January 1, 2023, 5.08 am.
In the dream, I sat up in shock and came to the desk again.
Regarding the plot controversy, I think it’s better to talk to everyone.
First of all, Bawan really didn't expect such a reaction, which would arouse so much hostility. What friends in the group know is that yesterday someone in the group went beyond the limit of complaints and made direct personal attacks @80,000. What they don’t know is that there were dozens of insults in private chats and private messages...
I want to say it eighty thousand times, but it won’t happen.
Of course, since someone has started a controversy, I know that there are many friends who are not used to speaking out, and they must be uncomfortable, so I will communicate with everyone from the bottom of my heart.
Let’s talk about attitude first. People who celebrate the Chinese New Year get scolded when they come up, which certainly makes Ba Wan feel uncomfortable. But later I calmed down and realized that someone had read the book and understood it. Their thoughts were unclear and they could understand it if they vented their anger.
Let’s talk about this controversial episode.
In fact, for a good story, the further it goes, the less the author can do. Because the stage has been set, as long as the character proceeds according to his character logic, the story will develop naturally.
Let’s take a look at the plot of Little Aowu’s birth. When Feng Nanzhi gives birth to the child, there are only two ways to go about the plot——
First: After she was born, no one noticed that Feng Nanzhi was being her empress while arrogantly raising Little Aowu;
Second: The current plot was born and discovered.
If it is the former choice, then what we see is a wave of daily flow writing, and in the end, we will still return to the second choice.
Quite simply, the Tiger Clan is a nail that must be removed from the human race. But with Feng Nanzhi as the clan leader, the human race, that is, Chen Luo, could not find a suitable reason to start this war.
Because Feng Nanzhi’s role is a fire-extinguishing existence. Only with this character logic can the logic of the previous story in this book be reasonable. But as the story progresses, she needs to step away from that "fire-fighting" position for a while.
The birth of Xiao Aowu provided a plot opportunity for her to leave this position.
Of course, there is also a way to write it that does not follow the plot selection above. Anyway, the tiger clan can always cause trouble and force the human clan to take action...
It is full of conspiracy and plotting, intertwined with misunderstandings and emotions.
However, if it were written like this... Feng Nanzhi would be so cruel!
Bao Wan reiterates that Bao Wan is not a young man and will not torture for the sake of torture.
Therefore, this writing method was excluded by 80,000 from the very beginning.
Okay, the plot logic is straightened out, let’s look at the specific plot expression.
"Xian Shu" is the first book of Ba Wan. Today is the 574th day of writing. I have encountered many pitfalls along the way. Thank you very much for everyone's patience and tolerance. But today's situation makes me feel that I have grown a little. The 80,000 yuan was a little confused again.
"Feng Nanzhi gave birth to little Aowu, and was discovered by Feng Bugui who came here. Feng Bugui decided to imprison Feng Nanzhi in anger, establish himself as the clan leader, and start the new generation of the Tiger clan's death-defying cause..."
Is this a poisonous point?
Bao Wan was really sincere and rushed to give birth to little Aowu on the last day, but he didn't expect that he seemed to have stepped on a thunderbolt.
I read it over and over again, and found that in the story, no one was killed, and no one died; after Feng Bugui arrived, he just wanted to kill Xiao Aowu out of anger, but Feng Nanzhi threatened him with the blood of the white tiger, so he didn't do it in the end.
So where do some people get angry?
I thought about it for a long time, and after much deliberation, there may be two reasons.
First, evil people gain power.
In the plot, Feng Bugui's overwhelming strength makes people feel depressed.
One more thing to say here is that in the setting, Yihu's Qiongqi bloodline is already the most adept at fighting among the tiger clan. In addition, there is naturally a special reason why Feng Bugui is valued by the Tiger Clan Elders Council. This will be revealed later.
Feng Feifei also said that Feng Bugui had hidden his strength before. Only this time, he was exposed in anger.
Second, everyone is too doting on Xiao Aowu.
I can't bear to see Xiao Aowu being wronged.
