Sheng Tang: What is Liu Jianjun going to do today?

Chapter 95 is now available for purchase + Author's Note from Sanjiang Publishing House
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Greetings, dear readers! After more than a month and over 200,000 words, my little novel is finally going to be available on Sanjiang Literature City.

I would like to thank all the readers for your continued reading.

Thank you!

I saw a really witty launch message in the book club group and was going to copy it, but after thinking it over, I changed my mind.

After all, I'm a decent person (confident face).

So let's get serious and talk about how this book came about.

This all started on a dark and stormy night. After my phone battery died, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration, a moment of enlightenment, and a thought that resonated deeply with me: [This is a quote from a Chinese author, likely from a historical context.]
You said that some online novels use first-person narration to write about the protagonist, while others use third-person narration. So, is it possible to use third-person narration to write about the protagonist from a first-person perspective?

Or is it called the fourth person?
Thus, the first chapter of this book came into being.

Then the author plugged in his phone, logged into QQ, clicked on the profile picture of his editor, Huya, and said, "Huya, I've come up with an idea to write the protagonist from a third-person perspective. Do you think it's feasible?"

[Send file: New ODC document.docx]

[15.34kb/Expires in 7 days]

That's right, I only wrote the first chapter back then, so the file size is only this small.

Hey, guess what?

She's not replying to me!
Does being an editor mean you can still be sleeping at 3 or 4 in the morning?!
She didn't reply to me until 9 a.m., which meant I slept for four or five hours before finally getting her response!
I have to get my revenge on her!

So, the original character "Tiger Girl" was renamed "Tiger Girl".

Well, that was just a joke.

In reality, Sister Huya is a very patient, beautiful, kind-hearted, responsible, witty, humorous, insightful, and highly professional editor.

She saw my setup in the first chapter and said, "The first chapter can be entirely from Li Xian's perspective, but the second chapter has to switch back to Liu Jianjun's perspective. However, if you intend to keep it from Li Xian's perspective, then the protagonist becomes Li Xian, and the title of the book has to be changed to What Liu Jianjun Wants to Do Today."

So, she even decided on the title of this book.

By the way, here's a bit of a dark history: the author even initially planned to title the book "The Story I Had to Tell About Liu Jianjun," but thankfully, Sister Huya stopped me from doing so.

So, if any of our readers are interested in writing a book, feel free to submit your work to our Tiger Tooth Sister!
(Those tens of thousands of words with outlines and historical grades in her email auto-reply are just for show. Just send them directly to her email. Didn't we just send her our 2000-word essay back then?)
Okay, that's all for the compliments.

This perspective might be novel, but it also has some limitations. Since this tone has been set, the perspective must remain fixed on Li Xian's head, and even the common God's-eye view of introducing other people cannot appear.

As a leisurely prince, Li Xian's perspective is too limited as he stays at home all day. What kind of anticipation can he bring to the readers?
Based on these issues, Liu Jianjun's personality emerged.

He must be a top-notch E-person, even the kind who speaks without restraint, to provide readers with enough information through Li Xian's perspective.

Therefore, some of the traits exhibited by Liu Jianjun are, to some extent, a design.

Similar to Liu Jianjun in the early stages, Shangguan Wan'er was also used to relay messages from the palace.

Alternatively, one could learn about Liu Jianjun through Liu Laosan's words.

and many more……

Then, by fitting the entire outline into it, we get the basic framework of this book.

To be honest, I'm quite satisfied with the book's current success. As an author who "knows the plot two hours before the readers every day," this is no easy feat.

Because an outline is an outline and a plot is a plot, once these are put into specific text, it's hard to guarantee that most people will like them.

Just like the scene where Li Xian restored the title of Prince of Pei, and Xianzi and Taiping came to visit, the outline only had one sentence: Liu Jianjun became acquainted with Xianzi and Taiping (I won't go into the subplot that was planted at the beginning).

Then, the plot I designed at the time was that Liu Jianjun didn't know what Tang Sancai (Tang tri-colored pottery) was actually used for.

Here's a quick question: Does anyone know what Tang Sancai (Tang tri-colored pottery) was made of?

At that time, Liu Jianjun saw that there was no Tang tri-colored pottery in the Prince of Pei's mansion, and mistakenly thought that Tang tri-colored pottery might be something very precious. He and Li Xian went to try to get Tang tri-colored pottery (this part of the plot has now been replaced by the "Splashing Cold" drama).

It turned out that there were no Tang tri-colored pottery pieces in the Prince of Pei's mansion because these items were used as burial objects (only a few practical utensils were used for daily life).

It's obvious that this part of the story is very unappealing, even including the later connection between the Wumeng Mountains and the mountains beyond.

So about ten minutes after posting it, I deleted the entire chapter and rewrote the plot.

Fortunately, the later revised version was slightly less satisfactory.

Ok,
Speaking of this, we have to talk about the character designs of the two main characters.

First, we must reveal an ultimate secret that most people don't know: Liu Jianjun is a time traveler.

laugh.

