Literary Master, 1979: I’m the Gatekeeper at the Teachers’ College

Stop writing about "harems"! The characters are all the same, and the sex scenes are clichéd and lack any real excitement.

Dong Zhizhi

1- Making the protagonist a doorman, but not writing any description of the doorman's work at the beginning, just sticking to it in various "gaps"... What a great idea, but they just cleverly pasted it everywhere! 2. Writing without doing any research, just making things up. Beijing wasn't that hot in 1979, and even electric fans required industrial permits.

Don't follow the example of that author who made a mess of things. Lately, he's just been spending time in the bedroom with a few female characters. Well written; sometimes poor grades aren't a problem with the writing itself. Forcing conflict into historical fiction only creates a sense of disjointedness.

I forced myself to read up to chapter seven. It's a modern young man's pretentious novel disguised as a historical fiction, riddled with problems in the details. Rating: mediocre, I won't read any further. If the author really wanted to write a historical fiction, they should at least have a proper attitude. So many problems with the details—a security guard asking someone to call him "brother," not "comrade"—I don't know what they were thinking. What a character!

Normal University? Gatekeeper? I won't even look at this if your surname isn't Qin.

I haven't read the content, so I'll just guess. The author failed his university entrance exams, became a security guard at Peking University, and then, leveraging his rebirth advantage, started writing novels, became famous and rich, dated the most popular women, wrote screenplays, and made movies, thus beginning a spectacular life of constant boasting and swagger! Did I guess right? Isn't this exactly the plot of "The Turbulent 1979"? 😁

The writing is decent, but the plot is mediocre, and the protagonist lacks charisma. The protagonist realizes he has literary talent but lacks the desire to strive for a better life or change his social class. He doesn't actively learn to write or publish. Wouldn't you go to the library in college? Wouldn't you actively seek out channels to publish your work?

With two unfinished books already, how can anyone dare to follow the one you're currently writing?

Are you still just earning foreign exchange for others while taking the lowest possible exchange rate for yourself? Do you really enjoy being a lackey?