The three works of Tan Herongyi are all based on realistic themes and have their own unique literary tastes. "Looking East" is a coming-of-age novel with the author's autobiographical meaning. The work does not use the template of the "golden first three chapters" commonly used in online novels to fill up the conflict and suspense from the beginning, thereby whetting the reader's appetite and stimulating the reader's adrenaline. It attracts the reader's attention and mood like a porn star. Instead, it is just a middle-aged person who has experienced the times and narrated the past events of his life. If we insist on finding plot contradictions and dramatic conflicts in the work, it is not impossible. Such contradictions and conflicts come from the protagonist Tao Xiangdong's dissatisfaction and breakthrough in the dilemma of real life, from the contradiction between the heavy pressure of real life and his hard struggle and persistence in his ideals, including the siege of natural conditions and the staged difficulties of social development. The protagonist Tao Xiangdong walked out of the siege of the mountains and broke through the siege of life. He was ups and downs in the business world of Shenzhen, a first-tier city, and he did not achieve any commercial achievements worth boasting about. He was just a leaf in the business world. He wanted to control his own destiny but was unable to do so. He stuck to his bottom line as a person and did not step on his moral bottom line for the sake of profit. He is still so genuine and kind to life, his country, and the people around him. Real life is indeed difficult, but the protagonist's tenacity and good nature have not declined. Failures and setbacks were not the straw that broke his back, but turned into calluses that were tempered by life everywhere on his body. For such realistic-themed works, young readers cannot find the refreshing feeling brought by reading online novels. The readers' mood may be as heavy as the current real life. Reading such works is like adding a handful of chili peppers to the bitter melon. The reality is already bitter enough, why do you want to make readers cry again? This may be the literary work that young readers hate. The reason why today's young readers are still willing to invest their energy in writing is because they want to find in the novel world the emotional depression and mental internal consumption that cannot be discharged in reality. Ideals and reality must let them find a place for their souls to rest. Otherwise, life will only be left with collapse and numbness. This is the sunshine and soil where fantasy, immortality, and time travel and rebirth novels can flourish. Historical time travel novels like "Blood and Dark War" are not fictional historical novels. This is a bold attempt by the author to write a family history novel in the form of a time-travel novel, but he is trapped in the structure of official history and cannot completely ignore history. Time-travel is just a new attempt from a narrative perspective. Because the orthodox status of official history is unshakable, the author can only use both virtual and real lines to describe Tan Tongnan's revolutionary life. As for the story of agent Tan Tonghua, it is impossible to find a single word in the official history. This dotted line is a masterpiece of the author's imagination. Writing such a historical time-travel novel that combines reality and fiction, it is a small mission to write biographies of family historical figures. The author has been carefully conceived, and quite a few plots must have violated the rules of the platform and had to be modified. Writing such a novel is a thankless and thankless task for the author. First of all, the platform does not welcome such works. It cannot satisfy the needs of platform readers. Secondly, in the vast historical torrent of the Chinese revolution, such historical novels about small figures cannot stimulate readers' desire to read. Historical novels about great men, the top ten marshals and the top ten generals are still submerged in the vast sea of ​​online novels, let alone the history of such small figures. Therefore, such novels only have the significance of inheriting family history, and that's it. The author's attempt at new writing techniques for novels deserves attention and can also be given some encouragement. However, there are still many things to learn in order to write a true historical time travel novel well. The author's third short novel "Ceylon Spy Love" is a genre novel that combines three elements: urban love + workplace story + commercial espionage. It can be said that this is a new attempt by the author to actively move closer to online novels. Bowing to reality and smiling to readers should be the only way for a writer to grow. After all, if the author only wants to play with his own literature drawer, he will get bored one day, and one day he will burn out his passion for writing. Readers are the cutest people. From the beginning of this work, the author opens his arms and runs towards the readers, shouting that I am here and you should not leave. From this, we can see that the author's writing techniques have changed considerably in this work. First of all, the title of the book directly points out the theme. This is a novel of espionage and love. The author abandons the stubborn and useless narcissism, lowers his body, lowers his eyebrows, and teases the current readers' desire to read. Thus, the beginning of the novel creates a sense of divinity. The climax of the whole drama is shown in the first chapter. Let's enjoy it first. Whether it will end later will be discussed later. This is the consistent routine of online novels. It is not a question of whether the author can learn it, but whether he is willing to learn it. Since the author has planned to catch some small fish and shrimps in the world of online novels, he must throw out such bait to the small fish and shrimps. From this novel, we can still see some hints of the author's own work experience. The conception and plot layout of the story have obviously made some progress compared with the previous two works, and are obviously moving closer to authentic online novels. After all, novels need readers to read them to reflect the meaning and value of its creation. Beautiful beauties of national beauty cannot be locked up in a boudoir and not be seen by others. They have to go out and let the world see them. They have to get married, have children and grow old to become legends. It can be said that Tan Herongyi, a middle-aged writer, is not a collaborative online novel author. He is just a stickler for traditional novel creation, and he also wants to use the magical communication power of the Internet world to let more readers know different novel forms. It is normal for us to find that in the three works of the author, he did not use the usual routine of online novels such as the protagonist in the virtual literary world to counterattack and successfully slap the villain in the face. Tao Xiangdong in "Looking East", after visiting several countries, felt a deeper confirmation of his Chinese identity and a stronger sense of national pride. The sighs of the Tan brothers' final fate in life in "Blood and Dark War", and Qu Zhenhua's patriotism and persistence in not betraying for interests in "Ceylon" all convey the ideological connotation of adhering to the spirit of family and country. Such feelings of family and country may be one of the spirits lacking in this era. The author seems to be telling readers that online novels cannot just be used as a purely personal story to enjoy themselves, but ignore the reshaping of the humanistic spirit and the persistence of family and country feelings. To tie the individual destiny of the little people to the destiny of the family and the country, and to let a drop of water reflect the brilliance of the sun, this may be the fate of writers born in the 1970s, and it can also be said to be an indelible mark on the spirit of the times.

