What to talk about late at night
I have seen the recent controversy about this story. I couldn't sleep tonight, so I just wanted to talk about it with you all. Just think of it as an early summary, because the third volume may not be suitable for a summary at the end of the volume.
In the latest plot, many book friends have a lot of controversy about the Liu family's offline and Chen Ji's very small "role" and "presence" in this incident, and the lack of satisfaction. They think that this is a poor writing.
I understand everyone's thoughts, completely. If I were writing it the way I did The Naming of the Night, I'd definitely put the protagonist at the core, and all the stories would have a beginning, a middle, and an end. A rebellion that's been built up for so long must have a grand ending to be meaningful.
The book lovers' expectations were dashed, the Liu family suddenly went offline, and everything seemed too hasty.
This feeling of entanglement is actually what I face every day: As an author, I know how people will react if I write like this, but after weighing the pros and cons for a long time, I still write it this way.
Let me apologize first. This writing style is indeed very presumptuous and makes everyone uncomfortable. I am really sorry.
Tell me the reason.
For book friends, the Liu family's sudden and irreversible demise was hasty, and the same was true for Chen Ji.
As we enter this story from Chen Ji's perspective, he feels the same bewilderment as everyone else: How could it end so suddenly? Did the Liu family just disappear like that?
But in this world, someone had meticulously planned the fate of the Liu family years ago. All the plans were to end the battle as quickly as possible and leave the Liu family with no strength to resist.
When I asked for leave a few days ago, I realized this problem and fell into contradiction and thinking. At that time, I hoped that Liu Ge Lao could come up with more means to
Faced with this situation, he could then die in a more spectacular way and become a more powerful villain, but in the end I found that his opponents would not give him this opportunity.
If it was given, then the planning of the past few years would be completely meaningless, and Mr. Feng's seven years of hard work would also be meaningless to remove the Liu family's last defense.
So I finally chose to respect this fate and not try to rewrite it.
I can't write about how much effort Mr. Feng put in to seize power, and how many times his attempts were thwarted by the Liu family. I can't describe how much the Secret Service played in this, or what roles Prince Jing and Emperor Ning played.
Just like many legends in history collapsed too suddenly, we cannot see the undercurrents from the protagonist's perspective and can only wait for them to be slowly revealed later.
It's not just the Liu family. In the third volume, there will be more people who suddenly appear and leave. This is their destined fate and the underlying logic of the whole story. It is not affected by Chen Ji's will or our will.
Now let’s talk about the excitement and the protagonist’s presence in this story.
Before Chen Ji traveled through time, fate had already begun to intertwine. Countless things happened during this period, and there were countless contradictions in human nature. Until Li Qingniao appeared in front of Chen Ji and pushed him down from the sea of clouds, the gears of fate finally began to turn.
In the first three volumes, strictly speaking, Chen Ji wasn't the true protagonist, as he was merely experiencing the fate of others. Those characters, both important and minor, had their lovable and hateful qualities, and they each had their own aspirations; no one was born to play a supporting role to the protagonist.
Therefore, in the current part of the third volume, the role of Chen Ji has been weakened, which has led to the lack of understanding among the readers.
I lost some sense of immersion and became a "bystander" like Chen Ji.
Chen Ji is not a high-ranking official, nor does he have his own dreams, ideals, or motivations. He just came to this world without knowing why, and then experienced this incident ignorantly, feeling powerless.
I also thought about making Chen Ji's story more exciting, making him more intelligent and capable of controlling the entire process of the Liu family's demise? But in reality, this story and destiny were not prepared for him. Many people have prepared for this day for many years, and he just happened to come into this world at this time.
It would be a long time before he understood what had happened during this time.
As I have said before, when I first conceived this story, I actually started from the third volume, or to be more precise, from the plot after tomorrow (this is why I wanted to take some time today to write a summary, although the third volume has not yet ended).
First comes the plot after tomorrow, then the ending, and finally the previous story. This is the order.
Readers can understand this as Chen Ji finally becoming the true main plot and protagonist in the story, and the story finally has a main plot. (If I were to be more willful, I'd actually like to call all the previous plots a small "prequel," "foreword," or "introduction.")
Perhaps book lovers will only be able to feel the true tone and background of this book at the end of the third volume, or they may have to get to know Chen Ji all over again.
Here, I would like to apologize for everyone’s poor reading experience in recent days. I understand your feelings, please be patient and wait a moment.
Thank you everyone.
Thanks again.
See you tomorrow.
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