Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 25: Transformation and Responses to Some Questions
I have always been afraid that posting a single chapter would affect the immersion in reading the story. I often don’t know where to start talking about some things outside the story, but seeing some of your doubts, I still want to give you a response, and I hope that you can understand each other from it.

Let’s start with the transition from old books to new books.

I used to write historical articles, but I got stuck in a bottleneck. I found that I couldn't write without strong contradictions and conflicts. I like to write about "individuals" instead of "powers". I am not good at and don't like to write about governance and construction. I don't want to repeat honeycomb coal, gunpowder, etc. I can't write something new about the technology tree. I can't write about the great achievements of the great era that can convince myself and readers to surpass the prosperous Tang Dynasty. I always can't help writing about difficulties and let the protagonist go through one level after another. I was stuck in this bottleneck. After trying to break through for a long time, I felt more and more that my writing style was not suitable for historical articles and time travel. If I didn't have the pursuit of writing, I might have written a history with "strong conflicts". The late Ming Dynasty, Jingkang, and the Five Barbarians were my comfort zone.

While writing this book, I am looking for my own style. I try to put aside my burdens, give up the familiar track and sense of immersion, and explore a writing method that suits me.

The new book will definitely have shortcomings, such as the inappropriate writing style after the change of category, the poor sense of substitution for the indigenous protagonist, etc. These are what I expected and can bear. They are inevitable when I step out of my comfort zone.

I can spend a year or two to settle down and explore, so no matter what I will finish it.

Let me talk about myself. I have many shortcomings. I am very old-fashioned. Like many of my elders, I basically don't use QQ, only WeChat, and I have set it to mute and folded almost all group chats. I don't watch short videos or follow online hot spots. Sometimes when I encounter online hot topics while writing a book, I will deliberately change a few words. In life, I don't eat snacks, takeout, or drinks. I only drink hot water. In terms of personality, I am withdrawn and don't like to communicate with others. My mobile phone is in sleep mode all year round. I hate receiving harassing calls the most, otherwise I have to use my vague and non-standard Fujian accent to tell them "no need". The only way to contact me is to leave a message on WeChat. After a few words, I don't know if the other party wants to continue, so I send an emoticon package.

In addition, I am also literary, stubborn, out of date, nitpicky, and willful.

I chose the pen name "Weird Cousin" because I have had weird ideas since I was a child, my writing style is weird, and my personality is also weird.

My previous life motto was to focus on myself and persevere. However, now, I find that life is not enough to just grasp one rule. I have become an unreasonable idiot who can only work hard.

Readers read my books, but I only focus on writing books and rarely pay attention to readers' emotions. In my last book, I used a very unsuitable person as a disciplinary assistant, which hurt the feelings of many readers. In the past few days, when I saw so many readers with titles such as "good-looking people", "deacon", "helmsman", and "disciple" expressing their disappointment and anger, I carefully read the comments one by one. After a careful understanding, I realized how outrageous my lack of attention was. I should bear the consequences of these mistakes. After all, readers like my books but end up with a bad experience. I understand this emotion.

There are still some strange rumors, conspiracy theories, and various remarks that provoke me to confront readers... I did make mistakes and brought bad experiences to readers. I should bear the responsibilities and receive the criticisms, but I absolutely cannot and have never regarded readers as enemies as some remarks have led me to do. I can be criticized, but I don't accept this rhythm. I am a literary youth and stubborn. I update every day with the intention of doing things well. Although it is too late to apologize at this moment, I still want to say sorry to the book friends who see this response.

I have been in great pain and confusion lately because my life creed of "focusing on myself and persevering" seems to be useless. When my mistakes far exceed my persistence, my life creed seems to collapse.

But I don’t have any other creed, so I’ll just keep going. I’ll continue to update every day, even if I’m the only one who cares about this matter.

This book is a form of self-redemption and self-reconciliation for me. I wrote this book to let myself know that I have not stopped moving forward and will not indulge in setbacks. I am still moving forward.

On the old book, I encountered a bottleneck in writing, and I faced it with the most literary, stubborn, and evasive attitude; on the new book, I am still looking for a way to break through the bottleneck. It won’t be so fast, and I need to endure the process slowly, and it is possible that I won’t be able to break through it; in terms of operations, I did a very poor job in the past, and I will actively do it in the future.

I want to see if I can rediscover the joy I had in writing if things other than writing come to an end. I want to write more skillfully and let the protagonist take risks, all the time.

In short, I am just an old-fashioned, taciturn person who plans to write a story that suits me. It's that simple.

I will persevere and finish writing, and I sincerely thank all the book lovers for their company.

Well, I have responded to the end. Although I am alone, I will give you a heart with stiff movements...

(End of this chapter)