A letter to readers and a million-word summary

Although this title seems to mean that you are preparing to run away, please rest assured that our scam is still guaranteed, at least it will not be a eunuch.

This time I will summarize some of the issues in the book so far and give a unified response to readers’ opinions.

But before that, please allow me to make a statement in advance——

First.

I have no intention of offending any genuine readers. Even if you criticize me for criticizing the plot and characters, it is your right as a genuine reader.

Therefore, the content of this letter is not intended to be directed at readers, but is only intended as a self-summary and reflection.

second.

The recently deleted book reviews were all deleted by me and have nothing to do with the management of the operations team.

My management is only responsible for the review of all subscription groups and the management order within the group. The book club and this chapter said that I do not allow them to delete comments or ban people.

third.

I have been silent, not because of the so-called "chicken floating", "arrogant", "I don't treat readers as human beings" or "thinking that I am awesome".

It's just because there are too many people scolding me. Every day I open a comment in the background and scroll through dozens or hundreds of comments all scolding me. It affects my coding mentality. I can't stand it any longer, so I can only pretend to be dead to save my life.

I used to refute the content you criticized me for, but why didn’t I refute it later? Because I knew that the plot you criticized was indeed problematic in my writing, and I couldn’t refute it.

But when I can’t refute it, I see you guys trolling me every day, back and forth, and I can’t stand this mentality, so I can only delete the comments to find some peace and quiet.

As a result, because the comments were deleted but not banned, some readers became rebellious. The more you deleted the comments, the more I had to say... So during this period of time, I stopped reading this chapter and just mentioned it as a book friend.

I have deleted the negative reviews.

Let me clarify this.

I just don’t have a good mental receptive ability, so when faced with a large number of “correct and irrefutable” comments, I can only delete comments to protect myself, in order to maintain my motivation to write. Otherwise, I keep thinking about the negative comments in my mind. Basically

I can sit in front of the computer for hours and still not be able to type.

I'm a mean person, so I always want to click on the comments, but I know it's definitely going to be a bad review, but I just can't help it. It's better now that I can finally stop reading it.

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The above explains the recent negative reviews and recent deletion of reviews.

Next is the stage of sorting out plot issues and reasons, as well as the specific reasons why I don’t respond to negative reviews.

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1. The plot during the summer vacation in the book

This plot, from the beginning to the start of school report in Chapter 118, totals more than 400,000 words.

Simply speaking from the perspective of plot structure and content arrangement, this episode is the most satisfying episode for me.

But looking back now, the root of the problem actually appears here.

Because of the writing inertia of the female protagonists in the previous two dog food novels, I heated up the ambiguous stage between the male and female protagonists too quickly at the beginning of this book.

As a result, by the time the first game was completed, Yan Chijue's love for Xu Xing had almost reached a point where it would be difficult to end the relationship without falling in love immediately.

And here, a better way to deal with it would be to maintain the vigilant character of Yan Chijuan asking Yao Yuanyuan to call her every half an hour to confirm her safety when Yan Chijuan came to work as a model for the first time. The relationship should not heat up so quickly.

Even if Xu Xing was indeed very kind to her, based on her family experience, she should have stopped at most thanking her. A little affection was okay, but she shouldn't "soften" so quickly.

If the plot of the rising relationship were set in college, it would be more reasonable and more in line with the rhythm of this book.

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2. The plot from the beginning of university to the National Day in October

This plot, from Chapter 118 to Chapter 170, is about 250,000 words long.

From here on, there are actually a lot of problems.

The first is the introduction of new characters from the university brought about by changing the map, which itself requires foreshadowing and transition.

There are two ways I can deal with it.

First, in the plot during the summer vacation, three people, Yu Youjia, Xue Weiqiang and Wang Jiaxin, were laid out in advance as acquaintance anchors after entering college.

The second is to arrange for the climax plot of Fruit Assassin to unfold here, allowing readers to accept the plot of the climax of the career line while being more likely to stay and accept the foreshadowing of the new characters in the university.

Up to this point, everything was actually fine. At most, I was still relatively immature when it came to handling the climactic plot of Fruit Assassin.

Apart from Li Zhibin, a good brother, and Xu Niannian, a sister who is still kept in the dark, the only actual people who can provide refreshments are two pineapple company auditors in America.

That said, I didn't provide a specific "villain."

I almost brushed aside the games that competed with Fruit Assassin at the same time, such as the planning of Sword of Exotics.

