"City Wind" was not suitable for serialization, but I still chose to serialize it. The way it doesn't lend itself to serialization is that it's too complex:
First of all, "City Wind" is a personal confession written by Wuchang City to Huang He. Wuchang City died forever before he finished "City Wind". The incomplete text was completed by Huang He who returned. It involves the migration of perspectives of "Yellow Crane" and "Wuchang City". It moved not just once, but multiple jumps. Each jump involves two different views of history. Wuchang City rarely leaves Wuhan City, and Huang He wanders around the world all year round. At the same time, it is mixed with narratives from outside the text. "Wuchang City" and "Yellow Crane" are fictional literary images created by the author, and the real author of the entire text is CranesLand.
Secondly, the real author deliberately "anti-historical" and deliberately "nihilized", knowingly and intentionally making a large number of mistakes, and then Wuchang Cheng or Huang He corrected them one by one. However, the real author has his own limitations of knowledge. Some errors are not intentional but are unintentional bugs. Unintentional bugs have no meaning in the text, and the author should try his best to avoid them.
Finally, it uses a lot of complex high-level narrative techniques, and the timeline jumps back and forth between five points: "distant past" - "Republic of China" - "early republic" - "slightly nearer future" - "Ice Age". The fate of the characters is clearly informed to the readers when they appear. The author does not want the plot to be the highlight, but rather the torrent of text that is enough to be savored over and over again.
Such a jump between "self, others and the real author", "existence and nothingness", and "past and present" requires the writer to be familiar with the text and the historical events involved in the text, as well as to have extremely high literary literacy. This is not something I can do now. Every time I write, I will curse myself, this sentence will be revised, this plot will be subverted, this text will not reach 80 points in my evaluation system, only 60 points. I always think that when a certain moment comes, my problem will be perfectly solved, but it will not get better on its own. I had to stumble forward, making mistakes again and again while having my face rubbed in the mud, and then rebuilding myself in pain. I couldn't shake off the mud of frustration, and I would fall in that place next time, and it might be even more tragic than the last time.
To make it so complicated, the text creation cycle will be very long, and it may not be completed until I am working. What a lonely journey it is. The writing investment of "City Wind" is greater than the output. It is impossible to publish or get money. I have been abused by both the serious literary circle and the Internet literary circle. I am not a creator who is amazing and brilliant enough to be accepted by them. I am still motivated to write it because creation can help me escape from the empty and boring life. Facing the computer screen or mobile phone screen, I wrote two thousand words and eight hours passed. In addition to the state of "self-satisfaction", "City Wind" leads to the study of history and social sciences, the cultivation of literary literacy, and making friends online.
I ask for the understanding, support and companionship of my friends on this lonely journey. Please give me emotional comfort and please ask me questions worth exploring. I have to question myself a hundred times every day, and then question the question itself a hundred times. I don't have "rock-solid faith and unshakable will." Life is a flower without fruit, and any achievement is a temporary placebo. The flower will wither, but while it still exists in the world, please water it and let it bloom brilliantly.