Jiufang Tea Party 4: Wedges and Giant Trees
"The Ideal Country of the Demon (Volume I)" has been over for a while, and the background has received feedback from small partners, some of which reflect that the proportion of solving cases in this volume is too long, and some reflect that the amount of information is too large and too detailed, and I am a little dazed.
This issue of the tea party will communicate with you on these two points. Actually, they are all good questions, because there is only one answer. ^_^
There are thousands of writing techniques, why did Jiufang choose to solve the case?
Because when you are an outsider with no roots, there are basically no means, and it will be easier and faster to get closer to the source of a country's contradictions, the pinnacle of struggle, and the center of power than holding privileges and tracking down big cases.
It allows you to get past the superficial obstacles and get straight to the inside.
Referring to foreign series of suspense dramas and detective dramas, the final spearhead always inevitably points to the top. I won't give examples in China, it's inconvenient, just know what you know.
Why Does It Take So Long To Investigate A Case?
This brings us back to the second problem: it's so big.
Bega is a six-hundred-year-old empire, and if I were to write it as an encyclopedia of imperial folklore, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to stop it in tens of millions of words. But after all, this is a serious misty fairy tale, and the author is very reliable, and he must show you all aspects of Bejia in a limited space, including politics, economy, culture, and people's feelings...... And, of course, contradictions.
Especially contradictions.
As General Red said, nothing is invincible, as long as you know it well.
From the beginning of He Lingchuan to the beginning of Bega, it is essential to experience the various contradictions between humans and monsters, magnates and commoners, feudal demon kingdoms and Lingxu City, gods and human beings, and gods and spirits.
The distortions that lie beneath the prosperity are often caused by deep-seated contradictions. Living in the real society, we should also feel it.
Just take the contradiction between humans and youkai as an example:
Although the status of the commoners in the Bega is low, they are vigorous, they are naturally good at business, eager to develop, flexible (extreme), and their dreams are to accumulate wealth and cross classes.
The demon clan is powerful in Bega, the number is less than one-tenth of that of humans, but it monopolizes resources, wealth, and justice.
How can there be no contradiction between such two groups?
(Just talk about books, cough, don't associate randomly)
In short, the above are backgrounds, contradictions, anchors for the plot to continue to unfold in the future, and also provide reasonable support for the protagonist's ideals and actions.
I also saw my friends in the background ask, why is the protagonist so firmly on the opposite side of Bega?
In fact, the formation of human will is nothing more than external and internal causes, and it is often from the outside to the inside.
How can you feel when you don't see anything?
Here are some of the lumberjack's tips:
The giant tree is towering, as if it is unshakable. The smart way is to drive the wedge in the right place, as long as the force is skillful, no big tree can not be dug down.
On the other hand, the purpose of the wedge is not the wedge itself, but to dry down the tree that is not tall and does not have a top.
The elixir case is this humble wedge.
Through it, we can take a deep look at a 600-year-old empire.
And the protagonist prying it will eventually bring both spiritual and physical pain to Bega.
The above is the author's design loop on the upper volume.
Take a few steps back, in fact, no matter whether you can experience the above or not, as long as you throw down the book and close your eyes, you can have an intuitive impression of the Bega Empire in your mind, and feel that it is three-dimensional and vivid as if it exists in reality, then "The Ideal Kingdom of the Demon (Volume I)" will be considered a success.