There is nothing wrong with the training method of the Justice Messenger

Fuwa Haruto said bluntly: "Contrary to the reliable feeling you give to Teacher Muzi, the future of that child is worrying."

"If it's not a work that can bring smiles to people's faces, I will never approve of it." Yamada Fairy snorted coldly and turned away: "Okay, let's go, Prince Stallion, there are people from the animation production company who want to meet, right?"

"That's right... No, don't call me the Stallion Prince!" Bupo smiled apologetically at Li Nian and Kasumigaoka: "In fact, I still have a lot to say to you two, but now I can only leave it for later. There will be a second meeting later, and we will see each other again."

After the two left, they did not go to look for the grand prize winner, Karina Yuta, but turned and walked in another direction.

"A genius?" Kasumigaoka looked thoughtful from the very beginning.

"Senior sister is stimulated again?"

"…You weren't stimulated?"

"I really don't care. You've heard what teacher Fupo said. The industry is a business, and selling books is ultimately for the public. Being a genius doesn't necessarily mean you can stay in the industry for long, and it's not even necessarily a good thing."

"But you will help her, won't you?"

"This... is it planning to do this, right?"

“Genius talent, when channeled in the right direction, can become even more terrifying.”

"Huh? It's hard to say. It's not impossible for an author who uses pain as motivation to lose her talent after losing the pain." Li Nian thought for a while and then said, "But of course I think that if she can use her talent that everyone praises to write something that people in the world of the living would like to read, I would be happy to see it."

After that, the two of them didn't talk about Kani Nayuta anymore, but talked about the game script of Aki. Li Nian reported the completion status to Kasumigaoka, and then they exchanged their views on certain plots. During this time, they chatted and ate, and had a very fulfilling time.

Kasumigaoka also felt that chatting with Li Nian was always interesting. They had the same aspirations, would seriously discuss creation-related content, had matching abilities and insights, could exchange experiences and ideas with each other, and make each other feel that they had gained something. Even if they talked about boring gossip, they could still joke with each other and have fun. Even if they wanted to think for themselves from time to time, they could still tacitly maintain a natural and comfortable quiet atmosphere.

This made her feel more and more that it was a wise decision to take the initiative to approach Li Nian - there was no one else around her with whom she could chat like this.

In fact, Kasumigaoka came to attend this banquet hosted by the library on a whim. She didn't know any writer friends and didn't like crowded occasions. She always refused when invited to similar banquets in the past.

This time she came mainly with the idea of ​​witnessing Li Nian's debut, and now she further feels that she had a good time.

As they were chatting, the male emcee on the stage turned on the microphone and began to move on to the next stage of the award ceremony.

First, one of the judges of this year's Newcomer Award, Haruto Fuwa, was invited to the stage. Li Nian guessed that the reason why the more famous Yamada Fairy was not chosen was because they were worried that the girl would say some nonsense and stupid things on the stage.

This was the right decision. The handsome author, who looked very presentable, gave a very good speech with his fluent speech. Then it was the turn of the award winners.

The first speaker was naturally the grand prize winner, Karina Yuta. Her performance was a disaster. Before, she only needed to accept the award and did not need to speak, and she could still perform well in front of people. Now, she was asked to speak under everyone's gaze, which was simply a death sentence. Although the staff had reminded the winners of this speech session and asked them to prepare early, it seemed that Karina Yuta did not prepare any cheat sheets, let alone a script. She did not have any impromptu performance when she got on the stage, and she stammered and could not say a few polite words.

Fortunately, the emcee was professional and had experience in dealing with situations where guests were so nervous that they couldn't speak. He said something like, "It seems that our grand prize winner is a little nervous in front of people. It's okay. Let's give her a round of applause to encourage her." After smoothing over the situation, he led the person away.

Next it was Li Nian's turn to go on stage. He was a master at talking nonsense and didn't care about other people's looks. He felt no pressure and had been planning to just say a few polite words to deal with the situation. But after seeing Kani Nayuta's disastrous performance, he realized that the atmosphere was a bit dull and suddenly decided to say something meaningful.

Chapter 383: It is easy to help others, but difficult to support them

Now he was standing at an award ceremony held by the library. Below the stage were various people related to the light novel industry - mainly authors from Phoenix Library gathered together. For Li Nian, this was indeed an extremely rare opportunity.

It is rare to see a group of guys who stay at home typing on keyboards all day getting together throughout the year, and it is even more rare for Li Nian to have the opportunity to speak in the spotlight of these people. When he thought that it was this group of guys who produced his spiritual food, Li Nian had something special he wanted to say, and decided to seize this rare opportunity to speak it out.

"Ah, sound check, can you hear me? Okay, it looks like the microphone is fine."

After simply grabbing everyone's attention with this opening remark, the man under the spotlight began to speak casually.