He was a time traveler whose historical knowledge was roughly equivalent to that of most ordinary people. (Therefore, he didn't know what Tang Sancai (Tang tri-colored pottery) was for.)
In layman's terms, he knows the general historical context and who the famous people and major events are, but when it comes to specific historical events, he is completely clueless.

In a specific instance, he didn't even know that Shangguan Tingzhi was Shangguan Wan'er's father, and when questioning Li Xian about the treason case, he subconsciously ignored the two key figures, Shangguan Tingzhi and Shangguan Wan'er.

Li Xian, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. As a participant in "history," he knew only trivial matters, even down to the specifics of how many meals Emperor Gaozong ate and how many times he went to the outhouse in a day (not really).

These two complement each other perfectly.

So, from Li Xian's perspective, Liu Jianjun always helped him a lot, but from another perspective, isn't Li Xian doing the same for Liu Jianjun?
At the very least, Pingkangfang was what Xianzi told Liu Jianjun, wasn't it?
Ok,
After praising the book, I still need to talk about its problems and flaws.

The biggest problem with this book is its setting, because it is set from the perspective of Li Xian, a native of the Tang Dynasty, which makes it more difficult to write.

After all, I never lived in the Tang Dynasty, nor was I ever a deposed crown prince, so I had to consult a lot of materials when writing this, even the customs of speech.

One thing that left a deep impression was the scene where Li Xian praised Shangguan Wan'er for her graceful and elegant figure. I later discovered that the phrase "graceful and elegant" appeared quite late; before that, the phrase "standing gracefully" was used instead.

Fortunately, the most difficult time was over. As Liu Jianjun gradually came into contact with Li Xian, Li Xian was even able to roughly understand that "Beta" was not a good word. His speaking habits were also gradually "corrupted" by Liu Jianjun, making writing much easier.

Then let's talk about the bugs.

Many minor bugs are simply because the author has never been a prince or lived in the Tang Dynasty. Thanks to the helpful readers, these bugs have been fixed. Some bugs that weren't pointed out have little impact on the plot and are not a big deal.

(Actually, all I need in this situation is to be a prince in the Tang Dynasty... If I were a prince, why would I even bother writing novels!)

Then I'll talk about some of the bigger bugs.

The question is about the setup.

One of them is Chang'an City.

As is well known, Li Zhi died in Luoyang, and Wu Zetian was also in Luoyang at that time. However, she chose to transport Li Zhi's body back to Chang'an and take charge of Luoyang herself.

However, in this book, the story takes place in Chang'an.

why?
Wu Zetian was in Luoyang, but Di Renjie was in Chang'an, Liu Rengui was also in Chang'an, and the saying "to see all the flowers of Chang'an in a day" also refers to Chang'an. Even the most open city in the entire Tang Dynasty, the city where you could go to prostitutes everywhere, was Chang'an. So why don't you come over here, Wu Zetian?
If you don't come together and put all the characters together, how am I supposed to write the conflict and the plot?
Is that reasonable?
Of course, bringing Wu Zetian to Chang'an wasn't just a matter of her coming; it also involves the logic of this book and history itself.

During the period of Li Xian's ascension to the throne, the most important thing Wu Zetian did was to sideline Li Xian. The most key person in this was Liu Rengui, a veteran of three reigns. Now that everyone was staying in Chang'an, how could Liu Rengui reasonably stop helping Li Xian and leave him isolated and helpless?
Li Xian came knocking. Hey, doesn't that make perfect sense logically?

Of course, there are many other fictional storylines like this, and they are all quite well-developed. At least until now, if I didn't tell you, many people wouldn't even know that these are fictional stories.

Hmm...didn't we agree to talk about bugs? Why are you bragging about yourself again?

Still smiling.

Let's talk about what happens next in this book.

Let's pick a few questions that our readers are most concerned about, starting with Wu Zetian herself.

The "Divine Dragon" coup will definitely happen, but it will be a later part of the story. I hope you readers can understand that, since our main characters can only count the number of connections they have on one hand, and it's unrealistic to directly confront Wu Zetian.

Another point is Wu Zetian's fate—she died of illness.

As for the process, it involves a plot point that has been buried in this book for a long time, and it's not appropriate to reveal it for now.

Then there's the issue of Liu Jianjun's surname being Liu.

This was definitely foreshadowing; even the title of King Lee Hyun-pyeong was changed for this plot point.

So the prophecy of the golden knife definitely exists, and someone will definitely make a fuss about it; this is also a minor climax in the plot.

As for the question of how many female leads there are.

To be honest, I don't think she can be called the female lead... With so little screen time, how can she be called the protagonist?

She should be called the female supporting character.

Li Xian's side currently only has one female supporting character, Xiu Niang. Well, Zhang Shi can be considered as well, but she's practically invisible. There might be another one later for political marriage purposes, but that's not confirmed yet.

After all, we only know the plot two hours earlier than you readers.

As for Liu Jianjun's side...

Let's say he's been in Chang'an for two months now. Even if we exclude the time he was under surveillance at the Prince of Pei's residence, it would still be at least a month. If he visited brothels every three days, that would be ten brothels.

Add to that the little feet of Yu'er and Cui'er.

Oh shit!

He's utterly despicable!
Okay, that's all for this book. Now, here's the author's recommendation.