What everyone wants to see is when little Aowu is born, the stars hold the moon, the Qilin King sends a barbecue set meal, the Qinglong Emperor personally recognizes the Princess of Nanhuang, the Taoist Temple and the Taoist Palace come to congratulate her, and Ye Heng frantically knocks the seal.
In this way, it's probably a pleasure.
But the story...can't be written like this.
Just like the plot of Transformation into Mortals, of course I know that everyone wants to watch Wanli, everyone wants to see Fengshen, and everyone wants to see Chen Luo suppress the barbarians and kill Tianwai, but again, the story is a process.
As readers, you can skip reading; but as an author, Bao Wan cannot skip writing.
"Xianshu" has been written to 3.5 million words today. Other authors have asked me, how should I write a book about Confucianism and Daoism? In his opinion, the novelty of a million words in a Confucian-Daoist book is exhausted, and after that, it just keeps repeating...
My answer is: Don't pay attention to the words "Confucianism and Taoism", what you write is a story.
For example, that pioneering work, in fact, regardless of the setting of the poem, if you just look at its world building and plot advancement, it is also a first-rate story.
A truly responsible author cannot rely on emotional hot spots to pile up plots. Otherwise, readers will be very happy in the short term, but such a story will end up being a mess, consuming everyone's enthusiasm and destroying the author's quality.
Sometimes, I would rather my readers tell me that I want to support them for a while. In my opinion, this is the patience he gave 80,000 yuan. Of course, I have been following it, and I can only say that I am full of love...
Having said this, what Bawan actually wants to say is that no matter what the results are, no matter what Bawan's updates are, Bawan's original intention of writing a good story for everyone has never changed. As for stories, there are always climaxes and transitions, and there must be some unsatisfactory parts. Bawan will still study hard and improve his abilities.
Talking about the plot itself, as Bawan just said, I won’t write about abuse.
Therefore, what has already happened should be the worst case scenario. In fact, in the latest chapter, everyone has also seen that whether it is Niu Dafa or Yun Siyao, this is actually a pre-arranged means by 80,000 people to break the situation.
Please believe me, I also feel very sorry for Xiao Aowu.
Then, let’s talk about the issue of transformation.
After seeing the long paragraphs of expressions expressed by some readers in the chapter reviews, I really read it carefully.
The plot of "Transformation into Mortal" was actually decided during the National Day last year.
Speaking of which, writing about Hua Fan can never avoid having big ears. Back then, I had already written the outline of the adaptation so that I could talk about the script adaptation of that book as soon as possible, but Accountant Jia ran too fast...
Back to business.
Explain a few questions.
One is that when the protagonist knows his identity as Wang Yun and Wang Boan, how could he not know that the person whose soul has passed through him is Wang Yangming?
This is the trap of preconceived empiricism, just like in a detective drama, the world you see is always only a few people.
Most of the ancient characters correspond to names. For example, Chen Luo, whose courtesy name is Dongliu, means "Luoshui flows eastward"; for example, Zhao Yun, whose courtesy name is Zilong, is an allusion to "Yun Conglong".
The successors of Confucianism mostly chose their characters from ancient classics, especially the Four Books and Five Classics, so the rate of duplication of names is very high.
A little knowledge, the four books and the five classics combined total less than 630,000 words.
The two names Wang Shouren and Wang Yangming are well known to later generations. Shouren was the name changed by Wang Yangming's grandfather under the guidance of an expert; while Yangming was the later nickname.
Therefore, if the protagonist is not aware of it, it is not considered a bug.
Another question, this kind of fake corpse transformation is particularly conspicuous. In the future, can’t the enemy just kill people with this kind of characteristics?
Well, how should I put it? According to the setting, I set Daxuan's land area roughly according to the size of Asia. Taking into account the supernatural power, even if it is a feudal society, the total population of Daxuan is about two billion.
In the setting of 80,000, there are people who can reach the stage of becoming mortal in martial arts every year, but even at the peak of future generations, there will never be more than 1,000 people every year.