"Thank you to the judges and thank you to the library - there is no point in saying such polite words. Now that I have this rare opportunity, I have something else I want to convey to all the senior writers."

The speech by the Grand Award winner was not very ideal, but the winner of the Excellent Award who came up next looked like a man of extraordinary bearing. He was dressed in a suit with a slender figure, standing there with his head held high and his sharp eyes scanning the whole audience. There was actually a different kind of oppression. He was obviously a newcomer but he seemed to be more at ease than anyone else present. He was not nervous at all when being stared at by everyone. It must be said that such a man has a different kind of charm that is quite eye-catching. He also said that he wanted to say something to the authors here. For a moment, everyone's attention was really focused on Li Nian.

Rather than boring pleasantries, everyone wants to hear something more interesting and see what this newcomer who seems to have quite a few ideas can say.

Kasumigaoka didn't expect Li Nian to do this. She thought he was a man who didn't like to show off in front of others. But since he did this, Kasumigaoka didn't feel too surprised. Li Nian just had this casual side.

Yamada Fairy looked at the man on the stage with great interest: "I like guys like this who dare to speak loudly."

In previous award ceremonies, there have been many young talents who have taken the opportunity to speak their minds. Some of them have expressed their expectations for the future in an impassioned manner, expressing their ambition to create trends and change the industry.

Although it may seem a bit empty and reckless to the seniors who have gone through the rookie stage, having that kind of enthusiasm itself is a good thing. Many creators present have also experienced similar periods and understand that such ambition can really be transformed into motivation and even give birth to tremendous energy that changes the times.

So everyone fell silent, waiting for Li Nian to continue speaking with warm, watchful eyes, willing to listen.

In such an atmosphere, Li Nian began to express her ideas fluently and directly.

"I love reading, I read a lot and a wide range of books, but to be honest, I don't find many books interesting. I think this is not a special situation. There should be many authors who think like me, that it is difficult to find books, and that good stories are rare. Do you think so, while producing content that you yourself don't like?"

"Ah, you want to criticize the industry?"

Below the stage, Haruto Fuwa looked at the winner of the Excellence Award whom he had chosen and listened to his speech. He felt that there was nothing new in it. The industry had been criticized like this for a long time, and the authors had been numbed by all kinds of nonsense. If they just wanted to express their dissatisfaction with the industry, then it would just be boring words to these practitioners.

Is Teacher Muzi the type who only wants to express himself?

Being paranoid and believing that one's own values ​​are popular, not being able to distinguish between personal likes and dislikes and right and wrong, and believing that what one likes is the most valuable, and believing in it without a doubt - everyone has had such an immature and ignorant period.

Fuwa Haruto also had a period like this...but he felt that this teacher Muzi was not that kind of person?

Of course, Li Nian has long passed the period of being eager to show off. He said this without intending to instill his own values ​​in anyone. He continued, "Having said that, I am not criticizing your ideas. On the contrary, I just believe that you are also troubled by this, and I want to provide some help to colleagues like you and sort out your thoughts."

"What is the current trend? Needless to say, you all know it. It's about cuteness, eroticism, reincarnation in another world, harem, sister, demon king, dragon arrogant, etc. You are all experts in this field, and you are the author who has spent a lot of effort on the subject matter you are good at. For this reason, you try to apply formulas and learn routines from successful works. In addition, you also try your best to find ways to make your story more unique. You always want to find some different elements to add to it, to make your book more unique and eye-catching. This effort is right. I am also a person who will be attracted by an interesting book title."

"But I often find that kind of book, open it and read it, but I feel disappointed within three chapters. Too many books have attractive features but lack the ability to retain readers. I have seen this situation many times, and I found that no matter how hard a book tries to be innovative, what can retain readers in the end is still the old-fashioned theme, story, reading experience and spiritual core, which can make the story itself stand out. If you look at the works at the top of the sales list, the ones that can stand out from the subject matter are often the ones that perform well in these most essential aspects and can give people an excellent viewing experience."

"I have said so much, but I just hope that when you are working hard on writing, you can pay more attention to the direction of your efforts. If you want to write some weird topics and unconventional stories, go ahead, but when you are writing, you should pay more attention to the story itself, dig deep into the theme, give it connotation, and write every character and every plot well. This is a truth that does not need to be emphasized, but it is obvious that many people have lost themselves in the so-called trend and have forgotten the most basic things. If what I said can serve as a reminder to you and add a little icing on the cake for the good sales of all the predecessors, it would be great... Of course, it would be even better if I could find a few more good books to read when I am looking for books."

The truth is always easy to understand, but few people can summarize it, and few people try to emphasize it. Regarding what Li Nian said, similar ideas have also circled in the minds of various creators more than once. Now that Li Nian pointed it out, many people looked thoughtful.