If it were a normal business article, this section is actually the content that should be capitalized and featured.

It’s just that creating villains has always been my weakness. I was negligent at the time, and coupled with the intensive updates, I got over it immediately.

After that, the studio expanded and recruited people. Xu Yi and Xu Niannian learned the truth. The domestic version of Fruit Assassin was released and was plagiarized by Tencent Studio.

The problem in this area is actually very obvious. Xu Yi and Xu Niannian should actually be separated due to the expansion of the studio, and there is no need for such delay.

In addition to the need to shock and show off, Xu Yi is also paving the way for the subsequent recruitment of high-end talents in Qunxing Company.

As for Xu Niannian, this is a climactic showdown plot that has been foreshadowed from the early stage.

If the two are overlapped together, the pace will seem sluggish when reading, and the reading will not be smooth enough.

If they are separated, both sides of the plot will actually have a better experience, and it will also bury the information gap that Xu Niannian and Xu Yi don't know each other about joining Xu Xing Company, and they can continue to use this to make fuss in the future.

Apart from this plot, the rest is the Tencent plagiarism incident, the production of the secret escape mobile game that paved the way for subsequent career lines, and the plot of Zhang Nong’s E-Me takeaway.

Among them, Tencent plagiarized this part, which is a simple pretentious and slap-in-the-face plot structure. It can be regarded as my attempt to slap the villain in the face, but the effect is actually average.

Looking back now, the plot about the confrontation between the two sides was still a little too plain. There were too few direct dialogues and exchanges between the two sides, and it failed to provide more direct emotional points. As a result, there seemed to be a layer of separation between the two sides when they were slapped in the face.

The capabilities in this area still need to be improved.

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3. Plot during National Day

Chapter 170 to Chapter 180, about 70,000 to 80,000 words.

This section is mentioned in isolation because of some problems that will arise in the subsequent plot, and the direct causes are basically here.

First of all, in terms of business lines, due to the large investment in Kyoto, the business map was suddenly too large. The exciting points in each field were spread out like this, which could easily lead to the reader's attention being distracted.

This is because this is my first serious business writing, so I can still accept such mistakes. After all, the route was planned before I started the book, so there is nothing to say.

But the emotional line is a bigger problem.

As mentioned above when talking about the first 400,000 words, that plot advanced the relationship between Yan Chiju and Xu Xing too quickly.

So during the climax and transition stage of the career of more than 200,000 words, I slowed down the progress between Yan Chiju and Xu Xing.

This led to readers' comments on the love line at that time, almost all pointing in the same direction, that is, "Yan Chi's jealousy has been so obvious, you still don't accept Xu Xing, if you had changed me, I would have gone to bed, why is it a eunuch protagonist again?"

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As I said before, I am indeed a person who is easily affected by readers' feedback, even if I have repeatedly emphasized that I must follow the outline and cannot change it casually.

But actually when it comes to the National Day plot... emmm... I have no details.

As for the emotional line, my outline has always been relatively simple and can be controlled at any time. A complete outline is basically tilted towards the career line.

After all, that's my weakness.

And after more than a month of daily updates, the previous detailed outline has been completely exhausted. In the critical period of the development of the National Day plot, which connects the past and the next, I am worried that readers will lose their patience because they have not started further, and there is an urgent need for a meaningful plot.

An explosive plot.

So in the end, I chose the plot of Yan Chi Jiu and Xu Xing’s confession.

All of a sudden, the delicate balance of the emotional line was broken.

My approach at that time was to actively keep the love relationship hidden from Yan Chi’s perspective, in order to maintain the balance between the two heroines.

But looking back at the subsequent plot, we know that if this is the case alone, the balance cannot be maintained.

So starting from this stage, the plot started to have big problems.

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4. Stars expand to WeChat 2.0 press conference

From Chapter 180 to Chapter 224, there are about 180,000 words.

From here on, because there is no detailed outline, the career line is too big, and the balance of the emotional line is problematic, as a result, I have never found a good way and angle to improve my outline and detailed outline.

To put it simply, from here on, my daily coding will basically have no details.

In the past, I was able to maintain a daily number of 10,000 just because the detailed outline was very complete, and even the key content included daily chapter outlines.

When you sit on the chair and take a look at the details, your mind will suddenly become clear, and you will feel more at ease after buying insurance.

But when there is no detailed outline and you are completely unable to write a satisfactory detailed outline, the urgency and panic, as well as the sense of powerlessness in controlling the subsequent plot, will always haunt you.
To be continued...