Deserted Village Apartments

Chapter 1 New Preface
At the end of 2003, I met Mr. Fu Xing, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Sprout" magazine, thanks to the introduction of Mr. Chen Cun, who has supported me for many years, during a dinner by chance.

Therefore, I want to contribute a manuscript to "Sprout".

What to write?
I remembered the word "Desolate Village", which is a place name in the "Ghost Inn" I created in 03. By the way, I borrowed the geographical environment of the Ghost Inn - between the sea and the cemetery, which became a deserted village. stage.Then, I thought of another person, a name I like best—Xiaozhi.Then, from Monsoon Bookstore in Shanghai Metro to Xilang Town in K City.From the story of rouge in the Ming Dynasty to the ancient residence of Jinshidi, from the bleak love to the mystery like Rashomon...

This is the beginning of the deserted village.

In April 2004, this novella titled "Desolate Village" was published in the magazine "Sprout", and it was unexpectedly loved by a large number of readers, prompting me to quickly conceive a novel about the deserted village.

That summer, I finished my seventh novel "Apartment in a Deserted Village".

At that time, no one would have imagined that the novels with the word "Desolate Village" would later become several bestsellers, affecting thousands of young readers in China, and even be made into movies that were released nationwide.

In November 2004, "Desolate Village Apartment" was published by Relay Publishing House. Thanks to Zhu Juanjuan, the editor in charge at the time, half of the success of this book in the market is due to her intelligence and hard work.

In 2005, the second novel "The Return of the Deserted Village" in the series of deserted villages was published.

Throughout 2005, "Desolate Village Apartment" won the love of countless people. In March of that year, the right to adapt the TV series was sold, and in October of that year, the right to adapt the film was sold (the novella "Desolate Village" was also sold at the same time).

Although, the TV series "Desolate Village Apartment" has been waiting for several years, and it is still nowhere in sight.However, the first movie about the deserted village was shot at the end of 2006, and after a year and a half of hesitation, it was released nationwide during the 2008 Olympic Games——"The Inn of the Deserted Village", which was adapted from the novella "The Inn of the Deserted Village" The movie "Desolate Village" has added many ideas of directors and screenwriters. Although it is very different from the original work, it has achieved box office success, which is also due to Pauli Bona's strong distribution capabilities.

In February 2009, the long-awaited "Desolate Village Apartment" finally started, and it will be released nationwide in the spring of 2-you will all see it.

The book you are looking at today is the first new edition, more than five years after the first edition of The Deserted Apartment, was published.The difference from the previous edition is that this book includes the origin of the deserted village - more than 2009 characters of the novella "Desolate Village", and another novella "Desolate Village Paradise" written by me in the summer of [-]. You can read it in One is new and the other is old, in the novella of two deserted villages, I see a different me.

Thanks to Brother Shu Feilian for writing the postscript for the new edition of this book.

Someone asked me, do I like "The 19th Floor of Hell" and "Apartment in a Deserted Village" back then, or do I like the current "Human World" (Part 16, Middle, and Part [-]) volumes?I said I like both of them - just like it is difficult for us to say whether we like our [-]-year-old or not.Because, I believe that my own writing life still has a very long way to go.

Looking forward to the upcoming new version of "Return from the Deserted Village", and also looking forward to the upcoming new version of "Mystery Fiction", you will see a new me.

I wish readers a happy Chinese New Year!
Cai Jun
January 2010, 1 in Shanghai
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