Finally, Li Nian added: "Yes, I will also work hard to verify my ideas and prove the importance of storytelling. If my work is lucky enough to achieve good results, I hope to set an example for you. The above is the award speech for the winner of this Excellence Award. Thank you seniors for being willing to listen to the preaching of a newbie."

Li Nian bowed and ended his speech, followed by thunderous applause. Everyone offered encouragement and recognition to the newcomer's speech.

Fuwa Haruto exclaimed: "What an amazing guy."

Yamada the Fairy nodded in agreement: "The most amazing thing is that he really does what he says."

Talking without practice is just empty talk. Both judges have seen Li Nian's works and understand that they are the embodiment of his thoughts. Li Nian's works themselves serve as arguments to provide more favorable support for his point of view.

The editor-in-chief, who looked ferocious and resembled a gangster, stood nearby and had not interrupted the winner of the Excellence Award's overly long speech. Only after Li Nian finished his speech and received thunderous applause from the audience did he, as someone who had also participated in the review of the Newcomer Award, speak up.

“Thank you for your speech, Mr. Muzi. From the perspective of the library, we agree with what Mr. Muzi said. Focusing on the story itself is the long-term solution. It is not realistic to stand out with just one special element. As the editor-in-chief of Phoenix Library, I am happy to see more excellent works in the future. For this reason, I also hope that you can think more about this truth.”

The editor-in-chief put down the microphone and smiled at Li Nian - his ferocious facial features were squeezed together, making the smile particularly hideous and terrifying.

"You are a newcomer that Machida has high hopes for. Today, I actually saw that you did not disappoint me. However, if you want to be animated, we still have to see your performance. I look forward to your future performance."

Li Nian raised his eyebrows, remembering that Ms. Machida was working with the top management of the library to have her unreleased work adapted into an animation. He knew that the editor-in-chief had heard about his story from Ms. Machida a lot.

So he didn't want to show weakness in front of this person and answered directly.

"Stay tuned."

Li Nian stepped down and returned to the edge of the Cloud Hill.

She teased me, "You're really good at talking, but I thought you could use more intense words and sentences, like angrily, [What a mess you bunch of losers wrote! I can't even find a few books to read! Write well! If you can't learn, just look at how I write!], something like that."

"I can only say that when my combat power exceeds 10 million."

"Ah? You're so brave to say that?"

"Of course, if I had the confidence I would be bolder - but now I don't have the confidence so I dare not say anything. I can only be polite."

The speeches of the winners afterwards were all smooth and steady. There was no such terrible performance as that of Kani Nayuta, nor was there a situation like that of Li Nian. They all said things that were appropriate to the occasion.

This is good, after all, there have been embarrassing situations in the past where no one laughed when telling a joke, resulting in a dull silence... But it was also quite boring, so there was no applause after Li Nian's speech that was more enthusiastic than that after Li Nian's speech.

After the award ceremony, Ms. Machida came to find Li Nian and wanted to take him to the second meeting. Without Kasumigaoka mentioning it, she took the initiative to ask Kasumigaoka who was standing next to her: "Would you like to go with us, Xiaoshi? You can meet teacher Karina Yuta." It seems that she has already grasped the mood of senior sister Kasumigaoka.

"Go."

After receiving Kasumigaoka's affirmative answer, which was not surprising, Ms. Machida nodded in satisfaction. However, she had taken the opportunity to socialize this lone wolf under her command... She turned around and asked Li Nian: "Have you thought about what to do next?"

She was asking him how he planned to help Karina Yuta.

"I haven't thought about it yet." Li Nian answered without hesitation: "We'll take it one step at a time."

"Oh...it sounds really unreliable." Machida pouted in dissatisfaction.

"It's easy to help someone, but it's hard to help someone. The child seems to be seriously ill." Li Nian explained, "So I want to wait and see more clearly."

"That's it..."

"Help her?" Kasumigaoka was more concerned about the difference between the two words: "If I'm not mistaken, the child was bullied, right? With your means, helping her [clean up the surrounding environment] should be enough, right? What other help do you need?"

"Clean, clean the surrounding environment or something like that. What are you planning to do? I don't quite understand but I remind you not to do anything too radical, okay?" Machida reminded quietly, but no one paid attention.

Kasumigaoka knew that with Li Nian's means, it would be very easy to help a bullied student, and thought that he was probably planning to do so, so he didn't understand what he meant by "more difficult".

Li Nian showed a look of reminiscence, searching for memories that were about to be forgotten, and said: "I was bullied before."

"…Are you kidding?"

Xia Zhiqiu thought she had heard wrongly. Li Nian was bullied? Who dares to bully this person?

Ms. Machida also looked as if she was hearing something that she couldn't understand.

