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

This sentence cannot be wrong. No matter who you are, you will be taught this way since childhood. When you encounter setbacks, you should cheer up, wipe away your tears, and move forward. This is absolutely correct.

"It's just that you are tired of hearing it, and you think it's just nice words - it's all show and no substance, it's just powerless words. It doesn't matter what you think, as long as you are not stupid enough to think that this sentence is wrong. If you don't get the general direction wrong, it's only a matter of time for you to cheer up. I think in your situation, you can probably recover by going home and getting some sleep. Maybe tomorrow, you will be ashamed of yourself and dare not see me."

"I won't." Wu Geng raised his head stubbornly, his eyes full of mockery: "Can a genius who has always been praised understand the situation of a loser?"

"Genius?" Li Nian was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect to be evaluated like this. He shook his head with a mixture of laughter and tears. "Let's not talk about other aspects. When it comes to writing, I can always be called a genius... In short, it's impossible to be praised all the time. Just treat me as a genius, but you should also know that I, a genius, have experienced the same situation as you, or even worse than you. When it comes to being criticized for writing badly, I really don't think I will lose to anyone... Forget it, I won't compete with you in misery, let's talk about something practical."

Wu Geng's eyes flickered. In fact, he heard Li Nian say that he had been scolded before, but he still snorted and turned his head away, deliberately not looking at Li Nian, with an attitude of "You can talk as much as you want, it's up to me whether to listen or not."

Seeing her attitude, Li Nian smiled indifferently.

As long as she didn't cover her ears.

Li Nian looked serious.

"I don't mean to argue with you, I just think you need to know a few facts."

Wu Geng was still indifferent and angry. Li Nian knew that she was still angry, so she simply turned her back and sat on the steps below her. She flipped through Wu Geng's manuscript and started talking.

“First, your efforts are not meaningless.”

Wu Geng's ears moved slightly.

Li Nian flipped through her manuscript page by page, read the contents, and continued.

"I agree that the result is everything, but there are many kinds of results, and the gains in the process are one of them. Let's not talk about the situation in other industries, but on the road of writing, the more you think, the better you write. This is a roughly correct natural law. Every word you write and every thought you have in the meantime are deeply buried in your mind. This accumulation is very valuable and necessary. This is your gain, so you'd better say less stupid things like hard work is meaningless. I know you can't listen to this. At least I can tell you responsibly now that the manuscript you wrote now is much better than before in my opinion."

After hearing the last sentence, Wu Geng finally turned around and looked at Li Nian's broad back.

Li Nian felt it, but didn't care and continued talking.

"Yukinoshita is a reader. Readers only see the result, the whole book you wrote. They won't see how much effort you put into writing it, or how you made careful revisions. So let me tell you what she didn't tell you - you are indeed making progress."

"...Now you know how to say nice things to comfort me?"

A trembling voice came from behind.

Li Nian shook his head and turned to the next page.

"That's right, it's true. Anyone who has read your first draft and then your current draft will feel it. After all, you deleted nearly 80,000 words, and you reduced the genres of two books into one... Let me see... You deleted a bunch of meaningless extras, the awkward and abrupt bathroom welfare plot, and the boring daily life... Don't you know what's wrong with the writing and are revising it? It really feels much better when you read it."

"...Thank you for your comfort." Wu Geng's voice came from behind, and his tone sounded much calmer than before: "But in the end, this book did not gain recognition from readers."

"Well, what Yukinoshita said is true." Li Nian said calmly: "This is also the second point I want to make, which is that your book is really boring?"

"..."

Li Nian paused deliberately, not waiting for the attack, and felt a little relieved: "It seems that you have nothing to refute."

Gogen chuckled to himself: "…I didn't mean to refute it."

"Okay... then, the Minister of the Service Department has fulfilled her obligations. She carefully read your book, made a serious evaluation, and gave you a bad review close to zero. This is the final result. Perhaps she is a harsh person and a bit picky. However, I think if other readers read it, they will not give that kind of bad review, but they probably will not give the good review you hoped for, so you have indeed failed. You did not write your work well and turned it into a rubbish."

"But you can't regard this as your limit." Without waiting for Wu Geng to say anything, Li Nian changed the subject: "This is the third point I want to make. You must recognize your failure and then reflect on where you went wrong. I can see that you made a lot of mistakes, and I can tell you right now what the biggest mistake is, which is that you went in the wrong direction."

“…Wrong direction?”

Li Nian continued to turn to the next page. He had almost finished reading the entire book.