Sweet pet and sadomasochism are two popular themes in current online romance novels. Obviously, Tan Herongyi also wants to test the depth of this traffic pool. It remains to be seen whether using a short novel of 150,000 words, "Ceylon Spy Love" as a pebble to throw into this pool of traffic, can stir up some ripples. The novel takes spy love as its theme and is outrageously simple and crude. Unlike the fantasy and immortality-type online novels, which often cost five to six million yuan, such short novels do not require lengthy story lengths and complicated character relationships. The author spent two or three months writing the story of three or five characters that happened within three or two years. It is a short story. Of course, if time permits, you can write stories about the next generation, introduce more characters and stories, and it is not impossible to write a million-length story in a year and a half. The love story protagonists of the novel, Qu Zhenhua and Laila, can be said to be the most common love at first sight between young beauty and professional elite. Love stories written by humans over thousands of years all begin with the mutual attraction of a certain personal trait, end with various accidents and reversals in the love experience, and end with regret and tragedy, reaping sighs and tears from readers. Today's readers prefer the love of sweet pets to offset the helplessness and sourness of real love. They like to watch other people's love stories, indulge in the city of sweet love with the protagonist, cast envious eyes and offer their own smiles. The sadomasochism of Romeo and Juliet, the tragic love of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Ying, except for the harvest of tears, seem to be unable to ignite warmth in the hearts of today's readers. Love stories in the 21st century are difficult to write because today's young people seem to have become desensitized to love. Love in their eyes is an exchange of betrothal gifts, RVs and beauty and lust. There are only two exchange values ​​left in love, material value and emotional value. There has never been an era when people were willing to be so cruel to human love. Young people were so stunned when they saw the fresh flesh and blood under the cloak of love that they would rather hide themselves in a secluded corner and never show up again, pull the knife on love and cut off contact. Qu Zhenhua in the novel is not an aloof and cold-faced workplace elite. He is a layman exuding all kinds of emotions and desires. He is young and energetic, and occupies an important position in the workplace. Facing the beauty and charm of the Ceylon girl, his heart is surging and he is unable to give up. He is struggling and entangled in new and old loves, troubled and addicted. He is weak yet strong. He has no fear or escape from the beauty and passionate love of the Ceylon beauty, and even has vivid erotic dreams. He is not a statue with no distractions, but a lively young man. Even if he vaguely felt that there was a conspiracy hidden behind the love of this Ceylon girl, he did not run away. Instead, he investigated the whole story alone and tried to break the situation and find a new one. The existence of Liu Qingqing is to make Qu Zhenhua's love choice more difficult, and Qu Zhenhua's final choice to marry Liu Qingqing is the ultimate victory of interpreting pure love with actions, another loud declaration of praise for pure love, and another clear-cut criticism of the current materialistic love law. Qu Zhenhua's final choice in the conflict between love and family and country feelings is a naked expression of the author's values. Whether it's love or wealth, you should give in before the feelings of family and country. This is not only confidence in one's own national culture, but also recognition of national identity. In the author's opinion, love is not great, there is no love that is necessary, especially in the face of family feelings and national justice, it still seems humble. The evolution of the teacher-student relationship between Qu Zhenhua and Connie is a redefinition of the thousand-year-old Confucian thought of "once a teacher, always a father". The story between Wen Liqin and Wang Xiaobo is a tragic ending for young girls who "bet their youth on tomorrow". Even in today's society, such stories abound, but in the author's writing, he will not be given even a single sunny praise. Lin Yongkang's twenty years of family love have yielded sweet fruits, which is the best ending to an emotional drama, and may bring a few tears from the readers. Such novel themes may not please the young readers of today, but they are shackles of the spirit of the times that the author cannot break. The spiritual world of people in the 1970s is like this. They are gentlemen in love. A gentleman pursues love in a proper way. The author's thoughts on the lower-class civilians who favor emotion over profit and value righteousness over desire are clear and sharp. It seems that he cannot escape from the ideological prison of the author in the 1970s. He admitted it.