And among these thousand people, the number who really have the courage to step into this realm is a bit higher, about two-thirds, that is, six to seven hundred people.
Taking my country's 2021 census as an example, 27,781 people die every day, which is 10.14 million people a year.
If six to seven hundred people are randomly scattered into a huge base, who can say that I will kill all the people who are cheating?
Finally, there is the so-called ethical issue.
Some readers said, wouldn't it be better to recreate an independent person yourself? Why must possession be used?
Hmm... Should I say it or not, aren't all the soul-transportation articles in today's internet articles about people possessing people?
To be honest, it would be weird to transform into a new person. Inexplicably, there is an extra person in the world, and he is easily targeted.
After all, in the setting, only Chen Luo appears with memories, while the others appear with sealed memories.
Here, we can explain the ethical issues by the way.
Let’s talk about the future mortal warrior first.
Because the setting of becoming a mortal is a closed memory, for future warriors, whether it is reincarnation or rebirth, in short, those people think that they are the identity of the physical body. The difference in treatment is that the martial arts association connects with the heavenly way and provides some guidance in the mortal world. This is also the internal logic of why Chen Luo must first drive thousands of miles away before they can begin to transform into mortals.
Therefore, for these people, even if their memories are restored after enlightenment, the bond between them and the people around them is still there.
This is also the key to the setting of the world of mortals—never leave the world of mortals for thousands of miles!
As for the cause and effect of the physical body, in the future the two worlds will be reunited, reincarnation will be rebuilt, whether you want to compensate for the opportunity of giving, or whether you want to be a disciple, it all depends on the warrior's own ideas. Anyway, how can this cause and effect be fulfilled.
Okay, let’s talk about the protagonist.
The protagonist's memory is not sealed (objectively speaking, if the protagonist's memory is sealed, then the previous plot will be no different from the new book), which some people find awkward.
One of the most interesting comments I saw was: I originally thought it was a plot about the sweeping monk, how cool that was!
But brother, the protagonist has his own memory, which is based on the settings of the sweeping monk!
Didn't it say in the latest chapter that Chen Luo's current combat power, relying on the soul and being more stable, can fight at the first level!
This is not re-learning the trumpet!
Chen Luo's way of thinking was still the same colorful way.
It's just that Chen Luo changed his vest again!
Yes, just think of this body as a high-end vest!
Transforming into a mortal is just a gimmick...
----Dividing line----
Let’s talk about Hua Fan’s arrangements.
In fact, as soon as Wang Yangming's identity came out, everyone should have known that I was going to study the mind.
Mind Learning has been called out by readers since this book was hundreds of thousands of words long. Until now, the time is ripe.
I think it is a more appropriate treatment to use Wang Yangming's name in the book as the founder of mind science.
Logically, the study of the mind is a science of "doing things in the world with a transcendent mind", which exactly matches the purpose of practice at this stage of martial arts.
However, the fundamental purpose of writing "Eight Wan" to transform into a mortal is just to pave the way for Wanli in a more reasonable manner, so it will not be written as a popular science article, and the plot of "Transformation into a Mortal" will not be too long.
Just because there are other things, such as the plot of the tiger clan, will be interspersed in it, so it will also take a few days. In short, we will definitely drive thousands of miles before the Spring Festival.
Spoiler: The reason why Wang Yangming is born with a disability in the book is because the power of Heaven is limited and cannot give birth to such a character!
————The dividing line again————
Okay, having said all that, I wonder if Bawan has explained some of the controversies clearly.
I am not afraid of abandoning the book, nor am I afraid of slander, but what I am afraid of is that you approve of me, but read the book with regret.
I am just a storyteller. If you like to listen, I am very happy.
I just want to tell the story well. If I can’t tell it well, then I’ll try my best. No one wants to deliberately break pots and bowls.
The fathers of Jiangshan can tolerate me and prevent me from doing evil in the world!
Last sentence: There is another chapter today!
Let’s catch up on some sleep first!
