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Art Review 丨An Xiaonan: The Ambitious Work of Grinding a Sword in Ten Years - Commenting on the "Angry Banana" Work "Son-in-law"

Wen Shu An Xiaonan

"Son-in-law" is the canonized work of the platinum writer "Angry Banana" of the Reading Group, creating multiple historical records of the starting point. Since its creation began in 2011, in the past 11 years, "Son-in-law" has been updated with a total of 5.46 million words, with an average of only 490,000 words per year, only 40,000 words a month, and at least half a month of the month. In this fast-paced era of fragmented reading, "Son-in-law" is a unique novel in the history of online literature - it is cut off every three to five minutes, but it can still be warmly pursued by thousands of readers.

Art Review 丨An Xiaonan: The Ambitious Work of Grinding a Sword in Ten Years - Commenting on the "Angry Banana" Work "Son-in-law"

The novel is a series of stories that occur after a modern man crosses over to become the son-in-law of another time merchant. Among them, there are not only the love and love between the children, but also the business wars between the merchants and the families, as well as the intrigues and battles between the rivers and lakes and the green forests and the court, and there are also the legends of foreign tribes entering the court, trampling on the iron hooves, and slaughtering the people, the protagonist exorcises the Tartars to reorganize the rivers and mountains, and creates a new era in the future...

It is not difficult to see that the story structure of "Son-in-law" is very large, from the small family of Jiangning, to a country of the Wu Dynasty, and then to the whole world, following the main story line of "home country and world" to create. "Angry Banana" wants to integrate ancient romance, behind-the-scenes business battles, jianghu battles, overhead history, military farming and other different themes through such a novel. The difficulty of this kind of creation is definitely more difficult than choosing any kind of subject matter for creation, which is ten times or even a hundred times more difficult. Because any stage of "Son-in-law" is enough to derive another multi-million word novel.

"Bananas of Rage" was created with great ambition and conducted a special text experiment. He tries to constantly sharpen the expression limits of his own words in the background of different styles of stories, and through limited words, accurately conveys the feelings he wants to express, the pictures he most wants to render, and the thoughts he most desires to convey. Judging from the achievements made in the past 11 years, "Son-in-law" is obviously a relatively successful experimental text. Many readers are complaining about the bad update of "Angry Bananas" on the one hand, and at the same time they are deeply attracted by his magical words and plots, and they have not been able to climb out of the pit of "Son-in-law" for more than ten years, and even some readers have already made plans to wait for the completion of "Son-in-law" in this life - until the end of the son-in-law, the family sacrifice will not forget to tell Naiwong.

Why does the words "Banana of Wrath" have such magic? To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than a deliberate layout, careful consideration and careful carving.

The reason why the reader who chases the book can tolerate the "angry banana" to break off every three to five is because when he is creating, the requirements for the emotions, emotions and thinking conveyed by the text are extremely strict, if the rhythm of the story and the expression of emotional emotions cannot meet his expectations and cannot achieve the best visual transmission effect, he would rather choose not to update or overturn the rewrite. "Words are the carrier of imperfect thinking", when the creative thinking has a more perfect way of expressing words, not all authors have the courage to overthrow themselves and start over.

In the early days of "Son-in-law", the author spent a lot of pen and ink to describe the prosperity of the Wu Dynasty, the morning breeze of Jiangning, and the leisurely life of tourists drunk by the warm wind. When portraying the emotional drama between Gong Ningyi and the heroine, the author spends a lot of complicated pen and ink to outline and describe the idle and suitable daily life in ancient times, and portrays the emotional changes between the male and female protagonists as extremely sincere, delicate and moving.

Su Tan'er is Miss Su Family, although she admires caizi and loves poetry, she does not fall in love with Ning Yi because he has talent, she just thinks that Ning Yi is a strange person who is keen on strange tricks and tricks. And although she herself is a pampered and pampered lady, she is actually a strange person who carries the heavy responsibility of the family, does not hesitate to show her face, and pays various sacrifices. Such two strange people with their own edges and corners, in the process of getting along, gradually developed a tacit understanding and produced subtle feelings, until a big change occurred in the Su family, Ning Yi silently carried everything, but never took pride in itself... Su Tan'er was touched by him, impressed by him, and completely fell in love with this strange man. Whether it is the way the two get along, or after the accumulation of emotions to a certain stage, it is sublimated because of unexpected events, the author handles it reasonably and can withstand scrutiny.

Art Review 丨An Xiaonan: The Ambitious Work of Grinding a Sword in Ten Years - Commenting on the "Angry Banana" Work "Son-in-law"

If the creation of daily life and emotional atmosphere wrapped in warm colors in the early stage of "Son-in-law" has fully demonstrated the attitude of "Angry Banana" in creative excellence, then the group portrait portrayal when "Son-in-law" enters the middle and late stages is even more amazing.

The plot of "Son-in-law" has entered the middle and late stages, the world is in chaos, the iron hooves are trampling on the mountains and rivers, there are bloody killings everywhere, and hunger is everywhere. The author's words have gradually changed from the delicate and soft, ten miles of spring breeze and flowers full of smoke and rain in the south of the Jiangnan to the fierce suppression of thick ink and heavy colors and black clouds pressing down on the city.

The mood and atmosphere in the story become as fast as the wind and thunder, and the characters in the story have emerged in the chaotic iron-blooded killing of the world. Whether it is Zhou Tong and Yue Fei, who are upright and jealous, or Dai Mengwei, who has the ambition to save all people from water and fire and sacrifices himself to seek perfection; whether it is Lin Chong, who is cowardly and self-abandoning, or Guanyan Xiyin, who is confident and wise, and fierce; whether it is Lou Shuwan, Zhou Pei, or Chen Wenjun, who has erupted in a high light... Each supporting character has their own story, their unique personality and behavior, and their flesh-and-blood lives, rather than a stiff face. In the world of the son-in-law, such supporting characters can be seen everywhere, and together with the protagonist, they support a fantasy world full of appeal.

With more than 5 million words, the rhythm of the whole book can still be steady and steady, layer by layer; the foreshadowing clues of thousands of strands and grass snake gray lines can still be firmly controlled at the author's fingertips. "Angry Banana" has been sharpening a sword for ten years, and the painstaking efforts condensed in this are not only known to the author himself, but also to the readers who have followed the reading all the way.

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