Although the talent leaked out, but because of spending too much money, life is embarrassed, mainly relying on the manuscript fee to maintain life. Therefore, on the issue of manuscript delivery, he fully showed his rogue temperament.
It has become a common practice to find someone to ghostwrite a long-delayed manuscript. At the same time, there have also been cases where publishers are required to pay all the manuscript fees in advance at the beginning of writing, or sell the copyright to seven publishers at one time after writing the complete version. Publishers are forced by industry competition, and they are too angry to speak. Gu Long wrote more than 70 martial arts novels in his life, and 100 many fake books were ghostwritten and impersonated.
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Gu Long (1938- 1985), formerly known as Xiong Yaohua, was born in Hongkong and Jiangxi. I lived in Hankou when I was a child, and then I went to Taiwan Province via Hongkong. Graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Tamkang University in Taiwan Province Province. Taiwan Province Province, a master of the new school of martial arts novels, is also known as the three great masters of China's martial arts novels with Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng.
Since 1960 wrote Excalibur in the Sky, he has written nearly 70 martial arts novels in his life. His representative works include The Ruthless Sword of the Passionate Swordsman, Unquestioned Pride, The Legend of Chu Liuxiang, The Legend of the Swordsman and so on.
Gu Long's novels creatively bring drama, reasoning, poetry and other elements into traditional martial arts, and also integrate his unique philosophy of life into it, expounding his unique views on China society and introducing martial arts novels into the palace of classical literature.
Through the interpretation of many film and television works, many images such as Xiao Li's flying knife, Lu Xiaofeng and Chu Liuxiang have become important roles in the spiritual life of contemporary China people. Gu Long's works have also become literary classics that really go deep into the streets.
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