As everyone knows, the author is a newbie who has just started writing books.

As a newbie, you definitely need a lot of experienced players to support you.

Below are numerous recommendations from experienced authors. As experienced authors, both the plot and writing style are quite good. The author hopes that experienced authors can be sensible and leave comments after their own book titles so that readers can directly click on the author's name to access the work.

The following rankings are in no particular order:

"Symbiotic Panel: I Farm and Live Long in the Immortal Cultivation World" by Guihua Hongchayedan ​​is a very refreshing slice-of-life novel about cultivating and farming. There is no dark or cruel cultivation world. The protagonist is so engrossed in farming that he cannot extricate himself.

"In the Modeling World, My Intelligence Updates Daily" by Lion Camel Ridge Little Demon, an urban novel with a touch of eroticism.

"Just About to Debut, the Collapse Reversal System Arrives?" by Diaoniang's Chief Commentator, specializing in entertainment and risqué topics.

"All Anime, They Are My Wings!" by Eye of Hope. I haven't read this kind of multiverse-themed book before, but judging from the title, it seems to be a bit risqué.

The author of "1977: I Amazed Everyone by Studying for the College Entrance Examination on My Own" only knows how to write gibberish; it's a period novel.

"My Era 1979!" is a novel by Lao Niu Ai Chi Rou (Old Cow Loves Meat). It's a collection of works by literary giants from that era. The author used to work in the physical book industry, so all the works are original creations. Literary youths and those who are picky about writing style can check it out.

The author of "From God of Lies to Lord of All Worlds" is Hongchen Zhexianli, a veteran author who used to write Minecraft. Many people should still recognize him. He also asked me to help him inquire if there were any locals in Nantong.

"Fellow Daoist Entrusts His Orphan: Starting with Raising a Demoness to Achieve Immortality" by Salty Fish Is Not a Cat is clearly a blend of eroticism and cultivation.

The author of "Chinese Entertainment Investigation Report," Riding a Pig's Little Cat, has a terrible book title, but just mentioning his achievements tells you how terrifying he is. Back then, his book was flagged by the censors for having hundreds of thousands of words of erotic content that needed to be cut and revised.

"You Are All My Wings!" is a Japanese fantasy novel by Tian Liujiu, featuring monster-slaying, leveling up, and some eroticism (the author claims it's about romance, not eroticism). Tian is also a veteran author. (By the way, this book's title is similar to the one mentioned above; these two definitely have some strange relationship behind the scenes.)
The author of "A Failed Student Travels to the Late Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao Advises Me Not to Be Extreme" is Durian Explosion. I've seen many readers say it's about conquering Chang'an, and you can tell from the title that it is. It's a new account by the same author, and the writing and plot are both excellent.

Tsk tsk, look at these book titles above. You can roughly tell what they're about just by looking at the titles. Compared to them, what am I, Liu Jianjun,?

Oh, so the title of my book was chosen by my sister with tiger teeth. Never mind then.

Next, I'd like to recommend some books by renowned authors, which are also books that I've been following recently (the following book recommendations have not been approved by the authors themselves; please contact me to remove them if you have any complaints).

First and foremost, the very first book:
"********",author****.

This author is simply my idol!
His books are like those little girls standing by the roadside, who can enjoy them no matter who comes by. When the author tried his style and wrote a few books, they flopped so badly that no one recognized them. It can only be said that this kind of thing is pure talent.

Unfortunately, after obtaining the author's opinion, the author declined.

However, based on the author's personal admiration, the author has decided to include this book.

But it's censored.

Secondly, the second book, which is a mainstay:

"Electronic Nezha" by Zhang Xiaohua.

The name Zhang Xiaohua says it all. Some readers may have some reading difficulties due to the first-person perspective, but once you get into it, you'll find the book incredibly interesting.

The only problem is that Xiaohua updates too slowly. As a reader, I want to strongly condemn this: Can't you write 100,000 words a day? Am I unable to afford to subscribe or what?
Finally, here is the third book, a strong support:
"Oh no, we've been set up by Lee Sang-hyeok!", the author's wild imagination.

We won't go into the significance of being number one on the new book chart. The premise is that a person from another world travels to our world, doesn't know Lee Sang-hyeok or Clearlove, and then maintains a 100% win rate in the league by having the cheat ability to rewind infinitely.

In short, it was awesome!

Ok.

The PY (Professional Development) phase has now concluded.

Finally, there are the updates and bonus chapters after the book is released:

Update: Available September 1st, priced at 9 RMB per day per month.

Bonus chapters: One day will be added for each alliance, one day will be added for each month when 1,000 monthly votes are received, and the number of chapters for book club activities will also be added depending on the specific activities (currently, I lost to the operations team for three days).

Although I want to tell my readers with great ambition, "Let me show you what a tentacle monster is," I also know that this is difficult for a lazy person like me who doesn't have any drafts saved up.

Therefore, I humbly request all my dear readers to subscribe, recommend, vote for, and tips...

Well, I've rambled on for so long and I don't even know what I've said. Anyway, thank you all, dear readers!

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Shangguan Mazi
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