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

Gogen was silent for a moment, but Kato couldn't help but complain.

"Ah~~~The person who sleeps in class all day actually says he is busy."

Li Nian smiled without comment. He was an exorcist, Wu Geng knew that.

But Wu Geng hesitated for a while, but still said so.

"I also don't think this is a reason for you to refuse."

"……Why?"

"Because writing is what you enjoy, isn't it?"

"..."

"Since you can take the time to write a book, can't you really write a script?"

"...Okay, okay, I admit that, although that can be considered a reason, the main reason why I am not willing to help An Yi write the script is more because I don't think his plan is truly feasible." Li Nian said softly: "After all, An Yi is a person who has never made a game before, and now he only has a vague idea. He wants to gather a bunch of people to make something, but he didn't even really show me a plan, which means that he himself doesn't know what kind of thing he wants to make - he didn't even organize a plan, which means that the idea is still too vague and too frivolous. I can't see the feasibility. Everyone's time is precious and should not be wasted on meaningless actions. If he can't change this premise and let me see the possibility of truly realizing game production, he can't convince me. Of course, he can't convince Kasumi Shiko and Sawamura."

Chapter 167 Title Fraud

"...I always feel that your requirements are too high." After listening carefully, Wu Geng came to this conclusion.

"Ah? My requirements are high?" Li Nian was at a loss: "Are the requirements for a business plan very high?"

Kato nodded and actually agreed with Gogen's statement: "I also think Gogen is right... Li Nian, you seem to be overthinking things, huh?"

"Why do you say that, Kato?"

Li Nian felt that what he had just said was just a self-evident truth. An Yi's vague ideas would not be presentable no matter where he took them. If he didn't sort them out in detail and put them in writing, and simply and straightforwardly sort out the highlights and the outline, and just said them verbally, any adult who heard them would think that he was just talking nonsense, okay?

Kato tapped his lips as if thinking, and took a while to organize his words.

"Although what you said, Li Nian, makes sense, An Yi's idea seems very immature and doesn't sound very reliable... But I think it's a bit too hasty to conclude that he can't finish a thing."

"If you listened carefully to the conversation just now, you should have noticed the words this guy used. He kept saying that he wanted to create a masterpiece, and he also wanted to marry me and [Xia Shizi]... By the way, do you know [Xia Shizi]?"

"You're the author of 'Love Metronome', right? I've read it."

"You've read it before? You don't seem to like light novels very much."

"I had no interest in it at first, but after seeing your work, Li Nian, I became a little curious. Then when I talked about it with An Yi-kun, he stuffed a whole set of books in my hand without any explanation, saying that it was for missionary purposes... It is indeed a very beautiful and touching work."

"It's too much like what he would do... Since you've read Kasumi Shiko's books and know her style, don't you think it's very different from mine?"

"Yeah... It feels like the difference between boys and girls? Two extremes?"

"That's a very appropriate analogy. So, An Yi wanted me to be in charge of the script with her, and wanted to combine two completely different styles. What he said was too simple."

Wu Geng asked back: "Isn't it possible?"

Kato continued, "Indeed, when he said that, I was also looking forward to it. Li Nian, if you and teacher Kasumi Shiko can combine their respective strengths, something amazing will definitely come out. Don't you think so?"

"...Of course it's not impossible. Nothing is impossible in creation. But it is indeed very technically difficult. Combining two extreme styles is not something that can be done by just talking about it. If it is done well, it is called artistic conception, but if it is not done well, it is artificial. The requirements for the overall plan are even more stringent - that is the work that An Yi, who proposed this plan, needs to do. The higher his ambition, the more detailed he should consider it."

As if ignoring all the reasons given by Li Nian, Kato still jumped to the conclusion lightly.

"So, Li Nian, you have already determined from the beginning that Amiya-kun can't do these things."

“…Yes, I think he can’t do it.”

Kato has a completely different idea about this.

“I think it’s possible.”

"...Where did you see the possibility in that otaku? I only saw a person who got hot-headed and started talking in his sleep."

"What's the difference between a person without dreams and a dead fish?" Wu Geng said suddenly. She seemed to like saying this more and more. Using it here made Li Nian feel speechless and unable to refute.

Kato understood this very well and smiled softly.

"Doesn't An Yi always give people the impression of being a very proactive person? The same is true for Li Nian now. You both seem to be people who will put what you say into action and further realize your ideas. This is really amazing! So although I don't know what you want to make, I think that if it is you, you will definitely be able to overcome all difficulties and make it well."