They don’t know Li Nian’s “past”.

"Li Nian" was once a bullied student. Although to Li Nian now that is simply someone else's past, the memory itself is something he can empathize with. He can feel and recall the past as if he were there - because of this he deeply understands what it feels like to be a child forced into a desperate situation. He knows that kind of thought, that kind of emotion.

So Li Nian could roughly understand Karina Yuta's current situation, and that was why he felt an urgent need to do something.

Li Nian felt that he knew where the main problem lay.

"Being looked down upon, insulted, questioned, and disapproved for a long time will wear out a person's spirit. How to restore this severely worn spirit is the most important thing."

Xia Zhiqiu probably understood the difficulty of helping as Li Nian mentioned.

"...Even so, can't we just clean up the surroundings and wait for her mood to recover naturally?"

"Maybe, but I don't think it's enough."

"not enough?"

"Other people's help only provides external force. The most important thing is to stand up on your own." Li Nian asserted: "I don't think that teacher Karina Yuta can do it."

“…That sounds really difficult.”

"Really? But it's worth a try." Li Nian added: "The worst case scenario is that I have to clean up the environment."

"You two, could you please stop ignoring your editors and move the topic forward? I have a feeling you guys are talking about dangerous things. You keep talking about cleaning up the environment." Machida pouted in dissatisfaction.

“Because we are environmental activists who love the environment and public health.”

"Do you think I'm an idiot and can't understand what you mean?"

"Of course not. Don't worry, Ms. Machida, I know my limits." Li Nian said the same lines she had said to Wu Geng before.

"Do you really have it?" Machida still remembered what he had heard next to Sakurasou, where Li Nian and his fellow exorcist Ms. Isayama were talking about dangerous things like concealing the truth and exterminating demons.

"Besides, it doesn't necessarily mean that Ms. Nayuta's situation at school is really bad." Li Nian comforted her: "Maybe it's just a little thing that makes a girl unhappy because she is too sensitive?"

"Anyway, no matter what, don't mess around."

"Of course, I must, and I should." Li Nian agreed solemnly, aware that he was not the kind of person who would act recklessly.

Chapter 384: Seriously Ill

"Is he really not going to mess around?"

Although she was skeptical, Ms. Machida had no reason to stop Li Nian and decided to put the matter behind her for the time being.

Afterwards, under her leadership, Li Nian and Kasumigaoka participated in a second meeting that brought together those involved in the Phoenix Library Newcomer Award.

The place where we continued the party was a private room in an izakaya that was open until late at night. Because the walls between the rooms were very thick, it was very suitable for relaxing and chatting. For this reason, writers often gathered here to complain about things that were not convenient for third parties to hear.

Although the purpose is to strengthen the connection between new authors and old authors, it is not a particularly formal gathering. It is just a casual gathering after the banquet to talk about whatever you want.

In addition to the Newcomer Award winners such as Li Nian and Kani Nayuta, their respective editors, and the two Newcomer Award judges whom Li Nian had met before, Haruto Fuwa and Yousei Yamada, the group also included other authors such as Kasumigaoka. There were more than a dozen people in the group.

After arriving at the box, everyone sat down in groups. Needless to say, Kasumigaoka sat between Li Nian and Ms. Machida. Several other newcomer award winners also sat with their editors, and opposite them were the senior writers.

Coincidentally, Karina Yuta sat next to Li Nian - maybe it was not a coincidence, this was the very corner seat, and she sat there because she saw the remoteness of the corner. A lady wearing glasses and a suit nodded to Li Nian and sat on the other side of her. I guess she was her editor.

At this time, Li Nian's attention was not on Kanayuta, because he found an old acquaintance among the old authors who seemed to have followed Mr. Fuwa and Mr. Yamada. He was a little surprised and greeted him.

"Isn't this Izumi-san?"

It was a customer that Li Nian often met when she worked part-time at Takasago Bookstore in front of the school, Izumi Masamune. Li Nian didn't expect to meet him here. He seemed to be an acquaintance of Yamada Fairy, and came in chatting and laughing with the blonde girl.

The boy whose name was called turned around in confusion and saw that it was Li Nian, the winner of the Excellence Award, who called his name, but he did not recognize who Li Nian was for a moment.

Seeing this, Li Nian reluctantly introduced himself: "It's me, Takasago Bookstore, counter clerk, Li Nian, you are so forgetful that you forgot about me?"

"You, you are Li Nian?" Izumi's eyes widened. It was not that he had forgotten about Li Nian, but the impression given by this guy in suit mode was too different. Previously at the award ceremony, Izumi had compared the man who spoke calmly and freely to the kind counter clerk he had seen many times at Takasago Bookstore. Now that Li Nian had discovered him and greeted him, Izumi realized what was going on and cried out, "Is it really you?"