"Mr. Wen, how do you understand the word life?"

I paused for a moment, looked at him suspiciously, lowered my head and thought for a while, and slowly spoke.

"Sometimes, I always feel like I'm alive, it's like a dream. Everything that happened was so real, but it wasn't so real. I knew exactly what I wanted, so I worked hard and I got what I wanted. It's just that sometimes I fall into confusion again, I feel that everything is so empty, I have spent countless hours working hard, and it is indeed rewarded, but I feel extremely empty.

That's how I understand life.

Just like in a novel, I'm the main character. And my life is like the main plot set up by the author, occasionally there will be unexpected situations that trigger the side plot, but in the end, it is all back on track and back to the main plot. ”

Fang Zong smiled and nodded, "Your answer is unique. But what you say makes a lot of sense, and I agree with it. Because the business in my store is a bit similar to what you just said. ”

"I still don't understand what you mean."

"For example, I am the protagonist of the novel you wrote, I have my own independent thoughts, I don't agree with the rich life you have arranged for me, I want to create, to live the independent life I want. So, what should I do. ”

"If it were me, I would choose to break away from the author."

"Well said. So what's next for you? ”

"The next thing to do is to work your own and create my own life."

"But you seem to have forgotten something very important."

"Huh?"

"You are the fictional character that has been written. Detached from the author, it's like a novel that suddenly collapses and the protagonist dies. Then, the book has come to an end and become a bad book. In this way, you are asking for your own death by breaking away from the author. ”

I thought about it for a while, and it seemed to make sense, and it was true. The protagonist is dead, so is there still a need for the novel to exist?

"If you don't detach from the author, and you don't like the main plot that has been arranged, what else can you do?"

"Of course, change the author."

"Another author?"

"Yes."

"I'm a fictional character who has been written, and I can choose my own author?"

Fang Zong sneered, "If you're a fictional character that has been written, then of course not. No matter how much you don't like the main plot that has been arranged, you have to go on according to the development of the plot. ”

"Oh."

"In my shop, the customers who come in are like what I just said, they don't like the main plot that the author of Destiny has been secretly preparing for a long time, and they are separated from the author who created them."

"Then choose you as their new author, create the independent life they want for them."

"No, it's not." Fang Zong lit a cigarette and slowly spit out a few words.

"They are both protagonists and authors."

I was a little dazed, Fang took a puff of cigarette, took out a pen and a piece of paper, and wrote something on the paper.

"The protagonists provided an outline of their own main plot, and I just revised and improved the content of the original author's novel as a writer, and then supplemented the follow-up."

I gasped and looked at the serious Fang Zong in front of me in disbelief.

I tried to see the look on his face, "Don't you care, I'm joking," but I was disappointed.

No.

His attentive look told me that what he said was true.

Cut off the main character of its novel from the hands of fate and modify its plot?

Could there be such a ridiculous thing in the world?

My hands on my lap trembled slightly, and there was cold sweat on my forehead slowly falling, I lowered my head and didn't dare to look at Fang Zong's eyes, I felt very uncomfortable, it was an indescribable feeling.

Then at this time, a hand holding a red drink suddenly appeared in front of me, and I stood up, my eyes widened, and I raised my head to look at Fang Zong with trembling lips.

His eyes were clear, and I could see in his eyes that I was nervous and embarrassed at this time, and he did not show a look of ridicule or contempt for me.

He just looked at me quietly, and he didn't speak.

After hesitating for a moment, I reached out and took the drink, slowly sat back in my seat, and finally calmed down after taking a sip of the drink.

Fang Zong crossed his hands to support his chin and continued.

"Don't be nervous, Mr. Wen, in fact, your reaction is quite normal. It sounds ridiculous, like when a scientist suddenly tells us that we're apes with simple limbs. ”

I was amused by what he said, took another sip of my drink, thought about it, and couldn't help but speak.

"Can everyone come to you and rewrite their own main story?"

"Good question, Mr. Wen. In fact, not all of them can be rewritten. ”

"Are there any restrictions?"