Kato's words are full of loopholes. She doesn't understand writing, nor does she understand game production. She doesn't know the specific difficulties and twists and turns involved. That's why she said such naive words as "it must be possible to make it despite all difficulties."

It's easy to find reasons to refute her thinly argued words...

However, looking at Kato's hopeful smile, Li Nian felt that she couldn't quite say those words, and even couldn't help but think along the lines of what she said.

I have to say that An Yi is indeed a man of action. Although he is a otaku, on the other hand, he has enthusiasm and motivation that most otakus don't have, especially when it comes to otaku things that he is really interested in. This guy often puts on an annoying attitude of being passionate and chattering, but he is wholeheartedly dedicated when doing things. Based on Li Nian's understanding of An Yi in his memory, he actually feels that once An Yi really executes a plan and is determined to make a game he wants to make, he will not give up easily and quit halfway.

This is a very valuable quality and is the most basic and solid quality to ensure that something can be carried out smoothly.

It seems possible...

No, why do I feel like I'm being gradually brought in?

Li Nian shook her head vigorously.

"After all, he is just an ordinary high school student. How can he really form a team?"

"But from what you just said, it sounds like you've found enough production members?"

"It's still a big problem whether we can hire someone or not."

Forget about the fifth update. I don’t know why Kato seemed so interested after listening to Amai’s words, but Li Nian really didn’t want to continue this topic.

"Besides, if he really invites Kasumi Shiko, and finds Sawamura and his cousin to do the original drawings and music, then they have formed a team. What will I have to do? He wants to make a galgame, and Kasumi Shiko is the most suitable script for a school romance theme, isn't she?"

"There are sour romance scripts everywhere." Wu Geng shook his head: "But with you, we should be able to write something even better."

"What a great thing to have created in the past... You think too highly of me. I am not even a writer, okay? I have just submitted my better-written book, which is still under review. It is still unknown whether it can be published."

"You will definitely get it... Speaking of this, how are the review results of your submission? I remember that by now, the results of the initial review should be out?" Black Cat asked curiously.

Li Nian was stunned for a moment. If Wu Geng hadn't mentioned it, he really wouldn't remember this matter.

"Maybe. I don't know."

"Then take a look."

"Why are you more anxious than me?"

"It's you who seems to be indifferent that's the weird one, okay?"

"Well... on the other hand, there is no reason why the preliminary review and re-examination before the final review will not pass."

Wu Geng stared at Li Nian in a daze.

“…You say you have no confidence, but now you are talking in a very arrogant way.”

"It's just facts."

The essays are screened out layer by layer, generally in three stages: preliminary review, re-review and final review. It is a system of screening layer by layer, like the survival of the fittest. As far as Li Nian knows, only works that pass the final review can receive awards and prizes, as well as be eligible for publication.

Because he really didn't know what kind of people he would be competing with, and he didn't know what criteria Phoenix Library would use to review works, so Li Nian was not very sure whether he could make it past the final review and get a place in the publication - but, it wasn't that he really had no confidence in himself and thought he couldn't reach that level. First, he had his own measure of what he wrote, and second, so far, no matter who he showed his works to in the past month, they all received rave reviews. Subjectively and objectively, Li Nian was confident about the quality of his work.

"Hmph...it would be great if I was eliminated in the first round of the initial review." Wu Geng muttered, but he didn't quite believe it was possible.

"Let me look for it... ah, it seems like it has come out at some point."

As he spoke, Li Nian had already taken out his mobile phone and logged into the official page of the Phoenix Library where he had submitted his manuscript. He immediately saw the first bold and red title in the notice board: "Initial review results announced."

Kato and Gogen came over curiously, so Li Nian simply opened the webpage and threw his phone on the table so that they could see it more conveniently.

"Wow, there are so many book titles... Have so many people submitted their works? And have they passed the initial screening?"

"Because we picked out a hundred books from more than a thousand." Wu Geng said proudly.

"One hundred books were selected from more than a thousand?!"

Yes, even in the initial screening, a hundred were selected from a thousand, a screening rate of one in ten, which means that a full nine hundred people were eliminated in the first round.

"By the way, I was lucky enough to pass the initial examination!" Wu Geng raised his head proudly. No wonder she wanted to be able to mention

"Humph……"

Li Nian sneered, thinking how could you be so proud of yourself just because you passed the initial screening, but Kato was frankly impressed by this.