"Yes, direction is also the idea of ​​writing. I remember you once told me that the story you wanted to write was a tragic love story, a tragic story of a male and female protagonist loving and hating each other. But after reading your article, I can see that what you want to write is not something so lofty at all. You just want to write a likable story, about an extraordinary handsome man meeting an extraordinary beautiful woman and falling in love with each other, a popular love story. But you didn't make this clear, thinking that you were writing a tragic love story, and forcibly stuffed a bunch of dark and cruel things into it, piling up the final love and hate - you got the wrong direction, and your entire story framework collapsed from the very beginning. No matter how hard you try in the future, it will be useless. The whole book will give people a feeling of being neither fish nor fowl, and it is difficult to read."

“…Is that so?”

"But this is normal. I've seen over a thousand works that failed with your line of thinking. I've even made the same mistake myself, so it's no big deal." Li Nian held up four fingers: "So I'm going to tell you the fourth point. Change your direction, change your line of thinking, and you'll be able to write a good story. Then you'll naturally get the praise you want."

At this time, Li Nian had finished reading the entire book and felt that he had said everything he wanted to say, so he closed the book, patted his butt, stood up and turned around.

The girl behind him was looking at him with a thoughtful expression.

Everything this person said was based on the manuscripts he had written and his own writing experience as an author. He spoke with great weight and truth. She could clearly tell whether it made sense or not.

As long as you feel it is meaningful, even if you are unwilling, you will agree with it in your heart and have to accept it.

She had already calmed down, and was thinking seriously about what Li Nian said and had begun to reflect on her own mistakes - she had completely forgotten that she was just feeling self-loathing.

Just as Li Nian thought, she would feel lost, complain and suffer for a while. This is the inevitable experience when one has invested corresponding expectations and efforts but has not been able to gain anything. But it is too early to give up. As long as she recognizes this clearly, no matter how much she curses herself, this girl named Gogen Ruri will eventually cheer up.

Pick yourself up and keep moving forward.

"And then I'm going to tell you the fifth and final point."

Li Nian stretched out his entire palm towards Wu Geng, made a fist, and said in a loud voice.

“When you seize the moment of victory, you can truly get rid of the troubles of being a weak person at the moment.”

Chapter 118 She will remember the kindness she received at this time

"As long as I succeed, I can get rid of this trouble..."

Wu Geng chewed over Li Nian's last words, and couldn't help but imagine the scene, muttering to himself.

"You mean, one day my work will sell well, be loved by people all over the world, and be worshipped as a god..."

Li Nian rolled his eyes.

"You are still living in a dream."

Gogen glared at him.

“Who said that a person without dreams is no different from a dead fish?”

"...It seems like what I said was right." Li Nian scratched his cheek awkwardly and shrugged: "Well, it's always good to have lofty ambitions, but if you set your goals so high, you really don't know when you will succeed. You should have a deep understanding of the saying that there is no disappointment without expectations. I advise you to set a small goal that you can achieve."

"I'm kidding, of course."

"..."

Are you kidding?

Li Nian felt that it sounded like an expression of true ambition.

Wu Geng felt a little lonely again and said self-deprecatingly.

"You don't need to tell me what level I am at. I know myself well. Look, I was just criticized as a good-for-nothing... Before I talk about selling well, it's even a question whether I can pass the Rookie Award... No, this failed work has no chance of passing."

Li Nian frowned: "You are still..."

"But I know that everything you said is right." Wu Geng shook his head, his eyes gradually becoming firm: "In the end, only success can wash away the shame I feel at this moment... So self-deprecation is not allowed, and self-righteousness is also not allowed. Indulging in temporary failures and forgetting to move forward is even more unacceptable... Yeah, that makes sense. I think I said a very cool line just now. I will write it down and find a chance to write it down."

"...You're so shameless in saying that your lines are cool. It seems that you've recovered faster than I thought. Well, to sum it up, it's like this. I'm glad that you've understood the key points. I don't need to say anything more."

"Humph, of course. Actually, I can figure this out myself even without you telling me."

"Really?" Li Nian smiled, "You looked like you were about to cry just now, which is not what you said you were doing."

Thinking of how ugly he had just been, Wu Geng's face turned red, but he still defended himself stubbornly.

"I'm not crying! Which eye of yours saw me cry? I'll dig it out!"

"Do you want to dig it out..."

"Forget it. Please forget everything that just happened!"

Knowing that he couldn't cover it up, Wu Geng began to threaten to keep silent with a grin, but that expression with his red face didn't seem to have much deterrent effect.

Li Nian had said before that with her personality, if she woke up tomorrow and recovered after thinking about the ugly appearance she exposed today, she would definitely be so ashamed that she would not dare to see herself. This was absolutely true. Now Wu Geng had an expression of extreme shame.

Li Niancai didn't let her go and sneered.

"Forget? That's impossible. I'm going to write it down, too. I'll find a chance to write it down in my little notebook."

