It is well known that Adam Smith put forward a well-known concept in The Wealth of Nations:

Although each person considers his own interests in economic activities, rather than his or her impact and contribution to society, when everyone is trying to maximize their own interests, they will be led by an "invisible hand" to achieve a purpose beyond their original intentions, and ultimately benefit the whole society.

Based on the current style of online novels, it is difficult for the author to depict a sacrificial, collective, and cooperative spirit. And this spirit is precisely extremely moving, and it is also one of the core emotions of popular fiction.

If a novel only has a naked exchange of interests, it is certainly good, but the power of emotions is also huge, and it can make the level of the novel rise a lot.

The advantage of the behind-the-scenes flow is that the protagonist can set up the entire system and reward mechanism, so that others and the protagonist themselves can cooperate for others and win-win, or even pay sacrifices, in exchange for the interests of the collective. And since the protagonist is behind the scenes, he can get feedback for the collective good.

That is, in the behind-the-scenes text, the collective = itself.

The author has the opportunity to depict the spirit of group portrait and collectivism.

In this way, the emotion of the work will be raised.

PS, I personally think that behind the scenes, what the protagonist should do is what the government should do in "The Wealth of Nations".

The first is to establish norms so that each individual can maximize his or her personal interests through lawful means.

Second, the law of the "invisible hand" emerges, so that the collective (or the whole society) profits.

Third, as policymakers, the protagonist should intervene less in these activities, because human intervention is no more clever than the invisible hand.

Fourth, open development, communication with the outside world, and win-win cooperation.

Fifth, the protagonist's duties are: to defend the collective under his jurisdiction externally, to maintain law and order and justice (as well as the preceding rules) internally, and to build and operate public works.

Sixth, we should attach importance to education.

Today, then, we know that Adam Smith's economic theory considers man as a rational person, and does not take into account that man's economic behavior is often irrational.

So the villains of the novel appear, and the villains are these people who fall into the trap of behavioral economics.

Through behavioral economics, we can clearly grasp the psychology of the villains, how they behave, their goals, and so on. Let those who are extreme, those who seriously harm the interests of the collective, become the black sheep in the great cause run by the protagonist.

The best villain is one who has a high IQ (knows how to use rules for profit or to achieve goals), but has a low emotional intelligence (being controlled by emotions and acting irrationally).

The protagonist either kills them himself, or executes them by improving the system and organizing effective social supervision and legal forces.

It feels like I haven't updated it in a long time.

Hawkers, it's not the cat's fault!

I've been reading books lately, and my own diary hasn't been written for many days, so it's normal that I don't have time to write this kind of essay.