"Of course, Mr. Wen. Do you like your life now? ”

I thought about it for a while, and it seems that I am doing well, and if I want to make any changes to the plot, then I must choose to refuse.

"Like. I don't want to make a change either. ”

"That's Mr. Wen. Not everyone is like you, who likes their life secretly arranged by fate. You don't need to be your own author like they do. ”

"What kind of conditions do you need to meet?"

"Those who can discover and enter here meet the conditions, without exception. Including you. ”

"I just took a look at it, and it seems that I still need to be paid?"

"I'm a businessman, Mr. Wen."

"How is that calculated?"

"This involves trade secrets, so I can't tell Mr. Wen."

"Can I take a second look at that custom note?"

He took the note sheet from Fang Zong's hand and pointed to the second item on it.

"Is there any difference between the two ways?"

"Absolutely. They pay to rewrite and customize their own perfect life from the hands of fate, and I, I need to rewrite its original plot from the hands of the author of fate, so that the next plot direction becomes more reasonable.

And I, there are two ways for the protagonists to take their custom lives.

The first is to find the right new protagonist, lay the groundwork, let him come out at the right time, and the two protagonists fight for sovereignty. If my custom protagonist succeeds and he obliterates the consciousness of the new protagonist, then he will take over the life of the new protagonist in the future, and he is really separated from the author, and he can create his own perfect life, and I, the writer, can be regarded as having completed the task.

Second, I use the plot outline left for me by the protagonist, modify himself into the protagonist in his own script, and use the puppet in the store to replace him for the rest of his life. At the right time of his choosing, I guided the puppet back to the store, and I retrieved the puppet and erased the original memory, extracting the puppet's memory and implanting it in his body. From then on, he was the protagonist in his plot outline, not the protagonist created by fate. Moreover, no one can influence the direction of his future plot, he is both the protagonist and his own author. ”

"Is there a high failure rate for the first way?"

Fang Zong raised a finger, "It's only a success rate of one percent." ”

I was taken aback.

"Why is the success rate so low?"

"Because, this kind of parasitic way will cause the vigilance of fate, a filial son who is honest and obedient and will not resist, and who honestly follows the direction of the plot step by step forever, and a rebel who is resistant and ready to snatch the script and erase the other protagonists. If you were fate, what would you choose? ”

"Hmm... No wonder the success rate is low. ”

I pointed to the latter sentence.

"If you fail, you will swap identities with the custom puppet, what does it mean to be a puppet from now on?"

"Aside from the pay, that's the risk they need to take."

Fang Zong suddenly showed a mysterious smile, that smile was a little gloomy, and I unconsciously moved my chair back.

After all, it was cut off from the hands of fate and forcibly rewrote the plot of his novel. I need to spend a lot of time and energy to make a puppet to replace these protagonists who choose the first way, and complete the plot direction of fate with great difficulty.

If he fails, then the puppets I make will no longer just replace them to complete the plot, but take over the empty seats and become the new protagonists. And they will also be erased from their own self-consciousness, leaving their bodies behind, and becoming puppets of life in the second way. ”

"What if you choose the second way?"

"The second way is relatively simpler. I write the novel as an author, using the plot outline provided by the main character. The puppet will go through the foreshadowing plot instead of him, and in the follow-up text plot, the puppet will be secretly guided by me and return to the store, and I will erase all the autonomy of the protagonist, transform his entire appearance, and then replace it with all the memories that the puppet has walked for him. The puppet was recovered by me, and he became the protagonist of his own novel, and from then on he followed the plot direction he arranged by himself until he died.

Of course, there are certain risks associated with this approach. That is, if the puppet fails to recover because of his resistance, then he will also become my puppet. ”

"Puppets will rebel too?"

"Of course. No one can accept this brutal truth. Just like you, Mr. Wen. For example, one day, someone tells you that you don't exist as a person. You are the person, including everything you have, including the name. It's all someone else's, and you're just an emotionless puppet stand-in for him to experience life, think about it. How cruel and incredible it must be. ”