Because this book has been doing well, I was now at the Lu Xun Literature Academy receiving instruction from the Party, and I talked about my book with some well-known big-name authors.
As for the issues readers have raised recently, things were in a fairly normal state-a slump-because the Luo Clan hadn't had a proper chance to shine in too long. In fact, along the way, with this book now at 2.47 million Chinese characters, I had been through many slumps like this. Writing about Wu-Yue during the Zhou State period was one, and later, writing about Zhao, Han and Wei was another. The lowest point was the Qin Dynasty; back then, I thought this book was going to be finished.
Actually, I was quite satisfied with these recent chapters. In roughly ten chapters, three heavyweight Feudal Lords had already met their ends. You could give them a look, really. We were about to enter a new stage, and I had already conceived a major plotline.
Many readers said they were sick of reading about the Three States and didn't want to read it, but I had to write something new-no, I wanted to write lots of new things. If I ran away today, I would have to run away again next time. Nearly every subject had been written to death.
Oh, right, there was something very important: there would be a big perks event in early December. I would say more once the details were settled.