Cang's Ramblings

Chapter 518 514. Comments on "I Don't Want to Be the Emperor"

What I recommend to you today is a new book by the great writer Zheng Jin Lun Liang Hua Hua Mao.

"I Don't Want to Be the Emperor", a great writer who argues about everything.

Category: History-Alternative History.

【Introduction】

He wanted to live a peaceful life again, but everyone wanted to force him to be the emperor.
【Golden Five Chapters】

Chapter One: Visitors from Another World. The protagonist, Lin Yi, is an orphan who was confined to a wheelchair after a car accident, leaving him to become a web novelist. Having finally landed a popular setting and preparing to start a new book, he travels back in time to become the ninth prince of Liang, a rather unwelcome figure. Now crowned king, he no longer seeks favor and instead settles down to his own fiefdom, finding comfort in his situation.

Chapter 2, Princess Huaiyang. The protagonist's sister, Princess Huaiyang Lin Ning, comes to visit him, bursting into tears. She worries that the protagonist will die in his fiefdom of Sanhe, which is essentially a place of exile. The protagonist has taught his sister math and poetry since they were young. Now, she's a renowned talent, but he can't become a scholar. Otherwise, he'll die. Now that he's earned enough money and been crowned king, is he just waiting to die if he doesn't leave?
Chapter 3: The Foolish Prince. The protagonist sits at the palace gate, telling the children the story of the Three Strikebacks against the White Bone Demon. The butcher, Zhu Rourong, pesters the butler to challenge him to a martial arts match, even getting beaten black and blue, yet still smiling. The protagonist praises the butler for his newly made shorts and orders anyone willing to go to Sanhe to take them along.

Chapter 4, Hong An. The protagonist is known for his love of money, and he makes it in a fair way. He has many businesses, but his most profitable one is the escort agency. His housekeeper is worried that he will die in the south, so the protagonist scolds him and sends him away. The housekeeper wanders outside a house and hears someone crying inside. He follows a girl and finds her nearly drowning. He names her Hong An.

Chapter 5, The Apprentice. The butler accepts the apprentice, brings him into the palace, and shows him to the protagonist, who doesn't refuse. After dinner, the protagonist goes fishing, happily riding his donkey. Both the butler and the apprentice follow him, and crucially, he names his embroidery needlework "Hui Yuan Gong," a rip-off of Journey to the West.

【Brief Comment】

Zheng Jin Lun Liang Hua Hua Mao, a great writer, has written five works, including "I'm the Master of My World" (not signed), "My 1979" (a masterpiece), "The Commoner is the King" (forced to end), "Bu Zhu" (a short story, I don't know what he was thinking), and "I Don't Want to Be the Emperor" (history).

The book I recommend today is his transitional work, from urban to historical.

Currently, there are 6.9 collections on Qidian, 551 collections in the bookstore, 14 fans, and 12 alliance leaders.

The reason for the switch is unclear. Perhaps the limitations of the Urban category hindered performance. Or perhaps I opted for the History category with an editor I'm familiar with.

It's usually hard to predict the outcome of a transition. Rong Xiaorong's previous transition to fantasy seemed to have failed.

Huahuamao's shift to history is also a niche genre, making it difficult to achieve success. Everyone knows how discerning readers of history are. Only those who are deeply committed to research and analysis can withstand the barrage of readers.

Huahuamao's new book, however, is a fictionalized history, requiring no comparison to real history. This is an advantage: it allows for any kind of writing, even involving systems, cheats, or even the emperor. However, the disadvantage is that the sense of immersion is weak, and it's difficult to find real historical references, which can make one's historical knowledge seem rather weak.

In fact, there is no need to worry about these things. Although it is called history, it is actually just a layer of skin. It can be written as an ancient time-travel novel, or understood as a story about a parallel world.

The protagonist is the ninth prince, crowned king, presumably in Guangdong, due to the proximity of Baiyun Mountain. He continues to make money and educate his subjects using modern thinking. He often tells modern stories, instilling in his servants the idea of ​​equality.

He also opened a school in the hope of educating more people, but encountered considerable resistance.

Complain about the title of the book. If he doesn't want to be an emperor, why does he call himself "朕"? It's a bit arrogant~
So far, the results are quite good, and it's definitely a quality novel. The key is whether it can withstand the test of the market over time and whether it can create a unique historical flavor. Above all, don't just write for the sake of cash.

However, considering that his "My 1979" is so well written, his historical novels are still worth looking forward to.

【to sum up】

Writing is not easy, so cherish every moment!

I’m Cang Yiwei, and I’m here to promote “Cang’s Ramblings”!
Welcome to the paradise of book reviews.

【Cang's Ramblings】

This book was put on the shelves on November 1st, with the first order of 6700, but the boutique icon has not been lit up yet.

There was a book on the shelves at the same time that had over 10,000 first-time orders, but none of the icons lit up.

I don’t know what the officials are doing.

It seems like programmers don’t get any bonus for working overtime and they don’t work efficiently at all.

However, overall, the performance of this book is on the rise~
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