"That's amazing! You've broken through the one-tenth screening rate, Gogen-san? Let me see what other books there are... "Silver Season", "Holy Sword War", "A Journey to Farming in Another World", "Goddess of Punishment! Show Your Ass to Save the World!"..." The more he read, the weirder Kato looked: "Why do these book titles seem to be getting longer and weirder?"

"This is the so-called light novel industry, huh, what a decadent scene." Gogen said sinisterly: "Kato-san, you have to remember that the longer and more exaggerated the title of a book is, the more rubbish the content of the book is. This is the truth."

Li Nian looked over with a smile.

"…Is this why you gave your work such an irrelevant and inexplicable short title, huh? The Beast of Sorrow?"

"Don't say it's totally unconventional or inexplicable! Besides, do you have any opinion on the title of my book?"

"I'm just advising you to put away your idea that using book titles to attract people's attention is shameless. In the future, you may also follow the trend and use such weird book titles."

Wu Geng felt a little guilty: "I wouldn't give a book a title like that... Come to think of it, what pen name and book title did you end up with?"

After Li Nian completed the work, she showed it to everyone directly. The title of the book and the pen name had not been finalized at that time, but now that Li Nian has submitted the work, she must have her own pen name and book title. These two must have been thought of at some point in time.

“That’s my pen name.”

Li Nian picked up a pen and wrote Chinese characters on the notebook next to her.

——Mu Zi’s current heart.

""puff.""

The two couldn't help laughing when they saw it.

"You just randomly split your real name and wrote something like that. Student Li Nian, you are too casual..."

"I bet you a hundred dollars that this guy was definitely too lazy to think about it at the time."

"I won't bet with you." Li Nian shrugged indifferently, as if to say that Wu Geng had guessed correctly: "Anyway, this name is pretty good."

“I can’t see what’s good about it at all!”

"You have no vision. Come, I'll explain it to you and you'll understand." Li Nian straightened his expression and began to chant, "People should be like wood, consistent from the inside out. Today's heart should be the same as yesterday's heart, never deviating from the original appearance at any time. This is what we call not forgetting our original intention."

When he said this, Kato and Gogen were stunned. It seemed that this pen name really had some of the same meaning.

Li Nian smiled and said, "——Don't take it seriously, I just thought of it casually."

"You really just thought of it randomly?!"

"But this explanation is good. When I'm asked the question "Why did you give this book a title like this, Mr. Muzi?" in the future, I can use it to answer it."

"What a perfunctory man you are. Your editor will definitely be mad at you and cry in the future... So, where is the title of your book? Oh, by the way, if it really doesn't even pass the initial review, then there is no need to report it."

"Of course I passed."

At this time, Li Nian had already found the name of his book among the 100 works that had passed the preliminary review. He circled it with the selection function and enlarged it: "This is it."

——The Promise between the Devil in Trouble and the Dumb Hero

"...Compared to the previous book titles, this one feels surprisingly standard." Kato thought about it carefully before giving his opinion.

"No highlights at all." Wu Geng gave a more harsh evaluation.

Li Nian rolled his eyes at her and said, "How dare you criticize me for your taste in naming?"

"...Hmph, human sensibility." Gogen said he would not argue with you.

Li Nian was too lazy to pay attention to her and turned to Kato who was looking at the title of the book thoughtfully.

"How about it? Do you think it's suitable?"

"I think the word 'promise' is used very well." Kato recalled the ending of a certain story and muttered softly: "The person who will never come back from afar, and the promise that can never be fulfilled."

After hearing what Kato said, Wu Geng immediately understood the intention of Li Nian in giving the book this title, and looked at the title again with suspicion: "...Now that you mention it, I suddenly feel that this title is full of malice...At first glance, it seems to be an ordinary and relaxing work about the theme of demon kings and heroes, but in fact, it is...this is a fraudulent title!"

"You've seen it all."

Chapter 168: On Call

In short, seeing the title of the book appear on the list, we can be sure that Li Nian’s work - "The Promise between the Fallen Demon King and the Dumb Brave Man" has successfully passed the preliminary review.

"Congratulations." Kato smiled and said to Li Nian, "This is one step closer to our goal."

Wu Geng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Nian’s book title appear on the list, but he raised his eyebrows and said coldly.

"Humph, it would be strange if he couldn't even pass the initial review. This guy can just find a wall to bang his head against and die."

Li Nian said "hmm", with no expression of joy or sadness, and no fluctuation in her heart. She even yawned, looking like she still wanted to sleep.

"…It seems like classmate Li Nian is not happy at all?"

"Because there's nothing to be happy about."