"Goooo..."

Wu Geng glared at Li Nian fiercely, but he had a leisurely look on his face. Knowing her attitude, Wu Geng could only sigh as if giving up and left a harsh remark.

"If you dare to tell anyone, I'll kill you!"

Li Nian smiled indifferently and handed over the manuscript belonging to Wu Geng.

"I'm giving this back to you. Although I don't seem to like what you wrote, the student from the Servant Club, Yukinoshita, must have read your manuscript word by word. She must have taken it very seriously from beginning to end and even made many notes on it. So no matter what, you need to take it back."

Wu Geng reluctantly took the folder, flipped it open and took a look, only to notice the labels all over it, and immediately showed a surprised expression.

"This……"

"As you can see, it points out a lot of errors. It's worth referring to."

"...You're right, I get it." Wu Geng felt the weight of it and nodded solemnly. She thought for a moment and said, "I'll also read your manuscript carefully. Does it seem to be about the same subject as mine? In that case, let me take a look at it and see if the work of the person who just spoke in a condescending manner is really capable of doing something different from mine and getting good reviews on the same subject."

"I want to clarify about the same subject matter." Li Nian raised a finger and said seriously: "You and I write different things. The plot, character setting, theme, connotation... You will know it after reading it. If there is any similarity, it is only the plot at the beginning, right? But different stories extend from there - because I did not let the heroine realize the identity of the hero, the devil, and I used this contradiction to the end. What I wrote in the end is my work, my original work, and I will not give in on this point. If you think that I am revising and writing something more advanced based on your completely collapsed story line, you are wrong. Do you understand?"

“…Is that so?”

Seeing Wu Geng's stunned expression, Li Nian knew that there was nothing wrong with what she said. Wu Geng had indeed misunderstood. When she heard that the subject matter was the same, she further understood that the story was also the same. If she thought this way, it was no wonder that she would think that her success was an irony to her.

"Of course the works are different, but if you say that I am the ultimate evolution of you, in a sense, it is not wrong."

"...You are a person who really knows how to say big words that make people angry."

Li Nian smiled and said meaningfully: "Actually, you don't have to be jealous of me, because I just walked seven or eight years longer than you."

"...Do you know that if you continue like this, sooner or later you will be beaten to death?"

To Wu Geng, this person's ridicule was really irritating.

Li Nian was not surprised that Wu Geng would think this way. He laughed and said, "I have always been telling the truth seriously... If you can't hear it, forget it."

Wu Geng looked at Li Nian's face carefully, as if he was re-examining him, and suddenly said: "However, sometimes when I look at you, I do feel that [this person seems to be much more mature than me]..."

The longer I spend with this boy and the closer I get to him, the stronger the feeling I can get from his words and actions.

"You finally discovered the truth." Li Nian sighed, "There's nothing I can do. It seems that temperament is something that can't be concealed. It's all my fault that I have been enduring the handsomeness and wit that shouldn't be possessed at this age."

"Pah." Gogen showed a disdainful expression: "It seems that it was just an illusion on my part."

Li Nian shrugged indifferently.

He knew that Wu Geng had fully recovered by now, and his mission was accomplished.

I thought it was a long time ago that I had to waste so much time on this. It is really troublesome to comfort a sentimental kid, especially a girl.

"It seems that there is nothing for me to do here, so I'll leave first."

Having accomplished his mission, Li Nian waved his hand and made a gesture to leave.

"Wait." Wu Geng stopped him.

"...Is there anything else?" Li Nian looked back puzzledly.

Wu Geng bit his lip, hesitated a little, and finally made up his mind and spoke in a low voice.

"...Next time, I want to write a decent work... Will you help me then?"

Li Nian shook his head without hesitation.

"will not."

"you……"

Wu Geng's face suddenly turned dark and he was shaking with anger.

Li Nian's expression was serious.

“No one can be your inner worm and know your complete thoughts and ideas, so you need to think and explore the entire writing process by yourself. I will not interfere along the way, nor will I take the blame at the end. You’d better not try to rely on anyone when writing. You have to rely on yourself to write a decent work.”

Then he changed the subject.

"But you can ask me any questions before you write, and you can show it to me after you've finished writing... I can give you some advice then."

Giving suggestions on the direction before writing and giving suggestions on revisions after writing is also the so-called work of an editor. As for the most important intermediate link, it can only be completed by Wu Geng himself.

Wu Geng understood what Li Nian meant and his expression relaxed.

"Can't you just finish what you want to say at once? Anyway, I'll trouble you then..."

"Just don't get sprayed like today..."

"I told you to forget it!"

"..."

Wu Geng said with a red face and gritted teeth.

"Don't worry, I will remember today's humiliation and won't lose my composure again!"