Shadow Empire

Chapter 80 Written before the release

I had been planning to do a monthly summary, but after giving it some thought, I decided to put it off until later.

Let’s first talk about some problems with this book. Some readers mentioned that the plot developed too slowly. It was obviously just a very simple thing, so why did it drag on for so long?

In fact, I don’t think this was intentionally prolonged or a new gameplay was deliberately created; this is just the way the story develops.

I hope to present a relatively more realistic world, rather than a story with three or five chapters.

There are many such fast-food stories in other places. Two hundred thousand words is almost enough to write the whole book. When you look back and think about what you have read, there is a high probability that you will not be able to remember what the book is about.

I personally think that a good story, at least the world, the society where the story takes place, and the era in which it takes place, are full and three-dimensional.

In the first chapter, I can write about how Lance was treated by Johnny, and in the second chapter, I can find a way to give him a slap on the shoulder, and in the third chapter, he encounters another unhappy thing, and in the fourth chapter, I can give someone else a slap on the shoulder again.

This is not a story.

The story has ups and downs and develops naturally.

I was a poor boy in the morning, but in the afternoon the system gave me 10 billion, and then I lived the life of a nouveau riche. This is not what I want.

Some readers also think that some parts of the plot are obviously unreasonable, such as the fact that Qiaobaf keeps retreating and dares not resist in the face of various blackmails.

Actually, don’t ask me this question. Go watch the news and ask those who are experiencing these things why they don’t resist?

They are being blackmailed for billions today and billions tomorrow, so why don't they leave, run away, or retaliate?

According to you, they have more money and influence, so why would they allow themselves to be blackmailed?

Did they all collude to play you?

Don't imagine a country like the Federation to be too perfect. They are cold, barbaric and cruel in their bones.

If Jobav leaves some clues about the gang or hired killers, they can kill him without a burial place.

It was not because he broke the law, but because he tried to resist, tried to resist the control from "orthodoxy".

It has always been their habit to rob and plunder. They don't deal with him more severely now, but just think that if they put the money in his pocket temporarily, he won't resist.

When someone is in need, they will come to you like Arthur did and give you a reason he cannot refuse.

As long as he resists, he will die a miserable death.

Then let's talk about the issue of personal opinions. I believe that the stories written by every author and writer are essentially a reflection of their own understanding of the world, so it is normal to have personal opinions.

But if one can see at a glance that there is ulterior motive and criticize and oppose it, then that is not my problem.

Some readers who are particularly disgusted with private goods should seriously reflect on why you are so strongly disgusted and care about some of my descriptions of the three views of society in the book???
When I type three question marks, it must not be my problem!
Next is the issue of usury. Some readers asked, why don’t these people go to the bank for loans?

How do you answer this question?

Probably, most of you have never gone to the bank to apply for a loan. For the low-income and proletarians, they will not give you a loan so easily. If you have understood it or experienced it, you will understand how strict these reviews are and how high the actual interest rates are!
Of course, most people don’t actually understand this. On the one hand, they don’t want to understand, and on the other hand, they don’t have the opportunity to understand. Then they asked me this question: why don’t you go to the bank?

Now I tell you, it’s because banks won’t lend them money, which is why usury still exists in developed countries even now.

As for whether the interest rate is high?
I can only say that I have written the figures lower, because some of the data are so exaggerated that I think those people are just making things up.

The next question is, why does Lance seem to lack participation in stories now, and most of them are other people’s stories?
It really depends on how the book is written, whether the characters drive the plot or the plot drives the characters.

Two obvious examples are: One Piece is a typical example of a character-driven plot, where the main driving force of the plot is not what others do, but what the protagonist does.

The other one is Naruto, where everyone is doing something, pushing the protagonist to follow an invisible line. Of course, this is just a sample, not necessarily correct, but it is roughly like this.

It is difficult to say which of these two writing styles is better, but I prefer to use the plot to drive the characters. Combined with my habit of hiding my own opinions and adding supporting characters as well as the social background, the story and characters themselves will be fuller, at least I think it will look better.

Now that the storyline itself is just beginning, there are not that many events for the protagonist to participate in, so he will appear relatively less frequently.

As the story progresses, there will be more and more plots related to the protagonist, and his shots and sense of participation will become stronger and stronger.

As for the issue of "coincidence", there is no coincidence in the world. As long as the coincidence is consistent with the development of the story and is logically acceptable, I think it is reasonable.

Even the great mage Liu Xiu is reasonable, there is no reason why my reasonable plots are unreasonable.

Someone raised a point today that the current way the protagonist solves problems is to retaliate with violence and violence, which lacks the pleasure of political intrigue.

Here's what I think: if an ordinary freelancer is now owed wages, and the other party is a big boss, please use your power to make this big boss fall because of your planning, and then kneel in front of you, holding up the several thousand yuan of owed wages in his hands, begging your subordinates to bypass him and let me learn from you.

Maybe I can also write about this kind of low-level sense of power struggle, and make people realize that the reason I can’t write it is because I have too little experience.

All the workers have to do is physical labor, and only the boss considers the interests of the company and business war issues.

Another old reader asked, there are only two people guarding tens of thousands of bottles of wine.

I said in my book that all the workers were laid off. Originally there were more than two people, but now because of the handover, and they were the front and back hands, they were laid off.

Someone said earlier that the protagonist's development is too smooth. He can easily meet noble people who can lend him money and solve his problems.

To be honest, if you download an xx loan now, you can meet noble people. They will give you a large sum of money without even meeting you, and still say that you are not the son of destiny?
When you told me that a loan shark who lent you money at high interest rates was a benefactor, do you know how long this made me laugh?

Alberto did not directly erase this loan. Lance recovered two debts for him, and he settled the loan for Lance. In other words, Lance also paid a price, and Anderson was not easy to deal with.

A reader raised a question, thinking that the protagonist's starting method was not up to par. I didn't want to say anything about this issue, but I had to say something.

There are too many people who have made their fortunes by cheating and deceiving others. If everyone had moral cleanliness, the world would have been unified long ago.

Some readers said that the process of assassinating Jimmy was too stupid, but I actually don’t think it was at all, because someone just proved that marksmanship is not easy to practice.

Let’s not discuss whether the number of bullets consumed and the number of deaths in each war are reasonable. Let’s just talk about target shooting. This high-precision pistol should be able to hit the target every time in a stable environment, right?

But we still know what the result will be.

Some might say, that’s too damn far.

There are many distances in the book. If you have friends who have fired a gun, ask them, within a distance of ten to twenty meters, when both themselves and the target are moving and there is traffic affecting their shooting, can they hit the target with every shot?
Baidu told me that at a distance of fifteen meters, a 1° angle difference results in a deviation of 4.17cm. In other words, even a small deviation will result in missing the vital point.

We always say "I thought", which is wrong. Maybe it would be more reasonable for me to write that he shot Jimmy's eye socket and blew his head off from a distance of five kilometers with a semi-automatic pistol with an effective range of only eighty meters.

Basically, these are the recent issues. If there is anything that needs to be discussed, or if you want me to answer, long press the last ① in this line and leave your comments to challenge the IQ of me and my book friends①.

You will see the answer next month.

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In addition, I would like to thank the editor-in-charge and editor-in-chief for their guidance and care, and wish myself a happy listing.

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