"The Last Song" will be released on Friday, the 22nd, at 12 noon. Due to system reasons, it may be a few minutes late.
There will be more chapters on the day it is released.
In addition, chapters will not be released at 0:00 on the 22nd.
(This is not a break. The two chapters on the 21st will be updated at 0:00, and the chapter on the 22nd will be updated at 12 noon, every day. You can tell by looking at the chapter release date that I will continue to update.)
The release at this plot point is just the transition between the two plots. I am very worried about the first order data. Please support me.
Thanks.
Then there are three things.
1,--
This book does not intend to whitewash or discredit any historical figures. It only writes stories based on personal understanding of part of the historical data.
For example, with regard to Zhang Rou, I saw that most of his more than ten sons became high-ranking officials except for those who died early, including his two daughters who are also named in historical materials. I saw that Zhang Rou hired famous Confucian scholars and set up libraries at home. According to the above
information, I think he might be a good father.
That's all. I never said he was a good person or a bad person, and it's not up to me to decide.
I have no intention of discussing with anyone "whether Zhang Rou is a traitor or whether this article is whitewashing the Zhang family." The Zhang family are not my relatives.
Later I will write about Ding Daquan, Jia Sidao, Xie Fangshu, Zhao Kui... the same is true.
For example, Ding Daquan, history books say that his face was blue. But the truth is different for everyone.
Some people think his face is really blue, some people think he was exaggerated because he was a treacherous minister, some people think it was written indiscriminately by the people of the Yuan Dynasty...
How I write it is just my personal understanding of the three words "face blue" in "History of the Song Dynasty" and I don't have any position.
It may be written about a traitorous minister who did good things, or a loyal minister who did bad things. There is no intention of "whitewashing" or "smearing" historical figures.
All positions and opinions in the book are from the mouths of the characters. Different characters have different views on the same thing, which does not represent my views.
[The character has a stance, the author has no stance.]
In addition, "The End of the Song Dynasty" takes place in the "Four Years of Xingchang" under an imaginary background, not the "Four Years of Baoyou". This is a story belonging to another time and space.
I was recently writing about Uncle Xie Fang, and the timing of certain events was a few months off from the real history.
I was very entangled at one time, thinking about whether to change the plot to a plain but more historical one. It wasn't until I thought, "This is an imaginary background, this is the Xingchang period," that I wasn't so entangled.
Therefore, this story is not historical and is fictional.
Of course I will try my best to write it appropriately.
For example, there is no such title as "My lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lady, the official. When I say this, I am not saying how rigorous I am, it just means that I try my best within my capabilities, and I also have to consider the issue of "easy to read".
Some people say that I "avoid the difficulty of literature and history and am too lazy to look up information", so I write empty words. Try not to use the words "lazy" or "escape". I make a living in society, and I am not qualified to be lazy or evasive.
I knew that my level was not good enough and my knowledge was shallow, so I could not write a novel that was historically accurate, so I kept it aside to avoid distorting historical figures.
Having said so much, in a nutshell...
"Historical figures and some other topics in the Song and Yuan Dynasties are just borrowed from this book without any realistic tendency."
2,--
Let me talk about my attitude towards writing novels.
I won't give up suddenly because of some emotional problems, and I certainly won't be motivated by love.
I regard writing novels as a side job, or another business.
For example, I think writing a novel is like opening a small shop.
Although the store is small, it is not the kind of place where you can make a quick buck and run away.
I try my best to produce the best products I can, and I try my best to maintain the quality I can, and I hope the store will grow bigger day by day.
I think products are very important and customers are precious. This is my attitude in doing any business, and it is also my attitude in writing novels.
On the other hand, the purpose of opening a store must be to achieve profits.
I regard the energy and time I put in as a cost.
I analyze costs, sunk costs, expected returns, earnings, prospects... and other factors to decide whether to continue operating or abandon the operation, whether to expand or reduce the scale.
How many words are appropriate for daily updates? Is it worth investing more cost? Is the return a bit low for the time spent? Is it better to focus more time on the main business?
I have been thinking about this, and I am a very vulgar person.
For example, my monthly perfect attendance bonus is also included in the income of this "small shop". Although it is not a big sum of money, it is also related to the balance between my costs and income.
This is also the reason why I have been updating steadily.
A small thing is that last year, Qidian changed the perfect attendance award system. It was originally 600 per month. It was changed to 1,000 per month for works that have more than 500 average subscriptions. "I'm Not" just happened to reach 500 average subscriptions that month.
In fact, at that time, I was already considering shrinking the main plot and ending it, and then no longer writing novels. I am very grateful to the 500 readers who ordered me to continue writing. The last book went from a dozen first orders to 5,000 orders, and every step of the process was
I cannot do without your support, thank you...
When I talk about this, to put it bluntly, I am asking for subscriptions.
I don't feel ashamed to ask for subscriptions. Writing novels is the same as opening a store in my opinion. I work hard to make products, sell them, and earn some hard-earned money.
Many people hate the stories and characters I write, and even hate them deeply. There is no point in scolding me. I still have to make a living and make money no matter how scolded I am. To hate me, all you have to do is not subscribe to my books. If I don’t subscribe, I will naturally stop writing.
And if anyone likes to read the stories I write, I hope they can try their best to subscribe to Qidian.com. Watching ads and completing tasks is almost enough to support the original version.
Of course, I won't force it, and I won't mention it often in the future. Maybe I will ask for it occasionally.
I’ll try not to talk about this at the end of the chapter, because I personally feel that when customers spend money to buy my products, I can’t always write my personal stuff on the products.
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Finally, I would like to express my solemn thanks.